Requires a housing code enforcement officer to give a copy of any housing code violation notice to all tenants of the building affected by a housing code violation along with any hearing dates scheduled for the violation.
Requires a report to be produced that focuses on prescription drug prior authorizations by January 1, 2025.
Provides for code blue and code red alerts to trigger certain procedures municipalities must follow during extreme heat or cold to help at-risk individuals with shelter.
Makes it a deceptive trade practice for landlords to conspire with each other to set rents or withhold rental dwelling units from the market in order to increase demand.
Permits a school to calculate its maintenance of effort on a per-pupil basis and to deduct any nonrecurring expenditure from its maintenance of effort.
Creates the division of civil representation within the department of housing and require civil representation by a Designated Legal Organization to provide legal representation to all tenants who qualify in eviction proceedings.
Provides for just cause evictions for residential landlord tenancies.
Restricts audits of pharmacists conducted by insurers and their intermediaries, limiting audits to 1 per year unless fraud or misrepresentation is reasonably suspected. The Rhode Island attorney would have the authority to impose sanctions for violations.
Establishes new programs for free breakfast and lunch meals in all public schools.
Requires free breakfast and lunches to be provided for all elementary and secondary students attending public schools.
