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3.16 Role of RIte Share Unit A. The RIte Share Unit is responsible for overseeing the operations of the program as follows: 1. Gathering information from employers and employees about the health plans they offer to workers on an ongoing basis; 2. Evaluating health plans for RIte Share approval; 3. Entering cost-effective information into the RI Bridges system; and 4. Contacting employers and employees to make RIte Share enrollment decisions. B. Upon receipt of member referral information, the RIte Share Unit verifies employment and access to a RIte Share-approved ESI plan. Based on this review, the RIte Share Unit determines: 1. Whether the Medicaid member is approved for RIte Share; and 2. The date that individual or family must enroll in the ESI in order to maintain Medicaid eligibility. C. The specific procedures for making such determinations vary depending on the enrollment status of the Medicaid member and the employer’s customary enrollment process. 3.17 ESI Enrollment Verification A. Verification of enrollment in a RIte Share-approved ESI plan is required. 1. For Medicaid members working for an employer who offers RIte Share approved coverage, the employer is required to submit verification to the RIte Share Unit that initial enrollment in the ESI has been made in the manner prescribed by EOHHS. 2. The individual or employer must submit verification of enrollment by completing the Employer Verification form, which requires the signature of both a representative of the employer and the member. 3.18 Failure to Enroll A. Failure to enroll in the ESI plan is grounds for termination of Medicaid eligibility for the non-pregnant parent(s) or caretaker over the age of nineteen (19) in the household who would have been enrolled in RIte Share (see § 3.6 of this Part for details).