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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- COMPREHENSIVE DISCHARGE PLANNING (Amends current law so that, as part of a comprehensive discharge plan, a hospital would be allowed to try to contact the patient's emergency contact and the certified peer recovery specialists, in accordance with federal law.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- COMPREHENSIVE DISCHARGE PLANNING (Amends current law so that, as part of a comprehensive discharge plan, a hospital would be allowed to try to contact the patient's emergency contact and the certified peer recovery specialists, in accordance with federal law.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 5383"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5383 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Domestic Relations", "Health & Safety"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Canario", "Chippendale", "Edwards", "Mendez"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-14"
+last_action: "2019-06-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7bc2b32c-9c11-413f-82ce-816ee22bc5fc"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "04211a6e852a706a7357576330c4ae4cea255cd620a40e6b7e6317e099bb1522"
+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 5383 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- COMPREHENSIVE DISCHARGE PLANNING (Amends current law so that, as part of a comprehensive discharge plan, a hospital would be allowed to try to contact the patient's emergency contact and the certified peer recovery specialists, in accordance with federal law.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5383** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5383.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- COMPREHENSIVE DISCHARGE PLANNING — **74–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Canario — primary (person)
+- Chippendale — primary (person)
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+- Mendez — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-14** 02/14/2019 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-27** 02/27/2019 Committee transferred to House H.E.W.
+- **2019-03-15** 03/15/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
+- **2019-03-20** 03/20/2019 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/20/2019)
+- **2019-03-22** 03/22/2019 Committee transferred to House Corporations
+- **2019-03-22** 03/22/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/26/2019)
+- **2019-03-26** 03/26/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2019-05-31** 05/31/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2019)
+- **2019-06-04** 06/04/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/11/2019)
+- **2019-06-11** 06/11/2019 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2019)
+- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/25/2019)
+- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 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/7bc2b32c-9c11-413f-82ce-816ee22bc5fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+