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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES (Establishes audit requirements for pharmacy benefit managers and also establishes annual reporting requirements for health insurers.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES (Establishes audit requirements for pharmacy benefit managers and also establishes annual reporting requirements for health insurers.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 5544"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5544 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Drugs"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Jacquard", "McNamara", "Ruggiero"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-27"
+last_action: "2019-07-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b350d54-56c8-48b5-8359-5c059bc4fe90"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "aeb75690ee929ffd50ae4e323ca9393103a1cae8584120c5e52db64ffcd072d6"
+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 5544 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES (Establishes audit requirements for pharmacy benefit managers and also establishes annual reporting requirements for health insurers.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5544 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5544A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Jacquard — primary (person)
+- McNamara — primary (person)
+- Ruggiero — 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`
+- **2019-03-15** 03/15/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/20/2019)
+- **2019-03-20** 03/20/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2019-06-22** 06/22/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/25/2019)
+- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Proposed Substitute
+- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/27/2019)
+- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/28/2019)
+- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-07-16** 07/16/2019 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/3b350d54-56c8-48b5-8359-5c059bc4fe90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+