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Creates a homeowner casualty bill of rights.
This bill would create a formal set of rights and protections for Rhode Island homeowners when dealing with their home insurance companies.
Extends certain protocols applicable to vehicle manufacturers to their distributors and factory branches, updates definitions relative to common entities and sales.
This bill updates Rhode Island's rules for how car manufacturers, distributors, and dealers are allowed to do business with each other.
Provides that the school year for all public schools, including traditional public and public charter schools, independent charter schools, and mayoral academies, would start on the same date of each calendar year.
This bill would require all public schools in Rhode Island to begin the school year on the same date every year.
Requires large developments, those to be constructed on a parcel of land that is greater than 50,000 square feet in size provide carbon impact reports as part of the permitting process prior to approval and issuance of a building permit.
This bill would require developers planning to build large projects in Rhode Island to submit a "carbon impact report" before they can receive a building permit.
Allows the office of health insurance commissioner (OHIC) as the state agency that has the authority to designate patient-centered medical home (PCMH) care to obtain maximal health outcomes.
This bill would give the Rhode Island Office of Health Insurance Commissioner (OHIC) the official authority to designate healthcare practices as "Patient-Centered Medical Homes" (PCMHs).
Requires small employers with one to fifty (1-50) employees and large employers with fifty (50) or more employees to pay overtime wages to exempt workers if their salary exceeds varying multipliers of minimum wage for a forty (40) hour workweek.
This bill would require Rhode Island employers to pay overtime wages to certain salaried workers who are currently exempt from overtime rules.
Provides that comprehensive permit projects in Tiverton, involving property not connected to either public water or sewer or both, and for which the property is considered hydric said land be excluded from the building land calculation.
This bill applies specifically to the town of Tiverton, Rhode Island, and deals with how land is counted when developers apply for a "comprehensive permit" to build affordable housing.
Requires the board of elections to establish a secure area for the public observation of mail ballot processing and require the mail ballot voter’s signature be compared to the signature on file within the state central voter registration system.
This bill would make two key changes to how Rhode Island handles mail-in ballots.
Requires that an independent efficiency and performance audit of the department of transportation be commissioned by the department of administration.
This bill would require Rhode Island's Department of Administration to hire an outside, independent organization to conduct a thorough review of how the state's Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is operating.
Requires that all maintenance of sidewalks along state highways, with the exception of snow and ice removal, be the responsibility of the state.
This bill would shift the responsibility for maintaining sidewalks along state highways from local cities and towns to the State of Rhode Island.
Establishes the catastrophe savings account act.
This bill would create a new type of special savings account in Rhode Island called a "catastrophe savings account.
Exempts from the sales tax behind-the-meter batteries interconnected with a solar photovoltaic system.
This bill would remove Rhode Island's sales tax from certain home and business energy storage batteries — specifically, batteries that are connected "behind the meter" and linked to a solar panel system.
Strengthens consumer protections by including definitions related directly to deceptive trade practices inherent in the insurance claim process.
This bill would strengthen consumer protection laws in Rhode Island by adding new definitions specifically related to deceptive or dishonest practices that can occur during the insurance claims process.
Adds property damage to statutory underinsured motor coverage, rather than just uninsured motorist coverage, as it is presently.
This bill would expand Rhode Island's auto insurance requirements to ensure that drivers have better protection when they're in an accident with someone who doesn't have enough insurance to cover the damages they caused.
Establishes a five (5) year moratorium from July 1, 2026, until June 30, 2031, on the RE growth program charge, renewable energy distribution charge and the energy efficiency programs public policy charges on electricity bills.
This bill would temporarily pause three specific charges that currently appear on Rhode Island electricity bills: the RE Growth Program charge (which supports a program allowing residents and businesses to subscribe to renewable energy), the Renewable Energy Distribution charge (which funds the expansion of renewable energy sources), and the Energy Efficiency Programs public policy charge (which funds programs that help people reduce their energy use and lower their bills).
Allows charter schools to engage in nontraditional approaches to learning.
This bill would give Rhode Island charter schools more freedom to use nontraditional methods of teaching and learning.
Requires the department of elementary and secondary education to disclose whether a potential applicant's name appears on a list of teachers terminated for good cause.
This bill would have required Rhode Island's Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) to tell school districts whether a job applicant's name appears on a list of teachers who were previously fired for a serious reason (known as "terminated for good cause").
Exempts homes under two thousand (2,000) square feet from automatic statewide IECC energy mandates, allowing municipalities to decide whether to adopt climate-focused building code requirements for small and modest homes.
This bill would create an exemption in Rhode Island's building code rules for smaller homes.
Requires healthcare providers and healthcare facilities to inform patients of the use of artificial intelligence to memorialize patient visits.
This Rhode Island bill would require doctors, nurses, and other healthcare providers — as well as hospitals, clinics, and other medical facilities — to tell patients when artificial intelligence (AI) is being used to record or document their visit.
Limits the use by insurers of step therapy, a protocol that establishes a specific sequence in which prescription drugs for a specified medical condition are covered by an insurer, by allowing medical providers to request step therapy exceptions.
What is step therapy? Many health insurance plans use a practice called "step therapy" — sometimes called "fail first" — which requires patients to try less expensive or more common drugs before the insurer will cover a different medication.
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 base its routine vaccine recommendations — for both children and adults — on evidence-based, medically sound scientific research.
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 prevent Rhode Island state government agencies from signing software contracts that restrict what other programs or applications they can install and run on their own computers and devices.
Expands the definition of peace officers to include juvenile program workers and shift coordinators at the department of youth, children and families.
This bill would expand who counts as a "peace officer" under Rhode Island law to include juvenile program workers and shift coordinators who work at the Department of Youth, Children and Families (DCYF).
Provides that statements by a health care provider regarding the unanticipated outcome of a patient's medical care and treatment shall be inadmissible as evidence of an admission of liability or as evidence of an admission.
This bill would change the rules about what can be used as evidence in Rhode Island courts when a patient has an unexpected or negative outcome from medical care.