---
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: "SB 497"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 497 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Doyle", "Lynch Prata"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-02"
last_action: "2017-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ddeae5c-6ff0-4687-a2c6-b827e0a9055e"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "d583f1992861cdaacc3f6a6fc3ce778ab1c3c6f02905dc08f82cb3addd0d8bc9"
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 497 (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. **497 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0497A.pdf)

## Votes

- RELATING TO INSURANCE ACCIDENT A — **63–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Doyle — primary (person)
- Lynch Prata — 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`
- **2017-03-31** 03/31/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/04/2017)
- **2017-04-04** 04/04/2017 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 recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-02** 06/02/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2017)
- **2017-06-08** 06/08/2017 Committee recommended indefinite postponement
- **2017-06-08** 06/08/2017 Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study
- **2017-06-26** 06/26/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/28/2017)
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/29/2017)
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/30/2017)
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-09-15** 09/15/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 House passed Sub A 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/7ddeae5c-6ff0-4687-a2c6-b827e0a9055e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).