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Prohibits the state, participating ERISA, or any health plan from purchasing referenced drugs for a cost higher than the referenced rate.
This bill would set limits on how much the state of Rhode Island, certain employer health plans, and other health insurance plans can pay for specific prescription drugs.
Requires health insurance providers to provide insurance coverage for pharmacists’ services.
This bill would require health insurance companies in Rhode Island to cover services provided directly by pharmacists.
Establishes the Wholesale Prescription Drug Importation Program for the importation of wholesale prescription drugs from Canada, to provide savings to Rhode Island consumers.
This bill would create a program in Rhode Island that allows prescription drugs to be imported from Canada in bulk (called "wholesale" importation) for sale to Rhode Island residents.
Makes changes to the access to public records act, including clarifying various provisions, increasing the sanctions for knowing and willful violations of the law, and making certain traffic accident data and preferred license plate information public.
This bill makes several updates to Rhode Island's Access to Public Records Act (APRA), which is the law that gives people the right to request and receive documents from government agencies.
Allows parents or guardians to have access to GPS data of the bus or other motor vehicle used to transport students to and from school.
This bill would give parents and guardians the ability to access GPS location data for the school buses or other vehicles that transport their children to and from school.
Requires those with a public records request to provide identifying information.
This bill would change Rhode Island's current public records process by requiring anyone who submits a public records request to provide identifying information about themselves.
Allows a person over 18 to purchase a stun gun or electronic dart gun and prohibits the sale of a stun gun or electronic dart gun to a person under 18 and criminalizes using a stun gun or electronic dart gun in a crime or against a police officer.
This bill would change Rhode Island law to allow adults 18 years of age and older to legally purchase stun guns and electronic dart guns (commonly known as Tasers).
Decriminalizes certain commercial sexual activity. It would also include human trafficking as a racketeering activity and would allow expungements of certain convictions in § 11-34.1 after one year.
This bill would make significant changes to how Rhode Island handles laws related to buying and selling sexual services.
Authorizes the city of Cranston to establish a housing division within its municipal court.
This bill would give the city of Cranston the legal authority to create a dedicated housing division within its existing municipal court system.
Requires that the license plates of a vehicle be confiscated by a police officer if the owner was arrested for driving while their license was suspended, revoked or cancelled for refusing to submit to a chemical test or for operating under the influence.
This bill would require police officers to take away the license plates from a vehicle at the time of arrest if the driver is caught driving with a suspended, revoked, or cancelled license — specifically in cases where that suspension was related to a DUI (driving under the influence) or refusing to take a chemical test (such as a breathalyzer).
Allows citizens of a city or town who are at least sixteen (16) years of age to register to vote and to vote in school committee elections in municipalities where school committees are elected entities.
This bill would lower the voting age to 16 specifically for school committee elections in Rhode Island cities and towns where school committee members are elected by the public.
Enlarges definitions of prohibited acts that constitute hazing, make principals, coaches, athletic directors and others responsible for knowingly failing to take reasonable measures to prevent hazing and punishes serious injury.
This bill strengthens Rhode Island's existing anti-hazing laws by expanding what counts as "hazing" and making it harder for schools and organizations to look the other way when it happens.
Changes the maximum term of employment for a superintendent from three (3) to five (5) years.
This bill proposes a change to how long a school superintendent can be hired under a single employment contract in Rhode Island.
Establishes a maximum hourly workday for all peace officers as defined in § 12-7-21 and a violation rate of pay of double time and a half.
This bill sets a maximum number of hours that peace officers in Rhode Island can be required to work in a single day.
Allows for a special RI license plate to raise awareness for colon cancer. The plate would be designed by the partnership to reduce cancer in RI and honoring the late Maryellen Goodwin.
This bill would create a special Rhode Island license plate dedicated to raising awareness about colon cancer.
Disabled veteran license plate may be transferred to veterans' spouse or issued to veteran or veterans spouse.
This Rhode Island bill would make it easier for disabled veterans and their spouses to use special disabled veteran license plates.
Defines "military-connected student", "advance enrollment" and "open enrollment" to give them flexibility in choosing a school district.
This bill creates new legal definitions and enrollment rights specifically for children of military families in Rhode Island.
Includes veterans 75 years or older with a combined service connected disability rating of 70% as eligible for disabled veterans license plates.
This bill would expand who qualifies for Rhode Island's disabled veterans license plates.
Allows the dependents of a national guard member, who is in good standing, to be eligible for tuition assistance.
This bill would expand Rhode Island's existing tuition assistance program for National Guard members to also cover their dependents — meaning their spouses and children.
Authorizes the town of Jamestown to authorize, by ordinance, the expansion of the local tax exemption ordinance for seniors.
This bill gives the town of Jamestown, Rhode Island the legal authority to expand its existing property tax exemption program for senior citizens.
Requires the state building commissioner to implement electronic permitting for any category of state or local permit authorized under state law to significantly impact the expediency of construction and development.
This bill would require Rhode Island's state building commissioner to set up an electronic (online) permitting system for construction and development projects.
Requires radon testing within one year of any residential real estate transaction and the installation of a radon mitigation system if unsafe radon levels are present, at the seller's expense.
This bill would require that every home involved in a residential real estate sale be tested for radon gas within one year of the transaction closing.
Authorizes and empower the department of transportation to plant pollinator friendly native species of trees, shrubs, grasses and plants within limits of a roadway, including state highways.
This bill would give Rhode Island's Department of Transportation (RIDOT) the authority to plant native, pollinator-friendly trees, shrubs, grasses, and other plants along roadsides and state highways.
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.