2012 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 27 - Insurance
Chapter 27-19 - Nonprofit Hospital Service Corporations
Chapter 27-19-14 - Negotiation of hospital cost.

§ 27-19-14 Negotiation of hospital cost. – The state, acting through the budget officer or his or her designated representative, hospitals, and hospital service corporations incorporated under this chapter shall be parties to annual budget negotiations held for the purpose of determining payment rates for hospital costs by the state and those corporations. The parties to the negotiations shall know the total operating expenses for hospitals. The negotiations shall commence no later than one hundred eighty (180) days prior to the beginning of each hospital fiscal year. The negotiations, which shall be considered collective bargaining for the purposes of § 42-46-5(a)(2), shall be held for each hospital fiscal year and individual budget negotiations shall commence not later than ninety (90) days prior to the beginning of each hospital fiscal year. The parties shall employ mediation and arbitration services as an aid to the negotiations. The provisions of this section shall be repealed upon the implementation of amendments and new methodology pursuant to §§ 40-8-13.3 and 40-8-13.4, but in any event no later than March 30, 2010.

History of Section.
(P.L. 1971, ch. 208, § 1; P.L. 1984, ch. 4, § 4; P.L. 1988, ch. 213, § 2; P.L. 1990, ch. 132, § 2; P.L. 1991, ch. 290, § 3; P.L. 1994, ch. 392, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 68, art. 23, § 8.)