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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - OFFICE OF STATE MEDICAL EXAMINERS (Adds the multi-disciplinary maternal mortality review committee to the review of the office of state medical examiners and extend certain immunities and confidentiality agreements to multi-disciplinary teams.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - OFFICE OF STATE MEDICAL EXAMINERS (Adds the multi-disciplinary maternal mortality review committee to the review of the office of state medical examiners and extend certain immunities and confidentiality agreements to multi-disciplinary teams.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 5543"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5543 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Dept. of Health", "Health & Safety"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Almeida", "Alzate", "Diaz", "Shanley", "Williams"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2019-02-27"
+last_action: "2019-07-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99845103-d8f7-4d22-a447-d150ac4be68a"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "784528898d80a09e8bbd12b121e5bb853cafaba846700531659e64db5ca64715"
+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 5543 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - OFFICE OF STATE MEDICAL EXAMINERS (Adds the multi-disciplinary maternal mortality review committee to the review of the office of state medical examiners and extend certain immunities and confidentiality agreements to multi-disciplinary teams.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5543 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5543B.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **64–3** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **63–0** (pass) · lower
+- AS AMENDED — **65–0** (pass) · lower
+- AS AMENDED — **58–7** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Almeida — primary (person)
+- Alzate — primary (person)
+- Diaz — primary (person)
+- Shanley — primary (person)
+- Williams — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-27** 02/27/2019 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-29** 03/29/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/03/2019)
+- **2019-04-03** 04/03/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2019-05-10** 05/10/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/15/2019)
+- **2019-05-10** 05/10/2019 Proposed Substitute
+- **2019-05-15** 05/15/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-24** 05/24/2019 Placed on House Calendar (05/28/2019)
+- **2019-05-28** 05/28/2019 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2019-05-30** 05/30/2019 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-31** 05/31/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2019)
+- **2019-06-04** 06/04/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2019)
+- **2019-06-17** 06/17/2019 Proposed Substitute
+- **2019-06-19** 06/19/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/26/2019)
+- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Senate passed Sub B `passage`
+- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/27/2019)
+- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 House passed Sub B in concurrence `passage`
+- **2019-07-03** 07/03/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-07-08** 07/08/2019 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/99845103-d8f7-4d22-a447-d150ac4be68a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+