---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE HEALTH CARE SERVICES FUNDING PLAN ACT (Requires Tricare to pay the healthcare services funding contributions for their contribution enrollees.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE HEALTH CARE SERVICES FUNDING PLAN ACT (Requires Tricare to pay the healthcare services funding contributions for their contribution enrollees.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 570"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 570 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goldin", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-14"
last_action: "2019-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a16d6eee-7571-403b-997f-8f808f28f418"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "6b129d4868a940f7ce0f0185f5476e4c4cba7abb51b56c657782077018aeb9b6"
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 570 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE HEALTH CARE SERVICES FUNDING PLAN ACT (Requires Tricare to pay the healthcare services funding contributions for their contribution enrollees.)

## Version chain

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

1. **570** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0570.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–5** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Goldin — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-14** 03/14/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-05** 04/05/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/09/2019)
- **2019-04-09** 04/09/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-05-17** 05/17/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/21/2019)
- **2019-05-21** 05/21/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-22** 05/22/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/28/2019)
- **2019-05-28** 05/28/2019 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2019-05-29** 05/29/2019 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-15** 06/15/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2019)
- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Committee recommends passage 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 in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-03** 07/03/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-08** 07/08/2019 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/a16d6eee-7571-403b-997f-8f808f28f418`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).