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legislation/us/states/ri/2021/hb-5929.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE -- PERINATAL DOULA SERVICES (Provides for medical assistance health care for expectant mothers and would establish medical assistance coverage and reimbursement rates for perinatal doula services. Effective 7/1/22.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE -- PERINATAL DOULA SERVICES (Provides for medical assistance health care for expectant mothers and would establish medical assistance coverage and reimbursement rates for perinatal doula services. Effective 7/1/22.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 5929"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5929 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Children and Families", "Health Care Plans/Services", "Health Insurance", "Human Services", "Medical"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Carson", "Cassar", "Cortvriend", "Diaz", "Donovan", "Kislak", "Knight", "Ranglin-Vassell", "Speakman"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-02-25"
+last_action: "2021-07-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1913ebe-92f1-4aab-bc4d-43474ccb5210"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "6238260ee884a2b4450a1aafab5845cd9923e7af549488664f37ab149f29cacf"
+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 5929 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE -- PERINATAL DOULA SERVICES (Provides for medical assistance health care for expectant mothers and would establish medical assistance coverage and reimbursement rates for perinatal doula services. Effective 7/1/22.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5929 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5929A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **66–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ajello — primary (person)
+- Carson — primary (person)
+- Cassar — primary (person)
+- Cortvriend — primary (person)
+- Diaz — primary (person)
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+- Kislak — primary (person)
+- Knight — primary (person)
+- Ranglin-Vassell — primary (person)
+- Speakman — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-25** 02/25/2021 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-09** 04/09/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/14/2021)
+- **2021-04-14** 04/14/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2021-06-18** 06/18/2021 Committee transferred to House Health & Human Services
+- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/25/2021)
+- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Proposed Substitute
+- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/29/2021)
+- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-07-08** 07/08/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-07-09** 07/09/2021 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/a1913ebe-92f1-4aab-bc4d-43474ccb5210`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+