What’s inside the Rhode Island Senate’s 2026 health care bill package

By: Alexander Castro

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: March 12, 2026

Words: 1,806

Last Updated: 4 months, 3 weeks ago


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The Rhode Island Senate on Thursday released its third annual bundle of health care bills for this year’s legislative session, with proposals from ensuring the 988 hotline stays live to guardrails on AI usage in psychotherapy to initial funding for a proposed medical school at the University of Rhode Island (URI).

The 17-bill package is nearly double the size of last year’s collection, which sported nine pieces of legislation.

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