---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Permits an audit or claims investigation for a pattern of inappropriate billing only if it is determined that the claims are known by the provider to be inappropriate.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Permits an audit or claims investigation for a pattern of inappropriate billing only if it is determined that the claims are known by the provider to be inappropriate.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 5634"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5634 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance", "Health Care Plans/Services", "Health Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Slater"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-01"
last_action: "2017-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/667f945e-2d0f-4e9a-bc43-4b7be883d893"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "fb65536ef935e561b495807606f2599a9a7bd78459ec860ca63202912cafeb62"
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 5634 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Permits an audit or claims investigation for a pattern of inappropriate billing only if it is determined that the claims are known by the provider to be inappropriate.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5634 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5634B.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **61–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Slater — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-01** 03/01/2017 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-03-24** 03/24/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/28/2017)
- **2017-03-28** 03/28/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-26** 06/26/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/27/2017)
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/27/2017)
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/29/2017)
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-09-14** 09/14/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Senate passed Sub B `passage`
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Placed on House Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 House passed Sub B in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-09-28** 09/28/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-04** 10/04/2017 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/667f945e-2d0f-4e9a-bc43-4b7be883d893`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).