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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Requires a health care entity or health plan to issue a decision regarding the credentialing of a health care provider within forty-five (45) calendar days of receiving a complete credentialing application.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Requires a health care entity or health plan to issue a decision regarding the credentialing of a health care provider within forty-five (45) calendar days of receiving a complete credentialing application.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "SB 145"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 145 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Insurance", "Health Care Plans/Services", "Health Insurance"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Goldin", "Miller"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-02-01"
+last_action: "2017-07-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5cf3d85-0f36-4acc-9844-76e6929a5c08"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "9163d0ed21a91d81cbebd358fbdd0145289ab92270972503a46788ae77827b97"
+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 SB 145 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Requires a health care entity or health plan to issue a decision regarding the credentialing of a health care provider within forty-five (45) calendar days of receiving a complete credentialing application.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **145 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0145A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Goldin — primary (person)
+- Miller — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-01** 02/01/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee, introduction`
+- **2017-02-28** 02/28/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/02/2017)
+- **2017-03-02** 03/02/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2017-04-21** 04/21/2017 Scheduled for consideration (04/25/2017)
+- **2017-04-25** 04/25/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-04-26** 04/26/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/02/2017)
+- **2017-05-02** 05/02/2017 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2017-05-03** 05/03/2017 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2017)
+- **2017-06-13** 06/13/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-24** 06/24/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/27/2017)
+- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2017-07-18** 07/18/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-07-19** 07/19/2017 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/e5cf3d85-0f36-4acc-9844-76e6929a5c08`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+