---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Requires a health care entity or health plan to issue a decision regarding the credentialing of a health care provider within forty-five (45) calendar days of receiving a complete credentialing application.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Requires a health care entity or health plan to issue a decision regarding the credentialing of a health care provider within forty-five (45) calendar days of receiving a complete credentialing application.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 5219"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5219 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance", "Health Care Plans/Services", "Health Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McKiernan", "O'Brien", "Ranglin-Vassell", "Regunberg", "Williams"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-26"
last_action: "2017-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf3226b1-86d9-4634-be5c-c0d29756c12e"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "107658b3c59b2eabb7fc19f0fd7df49bb1db2b763b4feabbf335c9b2df299125"
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 5219 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Requires a health care entity or health plan to issue a decision regarding the credentialing of a health care provider within forty-five (45) calendar days of receiving a complete credentialing application.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **5219 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5219A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- McKiernan — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)
- Ranglin-Vassell — primary (person)
- Regunberg — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-26** 01/26/2017 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-02-02** 02/02/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/07/2017)
- **2017-02-07** 02/07/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2017)
- **2017-06-13** 06/13/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-16** 06/16/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/21/2017)
- **2017-06-21** 06/21/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-06-21** 06/21/2017 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-23** 06/23/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/27/2017)
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/29/2017)
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-07-13** 07/13/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-18** 07/18/2017 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/bf3226b1-86d9-4634-be5c-c0d29756c12e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).