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Permits non-sworn public safety officers/security guards at private colleges/universities to detain individuals for no longer than 30 minutes within the campus’s jurisdiction if the officer or guard believes the person committed a criminal offense.
This bill would give non-sworn public safety officers and security guards at private colleges and universities in Rhode Island a limited legal power to temporarily detain people on campus.
Creates the Primary Care Contracting Good Faith Act.
This bill would establish a new set of rules in Rhode Island governing how health insurance companies negotiate contracts with primary care doctors and medical practices.
Requires employers to protect employees from extreme temperatures through rest breaks, PPE, training, and equipment, and mandates quarterly supervisor training, to recognize and mitigate heat- and cold-related risks.
This bill would require Rhode Island employers to take specific steps to protect their workers from health risks caused by extreme heat or cold on the job.
Removes the exemption for tinting of the windshield and imposes fines of $250 for a first and second offense and subsequent offenses are punishable by a $250 fine and up to a one year suspension of the vehicle registration.
This bill would change Rhode Island's rules about tinted windshields on vehicles.
Raises the per diem rate by thirteen percent (13%) for Medicaid reimbursement for Tier C services provide by assisted living residence beginning January 1, 2027.
This bill would increase the daily payment rate that Rhode Island's Medicaid program pays to assisted living facilities for a specific level of care, known as "Tier C" services.
Requires that the chief judge of the family court in appointing magistrates do so in accordance with the judicial selection and nomination process set forth in chapter 16.1 of title 8.
This bill changes how magistrates are appointed to Rhode Island's Family Court.
Allows primary care practices to offer optional fees for non-covered services while requiring equal medical care for all patients and protecting access to medically necessary services regardless of ability to pay.
This bill would allow primary care doctors and medical practices in Rhode Island to charge optional fees for certain services that aren't covered by health insurance.
Prohibits payers from requiring uncompensated referral coordination by primary care providers, require either elimination of referral prior authorizations, and prevent denial of lab coverage based solely on diagnostic coding differences.
This bill targets the administrative burden placed on primary care doctors by health insurance companies.
Permits all Rhode Island courts to conduct hearings remotely and allow any party or attorney to appear by telephone or video conference, with remote appearances having the same legal effect as in-person appearances.
This bill would officially allow all Rhode Island courts to hold hearings remotely, meaning judges, lawyers, and the people involved in a case could participate by phone or video call instead of being required to appear in person at the courthouse.
Establishes the terminally ill patients’ right to try act.
This bill would create a new law in Rhode Island giving terminally ill patients the legal right to access experimental medical treatments that have not yet received full approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Establishes the trades worker justice and safety act to help provide workers with a workplace free from harassment, discrimination, intimidation, bullying, abuse and retaliation.
This Rhode Island bill would create a new law specifically designed to protect workers in the trades — such as construction, electrical, plumbing, and similar skilled labor industries — from mistreatment on the job.
Establishes a set service rate of seventy dollars ($70.00) for the service of all writs, citations or subpoenas.
This bill would establish a flat fee of $70 for serving legal documents — specifically writs, citations, and subpoenas — in Rhode Island.
Creates the Rhode Island voting rights act to establish procedures to prevent discrimination in the voting process.
This bill would create a Rhode Island Voting Rights Act, establishing a set of state-level rules and procedures designed to protect people from discrimination when voting or participating in elections.
Converts the Rhode Island Hope Scholarship Pilot Program Act into a continuing scholarship program at Rhode Island College, similar to the Rhode Island Promise Scholarship at the Community College of Rhode Island.
This bill would take an existing temporary scholarship program at Rhode Island College (RIC) and make it permanent.
Requires the department of health to implement a tobacco control program that incorporates evidence-based best practices for tobacco prevention and cessation to prevent tobacco-related diseases and diminish tobacco use in the state.
This bill would require Rhode Island's Department of Health to create and run a formal tobacco control program.
Entitles correctional officers with twenty-five (25) years of service and who are at least fifty-five (55) years of age to a non-Medicare-eligible retiree health care insurance benefit.
This bill would give Rhode Island correctional officers — people who work guarding and supervising inmates in state prisons and jails — access to a specific type of retiree health insurance benefit when they leave their jobs.
Provides that certain actions taken by pharmacy benefits managers are deceptive or unfair trade practices.
This bill targets pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs) — the companies that act as middlemen between insurance companies, pharmacies, and drug manufacturers.
Expands foster care academic youth reports to include information regarding 504 eligibility, graduation progress and surrogate parents. The act would require implementation of additional strategies to improve performance and additional progress reports.
This bill would expand the academic progress reports that schools are required to create for young people in the foster care system.
HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT A CONDITION PRECEDENT BE PLACED ON ALL FUTURE STATE FUNDING OR GRANT ASSISTANCE TO BROWN UNIVERSITY HEALTH AND AFFILIATED ENTITIES TO ENSURE MAINTENANCE OF THE NEWPORT HOSPITAL BIRTHING CENTER (This resolution would condition the distribution of any state funds to Brown University Health on the continued operation of a birthing center in the city of Newport.)
This resolution asks the Rhode Island state government to attach a condition to any future funding or grants given to Brown University Health (the hospital system that operates Newport Hospital): the money would only flow if Brown University Health keeps a birthing center — a facility where mothers can give birth and receive maternity care — up and running in the city of Newport.
Authorizes the Superior Court to place a hospital into receivership upon action by the attorney general or department of health when a hospital is mismanaged, financially distressed, acting illegally, or endangering patient health and safety.
This bill would give Rhode Island's Superior Court the power to place a hospital under receivership — a legal arrangement where an outside manager (called a receiver) is appointed to take control of an organization — when serious problems arise.
Grants the town council of the town of Hopkinton the authority to confer jurisdiction to the municipal court to hear and determine appeals from decisions of the Chief of Police related to the return of seized firearms.
This bill would give the Hopkinton Town Council the power to authorize the town's municipal court to handle a specific type of legal appeal.
Increases and reallocates the fees collected for motor vehicle inspections, including motorcycle inspections, with an allocation of ten dollars ($10.00) to the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA).
This bill would change how much Rhode Island drivers pay for their annual motor vehicle inspections and how that money is distributed.
Provides that no contract between a dental plan or other healthcare entity and a dentist requires the dentist to accept exclusively by virtual credit cards.
This bill is about how dentists get paid by insurance companies and other healthcare organizations.
Repeals the collateral source rule in medical malpractice actions.
This bill would change how medical malpractice lawsuits work in Rhode Island by eliminating what's known as the "collateral source rule.