| S2359 | Intro
25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH SERVICES FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS - Directs the executive office of health and human services to increase Medicaid rates for the Early Intervention and First Connections programs allow...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
Committee continued |
| S2712 | Intro
25% | FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- RHODE ISLAND FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT - Authorizes an appropriation from ARPA to allow the governor to contract with a nonprofit entity for purposes of purchasing and retiring large portfolios of medical debt, for ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
Committee continued |
| H7048 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- SENTENCE AND EXECUTION - Requires sentencing court to consider whether defendant is parent of child, or caregiver of elderly, disabled or terminally ill person whose well-being would be adversely affected by the person's incarce...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S2935 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL - Allows the attorney general to investigate and bring an enforcement action against persistent fraud or illegality in the carrying on, conducting, or transaction of business or governmen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2713 | Intro
25% | HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE - Provides that services provided by graduate student interns who work under a supervisory protocol would be eligible to be paid from Medicaid reimbursement.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
Committee continued |
| S2662 | Intro
25% | Joint Resolution Approve And Publish And Submit To The Electors A Proposition Of Amendment To The Constitution -- Of Qualification For Office (proposes A State Constitutional Amendment To Provide No Person Could Hold Office As General Officer Unless ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7276 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HOUSING AND MORTGAGE FINANCE CORPORATION - Establishes a revolving fund to assist first-time home buyers and veterans to purchase a home in Rhode Island by issuing grants of up to forty thousand dollars ($...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To House Finance Committee |
| S2751 | Intro
25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES - Amends Article 9 of the state budget and various provisions relative to hospital licensing fees, would redefine base year for purposes of calculating disproportionate share payments for fiscal...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
Committee continued |
| S2330 | Intro
25% | HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE -- LONG-TERM CARE SERVICE AND FINANCE REFORM -- CHIROPRACTIC SERVICES RATES - Provides the executive office of health and human services would submit to the US Department of Health and Human Services a state plan ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
Committee continued |
| H7853 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT - Increases the minimum wage amount for any person committed to the adult correctional institution from three dollars to five dollars a day for every day the person shall labor.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To House Finance Committee |
| S2637 | Intro
25% | PROPERTY -- CONDOMINIUM LAW - Restricts increases in monthly common expenses and limit special assessments to cover unforeseen costs not included in the association’s approved annual budget for common expenses in associations where the minority of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| S2647 | Intro
25% | PROPERTY -- CONDOMINIUM LAW - Requires the recording of the bylaws and rules of the association in the land evidence records of the city or town the condominium is located in and require amendments to the original filings to be certified by 2 or more...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| S2578 | Intro
25% | HUMAN SERVICES -- PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT - Increases the state’s share of supplementary assistance to individuals living in a state-licensed assisted-living residence from $332.00 to $352.00, of which $140.00 would be allocated to the personal needs...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
Committee continued |
| H7552 | Intro
25% | MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- VETERANS' AFFAIRS - Provides that every city and town must maintain a municipal veterans' service officer. Also authorizes a one hundred thousand dollar ($100,000) appropriation to be used to fund matching grants for t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To House Finance Committee |
| H7637 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- SOLITARY CONFINEMENT REFORM ACT - Establishes the restrictive housing oversight committee ("committee") for the purpose of monitoring the use of restrictive housing (solitary confinement), as well as disciplinary and a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7966 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT - Sets standards and procedures to allow and implement conjugal visitation at state correctional facilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S2566 | Intro
25% | HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE - Increases the daily rate of payments to nursing facilities by twenty percent (20%) for single occupancy rooms to include private bathrooms.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
Committee continued |
| H7082 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- NONPROFIT DENTAL SERVICE CORPORATIONS -- THE RHODE ISLAND FAIR SHARE FOR DENTAL CARE ACT - Requires carriers offering dental benefit plans to annually submit information which includes the current and projected medical loss ratio for cla...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To House Corporations Committee |
| H7891 | Intro
25% | PROPERTY -- RENT CONTROL IN THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE - Authorizes the city of Providence to adopt rent control ordinances subject to certain exemptions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| S2019 | Intro
25% | HIGHWAYS -- SIDEWALKS - Requires that all maintenance of sidewalks along state highways, with the exception of snow and ice removal, be the responsibility of the state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| H7958 | Intro
25% | TOWNS AND CITIES -- MULTIFAMILY HOUSING ACT - Requires single-family residential zoning in municipalities with populations of over 20,000 to allow middle housing and mandates that those municipalities adopt zoning regulations for middle housing.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| S2618 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND OLMSTEAD PLAN COMMISSION ACT - Creates an Olmstead Plan for people vulnerable to unnecessary institutionalization to update a continuum of care to receive services and supports in the least restrictive env...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| H7920 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- HISTORIC PRESERVATION TAX CREDITS 2013 - Extends the historic tax credit to June 30, 2029.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To House Finance Committee |
| H8070 | 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] | 2024-04-11
To House Corporations Committee |
| H7407 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- ORGAN DONATION LEAVE TAX CREDIT - Provides tax credits to any private entity that gives paid time off to an employee who is an organ donor.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To House Finance Committee |
| H7340 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION TAX - Eliminates the gross earning tax for every corporation whose principal business is manufacturing, selling, distributing and/or transmitting current of electricity and natural gas to be used for light, heat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To House Finance Committee |
| S2888 | Intro
25% | COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- AUTOMATED DECISION TOOLS - Requires companies that develop or deploy high-risk AI systems to conduct impact assessments and adopt risk management programs, would apply to both developers and deployer...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7717 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- HEALTH CARE ACCESSIBILITY AND QUALITY ASSURANCE ACT - Requires healthcare plans in RI to notify providers of any proposed amendments to an agreement 60 days before the effective date and requires 60 days notice of any amendment to a manu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To House Corporations Committee |
| S2360 | Intro
25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE RHODE ISLAND FAMILY HOME-VISITING ACT - Makes the Medicaid rate increase permanent for the first connections family home-visiting program and requires additional information to be added to the annual family home-visiting repo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
Committee continued |
| S2644 | Intro
25% | PROPERTY -- CONDOMINIUM LAW - Creates a process for condominium associations to give notice to and obtain approval from unit mortgage holders for certain association actions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| S2980 | Pass | Senate Resolution Celebrating "black Maternal Health Week" On April 11th - 17th, 2024, In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
Senate read and passed |
| S2645 | Intro
25% | PROPERTY -- CONDOMINIUM LAW - Eliminates unreasonable and fiscally irresponsible constraints of budget caps created in some condominium documents by developers to help sell units.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| S2642 | Intro
25% | PROPERTY -- CONDOMINIUM LAW - Allows unit owners to participate in association meetings remotely through the use of digital platforms such as zoom or googlemeet.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| 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 |
| H8163 | Pass | House Resolution Extending Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Raymond M. Dipasquale
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
House read and passed |
| H8146 | Intro
25% | House Resolution Extending The Reporting And Expirations Dates And Amending The Purpose Of The Special Legislative Commission To Review And Provide Recommendations For Policies That Deal With Numerous Economic And Social Short-term Rentals Issues (th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| H7716 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- HEALTH CARE ACCESSIBILITY AND QUALITY ASSURANCE ACT - Requires that healthcare entities and network plans, eff. 1/1/25, include provision in every contract with a provider of mental health/substance use disorders that rates paid pursuant...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To House Corporations Committee |
| H7519 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES -- HEALTH CARE ACCESSIBILITY AND QUALITY ASSURANCE ACT - Provides that dental services rendered to patients would be reimbursed by standards governed by the general laws of Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To House Corporations Committee |
| S2895 | Intro
25% | ELECTIONS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS - Allows citizens of a city or town who are at least sixteen (16) years of age to register to vote and to vote in school committee elections in municipalities where school committees are elected entities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H8169 | Pass | House Resolution Extending Congratulations
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
House read and passed |
| H7743 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- TRIAL - Allows a criminal defendant before the superior court to waive their right to a jury trial with the consent of the attorney general.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7989 | Intro
25% | TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS -- TENANT PROTECTION ACT - Authorizes cities and towns to establish a housing authority to adopt tenant protection measures, including rent control, annual rent increase ordinances and no-fault evictions, subject to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| S2979 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT -- PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM - Reduces the number of years from five (5) to three (3), when calculating for retirement purposes, the average of the highest consecutive years of compensation, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To Senate Finance Committee |
| H7682 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX -- PART 44-30-81 PROCEDURE AND ADMINISTRATION - Provides, for the tax year 2023 and thereafter, that any tax overpayment would be refunded with interest calculated at twelve percent (12%) compounded daily if not receiv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To House Finance Committee |
| H8167 | Pass | House Resolution Reaffirming The Friendship Between The State Of Rhode Island And Taiwan While Supporting Enhanced Bilateral Relations With Taiwan And Taiwan's Participation In The International Community
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
House read and passed |
| H7680 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- ESTATE AND TRANSFER TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION - Phases in an annual increase of the net taxable estate exemption by ten percent (10%) per year until the state exemption equals the federal exemption.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To House Finance Committee |
| S2872 | Intro
25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- COMPREHENSIVE DISCHARGE PLANNING - Requires coverage for residential/inpatient mental health services for detox/stabilization/substance abuse disorders without preauthorization or be subject to concurrent review during the first ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| H8143 | 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] | 2024-04-11
To House Corporations Committee |
| H7433 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT INSURANCE POLICIES - Amend the standards for issuing Medicare supplemental insurance policies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To House Corporations Committee |
| H8162 | Pass | House Resolution Celebrating The 54th Anniversary Of "earth Day" On April 22, 2024, In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
House read and passed |
