23 R.I Gen. Laws §§ 23-15-1 through 23-15-11: Health Care Certificate of Need Act of Rhode Island – Rhode Island
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1978
The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the development, establishment, and enforcement of standards for the authorization and allocation of new institutional health services and new health care equipment.
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23 R.I. Gen. Law § 23-17-61. Written estimates for hospital medical services: Health Care Facility Licensing Act of Rhode Island – Rhode Island
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2014
Requires that a hospital provide to a prospective patient, the requested cost estimate of their requested anticipated hospital services within five business days of request and the cost of any facility fee.
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23 R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-1-1.1. Health planning — Findings: Department of Health – Rhode Island
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1988
It is found and determined that health planning is essential to promote appropriate access to high quality health services at a reasonable cost and is a precondition to effective public health practice by the department …
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23 R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-1-1.2. Health planning process: Department of Health – Rhode Island
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1988
The director of health, with the approval of the governor, may appoint various committees and task forces as appropriate to assist and advise the department of health in the conduct of its health planning responsibilities, …
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23 R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-17-19.1. Rights of Patients: Health Care Facility Licensing Act of Rhode Island – Rhode Island
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1956
Respecting the rights of patients vis-à-vis health care facilities licensed by the state, a patient may request the identity of all health care practitioners that the facility has authorized to participate in the patient’s treatment, …
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23 R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-17-2. Defintions: Health Care Facility Licensing Act of Rhode Island – Rhode Island
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1938
Definitions for statutes under the Health Care Facility Licensing Act of Rhode Island
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23 R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-17-27. Disclosure of nonparticipation in hospital service plan: Health Care Facility Licensing Act of Rhode Island – Rhode Island
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1980
Any health care facility licensed under this chapter which is not a participant in a hospital service plan shall post a notice, in a conspicuous place where it can be read by its patients that …
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23 R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-17-28. Health care cost containment: Health Care Facility Licensing Act of Rhode Island – Rhode Island
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1981
Authorizes a health care facility to enter into agreement with other facilities, third-party payers, and branches of government for the purpose of reducing, limiting, or containing health care costs and improving the efficiency with which …
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23 R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-17-53. Physician contracts: Health Care Facility Licensing Act of Rhode Island – Rhode Island
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2000
A hospital, by contract or otherwise, may not refuse or fail to grant or renew medical staff membership or staff privileges, or condition or otherwise limit or restrict medical staff membership or staff privileges, based …
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23 R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-17.22-1. Short title: Healthy Rhode Island Reform Act of 2008 – Rhode Island
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2008
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Healthy Rhode Island Reform Act of 2008.”
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23 R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-17.22-2. Establishment of healthy Rhode Island strategic plan: Healthy Rhode Island Reform Act of 2008 – Rhode Island
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2008
The director of health in consultation with the health care planning and accountability advisory council established pursuant to chapter 81 of title 23, shall be responsible for the development and implementation of a five (5) …
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23 R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-17.22-3. Healthy Rhode Island chronic care management program: Healthy Rhode Island Reform Act of 2008 – Rhode Island
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2008
The “Healthy Rhode Island Chronic Care Management Program” may provide incentive payments to physicians based on the quality of their care.
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23 R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-17.6-4. Technicians — Services authorized to render: Mobile Intensive Care Unit Program – Rhode Island
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1956
Defines the scope of practice for advanced emergency medical technicians.
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23 R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 23-17.17-1 through 23-17.17-11: Health Care Quality Program – Rhode Island
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1998
Estbalishes the Health Care Quality Program and the state’s all-payer claims database, requiring insurers, health care providers, health care facilities and governmental agencies to file reports, data, schedules, statistics or other information determined by the …
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23 R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 23-81-1 through 21-81-6: Rhode Island Coordinated Health Planning Act of 2006 – Rhode Island
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2007
The general assembly finds that the people of this state have a fundamental interest in the establishment of a comprehensive strategic health care planning process and the preparation, maintenance, and implementation of plans to improve …
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23 R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 23-93-1 through 23-93-5: Rhode Island Access to Medical Technology Innovation Act – Rhode Island
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2014
For purposes of this chapter, “Domestic Medical Tourism” means the practice of patients traveling to states other than their residence for the provision of healthcare services.
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