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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS (Limits health insurance carriers that provide coverage for prescription insulin drugs used to treat diabetes to forty dollars ($40) for a copayment for a thirty (30) day supply of medically necessary insulin.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS (Limits health insurance carriers that provide coverage for prescription insulin drugs used to treat diabetes to forty dollars ($40) for a copayment for a thirty (30) day supply of medically necessary insulin.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 170"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 170 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Health Insurance", "Insurance", "Medical", "Prescription drugs"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Goldin", "Goodwin", "Kallman", "Lawson", "Mack", "McCaffrey", "Miller", "Murray", "Valverde"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-02-05"
+last_action: "2021-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a352ec09-0e49-49fb-aa08-eb49493bd60d"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "07d902fd3c26cb0276c20cd054dfc614e8d1a297dd288c34824e53cf6160e967"
+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 170 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS (Limits health insurance carriers that provide coverage for prescription insulin drugs used to treat diabetes to forty dollars ($40) for a copayment for a thirty (30) day supply of medically necessary insulin.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **170 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0170B.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **67–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bell — primary (person)
+- Goldin — primary (person)
+- Goodwin — primary (person)
+- Kallman — primary (person)
+- Lawson — primary (person)
+- Mack — primary (person)
+- McCaffrey — primary (person)
+- Miller — primary (person)
+- Murray — primary (person)
+- Valverde — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-05** 02/05/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-12** 03/12/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/18/2021)
+- **2021-03-18** 03/18/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2021-05-21** 05/21/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2021)
+- **2021-05-26** 05/26/2021 Proposed Substitute
+- **2021-05-27** 05/27/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/01/2021)
+- **2021-06-01** 06/01/2021 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2021-06-02** 06/02/2021 Referred to House Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2021)
+- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 Proposed Substitute
+- **2021-06-14** 06/14/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2021)
+- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 House passed Sub B `passage`
+- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/29/2021)
+- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Senate passed Sub B in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-07-02** 07/02/2021 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/a352ec09-0e49-49fb-aa08-eb49493bd60d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+