---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- COMPREHENSIVE DISCHARGE PLANNING (Amends current law so that, as part of a comprehensive discharge plan, a hospital would be allowed to try to contact the patient's emergency contact and the recovery coach, in accordance with federal law.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- COMPREHENSIVE DISCHARGE PLANNING (Amends current law so that, as part of a comprehensive discharge plan, a hospital would be allowed to try to contact the patient's emergency contact and the recovery coach, in accordance with federal law.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 139"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 139 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health & Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goldin", "Goodwin", "McCaffrey", "Miller", "Satchell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8cd91fa9-dce2-4889-a2c4-9dd5778dfb43"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "0bff3cdc9a4255d63bd7adaef03e235c2ef1d45f661c2095aa62f346d9ec4135"
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 139 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- COMPREHENSIVE DISCHARGE PLANNING (Amends current law so that, as part of a comprehensive discharge plan, a hospital would be allowed to try to contact the patient's emergency contact and the recovery coach, in accordance with federal law.)

## Version chain

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

1. **139 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0139A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–2** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Goldin — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Satchell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** 01/24/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-25** 01/25/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/31/2019)
- **2019-01-31** 01/31/2019 Committee recommended indefinite postponement
- **2019-01-31** 01/31/2019 Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study
- **2019-02-05** 02/05/2019 Scheduled for consideration (02/07/2019)
- **2019-02-07** 02/07/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-13** 02/13/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (02/26/2019)
- **2019-02-26** 02/26/2019 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2019-02-27** 02/27/2019 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-31** 05/31/2019 Committee transferred to House Corporations
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/11/2019)
- **2019-06-11** 06/11/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2019)
- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2019)
- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 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/8cd91fa9-dce2-4889-a2c4-9dd5778dfb43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).