2012 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 27 - Insurance
Chapter 27-38.2 - Insurance Coverage for Mental Illness and Substance Abuse
Chapter 27-38.2-1 - Mental illness coverage.
§ 27-38.2-1 Mental illness coverage. – Every health care insurer that delivers or issues for delivery or renews in this state a contract, plan, or policy except contracts providing supplemental coverage to Medicare or other governmental programs, shall provide coverage for the medical treatment of mental illness and substance abuse under the same terms and conditions as that coverage is provided for other illnesses and diseases. Insurance coverage offered pursuant to this statute must include the same durational limits, amount limits, deductibles, and co-insurance factors for mental illness as for other illnesses and diseases.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1994, ch. 225, § 1; P.L. 1994, ch. 336, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 174, § 2; P.L. 2001, ch. 409, § 2; P.L. 2002, ch. 292, § 83.)
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