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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH SERVICES FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS"
+description: "Authorizes a midwife, nurse practitioner or physicians assistant attending a newborn to cause that child to be subject to newborn screening tests for conditions for which there is a medical benefit to the early detection and treatment of the disorder."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5495"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5495 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kislak"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-13"
+last_action: "2025-06-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b71660d0-ac19-4b2d-bb35-ef05f7d0de77"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "acad4ceb43dc998670cdf13ca87f84fdb83f65bc2da92183414bf3a4e4971042"
+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 5495 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH SERVICES FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS
+
+Authorizes a midwife, nurse practitioner or physicians assistant attending a newborn to cause that child to be subject to newborn screening tests for conditions for which there is a medical benefit to the early detection and treatment of the disorder.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5495** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5495.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **58–7** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kislak — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-13** 02/13/2025 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/25/2025)
+- **2025-02-25** 02/25/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/13/2025)
+- **2025-03-13** 03/13/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Placed on House Calendar (03/25/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-25** 03/25/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/03/2025)
+- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-24** 06/24/2025 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/b71660d0-ac19-4b2d-bb35-ef05f7d0de77`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+