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State Legislature US Congress

All 25,118 Active 7,678 In committee 7,673 Passed 5,630 Signed 4,797 Failed 6,972

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 16, 2021

HB 5845: AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY -- CRIMINAL RECORDS REVIEW (Requires patient contact employees, personal care attendants and high-risk providers to undergo a national criminal records check and would disqualify those people if they have a criminal record for crimes of violence or other offenses listed.)

03/16/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 16, 2021

HB 5771: AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- PROHIBITION ON LIVE MARKETS (Prohibits the granting of any business licenses to any person, firm, partnership or corporation that operates a live market where consumers can buy freshly slaughtered meat or fowl.)

03/16/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 16, 2021

HB 5716: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- SALE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS IN PHARMACIES (Prohibits the sale of tobacco products in pharmacies and provides for a civil penalty of two thousand dollars ($2,000) for each violation.)

03/16/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 16, 2021

HB 5463: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- MEDICAL INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR EPINEPHRINE INJECTORS (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 injector or cartridge.)

03/16/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 16, 2021

HB 5904: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Requires health insurance contract plans or policies to provide coverage for up to ten (10) hours of neuropsychological evaluation for dyslexia if referred for such treatment by a licensed physician.)

03/16/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 16, 2021

SB 166: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES (Provides that pharmacists shall disclose lesser price drug substitutions unless directed otherwise by the doctor. Exempts pharmacists automatically charging the lowest available price.)

03/16/2021 Meeting postponed (03/18/2021)

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 16, 2021

HB 5900: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- LICENSE OF NATUROPATHY ACT OF 2017 (Amends the statute that provides for the licensing of naturopaths to reflect current practice and terminology and eliminates collaboration and consultation agreements.)

03/16/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 16, 2021

HB 5711: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- CONFIDENTIALITY OF HEALTH CARE COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION ACT (Allows an ordering physician to obtain the result of any life threatening clinical laboratory test, without the need for a consent to release medical information.)

03/16/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 16, 2021

HB 5512: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PROOF OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FUTURE (Increases minimum coverage limits for property damage on motor vehicles/ rental vehicles annually by inflation rate or percentage increase of average prevailing auto body labor rate calculated by DBR effective January 1, 2022)

03/16/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 16, 2021

HB 5776: AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- POWERS AND OPERATIONS (Prohibits financial institutions from investing in private detention centers or continuing to invest with any institution, company or subsidiary of a company that owns or contracts with a government entity to manage or run a prison.)

03/16/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 16, 2021

HB 5706: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (Provides that school forms pertaining to vaccination requirements include information about religious and medical exemptions.)

03/16/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House Mar 16, 2021

HB 5897: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS - LYME DISEASE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT (Requires insurers insures to provide coverage for any prescription drug treatment for lyme disease.)

03/16/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study