---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES - MEDICAL ASSISTANCE - LONG-TERM CARE SERVICE AND FINANCE REFORM (Establishes a public scorecard system to show how long-term care reform is meeting its goals of rebalancing the way services are delivered and moneys are spent on various service types.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES - MEDICAL ASSISTANCE - LONG-TERM CARE SERVICE AND FINANCE REFORM (Establishes a public scorecard system to show how long-term care reform is meeting its goals of rebalancing the way services are delivered and moneys are spent on various service types.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7481"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7481 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Human Services", "Medical", "Nursing Homes", "Welfare"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carson", "McNamara", "Ruggiero", "Solomon", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-07"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac887ffd-2ac1-4b73-ad1d-89713589501e"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "e7ba3c3b87ac012a137bedf5ce342f1c26767a6d9ca7101c52a8c16447c46425"
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 7481 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES - MEDICAL ASSISTANCE - LONG-TERM CARE SERVICE AND FINANCE REFORM (Establishes a public scorecard system to show how long-term care reform is meeting its goals of rebalancing the way services are delivered and moneys are spent on various service types.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7481** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7481.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carson — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Ruggiero — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-07** 02/07/2018 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-27** 04/27/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/02/2018)
- **2018-05-02** 05/02/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/21/2018)
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 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/ac887ffd-2ac1-4b73-ad1d-89713589501e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).