The 113-member General Assembly is one of the few groups getting state-paid health insurance without any requirement that they contribute to the cost. That isn’t expected to change anytime soon, although a vocal minority say they’ll keep trying: Sen. Paul W. Fogarty, D-Glocester, and Rep. Amy G. Rice, D-Portsmouth, have sponsored bills to require lawmakers to contribute, and Rep. John J. Loughlin II, R-Tiverton, is ready to sponsor a floor amendment during budget debate, to require lawmakers to contribute, if Rice doesn’t do so first. While Rice has “the right of first refusal,” Loughlin said Friday, “I will draft an amendment and have it ready.”

In the meantime, several lawmakers have volunteered to pay the state back for part of the cost; others have announced plans to give an equivalent amount to another entity.

Rep. Richard W. Singleton, R-Cumberland, is the latest on that list. Singleton said he donated 10 percent of the price of his family plan — roughly $1,500 — to the Cumberland High School debate team, to help the team reach its fundraising goal for a trip to a national competition in Texas.

Singleton says he plans to give his 10 percent each year to “a worthy group in Cumberland that needs some money.”

“Next year, it will be a different organization,” he said. “I have no idea who. I’ll do a little research and find somebody to give it to.”