| S2717 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits certain providers of digital application distribution platforms from requiring that payments for the software application be made exclusively through a particular in-application payment system.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7795 | Intro
Sine Die | Mandates that health insurance companies and Medicaid provide coverage for mental illness related to COVID-19.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-16
To House Finance Committee |
| H8253 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the term "extraordinary costs" for the purposes of excess costs associated with special education students. The new definition of extraordinary costs would be educational costs that are over 3 times the average statewide special education cost...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-13
To House Finance Committee |
| H8252 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the division of motor vehicles to develop a form for registration of and a license plate for commercial fishing motor vehicles.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-13
To House Finance Committee |
| S2227 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the potential appointment of pro bono attorneys, supervised law students and from a list maintained by the DEM to act as animal advocates in animal cruelty and abuse cases, at the court's discretion, to serve the interests of justice.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7859 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the income eligibility limit for medical assistance coverage for seniors and disabled individuals from one hundred percent (100%) to one hundred thirty-three percent (133%) of federal poverty level.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-12
To House Finance Committee |
| S2798 | Intro
Sine Die | Bans the sale of cosmetics developed/manufactured using animal testing. A violation would be a $1,000 fine for each offense.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7490 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows SNAP recipients to receive a minimum of $0.50 credit on their EBT card, for each $1.00 spent on fruits and vegetables also creates a separate SNAP fund to allocate funds from the general fund to effectuate this act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-12
To House Finance Committee |
| S2779 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the court from setting financial conditions of bail.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7180 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires EOHHS assisted by 24 member advisory committee to provide review/recommendations for rate setting/ongoing review of social service programs licensed by state departments/agencies and Medicaid.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-12
To House Finance Committee |
| H7445 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases eligibility for the three (3) federal Medicare Savings Programs and eliminates the asset test for these programs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-12
To House Finance Committee |
| H7861 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the rate of reimbursement for in-network behavioral health care services below the medial commercial reimbursement rate and also Rhode Island Medicaid shall increase the rate of reimbursement.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-12
To House Finance Committee |
| H8245 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution To Amend The Medicaid Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver Requests And Renewals (this Joint Resolution Would Approve An Amendment To The Medicaid Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver Requests And Renewals.)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-12
To House Finance Committee |
| H8076 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for a fund to administer retention payments of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for certain health care workers who worked during the COVID-19 pandemic.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-12
To House Finance Committee |
| S2701 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the "animal abuser registry act" which would require all persons convicted of felonies involving animal abuse, to register with an online registry to be established and maintained by the department of public safety.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7758 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the auditor general to oversee audits of Medicaid programs and report findings to the general assembly and EOHHS and requires a plan from EOHHS to end privatized managed care and institute a state run plan.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-12
To House Finance Committee |
| S2643 | Intro
Sine Die | Abolishes penalty of life without parole and amends/repeals all sections of general laws regulating prisoners serving a sentence of life without parole. It would have prospective and retroactive effect for any offense committed after January 1, 1991.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7628 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs the executive office of health and human services to increase Medicaid rates for the Early Intervention and First Connections programs allowing for payment of competitive wages for qualified professionals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-12
To House Finance Committee |
| H7388 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes Children's Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund to provide finance assistance to families for medical expenses not covered by state or federal programs or insurance contract.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-12
To House Finance Committee |
| H7930 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution To Amend The Medicaid Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver Requests And Renewals (this Joint Resolution Would Approve An Amendment The Medicaid Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver Requests And Renewals.)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-12
To House Finance Committee |
| H7390 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires state contracted human services providers to pay their employees a starting hourly wage, of no less than twenty-one dollars ($21.00) per hour, and to include wage incremental raises for existing employees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-12
To House Finance Committee |
| H7387 | Intro
Sine Die | House Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study And Make Recommendations For Protecting And Providing Effective Care For Vulnerable Populations In State-funded Home Care Programs
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-12
To House Finance Committee |
| S2445 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits declawing of a cat or other animal, unless a licensed veterinarian has determined that the procedure is necessary for a therapeutic purpose. Any person who violates this section would be subject to a fine of not more than $1,000.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H8050 | Intro
Sine Die | Effective January 1, 2023, increase the salaries of the child advocate and the assistant child advocate for the office of the child advocate to $135,000 and $120,000 respectively.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-12
To House Finance Committee |
| H7289 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes general caseload limits for DCYF workers similar to those contained in the Council on Accreditation standards.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-12
To House Finance Committee |
| S2904 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows persons convicted of felonies punishable by 10 years or less to file to expunge records after 5 years after sentence completion except felonies of sex registration/ domestic violence/weapons
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7926 | Intro
Sine Die | Raises the maximum age of eligibility for pediatric palliative services from eighteen (18) to twenty-six (26) and raises the eligibility for enhanced services from age eight (8) to age twenty-six (26).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-12
To House Finance Committee |
| H7489 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for rate setting and review for all medical programs licensed or having a contract with the state as well as Medicaid.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-12
To House Finance Committee |
| H7552 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the Rhode Island public transit authority's coordinating council to develop a pilot program to address the needs of disabled individuals whose disability prevents independent use of a fixed route system.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-12
To House Finance Committee |
| H7928 | Intro
Sine Die | Defines "large business registrant" and requires the large business registrant to file returns and remit taxes electronically with fines for failure to do so.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-11
To House Finance Committee |
| H8168 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the contracting department of the department of human services or the department of administration to pilot at least one contract for professional or technical services using automatic verification software to verify hours billed under contr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-11
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| H8180 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $150,000 To The Rhode Island Department Of Environmental Management (this Resolution Would Authorize The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $150,000 To The Rhode Island Department Of Environmental Management For T...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-11
To House Finance Committee |
| H8181 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $250,000 To The Rhode Island Department Of Environmental Management (this Resolution Would Authorize The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $250,000 To The Rhode Island Department Of Environmental Management For T...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-11
To House Finance Committee |
| H7774 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes numerous technical amendments to the statutes on taxes and corporations, associations and partnerships.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-11
To House Finance Committee |
| H8171 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $3,000,000 From The American Rescue Plan Act Funds To The Central Coventry Fire District To Ensure The Continued Delivery Of Fire Suppression And Ems Services And To Transform The District From Its Existing...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-11
To House Finance Committee |
| H8206 | Intro
Sine Die | Removes the requirement that (5%) of the hotel tax be paid to the Greater Providence-Warwick Convention and Visitors Bureau and redistribute the (5%) tax to the regional tourism district where the hotel or residential unit is located.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-11
To House Finance Committee |
| S2662 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows individuals employed in domestic service or in or about a private home to be included as an employee, for purposes of minimum wages law.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-11
To Senate Labor Committee |
| H7630 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that adjunct faculty members at any state college or university who teach at least 50% of the hours regularly worked by full-time faculty in a semester would be eligible for the same medical benefits as other state employees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-11
To House Finance Committee |
| H7280 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the definition of public works so that it would include any public works projects performed for any city or town or quasi-municipal entity and the state and any quasi-state entity.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-11
To House Finance Committee |
| H7643 | Intro
Sine Die | Eliminates the $2,500 appropriation for the naval militia battalion in their armory afloat, the U.S.S. Providence, and makes an annual appropriation in the amount of $2,500 to the Kingston Reds in the town of Coventry for the rental of an armory.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-11
To House Finance Committee |
| H6647 | Intro
Sine Die | Same as 21H-5463--Requires group health plans and health insurance issuers that provide prescription benefits to cover prescribed epinephrine injectors and cartridges/No copayment or deductible would be required to obtain a prescribed epinephrine inj...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-11
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| H8193 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $200,000 To Connect Greater Newport (this Resolution Would Authorize The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $ 200,000 To Connect Greater Newport.)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-11
To House Finance Committee |
| H8229 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows for the interstate practice of licensed professional counselors with the goal of improving public access to professional counseling services, by providing for the mutual recognition of other member state licenses through the counseling compact...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-11
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| H7929 | Intro
Sine Die | Changes the designations of "state budget office" to the "office of management and budget".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-11
To House Finance Committee |
| H8179 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $150,000 To The Department Of Environmental Management (this Resolution Would Authorize The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $150,000 To The Department Of Environmental Management.)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-11
To House Finance Committee |
| H7925 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the maximum state and municipal small purchase limits from $10,000 to $25,000 for construction projects and from $5,000 to $10,000 for all other state and municipal purchases.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-11
To House Finance Committee |
| H6675 | Intro
Sine Die | Same as 21H-5446 -- Exempts post-use polymers and recovered feedstocks used in advanced recycling processes from the definition of solid waste.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-11
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| H8135 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $1,000,000 To The University Of Rhode Island (this Resolution Would Authorize The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $1,000,000 To The University Of Rhode Island To Expand The State's Economic Opportunities In Reg...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-11
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| S2385 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that fifty dollars ($50.00) of the filing fee paid to the HUD-approved agency for the mediation conference involving the mortgagee and mortgagor, shall be paid to the Rhode Island Legal Services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-10
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H8115 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits commissioner of elementary and secondary education, notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, from withholding aid for infraction of laws and regulations during an intervention or other exercise of control pursuant to § 16-7.1...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-10
To House Finance Committee |
