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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH"
+description: "Commencing January 1, 2027, mandates insurers provide health insurance coverage without cost-share requirements for vaccinations recommended by the DOH and mandates the coverage for the medical assistance program and managed care organizations."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 2379"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2379 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Appollonio", "Ciccone", "DiMario", "Lauria", "Lawson", "Tikoian", "Ujifusa", "Valverde", "Zurier"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-01-30"
+last_action: "2026-06-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7bff028d-10de-4916-ac5b-db51db6ec7c1"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "1eb59c86bbbe94ee96288557a907019f61621a03954ed10fb7a34969b8a96c52"
+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 2379 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
+
+Commencing January 1, 2027, mandates insurers provide health insurance coverage without cost-share requirements for vaccinations recommended by the DOH and mandates the coverage for the medical assistance program and managed care organizations.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2379 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2379A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **57–14** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **37–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Acosta — primary (person)
+- Appollonio — primary (person)
+- Ciccone — primary (person)
+- DiMario — primary (person)
+- Lauria — primary (person)
+- Lawson — primary (person)
+- Tikoian — primary (person)
+- Ujifusa — primary (person)
+- Valverde — primary (person)
+- Zurier — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-30** 01/30/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-20** 02/20/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
+- **2026-02-23** 02/23/2026 Meeting postponed (02/24/2026)
+- **2026-02-23** 02/23/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/26/2026)
+- **2026-02-26** 02/26/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2026-05-15** 05/15/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/19/2026)
+- **2026-05-18** 05/18/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2026-05-19** 05/19/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-05-20** 05/20/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/26/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2026-05-27** 05/27/2026 Referred to House Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2026)
+- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-23** 06/23/2026 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/7bff028d-10de-4916-ac5b-db51db6ec7c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+