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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.
Amends the zoning ordinances to allow the town to restrict occupancy to one unrelated person per bedroom in a dwelling, up to a five (5) bedroom unit. Units with more than five (5) bedrooms may be limited to five (5) unrelated persons per unit.
This bill would give Rhode Island towns and cities a new tool to limit how many unrelated people can live together in a home.
Requires landlords of residential properties built before 1978 to register lead hazard mitigation information with the department of health and the information would remain private and only accessible by specific entities.
This bill would require landlords who own residential rental properties built before 1978 to register information about lead hazard mitigation with the Rhode Island Department of Health.
Provides that the cost of maintaining and repairing or restoring an easement or right-of-way shall be shared by each owner of a benefited property and their costs shall be determined by and commensurate with the municipal appraisal of each property.
This bill deals with how the costs of maintaining, repairing, or restoring private easements and rights-of-way are divided among property owners.
Substitutes "housing resources commission" with "department of health" for lead hazard mitigation purposes. It also makes it easier for a property owner to release funds put into an escrow account, if needed to make required repairs or improvements.
This bill makes two main changes to Rhode Island's existing laws about lead hazard mitigation — the process of addressing dangerous lead paint and other lead hazards in homes and buildings.
Criminalizes the knowing and intentional failure of a physician, nurse, or other licensed medical person to provide reasonable medical care and treatment to an infant born alive as a felony.
This bill would make it a serious crime for doctors, nurses, or other licensed medical professionals to deliberately withhold reasonable medical care from a baby that has been born alive.
Prohibits law enforcement agencies from hiring individuals who were hired as a sworn officer of the US Immigration and Customs enforcement Agency on or after January 20, 2025, and applies prospectively to an individual hired on or after October 1, 2026.
This Rhode Island bill would prevent state and local law enforcement agencies in Rhode Island from hiring anyone who worked as a sworn (officially sworn-in) officer for U.
Defines squatter as a person occupying a dwelling unit who is not authorized by the property owner, landlord or tenant to occupy the unit and provides remedies for property owner including police assistance to remove a squatter.
This bill creates a legal definition for "squatter" in Rhode Island and establishes a process for property owners to remove unauthorized occupants from their property.