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40 R.I. Gen. Laws § 40-8.4-17. Pilot primary care program established: Health Care for Families Act – Rhode Island

Status: Enacted
Year Enacted: 2004
Year Amended: 2006
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To increase primary care access for those state residents who do not have access to health insurance coverage or who are unable to afford health insurance coverage, the director of the state department of human services, in collaboration with the director of the department of health, shall develop a plan for a pilot primary care program for uninsured residents of the state. The pilot program may include enrollee premiums and co-insurance payments that are income-based with premiums and/or co-insurance subsidized by the state. The pilot program may also include catastrophic or reinsurance coverage provided under the auspices of the state. In designing the pilot program, the director may consider a variety of service delivery and financing models including capitationpayments to private physicians, a buy-in program under RIte Care and coverage arrangements purchased from qualified community health centers. In developing the pilot program the director may seek available federal grant monies, including Medicaid, and private foundation grants.


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