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Phases out the local meals and beverage tax by January 1, 2030.
This bill would gradually eliminate the local meals and beverage tax in Rhode Island, with the tax fully gone by January 1, 2030.
Establishes a statewide “Healthy School Meals for all” universal school breakfast and lunch program in Rhode Island public schools phased in over 3 years.
This bill would create a program in Rhode Island to provide free breakfast and lunch to all students in public schools, regardless of their family's income.
Increase the personal needs allowance of nursing facility residents from $75.00 to $100 per month.
This bill would increase the amount of spending money that Medicaid-funded nursing home residents are allowed to keep each month.
Eliminates the sunset on the provision of funding, modify eligibility requirement to 85% of state median income and expand funding to at least 20 hours per week.
This bill makes several changes to Rhode Island's welfare-to-work program, known as Rhode Island Works.
Exempts from the sales tax firearm safety equipment, storage devices, gun safes, gun cabinets, gun vaults, gun cases, strong boxes, cable locks, trigger locks and biometric locks.
This bill would remove the Rhode Island sales tax from a range of products designed to safely store and secure firearms.
Provides the department of elementary and secondary education, in consultation with a workgroup composed of various stakeholders, develops a funding formula for school districts sending students to career and technical programs outside their district.
This bill addresses how Rhode Island school districts pay for career and technical education (CTE) when students attend programs in a different school district than the one they live in.
Changes the retirement allowance based on accrued benefits.
This Rhode Island bill makes changes to how retirement payments are calculated for police officers and firefighters in towns and cities across the state.
Imposes a seventy-five cent (0.75) surcharge on fares charged by rideshare companies as well as an account to benefit RIPTA from the payment of sales taxes collected from rideshares.
This bill would add a 75-cent surcharge to every ride booked through rideshare companies like Uber and Lyft in Rhode Island.
Makes students in workforce-ready certificate programs at the community college of Rhode Island eligible to receive the Rhode Island Promise Scholarship.
This bill would expand who can receive the Rhode Island Promise Scholarship to include students enrolled in workforce-ready certificate programs at the Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI).
Requires any remaining funds in the enacted budget from the RI promise scholarship program or the RI hope scholarship program, after Rhode Island college has satisfied all eligible scholarships to be reimbursed to onward we learn.
This bill deals with how leftover money is handled within two Rhode Island college scholarship programs: the RI Promise Scholarship and the RI Hope Scholarship.
Exempts the trade-in value of pickup trucks under eight thousand eight hundred pounds (8,800 lbs.) gross weight, used exclusively for personal use, from sales tax.
This bill would change how sales tax is calculated when someone trades in a pickup truck while buying a new vehicle in Rhode Island.
Includes menthol as a flavored electronic nicotine-delivery system product.
This bill would change Rhode Island's existing law to specifically include menthol as a "flavor" when it comes to electronic nicotine-delivery system (ENDS) products — things like e-cigarettes, vapes, and similar devices.
Requires that all monies received from the payment of fines under the Uniform Act on Prevention of and Remedies for Human Trafficking be deposited into the into the violent crimes indemnity account within the general fund.
This bill deals with what happens to the money collected from fines paid by people convicted under Rhode Island's human trafficking laws.
Establishes the medical primary care scholarship program to be administered by the commissioner of postsecondary education.
This bill would create a new scholarship program in Rhode Island specifically designed to help students who are training to become primary care doctors.
Affords an option for police and firefighters to receive retirement allowances, without reduction, who seek retirement after twenty (20) years of service, upon reaching age fifty-seven (57).
This bill would create a new retirement option for police officers and firefighters in Rhode Island.
Requires that the governor submit a zero-based budget to the general assembly with the zero-based budget phased in over a five (5) year period, commencing with the fiscal budget year of July 1, 2027.
This bill would change how Rhode Island creates its state budget each year.
Establishes Children's Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund to provide finance assistance to families for medical expenses not covered by state or federal programs or insurance contract.
This bill would create a new state fund in Rhode Island called the Children's Catastrophic Illness Relief Fund.
Mandates that all restaurants offering children's meals offer at least two (2) children's meals that complies with certain detailed nutritional standards set forth in the act.
This bill would require all restaurants in Rhode Island that offer children's meals to include at least two options on their kids' menu that meet specific nutrition standards.
Requires that an individual's caregiver be present when healthcare decisions are discussed with the hospice team. It would also prevent a denial of home hospice care because of age or income.
This bill makes two key changes to how hospice care works in Rhode Island.
Requires hospitals to have a notary on staff all hours of the day and week.
This bill would require all hospitals in Rhode Island to have a notary public available on-site 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Allows the office of health insurance commissioner (OHIC) as the state agency that has the authority to designate patient-centered medical home (PCMH) care to obtain maximal health outcomes.
This bill gives the Rhode Island Office of Health Insurance Commissioner (OHIC) the official authority to designate healthcare practices as "Patient-Centered Medical Homes" (PCMHs).
Allows a landlord that did not obtain a lead certificate pursuant to the lead mitigation laws of chapter 128.1 of title 42 due to the fact that the state lacks the adequate resources to conduct inspections.
Under Rhode Island law, landlords who rent to families with young children are generally required to obtain a lead safety certificate, proving their property has been inspected and meets lead hazard standards.
Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Blackstone Valley Advocacy Center located in the city of Pawtucket.
This bill would give a property tax exemption to the Blackstone Valley Advocacy Center, a nonprofit organization located in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
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.