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SECTION 5-35.2-6

§ 5-35.2-6 Freedom of choice for eye care.– Where the contracts call for the expenditure of public or private fundsinvolving Medicaid and RIte Care, Medicare, or supplemental coverage for anypurpose relating to eyewear, and as it pertains to opticianry, thedistribution, dispensing, filling, duplication and fabrication of eyeglasses oroptical prosthesis by opticians as defined in § 5-35.1-1, those healthplans or contracts are required to notify by publication in a public newspaperpublished within and circulated and distributed throughout the state of RhodeIsland, to all providers, including, but not limited to, opticians, within thehealth plan's or contract's geographic service area, of the opportunity toapply for credentials, and there is no discrimination as to the rate orreimbursement for health care provided by an optician for similar services asrendered by other professions pursuant to this section. Nothing contained inthe chapter shall require health plans to contract with any particular class ofproviders.

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SECTION 5-35.2-6

§ 5-35.2-6 Freedom of choice for eye care.– Where the contracts call for the expenditure of public or private fundsinvolving Medicaid and RIte Care, Medicare, or supplemental coverage for anypurpose relating to eyewear, and as it pertains to opticianry, thedistribution, dispensing, filling, duplication and fabrication of eyeglasses oroptical prosthesis by opticians as defined in § 5-35.1-1, those healthplans or contracts are required to notify by publication in a public newspaperpublished within and circulated and distributed throughout the state of RhodeIsland, to all providers, including, but not limited to, opticians, within thehealth plan's or contract's geographic service area, of the opportunity toapply for credentials, and there is no discrimination as to the rate orreimbursement for health care provided by an optician for similar services asrendered by other professions pursuant to this section. Nothing contained inthe chapter shall require health plans to contract with any particular class ofproviders.

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SECTION 5-35.2-6

§ 5-35.2-6 Freedom of choice for eye care.– Where the contracts call for the expenditure of public or private fundsinvolving Medicaid and RIte Care, Medicare, or supplemental coverage for anypurpose relating to eyewear, and as it pertains to opticianry, thedistribution, dispensing, filling, duplication and fabrication of eyeglasses oroptical prosthesis by opticians as defined in § 5-35.1-1, those healthplans or contracts are required to notify by publication in a public newspaperpublished within and circulated and distributed throughout the state of RhodeIsland, to all providers, including, but not limited to, opticians, within thehealth plan's or contract's geographic service area, of the opportunity toapply for credentials, and there is no discrimination as to the rate orreimbursement for health care provided by an optician for similar services asrendered by other professions pursuant to this section. Nothing contained inthe chapter shall require health plans to contract with any particular class ofproviders.