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Rhode Island House Health Committee advances multiple health bills to House floor
Summary
On June 12, 2025 the House Committee on Health and Human Services voted to advance several health-related bills — including opioid prescribing limits (H5615 Sub A), medical-spa regulation changes (H5351 Sub A) and a three-year prior-authorization pilot (H5120 Sub A) — and held remaining bills for further study.
The House Committee on Health and Human Services met June 12 in Room 101 of the State House and voted to advance multiple health-related measures to the House floor.
The committee approved H5615 Sub A, a Department of Health–driven change to opioid prescribing statutes that among other edits replaces the term "medicine" with "medications," removes a director-maintained list, limits an initial opioid prescription to a seven-day supply and caps opioid prescriptions to minors at 20 doses with a required conversation with a parent or guardian. Committee counsel said those changes came at the Department's request. The committee approved H5615 Sub A on a roll-call vote, which the clerk announced as 11–2.
Separately, the committee approved H5351 Sub A, which tightens the statutory definition of "cosmetic medical procedure," adds a statutory definition for "certified nurse practitioner," defines a "delegate" (licensed nonphysician) who may…
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