Rhode Island S3061 requires healthcare insurers to provide post-acute care services for seven days without prior authorization, starting January 1.

Rhode Island S3061 mandates that healthcare insurers provide post-acute care services to patients discharged from a hospital for a minimum of seven days without requiring prior authorization. This applies to all individual or group health insurance contracts, or hospital or medical expense insurance policies, delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed in the state starting January 1, 2027. Post-acute care services include specialized behavioral, medical, rehabilitative, or homecare services aimed at improving the patient’s functional independence and managing ongoing health conditions.

Rhode Island S3061 requires healthcare insurers to provide post-acute care services for seven days without prior authorization, starting January 1.

Rhode Island S3061 mandates that healthcare insurers provide post-acute care services to patients discharged from a hospital for a minimum of seven days without requiring prior authorization. This applies to all individual or group health insurance contracts, or hospital or medical expense insurance policies, delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed in the state starting January 1, 2027. Post-acute care services include specialized behavioral, medical, rehabilitative, or homecare services aimed at improving the patient’s functional independence and managing ongoing health conditions.