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Changes the teacher and state employees' retirement benefit calculations' cutoff date from July 1, 2024, to July 1, 2009, for all retirement members eligible to and who retire on or after the new July 1, 2009, cutoff date.
This bill would change how retirement benefits are calculated for Rhode Island public school teachers and state employees.
Establishes a new program where the per pupil funding, calculated annually by RIDE, would be transferred into a newly created educational funding account run by the children's scholarship fund to pay for educational expenses.
This bill would create a new "Education Freedom Account" program in Rhode Island that gives families more control over how their child's education funding is spent.
Repeals the act authorizing toll facilities on state roads.
This bill would repeal a law that currently allows the state of Rhode Island to set up toll facilities on state roads.
Requires the EOHHS to amend the state Medicaid plan and secure sufficient state general revenue to increase Medicaid payment rates to an amount equal to one hundred thirty percent (130%) of Medicare rates for outpatient clinical pediatric services.
This bill would require Rhode Island's Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) to raise the amount the state pays doctors and clinics when they provide outpatient medical care to children covered by Medicaid.
Increases the number of days a retired municipal employee could work in a calendar year without interruption of pension benefits to ninety (90) days or its equivalent of six hundred thirty (630) hours.
This bill would change the rules for retired municipal employees in Rhode Island who want to return to work for a city or town.
Suspends the gross earnings tax on electric and gas companies until January 1, 2036.
This bill would temporarily suspend a specific tax that Rhode Island currently charges electric and gas utility companies.
Adds the administrator of community confinement and the home confinement coordinator to the state retirement system.
This bill would make two specific positions within the state government — the Administrator of Community Confinement and the Home Confinement Coordinator — eligible to participate in Rhode Island's state employee retirement system.
Raises the minimum fee per barrel of petroleum products or crude oil from five cents ($0.05) to twelve cents ($0.12) per barrel as part of the uniform oil spill response and prevention fee.
This bill would increase a fee that oil companies and petroleum distributors pay on every barrel of oil or petroleum products that moves through Rhode Island.
Creates new tax on gains from sale or exchange of real property held for short periods of time, 6 years or less, establishes a comprehensive framework to calculate and implement enforcement and provides imprisonment and/or fines for those who evade taxes.
This bill would create a new state tax in Rhode Island specifically targeting profits made from selling real estate that was owned for six years or less.
Amends the current law on education to address unfunded mandates.
This bill proposes changes to Rhode Island's education laws to address "unfunded mandates" — situations where the state requires local school districts to provide certain programs or services but does not provide the money to pay for them.
Increases the amount of state aid distributed to the towns and cities through appropriation in lieu of property tax provisions applicable to certain private and state properties that are exempt from property tax.
In Rhode Island, certain properties are exempt from property taxes — this includes state-owned buildings and properties belonging to some private organizations (like nonprofits or educational institutions).
Provides the general assembly make an annual appropriation of not less than eighty thousand dollars ($80,000) to the Rhode Island emergency management agency to assist with emergency communications during major or multiple emergency incidents.
This bill would require the Rhode Island General Assembly to set aside at least $80,000 every year for the Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency (RIEMA).
Requires that Medicaid enrollment be maintained or provided to all inmates in the first 30 days of incarceration at the adult correctional institutions within the department of corrections and the last 30 days of incarceration when possible.
This bill would require that Rhode Island maintain or set up Medicaid health insurance coverage for people who are incarcerated at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) during two specific windows of time: the first 30 days after someone enters prison or jail, and the last 30 days before they are released — when feasible.
Appropriates nine hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($950,000) to establish a bilingual education support fund within the department of elementary and secondary education and provides for implementation of support and access to bilingual education.
This bill would set aside $950,000 in state funding to create a new "Bilingual Education Support Fund" within Rhode Island's Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE).
Exempts a single-family, primary residence, owned by a taxpayer, who is at least sixty-five (65) years old, and has been a Rhode Island resident for at least forty (40) years. It also excludes multi-family and income-producing properties.
This bill would exempt certain Rhode Island homeowners from paying property taxes on their primary residence.
Includes both the MomsPRN and PediPRN teleconsultation lines in the healthcare services funding contributions payable by health insurers.
This bill would expand Rhode Island's existing Healthcare Services Funding Plan to include two medical telephone consultation services: MomsPRN and PediPRN.
Establishes the "Prescription Drug Savings and Transparency Act of 2026."
This Rhode Island bill would create a new set of rules focused on making prescription drug pricing more transparent and potentially more affordable for residents.
Provides that for treatment of mental health and substance use disorders, payors would rely upon criteria which reflect generally accepted standards of care when developing coverage.
This Rhode Island bill would change how health insurance companies decide what mental health and substance use disorder treatments they will cover.
Limits the facility's ability to charge rent and fees for a maximum of seven (7) days or until removal of the personal property from the room, whichever occurs first. A violation would constitute a deceptive trade practice.
This bill places limits on how long an assisted living facility in Rhode Island can charge a former resident — or their family — for a room after the resident has moved out, passed away, or otherwise stopped living there.
Establishes a universal and unified healthcare system and reform the current payment system for healthcare coverage in this state.
This bill would create a single, statewide healthcare system in Rhode Island that would cover all residents, replacing the current mix of private insurance plans, employer-sponsored coverage, and other payment arrangements.
Require that routine childhood and adult immunization vaccine recommendations that are developed from evidence based, medically sound scientific research by the department of health.
This bill would require Rhode Island's Department of Health to develop its own routine vaccine recommendations for children and adults, based on evidence-based and scientifically sound medical research.
Requires annual inspections of those assisted living residences which contain units licensed to treat residents with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.
This bill would require assisted living facilities in Rhode Island that have special units for residents with Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia to undergo inspections every single year.
Permits physician assistants to practice without a physician's direct supervision and receives direct payments from Medicaid.
This bill would change how physician assistants (PAs) are allowed to practice medicine in Rhode Island.
Establishes a universal, comprehensive, affordable single-payer health care insurance program and help control health care costs, which would be referred to as, "the Rhode Island Comprehensive Health Insurance Program" (RICHIP).
This bill would create a new, state-run health insurance program that would cover every Rhode Island resident.