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  STATE  OF        RHODE  ISLAND
  IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
  JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026
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  AN ACT
  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:
1SECTION 1. Chapter 5-37.8 of the General Laws entitled "Protections for Healthcare
2 Providers Act" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:
35-37.8-4. Prescriptive protections for providers of legal protected healthcare activity.
4(a) Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter to the contrary, at the prescriber’s
5 request, the prescription label for medication abortion prescription drugs may include the name of
6 the dispensing healthcare practice instead of the name of the dispenser.
7(b) For purposes of this section, “medication abortion prescription drugs” means
8 substances used in the course of medical treatment intended to induce the termination of a
9 pregnancy including, but not limited to, mifepristone and misoprostol.
10SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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  EXPLANATION
  BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
  OF
  AN ACT
 RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PROTECTIONS OF HEALTHCARE
  PROVIDERS ACT
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1This act would provide that the prescription label for medication abortion prescription
2 drugs may include the name of the dispensing healthcare practice instead of the name of the
3 dispenser.
4This act would take effect upon passage.
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