Rep. Jennifer Boylan

Maddy summaryThis is a ceremonial resolution (HR 6171) passed by the Rhode Island House of Representatives to formally congratulate the Ponaganset High School girls basketball team for winning the 2024-25 Rhode Island Interscholastic League state championship. The resolution highlights the team's perseverance through injuries, their 18-2 regular season record, and their championship game comeback against Moses Brown. It specifically recognizes the team's players, senior captains, and head coach Gary Martinelli. The resolution directs the Secretary of State to send a certified copy to the coach, with no legal effect or policy changes beyond this symbolic recognition.

Maddy summaryThis resolution symbolically designates April 2025 as "Parkinson’s Awareness Month" in Rhode Island. It does not create new programs, funding, or policy changes - it solely serves as a formal recognition of Parkinson’s Disease impact. The resolution directs the Secretary of State to send a certified copy to the Rhode Island chapter of the American Parkinson Disease Association. It directly affects Rhode Island residents by highlighting community awareness efforts for a condition impacting 1,000-2,000 locals.

Maddy summaryHR 5732 proposes a constitutional amendment (the "Green Amendment") that would add a new right to all Rhode Islanders: the inherent right to clean air, clean water, healthy soil, a stable climate, and preservation of natural, scenic, and recreational environmental values. If approved by voters, it would require the state to act as a trustee of natural resources, protecting these rights equitably for all people regardless of race, gender, or income, and for both current and future generations. The amendment would take effect January 1, 2027, and must be voted on by Rhode Island residents at the next statewide general election. This is a procedural proposal - voters must approve it before it becomes part of the state constitution.

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.

Maddy summaryHR 6018 is a joint resolution appropriating $500,000 from state funds to support the Gloria Gemma Foundation's new cancer survivorship and wellbeing center in Rhode Island. The funds would provide operational support for the center's free programs, which offer mental, physical, and spiritual wellness services to cancer patients and survivors. This resolution directly benefits cancer patients in Rhode Island, particularly those facing financial hardship or mental health challenges related to their diagnosis. The appropriation is for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and does not create new policy or alter existing laws.

Maddy summaryThis ceremonial resolution (HR 6153) recognizes April 1, 2025, as "401Gives Day" in Rhode Island. It encourages all residents to participate in 401Gives, a statewide fundraising event aiming to raise over $4.01 million for Rhode Island's nonprofit community. The resolution highlights the nonprofit sector's role in employing 18% of the workforce and providing critical services like housing, education, and environmental protection. It directs the Secretary of State to send certified copies to 401Gives organizers and sponsors, acknowledging their efforts in promoting philanthropy. This is a symbolic gesture with no binding legal effect.

Mandates state and electric distribution companies develop proposals and encourage off shore wind power development and give priority in those projects to providing employment and business opportunities to workers from disadvantaged communities.

Prohibits health insurance plans from requiring prior authorization for a new episode of rehabilitative care for twelve visits, or from requiring prior authorization for rehabilitative care for chronic pain for ninety days.

Limits the use by insurers of step therapy, a protocol that establishes a specific sequence in which prescription drugs for a specified medical condition are covered by an insurer, by allowing medical providers to request step therapy exceptions.

Requires each healthcare entity/network plan to compile/report to health insurance commissioner a summary of how the healthcare entity/network plan requires its contracted providers to submit claims for in-network outpatient behavioral health services.