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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - BREAST CANCER PATIENT NOTIFICATION (Allows for a summary of a patient's mammography report be provided to the patient by mail, electronically, or otherwise.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - BREAST CANCER PATIENT NOTIFICATION (Allows for a summary of a patient's mammography report be provided to the patient by mail, electronically, or otherwise.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 651"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 651 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Cancer", "Computer Technology", "Health & Safety", "Health Care Plans/Services", "Medical"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Coyne", "DiMario", "Euer", "Gallo", "Kallman", "Lawson", "Quezada", "Sosnowski", "Valverde", "de la Cruz"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-03-18"
+last_action: "2021-06-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d24dc240-064a-4a9c-80a1-1f37622c8a0f"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "fb439d6477850115e5f1d766df2bcab432d9303af99ff363b4c78d188626b398"
+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 651 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - BREAST CANCER PATIENT NOTIFICATION (Allows for a summary of a patient's mammography report be provided to the patient by mail, electronically, or otherwise.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **651 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0651A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **70–1** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Coyne — primary (person)
+- DiMario — primary (person)
+- Euer — primary (person)
+- Gallo — primary (person)
+- Kallman — primary (person)
+- Lawson — primary (person)
+- Quezada — primary (person)
+- Sosnowski — primary (person)
+- Valverde — primary (person)
+- de la Cruz — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-18** 03/18/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-26** 03/26/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/01/2021)
+- **2021-04-01** 04/01/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2021-04-23** 04/23/2021 Scheduled for consideration (04/29/2021)
+- **2021-04-29** 04/29/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-30** 04/30/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/04/2021)
+- **2021-05-04** 05/04/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-05** 05/05/2021 Referred to House Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-21** 05/21/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/25/2021)
+- **2021-05-21** 05/21/2021 Proposed Substitute
+- **2021-05-25** 05/25/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/01/2021)
+- **2021-06-01** 06/01/2021 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2021-06-02** 06/02/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/08/2021)
+- **2021-06-08** 06/08/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-06-08** 06/08/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 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/d24dc240-064a-4a9c-80a1-1f37622c8a0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+