210 R.I. Code R. 210-RICR-30-05-3.1
Under the terms of Section 1906 of Title XIX of the U.S. Social Security Act, states are permitted to pay an eligible individual's share of the costs for enrolling in employer-sponsored health insurance coverage if it is cost effective to do so. R.I. Gen. Laws § 40-8.4-12 authorized the Medicaid agency to establish the RIte Share Premium Assistance Program to subsidize the costs of enrolling Medicaid eligible individuals and families in employer-sponsored health insurance (ESI) plans that have been approved as meeting certain cost and coverage requirements (RIte Share-approved). The Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS), the Medicaid Single State Agency, uses cost-effective criteria to determine whether ESI plans meet these requirements.
210 R.I. Code R. 210-RICR-30-05-3.1