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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BOARD OF MEDICAL LICENSURE AND DISCIPLINE"
+description: "Prohibits healthcare providers and health plans from denying the payment of a medical bill, solely because the bill may have arisen from a third-party claim."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 3028"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 3028 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Appollonio", "Bissaillon", "Dimitri", "Famiglietti", "Felag", "LaMountain", "McKenney", "Patalano", "Thompson", "Tikoian"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-03-05"
+last_action: "2026-06-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ec29f39-2e96-4610-8136-601718897ca9"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "dc8d8b75b65f508f011871240499809a598a2a51b602b441ffcaeec8a0c3c2b5"
+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 3028 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BOARD OF MEDICAL LICENSURE AND DISCIPLINE
+
+Prohibits healthcare providers and health plans from denying the payment of a medical bill, solely because the bill may have arisen from a third-party claim.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **3028** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S3028.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **68–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Appollonio — primary (person)
+- Bissaillon — primary (person)
+- Dimitri — primary (person)
+- Famiglietti — primary (person)
+- Felag — primary (person)
+- LaMountain — primary (person)
+- McKenney — primary (person)
+- Patalano — primary (person)
+- Thompson — primary (person)
+- Tikoian — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-03-05** 03/05/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-05-01** 05/01/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/05/2026)
+- **2026-05-05** 05/05/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2026)
+- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-22** 06/22/2026 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/1ec29f39-2e96-4610-8136-601718897ca9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+