Raimondo Signs Legislation Strengthening State’s Response to Overdose Crisis

julio 19, 2017
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PROVIDENCE- Governor Gina M. Raimondo today announced she has signed 82 bills, including three aimed to combat Rhode Island’s overdose crisis. Last week, Raimondo signed an Executive Order directing additional action to support treatment and recovery services and announced a partnership with CVS Health to open an Opioid Treatment Center of Excellence in Woonsocket.

Among the bills signed into law by the Governor to help address opioid addiction is legislation that enables the disclosure of information contained in prescription drug monitoring databases to a limited number of qualified law enforcement agencies for drug diversion investigations; a bill that expands the type of pharmaceuticals which may be prescribed using electronic prescriptions while ensuring patient privacy; and legislation requiring health care professionals to discuss the risks of addiction with their patients or parent and guardians of patients when issuing opioid prescriptions.

«Twelve hundred Rhode Islanders have died from overdose in the last five years. The opioid epidemic is the single greatest public health crisis of our time,» said Governor Raimondo. «To end this crisis, we need to swing at every pitch possible. Access to data is one of the most important tools we have. These bills will require prescribers to prescribe controlled substances electronically and enable state and federal law enforcement to investigate pill diversion and other organized criminal activity. Every Rhode Island community has been touched by this crisis and I’ll take every step I can to fight back.»

Governor Raimondo joined other governors, including Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, last week at the National Governors Association summer meeting urging stronger action to combat the crisis. Rhode Island’s response to the overdose epidemic has earned national acclaim for its focus on prevention and treatment.

In other actions, the Governor vetoed a bill that would classify any network charter school that serves grades Kindergarten through 8th grade as two schools, requiring two charters. She also vetoed legislation that automatically extends local labor contracts indefinitely if a new agreement is not reached. The bill raised near unanimous concern from the mayors and town managers throughout Rhode Island.

Bills Signed

Senate Bill No.30 SUB A
BY DaPonte
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS – PROPERTY ASSESSED CLEAN ENERGY PROGRAM (Includes a tax sale as a transfer of property ownership that would trigger the past due balances of any PACE assessment.)
Senate Bill No. 73 SUB A as amended
BY Coyne, Morgan, Lombardi, Jabour, Archambault
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING CRIMINAL OFFENSES – UNIFORM ACT ON THE PREVENTION OF AND REMEDIES FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING (Creates the «Uniform Act on the Prevention and Remedies for Human Trafficking» which would establish penalties and remedies for human trafficking.)
Senate Bill No. 77
BY Conley, Coyne, Calkin, Archambault, Lombardo
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES — STOPPING, STANDING, AND PARKING RESTRICTIONS (Creates a prohibition on parking in electric vehicle charging stations without using the charging apparatus.)

Senate Bill No. 101
BY Picard
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION – SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS (Establishes a process by which a virtual education plan may be established and used by school districts during inclement weather which would count as a school day, provided that the plan is approved by the council on elementary and secondary education.)

Senate Bill No. 104
BY Picard
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION – SOCIAL SERVICES (Defines and declares the purpose of child opportunity zones and would provide for annual reporting from the commissioner of elementary and secondary education to the general assembly on each zone.)
Senate Bill No. 106
BY Satchell, Conley, Metts, Picard
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION – CURRICULUM (Requires the department of education to consider incorporating media literacy education in the basic education program.)
06/27/2017 House passed in concurrence
07/18/2017 Transmitted to Governor

Senate Bill No. 108 as amended
BY Conley, Sosnowski, Nesselbush, Crowley, Coyne
ENTITLED, 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.)

Senate Bill No. 145 SUB A
BY Goldin, Miller
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE – ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Requires a health care entity or health plan to issue a decision regarding the credentialing of a health care provider within forty-five (45) calendar days of receiving a complete credentialing application.)

Senate Bill No. 231 SUB A
BY Goldin
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES – EMERGENCY POLICE POWER (Amends the provisions regarding emergency police powers to clarify that higher learning institutions with special police officers are authorized to enter into mutual aid agreements for the purpose of providing emergency assistance.)

Senate Bill No. 324 SUB A
BY Miller, Goldin, Crowley, Nesselbush
ENTITLED, 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.)

Senate Bill No. 458
BY DiPalma, Pearson, Seveney, Ciccone, Coyne
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT — DEPARTMENTS OF STATE GOVERNMENT (Requires that an information technology project manager be assigned for all requests for proposals for information technology projects.)

Senate Bill No. 493 SUB A
BY Archambault, Satchell, Sheehan, Nesselbush, Sosnowski
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS – UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Requires health care professionals upon issuance of initial opioid prescription to discuss with patient/parent/guardian risk of developing dependence/addiction/potential of overdose/death/adverse risks of concurrent use of alcohol/other psychoactive drugs)

Senate Bill No. 538 SUB A
BY DiPalma, Goodwin, Seveney, Pearson, Lombardo
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES – REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Adds the class of combination vehicles to the list of vehicles eligible for New England Patriots Charitable Foundation registration plates.)

Senate Bill No. 540 SUB A
(Office of Veterans Affairs)
BY Lynch Prata, Gallo
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES — GOLD STAR FAMILIES (Creates and expands eligibility for a special license plate for Gold Star Families.)

Senate Bill No. 546 as amended
(Dept. of Health)
BY Crowley, Metts, Nesselbush, Miller
ENTITLED, 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.)

Senate Bill No. 577 SUB A as amended
BY Sosnowski, Sheehan, Miller, Crowley, Goldin
ENTITLED, 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.)

Senate Bill No. 633 SUB A
BY Gallo, DiPalma, Satchell, Pearson, Metts
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION — CIVIC EDUCATION COMMISSION (Alters the membership, reporting protocol, and meeting requirements of the civic education commission.)

Senate Bill No. 656 SUB A as amended
(Attorney General)
BY Conley, Coyne, Raptakis, McCaffrey, Lombardi
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS – UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Allows information contained in the prescription drug monitoring database to be disclosed to a certified law enforcement drug diversion investigator of a qualified law enforcement agency.)

Senate Bill No. 711
BY Lombardi, Archambault, Lynch Prata, Conley, Nesselbush
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO PROBATE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – LIMITED GUARDIANSHIP AND GUARDIANSHIP OF ADULTS (Provides persons under limited guardianship, guardianship conservatorship with rights designed to protect them from mental, physical and financial abuse by guardians and conservators retroactively and prospectively.)

Senate Bill No. 720 SUB A
BY Sosnowski, Conley, Coyne, Calkin, Miller
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY — AGRICULTURAL FUNCTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (Authorizes the directors of the departments of environmental management and health to enforce the Federal Food Safety Modernization Act as it pertains to commercial growers of fruits and vegetables.)

Senate Bill No. 785
(Environmental Management)
BY Sosnowski, Coyne
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT — DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT–MARINE FISHERIES (Creates division of marine fisheries within DEM to manage saltwater fish and plant harvesting.)

Senate Bill No. 790
(RIPTA)
BY Crowley, Sosnowski, Quezada, Nesselbush
ENTITLED, 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.)

Senate Bill No. 808
(Board of Elections)
BY Lynch Prata
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS – CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS (Defines the terms «conduit» and «earmarked» for purposes of reporting campaign contributions and eliminates the aggregate contribution limits and adds a prohibition of earmarked funds.)

Senate Bill No. 883
BY Gallo, Metts, Satchell, Pearson
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION – THE RHODE ISLAND CHILDREN’S CRUSADE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION (Establishes the college crusade of Rhode Island, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization registered with the Rhode Island secretary of state, as the entity that will administer and operate all program services and manage scholarship resources.)

Senate Bill No. 937 SUB A as amended
BY Crowley, Nesselbush, Conley
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY — HOSPITAL CONVERSIONS (Streamlines the procedure for the approval of mergers of nonprofit hospitals.)

Senate Bill No. 960
BY Gallo, Algiere
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION — CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES (Benefits for students with disabilities continue until the end of the public school calendar semester when the student turns 21 or when the student’s program ends in accordance with the student’s (IEP), whichever occurs earlier.)

Senate Bill No. 984
BY Felag, Coyne, Raptakis, Seveney, Lynch Prata
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY — PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS — NEW RHODE ISLAND VETERANS HOME CONFERENCE ROOM (Provides that one of the two (2) conference rooms in the new Rhode Island Veterans Home shall be named and known as the «1st Sergeant P. Andrew McKenna US Army 7th Special Forces Group Memorial Conference Room.»)

Senate Bill No. 985
BY Felag, Coyne, Seveney, Raptakis, Lynch Prata
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY — PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS — NEW RHODE ISLAND VETERANS HOME CONFERENCE ROOM (Names one of the two (2) new conference rooms at the Rhode Island Veterans Home as the «S. Michael Minutelli Memorial Conference Room».)

House Bill No. 5205 SUB A
(Attorney General)
BY Lima, Slater, Fellela, Almeida, Diaz
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE – EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS (Enables persons with limited exceptions misdemeanor convictions to obtain an expungement of the records of those convictions, as long as the person has not been convicted of any felony.)

House Bill No. 5207 SUB A
BY Lancia, Lima, Jacquard, Hull, Nunes
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES — SEXUAL OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION (Provides that sex offenders register their presence with any homeless shelter at which they may temporarily stay and provides that said shelters notify the local law enforcement agency of the presence.)

House Bill No. 5300 SUB A
BY Maldonado, McEntee, Amore, Hearn, Knight
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING CRIMINAL OFFENSES – UNIFORM ACT ON THE PREVENTION OF AND REMEDIES FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING (Creates the «Uniform Act on the Prevention and Remedies for Human Trafficking» which would establish penalties and remedies for human trafficking.)

House Bill No. 5424
BY McNamara, Vella-Wilkinson, Bennett, Solomon, Morgan
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES — REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES–GASPEE DAY COMMITTEE (Creates a special fundraising license plate for the Gaspee Days committee.)

House Bill No. 5469 SUB A
(Attorney General)
BY McNamara
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS – UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Allows information contained in the prescription drug monitoring database to be disclosed to a certified law enforcement drug diversion investigator of a qualified law enforcement agency.)

House Bill No. 5474 SUB A
BY Keable, Blazejewski
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS – THE NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIANS ACT OF 2017 (Establishes procedures for the licensing of doctors of naturopathy, who provide health care utilizing natural substance and therapies. Doctors of naturopathy would be subject to oversight by the director of the Rhode Island department of health.)

House Bill No. 5550 SUB A as amended
BY O`Grady, Maldonado, Kazarian, Keable, Blazejewski
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION — STUDENT JOURNALISTS’ FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION ACT (Creates the Student Journalists’ Freedom of Expression Act protecting student journalists’ right to exercise freedom of speech in school-sponsored media.)

House Bill No. 5664
BY Handy, Amore, O’Brien, Marshall, Marszalkowski
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION – CURRICULUM (Requires the department of education to consider incorporating media literacy education in the basic education program.)

House Bill No. 5683
BY Maldonado, Diaz, Kazarian, Barros, Tobon
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION – THE RHODE ISLAND CHILDREN’S CRUSADE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION (Establishes the college crusade of Rhode Island, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization registered with the Rhode Island secretary of state, as the entity that will administer and operate all program services and manage scholarship resources.)

House Bill No. 5702 SUB A
(Secretary of State)
BY Coughlin, Johnston
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS — REGISTRATION OF VOTERS (Provides that persons who apply to the DMV for a driver’s license, its renewal or personal identification document shall simultaneously register to vote, unless they expressly decline to do so.)

House Bill No. 5710
BY Kennedy, Johnston, Kazarian, Messier
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO PROBATE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – LIMITED GUARDIANSHIP AND GUARDIANSHIP OF ADULTS (Provides persons under limited guardianship, guardianship conservatorship with rights designed to protect them from mental, physical and financial abuse by guardians and conservators retroactively and prospectively.)

House Bill No. 5761 SUB A
BY Canario, Fellela, Azzinaro, Bennett, Johnston
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES – REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Adds the class of combination vehicles to the list of vehicles eligible for New England Patriots Charitable Foundation registration plates.)

House Bill No. 5777 SUB A
BY Carson, Lima, Slater, Regunberg, Fogarty
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION — MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION TAX CREDITS (Removes video games from the definition of «motion picture» for the purposes of the Motion Picture Credit Tax Act, extending from 7/1/2021, to 7/1/2024.)

House Bill No. 5903
BY Lombardi, Coughlin, Solomon, Shanley, Mendonca
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS – VISITATION RIGHTS (Establishes guidelines for the family court to use to decide petitions for visitation by grandparents based on a best interest of the grandchild standard.)

House Bill No. 5947
(Board of Elections)
BY Donovan, Ajello, Carson, Casimiro, Marszalkowski
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS – CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS (Defines the terms «conduit» and «earmarked» for purposes of reporting campaign contributions and eliminates the aggregate contribution limits and adds a prohibition of earmarked funds.)

House Bill No. 6055
BY McNamara, Vella-Wilkinson, Shekarchi, Bennett, Solomon
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO AERONAUTICS – THE PERMANENT AIR QUALITY MONITORING ACT (Reduces the items which must be monitored by the air-quality monitors at T.F. Green Airport to particles less than 0.1 microns, and black carbon.)

House Bill No. 6146
BY Edwards, Canario, Shekarchi, Maldonado, Marshall
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES-AWARD OF MUNICIPAL CONTRACTS (Requires a city or town to utilize qualification based selection for the procurement of program managers, construction managers, or construction managers at risk.)

House Bill No. 6158 SUB A
BY Handy, Tanzi, Fogarty
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY — PESTICIDE CONTROL (Creates an exception to the registration requirements and registration fees for minor use pesticides.)

House Bill No. 6213 SUB A
BY Blazejewski, Slater, Williams, Johnston, Tobon
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES — REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Amends the grounds on which the DMV may refuse registration for failure to pay a fine to include, interest, penalties, or other monetary amount. Requires the municipality that requests the denial to add and forward an additional $5 fee to the DMV.)

House Bill No. 6296
BY Knight, Blazejewski, McEntee, Craven
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT – RHODE ISLAND REGULATORY REFORM ACT (Requires the office of regulatory reform, in consultation with various state departments and plant-based and agriculture industry representatives, work to facilitate economic growth within plant-based industries and agriculture.)

House Bill No. 6311
BY Phillips, Morin, Casey, Marshall, Solomon
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION – SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS (Establishes a process by which a virtual education plan may be established and used by school districts during inclement weather which would count as a school day, provided that the plan is approved by the council on elementary and secondary education.)

House Bill No. 6313
BY Donovan, Blazejewski, Ranglin-Vassell, Amore, Regunberg
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION – SOCIAL SERVICES (Defines and declares the purpose of child opportunity zones and would provide for annual reporting from the commissioner of elementary and secondary education to the general assembly on each zone.)

House Bill No. 6323
BY Shanley, Barros, Cunha
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT — OPEN MEETINGS (Excludes weekends and state holidays from the calculation of the forty-eight (48) hour public notice requirement, and requires all public bodies to keep minutes of open meetings and file their minutes with the secretary of state.)

House Bill No. 5199 SUB A
(by request)
BY Abney
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS – PROPERTY ASSESSED CLEAN ENERGY PROGRAM (Allows recovery for the past due balance of any PACE assessment on a transfer of commercial property ownership at a tax sale by a PACE lien against the transferee.)

House Bill No. 5219 SUB A
BY McKiernan, O’Brien, Regunberg, Ranglin-Vassell, Williams
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE – ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Requires a health care entity or health plan to issue a decision regarding the credentialing of a health care provider within forty-five (45) calendar days of receiving a complete credentialing application.)

House Bill No. 5277 SUB A
BY Ajello, McNamara, Donovan, Regunberg, Walsh
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY – DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (Prohibits «conversion therapy» by licensed health care professionals with respect to children under eighteen (18) years of age.)

House Bill No. 5326
BY Solomon, Edwards, O’Brien, Williams, Serpa
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY — DOGS (Requires that the sheltering and nourishment of dogs conform to the industry standards established by the Tufts Animal Care and Conditions Scale regarding outside sheltering, proper nourishment, sanitary conditions, and physical condition.)

House Bill No. 5618 SUB A as amended
BY Regunberg, Knight, Handy, Carson, Ruggiero
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS — NET METERING (Makes educational institutions and nonprofit corporations established pursuant to chapter 6 of title 7 eligible for net-metering financing arrangements.)

House Bill No. 5743 SUB A
(General Treasurer)
BY Casimiro, McNamara, Donovan, Regunberg, Marszalkowski
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT – STATE DEPARTMENTS’ COOPERATION (Facilitates the sharing of information between the treasury, state retirement system, division of taxation, and the department of labor and training concerning unclaimed property, taxation collection, and pension benefit monitoring.)

House Bill No. 5766 SUB A
(Office of Veterans’ Affairs)
BY Casimiro, Walsh, Donovan, Barros, Vella-Wilkinson
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES — GOLD STAR FAMILIES (Creates and expands eligibility for a special license plate for Gold Star Families.)

House Bill No. 5805 SUB A
(Dept. of Environmental Management)
BY Handy, Carson, McEntee, Fogarty, Donovan
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT — DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (Creates a division of marine fisheries within DEM to manage salt water fish and plant harvesting.)

House Bill No. 5824
BY Ucci, Winfield, Costantino, Corvese
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT — DEPARTMENTS OF STATE GOVERNMENT (Requires that an information technology project manager be assigned for all requests for proposals for information technology projects.)

House Bill No. 5837
(by request)
BY Tanzi, Amore, Regunberg, Barros, Kazarian
ENTITLED, 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.)

House Bill No. 5840 SUB A
(by request)
BY Tanzi, McEntee, Fogarty
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH CARE FACILITIES – LICENSING (Allows physician practices to maintain their license standards, even if a hospital system owns the practice.)

House Bill No. 5934
(Dept. of Business Regulation)
BY Kennedy, Casey, Johnston, Messier, Kazarian
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE – CASUALTY INSURANCE RATING (Repeals multiple sections of the general laws related to insurance, including §27-9-57 and chapter 75 of title 27 («Surplus Lines Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact»).)

House Bill No. 5937
(Dept. of Business Regulation)
BY Johnston
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE – FOREIGN INSURANCE COMPANIES (Eliminates continuing education board (CEB) service of process by certified mail and prohibits claim negotiation with unlicensed public adjusters from excluding coverage to volunteer drivers.)

House Bill No. 5951 SUB A
BY Blazejewski, Shekarchi, Maldonado, Hearn, Tanzi
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE – UNFAIR COMPETITION AND PRACTICES (Prohibits domestic and foreign insurance companies from any distinction or discrimination against individuals in a domestic partner relationship regarding policies issued or renewed in this state.)

House Bill No. 5975 SUB A
(Dept. of Health)
BY Ackerman, Casimiro, Marszalkowski, Edwards, Donovan
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS — UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT — ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES (Expands the type of pharmaceuticals which may be prescribed using electronic prescriptions and would also provide for protection of patient privacy in regard to electronic prescriptions.)

House Bill No. 6084
(by request)
BY Regunberg
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES – EMERGENCY POLICE POWER (Amends the provisions regarding emergency police powers to clarify that higher learning institutions with special police officers are authorized to enter into mutual aid agreements for the purpose of providing emergency assistance.)

House Bill No. 6088 SUB A
BY Azzinaro, Corvese, McNamara, McLaughlin, Kennedy
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION — CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES (Benefits for students with disabilities continue until the end of the public school calendar semester when the student turns 21 or when the student’s program ends in accordance with the student’s (IEP), whichever occurs earlier.)

House Bill No. 6225
BY Kennedy, Azzinaro, Filippi, Price, Fogarty
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY — STROKE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT ACT OF 2009 (Permits the department of health to designate hospitals as «acute stroke ready hospitals.»)

House Bill No. 6284 SUB A
BY Johnston, Tobon, Messier, Barros
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY — HOSPITAL CONVERSIONS (Streamlines the procedure for the approval of mergers of not-for-profit hospitals and unaffiliated community hospitals.)

House Bill No. 6297
BY Shanley, Casimiro, Carson, Ackerman, Canario
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY — INSPECTIONS OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES (Makes changes to the licensing procedures for health care facilities.)

House Bill No. 6302
BY Carson
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES — STOPPING, STANDING, AND PARKING RESTRICTIONS (Creates a prohibition on parking in electric vehicle charging stations without using the charging apparatus.)

House Bill No. 6305
BY Ranglin-Vassell, Donovan
ENTITLED, 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.)

House Bill No. 6306 SUB A
BY Canario, Lima, McLaughlin, Fellela, Bennett
ENTITLED, 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.)

House Bill No. 6307
BY Diaz, Slater, Perez, Maldonado, Barros
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS – UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Requires health care professionals upon issuance of initial opioid prescription to discuss with patient/parent/guardian risk of developing dependence/addiction/potential of overdose/death/adverse risks of concurrent use of alcohol/other psychoactive drugs)

House Bill No. 6310
BY Casimiro, Shanley, Marszalkowski, Donovan, Regunberg
ENTITLED, 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.)

House Bill No. 6324
BY Cunha, Shanley, Barros, Tobon
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION — CIVIC EDUCATION COMMISSION (Alters the membership, reporting protocol, and meeting requirements of the civic education commission.)

House Bill No. 6336
BY Craven
ENTITLED, 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.)

House Bill No. 6341
BY Azzinaro, Tobon, Fellela, McLaughlin, Messier
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY — PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS — NEW RHODE ISLAND VETERANS HOME CONFERENCE ROOM (Names one of the two (2) new conference rooms at the Rhode Island Veterans Home as the «S. Michael Minutelli Memorial Conference Room».)

House Bill No. 6342
BY Azzinaro, Tobon, Fellela, McLaughlin, Messier
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY — PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS — NEW RHODE ISLAND VETERANS HOME CONFERENCE ROOM (Provides that one of the two (2) conference rooms in the new Rhode Island Veterans Home shall be named and known as the «Sergeant P. Andrew McKenna US Army 7th Special Forces Group Memorial Conference Room.»)

House Bill No. 6345
BY Ruggiero, Casimiro, Donovan, Regunberg, Marszalkowski
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY — AGRICULTURAL FUNCTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (Authorizes the directors of the departments of environmental management and health to enforce the Federal Food Safety Modernization Act as it pertains to commercial growers of fruits and vegetables.)

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