§ 36-12-7 - Eligibility for benefits. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 36-12-7

   § 36-12-7  Eligibility for benefits. –(a) All persons in the service of the state on and after July 1, 1960, whetherelected, appointed or employed, who elect to participate in an insurancecontract or contracts shall be eligible to participate therein. The director,however, with the consent of the insurance company or companies, may by rule orregulation exclude those classes of temporary, part-time, or intermittentemployees for whom insurance contracts shall be deemed to be impracticable.

   (b) The director, with the consent of the insurance companyor companies, may authorize the inclusion in insurance contracts of employeesof public authorities, full-time employees of organizations representing stateemployees, or other appropriate agencies of the state as may be designated inthe rules or regulations of the director, and may prescribe the rate ofcontribution required from such participating authorities, or other agencies.