Chapter 445

2006 -- H 7025 SUBSTITUTE A AS AMENDED

Enacted 07/07/06

A N A C T

RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- HEALTH CARE FOR FAMILIES

Introduced By: Representatives Costantino, Slater, Gallison, Jacquard, and Malik

Date Introduced: February 01, 2006

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Chapter 40-8.4 of the General Laws entitled "Health Care For Families" is

hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:

40-8.4-18. Public health access beneficiary employer report. -- The department of

human services shall annually prepare a public health access beneficiary employer report. A

"public health access program beneficiary" means any person who receives medical benefits from

RIte Care, RIte Share, or Medicaid. Any applicant for public health benefits through RIte-Care,

RIte Share, and/or Medicaid shall identify the employer or the employers of the proposed

beneficiary of the health care benefits. The report shall provide the following information for

each employer of two hundred fifty (250) or more public health access beneficiaries:

(1) the name and address of the employer;

(2) the number of public health access program beneficiaries who are employees of the

employer;

(3) the number of public health access program beneficiaries who are spouses or

dependents of employees of the employer;

(4) whether the employer offers health benefits to its employees;

(5) whether the employer participates in the RIte Share program; and

(6) the cost to the state of Rhode Island for providing public health access benefits to

their employees and enrolled dependents.

In determining whether the two hundred fifty (250) employee threshold is met, the

department of human services shall include all public health access program beneficiaries

employed by the employer and their subsidiaries throughout the state. The report shall not

include the names of any individual public health access program beneficiaries and shall be

subject to privacy standards pursuant to Public Law 104-91, and the Health Insurance Portability

and Accountability Act of 1996. The report shall be submitted annually on the third Tuesday in

January to the joint committee on health care oversight, the house finance committee, and the

senate finance committee.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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