AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- EVIDENCE

Summary

The bill sets the amount a licensed healthcare provider bills as the benchmark for a "fair and reasonable" charge in any civil case involving injury, wrongful death, or malpractice. Payments from health, accident, disability insurers, government programs, or workers' compensation—and the provider’s acceptance of those payments—cannot be used as evidence of that charge. It would apply to all current and future civil actions in any Rhode Island court, agency, arbitration or other tribunal.

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