Rhode Island General Laws Title 27. Insurance § 27-18.7-4. Transition to extended medical benefits

Once an employee on extended medical leave has remained on a group hospital, surgical, or medical insurance plan for eighteen (18) months and is no longer eligible to participate in that plan, the employee shall be eligible for extended medical benefits under chapter 19.1 of title 27 as if the employee were involuntarily terminated from employment the day he or she is no longer eligible to participate in the plan as an employee on extended medical leave.