Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session All Bills
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2071
Introduced
1/12/24
Refer
1/12/24
Joint Resolution To Amend The Medicaid Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver Requests And Renewals (this Joint Resolution Would Approve An Amendment To A Medicaid Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver And Renewals Regarding A Pilot Proposal To Reduce The Number Of Days Behaviorally Complex Patients Spend In Acute Care Facilities.)
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2072
Introduced
1/12/24
Refer
1/12/24
Report Pass
3/19/24
Engrossed
3/28/24
Refer
3/29/24
Report Pass
6/12/24
Engrossed
6/13/24
Engrossed
6/13/24
Passed
6/28/24
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH - Designates, for fiscal year 2025, the usage for certain funds within the immunization account.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2073
Introduced
1/12/24
Refer
1/12/24
Report Pass
5/2/24
Engrossed
5/9/24
Refer
5/10/24
INSURANCE -- MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT INSURANCE POLICIES - Provides a special enrollment period for applicants for Medicare Part B. Also prohibits state insurance carriers from denying/imposing conditions on new enrollees or discriminate on price based upon health status/claims experience/preexisting conditions.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2074
Introduced
1/12/24
Refer
1/12/24
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- EMBRYO SAFETY AND STORAGE - Creates the "Embryo Safety and Storage Act of 2024." The act requires the department of health to regulate and license embryo storage facilities.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2075
Introduced
1/12/24
Refer
1/12/24
Report Pass
5/16/24
Engrossed
5/23/24
Refer
5/24/24
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - Requires the secretary of the executive office of health and human services to present to the general assembly a plan for the realignment of state hospitals into a department of hospitals no later than September 1, 2024.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2076
Introduced
1/12/24
Refer
1/12/24
Report Pass
2/15/24
Engrossed
3/7/24
Refer
3/8/24
INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Removes the sunset provision of all statutory law requiring coverage for the treatment of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections and pediatric acute onset neuropsychiatric syndrome.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2077
Introduced
1/12/24
Refer
1/12/24
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- RIGHTS OF NURSING HOME PATIENTS - Amends the law on nursing home minimum staffing requirements in order that any penalty incurred in calendar years 2022 and 2023 would be abated.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2078
Introduced
1/12/24
Refer
1/12/24
Report Pass
5/30/24
Engrossed
6/4/24
Refer
6/5/24
Report Pass
6/11/24
Enrolled
6/12/24
Passed
6/28/24
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- DISCLOSURE OF PRICES -- MEDICAL FACILITY ITEMS - Provides a procedure requiring that healthcare facilities maintain a list with all standard charges for all Medical facility items.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2079
Introduced
1/12/24
Refer
1/12/24
FOOD AND DRUGS -- AUTHORIZATION FOR THE USE OF BUPRENORPHINE - Encourages and authorizes the department of health to adopt rules and regulations that lead to the more liberal utilization of buprenorphine.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2080
Introduced
1/12/24
Refer
1/12/24
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- COVID-19 VACCINATION MANDATE PROHIBITED - Prohibits a private employer from mandating a COVID-19 vaccination upon any full-time, part-time, or contract employee without providing individual exemptions that allow an employee to opt out of such mandate.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2081
Introduced
1/12/24
Refer
1/12/24
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RELIGIOUS FREEDOM RESTORATION ACT - Prohibits eliminating religious exemption regarding mandatory health injections or inoculations and an unlawful employment practice.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2082
Introduced
1/12/24
Refer
1/12/24
Report Pass
4/2/24
Engrossed
4/9/24
Refer
4/10/24
INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Caps amount payable for 30 day supply of equipment/supplies for insulin administration/glucose monitoring at $25 or equipment designed to last more than 30 days with no deductible commencing January 1, 2025.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2083
Introduced
1/12/24
Refer
1/12/24
Report Pass
6/10/24
Engrossed
6/13/24
Enrolled
6/13/24
Passed
6/25/24
BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- NURSES - Amends the conditions upon which a nurse would be exempt from certain licensing requirements to include eligibility to practice, before taking and receiving results of the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX).
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2084
Introduced
1/12/24
Refer
1/12/24
Report Pass
6/6/24
Engrossed
6/11/24
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS IN CHILDREN RELIEF FUND - Establishes Children's Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund to provide finance assistance to families for medical expenses not covered by state or federal programs or insurance contract.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S2085
Introduced
1/12/24
Refer
1/12/24
INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Increases insurance coverage for hearing aids from one thousand five hundred dollars to two thousand dollars, per ear, every three years for all people regardless of age.