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Rhode Island Updates
Tracking S 2459, the Ban on the Corporate Practice of Medicine Act, and its implications for urgent care.
Where things stand
Where Rhode Island stands
The headline measure in Rhode Island is S 2459, the Ban on the Corporate Practice of Medicine Act, which would restrict corporate ownership and control of medical practices — with direct implications for urgent care operating models. The bill was held in committee for further study. NERUCA monitors Rhode Island licensure and health-workforce activity affecting walk-in care; the bills below refresh daily.
Bills we're tracking (9)
Updated daily · data by LegiScan
- S2459
S 2459 — Ban on the Corporate Practice of Medicine Act
Introduced · 2026-03-03Read the bill - H7741
Allows advanced practice registered nurses, physician assistants, and physicians who are and are not licensed in Rhode Island to provide telemedicine services to patients who are in the state when those services are rendered.
Tracked · 2026-04-14Read the bill - S2111
Allows advanced practice registered nurses, physician assistants, and physicians who are and are not licensed in Rhode Island to provide telemedicine services to patients who are in the state when those services are rendered.
Tracked · 2026-03-03Read the bill - H8135
Requires the state and private health insurers to reimburse claims for healthcare services provided by nurse practitioners and physician assistants at the same amount as the reimbursement paid to a physician performing the service in the area served.
Tracked · 2026-03-24Read the bill - S2806
Requires the state and private health insurers to reimburse claims for healthcare services provided by nurse practitioners and physician assistants at the same amount as the reimbursement paid to a physician performing the service in the area served.
Tracked · 2026-05-05Read the bill - S2851
Authorizes pharmacists to order, perform and interpret CLIA-waived tests authorized by statewide protocol and prescribe medications, and permits coverage by all health insurance carriers.
Tracked · 2026-04-30Read the bill - H7921
Authorizes pharmacists to order, perform and interpret CLIA-waived tests authorized by statewide protocol and prescribe medications, and permits coverage by all health insurance carriers.
Tracked · 2026-04-14Read the bill - S2868
Increases continuing education requirements for physician assistants, removes restrictions of PAs to render charitable care and aid for school and youth programs or cardiac arrest and removes restrictive covenants as to ownership by a PA.
Tracked · 2026-03-31Read the bill - H7935
Increases continuing education requirements for physician assistants, removes restrictions of PAs to render charitable care and aid for school and youth programs or cardiac arrest and removes restrictive covenants as to ownership by a PA.
Tracked · 2026-04-14Read the bill