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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (Determine reimbursement rates for medical records copies from health care providers including those that utilize an electronic health records system.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (Determine reimbursement rates for medical records copies from health care providers including those that utilize an electronic health records system.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 5455"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5455 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Health & Safety", "Medical", "Health Care Plans/Services"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Casimiro", "Marshall", "McEntee", "Shekarchi", "Tanzi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2017-02-09"
+last_action: "2017-07-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97b47194-cab9-4468-9756-4d567242626e"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "ab79928cb65a8beb29e1d25eb053415f194cab4875db025ae5ccfa49055f679a"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
+---
+
+# Rhode Island HB 5455 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (Determine reimbursement rates for medical records copies from health care providers including those that utilize an electronic health records system.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5455 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5455A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Marshall — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- Shekarchi — primary (person)
+- Tanzi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-09** 02/09/2017 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee, introduction`
+- **2017-03-24** 03/24/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/29/2017)
+- **2017-03-29** 03/29/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2017-05-19** 05/19/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/24/2017)
+- **2017-05-24** 05/24/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-02** 06/02/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/07/2017)
+- **2017-06-07** 06/07/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2017-06-08** 06/08/2017 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/13/2017)
+- **2017-06-13** 06/13/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2017-06-13** 06/13/2017 Committee voted to reconsider
+- **2017-06-13** 06/13/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/29/2017)
+- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2017-07-05** 07/05/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-07-05** 07/05/2017 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97b47194-cab9-4468-9756-4d567242626e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+