February 14, 2011

Bills Introduced to the Rhode Island House (Health, Education and Welfare Committee), February 8-10

Carroll Andrew Morse

Targeted Changes with Statewide Impact

H5284From the official description: This act would authorize and direct the state building code standards committee to update the state building code so as to be consistent with the revisions to the Americans with Disabilities Act.
H5285Raises the limits on how much health-care providers and hospitals can spend on equipment or expanding services without state permission (But the problems with our health-care system are because it's an example of unbridled capitalism, right!)
H5286Extends the “Joint Resolution Creating a Special Joint Commission to Study the Education of Children with Autism in the State of Rhode Island” into 2012.