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Permits paid members on the state labor relations board to continue to receive their retirement benefits.
This bill would allow paid members of Rhode Island's State Labor Relations Board to continue collecting their retirement benefits while also receiving pay for their board service.
Exempts individual retirement accounts as a countable resource for public assistance. This act also prohibits the state as a creditor against an ABLE account in the event of death of a beneficiary.
This Rhode Island bill makes two related changes to how the state handles certain financial accounts when people apply for public assistance programs.
Gives 20% of proceeds in RI Highway Maintenance Account to RIPTA.
This bill would direct 20% of the money collected in Rhode Island's Highway Maintenance Account to the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA), the agency that runs the state's public bus system.
Requires quarterly financial reporting to the executive office of health and human services beginning on October 1, 2026.
This bill would require certain organizations or entities to submit financial reports to Rhode Island's Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) on a quarterly basis — meaning four times per year.
Mandates that any surplus state tax revenue received in any fiscal year would be refunded to the taxpayers of this state on a proportional basis in relation to the personal income tax liability incurred by the taxpayers in that fiscal year.
This bill would require Rhode Island to return extra tax money to residents whenever the state collects more revenue than it needs in a given year.
Provides medical assistance coverage for medical services provided qualifying eligible recipients for community based care.
This Rhode Island bill would expand the state's medical assistance program (similar to Medicaid) to cover medical services for certain eligible residents who receive care in community-based settings rather than in hospitals or nursing homes.
Prohibits health benefit plans reviewing prescriptions for opioid addiction treatment.
This bill would prevent health insurance plans from requiring a review or approval process before covering prescription medications used to treat opioid addiction.
Allows advanced practice registered nurses, physician assistants, and physicians who are and are not licensed in Rhode Island to provide telemedicine services to patients who are in the state when those services are rendered.
This bill would expand access to telemedicine services for Rhode Island patients by allowing a broader range of healthcare providers to treat them remotely.
Requires health plans that provide prescription benefits to cover at least one type of glucagon auto-injector, nasal spray, or formulation that does not require reconstitution to treat hypoglycemia. No copayment or deductible would be required.
This bill would require health insurance plans in Rhode Island that include prescription drug coverage to pay for at least one modern form of glucagon — a medication used to treat severe low blood sugar (hypoglycemia).
Provides that the EOHHS, through Emergency Medicaid, cover dialysis for the treatment of end stage renal disease ("ESRD") and kidney transplants for RI residents who do not qualify for full Medicaid under federal law due to their immigration status.
This bill would require Rhode Island's Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) to use Emergency Medicaid funding to cover two specific medical treatments — dialysis for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and kidney transplants — for Rhode Island residents who cannot qualify for full Medicaid benefits because of their immigration status.
Modifies the real estate sales disclosure form to include the disclosure of “blower door diagnostic air leakage testing” and advises that air leakage testing is recommended prior to purchasing a residential unit.
This bill would update Rhode Island's standard real estate sales disclosure form — the paperwork sellers must fill out when selling a home — to include information about "blower door diagnostic air leakage testing.
Requires that an independent efficiency and performance audit of the department of transportation be commissioned by the department of administration.
This bill would require Rhode Island's Department of Administration to hire an independent outside party to conduct a thorough audit of the state's Department of Transportation (RIDOT).
Classifies, research, intent and interest in healthcare services as protected healthcare data. Adds responsibilities for regulated entities that seek to collect and share consumer data including a requirement for specific and conspicuous consumer consent.
This bill creates new privacy protections for a specific category of personal information in Rhode Island: data related to a person's research, intentions, or interest in reproductive health services and gender-affirming care.
Requires all write-in votes, regardless of qualification, to be reported and published by the state board of elections, on its website.
This bill would require Rhode Island's State Board of Elections to count, report, and publicly post all write-in votes on its official website — including votes for candidates who did not officially register as write-in candidates before the election.
This act would add early voting to the 50 feet buffer prohibitions against politicking during election day voting.
Rhode Island law currently prohibits political activity — such as campaigning, handing out flyers, or trying to influence voters — within 50 feet of a polling place on Election Day.
Repeals the provisions of § 34-7-4 regarding rights of footway being acquired by adverse possession.
This bill would remove a specific law from Rhode Island's legal code that currently allows people to gain the right to use a footpath (a walking path across someone else's land) through a process called "adverse possession.
Provides that compensation comparability studies of senior management, documents discussed at an open meeting, annual contracting reports, list of current salaries and positions, and all policies and procedures of public corporations be made public.
This bill would require certain government-related organizations in Rhode Island — known as "quasi-public corporations" — to make a variety of internal documents and information available to the public.
Allows the department of environmental management to acquire established foot paths by eminent domain in order to provide public access to streams, rivers, lakes and ponds.
This bill would give Rhode Island's Department of Environmental Management (DEM) a new legal tool to secure public access to the state's waterways.
Permits the court to determine the number of hours a person would have to complete of a batters intervention program and gives the court discretion as to whether that person would be personally financially responsible for the costs thereof.
This bill would give Rhode Island judges more flexibility when sentencing someone convicted of domestic violence.
Requires that the primary election date, statutorily the eighth Tuesday preceding the biennial state elections, shall be held on the Wednesday when Labor Day is the day before said Tuesday. No other filing deadlines would be affected.
This bill addresses a scheduling conflict that occasionally occurs with Rhode Island's primary election.
Requires public bodies to offer translation services for all open meetings of said bodies.
This bill would require all public bodies in Rhode Island — such as town councils, school boards, state agencies, and other government bodies — to provide translation services at their open meetings.
Permits Rhode Island residents, 21 years of age or older, to carry a concealed handgun, without a permit.
This bill would allow Rhode Island residents who are 21 years of age or older to carry a concealed handgun in public without needing to obtain a permit first.
Makes sexual contact or penetration between any law enforcement officer that is on duty and a person that is a detainee, arrestee, in custody or a suspect a felony.
This bill would make it a serious crime (a felony) for any law enforcement officer who is on duty to engage in sexual contact or sexual penetration with someone they have authority over — specifically, anyone who is detained, arrested, in custody, or considered a suspect.
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.