RI H7365

Creates new Chapter 61 under Rhode Island's Labor and Labor Relations law establishing a voluntary portable benefit plan framework for independent contractors

Allows governmental or private entities to voluntarily offer portable benefit plans, defined as insurance products assigned to individual beneficiaries that are not tied to a specific employer or hiring party

Requires all contributions to portable benefit plans to be voluntary and prohibits using such contributions as a criterion for determining employment classification

Protects hiring parties by specifying that contributions to a portable benefit plan cannot be used as evidence of employer liability or construed as an element of an employment relationship for workers' compensation or employment security purposes

Takes effect immediately upon passage