Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session All Bills
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0469
Introduced
2/26/25
Refer
2/26/25
BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- "THE RHODE ISLAND INFORMED CONSENT PROTECTION ACT" - Requires written consent by recipient or parent before vaccine and prohibits discrimination against those who don't vaccinate and fines up to $25,000 for violation. Also prohibits DCYF from investigating their for failure to vaccinate their child.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0470
Introduced
2/26/25
Refer
2/26/25
INSURANCE -- CONTRACT WITH HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS - Amends the current law in order that a health insurer would not require a physician, to participate in "capitation," or any other "alternative payment model" that creates a financial incentive for a physician to limit medically necessary care.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0471
Introduced
2/26/25
Refer
2/26/25
BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PROFESSIONAL LICENSING AND REGULATION OF SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS AND AUDIOLOGISTS - Establishes prevailing standards and procedures for licensing speech-language pathologists and audiologists in Rhode Island.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0472
Introduced
2/26/25
Refer
2/26/25
BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- INTERSTATE MEDICAL LICENSURE COMPACT - Requires the state to implement the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact no later than July 1, 2025. Also restores access to telemedicine for all Rhode Island residents and allows treatment by out-of-state providers who register with DOH.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0473
Introduced
2/26/25
Refer
2/26/25
Report Pass
3/11/25
Engrossed
3/20/25
Refer
3/21/25
INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Extends coverage for treatment of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections and pediatric acute onset neuropsychiatric syndrome by removing the sunset date of December 31, 2025, and mandating such coverage.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0474
Introduced
2/26/25
Refer
2/26/25
Report Pass
5/27/25
Engrossed
6/3/25
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- RARE DISEASE ADVISORY COUNCIL - Establishes a rare disease advisory council within the department of health to provide guidance and recommendations to educate healthcare providers and the citizens of the state.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0475
Introduced
2/26/25
Refer
2/26/25
Report Pass
5/6/25
Engrossed
5/13/25
Refer
5/14/25
Report Pass
5/20/25
Engrossed
5/29/25
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS REQUIRED AT PUBLIC PLACES AND HEALTHCARE FACILITIES -- DAVID CASEY ACT - Requires public or private golf courses to have an automated external defibrillator on the premises.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0476
Introduced
2/26/25
Refer
2/26/25
BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES - Amends current law so that initial contraceptive prescriptions would no longer be limited to a 3-month supply.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0477
Introduced
2/26/25
Refer
2/26/25
Report Pass
5/1/25
Engrossed
5/6/25
Refer
5/7/25
INSURANCE -- PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS - Includes any costs paid by an enrollee or on behalf of the enrollee by a third party when calculating an enrollee’s overall contribution to any out-of-pocket maximum or cost sharing requirement under a health plan as of January 1, 2026.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0478
Introduced
2/26/25
Refer
2/26/25
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH SERVICES FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS - Establishes the scope of a certified professional midwife’s authority relating to prescribing medication to patients.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0479
Introduced
2/26/25
Refer
2/26/25
INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Requires health insurance plans to cover services provided by licensed certified professional midwives. Insurers must report utilization and cost data annually. Certain limited benefit policies are exempt.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0480
Introduced
2/26/25
Refer
2/26/25
INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Mandates health insurance coverage for FDA approved contraceptive drug, device or therapeutic equivalent.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0481
Introduced
2/26/25
Refer
2/26/25
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- RHODE ISLAND PROGRAM TO ADDRESS ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE - Requires the department of health to incorporate information about dementia risk factors and reduction into public education and healthcare provider education materials.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0482
Introduced
2/26/25
Refer
2/26/25
Report Pass
6/3/25
Engrossed
6/5/25
FOOD AND DRUGS -- RHODE ISLAND FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS ACT - Amends the types of products which pharmacists may prescribe as substitute drugs or products to include "devices and supplies" and "therapeutically equivalent drugs and pharmaceuticals".
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0483
Introduced
2/26/25
Refer
2/26/25
Report Pass
5/27/25
Engrossed
6/3/25
BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES - Authorizes pharmacists to dispense a one-time refill, for up to one hundred days under certain specified conditions.