{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-27-50-2","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 27-50-2","heading":"Purpose.","body":"(a) The purpose and intent of this chapter are to enhance the availability of health insurance coverage to small employers regardless of their health status or claims experience; to prevent abusive rating practices; to prevent segmentation of the health insurance market based upon health risk; to spread health insurance risk more broadly; to require disclosure of rating practices to purchasers; to establish rules regarding renewability of coverage; to limit the use of preexisting condition exclusions; to provide for development of “economy,” “standard,” and “basic” health benefit plans to be offered to all small employers; and to improve the overall fairness and efficiency of the small group health insurance market.\n(b) This chapter is not intended to provide a comprehensive solution to the problem of affordability of health care or health insurance.","path":["Title 27 Insurance","Chapter 50 Small Employer Health Insurance Availability Act"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE27/27-50/27-50-2.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:57:42Z","sha256":"394a3c65b1ff0238e3938efb7da0caa2a5e9daf2a59f4a3172a5c53a476c0473","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-27-50-1","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-27-50-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}