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RI HB 7541

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AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- DETERMINATION OF NEED FOR NEW HEALTHCARE EQUIPMENT AND NEW INSTITUTIONAL HEALTH SERVICES

Rhode Island · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Requires all major hospitals within the state constructed or substantially renovated or expanded on or after 1/1/2028 to use renewable energy sources for power.

Introduced
2026-02-06
Status date
Latest action
2026-04-09 — 04/09/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Sponsors

  • Speakmanprimary
  • Handyprimary
  • Donovanprimary
  • Kislakprimary
  • Fogartyprimary
  • Cortvriendprimary
  • Potterprimary
  • McGawprimary
  • Carsonprimary
  • Boylanprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2026-02-06

    02/06/2026 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services

    introduction,referral-committee

  2. 2026-04-03

    04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/09/2026)

  3. 2026-04-09

    04/09/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

    committee-failure

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Related bills

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Attribution

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