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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES -- INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR PREVENTION OF HIV INFECTION"
+description: "Eliminates prior authorization or step therapy requirement for prescriptions for any HIV prevention drug/prohibits the requirement of any copayment or the meeting of any deductible to obtain the prescription covered by the contract, plan, or policy."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 2255"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2255 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Lauria", "Miller", "Murray", "Pearson", "Quezada", "Sosnowski", "Tikoian", "Ujifusa", "Valverde"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2024-02-06"
+last_action: "2024-06-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a157aa01-ba9e-45dd-aa1b-6276363f8f0e"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "bf7044e0d037d8cfba3032b79afc8fe2ae18f4f98353aabfc7d0be95baba27af"
+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 2255 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES -- INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR PREVENTION OF HIV INFECTION
+
+Eliminates prior authorization or step therapy requirement for prescriptions for any HIV prevention drug/prohibits the requirement of any copayment or the meeting of any deductible to obtain the prescription covered by the contract, plan, or policy.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2255 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2255A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bissaillon — primary (person)
+- Lauria — primary (person)
+- Miller — primary (person)
+- Murray — primary (person)
+- Pearson — primary (person)
+- Quezada — primary (person)
+- Sosnowski — primary (person)
+- Tikoian — primary (person)
+- Ujifusa — primary (person)
+- Valverde — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-02-06** 02/06/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-09** 02/09/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
+- **2024-02-12** 02/12/2024 Meeting postponed (02/13/2024)
+- **2024-02-12** 02/12/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/15/2024)
+- **2024-02-15** 02/15/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Scheduled for consideration (03/05/2024)
+- **2024-03-05** 03/05/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-08** 03/08/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/14/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-14** 03/14/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2024-03-15** 03/15/2024 Referred to House Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-02** 06/02/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2024)
+- **2024-06-03** 06/03/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-17** 06/17/2024 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/a157aa01-ba9e-45dd-aa1b-6276363f8f0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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