H7927

Requires a nursing and assisted living facility to allow its residents to connect their electronic monitoring devices to its internet service without incurring any extra cost or charges.

Introduced·2/27/26
Introduced Text

Rhode Island H7927 requires nursing and assisted living facilities to allow residents to connect their electronic monitoring devices to the.

Rhode Island H7927 mandates that nursing and assisted living facilities permit residents to connect their electronic monitoring devices to the facility's internet service without incurring any additional costs or charges. The bill specifies that if a resident opts for electronic monitoring, they must cover the costs of purchase, installation, maintenance, and removal. However, the facility must not charge for the electricity used by the monitoring device.

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Where it stands

Current
Health & Human Services Committee
Next
Committee decision

Sponsors

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Calendar

Mar 19

12:00 AM

House Health & Human Services Hearing

History

Mar 19

House

Committee recommended measure be held for further study

Mar 13

House

Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/19/2026)

Feb 27

House

Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services