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IntroducedFeb 28, 2025
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Passed House
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Passed Senate
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AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES (Adds new sections that set forth conditions for pharmacists to prescribe tobacco cessation drug therapies, including education approved by state board of pharmacy. The cessation therapies to be covered by all health insurance carriers on or after 1/1/26.)
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House • Mar 18, 2025: 03/18/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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Comments on HB 5854
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- Mar 18, 2025 | House
- 03/18/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- Mar 14, 2025 | House
- 03/14/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/18/2025)
- Mar 10, 2025 | House
- 03/10/2025 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/13/2025)
- Mar 07, 2025 | House
- 03/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- Feb 28, 2025 | House
- 02/28/2025 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services
Bill Texts
Documents
- 03/10/2025 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/13/2025)
- 03/14/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/18/2025)
- House Health and Human Services: 03-18-2025--H5854--ACS CAN - Ryan StrikPDF
- House Health and Human Services: 03-18-2025--H5854--Allison Heinly-RI ChapterPDF
- House Health and Human Services: 03-18-2025--H5854--American Lung Association - Daniel FitzgeraldPDF
- House Health and Human Services: 03-18-2025--H5854--Anita JacobsonPDF
- House Health and Human Services: 03-18-2025--H5854--Brianna kimballPDF
- House Health and Human Services: 03-18-2025--H5854--Chris Federico--APHAPDF
- House Health and Human Services: 03-18-2025--H5854--Cory King--Health Insurance CommissionerPDF
- House Health and Human Services: 03-18-2025--H5854--Ginger Lemay--RI Pharmacists AssociationPDF
- House Health and Human Services: 03-18-2025--H5854--Jeffrey BratbergPDF
- House Health and Human Services: 03-18-2025--H5854--Jeffrey Del Ricci-RI Pharmacists AssociationPDF
- House Health and Human Services: 03-18-2025--H5854--Jerome Larkin-DOHPDF
- House Health and Human Services: 03-18-2025--H5854--Joel Kurzman-NCPAPDF
- House Health and Human Services: 03-18-2025--H5854--Madison HartlingPDF
- House Health and Human Services: 03-18-2025--H5854--RI Pharmacists Association - Audrey WhalenPDF
- House Health and Human Services: 03-18-2025--H5854--Richard Leclerc-BHDDHPDF