| RI | S2185 | Intro 25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- REAL ESTATE SALES DISCLOSURES - Requires written acknowledgment from any buyer of oceanfront or shoreline property that they have been informed of the public's rights and privileges of the shore. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19 [Hearing: Apr 23] To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2617 | Intro 25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES - Adds a new section which sets forth conditions for pharmacists to prescribe tobacco cessation/drug therapies, programs approved by the state board of pharmacy. The cessation therapies would be covered by all... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19 [Hearing: Apr 23] To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2874 | Intro 25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- CERTIFIED SURGICAL FIRST ASSISTANTS - Allows for the licensing of certified surgical first assistants to assist in surgeries through the department of health and a seven (7) member board of licensure. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19 [Hearing: Apr 25] To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2876 | Intro 25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- RHODE ISLAND PHYSICAL THERAPIST LICENSURE COMPACT ACT - Allows the state to become a member of the physical therapist licensure compact adopted by twenty-five (25) states in order to facilitate the interstate practice of... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19 [Hearing: Apr 25] To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2871 | Intro 25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PSYCHOLOGISTS - Includes licensed school psychologists under the provisions of the general laws governing the regulations of psychologists and expands the licensing of school psychologists for independent practice. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19 [Hearing: Apr 25] To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2214 | Intro 25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- FACILITATING BUSINESS RAPID RESPONSE TO STATE DECLARED DISASTER ACT OF 2024 - Exempts out-of-state businesses and their employees performing services, during declared state or federal disasters or emergencies, from state... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11 To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2815 | Intro 25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- DENTISTS AND DENTAL HYGIENISTS - Permits reimbursement for dental hygienists from "other insurance" or a third party payor such as Medicare. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09 To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2945 | Intro 25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- CONFIDENTIALITY OF HEALTH CARE COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION ACT - Amends provisions relative to confidentiality of health care communications and the process for requesting records and/or confidential health care infor... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09 To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2090 | Intro 25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- REAL ESTATE SALES DISCLOSURES - Requires radon testing within one year of any residential real estate transaction and the installation of a radon mitigation system if unsafe radon levels are present, at the seller's expe... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04 To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S2406 | Intro 25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- REAL ESTATE APPRAISER CERTIFICATION ACT - Requires real estate appraisers to include paid in full solar panels in the appraisal of any real estate along with a disclosure statement covering the past twenty-four (24) mont... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04 To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S2613 | Intro 25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BOARD OF MEDICAL LICENSURE AND DISCIPLINE -- PROMPT PROCESSING OF INSURANCE CLAIMS - Prohibits a health insurer from denying a claim for any medical bill based on sole reasoning that the bill may arise from a motor vehic... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04 To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2266 | Intro 25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- SOLAR PANELS - Requires that all sales representatives selling or leasing solar panels are licensed by the department of business regulation and that a statement be provided to homeowners setting forth pertinent informat... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02 To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S2877 | Intro 25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- FUNERAL DIRECTOR/EMBALMER AND FUNERAL SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS - Provides for the operation and duties of natural organic reduction for the contained, accelerated conversion of human remains to soil. A disposition facility... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22 To Senate Health and Human Services 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 | 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 | S2391 | Intro 25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- OPTICIANS -- QUALIFICATIONS - Establishes a second avenue of qualification as an optician, to include successfully completing an apprenticeship program. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21 To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2619 | Intro 25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- INTERSTATE MEDICAL LICENSURE COMPACT - Requires the state to implement the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact no later than July 1, 2024, and restores access to telemedicine for all residents and allows treatment by ou... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21 To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2624 | Intro 25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- OPTICIANS -- QUALIFICATIONS - Establishes a second avenue of qualification as an optician, to include successfully completing an apprenticeship program of not less than 4,100 hours in not less than 2 years. The act would... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21 To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2718 | Intro 25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHYSICAL THERAPISTS - Amends the licensing statute to allow a graduate of a board approved physical therapy school to be reinstated upon a failed examination upon the filing and registering for a second or third examinat... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21 To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2120 | Intro 25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- ELECTRICIANS - Clarifies the types of electrical services that require an electrical contractor's license. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20 To Senate Labor Committee |
| RI | S2469 | Intro 25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- ELECTRICIANS - Amends the state's apprenticeship laws to make them more consistent with applicable federal regulations and makes said laws more comprehendible and consistent with each other. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20 To Senate Labor Committee |
| RI | S2501 | Intro 25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- LAND SURVEYORS - Grants a right of entry for professional land surveyors to enter upon or cross any lands, air space or water resources necessary to perform surveying services except public utility and/or wastewater trea... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19 To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S2725 | Intro 25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- DEFENDING AFFORDABLE PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS ACT - Prohibits any health insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, or other third-party payor from discriminating against any 340B entity participating in a drug discount program. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19 To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2719 | Intro 25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- RHODE ISLAND DRUG COST REVIEW COMMISSION - Creates the Rhode Island drug cost review commission. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19 To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2220 | Engross 50% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- NURSES - Prohibits any agreement whereby an advanced practice registered nurse is restricted in the right to practice in a certain geographic area, assist or provide treatment or establish a professional relationship wit... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2183 | Intro 25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- COUNSELING COMPACT - Adopts a counseling compact for the interstate practice of licensed professional counselors by providing for the mutual recognition of other member state licenses governed and administrated by commis... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2206 | Intro 25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- REAL ESTATE SALES DISCLOSURES - Allows a homebuyer to void a purchase and sales agreement prior to the transfer if the seller fails to provide a written sales disclosure. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2178 | Intro 25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHYSICIAN ASSISTANCE LICENSING COMPACT ACT - Adopts the model compact for the physician assistant's licensure compact in Rhode Island. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2181 | Intro 25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- INTERSTATE MEDICAL LICENSURE COMPACT - Repeals the July 1, 2025, sunset provision of the interstate medical licensure act. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2184 | Intro 25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- SOCIAL WORK LICENSURE COMPACT - Adopts model legislation facilitating the interstate practice of regulated social workers. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2173 | Intro 25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- AUDIOLOGY AND SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY INTERSTATE COMPACT - Adopts the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact and would establish a joint public agency known as the Audiology and Speech-Language Path... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2623 | Intro 25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY LICENSURE COMPACT - Creates the occupational therapy licensure compact that would allow licensed occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants to practice in all states that join the co... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2758 | Intro 25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- RYAN'S LAW - Overprescribing, death resulting, would result in three (3) year license suspension. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-08 To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2271 | Intro 25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- HOTELS - Extends the current provisions relative to certain rights of innkeepers and eliminates the sunsetting of such sections thereby preserving the law as it currently exists. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-05 To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S2605 | Intro 25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES - Restricts audits of pharmacists conducted by insurers and their intermediaries, limiting audits to 1 per year unless fraud or misrepresentation is reasonably suspected. The Rhode Island attorney would have t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-01 To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2386 | Intro 25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- "THE RHODE ISLAND INFORMED CONSENT PROTECTION ACT" - Requires written consent by recipient or parent before vaccine and prohibits discrimination against those who don't vaccinate and fines up to $25,000 for violation. Al... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12 To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2404 | Intro 25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- THE PRACTICE OF ACUPUNCTURE AND CHINESE MEDICINE - Broadens the definition of a "qualified individual" in acupuncture and Chinese medicine to include any person trained and certified in auricular acudetox. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12 To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |