2005 Rhode Island Code - § 23-1-46 — Insurers.

    (a) Beginning in the fiscal year 2002, each insurer licensed or regulated pursuant to the provisions of chapters 18, 19, 20, and 41 of title 27 shall be assessed a child immunization assessment for the purposes set forth in this section. The department of health shall make available to each insurer, upon its request, information regarding the department of health's child immunization program and the costs related to the program. Further, the department of health shall submit to the general assembly an annual report on the child immunization program and cost related to the program, on or before February 1 of each year. Annual assessments shall be based on direct premiums written in the year prior to the assessment and shall not include any Medicare Supplement Policy (as defined in § 27-18-2.1(g)), Medicaid or Medicare premiums. As to accident and sickness insurance, the direct premium written shall include, but is not limited to, group, blanket, and individual policies. Those insurers assessed greater than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for the year shall be assessed four (4) quarterly payments of twenty-five percent (25%) of their total assessment. Beginning July 1, 2001, the annual rate of assessment shall be determined by the Director of Health in concurrence with the Primary Payors, those being insurers assessed at greater than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for the previous year. This rate shall be calculated by the projected costs for advisory committee on immunization practices (ACIP) recommended and state mandated vaccines after the federal share has been determined by the centers for disease control and prevention. The primary payors shall be informed of any recommended change in rates at least six (6) months in advance, and rates shall be adjusted no more frequently than one time annually. The director of the department of health shall deposit that amount in the "infant-child immunization account". The assessment shall be used solely for the purposes of the "infant-child immunization account" and no other. The director of the department of health shall deposit that amount in the "infant-child immunization account".

   (b) Any funds collected in excess of funds needed to carry-out ACIP recommendations shall be deducted from the subsequent year's assessment.