SCHEDULED FOR HEARING AND/OR CONSIDERATION
Senate Bill No. 27 |
| BY Lombardi, McCaffrey, Felag, Ciccone, Lombardo |
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - FOOD DONATIONS {LC467/1} (Repeals the current chapter of the general laws regarding immunity for food donors to food banks, and would adopt a new chapter with comprehensive immunity provisions for persons involved in donating food to food banks.)
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01/15/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
04/19/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
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| Senate Bill No. 157 |
| BY Goldin, Coyne, Euer, Miller |
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY- LILA MANFIELD SAPINSLEY COMPASSIONATE CARE ACT {LC1037/1} (Creates the Lila Manfield Sapinsley Compassionate Care Act, to provide a legal mechanism whereby a terminally ill patient may choose to end their life using drugs prescribed by a physician.)
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01/24/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
04/19/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
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| Senate Bill No. 165 |
| BY Felag |
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - PROCEDURE GENERALLY {LC788/1} (Extends the immunity from liability for ordinary negligence to any person who uses an automated external defibrillator or performs cardiopulmonary resuscitation to a person in need thereof.)
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01/24/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
04/19/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
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| Senate Bill No. 223 |
| BY Coyne, Lynch Prata, Miller, McCaffrey, Satchell |
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ESTABLISHING A PROGRAM WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO ADDRESS ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE {LC1120/1} (Establishes the Rhode Island program to address Alzheimer's disease and would also create a thirteen (13) member advisory council. This act would also establish a training requirement for medical professionals.)
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01/31/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
04/19/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
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| Senate Bill No. 320 |
| BY Goldin, Miller, Euer, Coyne |
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LILA MANFIELD SAPINSLEY COMPASSIONATE CARE ACT {LC1194/1} (Creates the Lila Manfield Sapinsley Compassionate Care Act, to provide a legal mechanism whereby a terminally ill patient may choose to end his or her life using drugs prescribed by a physician.)
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02/13/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
04/19/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
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| Senate Bill No. 454 |
| BY Euer, Goldin, Lynch Prata, Murray, Valverde |
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES {LC1748/1} (Requires every health insurance contract to provide coverage for all FDA-approved contraceptive drugs, voluntary sterilization procedures, patient education and counseling as well as Medicaid coverage for a 12 month supply for Medicaid recipients.)
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02/27/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
04/19/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
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| Senate Bill No. 462 |
| BY Coyne, Ruggerio, Lombardo, Sosnowski, Gallo |
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- TOBACCO AND NICOTINE PRODUCTS--CHILDREN {LC1432/1} (Provides certain restrictions on the sale of tobacco products, enhance the definition of "tobacco products", and raises the minimum age to purchase tobacco products and nicotine-delivery systems from 18 to 21 years of age.)
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02/27/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
04/19/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
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| Senate Bill No. 467 |
| BY Lynch Prata |
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - ELDERLY AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT {LC1680/1} (Amends the definitions of abuse and neglect with regard to elderly affairs by deleting the term "willful" and would also delete the definition of willful.)
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02/27/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
04/19/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
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| Senate Bill No. 497 |
| BY Goldin, Lynch Prata, Murray, Nesselbush, Euer |
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- ADOPTION OF CHILDREN {LC1488/1} (Provides for a process for married and unmarried parents, to complete adoption to confirm their parentage of children born into their relationships with mutual intent and through assisted reproduction.)
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02/27/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
04/19/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
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| Senate Bill No. 499 |
| BY Lombardi, Ciccone, Lombardo, Archambault |
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- ABUSE AND EXPLOITATION OF ELDERS--ABUSE AND ISOLATION OF ELDERS OR DEPENDENT ADULTS -- THE PETER FALK CRIMINAL ISOLATION OF ELDERS ACT {LC469/1} (Makes it a felony to isolate an elder or dependent adult and would expand the persons entitled to notice when a guardianship or conservatorship petition is filed in the probate court for dependents or elderly adults.)
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02/27/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
04/19/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
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Senate Bill No. 500
(Attorney General) |
| BY Ruggerio, McCaffrey, Goodwin, Crowley, Ciccone |
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - THE HOSPITAL CONVERSIONS ACT {LC1583/1} (Extends monitoring of hospital conversions from 3 to 5 years/increases fine for violations from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000/simplifies judicial review.)
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02/27/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
04/19/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
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Senate Bill No. 603
(Dept. of Elderly Affairs) |
| BY Coyne, Seveney, DiPalma, Euer, Goldin |
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ABUSE IN HEALTH CARE FACILITIES {LC1878/1} (Makes amendments providing for additional reporting duties and requirements for persons with knowledge of mistreatment or neglect of elders.)
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03/14/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
04/19/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
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| Senate Bill No. 698 |
| BY Goodwin |
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- RHODE ISLAND NONCOMPETITION AGREEMENT ACT {LC1774/1} (Creates a comprehensive statutory scheme to address all aspects of noncompetition agreements.)
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03/21/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
04/19/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
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| Senate Bill No. 789 |
| BY Lynch Prata, Miller, Goldin, Euer, Murray |
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- RHODE ISLAND PARENTAGE ACT {LC1507/1} (Repeals current state law regarding paternity and replaces it with a more comprehensive parentage act that provides procedures establishing parentage, genetic testing, surrogacy agreements and assisted reproduction.)
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04/04/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
04/19/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
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