§ 27-50-1 Short title
§ 27-50-2 Purpose
§ 27-50-3 Definitions
§ 27-50-4 Applicability and scope
§ 27-50-5 Restrictions relating to premium rates
§ 27-50-6 Renewability of coverage
§ 27-50-7 Availability of coverage
§ 27-50-8 Certification of creditable coverage
§ 27-50-9 Periodic market evaluation
§ 27-50-10 Wellness health benefit plan
§ 27-50-10.1 Basic benefit health plan
§ 27-50-11 Administrative procedures
§ 27-50-12 Standards to assure fair marketing
§ 27-50-12.1 Renewal rating
§ 27-50-13 Repealed
§ 27-50-14 Severability
§ 27-50-15 Restoration of terminated coverage
§ 27-50-16 Risk adjustment mechanism
§ 27-50-17 Affordable health plan reinsurance program for small businesses
§ 27-50-18 Special enrollment – Pregnancy

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 27-50 - Small Employer Health Insurance Availability Act

  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Chambers: A judge's office.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • in writing: include printing, engraving, lithographing, and photo-lithographing, and all other representations of words in letters of the usual form. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-16
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • United States: include the several states and the territories of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-8