2017 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 27 - Insurance
Chapter 27-19 - Nonprofit Hospital Service Corporations
Section 27-19-48 - F.D.A. approved prescription contraceptive drugs and devices.
§ 27-19-48. F.D.A. approved prescription contraceptive drugs and devices.
(a) Every individual or group health insurance contract, plan, or policy that provides prescription coverage and is delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed in this state shall provide coverage for F.D.A. approved contraceptive drugs and devices requiring a prescription. Provided, that nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to mandate or require coverage for the prescription drug RU 486.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, any hospital service corporation may issue to a religious employer an individual or group health insurance contract, plan, or policy that excludes coverage for prescription contraceptive methods which are contrary to the religious employer's bona fide religious tenets.
(c) As used in this section, "religious employer" means an employer that is a "church or a qualified church-controlled organization" as defined in 26 U.S.C. § 3121.
(d) Every religious employer that invokes the exemption provided under this section shall provide written notice to prospective enrollees prior to enrollment with the plan, listing the contraceptive health care services the employer refuses to cover for religious reasons.
History of Section.
(P.L. 2000, ch. 120, § 2; P.L. 2000, ch. 126, § 2; P.L. 2002, ch. 292, § 37.)
