Rep. Stephen Casey

Maddy summaryThis bill is a House resolution that congratulates the North Smithfield High School team and their coach, Natalie O'Brien, for winning the 2024 "We the People" State Competition in Rhode Island. The resolution recognizes the students for their performance in a civic education contest where they demonstrated knowledge of constitutional topics through prepared speeches and unscripted answers to judge questions. It directs the Secretary of State to send an official copy of the resolution to the school's coach. The measure serves as a formal acknowledgment of the team's achievement rather than establishing new laws or policies.

Maddy summaryThis bill establishes a two-day sales tax holiday on August 10 and 11, 2024, allowing consumers to purchase certain items without paying sales tax. The tax break applies only to nonbusiness retail sales of tangible personal property, excluding specific goods like tobacco, fuel, electricity, vehicles, meals, and any single item priced over $2,500. While vendors do not need to collect sales tax on these qualifying purchases during the holiday, they must still file regular tax returns and report the sales. The bill also requires the state revenue director to report the amount of tax revenue forgone and file a detailed report with the legislature by the end of 2024.

Maddy summaryThis bill restricts registered nurses and nurse practitioners from administering general anesthetics and certain sedation drugs, such as propofol and ketamine, for surgical or diagnostic procedures. It designates licensed certified registered nurse anesthetists as the primary providers authorized to manage these medications, with specific exceptions for emergency airway situations or when treating intubated patients in intensive care settings. The legislation also clarifies that "Anesthesia Sedation Nurse Practitioner" is not a recognized specialty and explicitly prohibits non-anesthetist nurses from performing deep sedation or general anesthesia outside of these narrow emergency contexts.

Provides for increases or decreases in the amount of foundation level school support that a community would receive, based upon a community's ability to meet and surpass its minimum low- and moderate-income housing requirements.

Maddy summaryHB 7435 creates a new legal framework to regulate pet insurance policies sold to residents of the state. The bill requires insurers to clearly define key terms like preexisting conditions and chronic illnesses within their policies and make these definitions easily accessible online. It mandates that companies disclose specific details about coverage limits, exclusions, and how premiums or benefits might change based on a pet's history or age. Additionally, the law grants consumers a fifteen-day "free look" period to review and return a policy for a full refund if they are not satisfied, provided no claims have been filed. This legislation applies to any pet insurance offered or delivered in the state, superseding general insurance laws with these specific consumer protections.

Adds department of corrections' correctional officers to the list of public safety employees that are entitled to their full salary if they are injured and become disabled as a result of performance of their job duties.

This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $60,000 to the Rhode Island Fire Academy for training to extinguish small to large lithium battery fires.

This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $1,380,000 to the Rhode Island State Police for the operation of a State Police recruit training academy.

Requires DCYF to establish segregated savings account for foster care child receiving SS, SSI, veterans benefits or railroad retirement benefits to manage the accounts and keep child eligible for future benefits.