{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-42-66.2-4.1","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-66.2-4.1","heading":"Catastrophic illness coverage.","body":"The state shall pay one hundred percent (100%) of the prescription drug costs for eligible drugs as defined in § 42-66.2-3(5) for any consumer, as defined in § 42-66.2-3(1), who is eligible to receive pharmaceutical drug coverage benefits under § 42-66.2-5(a)(1)(i) or (a)(2)(i) and who has expended at least one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) in total copayments within a state fiscal year. The initial one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) paid by the consumer shall not be reimbursed by the state. The state shall make payments under this section only until the end of the fiscal year.","path":["Title 42 State Affairs and Government","Chapter 66.2 Pharmaceutical Assistance to Elderly Persons Act"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE42/42-66.2/42-66.2-4.1.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:00:02Z","sha256":"06f3d6446b81c8c2c933ff281620870a4953fb872c5bc77ad4e13aed3420ea35","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-42-66.2-4","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-42-66.2-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}