R.I. Gen. Laws § 27-74-4: Applicability and scope.

(a) This chapter applies to all discount medical plan organizations doing business in or from this state.

(b) A discount medical plan organization that is a licensed health insurer or health maintenance organization or a nonprofit hospital and medical service corporation is not required to obtain a certificate of registration under § 27-74-5, except that any of its affiliates that operate as a discount medical plan organization in this state shall obtain a certificate of registration under § 27-74-5 and comply with all other provisions of this act; but such health insurer, health maintenance organization, or nonprofit hospital and medical service corporation is required to comply with §§ 27-74-8, 27-74-9, 27-74-10, and 27-74-11 and report, in the form and manner as the commissioner may require, any of the information described in § 27-74-13 that is not otherwise already reported.