| RI | S2070 | Intro 25% | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Prohibits an insurance company from imposing any cost-sharing requirements for any diagnostic or supplemental breast examinations. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02 To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2066 | Intro 25% | BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES - Appropriates $1,875,000 for the creation of a 9-8-8 suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline within the department of behavioral healthca... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02 Committee continued |
| RI | S2228 | Intro 25% | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- SECOND LOOK SENTENCING ACT - Establishes the second look act and would permit incarcerated individuals to petition the sentencing court to consider a motion to reduce a sentence after the defendant has served at least ten (10) y... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02 To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2439 | Intro 25% | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- SENTENCE AND EXECUTION - Requires the courts to consider the parental status of the defendant at the time of sentencing and allows the defendant to present a family impact statement, including testimony, videos and documents rel... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02 To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2374 | Intro 25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $250,000 To The Substance Use And Mental Health Leadership Council Of Ri (sumhlc) (this Resolution Would Authorize An Appropriation Of The Sum Of $250,000 To The Substance Use And Mental Health Leadership C... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02 Committee continued |
| RI | S2648 | Intro 25% | COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- CAUSES OF ACTION - Makes all sexual abuse or exploitation of a child causes of action not subject to statute of limitations whether lapsed or time-barred. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02 To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2607 | Intro 25% | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Requires coverage for acute mental health crisis mobile response and stabilization services to any individual enrolled as a plan beneficiary. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02 To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2606 | Intro 25% | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Requires insurance coverage for all community health workers' services to include health and promotion coaching, health education and training, health system navigation and resource coordination... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02 To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2553 | Intro 25% | PUBLIC FINANCE -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AND PUBLIC ASSISTANCE CASELOAD ESTIMATING CONFERENCES - Requires that the department of human services and the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals provide forecasted costs... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02 Committee continued |
| RI | S2557 | Intro 25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- BEHAVIORAL HEALTH EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND COORDINATION FUND - Establishes the behavioral health education, training, and coordination fund to receive the checkoff contributions from Rhode Island personal income tax returns for t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02 Committee continued |
| RI | S2574 | Intro 25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $500,000 To The United Way Of Rhode Island For The 2-1-1 Human Services Hotline (this Resolution Would Authorize The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $500,000 To The United Way Of Rhode Island To Provide Operati... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02 Committee continued |
| RI | S2776 | Intro 25% | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- SENTENCE AND EXECUTION - Requires the court to set reasonable bail for all those individuals who appear before it as probation violators and establish a presumption of personal recognizance unless the new alleged offense is a cr... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02 To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2396 | Intro 25% | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Mandates insurance policies, provides coverage to diagnose & treat infertility for women between 25 & 42 years, including pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) in conjunction with in vitro fe... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-01 To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2072 | Engross 50% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE HEALTHCARE SERVICES FUNDING PLAN ACT - Amends RI's existing Healthcare Services Funding Plan Act by adding an account relating to a new Psychiatry Resource Network to fund RI's present PediPRN and MomsPRN, as well ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-29 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | S2121 | Engross 50% | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- TEMPORARY DISABILITY INSURANCE -- GENERAL PROVISIONS - Includes siblings, grandchildren, care recipient for temporary caregiver benefits of 12 weeks/Increases weekly dependent's allowances from $10 to $20 or 7% of benefit... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-29 To House Labor Committee |
| RI | S2720 | Engross 50% | INSURANCE -- PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS - Includes any costs paid by an enrollee or on behalf of the enrollee by a third party when calculating an enrollee's overall contribution to any out-of-pocket maximum or cost sharing requirement under a health... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-29 To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | S2014 | Intro 25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE HOSPITAL CONVERSIONS ACT - Repeals health services council and expands the health services and amends several provisions relative to the review process of the hospital conversion act pertaining to maintenance of services and ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28 To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2256 | Intro 25% | PUBLIC RECORDS -- ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS - Makes changes to the access to public records act, including clarifying various provisions, increasing the sanctions for knowing and willful violations of the law, and making certain traffic accident data ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28 To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2394 | Intro 25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES - Allows the healthcare facility to conduct human-subject research on patients subject to 21 C.F.R. Pt 50 and/or 45 C.F.R. Pt 46 (relating to the informed consent of human subjects). [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28 To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2388 | Intro 25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HOME CARE PATIENTS RIGHTS - Amends the current law in order to require that all home health care patients are entitled to receive home health care services regardless of their permanent or temporary residence. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28 To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2621 | Intro 25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- NURSING HOME WORKFORCE STANDARDS BOARD ACT - Creates the nursing home workforce standards board act to establish and enforce industry-wide quality of care standards in nursing homes. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28 To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2591 | Intro 25% | EDUCATION -- STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM - Creates the Rhode Island Student Loan Authority which would allow eligible individual to discharge student loan debt. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28 To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2572 | Intro 25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $6,000,000 To Onward We Learn In Ri (authorizes The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $6,000,000 To Onward We Learn In Ri.) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28 To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2818 | Intro 25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES - Requires the disclosure of the transfer of certain assets of healthcare facilities and would provide penalties for failing to file healthcare facility ownership information. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28 To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2125 | Intro 25% | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES - Provides employees with civil administrative remedies against contractors, subcontractors involved in the contract with joint/severable liability imposed on contractors or subcontractors. Effective 9/1/... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27 To Senate Labor Committee |
| RI | S2143 | Intro 25% | EDUCATION -- SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS - Authorizes the school administration to issue an out-of-school suspension to students if they are a threat to the safety of others. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27 To Senate Education Committee |
| RI | S2242 | Intro 25% | HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE -- HOLIDAYS - Changes the name of the holiday on the second Monday of August from Victory Day to Peace and Remembrance Day. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27 To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| RI | S2516 | Intro 25% | EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS - Requires RIDE to develop type 1 diabetes informational materials for the parents and guardians of students that will be posted publicly on RIDE's website. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27 To Senate Education Committee |
| RI | S2515 | Intro 25% | EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS - Establishes a one-year pilot outreach and tracking program at two public high and middle schools to address issues of asthma and attendance among students. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27 To Senate Education Committee |
| RI | S2543 | Intro 25% | PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES -- LEAD BY EXAMPLE ACT - Bans state purchases of plastic bottles and also requires state funds to be used to lease or purchase electric vehicles and renewable energy efficient technologies for use on state... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27 To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S2541 | Intro 25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE AGENCY EMISSION REPORTING - Requires executive climate change coordinating council (EC4) to develop a template to be used by all agencies of the state to track their climate emissions to uphold the pathway to Rho... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27 To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S2535 | Intro 25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ACT - Establishes requirements which would have to be met by an applicant prior to the issuing of permits for an activity that would have an environmental impact on or would increase the cumulativ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27 To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S2115 | Intro 25% | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- VICTIM'S RIGHTS - Amends the current requirement of payment of initial filing fee/service of process costs when the victim of crime is still owed restitution at the expiration of the case/seeks to enforce the civil judgment ente... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26 To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2116 | Intro 25% | DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN -- PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT - Prohibits any questioning of a juvenile who is suspected of delinquent or criminal behavior, unless the parent of guardian of the juvenile is present, or unless an attorney is present... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26 To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2467 | Engross 50% | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- RHODE ISLAND PARENTAL AND FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE ACT - Increases the amount of parental or family leave available to an employee from thirteen (13) weeks to twenty-four (24) weeks in any two (2) calendar years. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22 To House Labor Committee |
| RI | S2832 | Intro 25% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MISCELLANEOUS RULES - Provides additional exception to prohibition on usage of wireless communication device while driving and clarifies that use for purpose of navigation must be while the device is mounted or otherwise a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22 To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2808 | Intro 25% | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- SOLAR DECOMMISSIONING PLANS - Requires that developers of ground-mounted solar systems submit a plan for decommissioning to be held on file by the municipality and requires DEM, with the office of energy resources, ma... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22 To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S2855 | Intro 25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $5,000,000 To The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (snap) Eat Well, Be Well Pilot Rewards Program (this Resolution Would Authorize The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $5,000,000 To The Supplemental Nut... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22 To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2885 | Intro 25% | FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE RHODE ISLAND CANNABIS ACT - Permits hybrid cannabis cultivators to advertise regarding cannabis products during the transitional period. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22 To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2896 | Intro 25% | PROBATE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE -- UNCLAIMED INTANGIBLE AND TANGIBLE PROPERTY - Provides conditions which persons paid to recover or assist in recovering reported property must comply with. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22 To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2083 | Intro 25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- NURSES - Amends the conditions upon which a nurse would be exempt from certain licensing requirements to include eligibility to practice, before taking and receiving results of the National Council Licensure Examination ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21 To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2179 | Intro 25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- UNIFORM TELEHEALTH ACT - Allows an out-of-state health care practitioner to provide telehealth services to a patient located in this state if the services are consistent with the practitioner's scope of practice and state and fed... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21 To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2182 | Intro 25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS - Expands the rights of physician assistants with regard to their practice and prohibits non-compete clauses that exceed five years with regard to the purchase and sale of a practice. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21 To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2463 | Intro 25% | PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- CODE OF ETHICS - Requires appointments to the Ethics Commission obtain the advice and consent of the senate. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21 To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2684 | Intro 25% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- STATE IDENTIFICATION CARDS FOR MINORS WITHOUT RESIDENCE ACT - Allows a minor between the ages of 14 - 17 without a permanent residence/in custody of the DCYF to get state identification card without a signature from parent... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21 To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2795 | Pass | Senate Resolution Proclaiming March As "colorectal Cancer Awareness Month" In The State Of Rhode Island [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21 Senate read and passed |
| RI | S2152 | Intro 25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- COMPREHENSIVE PFAS BAN ACT OF 2024 - Enacts the Comprehensive PFAS Ban Act of 2024, prohibiting the intentional addition of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances of PFAS in products offered for sale or manufactured in the... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20 To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S2202 | Intro 25% | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS - Requires safe storage of firearms/provides civil and criminal penalties for violations/adds rifles and shotguns to the types of firearms requiring a trigger lock to be included with purchase/requires firearms dealers po... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20 To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2296 | Intro 25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PESTICIDE CONTROL - Prohibits the application of lawn care pesticides on the grounds of any public or private pre-school or public or private school with students in grade twelve (12) or lower, except in an emergency situation. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20 To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S2512 | Intro 25% | EDUCATION -- CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES - Establishes a task force managed by the children's cabinet to develop recommendations to improve access to early intervention and early childhood special education services. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20 To Senate Education Committee |