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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PROTECTIONS OF HEALTHCARE

PROVIDERS ACT

     

     Introduced By: Senators Lauria, Valverde, Kallman, Mack, Euer, Lawson, Sosnowski,
Murray, DiMario, and Bissaillon

     Date Introduced: February 26, 2025

     Referred To: Senate Judiciary

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Chapter 5-37.8 of the General Laws entitled "Protections for Healthcare

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Providers Act" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:

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     5-37.8-4. Prescriptive protections for providers of legal protected healthcare activity.

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     (a) Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter to the contrary, the prescription

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label for medication abortion prescription drugs shall include the name of the dispensing healthcare

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practice instead of the name of the dispenser.

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     (b) For purposes of this section, “medication abortion prescription drugs” means

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substances used in the course of medical treatment intended to induce the termination of a

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pregnancy including, but not limited to, mifepristone and misoprostol.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PROTECTIONS OF HEALTHCARE

PROVIDERS ACT

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     This act would provide that the prescription label for medication abortion prescription

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drugs shall include the name of the dispensing healthcare practice instead of the name of the

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dispenser.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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