Representative • Democrat

Kathleen Fogarty

Rhode Island • District HD-035

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Aggregate Impact (Sponsored Bills):

96% Positive

Voting Pattern

Nay: 73

Not Voting: 188

Other: 4

Yea: 1960

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Kathleen Fogarty

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Requires the executive office of health and human services to increase Medicaid payment rates for primary care services furnished by primary care providers to be commensurate with Medicare rates.

Allows the health care advocate to petition the superior court for the appointment of a receiver as deemed necessary or appropriate by the court.

Amends unfair discrimination statutes to encompass more protected categories and protects against additional forms of discrimination.

Would provide additional procedural safeguards for English as a second language learners and English language learners during the IEP process.

Requires any state agency that prints more than fifty (50) copies of a contract, publication, brochure, notice, or promotional material to use state-owned or operated print shop capable of processing the material.

Authorizes driver education schools to offer the driver training curriculum in a classroom setting or an instructor-led virtual format.

Requires that every institution of higher education provide training in the administration of opioid antagonists to every staff member on the institution's campus.

Adds "debit cards" to the section of law relating to fraudulent use of credit cards.

Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Codac, Inc., a Rhode Island nonprofit domestic corporation, located at 45 Royal Little Drive in Providence, Rhode Island.

Provides that advertising goods that don't include a price referencing all mandatory fees and charges shall be a deceptive trade practice.

Prohibits the use of service agreements that are unfair to an owner of residential real estate who enters into such an agreement or to persons who may become owners of that real estate in the future.

Creates a new commercial fishing license for invasive green crabs for Rhode Island residents for twenty-five dollars ($25) annually.

Reduces the course time required to become a school bus driver for applicants who have a valid commercial driver’s license.

Requires the electronic filing of domestic violence/sexual assault forms by law enforcement agencies, and enhances the information to be included on the reporting forms.

Repeals the examination requirement in order to qualify for a clinical social workers license.

Requires quarterly testing of biosolids for PFAS contaminants by those seeking to apply biosolids to lands, with subsequent reports to the department of environmental management.

Requires all applicants who seek to register as a contractor to produce a legible copy of a valid government issued identification.

Creates a public education program on methods to recycle textiles.

Creates the PURPLE alert state system to aid in the search for a missing adult with a serious physical, behavioral health, neurological disabilities or medical condition.

Directs RIHousing to work with stakeholders to investigate and determine ways to assist an incorporated homeowners' association to exercise rights to purchase leased land.

Changes the name of "applied behavior assistant analyst" to "assistant applied behavior analyst" and makes several changes to provide consistency in the certification language for behavioral analysts.

Establishes prevailing standards and procedures for licensing speech-language pathologists and audiologists in Rhode Island.

Restricts audits of pharmacists conducted by insurers and their intermediaries, limiting audits to one per year unless an identified problem exists or fraud or misrepresentation is suspected.

Requires any remaining funds in the enacted budget from the Rhode Island Promise Scholarship program or the Rhode Island Hope Scholarship program to be reimbursed to the onward we learn for any scholarships paid on behalf of Rhode Island College students.

Submits the state's 2025 capital development program requesting the issuance of general obligation bonds totaling twenty five million dollars ($25,000,000) for approval of the electorate at the general election to be held on November 3, 2026.

Provides a tax credit to individual taxpayers who convert their gas-powered vehicle into a vehicle propelled by an alternative fuel source.

Permits a certified foot care nurse or a certified foot care specialist, to provide certain at-home foot care, including routine foot and nail care including nail clipping.

Establishes the medical primary care scholarship program to be administered by the commissioner of postsecondary education.

Appropriates the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) to fund the Thundermist family medicine residency program during fiscal year 2026 and every fiscal year thereafter.

Gives teachers who takes an unpaid parental or medical leave during the year credit for a year of service for that school year if they served a minimum of 135 days.

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