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Prohibits the closure or significant reduction of services of a birthing center without notice, application, financial disclosure, public hearing, and approval by the department of health.
This bill would require birthing centers in Rhode Island to go through a formal approval process before they can close or significantly cut back their services.
Mandates all insurance contracts, plans or policies provide insurance coverage for the expense of diagnosing and treating infertility, for women between the ages of twenty-five (25) and forty-two (42) years.
This bill would require all health insurance plans sold in Rhode Island to cover the costs of diagnosing and treating infertility.
Increases penalties for a variety of motor vehicle offenses.
This Rhode Island bill would increase the penalties for a range of motor vehicle offenses in the state.
Prohibits the Rhode Island medical assistance program from requiring prior authorization or a step therapy protocol for the coverage of a medication classified as an anticonvulsant or antipsychotic.
This bill would change the rules for Rhode Island's Medicaid program (the state's health coverage for low-income residents) when it comes to two specific types of medications: anticonvulsants, which are used to treat seizures and epilepsy, and antipsychotics, which are used to treat conditions like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and other serious mental health conditions.
Imposes a moratorium on the issuance of new home care provider, home nursing care provider and hospice provider licenses prior to 7/1/2031, and provides for health systems planning specific to these provider licenses during the moratorium by the DOH.
This bill would put a temporary freeze on issuing new licenses for home care providers, home nursing care providers, and hospice providers in Rhode Island.
Makes offenses against gift card holders subject to the penalties for larceny.
This bill would make certain dishonest or fraudulent acts involving gift cards a form of theft under Rhode Island law.
Requires public auctions by any city or town of real estate or an interest therein to only be done in person and not by electronic or remote procedures unless authorized by court order.
This bill would require that whenever a city or town in Rhode Island holds a public auction to sell real estate or property rights, that auction must take place in person.
Adopts the uniform partition of heirs property act.
This bill would establish new rules in Rhode Island for how inherited property is divided or sold when multiple family members share ownership.
Extends time for a party to apply for stay of arbitration to180 days; invalidates any provision that penalizes a party for seeking legal representation; requires arbitrator to provide notice of default to a party for failure to pay fees.
This bill makes several changes to how arbitration works in Rhode Island.
Increases penalties for a second or subsequent offense with a fine of not less than $500 or no more than $2,500 and up to 2 years imprisonment, for violating the law on the care of dogs.
This bill would increase the legal penalties for people who repeatedly violate Rhode Island's laws on the proper care of dogs.
Makes it a felony to file a false police report of a crime carrying a sentence of imprisonment of not less than five (5) years.
This bill would make it a serious crime in Rhode Island to knowingly file a false police report.
Requires that all agencies' final rules, promulgated pursuant to the administrative procedures act, be approved by general assembly action, but in no case later than December 31 of the year it is promulgated, before it can become effective.
This bill would change how state government rules and regulations become official law in Rhode Island.
Requires that any covered entity that develops/provides online services, products, or features that children are reasonably likely to access shall consider the best interest of children when designing/developing such online service, product, or feature.
This bill would require companies that operate websites, apps, or other online services that children are likely to use to keep children's best interests in mind when building and designing those products.
Commencing January 1, 2027, this act would increase the minimum wage for employees receiving gratuities, from the current three dollars and eighty-nine cents ($3.89) to six dollars and seventy-five cents ($6.75) per hour.
This bill would raise the minimum hourly wage that employers are required to pay workers who regularly receive tips — such as restaurant servers, bartenders, and other tipped employees.
Recognizes that municipal employees have the opportunity to utilize binding arbitration and establishes new factors for the arbitrators to consider. These factors include comparisons of wages/hourly conditions of employment in similarly skilled jobs.
This bill deals with how disputes between municipal employees (such as city and town workers) and their employers are resolved when contract negotiations break down.
Authorizes a blanket permit and fee to allow the movement of self-propelled cranes which are in excess of size and weight load requirements, to move on state highways.
This bill would create a special type of permit — called a "blanket permit" — that would allow large, self-propelled cranes to travel on Rhode Island state highways even when those cranes exceed the state's normal size and weight limits.
Allows for the holder of a manufacturer’s license to be able to sell one one-sixth (1/6) barrel keg of malt beverage, produced on the premises, per day.
This bill would allow businesses that hold a manufacturer's license in Rhode Island — such as craft breweries — to sell small kegs of beer directly to customers.
Permits continuation of instructor-led virtual instruction for drivers’ education for two-year period. Board of education required to provide report comparing test scores of virtual versus in-person instruction to house speaker and senate president.
This bill would allow drivers' education courses in Rhode Island to continue being taught through live, instructor-led virtual classes (such as video conferencing) for a two-year period.
Prohibits contractors from submitting a single application to a local review board seeking a comprehensive permit for housing projects in certain circumstances.
This bill would place new restrictions on how housing developers can apply for permits to build certain housing projects in Rhode Island.
Allows the waiver of interest on overdue taxes for commercial properties.
This bill would give local governments in Rhode Island the ability to waive, or cancel, the interest charges that normally pile up when a business owner falls behind on paying property taxes for commercial properties.
Prohibits any person from employing dynamic or surveillance pricing practices in the sale of goods or services to consumers in Rhode Island.
This bill would make it illegal for businesses to use "dynamic pricing" or "surveillance pricing" when selling goods or services to consumers in Rhode Island.
Grants automatic admission to state public institutions for qualified Eagle Scout and Gold award recipients from the Girl Scouts.
This bill would guarantee automatic admission to Rhode Island's public colleges and universities for young people who have earned two of the highest honors in scouting: the Eagle Scout rank (from the Boy Scouts of America) and the Girl Scout Gold Award.
Authorizes the department of environmental management to issue and enforce rules and regulations to implement and enforce the provisions of the food waste ban.
This bill gives Rhode Island's Department of Environmental Management (DEM) the official authority to create and enforce rules around the state's existing food waste ban.
Restricts application of pesticides and rodenticides at schools and childcare centers and requires schools to provide copies of notice to parents and guardians.
This bill places new limits on when and how pesticides and rodenticides (chemicals used to kill rodents like mice and rats) can be applied at schools and childcare centers in Rhode Island.