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benefits covered by Medicaid but not the commercial plan are included in the wrap (co-payments to providers are not covered, however, pursuant to 42 CFR § 447.15, Medicaid enrolled providers must accept Medicaid payment as payment in full and cannot charge the member a co-pay). 3.5 RIte Share Populations A. The income of Medicaid members affects whether and in what manner they must participate in RIte Share. RIte Share populations are determined pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws § 40-8.4-12(c). 1. RIte Share includes: children, parents and caretakers, and individuals who are pregnant, who are eligible for Medicaid, or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and childless adults between the ages of nineteen (19) and sixty-four (64) who are not receiving or eligible to receive Medicare but are Medicaid-eligible. 3.6 RIte Share Enrollment as a Condition of Eligibility A. Medicaid members over the age of nineteen (19), who have access to RIte Share-approved ESI must enroll in that ESI as a condition of continuing Medicaid eligibility. This requirement also applies to any individuals who have, or previously have had the option to waive ESI coverage to receive financial compensation, including but not limited to, an increase in hourly wage, an increase in weekly salary, and/or a lump sum payment. (An increase in wages for waiving coverage is also known as "pay in lieu of benefits.") 1. Mandatory ESI Enrollment – Once EOHHS has determined that the ESI offered by a particular employer is RIte-Share-approved, all eligible Medicaid members with access to that ESI are required to enroll in that coverage. a. Failure to meet the mandatory enrollment requirement results in the termination of the Medicaid eligiblity of the policy holder and other Medicaid members nineteen (19) or older in the household who would have been covered under the ESI. These individuals will remain terminated until the policy holder complies with the RIte Share participation and enrollment procedures established in § 3.18 of this Part. b. Children under age nineteen (19) will not be sanctioned if the policy holder does not comply and, instead, will remain/be enrolled in Medicaid managed care. c. Pregnant individuals in the household will not be sanctioned if the policy holder does not comply and instead will remain/be enrolled in Medicaid managed care.