Maddy summarySB 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.)
Sen. Hanna Gallo
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Requires all lifeguards, and park rangers, to be trained in administering opioid antagonists, and would require all public beaches to keep available a minimum of four doses of opioid antagonist.
Maddy summaryThis Senate Resolution (SR 1135) symbolically recognizes August 15, 2025, as the 80th anniversary of Korea’s independence from Japanese colonial rule and 2025 as the 50th anniversary of the Korean American Association of Rhode Island’s founding. It directs the Secretary of State to send a certified copy of the resolution to the Korean American Association of Rhode Island. The resolution has no legal effect or policy changes - it is a ceremonial observance celebrating cultural heritage and community contributions.
Prohibits any city, town, quasi-municipal corporation or public corporation from assessing any existing agricultural operation or agricultural land for the extension of any water utilities past the property and from imposing any connection fee.
Maddy summarySB 609 allows public-health dental hygienists working in settings like schools, nursing homes, or government clinics to be directly reimbursed by Medicaid for services they provide. It also permits the local/state agencies or mobile dental programs employing these hygienists to seek reimbursement from other insurers or Medicare, which was previously restricted. The bill requires hygienists to obtain patient consent forms explaining services aren’t a substitute for a dentist visit and to arrange follow-up dental exams within 90 days. It maintains that hygienists must operate under a collaborative agreement with a dentist or agency, ensuring patient safety and care coordination. This change aims to improve access to preventive dental care in underserved community settings while clarifying billing rules for public-health programs.
Establishes a restricted receipt account at the DLT for hospitality industry workforce training grants, funded by an annual $50 dollar fee to be charged by RIDOH to food service establishments.
Imposes a hospital licensing fee for fiscal year 2026 against net patient-services revenue of every non-government owned hospital for the hospital’s first fiscal year ending on or after January 1, 2024.
Requires EOHHS to provide self-measured blood pressure monitoring for eligible pregnant and postpartum individuals, covering home monitors, training, data transmission, and co-interventions, with state funds if federal aid is unavailable.
Maddy summaryThis Senate Resolution (SR 1118) expresses symbolic support for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's (LLS) "Light The Night Walk" event in Providence on September 27, 2025. It acknowledges LLS's mission to fund blood cancer research and support patients, and formally encourages all Rhode Islanders to participate in the fundraising walk. The resolution directs the Secretary of State to send a certified copy to the LLS event coordinator. As a commemorative resolution, it does not create new laws or funding but publicly endorses the event to raise awareness and support for blood cancer research.
Restates the UTGR Master Contract and the Twin River-Tiverton Master Contract and would consolidate the marketing program of each into the Consolidated Marketing Program.