Title 42, Title 42 Affairs and Government

(a) The process set forth in this chapter shall apply to privatization contracts as defined in § 42-148-2(5). (b) Notwithstanding any general law or special law to the contrary, no award shall be made or privatization contract entered into by the state of Rhode Island unless and …

If any provision of this chapter, or the application of this chapter to any person or circumstances is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of the chapter and the application of that provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected.

This chapter may be cited as the “State Expenditure for Non-State Employee Services.”

The legislature is committed to increasing fiscal efficiency and accountability for all state expenditures.

Whenever a department, commission, board, council, agency, or public corporation incurs expenditures through contracts or agreements by which a nongovernmental person or entity agrees to provide services that are substantially similar to and in lieu of services heretofore provide…

There shall be a Liberian cultural exchange commission to consist of nine (9) members, all of whom shall be American citizens descended from Liberian ancestry and residents of the state: three (3) of whom shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; three (3…

Except where required by federal law, no state or municipal agency, or any subdivision thereof, shall use, or request the use of Radio Frequency Identification Devices (RFID) for the purpose of tracking the movement or identity of any student on school grounds, at school function…

In any civil action allowing a violation of this chapter, the court may: (1) Award damages and reasonable attorney’s fees and costs to a prevailing plaintiff; and (2) Afford injunctive and other appropriate relief against any agency that commits or proposes to commit a violation …

(a) Nothing contained herein shall be construed to affect the otherwise lawful use of electronic monitoring devices by the department of corrections or the department of children, youth and families for individuals placed on electronic monitoring parole, home confinement, tempora…

The personally identifiable information of persons who use radio frequency identification devices to facilitate the payment of tolls shall not be considered public information. Personally identifying information may be released to law enforcement agencies only for: (1) toll enfor…

(a) There is hereby established within the executive branch of state government and the department of human services a division of elderly affairs, effective July 1, 2011. The division shall reside within the department of human services for administrative purposes only. The head…

There is hereby transferred to the division of elderly affairs within the department of human services those powers and duties formerly administered by the department of elderly affairs as provided for in chapters 66 (“Elderly Affairs Department”) through 66.10 of this title (“El…

Effective July 1, 2011, all references in the general laws to the department of elderly affairs established pursuant to chapter 66 of this title (“Elderly Affairs Department”) shall be deemed to mean and refer to the division of elderly affairs within the department of human serv…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Quasi-Public Corporations Accountability and Transparency Act.”

If any provision of this chapter, or of any rule or regulation made under this chapter, or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of the chapter, rule, or regulation and the application of the provision to…

It is hereby found that: (1) Quasi-public corporations are established and empowered by state law, and would not exist but for their relationship with the state. (2) Quasi-public corporations perform essential government functions and/or provide essential government services. (3)…

(a) As used in this chapter, “quasi-public corporation” means any body corporate and politic created, or to be created, pursuant to the general laws, including, but not limited to, the following: (1) Capital center commission; (2) Rhode Island convention center authority; (3) Rho…

(a) Board members of quasi-public corporations shall: (1) Execute oversight of the corporation, the chief executive, and other management in the effective and ethical management of the corporation; (2) Understand, review, and monitor the implementation of fundamental financial an…

Each quasi-public corporation shall establish a committee on executive compensation, comprised solely of board members, that shall: (1) Recommend to the full board the compensation packages of the executive and senior management of the corporation. The compensation package of the…

The following shall be public, and available to the public upon request and posted directly, or via direct link, on the website of each quasi-public corporation: (1) Job descriptions of the executive director and management; (2) Compensation comparability studies of the executive…

(a) Commencing January 1, 2015, and every five (5) years thereafter, each quasi-public corporation shall be subject to a performance audit, conducted in compliance with the generally acceptable governmental auditing standards or the standards for the professional practice of inte…

No employee of a quasi-public corporation may accept outside employment that will impair his or her judgment as to duties and responsibilities in the course of employment with the quasi-public corporation. Generally, outside employment is barred if the private employer can benefi…

When issuing rules and regulations, or any amendments to rules and regulations, or when adopting bylaws or amendments to bylaws, each quasi-public corporation shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 35 of title 42 (“Administrative Procedures”). All quasi-public corporations…

This chapter shall be known as the “Underground Economy and Employee Misclassification Act.”

The general assembly finds and declares that this state’s economy, its workers and its businesses are harmed by the existence of an illegal underground economy in which individuals and businesses conceal their activities from government licensing, regulatory and taxing authoritie…

There is hereby established a Task Force on the Underground Economy and Employee Misclassification. The Task Force shall consist of the following members or their designees: (1) The director of labor and training or designee; (2) The tax administrator or designee; (3) The directo…

(a) The Task Force shall coordinate joint efforts to combat the underground economy and employee misclassification. The Task Force shall: (1) Foster voluntary compliance with the law by educating business owners and employees about applicable requirements; (2) Protect the health,…

Notwithstanding any other law or regulation to the contrary, the Task Force shall facilitate timely information sharing between and among Task Force members, including the establishment of protocols by which participating agencies will advise or refer to other agencies matters of…

No later than March 15, 2015, and every March 15th thereafter, the Task Force shall submit a report to the governor and the chairpersons of the house finance committee and senate finance committee summarizing the Task Force’s activities during the preceding calendar year. The rep…

Purpose. The department of administration is hereby authorized to establish the Rhode Island health benefit exchange, to be known as HealthSource RI, to exercise the powers and authority of a state-based exchange which shall meet the minimum requirements of the federal act.

The provisions of this chapter are severable, and if any provision hereof shall be held invalid in any circumstances, any invalidity shall not affect any other provisions or circumstances. This chapter shall be construed in all respects so as to meet any constitutional requiremen…

(a) Establishment of program. The exchange shall establish a program for determining whether to grant a certification that an individual is entitled to an exemption from the shared responsibility payment penalty set forth in § 44-30-101(c) by reason of religious conscience or har…

(a) Definition. The following definition shall apply for purposes of this section: (1) “Special enrollment period” means a period during which a qualified individual who is assessed a penalty in accordance with § 44-30-101 may enroll in a qualified health plan through the exchang…

Outreach. The exchange, in consultation with the office of the health insurance commissioner and the division of taxation, is authorized to engage in coordinated outreach efforts to educate Rhode Island residents about the importance of health insurance coverage; their responsibi…

The exchange may promulgate regulations as necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

(a) In general. The exchange may establish a special enrollment period that allows for the enrollment of a pregnant individual at any time after the commencement of the pregnancy. If established, coverage shall be effective as of the first of the month in which the pregnant indiv…

As used in this section, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context indicates another or different meaning or intent: (1) “Director” means the director of the department of administration. (2) “Federal act” means the federal Patient Protec…

(a) The exchange shall make qualified health plans available to qualified individuals and qualified employers. The exchange shall not make available any health benefit plan that has not been certified by the exchange as a qualified health plan in accordance with federal law. (b) …

(a) The department is authorized to assess insurers offering qualified health plans and qualified dental plans. To support the functions of the exchange, insurers offering qualified health plans and qualified dental plans must remit an assessment to the exchange each month, in a …

To take advantage of economies of scale and to lower costs, the exchange is hereby authorized to pursue opportunities to jointly negotiate, procure, or otherwise purchase exchange services with or partner with another state or multiple states and to pursue a Federal Affordable Ca…

(a) As small business owners and sole proprietors are the life blood of this state’s economy, a recent change in the federal Affordable Care Act effective on January 1, 2016, has caused irreparable harm to the economic well-being of small business owners and sole proprietors by r…

(a) Annually, the exchange shall cause to have a financial and/or performance audit of its functions and operations performed in compliance with the generally accepted governmental auditing standards and conducted by the state office of internal audit and program integrity or a c…

The exchange shall maintain an advisory board which shall be appointed by the director. The director shall consider the expertise of the members of the board and make appointments so that the board’s composition reflects a range and diversity of skills, backgrounds, and stakehold…

HealthSource RI shall provide a monthly report to the chairpersons of the house finance committee and the senate finance committee by the fifteenth day of each month beginning in July 2015. The report shall include, but not be limited to, the following information: actual enrollm…

Nothing in this chapter, and no action taken by the exchange pursuant to this chapter. shall be construed to preempt or supersede the authority of the health insurance commissioner to regulate the business of insurance within this state, the director of the department of health t…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Freedom From Prone Restraint Act.”