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Clarifies when mobile equipment can travel on a public highway as an incidentally permitted practice limited to the active participation in an active work zone.
This bill clarifies the rules about when certain types of mobile equipment — such as construction machinery, road-grading vehicles, or similar heavy work equipment — are allowed to travel on public roads in Rhode Island.
Mandates all department of corrections staff with direct supervision roles to wear body cameras while on duty in their assigned facility.
This bill would require all Rhode Island Department of Corrections staff members who directly supervise inmates to wear body cameras whenever they are working inside a correctional facility.
Creates the reproductive health and gender-affirming healthcare data privacy act.
This bill would create new privacy protections specifically for personal health information related to reproductive health and gender-affirming care.
Allows for the issuance of a Class B or Class B-H liquor license for the property located at 349 Main Street in the town of South Kingstown.
This bill would allow a specific property — located at 349 Main Street in South Kingstown, Rhode Island — to receive a Class B or Class B-H liquor license.
Updates disability parking space signage and enables municipalities to participate in the parking mobility app program where individuals submit photos on the app of vehicles parked in spaces designated for individuals with disabilities.
This bill makes two main updates to how Rhode Island handles parking spaces reserved for people with disabilities.
Provide services for veterans in the criminal justice system ensuring disclosure and connections with federal and state resources.
This Rhode Island bill focuses on identifying veterans who become involved in the criminal justice system and making sure they can access help that may be available to them.
Requires licensed retailers authorized to sell intoxicating beverages to provide a lid to a consumer upon request.
This bill would require any store in Rhode Island that is licensed to sell alcoholic beverages — such as liquor stores, convenience stores, or grocery stores — to provide a lid to customers upon request when they purchase a drink.
Provides that certain Hmong or Lao veterans who served honorably in military operations in support of the United States as special guerrilla units be granted burial rights at the Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery.
This bill would extend burial rights at the Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery to a specific group of veterans who fought alongside American forces during the Vietnam War era.
Provides a series of updates to size, weight, and load regulations for commercial and specialized vehicles.
This Rhode Island bill would update the rules that govern how big, how heavy, and how loaded commercial and specialized vehicles can be when traveling on state roads.
Authorizes the committees of the general assembly to allow members of the public to provide testimony remotely.
This bill would allow Rhode Island's legislative committees to give members of the public the option to testify remotely — meaning people could share their opinions on proposed laws through video or phone conferencing instead of having to show up in person at the State House.
Permits dealers without a distributor's license to resell cigars, and ultra premium pipe tobacco, excluding pipe tobacco intended for cigarettes, to other dealers.
This bill would change Rhode Island's tobacco sales rules to give certain tobacco retailers more flexibility in how they do business.
Requires the Rhode Island life and health insurance guarantee association to be obligated to cover a minimum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500.000) in present value of annuity benefits, including net cash surrender and net cash withdrawal values.
This bill would increase the minimum amount of protection that Rhode Island's life and health insurance safety net — called the Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association — must provide to people who hold annuity contracts.
Prohibits public and private colleges and universities from charging students for institution provided health insurance in the absence of affirmative action by the student opting-in to coverage.
This bill would change the way Rhode Island colleges and universities handle student health insurance.
Requires the state investment commission to create a capital access initiative to expand potential investment opportunities for the state’s pension fund and engage qualified but traditionally underrepresented investment managers.
This bill would require Rhode Island's State Investment Commission — the group responsible for managing the state's public pension fund — to create a new program called a "Capital Access Initiative.
Establishes the Rhode Island education funding and accountability act, which would include a totally revised and revamped formula for funding all levels of public education in Rhode Island.
This bill proposes a complete overhaul of how Rhode Island funds its public schools, from elementary through higher education.
Allows a modification for up to $50,000 of individual retirement account income that is included in federal adjusted gross income for the taxable year; provided that the person with individual retirement accounts has no income from pensions.
This bill would allow certain Rhode Island retirees to exclude up to $50,000 of income drawn from Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) from their Rhode Island state income taxes.
Requires the executive office of health and human services (EOHHS) to apply an automatic cost-of-living adjustment (“COLA”) to the Medicaid reimbursement rates paid for assisted living services provided pursuant to this chapter.
This bill would require Rhode Island's Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) to automatically apply a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to the Medicaid payment rates for assisted living services.
Mandates health insurance coverage by eliminating out-of-pocket costs for lung cancer screenings in order to enable patients to get the critical care they need without delay.
This bill would require health insurance companies in Rhode Island to cover lung cancer screenings at no cost to patients.
Requires the disclosure of the transfer of certain assets of healthcare facilities and provides penalties for failing to file healthcare facility ownership information.
This bill would require healthcare facilities in Rhode Island — such as hospitals, nursing homes, and similar medical institutions — to disclose information when ownership or certain significant assets are transferred from one party to another.
Changes the direct client contact hour requirements for applicants for licensure of marriage and family therapist associate and applicants for licensure of marriage and family therapist.
This bill would change the number of hours that people need to spend working directly with clients in order to qualify for a license as a Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT) or a Marriage and Family Therapist Associate in Rhode Island.
Provides that licensed assisted living community is not required to hold a residential unit for a Medicare-eligible resident absent from the facility for a period exceeding 10 days unless EOHHS provides payment to the facility to hold the bed.
This bill addresses what happens to a resident's room at an assisted living facility when they temporarily leave — for example, to go to a hospital or rehabilitation center.
Prohibits healthcare providers and health plans from denying the payment of a medical bill, solely because the bill may have arisen from a third-party claim.
This bill would prevent doctors, hospitals, and health insurance plans from refusing to pay or process a medical bill just because the injury or illness might have been caused by someone else — such as in a car accident, slip-and-fall, or workplace injury.
Prohibits municipalities from restricting certain landscaping equipment based on its power source. It also prohibits any changes in the regulation of the use of power equipment in the municipality, without a positive referendum vote.
This bill would prevent cities and towns in Rhode Island from banning or restricting landscaping equipment — such as lawn mowers, leaf blowers, or trimmers — based on what powers them.
Authorizes the town of North Providence, if an aggregate of two hundred fifty (250) or more units should be proposed in comprehensive permit project(s), to enact an emergency moratorium until the permit requirement of § 45-53-4 are amended.
This bill would give the town of North Providence a special legal tool to temporarily pause certain affordable housing development projects under specific circumstances.