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R.I. Gen. Laws § 27-4.8-4

Dependent group life insurance

P.L. 2009, ch. 299, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 300, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 31, § 3; P.L. 2013, ch. 36, § 3.

Except for a policy issued under § 27-4.8-1(2), a group life insurance policy may be extended to insure the employees or members against loss due to the death of their spouses and dependent children, or any class or classes thereof, subject to the following:

(1) The premium for the insurance shall be paid either from funds contributed by the employer, union, association, or other person to whom the policy has been issued, or from funds contributed by the covered persons, or from both. Except as provided in subsection (2), a policy on which no part of the premium for the spouse’s and dependent child’s coverage is to be derived from funds contributed by the covered persons shall insure all eligible employees or members with respect to their spouses and dependent children, or any class or classes thereof.

(2) An insurer may exclude or limit the coverage on any spouse or dependent child as to whom evidence of individual insurability is not satisfactory to the insurer.

(3) [Deleted by P.L. 2013, ch. 31, § 3, and P.L. 2013, ch. 36, § 3].

Official source: Rhode Island General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Rhode Island statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.