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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Permits an audit or claims investigation for a pattern of inappropriate billing only if it is determined that the claims are known by the provider to be inappropriate.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Permits an audit or claims investigation for a pattern of inappropriate billing only if it is determined that the claims are known by the provider to be inappropriate.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "SB 497"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 497 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Insurance"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Doyle", "Lynch Prata"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-03-02"
+last_action: "2017-10-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ddeae5c-6ff0-4687-a2c6-b827e0a9055e"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "d583f1992861cdaacc3f6a6fc3ce778ab1c3c6f02905dc08f82cb3addd0d8bc9"
+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 497 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Permits an audit or claims investigation for a pattern of inappropriate billing only if it is determined that the claims are known by the provider to be inappropriate.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **497 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0497A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- RELATING TO INSURANCE ACCIDENT A — **63–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Doyle — primary (person)
+- Lynch Prata — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-03-02** 03/02/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee, introduction`
+- **2017-03-31** 03/31/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/04/2017)
+- **2017-04-04** 04/04/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2017-05-19** 05/19/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/25/2017)
+- **2017-05-25** 05/25/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-05-30** 05/30/2017 Committee voted to reconsider
+- **2017-05-30** 05/30/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2017-06-02** 06/02/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2017)
+- **2017-06-08** 06/08/2017 Committee recommended indefinite postponement
+- **2017-06-08** 06/08/2017 Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study
+- **2017-06-26** 06/26/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/28/2017)
+- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/29/2017)
+- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/30/2017)
+- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-09-15** 09/15/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
+- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 House passed Sub A 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/7ddeae5c-6ff0-4687-a2c6-b827e0a9055e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+