Rhode Island bill establishes medication-assisted treatment program for incarcerated individuals with opioid use disorder

Original title: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT (Establishes a program within the adult correctional institution to permit medication assisted treatment approved by the FDA to be provided for the treatment of opioid use disorder to any incarcerated individual.)

Last action · May 7, 2026: Committee recommended measure be held for further studySponsors: Meghan Kallman and 9 others

Bill progressHistory & official text ↓

Introduced

Committee

Floor Vote

Passed

Law

Track this bill to get notified when it advances a stage. One tap to stop, anytime.

Public stanceCommunity reactions are separate from the official record and reporting.

What This Bill Proposed

The Rhode Island Senate is considering a bill that establishes a program within the adult correctional institution to provide FDA-approved medication-assisted treatment for incarcerated individuals with .

Why it matters

Incarcerated individuals in state correctional facilities gain access to federally approved medical treatments for substance use disorders while serving time.

Who It Would Have Affected

Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

incarcerated individual

Incarcerated individuals with opioid use disorder gain access to FDA-approved medication-assisted treatment within the adult correctional institution.

Directly affected

Corrections Department

The department is required to establish and administer the medication-assisted treatment program within the adult correctional institution.

Key Facts

You don't have to trust us. Each fact below is taken straight from the official document - click any one to see the exact passage, highlighted in the original.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is eligible for the medication-assisted treatment program under this bill?

Any incarcerated individual within the adult correctional institution who has is eligible for the program.

What kind of treatments are permitted by the program?

The program permits medication-assisted treatment that has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of .

What else do you want to know?

News Coverage

No news coverage found yet. Articles are indexed twice daily.

Follow the record

Votes, people, money & the original source

Where This Stands

This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in Senate committee.

Procedural history

3 actions

May 7, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
May 1, 2026
Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/07/2026)
Jan 9, 2026Introduced
Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary

Version history

Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.

View official text →