| RI | H7900 | Intro 25% | INSURANCE -- INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS - Requires the EOHHS to establish an early childhood mental health hub program focused on improving access to infant and early childhood mental health services for childre... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-10 [Hearing: May 15] To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7854 | Intro 25% | HUMAN SERVICES -- PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT - Provides eligibility for an additional forty dollars ($40.00) per month in food stamp benefits to certain qualifying persons or households eligible for food stamp benefits, commencing July 1, 2024. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-10 [Hearing: May 15] To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H8032 | Intro 25% | TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES - Amends tax law on renewable energy products to exempt certain additional products from sales tax including battery energy storage system equipment, if supplied by a manufacturer of solar photovoltaic equipment. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-10 [Hearing: May 14] To House Finance Committee |
| RI | S2088 | Intro 25% | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Requires every individual or group health insurance contract effective on or after January 1, 2025, to provide coverage to the insured and the insured's spouse and dependents for all FDA-approve... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-10 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7678 | Intro 25% | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY SERVICES - Imposes a seventy-five cent (0.75) surcharge on fares charged by rideshare companies as well as an account to benefit RIPTA from the payment of sales taxes collected from ride... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-10 [Hearing: May 15] To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7035 | Intro 25% | BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES - Appropriates $1,875,000 for the creation of a 9-8-8 suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline within the department of behavioral healthca... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-10 [Hearing: May 15] To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H8266 | Intro 25% | Joint Resolution Making The Transfer Of Funds From The Budget For Fiscal Year 2025 Contained In The Budget Submitted By The Governor (2024-h7225) To The Towns Of Tiverton, Burrillville And Middletown (authorizes The Transfer Of Funds To Tiverton, Bur... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-10 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7480 | Intro 25% | TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX - Provides a tax credit to individual taxpayers who convert their gas-powered vehicle into a vehicle propelled by an alternative fuel source. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-10 [Hearing: May 14] To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7689 | Intro 25% | House Resolution Requesting The Auditor General To Oversee An Audit Of Medicaid Programs Administered By Managed Care Organizations [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-10 [Hearing: May 15] To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H8267 | Intro 25% | TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION -- LOCAL MEALS AND BEVERAGE TAX - Allocates five percent (5%) of revenues from the local meals and beverage tax to the Rhode Island Semiquincentennial (R.I. 250) Commission for the executio... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-10 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7771 | Intro 25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $500,000 To The Rhode Island Office Of The Postsecondary Commissioner For The Rhode Island School For Progressive Education (this Resolution Would Authorize The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $500,000 To The R... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-10 [Hearing: May 14] To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7399 | Intro 25% | TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION - Creates a sales tax holiday on August 10 and 11, 2024. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-10 [Hearing: May 14] To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7120 | Intro 25% | TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX - Allows a deduction from federal adjusted gross income for interest payments on outstanding student loans. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-10 [Hearing: May 14] To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7405 | Intro 25% | TAXATION -- AGREEMENT TO PHASE OUT CORPORATE INCENTIVES COMPACT ACT - Establishes a compact agreement among at least two (2) states to prohibit the use of subsidies to selectively retain industry or company entice relocation from one state to another... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-10 [Hearing: May 14] To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7594 | Intro 25% | EDUCATION -- BILINGUAL, DUAL LANGUAGE AND WORLD LANGUAGE TEACHERS INVESTMENT ACT - Authorizes the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to establish a program to expand the issuance of teaching certificates to bilingual dual language and w... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-10 [Hearing: May 14] To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H8132 | Intro 25% | TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS - Enables the city of Newport to impose a nine percent (9%) amusement tax on the sale of certain amusement ticket sales. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-10 [Hearing: May 14] To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7037 | Intro 25% | TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION - Exempts from the sales tax scalp hair prosthesis or wigs that are necessary due to hair loss from a medical condition. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-10 [Hearing: May 14] To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7546 | Intro 25% | TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION - Provides a tax upon the endowment of a private institution of higher education equal to two percent (2%) upon each dollar over $1,000,000,000. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-10 [Hearing: May 14] To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7858 | Intro 25% | HIGHWAYS -- RHODE ISLAND TURNPIKE AND BRIDGE AUTHORITY - Directs the Rhode Island turnpike and bridge authority (RITBA) design a safety barrier or netting system on the several bridges within its authority. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-10 [Hearing: May 15] To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H8004 | Intro 25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $500,000 To Gloria Gemma Foundation (this Resolution Would Appropriate The Sum Of $500,000 To The Gloria Gemma Fountain.) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-10 [Hearing: May 15] To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7693 | Intro 25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $500,000 To The United Way Of Rhode Island For The 2-1-1 Human Services Hotline (this Resolution Would Authorize The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $500,000 To The United Way Of Rhode Island To Provide Operati... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-10 [Hearing: May 15] To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H8133 | Intro 25% | TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION - Imposes an additional local hotel tax in the city of Newport, at a rate of two and one-half percent (2.5%) to be retained and used for its public infrastructure and resiliency purposes. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-10 [Hearing: May 14] To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H8195 | Intro 25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $150,000 To The Rhode Island Commerce Corporation For The Blackstone Valley Visitors Center (authorizes The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $150,000 To The Rhode Island Commerce Corporation For The Blackstone V... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-10 [Hearing: May 14] To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7903 | Intro 25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE MEDICAL PRIMARY CARE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM - Establishes the medical primary care scholarship program to be administered by the commissioner of postsecondary education. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-10 [Hearing: May 15] To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7591 | Intro 25% | PUBLIC FINANCE -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AND PUBLIC ASSISTANCE CASELOAD ESTIMATING CONFERENCES - Requires that the department of human services and the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals provide forecasted costs... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-10 [Hearing: May 15] To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7926 | Intro 25% | TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION - Removes state-owned property from the exemption from local property taxes. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-10 [Hearing: May 14] To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7776 | Intro 25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $20,000,000 For The Housing Down Payment Assistance Program (this Resolution Would Authorize The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $20,000,000 To Support The Down Payment Assistance Program.) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-10 [Hearing: May 14] To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7298 | Intro 25% | HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE -- LONG-TERM CARE SERVICE AND FINANCE REFORM - All Medicaid programs operated by EOHHS would not reimburse home care providers less than fee-for-service rates adopted by rate review recommendations of the office o... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-10 [Hearing: May 15] To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7033 | Intro 25% | HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE -- LONG-TERM CARE SERVICE AND FINANCE REFORM -- CHIROPRACTIC SERVICES RATES - Provides the executive office of health and human services would submit to the US Department of Health and Human Services a state plan ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-10 [Hearing: May 15] To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7486 | Intro 25% | TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX -- CAPITAL GAINS - Amends the capital gains tax rates and holding period from 5 years to 1 year. Imposes a non-owner occupied tax on homes assessed at more than $1,000,000. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-10 [Hearing: May 14] To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H8210 | Intro 25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES - Amends Article 9 of the state budget and various provisions relative to hospital licensing fees, would redefine base year for purposes of calculating disproportionate share payments for fiscal... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-10 [Hearing: May 15] To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7902 | Intro 25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PRIMARY CARE TRAINING SITES PROGRAM - Establishes the primary care training sites program and appropriates $2,700,000 for implementing the program. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-10 [Hearing: May 15] To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7398 | Intro 25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - Provides the state would cover dialysis for the treatment of end stage renal disease ("ESRD") and kidney transplants for persons who do not qualify for full Medicaid due to their i... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-10 [Hearing: May 15] To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7335 | Intro 25% | LIBRARIES -- STATE AID TO LIBRARIES - Requires that the state's share to public libraries be fixed at twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount appropriated by the city or town in their budgets for fiscal year 2024, utilizing funds from the general fun... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-10 [Hearing: May 14] To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7255 | Intro 25% | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Requires every individual or group health insurance contract effective on or after January 1, 2025, to provide coverage to the insured and the insured's spouse and dependents for all FDA-approve... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-10 [Hearing: May 15] To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H8000 | Intro 25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- REDUCED HOUSING RENT PILOT PROGRAM - Establishes and funds an incentive program for landlords to offer reduced rents to eligible tenants. The program would be administered by the state department of housing with an app... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-10 [Hearing: May 15] To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7921 | Intro 25% | TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW -- AND MODERATE-INCOME HOUSING - Provides for increases or decreases in the amount of foundation level school support that a community would receive, based upon a community's ability to meet and surpass its minimum low- and mo... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-10 [Hearing: May 14] To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H8030 | Intro 25% | PARKS AND RECREATIONAL AREAS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS - Adds to those persons exempt from payment of parking fees at any recreational facility owned and operated by the state those individuals determined by the executive office of HHS, or its designee, ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-10 [Hearing: May 15] To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H8160 | Intro 25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- BEHAVIORAL HEALTH EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND COORDINATION FUND - Establishes the behavioral health education, training, and coordination fund to receive the checkoff contributions from Rhode Island personal income tax returns for t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-10 [Hearing: May 15] To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H8033 | Intro 25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $150,000 To Women's Fund Of Rhode Island (this Resolution Would Authorize The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $150,000 To The Women's Fund Of Rhode Island To Implement Programs And Initiatives That Seek To Clos... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-10 [Hearing: May 15] To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H8002 | Intro 25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $500,000 To Day One, Rhode Island's Sexual Assault Coalition And Rape Crisis Center (this Resolution Would Authorize The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $500,000 To Day One.) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-10 [Hearing: May 15] To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H8031 | Intro 25% | HUMAN SERVICES -- PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT - Increases the state's share of supplementary assistance to individuals living in a state-licensed assisted-living residence from $332.00 to $352.00, of which $140.00 would be allocated to the personal needs a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7490 | Intro 25% | HUMAN SERVICES -- THE RHODE ISLAND FAMILY CAREGIVER TAX CREDIT ACT - Establishes a tax credit against income tax based on eligible expenses incurred for care and support of an eligible family member. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7500 | Intro 25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PUBLIC HEALTH AND WORKPLACE SAFETY ACT - Repeals the exemption granted to pari mutual facilities and casinos from the smoke free workplace requirement and provides for a one time appropriate of $1,000,000 to inform patrons of the... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7671 | Intro 25% | HUMAN SERVICES -- THE RHODE ISLAND SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENTS FOR THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IN RHODE ISLAND ACT - Directs the allocation of $3,000,000 from the 2025 state budget to provide cash benefits to participants in the supplemen... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7686 | Intro 25% | HUMAN SERVICES -- THE RHODE ISLAND WORKS PROGRAM - Amends works program to provide eligibility for benefits to pregnant persons from onset of pregnancy including lawful permanent residents, increases monthly cash benefits, disallows termination of be... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7031 | Intro 25% | HUMAN SERVICES -- CERTIFICATION OF CHILDCARE AND YOUTH-SERVING WORKERS AND OPERATORS - Repeals the provision that requires new applicants for employment under this section to pay the expense for their background checks. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7669 | Intro 25% | HUMAN SERVICES -- PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT - Increases the department's standard, burial allowance payment from nine hundred dollars ($900) to one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500). [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H8196 | Intro 25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $2,000,000 To The Elisha Project (this Resolution Would Authorize The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $2,000,000 To The Elisha Project.) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7924 | Intro 25% | TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX -- CHILD TAX CREDIT - Establishes a child tax credit of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per dependent. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 To House Finance Committee |