---
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: "SB 486"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 486 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health & Safety", "Medical", "Health Care Plans/Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Conley", "Lombardi", "McCaffrey", "Nesselbush"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-03-02"
last_action: "2017-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45af9550-3a31-44b0-bf00-1ae15a76e22d"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "28fca5a11e4d50b4ddba8b4ca379aee76690ea7b31548a4d7df3d3f40d5c8fc1"
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 486 (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. **486 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0486B.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · legislature
- In Concurrence — **36–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Archambault — primary (person)
- Conley — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)
- Nesselbush — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-02** 03/02/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-03-21** 03/21/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2017)
- **2017-03-23** 03/23/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-05-19** 05/19/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/25/2017)
- **2017-05-25** 05/25/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-30** 05/30/2017 Committee voted to reconsider
- **2017-05-30** 05/30/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-01** 06/01/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/07/2017)
- **2017-06-07** 06/07/2017 Senate passed Sub A as amended `passage`
- **2017-06-08** 06/08/2017 Referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-12** 06/12/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2017)
- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-16** 06/16/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/21/2017)
- **2017-06-21** 06/21/2017 House passed Sub B `passage`
- **2017-06-21** 06/21/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/28/2017)
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Senate passed Sub B in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 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/45af9550-3a31-44b0-bf00-1ae15a76e22d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).