The purpose of this Part is to implement R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 27-34.2, to promote the public interest, to promote the availability of long-term care insurance coverage, to protect applicants for long-term care insurance, as defined, from unfair or deceptive sales or enrollment practices, to facilitate public understanding and comparison of long-term care insurance coverages, and to facilitate flexibility and innovation in the development of long-term care insurance. This Part is not intended to interfere with the qualification of long-term care policies or certificates as provided for in Chapter 97, SEC. 7702B(b) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. § 7702B(b)), as added by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Pub.L. No. 104-191, as now constituted or later amended.
230 R.I. Code R. 230-RICR-20-35-1.1