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April 30, 2008

Taking the State House to the people tonight

Capitol City is coming to Warwick.

The House Committee on Health, Education and Welfare is holding a formal hearing in that city today. Testimony will be heard on the following bills:

H-8187, by Rep. David Segal, D-Providence, East Providence, would prohibit any hospital, chair and/or network of hospitals from merging when the resulting entity would control or operate more than 50 percent of the hospitals beds in the state.

H-7714: A bill by Rep. Smith to give the Board of Regents for Elementary and Secondary Education the authority to require parents of “chronically disruptive students” to attend conferences.

H-7713: A bill by Rep. Steven Smith, D-Providence, Johnston, to make changes related to the Rhode Island Certification Standards Board for teachers and administrators.

H-8167, by Rep. Carol Mumford, R-Scituate, Cranston, would create an ordinance allowing Scituate Town Council to charge for animal licenses.

The hearing is set for this evening at the Aspray Boat House, near Pawtuxet Park. It should begin between 6 and 6:30 p.m.

The hearing is open to the public and will be taped by Capitol TV for later broadcast. Capitol TV programming can be seen on Channel 15 by Cox Communications and Full Channel subscribers and on Channel 34 for Verizon subscribers.

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