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Allows for food and food supplies procurement by the state of less than $25,000 in aggregate under the small purchase regulations.
This bill would change how Rhode Island state agencies can buy food and food-related supplies.
Funds the Rhode Island baby bonds trust program without the use of taxpayer dollars through an annual allocation of unclaimed property remittances.
This bill proposes a way to fund Rhode Island's "baby bonds" program — a savings program designed to give children from lower-income families a financial head start — without using taxpayer money.
Removes the definition of "totally and permanently disabled" from the general law affording college tuition paid by the state to the spouse and children of active members of the police force who are killed or disabled during duty.
Under current Rhode Island law, the state pays for college tuition for the spouses and children of police officers who are killed or permanently disabled while on duty.
Allows an individual school district that can utilize its own buses or vendors at a lower cost than the statewide system, to obtain reimbursement for these costs from state funds.
This bill would give individual school districts more flexibility in how they handle student transportation costs.
Requires hospital emergency rooms and free-standing emergency care facilities to offer and provide pregnancy prevention medication to victims of sexual assault.
This bill would require hospital emergency rooms and freestanding emergency care facilities in Rhode Island to offer pregnancy prevention medication to patients who come in reporting that they have been sexually assaulted.
Permits students diagnosed with asthma, a condition that may lead to bronchospasm or anaphylaxis, or both, to carry and self-administer asthma medication or auto-injectable or intranasal epinephrine, or both.
This bill would allow students in Rhode Island schools to carry and use their own asthma inhalers or epinephrine devices (such as EpiPens or nasal sprays) on school grounds.
Repeals the older of the two existing chapters related to speech-language pathologists and audiologists and makes several amendments to reconcile the two statutes into one.
Rhode Island currently has two separate sets of laws on the books that govern speech-language pathologists and audiologists — professionals who help people with communication disorders, hearing problems, and related conditions.
Creates a Rhode Island specialty license for physician assistants who earn the NCCPA psychiatry CAQ, formally recognizing advanced behavioral health qualifications and supporting appropriate insurance reimbursement.
This bill would create a new type of specialty license in Rhode Island for physician assistants (PAs) who have earned a specific advanced credential in psychiatry.
Allows electronic notifications modernize language for notifications, synchronize renewal dates for certain license-types, streamline licensing requirements across several license-types, and update the unlicensed health care practices statute.
This bill makes several updates to the laws governing barbers, hairdressers, cosmeticians, manicurists, and estheticians in Rhode Island.
Requires the state, and private insurers that cover prescription hormone therapy, to dispense twelve (12) months’ worth of the prescription as a single prescription.
This bill would require health insurance plans in Rhode Island — both state government insurance programs and private insurance companies — to allow patients to receive a full 12-month supply of prescription hormone therapy in a single prescription fill.
Repeals the certificate of need process statutes which are used by the department of health to determine the need for new health care equipment and new institutional health services.
This bill would eliminate Rhode Island's "Certificate of Need" (CON) program, which is a government approval process that healthcare providers must currently go through before they can open new medical facilities, purchase certain expensive equipment, or offer new types of health services.
Increases continuing education requirements for physician assistants, removes restrictions of PAs to render charitable care and aid for school and youth programs or cardiac arrest and removes restrictive covenants as to ownership by a PA.
This bill makes several changes to the rules governing physician assistants (PAs) in Rhode Island.
Establishes, encourages and supports the establishment of family councils and resident councils in managed residential communities providing assisted living services.
This bill would create a formal structure for family councils and resident councils in Rhode Island's assisted living communities.
Caps amount payable for 30 day supply of equipment/supplies for insulin administration/glucose monitoring at $25 or equipment designed to last more than 30 days with no deductible commencing January 1, 2027.
This bill would limit how much people in Rhode Island pay out of pocket for diabetes management supplies.
Removes obsolete language and clarifies asbestos abatement and radon control requirements.
This Rhode Island bill updates the state's existing rules around asbestos removal and radon control.
Clarifies the manner in which certain dental insurance benefits are paid directly to the provider.
This bill deals with how dental insurance companies pay dentists and other dental care providers directly for services they provide to patients.
Amends the definition of abandoned property by imposing the requirement that the building owner be notified of the violation and has failed to address such violations in the timeframes set forth in the notice of violation or court order.
This bill changes how Rhode Island legally defines an "abandoned property.
Requires landlords to register certain information for residential properties constructed prior to 1978 with the department of health on a statewide registry and defines which information may be viewed on a public database.
This bill would require landlords who own older rental homes and apartments — specifically those built before 1978 — to register their properties with the Rhode Island Department of Health.
Clarifies how condominium insurance deductibles and unpaid losses are divided between associations and unit owners, require owners to insure units if associations do not, and allow boards to manage and use insurance proceeds for repairs.
This bill updates Rhode Island's condominium ownership laws to clarify how the costs of insurance — specifically deductibles and any losses not covered by insurance — are divided between a condo association and the individual unit owners.
Amends various sections of the condominium law to enhance transparency and establish a condominium ombudsman.
This bill would make significant changes to Rhode Island's condominium laws, with two main goals: increasing transparency in how condominiums are managed and creating a new government position called a condominium ombudsman.
Precludes a legal entity from owning property whose value is over $25,000,000. If the property value exceeds $25,000,000, then the entity must divest a graduated yearly amount over the next 10 years, until value is less than $25,000,000.
This bill would set a $25 million cap on how much real estate any legal entity — such as a corporation, LLC, or other business organization — can own in Rhode Island.
Advances the interests of older Rhode Islanders by adding a representative of an aging adult organization to the state planning council and a permanent committee on aging to the state planning council.
This bill would make two specific changes to Rhode Island's State Planning Council, which is the government body responsible for guiding long-term planning decisions across the state.
Clarifies the means by which attached single-family dwelling units may be created, recorded, and regulated as subdivisions of an existing lot under current zoning ordinance law.
This bill deals with attached single-family homes — think townhouses or row houses where individual units share a wall but are each owned separately.
Allows nonprofit organizations to participate in permitted games of chance upon registering with the state police on an annual basis. The nonprofit would be exempt from any required background checks by local law enforcement.
This bill would allow nonprofit organizations in Rhode Island to host or participate in legal, permitted games of chance — such as bingo nights, raffle drawings, or casino-style fundraisers — by simply registering with the state police once a year.