Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session All Bills
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0694
Introduced
3/7/25
Refer
3/7/25
Report Pass
6/10/25
Engrossed
6/12/25
Refer
6/14/25
BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- NURSES - Details each of those limited emergency circumstances where a registered nurse and advanced practice registered nurses, may safely administer sedation, such as critical life-saving or emergency situations where there is an imminent threat to life or limb.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0695
Introduced
3/7/25
Refer
3/7/25
Report Pass
6/3/25
Engrossed
6/12/25
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE RHODE ISLAND CLINICIAN WELLNESS AND SUPPORT ACT - Recognizes the program run by the Rhode Island Medical Society or comparable program for physicians, physician assistants, dentists, and podiatrists, to address burnout, substance abuse, and mental and physical health issues.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0696
Introduced
3/7/25
Refer
3/7/25
Report Pass
6/2/25
Engrossed
6/4/25
HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE -- LONG-TERM CARE SERVICE AND FINANCE REFORM - Authorizes an increase in resource eligibility limits for persons with long-term-care needs who reside at home and requires semi-annual reports from Medicaid certified assisted living facilities and adult day service providers to the EOHHS.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0697
Introduced
3/7/25
Refer
3/7/25
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - Mandates that EOHHS assemble a network of equity zones where local multisector groups of nonprofits, service providers, advocates, community members, state agencies, and municipalities can address social factors of health at a local level.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0698
Introduced
3/7/25
Refer
3/7/25
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PRIMARY CARE TRAINING SITES PROGRAM - Allows the office of health insurance commissioner (OHIC) as the state agency that has the authority to designate patient-centered medical home (PCMH) care to obtain maximal health outcomes.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0699
Introduced
3/7/25
Refer
3/7/25
BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES - Includes the COVID-19 immunization under the consent and reporting provisions required for pharmacy administered immunizations to individuals between nine (9) and eighteen (18) years of age.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0700
Introduced
3/7/25
Refer
3/7/25
Report Pass
5/1/25
Engrossed
5/8/25
Refer
5/9/25
BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- CONFIDENTIALITY OF HEALTH CARE COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION ACT - Amends provisions relative to confidentiality of health care communications and the process for requesting records and/or confidential health care information.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0701
Introduced
3/7/25
Refer
3/7/25
BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- NURSES - Allows advanced practice registered nurses, physician assistants, and physicians who are and are not licensed in Rhode Island to provide telemedicine services to patients who are in the state when those services are rendered.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0702
Introduced
3/7/25
Refer
3/7/25
INSURANCE -- INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS - Requires every individual or group health insurance plan on or after January 1, 2026, that provides benefits to reimburse child service providers for therapy services offered through EOHHS certified Kids Connect/Therapeutic Services.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0703
Introduced
3/7/25
Refer
3/7/25
BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS - Alters a PA’s continuing education requirements, ability to provide charitable care, and authority to clear students to return to sports after health-concern related removal and protect PA’s from certain restrictive covenants.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0704
Introduced
3/7/25
Refer
3/7/25
HUMAN SERVICES -- NURSING HOME FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY ACT - Mandates transparency in nursing home finances and would establish procedures for compliance.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0705
Introduced
3/7/25
Refer
3/7/25
Report Pass
5/13/25
Engrossed
5/20/25
Refer
5/21/25
INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Requires insurance coverage for all community health workers' services to include health and promotion coaching, health education and training, health system navigation and resource coordination services, care planning and follow-up care recommendations.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0706
Introduced
3/7/25
Refer
3/7/25
Report Pass
6/2/25
Engrossed
6/4/25
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HEALTH CARE FOR CHILDREN AND PREGNANT WOMEN - 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.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0707
Introduced
3/7/25
Refer
3/7/25
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND INDIVIDUAL MARKET AFFORDABILITY ACT OF 2025 - Creates the Rhode Island Individual Market Affordability Act of 2024 to help reduce out-of-pocket costs for low- and moderate-income consumers enrolled in the health insurance coverage through the Rhode Island health benefits exchange.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0708
Introduced
3/7/25
Refer
3/7/25
TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES - Municipalities required to amend zoning ordinances, to include special listed provisions, to authorize development incentives to increase development density or dimensional flexibility, identify provisions to promote and regulate commercial developments.