Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0584 Compare Versions

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9	9	S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D
10	10	IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
11	11	JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025
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14	14	A N A C T
15	15	RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- SANITATION IN FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS
16	16	Introduced By: Senators Gallo, LaMountain, Patalano, Tikoian, Valverde, and Gu
17	17	Date Introduced: February 26, 2025
18	18	Referred To: Senate Labor & Gaming
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21	21	It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
22	22	SECTION 1. Section 21-27-10 of the General Laws in Chapter 21-27 entitled "Sanitation 1
23	23	in Food Establishments" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2
24	24	21-27-10. Registration of food businesses. 3
25	25	(a) No person shall operate a food business as defined in § 21-27-1 unless he or she 4
26	26	annually registers the business with the state director of health; provided, that food businesses 5
27	27	conducted by nonprofit organizations, hospitals, public institutions, farmers markets, roadside farm 6
28	28	stands, or any municipality shall be exempt from payment of any required fee. Additionally, no 7
29	29	license fee shall be required for an establishment that: 8
30	30	(1) Holds a Class C liquor license pursuant to § 3-7-8; and 9
31	31	(2) Complies with the license limits set forth in § 3-7-8(b). 10
32	32	(b) In order to set the registration renewal dates so that all activities for each establishment 11
33	33	can be combined on one registration instead of on several registrations, the registration renewal 12
34	34	date shall be set by the department of health. The registration period shall be for twelve (12) months 13
35	35	commencing on the registration renewal date. Any renewal registration fee shall be at the full, 14
36	36	annual rate regardless of the date of renewal. Any fee for a first-time application shall have the 15
37	37	registration fee pro-rated based upon the date of issuance of registration. If the registration renewal 16
38	38	date is changed, the department may make an adjustment to the fees of registered establishments, 17
39	39	not to exceed the annual registration fee, in order to implement the changes in registration renewal 18
40	40	date. Registrations issued under this chapter may be suspended or revoked for cause. Any 19
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44	44	registration or license shall be posted in a place accessible and prominently visible to an agent of 1
45	45	the director. 2
46	46	(c) Registration with the director of health shall be based upon satisfactory compliance 3
47	47	with all laws and regulations of the director applicable to the food business for which registration 4
48	48	is required. 5
49	49	(d) The director of health is authorized to adopt regulations necessary for the 6
50	50	implementation of this chapter. 7
51	51	(e) Classification for registration shall be as follows: 8
52	52	(1) In-state and out-of-state food processors that sell food in Rhode Island (Wholesale) 9
53	53	(2) Food processors (Retail) 10
54	54	(3) Food service establishments: 11
55	55	(i) 50 seats or less 12
56	56	(ii) More than 50 seats 13
57	57	(iii) Mobile food service units 14
58	58	(iv) Industrial caterer or food vending machine commissary 15
59	59	(v) Cultural heritage educational facility 16
60	60	(4) Vending machine sites or location: 17
61	61	(i) Three (3) or less machines 18
62	62	(ii) Four (4) to ten (10) machines 19
63	63	(iii) Eleven (11) or more machines 20
64	64	(5) Retail markets: 21
65	65	(i) 1 to 2 cash registers 22
66	66	(ii) 3 to 5 cash registers 23
67	67	(iii) 6 or more cash registers 24
68	68	(6) Retail food peddler (meat, seafood, dairy, and frozen dessert products) 25
69	69	(7) Food warehouses 26
70	70	(f) In no instance, where an individual food business has more than one activity eligible 27
71	71	under this chapter for state registration within a single location, shall the business be required to 28
72	72	pay more than a single fee for the one highest classified activity listed in subsection (e) of this 29
73	73	section; provided, that, where several separate but identically classified activities are located within 30
74	74	the same building and under the management and jurisdiction of one person, one fee shall be 31
75	75	required. In each of the instances in this subsection, each activity shall be separately registered. 32
76	76	(g) Fees for registration of the above classifications shall be as set forth in § 23-1-54. 33
77	77	(h) The department shall also annually charge food service establishments an additional 34
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81	81	fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) per year, which shall be transferred to the department of labor and 1
82	82	training and shall be deposited into the hospitality training restricted receipt account, which shall 2
83	83	be exempt from the indirect cost recovery provisions of § 35-4-27. Subject to appropriation by the 3
84	84	general assembly, these funds shall be used to provide hospitality industry workforce training 4
85	85	grants including, but not limited to, certified food and alcohol safety training programs offered in 5
86	86	multiple languages. 6
87	87	SECTION 2. Section 35-4-27 of the General Laws in Chapter 35-4 entitled "State Funds" 7
88	88	is hereby amended to read as follows: 8
89	89	35-4-27. Indirect cost recoveries on restricted receipt accounts. [Effective January 1, 9
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91	91	Indirect cost recoveries of ten percent (10%) of cash receipts shall be transferred from all 11
92	92	restricted receipt accounts, to be recorded as general revenues in the general fund. However, there 12
93	93	shall be no transfer from cash receipts with restrictions received exclusively: (1) From contributions 13
94	94	from nonprofit charitable organizations; (2) From the assessment of indirect cost-recovery rates on 14
95	95	federal grant funds; or (3) Through transfers from state agencies to the department of administration 15
96	96	for the payment of debt service. These indirect cost recoveries shall be applied to all accounts, 16
97	97	unless prohibited by federal law or regulation, court order, or court settlement. The following 17
98	98	restricted receipt accounts shall not be subject to the provisions of this section: 18
99	99	Executive Office of Health and Human Services 19
100	100	Organ Transplant Fund 20
101	101	HIV Care Grant Drug Rebates 21
102	102	Health System Transformation Project 22
103	103	Rhode Island Statewide Opioid Abatement Account 23
104	104	HCBS Support-ARPA 24
105	105	HCBS Admin Support-ARPA 25
106	106	Department of Human Services 26
107	107	Veterans’ home — Restricted account 27
108	108	Veterans’ home — Resident benefits 28
109	109	Pharmaceutical Rebates Account 29
110	110	Demand Side Management Grants 30
111	111	Veteran’s Cemetery Memorial Fund 31
112	112	Donations — New Veterans’ Home Construction 32
113	113	Commodity Supplemental Food Program-Claims 33
114	114	Department of Health 34
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118	118	Pandemic medications and equipment account 1
119	119	Miscellaneous Donations/Grants from Non-Profits 2
120	120	State Loan Repayment Match 3
121	121	Healthcare Information Technology 4
122	122	Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals 5
123	123	Eleanor Slater non-Medicaid third-party payor account 6
124	124	Hospital Medicare Part D Receipts 7
125	125	RICLAS Group Home Operations 8
126	126	Group Home Facility Improvement Fund 9
127	127	Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing 10
128	128	Emergency and public communication access account 11
129	129	Department of Environmental Management 12
130	130	National heritage revolving fund 13
131	131	Environmental response fund II 14
132	132	Underground storage tanks registration fees 15
133	133	De Coppet Estate Fund 16
134	134	Rhode Island Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission 17
135	135	Historic preservation revolving loan fund 18
136	136	Historic Preservation loan fund — Interest revenue 19
137	137	Department of Public Safety 20
138	138	E-911 Uniform Emergency Telephone System 21
139	139	Forfeited property — Retained 22
140	140	Forfeitures — Federal 23
141	141	Forfeited property — Gambling 24
142	142	Donation — Polygraph and Law Enforcement Training 25
143	143	Rhode Island State Firefighter’s League Training Account 26
144	144	Fire Academy Training Fees Account 27
145	145	Attorney General 28
146	146	Forfeiture of property 29
147	147	Federal forfeitures 30
148	148	Attorney General multi-state account 31
149	149	Forfeited property — Gambling 32
150	150	Department of Administration 33
151	151	OER Reconciliation Funding 34
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155	155	Health Insurance Market Integrity Fund 1
156	156	RI Health Benefits Exchange 2
157	157	Information Technology restricted receipt account 3
158	158	Restore and replacement — Insurance coverage 4
159	159	Convention Center Authority rental payments 5
160	160	Investment Receipts — TANS 6
161	161	OPEB System Restricted Receipt Account 7
162	162	Car Rental Tax/Surcharge-Warwick Share 8
163	163	Grants Management Administration 9
164	164	RGGI-Executive Climate Change Coordinating Council Projects 10
165	165	Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Operating and Maintenance Account 11
166	166	Department of Housing 12
167	167	Housing Resources and Homelessness Restricted Receipt Account 13
168	168	Housing Production Fund 14
169	169	Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Fund 15
170	170	Department of Revenue 16
171	171	DMV Modernization Project 17
172	172	Jobs Tax Credit Redemption Fund 18
173	173	Legislature 19
174	174	Audit of federal assisted programs 20
175	175	Department of Children, Youth and Families 21
176	176	Children’s Trust Accounts — SSI 22
177	177	Military Staff 23
178	178	RI Military Family Relief Fund 24
179	179	RI National Guard Counterdrug Program 25
180	180	Treasury 26
181	181	Admin. Expenses — State Retirement System 27
182	182	Retirement — Treasury Investment Options 28
183	183	Defined Contribution — Administration - RR 29
184	184	Violent Crimes Compensation — Refunds 30
185	185	Treasury Research Fellowship 31
186	186	Business Regulation 32
187	187	Banking Division Reimbursement Account 33
188	188	Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner Reimbursement Account 34
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192	192	Securities Division Reimbursement Account 1
193	193	Commercial Licensing and Racing and Athletics Division Reimbursement Account 2
194	194	Insurance Division Reimbursement Account 3
195	195	Historic Preservation Tax Credit Account 4
196	196	Marijuana Trust Fund 5
197	197	Social Equity Assistance Fund 6
198	198	Judiciary 7
199	199	Arbitration Fund Restricted Receipt Account 8
200	200	Third-Party Grants 9
201	201	RI Judiciary Technology Surcharge Account 10
202	202	Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 11
203	203	Statewide Student Transportation Services Account 12
204	204	School for the Deaf Fee-for-Service Account 13
205	205	School for the Deaf — School Breakfast and Lunch Program 14
206	206	Davies Career and Technical School Local Education Aid Account 15
207	207	Davies — National School Breakfast & Lunch Program 16
208	208	School Construction Services 17
209	209	Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner 18
210	210	Higher Education and Industry Center 19
211	211	IGT STEM Scholarships 20
212	212	Department of Labor and Training 21
213	213	Job Development Fund 22
214	214	Contractor Training Restricted Receipt Account 23
215	215	Hospitality Training Restricted Receipt Account 24
216	216	Rhode Island Council on the Arts 25
217	217	Governors’ Portrait Donation Fund 26
218	218	Statewide records management system account 27
219	219	SECTION 3. This act shall take effect on January 1, 2026. 28
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226	226	EXPLANATION
227	227	BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
228	228	OF
229	229	A N A C T
230	230	RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- SANITATION IN FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS
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232	232	This act would establish a restricted receipt account at the department of labor and training 1
233	233	(“DLT”) to be used for hospitality industry workforce training grants, including certified food and 2
234	234	alcohol safety training programs offered in multiple languages, funded by an annual fee of fifty 3
235	235	($50.00) dollars charged by the department of health (“DOH”) to food service establishments. 4
236	236	This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. 5
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