RINP News and Views

RISNA ~ NP Council

Legislative Update ~ Our Bills

March 2008

Two Bills we are initiating:

Removal of formulary Guidelines signed yearly (5-34-39) from the Nurse Practice Act (Chapter 5-34)

Paintball gun regulation legislation

What you can do…

Look up who your Senator and State Representative are and contact them to support our bills.

Check to see if your Senator or State Representative is on one of the committees that are hearing our bills and contact them to encourage them to pass the bill to the Senate and House for a vote.

Call or email sponsors of the bills to thank them for their support!

Find your legislator at this link:

http://www.sec.state.ri.us/vic/

I. Formulary Guidelines

Senate Bill: #2479

Sponsors: Tassoni, Doyle, McBurney, Connors

Introduced 2/13/08, referred to committee: Health & Human Services

Status: awaiting hearing in committee

House Bill: #7961

Sponsors: Handy, Pacheco, Dennigan, Ajello & Williams

Introduced 2/26/08, referred to committee: Health, Education & Welfare

Status: awaiting hearing in committee

Link for Bill Status:

http://dirac.rilin.state.ri.us/BillStatus/

Link for the section of the Nurse Practice Act related to Formulary guidelines:

http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/Statutes/TITLE5/5-34/5-34-39.HTM

Copy of Bill S 2479

http://www.rilin.state.ri.us//BillText08/SenateText08/S2479.pdf

Copy of Bill H 7961

http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText08/HouseText08/H7961.pdf

Senate Health & Human Services Committee Members:

Senate Committee on Health and Human Services

Legislator	Appointment	E-mail
Senator Leo R. Blais	Member	sen-blais@rilin.state.ri.us
Senator June N. Gibbs	Member	sen-gibbs@rilin.state.ri.us
Senator Charles J. Levesque	Member	sen-levesque@rilin.state.ri.us
Senator Joshua Miller	Member	sen-miller@rilin.state.ri.us
Senator Rhoda E. Perry	Chairperson	sen-perry@rilin.state.ri.us
Senator Juan M. Pichardo	Secretary	sen-pichardo@rilin.state.ri.us
Senator James C. Sheehan	Vice Chairperson	click here to email
Senator V. Susan Sosnowski	Member	sen-sosnowski@rilin.state.ri.us

Clerk: Maria DeCastro

Phone: 276-5560

House Committee on Health, Education and Welfare

Legislator	Appointment	E-mail
Representative Lisa Baldelli-Hunt	Member	rep-baldellihunt@rilin.state.ri.us
Representative Steven J. Coaty	Member	rep-coaty@rilin.state.ri.us
Representative Grace Diaz	Member	rep-diaz@rilin.state.ri.us
Representative Deborah A. Fellela	Member	rep-fellela@rilin.state.ri.us
Representative Frank Ferri	Member	rep-ferri@rilin.state.ri.us
Representative Robert E. Flaherty	Member	rep-flaherty@rilin.state.ri.us
Representative Arthur Handy	Secretary	rep-handy@rilin.state.ri.us
Representative John J. Loughlin Jr.	Member	rep-loughlin@rilin.state.ri.us
Representative Joseph M. McNamara	Chairperson	rep-mcnamara@rilin.state.ri.us
Representative Patricia A. Serpa	Member	rep-serpa@rilin.state.ri.us
Representative Agostinho F. Silva	Member	rep-silva@rilin.state.ri.us
Representative Susan Story	Member	rep-story@rilin.state.ri.us
Representative Peter N. Wasylyk	Member	rep-wasylyk@rilin.state.ri.us
Representative Thomas Winfield	Member	rep-winfield@rilin.state.ri.us

Clerk: Robert Johnson

Phone: 222-2296

RISNA Lobbyist: Sylvia Weber, cell #527-4794

II. Paintball Legislation

Senate Bill # 2711

Sponsors: Doyle, McBurney, Connors

Introduced 2/26/08, referred to committee: Judiciary

Status: awaiting hearing in committee

House Bill # 7507

Sponsors: Ehrhardt, Palumbo, Savage

Introduced 2/26/08, referred to committee/transferred to: Judiciary

Status: awaiting hearing in committee

Copy of Bill S 2711

http://www.rilin.state.ri.us//BillText08/SenateText08/S2711.pdf

Copy of Bill H 7507

http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText08/HouseText08/H7507.pdf

Senate Committee on Judiciary

Legislator	Appointment	E-mail
Senator Leo R. Blais	Member	sen-blais@rilin.state.ri.us
Senator Daniel P. Connors	Member	sen-connors@rilin.state.ri.us
Senator Paul V. Jabour	Member	sen-jabour@rilin.state.ri.us
Senator Charles J. Levesque	Vice Chairperson	sen-levesque@rilin.state.ri.us
Senator Christopher B. Maselli	Member	sen-maselli@rilin.state.ri.us
Senator John F. McBurney III	Member	sen-mcburney@rilin.state.ri.us
Senator Michael J. McCaffrey	Chairperson	sen-mccaffrey@rilin.state.ri.us
Senator Harold M. Metts	Member	sen-metts@rilin.state.ri.us
Senator Rhoda E. Perry	Member	sen-perry@rilin.state.ri.us
Senator Leonidas P. Raptakis	Secretary	sen-raptakis@rilin.state.ri.us
Senator John C. Revens Jr.	Member	sen-revens@rilin.state.ri.us

Clerk: Robert A. Ricci

Phone: 222-6625

House Committee on Judiciary

Legislator	Appointment	E-mail
Representative Edith H. Ajello	Secretary	rep-ajello@rilin.state.ri.us
Representative Jon D. Brien	Member	rep-brien@rilin.state.ri.us
Representative David A. Caprio	Member	rep-caprio@rilin.state.ri.us
Representative Donald J. Lally Jr.	Chairperson	rep-lally@rilin.state.ri.us
Representative Bruce J. Long	Member	rep-long@rilin.state.ri.us
Representative Nicholas A. Mattiello	Member	rep-mattiello@rilin.state.ri.us
Representative William J. McManus	Member	rep-mcmanus@rilin.state.ri.us
Representative J. Patrick O'Neill	Member	rep-oneill@rilin.state.ri.us
Representative Peter G. Palumbo	Member	rep-palumbo@rilin.state.ri.us
Representative Amy G. Rice	Member	rep-rice@rilin.state.ri.us
Representative Gregory J. Schadone	Co-Vice Chairperson	rep-schadone@rilin.state.ri.us
Representative Joseph H. Scott	Member	rep-scott@rilin.state.ri.us
Representative Raymond J. Sullivan Jr.	Member	rep-sullivan@rilin.state.ri.us
Representative Donna M. Walsh	Member	rep-walsh@rilin.state.ri.us
Representative Timothy A. Williamson	Co-Vice Chairperson	rep-williamson@rilin.state.ri.us

Clerk: L. Jim Williams

Phone: 222-2258