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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ESTABLISHING A PROGRAM WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO ADDRESS ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE (Establishes the Rhode Island program to address Alzheimer's disease and would also create a thirteen (13) member advisory council. This act would also establish a training requirement for medical professionals.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ESTABLISHING A PROGRAM WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO ADDRESS ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE (Establishes the Rhode Island program to address Alzheimer's disease and would also create a thirteen (13) member advisory council. This act would also establish a training requirement for medical professionals.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "SB 223"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 223 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Commissions", "Committees", "Health & Safety"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Coyne", "Lynch Prata", "McCaffrey", "Miller", "Satchell"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-01-31"
+last_action: "2019-07-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/981f7a88-0cd9-4c3c-a922-c41bbb323cdf"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "5a0da33d809b9ac56b6ec7f1f3c46dad518b09f893b29a42d47eeee3d5a091cf"
+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 223 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ESTABLISHING A PROGRAM WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO ADDRESS ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE (Establishes the Rhode Island program to address Alzheimer's disease and would also create a thirteen (13) member advisory council. This act would also establish a training requirement for medical professionals.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **223** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0223.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Coyne — primary (person)
+- Lynch Prata — primary (person)
+- McCaffrey — primary (person)
+- Miller — primary (person)
+- Satchell — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-31** 01/31/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-19** 04/19/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/25/2019)
+- **2019-04-25** 04/25/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2019-05-23** 05/23/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2019)
+- **2019-05-28** 05/28/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-29** 05/29/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2019)
+- **2019-06-04** 06/04/2019 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2019-06-05** 06/05/2019 Referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/24/2019)
+- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Placed on House Calendar
+- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/27/2019)
+- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-07-15** 07/15/2019 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/981f7a88-0cd9-4c3c-a922-c41bbb323cdf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+