Rhode Island Assisted Living Association 2019 Legislative Status Report March 20, 2019

HOUSE BILLS NOTES

H 5097 If passed:

An Act Relating To Labor And Labor Relations -- $11.50, effective January 1, 2020 Minimum Wages $12.50, effective January 1, 2021 Raises the existing minimum wage of ten dollars and fifty cents ($10.50) to eleven dollars and fifty cents ($11.50) on January 1, 2020, and then increase to twelve dollars and fifty cents ($12.50) on January 1, 2021. Rep. David Bennett; Rep. ; Rep. ; Rep. ; Rep. Jean Barros 1/10 Introduced, referred to House Labor 3/4 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/06/2019 | Rise of the House | Room 203 - State House) 3/6 Committee recommended measure be held for further study H 5141 RIALA Bill – Married Couples in Memory Care An Act Relating To Health And Safety - Assisted

Living Residences Duplicate – S-302 Allows some persons, who do not otherwise qualify to reside in a special care unit in an assisted living residence to get into that unit under certain circumstances. Rep. Joseph McNamara; Rep. David Bennett; Rep. ; Rep. John Edwards; Rep. John Lyle 1/17 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. 3/8 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/13/2019 | Rise of the House | Room 101 - State House) 3/13 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

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H 5151 Article 13, section 1 – Minimum wage increase to $11.10 effective An Act Relating To Making Appropriations In Jan. 1, 2020 if passed Support Of Fy 2020

Article 16 – Medicaid

Rep. Section 1 – SSI/Category F 1/17 Introduced, referred to House Finance Section 4 – Employer Public Assistance Assessment (i.e. large employer Medicaid tax) H 5178

An Act Relating To Health And Safety -- Establishing A Program Within The Department Of Health To Address Alzheimer's Disease Establishes the Program to address Alzheimer's disease. Rep. K. Shekarchi; Rep. James Jackson; Rep. Joseph McNamara; Rep. ; Rep. Thomas Noret 1/24 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. 3/1 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/06/2019 | Rise of the House | Room 101 - State House) 3/6 Committee recommended measure be held for further study H 5290 Oppose 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. Rep. Scott Slater 2/6 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary H 5422 Oppose as drafted An Act Relating To State Affairs And Government - Elderly Affairs Department Eliminates the requirement of proving willfulness, regarding physical or emotional abuse, or neglect, of an elderly person.

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Rep. Evan Shanley; Rep. Christopher Blazejewski; Rep. Jean Barros; Rep. Julie Casimiro; Rep. Mario Mendez 2/14 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. 3/1 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/06/2019 | Rise of the House | Room 101 - State House) 3/6 Committee recommended measure be held for further study H 5434 Monitor An Act Relating To Food And Drugs -- Uniform Controlled Substances Act Excludes chronic intractable pain from the definition of "acute pain management", for purposes of prescribing, administering and dispensing controlled substances by a practitioner. Rep. ; Rep. Deborah Ruggiero; Rep. Joe Serodio; Rep. 2/14 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. 3/1 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration 3/4 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/06/2019 | Rise of the House | Room 101 - State House) 3/15 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/20/2019 | Rise of the House | Room 101 - State House) H 5550 Clarify Scope – Memory Care An Act Relating To Health And Safety Requires various health care facilities and child care facilities to have automated external defibrillators on site. Rep. Julie Casimiro; Rep. Evan Shanley; Rep. ; Rep. Mia Ackerman; Rep. Thomas Noret 2/27 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. H 5575 RI Partnership for Home Care legislation re: Independent An Act Relating To Human Services - Quality Self- Provider law directed Services - Individual Companions Of Companionship And Homemaking Services Revises law protecting beneficiaries from fraud, waste, abuse, neglect and provides state oversight when long-

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term services and beneficiaries use an individual companion for delivery of Medicaid services. Rep. ; Rep. Mia Ackerman 2/27 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. H 5623 Support Eligibility / "Prompt Payment" An Act Relating To Human Services - Medical legislation (RIHCA/ RIALA/ Assistance Leading Age/ RIPHC) Expedites the Medicaid assistance application process and the recoupment process including interim Medicaid assistance payments. Rep. Patricia Serpa; Rep. Mia Ackerman 2/27 Introduced, referred to House Finance H 5923 RIALA Consumer Protection Legislation An Act Relating To Human Services - Quality Self- Directed Services Establishes minimum qualifications for providers of covered home- and community-based services and direct support services and grants certain rights, and a complaint process to participants who receive direct- support services. Rep. Christopher Millea 3/28/2019 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W.

SENATE BILLS NOTES

S 174 An Act Relating To Labor And Labor Relations - Minimum Wages Increases the hourly minimum wage effective January 2, 2020 to eleven dollars and fifty cents ($11.50) per hour and effective January 1, 2021, to twelve dollars and fifty cents ($12.50) per hour. Sen. Erin Lynch Prata; Sen. ; Sen. Mark McKenney; Sen. ; Sen. William Conley

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1/24 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor 3/8 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration 3/13 Meeting postponed (03/13/2019 | CANCELED | CANCELED - State House) S 302 RIALA Memory Care Legislation

An Act Relating To Health And Safety -- Assisted Duplicate – H-5141 Living Residence Licensing Act Allows those individuals who do not otherwise meet the requirements, to reside in an Alzheimer's special care unit or program. Sen. Cynthia Coyne; Sen. ; Sen. Erin Lynch Prata; Sen. ; Sen. Joshua Miller 2/13 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services S 442 LTC Eligibility / "Prompt Payment" legislation (RIHCA / An Act Relating To Human Services -- Medical RIALA / Leading Age / RIPHC) Assistance Amends process and timing of filing a complete application for Medicaid benefits and provides coverage while application is pending. Sen. Erin Lynch Prata 2/27 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services 3/15 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2019 | Rise of the Senate | Room 211 - State House) S 446 LTC Eligibility / "Prompt Payment" legislation (RIHCA / An Act Relating To Human Services -- Medical RIALA / Leading Age / RIPHC) Assistance Sets forth the application process for Medicaid coverage and the review procedures to be utilized in reviewing such applications. Sen. Erin Lynch Prata 2/27 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services 3/15 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2019 | Rise of the Senate | Room 211 - State House) S 467 Oppose as drafted

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An Act Relating To State Affairs And Government - Elderly Affairs Department 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. Sen. Erin Lynch Prata 2/27 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary S 513 Oppose An Act Relating To Holidays And Days Of Special Observance -- Holiday And Sunday Work For purposes of overtime pay on Sundays and holidays, removes health care and maintenance workers from the definition of employees not entitled to overtime pay, thereby enabling them to collect overtime pay. Sen. ; Sen. Elizabeth Crowley; Sen. Harold Metts; Sen. Samuel Bell 2/27 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor 3/1 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/06/2019 | Rise of the Senate | Senate Lounge - State House) 3/6 Committee recommended measure be held for further study S 615 Oppose An Act Related To Food And Drugs - The Edward O. Hawkins And Thomas C. Slater Medical Marijuana Act Prohibits employer discrimination against medical marijuana cardholders testing positive, allows for civil remedies for medical marijuana cardholders experiencing discrimination, provides state as sole regulator for compassion centers/medical marijuana. Sen. ; Sen. ; Sen. Joshua Miller; Sen. 3/14 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor

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