Section 27-18.6-12 - Health plan loss information(a) To ensure maximum competition in the purchase of group health insurance, all employers with at least one hundred (100) employees enrolled in their group health plan shall be entitled to receive their health plan loss information upon request and without charge. No contract between any health insurance carrier, third-party administrator, employer group, or pool of employers shall abridge this right in any manner. For purposes of this section, "health plan loss information" shall mean: (1) aggregate total cost figures for four (4) separate categories of medical claims covered by the employer's group health plan: physician, hospital, prescription drug, and miscellaneous; and(2) that were incurred for the twelve (12) month period paid through the fourteen (14) months which end within the sixty (60) day period prior to the date of the request. "Health plan loss information" shall not include any information: (1) pertaining to specific medical diagnoses, treatments or drugs; or(2) that identifies or reasonably could lead to the identity of any individuals covered under the group health plan; or(3) that is defined as protected or confidential health information under state or federal laws.(b) Upon written request from any employer with one hundred (100) or more employees enrolled in its group health plan, every health insurance carrier shall provide that employer's health plan loss information within thirty (30) calendar days of receipt of the request. An employer shall not be entitled by this section to more than two (2) health plan loss information requests in any twelve (12) month period, however, nothing shall prohibit a carrier from fulfilling more frequent requests on a mutually agreed upon basis.(c) If an employer requests health plan loss information from an insurance agent or other authorized representative, the agent or authorized representative shall transmit the request to the health insurance carrier within four (4) working days.R.I. Gen. Laws § 27-18.6-12
P.L. 2004, ch. 406, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 502, § 1.