{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-27-20.1-17","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 27-20.1-17","heading":"Termination of children’s benefits.","body":"(a) Every individual or group health insurance contract, plan, or policy delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed in this state that provides medical coverage that includes coverage for physician services in a physician’s office, and every policy that provides major medical or similar comprehensive type coverage, except for supplemental policies that only provide coverage for specified diseases and other supplemental policies, shall include a provision that policyholders shall receive no less than thirty (30) days’ notice from the nonprofit dental service corporation that a child covered as a dependent by the policyholder is about to lose his or her coverage as a result of reaching the maximum age for a dependent child and that the child will only continue to be covered upon documentation being provided of current college enrollment, or that the child may purchase a conversion policy if he or she is not a college student.\n(b) Nothing in this section prohibits a nonprofit dental service corporation from requiring a policyholder to annually provide proof of a child’s current college enrollment in order to maintain the child’s coverage. Provided, nothing in this section requires coverage inconsistent with the membership criteria in effect under the policyholder’s health benefits coverage.","path":["Title 27 Insurance","Chapter 20.1 Nonprofit Dental Service Corporations"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE27/27-20.1/27-20.1-17.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:57:35Z","sha256":"9d1b89500b35fe5da9df61bf6fd1d381a6b3f53ea1f47f075cbad3a7b8f0ce8e","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-27-20.1-16","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-27-20.1-18"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}