SB 146
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - LICENSING OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES (Adds two (2) requirements that a hospital provide to a prospective patient, the requested cost estimate of their requested anticipated hospital services within five (5) business days of request and the cost of any facility fee.)
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Feb 01 2017 |
10/04/2017 Signed By Governor
Oct 04 2017
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SB 893
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Specifies that adversely affected members of formulary change removing/making preferred or tiered status change of covered prescription drug receive required statutory notice.)
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May 11 2017 |
09/29/2017 Effective Without Governor's Signature
Sep 29 2017
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SB 226
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES - ROAD TEST LICENSE APPLICANTS (Allows driver's license applicants with limited English proficiency (LEP) to be accompanied by an interpreter, at their own expense and choosing, during their road test. This interpreter shall be at least eighteen (18) years of age.)
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Feb 02 2017 |
09/28/2017 Signed By Governor
Sep 28 2017
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SB 115
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - PUBLIC TRANSIT - BUS PASSES (Requires that five million dollars ($5,000,000) be appropriated to the Rhode Island public transit authority between July 1, 2017 and June 30, 2019.)
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Feb 01 2017 |
09/27/2017 Signed By Governor
Sep 27 2017
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SB 332
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - COMPREHENSIVE DISCHARGE PLANNING (Requires medical treatment facilities to provide discharge plans for patients with nonsubstance abuse related mental health disorders.)
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Feb 16 2017 |
09/27/2017 Signed By Governor
Sep 27 2017
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SB 843
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- TAX SALES (Provides that if the Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation is a tax title purchaser, it shall not be liable for violations in connection with the tax title property, prior to the expiration of five (5) years from the date of the tax sale.)
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Apr 27 2017 |
09/27/2017 Signed By Governor
Sep 27 2017
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SB 994
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RETIREMENT OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES AND CLOSED MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT PLANS (Allows locally administered retirement plans in the city of Central Falls to allow employees or retired who are members of the FOP Lodge, 2 to join the Municipal Employees Retirement System (MERS) by providing greater flexibility in funding policies.)
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Jun 28 2017 |
09/19/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Sep 19 2017
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SB 324
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - HOME-VISITING SYSTEM COMPONENTS (Directs the department of health to obtain an annual estimate of the number of children born to Rhode Island families who face significant risk factors known to impair child development.)
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Feb 16 2017 |
07/19/2017 Signed By Governor
Jul 19 2017
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SB 937
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HOSPITAL CONVERSIONS (Streamlines the procedure for the approval of mergers of nonprofit hospitals.)
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Jun 06 2017 |
07/19/2017 Signed By Governor
Jul 19 2017
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SB 790
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES & CARRIERS - RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY (Authorizes RIPTA to provide an open-door service to all passengers to and from Rhode Island to locations within five (5) miles of the Rhode Island boarder into Massachusetts and Connecticut.)
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Apr 25 2017 |
07/19/2017 Signed By Governor
Jul 19 2017
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SB 546
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT -- ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES (Amends the statute governing prescriptions of controlled substances by making reference to regulations issued by the department of health.)
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Mar 09 2017 |
07/19/2017 Signed By Governor
Jul 19 2017
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SB 108
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RESILIENT RHODE ISLAND ACT OF 2014 - CLIMATE CHANGE COORDINATING COUNCIL (Directs the climate change coordinating council to study a carbon pricing program.)
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Feb 01 2017 |
07/19/2017 Signed By Governor
Jul 19 2017
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SB 577
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH CARE FACILITIES - LICENSING (Amends the definition of health care facility to allow a hospital or an affiliate of a hospital to own and operate ambulatory-care facilities.)
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Mar 15 2017 |
07/19/2017 Signed By Governor
Jul 19 2017
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SB 742
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHYSICAL THERAPISTS (Modernizes the definition of physical therapy, the right to use the title of physical therapist and includes practice beyond the scope of physical therapy as a grounds for discipline.)
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Apr 12 2017 |
07/05/2017 Signed By Governor
Jul 05 2017
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SB 835
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - FRAUD AND FALSE DEALING (Criminalize residential mortgage fraud and extend the statute of limitations for certain offenses.)
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Apr 27 2017 |
07/05/2017 Signed By Governor
Jul 05 2017
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SB 236
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY - FAIR HOUSING PRACTICES (Prohibits discrimination in housing against those persons who have a lawful source of income.)
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Feb 02 2017 |
06/30/2017 Referred To House Judiciary
Jun 30 2017
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SB 805
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (More than one ounce of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl as a controlled substance illegal to possess, manufacture, sell or deliver.)
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Apr 25 2017 |
06/30/2017 Signed By Governor
Jun 30 2017
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SB 133
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Allows unused tax credits previously issued under the Historic Homeownership Assistance Act to be carried forward for tax year 2017 and thereafter.)
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Feb 01 2017 |
06/30/2017 Referred To House Finance
Jun 30 2017
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SB 492
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- MENTAL HEALTH LAW (Authorizes a licensed psychiatric/mental health nurse clinical specialist to attest a patient's condition/need for treatment, submit documents to court, testify in court when the patient is receiving treatment at a licensed community mental health center.)
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Mar 02 2017 |
06/30/2017 Referred To House H.E.W.
Jun 30 2017
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SR 1002
(2017 Regular Session)
SENATE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO EXAMINE THE ADVISABILITY OF RHODE ISLAND JOINING THE INTERSTATE MEDICAL LICENSURE COMPACT (Creates a 9 member commission to examine the advisability of Rhode Island joining the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, and who would report back to the President of the Senate by March 1, 2018, and expire on June 1, 2018.)
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Jun 29 2017 |
06/30/2017 Senate Read And Passed
Jun 30 2017
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