H7185 • 2026

AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PROTECTIONS OF HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS ACT (Provides that the prescription label for medication abortion prescription drugs may include the name of the dispensing healthcare practice instead of the name of the dispenser.)

Abortion Healthcare

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Boylan, Ajello, Donovan, Kislak, Fogarty, Carson, McGaw, Cotter, Stewart, Speakman
Last action: 2026-03-10
Official status: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PROTECTIONS OF HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS ACT (Provides that the prescription label for medication abortion prescription drugs may include the name of the dispensing healthcare practice instead of the name of the dispenser.)

What This Bill Does

AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PROTECTIONS OF HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS ACT (Provides that the prescription label for medication abortion prescription drugs may include the name of the dispensing healthcare practice instead of the name of the dispenser.)

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2026-03-10 Committee
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
2026-03-06 Rhode Island General Assembly
Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/10/2026)
2026-01-21 Rhode Island General Assembly
Introduced, referred to House Judiciary

Official Summary Text

AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PROTECTIONS OF HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS ACT (Provides that the prescription label for medication abortion prescription drugs may include the name of the dispensing healthcare practice instead of the name of the dispenser.)

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H7185

2026 -- H 7185
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026
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A N A C T
RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PROTECTIONS OF HEALTHCARE
PROVIDERS ACT

Introduced By:
Representatives Boylan, Ajello, Donovan, Kislak, Fogarty, Carson,
McGaw, Cotter, Stewart, and Speakman

Date Introduced:
January 21, 2026

Referred To:
House Judiciary
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
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SECTION 1. Chapter 5-37.8 of the General Laws entitled "Protections for Healthcare
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Providers Act" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:
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5-37.8-4. Prescriptive protections for providers of legal protected healthcare activity.

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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter to the contrary, at the prescriber’s
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request, the prescription label for medication abortion prescription drugs may include the name of
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the dispensing healthcare practice instead of the name of the dispenser.
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(b) For purposes of this section, “medication abortion prescription drugs” means
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substances used in the course of medical treatment intended to induce the termination of a
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pregnancy including, but not limited to, mifepristone and misoprostol.
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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EXPLANATION
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
OF
A N A C T
RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PROTECTIONS OF HEALTHCARE
PROVIDERS ACT
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This act would provide that the prescription label for medication abortion prescription
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drugs may include the name of the dispensing healthcare practice instead of the name of the
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dispenser.
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This act would take effect upon passage.
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