RI Gen L § 27-41-30.1(a)

(a) Every individual or group hospital or medical services plan contract delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed in this state shall provide coverage for a forty-eight (48) hour time period in a hospital after a vaginal birth, and ninety-six (96) hours after a Cesarean section for a mother and her newly born child. Any decision to shorten these minimum coverages shall be made by the attending health care provider in consultation with the mother. The decision shall be made in accordance with the standards for guidelines for perinatal care published by the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the American Academy of Pediatrics. The standards shall be relative to early discharge, defined as less than forty-eight (48) hours for a vaginal delivery and ninety-six (96) for a Cesarean delivery. In the case of early discharge, post-delivery care shall include home visits, parent education, assistance and training in breast or bottle feeding and the performance of any necessary and appropriate clinical tests or any other tests or services consistent with the guidelines in this subsection.