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• Senate Bill #4: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- THE TELEMEDICINE COVERAGE ACT
  Amends the provisions of the telemedicine coverage act and provide coverage for telemedicine under Rhode Island Medicaid.
  • 2021-01-13: Proposed Substitute
• Senate Bill #5: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE
  Requires individual health insurers, large group health insurers and small employer health insurers to provide coverage for ten (10) categories of essential health benefits listed in the act.
  • 2021-01-13: Proposed Substitute
• House Bill #5012: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- NURSING HOME STAFFING AND QUALITY CARE ACT
  Mandates minimum staffing levels and standards for quality care for nursing homes and their residents.
  • 2021-01-13: Introduced, referred to House Finance
• House Bill #5013: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX
  Raises the earned income tax credit from fifteen percent (15%) to twenty percent (20%) for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2021.
  • 2021-01-13: Introduced, referred to House Finance
• House Bill #5014: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- BUS LANE TRAVEL FINE
  Creates a new traffic offense, with a fine, for traveling in a bus lane.
  • 2021-01-13: Introduced, referred to House Finance
• House Resolution #5015: JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $140,000 TO URBAN VENTURES
  Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of one hundred and forty thousand dollars ($140,000) to Urban Ventures for operations and to implement activities assisting small businesses within the state of Rhode Island.
  • 2021-01-13: Introduced, referred to House Finance
• House Bill #5016: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION -- EXEMPTIONS
  Includes the real and tangible personal property of The Providence Community Health Centers, a Rhode Island domestic nonprofit corporation, located in Providence, Rhode Island, on the list of properties exempt from taxation.
  • 2021-01-13: Introduced, referred to House Finance
• House Bill #5017: AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE EDWARD O. HAWKINS AND THOMAS C. SLATER MEDICAL MARIJUANA ACT
  Adds a definition to the term "manufacture" in the medical marijuana chapter.
  • 2021-01-13: Introduced, referred to House H.E.W.
• House Bill #5018: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM
  Directs the council on elementary and secondary education to develop recommendations for a high school curriculum to prepare students for successful postsecondary education and careers in computer science.
  • 2021-01-13: Introduced, referred to House H.E.W.
• House Resolution #5019: JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND ASSESS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AN IMPROVED MEDICARE-FOR-ALL-TYPE SINGLE PAYER PROGRAM IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
  Creates a 19 member commission to study and assess implementing an improved Medicare-for-all-type single payer program in RI, and who would report back to the Senate and House 1 year from the date of passage, and expire 2 years from the date of passage.
  • 2021-01-13: Introduced, referred to House H.E.W.
• House Bill #5020: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS
  Allows persons with multiple misdemeanors and felonies to seek expungement of up to six convictions provided that convictions for multiple alcohol related offenses or domestic violence offenses and crime of violence are not eligible.
  • 2021-01-13: Introduced, referred to House Judiciary
• House Bill #5021: AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE EDWARD O. HAWKINS AND THOMAS C. SLATER MEDICAL MARIJUANA ACT
  Prevents employers from refusing to hire or discriminating against individuals for marijuana use and positive test results.
  • 2021-01-13: Introduced, referred to House Judiciary
• House Resolution #5022: JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE - FOUR YEAR TERMS AND TERM LIMITS FOR REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS
  
  • 2021-01-13: Introduced, referred to House Judiciary
• House Resolution #5023: HOUSE RESOLUTION AMENDING THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE YEARS 2019 AND 2020
  This resolution would amend the house rules by providing term limits for house leadership positions.
  • 2021-01-13: Introduced, referred to House Rules Committee
  • 2021-01-13: Scheduled for hearing (01/21/2021)
  • 2021-01-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/21/2021)