§ 40-8.15-9. Individual providers not state employees.
Notwithstanding the state’s obligations to meet and negotiate under chapter 7 of title 28, nothing in this chapter shall be construed to make individual providers employees of the state for any purpose, including for the purposes of eligibility for the state employee pension program or state employee health benefits.
History of Section.P.L. 2018, ch. 106, § 2; P.L. 2018, ch. 110, § 2.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 40-8.15 - Individual Providers of Direct-Support Services
Section 40-8.15-1. - Definitions.
Section 40-8.15-3. - Good-faith negotiations.
Section 40-8.15-4. - Unresolved issues — Impasse procedures.
Section 40-8.15-5. - Economic aspects of contract subject to legislative appropriation.
Section 40-8.15-7. - Certification and decertification of provider organization.
Section 40-8.15-8. - Unfair practices.
Section 40-8.15-9. - Individual providers not state employees.
Section 40-8.15-10. - Right of families to select, direct, and terminate individual providers.
Section 40-8.15-11. - Strikes not authorized.