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4/21/2025
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Media Advisory: House Health, Human Services Committee meets Wednesday
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STATE HOUSE – The House Health and Human Services Committee meets Wednesday to vote on one bill and hold hearings on several others.
The committee is scheduled to meet Wednesday, April 23, at 4 p.m. in Room 101 on the first floor of the State House.
The committee is scheduled to vote on:
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2025-H 5635— Sponsored by Rep. Tina L. Spears (D-Dist. 36, Charlestown, New Shoreham, South Kingstown, Westerly), this bill would change the name of “applied behavior assistant analyst” to “assistant applied behavior analyst” and make several changes to provide consistency in the certification language for behavioral analysts.
Among the bills the committee is scheduled to hear are:
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2025-H 5120 — This bill sponsored by Rep. Brandon Potter (D-Dist. 16, Cranston) would prohibit insurers from imposing prior authorization requirements for services ordered by in-network primary care providers.
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2025-H 5426 — Sponsored by Rep. June S. Speakman (D-Dist. 68, Warren, Bristol), this bill would require the disclosure of the transfer of certain assets of health care facilities and provides penalties for failing to file health care facility ownership information.
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2025-H 5857 — This bill sponsored by Rep. Jason Knight (D-Dist.67, Barrington, Warren) creates the Reproductive Freedom and Gender Affirming Care Health Data Privacy Act.
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2025-H 6035 — This bill sponsored by Health and Human Services Committee Chairwoman Susan R. Donovan (D-Dist. 69, Bristol, Portsmouth) establishes the Healthy Kids Act, whereby restaurants would be required to offer at least two healthy versions of children’s meals, or 25% of the children’s meals on its menu, whichever is greater.
The meeting will be televised by Capitol Television, which can be seen on Cox channels 15 and 61, on i3Broadband channel 15 and on Verizon channel 34. It will be live streamed at capitoltvri.cablecast.tv.
Testimony on the bills being heard will be accepted in person or in writing via email to HouseHealthandHumanServices@rilegislature.gov. Written testimony must include a name and any applicable organization, the bill number(s) and viewpoint (for/against/neither). It will be considered a public document.
For more information, contact:
Larry Berman, Communications Director for the Office of the Speaker
State House Room 322
Providence, RI 02903
(401) 222-2466
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