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RI Gen L § 27-79.1-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 27 - Insurance|Chapter 27-79.1 - Travel Insurance Act|Section 27-79.1-12 - Enforcement.

§ 27-79.1-12. Enforcement.Violations of this chapter shall be subject to penalties pursuant to § 42-14-16.History of Section.P.L. 2019, ch. 44, § 2; P.L. 2019, ch. 51, § 2.
RI Gen L § 27-79.1-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 27 - Insurance|Chapter 27-79.1 - Travel Insurance Act|Section 27-79.1-13 - Regulations.

§ 27-79.1-13. Regulations.The commissioner may promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 2019, ch. 44, § 2; P.L. 2019, ch. 51, § 2.
RI Gen L § 27-80-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 27 - Insurance|Chapter 27-80 - Unclaimed Life Insurance Benefits Act|Section 27-80-1 - Short title.

§ 27-80-1. Short title.This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Unclaimed Life Insurance Benefits Act."History of Section.P.L. 2014, ch. 183, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 209, § 1.
RI Gen L § 27-80-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 27 - Insurance|Chapter 27-80 - Unclaimed Life Insurance Benefits Act|Section 27-80-2 - Purpose.

§ 27-80-2. Purpose.By enacting this chapter, it is the intent of the general assembly to require the complete and proper disclosure, transparency, and accountability relating to any method of payment for life insurance death benefits regulated by the state.History of Section.P.L. 2014, ch. 183, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 209, § 1.
RI Gen L § 27-80-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 27 - Insurance|Chapter 27-80 - Unclaimed Life Insurance Benefits Act|Section 27-80-3 - Definitions.

§ 27-80-3. Definitions.As used in this chapter:(1) "Death master file" means the United States Social Security Administration's death master file or any other database or service that is at least as comprehensive as the United States Social Security Administration's death master file for determining that a person has reportedly died.(2) "Death master file match" means a search of the death master file that results in a match of the Social Security number or the name and date of birth of an insured, annuity owner, or retained asset account holder.(3) "Policy" means any policy or certificate of life insurance that provides a death benefit. The term "policy" shall not include:(i) Any policy of certificate of life insurance that provides a death benefit under an employee benefit plan:(A) Subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93-406), 29 U.S.C. § 1002, as periodically amended; or(B) Under any federal employee benefit program; or(ii) Any policy or certificate of life insurance that is used to fund a pre-need funeral contract or pre-arrangement; or(iii) Any policy or certificate of credit life or accidental death insurance.(4) "Contract" means an annuity contract. The term "contract" shall not include an annuity used to fund an employment-based retirement plan or program where the insurer is not committed by terms of the annuity contract to pay death benefits to the beneficiaries of specific plan participants.History of Section.P.L. 2014, ch. 183, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 209, § 1.
RI Gen L § 27-80-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 27 - Insurance|Chapter 27-80 - Unclaimed Life Insurance Benefits Act|Section 27-80-5 - Penalties.

§ 27-80-5. Penalties.A violation of this chapter shall subject the insurer to penalties as determined appropriate in accordance with § 42-14-16 ("Insurance Administrative Penalties").History of Section.P.L. 2014, ch. 183, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 209, § 1.
RI Gen L § 27-81-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 27 - Insurance|Chapter 27-81 - The Telemedicine Coverage Act|Section 27-81-1 - Title.

§ 27-81-1. Title.This act shall be known as, and may be cited as, the "Telemedicine Coverage Act."History of Section.P.L. 2016, ch. 177, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 188, § 1.
RI Gen L § 27-81-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 27 - Insurance|Chapter 27-81 - The Telemedicine Coverage Act|Section 27-81-2 - Purpose.

§ 27-81-2. Purpose.The general assembly hereby finds and declares that:(1) The advancements and continued development of medical and communications technology have had a profound impact on the practice of medicine and offer opportunities for improving the delivery, cost, and accessibility of health care, particularly in the area of telemedicine.(2) Geography, weather, availability of specialists, transportation, and other factors can create barriers to accessing the appropriate health care, including behavioral health care, and one way to provide, ensure, or enhance access to health care given these barriers is through the appropriate use of technology to allow healthcare consumers access to qualified healthcare providers.(3) There is a need in this state to embrace efforts that will encourage health insurers and healthcare providers to support the use of telemedicine, and that will also encourage all state agencies to evaluate and amend their policies and rules to remove any regulatory barriers prohibiting the use of telemedicine services.History of Section.P.L. 2016, ch. 177, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 188, § 1.
RI Gen L § 27-81-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 27 - Insurance|Chapter 27-81 - The Telemedicine Coverage Act|Section 27-81-4 - Coverage of telemedicine services.

§ 27-81-4. Coverage of telemedicine services.(a) Each health insurer that issues individual or group accident and sickness insurance policies for healthcare services and/or provides a healthcare plan for healthcare services shall provide coverage for the cost of such covered healthcare services provided through telemedicine services, as provided in this section.(b) (1) A health insurer shall not exclude a healthcare service for coverage solely because the healthcare service is provided through telemedicine and is not provided through in-person consultation or contact, so long as such healthcare services are medically necessary and clinically appropriate to be provided through telemedicine services.(2) All medically necessary and clinically appropriate telemedicine services delivered by in-network primary care providers, registered dietitian nutritionists, and behavioral health providers shall be reimbursed at rates not lower than services delivered by the same provider through in-person methods. (c) Benefit plans offered by a health insurer shall not impose a deductible, copayment, or coinsurance requirement for a healthcare service delivered through telemedicine in excess of what would normally be charged for the same healthcare service when performed in person. (d) Prior authorization requirements for medically necessary and clinically appropriate telemedicine services shall not be more stringent than prior authorization requirements for in-person care. No more stringent medical or benefit determination and utilization review requirements shall be imposed on any telemedicine service than is imposed upon the same service when performed in person. (e) Except for requiring compliance with applicable state and federal laws, regulations and/or guidance, no health insurer shall impose any specific requirements as to the technologies used to deliver medically necessary and clinically appropriate telemedicine services.(f) The requirements of this section shall apply to all policies and health plans issued, reissued, or delivered in the state of Rhode Island on and after January 1, 2018.(g) This chapter shall not apply to: short-term travel, accident-only, limited or specified disease; or individual conversion policies or health plans; nor to policies or health plans designed for issuance to persons eligible for coverage under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act, known as Medicare; or any other similar coverage under state or federal governmental plans.History of Section.P.L. 2016, ch. 177, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 188, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 184, § 1, effective July 6, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 199, § 1, effective July 6, 2021.
RI Gen L § 27-81-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 27 - Insurance|Chapter 27-81 - The Telemedicine Coverage Act|Section 27-81-5 - Severability.

§ 27-81-5. Severability.If any provision of this chapter or of any rule or regulation made under this chapter, or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of the chapter, rule, or regulation and the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected by this invalidity. The invalidity of any section or sections or parts of any section or sections shall not affect the validity of the remainder of the chapter.History of Section.P.L. 2016, ch. 177, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 188, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-1-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-1 - Department of Labor and Training|Section 28-1-1 - Annual report of director to general assembly.

§ 28-1-1. Annual report of director to general assembly.The director of labor and training shall collect, arrange, tabulate, and publish, in a report by him or her to be made to the general assembly annually in January, the facts and statistical details in relation to the condition of labor and business in all mechanical, manufacturing, commercial, and other industrial business of the state, and especially in relation to the social, educational, and sanitary condition of the laboring classes, with any suggestions that he or she deems to be proper for the improvement of their condition and the bettering of their advantages for intellectual and moral instruction, together with any other information that he or she deems to be useful to the general assembly in the proper performance of its legislative duties regarding the subjects that he or she is required to report.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 70, § 1; P.L. 1901, ch. 809, § 13; G.L. 1909, ch. 80, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 87, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 281, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-1-1.
RI Gen L § 28-1-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-1 - Department of Labor and Training|Section 28-1-2 - Duty to give information to director.

§ 28-1-2. Duty to give information to director.Every employer of labor, and every person engaged in any industrial pursuit, shall give the director of labor and training all proper and necessary information to enable him or her to perform the duties required of him or her by law, and in default of that, upon reasonable demand, shall be fined twenty dollars ($20.00).History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 70, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 80, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 87, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 281, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 28-1-2.
RI Gen L § 28-1-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-1 - Department of Labor and Training|Section 28-1-3 - Administrative assistant to director.

§ 28-1-3. Administrative assistant to director.The director of labor and training shall, with the approval of the governor, appoint an administrative assistant, who shall perform those duties that may be prescribed by the director and shall serve at his or her pleasure. The administrative assistant shall be deemed to be employed in a policymaking capacity and shall be in the unclassified service.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 154; P.L. 1946, ch. 1723, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-1-3.
RI Gen L § 28-1-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-1 - Department of Labor and Training|Section 28-1-4 - Employment of personnel - Expenses.

§ 28-1-4. Employment of personnel — Expenses.The director of labor and training may employ assistants and incur expenses incident to the proper discharge of the duties of his or her office, and the general assembly shall annually appropriate an amount that it deems necessary for the purpose of paying those salaries and expenses.History of Section.P.L. 1919, ch. 1741, § 5; P.L. 1922, ch. 2160, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 87, § 3; P.L. 1929, ch. 1362, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 281, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 28-1-4.
RI Gen L § 28-2-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-2 - Duty to Work in Time of War|Section 28-2-1 - Duty to work - Proclamation of governor - Penalty.

§ 28-2-1. Duty to work — Proclamation of governor — Penalty.It is the duty of every able-bodied male resident of this state between the ages of eighteen (18) and fifty (50) years to be habitually and regularly engaged in some lawful, useful, and recognized business, profession, occupation, trade, or employment. Whenever the governor of this state issues a proclamation determining that employment is necessary and essential for the protection and welfare of this state and of the United States because of the existence of a state of war in which the United States may be engaged, and from that time on until the termination of that war, any able-bodied male resident of this state between the ages of eighteen (18) and fifty (50) who fails or refuses to be employed for at least thirty-six (36) hours per week shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall pay a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100), or be imprisoned for a term not to exceed three (3) months, or both.History of Section.P.L. 1918, ch. 1661, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 90, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 288, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-2-1.
RI Gen L § 28-2-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-2 - Duty to Work in Time of War|Section 28-2-2 - Possession of property or income not defense.

§ 28-2-2. Possession of property or income not defense.In no case shall the possession by the accused of money, property, or income sufficient to support himself and those regularly dependent upon him be a defense to any prosecution under this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1918, ch. 1661, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 90, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 288, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 28-2-2.
RI Gen L § 28-2-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-2 - Duty to Work in Time of War|Section 28-2-3 - Inability to find work as defense.

§ 28-2-3. Inability to find work as defense.In no case shall the claim by the accused of his inability to obtain work or employment be a defense to a prosecution under this chapter, unless it is proven that the accused promptly notified the director of labor and training of his inability to obtain employment, requested that work or employment be found for him, that the employment was not furnished, and he holds a certificate from the director of labor and training, or his or her duly authorized subordinate, that the application has been made.History of Section.P.L. 1918, ch. 1661, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 90, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 288, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 28-2-3.
RI Gen L § 28-2-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-2 - Duty to Work in Time of War|Section 28-2-4 - Assignment to work of persons unable to find work.

§ 28-2-4. Assignment to work of persons unable to find work.It shall be the duty of the director of labor and training, whenever any person informs him or her of his inability to obtain employment, to register the name of the person in the office of the director of labor and training, together with his address, age, and any other information which he or she deems necessary. The director of labor and training shall then assign, or cause to be assigned, and, if necessary, reassign or cause to be reassigned, the person to lawful, useful, and recognized occupations carried on by the state or any county or municipality of the state, or by private employers, engaged in agricultural, industrial, or other occupations of that character, and who accept the services of those persons; provided, that no person shall be required to work under this chapter any greater number of hours per day than lawfully constitutes a day's work in the occupation in which the person is required to engage. In the event the director of labor and training is unable to procure employment for the person applying, it shall then be the duty of the director of labor and training, or his or her duly authorized subordinate, to so certify to the person in writing.History of Section.P.L. 1918, ch. 1661, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 90, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 288, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 28-2-4.
RI Gen L § 28-2-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-2 - Duty to Work in Time of War|Section 28-2-5 - Compensation of persons assigned to work.

§ 28-2-5. Compensation of persons assigned to work.All persons required to work under this chapter shall receive compensation of not less than the wage or salary paid to others engaged in the same nature of work to which each person is assigned. If any person is assigned to work for any department, board, division, or commission of the state, then the compensation of the person shall be paid to him by the department, board, division, or commission out of the appropriation made to it by the state. If any person is assigned to work for any county or for any municipality, or for any private employer, then the compensation of the person shall be paid to him by the county or municipality, or by the private employer, accepting his services.History of Section.P.L. 1918, ch. 1661, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 90, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 288, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 28-2-5.
RI Gen L § 28-2-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-2 - Duty to Work in Time of War|Section 28-2-6 - Penalty for failure to do assigned work.

§ 28-2-6. Penalty for failure to do assigned work.Any person failing or refusing to do, or to continue to do, the work assigned to him, or who, in the meanwhile, has not become regularly or continuously employed in some lawful, useful and recognized business, occupation, trade, profession, or employment, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall pay a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100), or be imprisoned for a term not exceeding three (3) months, or both.History of Section.P.L. 1918, ch. 1661, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 90, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 288, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 28-2-6.
RI Gen L § 28-2-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-2 - Duty to Work in Time of War|Section 28-2-7 - Rules and regulations for assignment - Circumstances to be considered.

§ 28-2-7. Rules and regulations for assignment — Circumstances to be considered.As soon as the proclamation has been issued as provided in § 28-2-1, it shall be the duty of the director of labor and training to prepare and publish any rules and regulations governing the assignment of persons to work under this chapter as will assure that all persons similarly circumstanced are, as far as it is possible to do so, treated alike. In assigning anyone to work, the director of labor and training shall take into consideration the age, physical condition, and any other appropriate circumstances of the person so assigned, and the rules and regulations to be promulgated by the director of labor and training, under the provisions of this chapter, shall make allowances for those facts and circumstances.History of Section.P.L. 1918, ch. 1661, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 90, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 288, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 28-2-7.
RI Gen L § 28-2-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-2 - Duty to Work in Time of War|Section 28-2-8 - Duty of law enforcement officers to seek unemployed persons.

§ 28-2-8. Duty of law enforcement officers to seek unemployed persons.After the issuance of the proclamation in § 28-2-1, it shall be the duty of a member of the division of sheriffs and of any other officer, state, county, or municipality charged with enforcing the law, to seek and continue to seek diligently the names and places of residence of able-bodied male persons within their respective jurisdictions between the ages of eighteen (18) and fifty (50) not regularly or continuously employed.History of Section.P.L. 1918, ch. 1661, § 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 90, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 288, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 28-2-8; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 54.
RI Gen L § 28-2-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-2 - Duty to Work in Time of War|Section 28-2-9 - Employment of personnel - Assistance by other agencies.

§ 28-2-9. Employment of personnel — Assistance by other agencies.The director of labor and training is authorized to appoint or employ any employees that may be necessary, and to use any agencies that may be available and appropriate, to aid him or her in carrying out the provisions of this chapter, and the director may delegate any and all of his or her powers and duties prescribed by the provisions of this chapter to the division of employment service.History of Section.P.L. 1918, ch. 1661, § 9; G.L. 1923, ch. 90, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 288, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 28-2-9.
RI Gen L § 28-2-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-2 - Duty to Work in Time of War|Section 28-2-10 - Exemption of temporarily unemployed and students.

§ 28-2-10. Exemption of temporarily unemployed and students.The provisions of this chapter do not apply to persons temporarily unemployed by reason of differences with their employers, to bona fide students during the school term, or to persons preparing themselves to engage in trade or industrial pursuits.History of Section.P.L. 1918, ch. 1661, § 10; G.L. 1923, ch. 90, § 10; G.L. 1938, ch. 288, § 10; G.L. 1956, § 28-2-10.
RI Gen L § 28-2-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-2 - Duty to Work in Time of War|Section 28-2-11 - Persons deemed residents - Habitual loiterers.

§ 28-2-11. Persons deemed residents — Habitual loiterers.For the purposes of this chapter, any male person described in § 28-2-1 found in this state shall be deemed a resident, and in any prosecution under this chapter proof that the accused habitually loiters in idleness in streets, roads, depots, poolrooms, saloons, hotels, stores, or other places shall be prima facie evidence of the failure or refusal of the person to comply with the provisions of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1918, ch. 1661, § 11; G.L. 1923, ch. 90, § 11; G.L. 1938, ch. 288, § 11; G.L. 1956, § 28-2-11.
RI Gen L § 28-3-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-3 - Employment of Women and Children|Section 28-3-1 - Places and times where employment of children prohibited.

§ 28-3-1. Places and times where employment of children prohibited.No child under fourteen (14) years of age shall be employed or permitted or suffered to work at any time in any business or industrial establishment in this state. No child under sixteen (16) years of age shall be employed or permitted or suffered to work at any time in any factory, mechanical, or manufacturing establishment within this state. A child who has reached the fourteenth (14th) birthday, but has not reached the sixteenth (16th) birthday, may be employed only between the hours of 6:00 A.M. and 7:00 P.M; except that a child who has reached the fourteenth (14th) birthday, but has not reached the sixteenth (16th) birthday, may be employed until 9:00 P.M. but only during school vacations; and except as provided in § 28-3-3 no child under sixteen (16) years of age shall be employed or permitted or suffered to work in any business establishment within this state. Every person willfully violating the provisions of this section shall be fined as provided in § 28-3-20.History of Section.P.L. 1943, ch. 1312, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-3-1; P.L. 1974, ch. 205, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 309, § 1.