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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- THE TELEMEDICINE COVERAGE ACT (Amends the provisions of the telemedicine coverage act and provide coverage for telemedicine under Rhode Island Medicaid.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- THE TELEMEDICINE COVERAGE ACT (Amends the provisions of the telemedicine coverage act and provide coverage for telemedicine under Rhode Island Medicaid.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 6032"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 6032 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Health & Safety", "Health Care Plans/Services", "Health Insurance", "Insurance"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["C Lima", "Casey", "Cassar", "Edwards", "Filippi", "Fogarty", "Kazarian", "Kennedy", "Kislak", "Solomon"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-02-26"
+last_action: "2021-07-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02fbae86-7084-40e4-9d97-cdec7d54a932"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "7711a4cc31501afe78105c664b334b2aca3b5b11ae0b2aa2e702540898655bb5"
+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 6032 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- THE TELEMEDICINE COVERAGE ACT (Amends the provisions of the telemedicine coverage act and provide coverage for telemedicine under Rhode Island Medicaid.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **6032 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H6032Aaa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **66–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- C Lima — primary (person)
+- Casey — primary (person)
+- Cassar — primary (person)
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+- Filippi — primary (person)
+- Fogarty — primary (person)
+- Kazarian — primary (person)
+- Kennedy — primary (person)
+- Kislak — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-26** 02/26/2021 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-09** 04/09/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/15/2021)
+- **2021-04-15** 04/15/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2021-06-24** 06/24/2021 Committee transferred to House Health & Human Services
+- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2021)
+- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Proposed Substitute
+- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/30/2021)
+- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 House passed floor amendment only `passage`
+- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Placed on House Calendar (07/01/2021)
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-07-02** 07/02/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-07-06** 07/06/2021 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/02fbae86-7084-40e4-9d97-cdec7d54a932`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+