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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.
Prohibits any city or town from enacting any zoning ordinance that would place restrictions on residential recovery houses that are not applicable to other residential homes.
This bill would prevent cities and towns in Rhode Island from creating special zoning rules that single out recovery houses — homes where people recovering from addiction live together in a supportive environment.
Allows the town of Tiverton to apply different tax rates to all classes of property.
This bill gives the town of Tiverton, Rhode Island, the legal authority to charge different property tax rates depending on the type of property being taxed.
Permits but not directs a municipality to establish, by ordinance, certain requirements regarding accessory dwelling units regarding ownership for 5 years, non-family ADUs to be rented at affordable rates and limit size to 1,000 sq. ft.
This bill gives Rhode Island cities and towns the option — but not the requirement — to pass their own local rules about accessory dwelling units (ADUs).
Increases the notification time about rent increases and termination of tenancy for month-to-month tenants.
This bill would require landlords to give month-to-month tenants more advance warning before raising their rent or ending their tenancy.
Sets timelines for Tiverton's new construction, including one year for final approval, two (2) years for building permits, and temporary inclusion of units in the town's count until completion or three (3) years, whichever comes first.
This bill establishes specific deadlines and rules for new housing construction projects in Tiverton, Rhode Island.
Allows the town of Tiverton, with an aggregate of 500 or more units proposed in a comprehensive permit project, to enact a short-term emergency moratorium until the permit laws are amended.
This bill would give the town of Tiverton, Rhode Island a special legal tool to temporarily pause large affordable housing development projects under certain conditions.
Prohibits applications for a comprehensive permit under the Rhode Island comprehensive planning and land use regulation act in any watershed overlay protection district located in the town of Tiverton.
This bill would create a special exception for the town of Tiverton, Rhode Island, by blocking developers from using a particular type of permit — called a "comprehensive permit" — in areas of Tiverton that are designated as watershed overlay protection districts.
Requires the Rhode Island housing authority to verify and document the count of affordable housing stock in the town of Tiverton two (2) times per year.
This bill would require the Rhode Island Housing Authority to count and verify the amount of affordable housing available in the town of Tiverton twice each year.
Allows the town of Tiverton to determine its density bonuses based upon its underlying zoning.
This bill would give the town of Tiverton, Rhode Island, more local control over how it handles "density bonuses" in housing development.
Prohibits applications filed in the town of Tiverton, for comprehensive permit projects, for low- and moderate-income housing, to include accessory dwelling units.
This bill would create a specific rule for the town of Tiverton, Rhode Island, regarding how affordable housing projects are built and approved.
Spells out rules and regulations for the presidential preference primary elections, and would also establish rules for ranked choice voting tabulation and results reporting by the secretary of state.
This bill sets out the rules for how Rhode Island runs its presidential preference primary elections — the contests where voters in each party express which presidential candidate they prefer.
Limits how landlords use criminal history in rental decisions by delaying background checks until after a conditional offer has been made, restricting which records may be considered, banning discriminatory ads, and providing enforcement and penalties.
This bill changes the rules for how landlords in Rhode Island can use a person's criminal history when deciding whether to rent to them.
Amends the Rhode Island Fair Housing Practices Act to clarify housing-status enforcement, ban discriminatory housing notices, align state law with federal standards and remove a ban on public discussion of fair housing cases.
This bill makes several updates to Rhode Island's Fair Housing Practices Act, which is the state law that protects people from discrimination when they are trying to rent or buy a home.
Provides for the operation of and duties imposed on a disposition facility relating to the natural organic reduction for the contained, accelerated conversion of human remains to soil.
This bill would establish rules for a new type of end-of-life option in Rhode Island called natural organic reduction (NOR), sometimes known as "human composting.
Establishes the rights of adoptive/foster children or those in guardianship, to have post-separation visitation with their sibling(s).
This bill would establish legal rights for children in adoptive homes, foster care, or guardianship arrangements to maintain contact and visitation with their siblings, even after the family has been separated.
Prohibits gender transition procedures for all minors, uses of public funds, discipline for health care providers, a 30 year statute of limitation, after reaching age of majority, and right to a civil action for damages.
This bill would ban medical gender transition procedures for anyone under 18 years old in Rhode Island.
Provides any police report involving a railroad fatality and all communications between railroad employees not be made public. Additionally, it makes a violation of this section a misdemeanor.
This bill would make police reports related to railroad deaths and internal communications between railroad employees confidential — meaning they could not be released to the public.
Directs the administrator of the public records management program to adopt a uniform statewide access to public records request form.
This bill would require the administrator of Rhode Island's public records management program to create a single, standardized form that residents can use when requesting access to public records from government agencies.
Allows someone convicted of a previous felony or a private complaint to be eligible under § 12-10-12 for a misdemeanor filing.
Under current Rhode Island law, there is a legal process (referenced as § 12-10-12) that allows certain misdemeanor charges to be handled through a special filing procedure, which can help some people avoid a formal conviction on their record.