---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (Determine reimbursement rates for medical records copies from health care providers including those that utilize an electronic health records system.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (Determine reimbursement rates for medical records copies from health care providers including those that utilize an electronic health records system.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 5455"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5455 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health & Safety", "Medical", "Health Care Plans/Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Casimiro", "Marshall", "McEntee", "Shekarchi", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97b47194-cab9-4468-9756-4d567242626e"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "ab79928cb65a8beb29e1d25eb053415f194cab4875db025ae5ccfa49055f679a"
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 5455 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (Determine reimbursement rates for medical records copies from health care providers including those that utilize an electronic health records system.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5455 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5455A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Marshall — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-09** 02/09/2017 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-03-24** 03/24/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/29/2017)
- **2017-03-29** 03/29/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-05-19** 05/19/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/24/2017)
- **2017-05-24** 05/24/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-02** 06/02/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/07/2017)
- **2017-06-07** 06/07/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-06-08** 06/08/2017 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/13/2017)
- **2017-06-13** 06/13/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-13** 06/13/2017 Committee voted to reconsider
- **2017-06-13** 06/13/2017 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`
- **2017-07-05** 07/05/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-05** 07/05/2017 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/97b47194-cab9-4468-9756-4d567242626e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).