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RI H7721
Bill
Status
2/12/2026
Primary Sponsor
Kathleen Fogarty
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AI Summary
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Prohibits unlicensed individuals, corporations, or entities from owning medical practices, employing healthcare licensees, or practicing medicine, with exceptions for safety net clinics, public hospitals, school-based health clinics, and tribal health clinics
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Requires medical practices to maintain physician-majority ownership (majority of voting shares, majority of directors, and all officers except secretary/treasurer must be licensed physicians)
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Bans management services organizations from controlling clinical decisions, setting physician compensation, advertising under their own name, or entering noncompete/nondisclosure agreements with employed physicians
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Mandates annual reporting by healthcare entities to the Department of Health starting January 1, 2027, including ownership structures, organizational charts, affiliated providers, and comprehensive financial reports
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Establishes enforcement through attorney general subpoena power, $10,000/day penalties for violations, private right of action with up to $100,000 in statutory damages per violation, and civil penalties up to $500,000 for reporting failures
Legislative Description
Establishes the Rhode Island Ban on the Corporate Practice of Medicine Act.
Health And Safety
Last Action
Committee transferred to House Health & Human Services
2/18/2026