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S2073 - Provides a special enrollment period for applicants for Medicare Part B. Also prohibits state insurance carriers from denying/imposing conditions on new enrollees or discriminate on price based upon health status/claims experience/preexisting conditions.
Joshua B. Miller, Bridget G. Valverde, Pamela J. Lauria
Last updated 6 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
INSURANCE -- MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT INSURANCE POLICIES - Provides a special enrollment period for applicants for Medicare Part B. Also prohibits state insurance carriers from denying/imposing conditions on new enrollees or discriminate on price based upon health status/claims experience/preexisting conditions.
STATUS
Engrossed
S2037 - State websites to comply with WCAG 2.2 standards by July 1, 2026.
Linda L. Ujifusa, Ana B. Quezada, Joshua B. Miller
Last updated 10 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENTS OF STATE GOVERNMENT - State websites to comply with WCAG 2.2 standards by July 1, 2026.
STATUS
Introduced
S2087 - Requires the dept of behavioral healthcare/developmental disabilities/hospitals to coordinate with the DOH to propose revisions to chapter 1.10 and 10.1 of title 23, including updates and revisions of statutory language and evidence-based best practices.
Joshua B. Miller, Bridget G. Valverde
Last updated 5 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ALCOHOLISM - Requires the dept of behavioral healthcare/developmental disabilities/hospitals to coordinate with the DOH to propose revisions to chapter 1.10 and 10.1 of title 23, including updates and revisions of statutory language and evidence-based best practices.
STATUS
Passed
S2085 - Increases insurance coverage for hearing aids from one thousand five hundred dollars to two thousand dollars, per ear, every three years for all people regardless of age.
Leonidas P. Raptakis, Walter S. Felag, Bridget G. Valverde
Last updated 10 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Increases insurance coverage for hearing aids from one thousand five hundred dollars to two thousand dollars, per ear, every three years for all people regardless of age.
STATUS
Introduced
S2038 - Directs the departments of human services and education to work together to sustain and strengthen existing workforce development and compensation programs for educators working in licensed child care and early learning programs statewide.
Sandra Cano, Alana DiMario, Jacob Bissaillon
Last updated 10 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND EARLY EDUCATOR COMPENSATION STABILIZATION ACT - Directs the departments of human services and education to work together to sustain and strengthen existing workforce development and compensation programs for educators working in licensed child care and early learning programs statewide.
STATUS
Introduced
S2178 - Adopts the model compact for the physician assistant's licensure compact in Rhode Island.
Bridget G. Valverde, Joshua B. Miller, Pamela J. Lauria
Last updated 10 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHYSICIAN ASSISTANCE LICENSING COMPACT ACT - Adopts the model compact for the physician assistant's licensure compact in Rhode Island.
STATUS
Introduced
S2043 - Adds climate change, sea-level rise and coastal resiliency to the analysis of data of the strategic plan for economic development policy. Adds director of DEM and executive director of CRMC to economic development planning council.
Pamela J. Lauria, Alana DiMario, Bridget G. Valverde
Last updated 5 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LONG-TERM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Adds climate change, sea-level rise and coastal resiliency to the analysis of data of the strategic plan for economic development policy. Adds director of DEM and executive director of CRMC to economic development planning council.
STATUS
Passed
S2179 - Allows an out-of-state health care practitioner to provide telehealth services to a patient located in this state if the services are consistent with the practitioner's scope of practice and state and federal professional standards.
Pamela J. Lauria, Alana DiMario, Joshua B. Miller
Last updated 10 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- UNIFORM TELEHEALTH ACT - Allows an out-of-state health care practitioner to provide telehealth services to a patient located in this state if the services are consistent with the practitioner's scope of practice and state and federal professional standards.
STATUS
Introduced
S2143 - Authorizes the school administration to issue an out-of-school suspension to students if they are a threat to the safety of others.
Ana B. Quezada, Samuel W. Bell, Alana DiMario
Last updated 10 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
EDUCATION -- SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS - Authorizes the school administration to issue an out-of-school suspension to students if they are a threat to the safety of others.
STATUS
Introduced
S2186 - Incorporates universal design principals into new construction of low- and moderate-income housing to provide greater accessibility for persons with disabilities.
Victoria Gu, Meghan E. Kallman, Tiara T. Mack
Last updated 10 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HOUSING AND RESOURCES ACT OF 1998 - Incorporates universal design principals into new construction of low- and moderate-income housing to provide greater accessibility for persons with disabilities.
STATUS
Introduced
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Senator from Rhode Island district SD-035
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