No collective bargaining agreement covering any group or groups of state employees, public school teachers, or employees of any city or town, ratified after August 1, 2008, shall specify that an employer must procure a healthcare benefit plan from a specific provider of such plans. The technical qualifications of the healthcare benefit plan, to be contracted for, shall not be framed or constructed in a manner designed to identify an exclusive provider of said healthcare services.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-7-49
No limitation on healthcare benefit providers
Known as the Rhode Island State Labor Relations Act
The act spans §§ 28–28 (53 sections).
P.L. 2008, ch. 100, art. 34, § 1.
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.