Victory! On June 27, 2024, Governor McKee signed the Health Care Provider Shield Act into law.

Together, we can protect Rhode Island’s health care system, medical providers, and patients seeking essential medical care.

The “Health Care Provider Shield Act” (SB2262/HB7577) will ensure that Rhode Island health care providers aren’t penalized under the laws of other states that have banned access to established, standard-of-care reproductive and transgender health care, and that patients can continue to receive quality, legal, essential medical care in Rhode Island.

Read the fact sheet and find out why this legislation is so important.

Sponsors: Senator Dawn Euer and Representative John G. Edwards

The Health Care Provider Shield Act is supported by a coalition of organizations

Provider Groups:

  • American Academy of Pediatrics, Rhode Island Chapter
  • American Association of Nurses- RI/Rhode Island State Nurses Association
  • American College of Emergency Medicine Physicians 
  • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
  • American College of Physicians, RI
  • National Association of Social Workers
  • Nurse Practitioner Alliance of RI
  • Primary Care-Population Medicine MD-MSc Program Class of 2024
  • Rhode Island Academy of Family Medicine Physicians
  • Rhode Island Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Rhode Island Medical Society
  • Rhode Island Academy of Physicians Assistants 
  • Spectrum

Health Care Delivery:

  • Hospital Association of Rhode Island
  • Open Door Health
  • Planned Parenthood of Southern NE
  • Thrive Behavioral Health 
  • Thundermist Health Center
  • Rhode Island Health Center Association
  • Wood River Health Services

Other Interested Parties:

  • ACLU
  • Amnesty International USA
  • Center for Reproductive Rights
  • COYOTE
  • East Bay Community Action Program Rhode Island
  • GLAD
  • House of Codec
  • Protect Our Health Care RI
  • PPRI Votes
  • Pride in Aging
  • RI Coalition Against Domestic Violence
  • RI Commission on Human Rights
  • RI Coalition for Reproductive Freedom
  • RI Public Health Institute 
  • RI State Council of Churches
  • The Trevor Project
  • The Womxn Project
  • TGI Network
  • Youth Pride Inc