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RI S2882
Bill
Status
3/4/2026
Primary Sponsor
Brian Thompson
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AI Summary
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Grants self-directed direct support professionals (workers providing home and community-based personal care to developmentally disabled adults) the right to choose a provider organization as their exclusive collective bargaining representative through secret ballot election
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Authorizes collective bargaining over wage ranges, benefits, training requirements, payment procedures, provider qualification standards, and grievance resolution processes between the state and the certified provider representative
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Requires the state to set wage ranges for all self-directed direct support professionals, with participants retaining the right to choose specific wages within the established range
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Preserves participants' and their representatives' rights to select, hire, direct, supervise, and terminate their own direct support professionals without interference from collective bargaining agreements
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Prohibits strikes by self-directed direct support professionals and subjects any economic provisions of bargaining agreements to legislative appropriation approval
Legislative Description
Ensures that more developmentally disabled adults can self-direct the care they need and want, by incorporating collective bargaining rights into the self-directed supports program.
Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities And Hospitals
Last Action
Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services
3/4/2026