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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - LICENSING OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES (Adds two (2) requirements that a hospital provide to a prospective patient, the requested cost estimate of their requested anticipated hospital services within five (5) calendar days of request and the cost of any facility fee.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - LICENSING OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES (Adds two (2) requirements that a hospital provide to a prospective patient, the requested cost estimate of their requested anticipated hospital services within five (5) calendar days of request and the cost of any facility fee.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 6298"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 6298 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Hospitals", "Health & Safety", "Licenses", "Health Care Plans/Services"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Blazejewski", "Casimiro", "Knight", "Marszalkowski", "Regunberg"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2017-06-08"
+last_action: "2017-10-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f91c421a-8117-4603-b793-e91c85fd73a5"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "c2707bf9646b6572fcd2ea605fff75df1fa039764f6ab694ebb802d7a03b2885"
+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 6298 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - LICENSING OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES (Adds two (2) requirements that a hospital provide to a prospective patient, the requested cost estimate of their requested anticipated hospital services within five (5) calendar days of request and the cost of any facility fee.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **6298 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H6298Aaa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Blazejewski — primary (person)
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Knight — primary (person)
+- Marszalkowski — primary (person)
+- Regunberg — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-06-08** 06/08/2017 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `referral-committee, introduction`
+- **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
+- **2017-06-24** 06/24/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/27/2017)
+- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/27/2017)
+- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/29/2017)
+- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/30/2017)
+- **2017-09-15** 09/15/2017 Placed on House Calendar (09/19/2017)
+- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2017-09-28** 09/28/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-10-04** 10/04/2017 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/f91c421a-8117-4603-b793-e91c85fd73a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+