§ 27-69-2. Definitions.

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(1) €œCommissioner€ shall mean the director of the department of business regulation or the health insurance commissioner, as appropriate.

(2) €œHealth plan€ shall mean €œhealth insurance coverage€ as defined in §§ 27-18.5-2 and 27-18.6-2 or €œhealth benefit plan€ as defined in § 27-50-3.

(3) €œHigh deductible health plan€ shall have the same meaning as defined in 26 U.S.C. § 223.

(4) €œMandated benefit law€ shall mean any law of this state that requires provision of health insurance coverage for a specified service or payment to a specified type of healthcare provider, including, but not limited to, the benefits or services mandated in §§ 27-18-48.1, 27-18-60, 27-18-62, 27-18-64, similar provisions in chapters 19, 20, and 41 of this title, and §§ 27-18-3(c), 27-38.2-1 et seq., and all mandated benefit laws passed subsequent to the effective date of this chapter unless applicability of this chapter is specifically excluded in such law.

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