---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Requires insurance reimbursement for chiropractic diagnosis and treatment of conditions associated with the use of pain medications.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Requires insurance reimbursement for chiropractic diagnosis and treatment of conditions associated with the use of pain medications.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 789"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 789 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Prescription drugs", "Insurance", "Medical", "Physicians", "Health Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma", "Lombardo", "Lynch Prata", "McCaffrey", "Nesselbush"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-04-25"
last_action: "2017-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ac08055-e414-46c5-997c-2db2b80c5062"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "58d54fe3433b3392c02565bb223a19fed9a317619352b76d95ac44db8ede52e0"
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 789 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Requires insurance reimbursement for chiropractic diagnosis and treatment of conditions associated with the use of pain medications.)

## Version chain

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

1. **789 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0789Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- In Concurrence — **35–0** (pass) · legislature
- Approval of Amendment — **36–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage as Amended — **36–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Lombardo — primary (person)
- Lynch Prata — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)
- Nesselbush — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-25** 04/25/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-05-26** 05/26/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/30/2017)
- **2017-05-30** 05/30/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-16** 06/16/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/22/2017)
- **2017-06-22** 06/22/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-22** 06/22/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/28/2017)
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/29/2017)
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/30/2017)
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-07-05** 07/05/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-10** 07/10/2017 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/0ac08055-e414-46c5-997c-2db2b80c5062`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).