Rhode Island Bills

died · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 12, 2025

SB 680: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- CONSENT TO MEDICAL AND SURGICAL CARE

Requires that an individual's caregiver be present when healthcare decisions are discussed with the hospice team. It would also prevent a denial of home hospice care because of age or income.

Topics ✓ Healthcare

died · Rhode Island · House Jun 12, 2025

HB 6304: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LEAD POISONING PREVENTION ACT

Ensures public access to lead service lines to determine the existence of lead within the water connection. This act also ensures mitigation measures and replacement lines are consistent with the current version of 40 C.C.R. 141 Subpart I.

Topics ✓ Healthcare

died · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 10, 2025

SB 817: AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- TRESPASS AND VANDALISM -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD TENANT ACT

Defines squatter as a person occupying a dwelling unit who is not authorized by the property owner, landlord or tenant to occupy the unit and provides remedies for property owner including police assistance to remove a squatter.

died · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 10, 2025

SB 1133: AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- GIFT CARD FRAUD

SB 1133 reclassifies unauthorized use or theft of gift cards as larceny or forgery under state law. It makes it a crime to steal or use a gift card without consent (under $1,500) or alter a gift card, subjecting offenders to larceny penalties (up to $1,000 fine or 1 year in jail) or forgery penalties. For amounts exceeding $1,500 or repeated offenses within six months, penalties escalate to standard larceny charges. This directly affects gift card holders (who may be defrauded), card issuers, and retailers, by treating gift card fraud as equivalent to traditional property theft under Chapter 6-59. The bill takes effect upon passage.

Topics ✗ Criminal Justice

died · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 10, 2025

SR 664: JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $1,000,000 FOR THE PURCHASE, CANCELLATION AND FORGIVENESS OF MEDICAL DEBT

Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $1,000,000 for the continued purchase, cancellation and forgiveness of medical debt consistent with section 35-4-21.1 of the General Laws.

Topics ✓ Budget & Taxes ✓ Healthcare

died · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 10, 2025

SB 1134: AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- KEEPING CHILDREN SAFE FROM FAMILY VIOLENCE ACT

Enacts the Kayden's Law setting guidelines and training for courts, judges and other professionals who make recommendations or decisions about visitation, custody, and placement of children when there are allegations of abuse.

died · Rhode Island · House Jun 8, 2025

HB 6274: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- REFUSE DISPOSAL

Allows the collection of solid waste and recycling between the hours of seven o’clock (7:00) am and three o’clock (3:00) am seven days a week. It would also ban the use of mobile waste compaction technology for recycling.

Topics ✗ Environment

died · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 7, 2025

SB 118: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- NURSING HOME WORKFORCE STANDARDS BOARD ACT

SB 118 creates the Rhode Island Nursing Home Workforce Standards Advisory Board to address staffing and care quality in nursing homes. The board, composed of 13 members representing employers, workers, community organizations, and state agencies, will advise the legislature and labor department on wages, working conditions, and training standards for nursing home staff. It will recommend statewide minimum compensation and workplace standards but cannot enforce them directly. The bill directly affects nursing home workers, employers, and residents by aiming to improve staffing stability and care quality through data-driven recommendations. (SB 118, "Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board Act," focuses on advisory recommendations, not direct regulation.)

Topics ✓ Healthcare ✓ Labor & Employment

died · Rhode Island · House Jun 5, 2025

HB 6353: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- THE PRIMARY CARE PRESERVATION ACT

Authorizes a physician practice to charge a practice support contribution; provided that, the amount does not exceed $120 per year, per patient, enrolled in a healthcare insurance plan, (excluding Medicaid and traditional Medicare).

died · Rhode Island · House Jun 5, 2025

HB 6369: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OFFICE OF HEALTH CARE ADVOCATE

HB 6369 allows the state Health Care Advocate to request a superior court appoint a temporary manager (receiver) for hospitals facing specific crises. It directly affects hospitals mismanaging assets, in severe financial distress, or operating in ways that risk patient safety or care quality. The bill requires the court to approve such a receiver if it helps manage the hospital, protects patients, or ensures compliance with hospital conversion laws. This provision streamlines the process by eliminating the need to prove irreparable harm, making it easier for the Advocate to intervene swiftly.

Topics ✓ Healthcare

died · Rhode Island · House Jun 4, 2025

HB 6371: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION

Exempts from taxation real and tangible personal property of Little Flower Home, provided it remains a qualified tax-exempt corporation pursuant to § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, by amending the address from former location to current location.

died · Rhode Island · House Jun 4, 2025

HB 6181: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING

Permits the town of Tiverton to require additional testing, to be performed by the developer, to ensure that there is no dewatering or loss of effective recharge to surrounding wells within close proximity of the new well.

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