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Requires all public utilities to maintain a customer service facility within the state to perform services such as addressing customer inquiries and accepting bill payments.
This bill would require all public utility companies operating in Rhode Island — such as electric, gas, water, and telecommunications providers — to maintain at least one physical customer service office located within the state.
Permits on and after July 1, 2027, for an insurer to consider the zip code in which the vehicle is garaged provided that the calculation of the zip code is segmented by the municipality where the vehicle is garaged.
This bill would change how car insurance companies in Rhode Island are allowed to calculate your auto insurance rates.
Establishes certain presumptions pertaining to early childhood education programs operating in RIDE-certified school buildings.
This bill deals with how early childhood education programs (like pre-K or daycare programs) are evaluated and rated when they operate inside school buildings that have already been certified by the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE).
Permits students at failing schools to enroll in any public school and also established the Rhode Island education revitalization fund to provide funding to the school choice program.
This bill would give students who attend low-performing or "failing" schools in Rhode Island the option to transfer and enroll in any public school of their choosing.
Enables parents to review public school learning materials/object if the parent decides that the material is harmful. Also a parent may withdraw their student from the activity or class where the material is used and request an alternative assignment.
This bill, called the "Rights of Parents and Guardians in Public Educational Instruction Act," would give parents and guardians in Rhode Island the formal right to review learning materials used in their child's public school classes.
Amends the certain provisions relative to school waste recycling and refuse disposal and requires reports of waste audits by educational entities and reports of program participation by vendors.
This bill updates Rhode Island's existing rules around how schools handle their trash and recycling.
Prohibits the state, municipalities, or courts from attempting to collect any motor vehicle violation fines or costs, after more than seven (7) years of the fine becoming final.
This bill would set a deadline on how long Rhode Island's government can try to collect unpaid traffic ticket fines.
Establishes the first-time home buyer savings program act. Allows modifications to federal adjusted gross income for $50,000 in contributions and $150,000 of interest and dividends included in federal adjusted gross income.
This bill would create a special savings program in Rhode Island designed to help people who have never owned a home save money for their first home purchase.
Exempts from the sales tax scalp hair prosthesis or wig that are necessary due to hair loss from a medical condition.
This bill would remove the Rhode Island sales tax from wigs and scalp hair prostheses when a person needs them because of hair loss caused by a medical condition.
Prohibits state agencies from entering into software contracts that limit the agency's ability to install or run the software of the agency's choosing on their hardware.
This bill would set a new rule for how Rhode Island state government agencies buy and use software.
Provides a tax credit for food donations by qualified taxpayers to nonprofit organizations up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) per year.
This bill would create a new tax benefit in Rhode Island for people and businesses that donate food to nonprofit organizations.
Exempts from sales tax energy storage systems, as defined in § 39-33-1.
This bill would remove the Rhode Island sales tax from purchases of energy storage systems.
Generates an estate tax discharge upon the recording of a statement by the executor or other estate representative that the value of the decedent’s gross estate does not require a state or federal tax filing.
When someone passes away, their estate (the property and assets they leave behind) sometimes must go through a process to confirm that all applicable taxes have been paid before that property can be transferred to heirs.
Provides that adjunct faculty members at any state college or university who teach at least 50% of the hours regularly worked by full-time faculty in a semester be eligible for the same medical benefits as other full-time state employees.
This bill would extend medical health insurance benefits to adjunct (part-time) faculty members who work at Rhode Island's public colleges and universities.
Mandates insurance coverage for scalp cooling treatments for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy to prevent hair loss during chemotherapy treatments.
This bill would require health insurance companies in Rhode Island to cover scalp cooling treatments for cancer patients who are undergoing chemotherapy.
LIABILITY-FREE) PRODUCTS ACT (Prohibits mandating indemnified products to consumers in certain circumstances.
This Rhode Island bill would place restrictions on requiring consumers to use or purchase products that have been granted legal immunity from liability.
Requires the state to implement the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact no later than July 1, 2026.
This bill would require Rhode Island to join and implement the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact (IMLC) by July 1, 2026.
Establishes the Rhode Island Ban on the Corporate Practice of Medicine Act.
This bill would establish a new law in Rhode Island preventing corporations and other business entities from directly employing licensed physicians to practice medicine.
Prohibits dental insurers from refusing to honor directions to pay from insured, modifying benefits to be paid. Requires providers to accept payment by virtual credit card as unfair claims practices.
This Rhode Island bill makes changes to how dental insurance companies must handle payments to dentists and other dental care providers.
Limits copays, coinsurance or office deductibles for services of a physical therapist to the amount authorized for the services of a primary care physician or osteopath on or after January 1, 2027.
This bill would cap what Rhode Island residents pay out-of-pocket for physical therapy visits.
Requires a report to be produced that focuses on prescription drug prior authorizations by January 1, 2027.
This bill would require the production of a report examining how health insurance companies in Rhode Island handle "prior authorizations" for prescription drugs.
Provides for fair pharmacy reimbursement from a pharmacy benefit manager, and also provides anti-discrimination prohibitions in regard to non-affiliated pharmacies or pharmacists.
This Rhode Island bill sets rules about how pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) — the companies that manage prescription drug benefits for insurance plans — must treat and pay independent and non-affiliated pharmacies.
Prohibits health insurance providers from requiring preauthorization for in-network mental health or substance use disorder services.
This bill would prohibit health insurance companies in Rhode Island from requiring "preauthorization" — sometimes called "prior authorization" — before a person can receive mental health or substance use disorder treatment from an in-network provider.
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.