---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE -- PERINATAL DOULA SERVICES (Provides for medical assistance health care for expectant mothers and would establish medical assistance coverage and reimbursement rates for perinatal doula services. Effective 7/1/22.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE -- PERINATAL DOULA SERVICES (Provides for medical assistance health care for expectant mothers and would establish medical assistance coverage and reimbursement rates for perinatal doula services. Effective 7/1/22.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 5929"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5929 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children and Families", "Health Care Plans/Services", "Health Insurance", "Human Services", "Medical"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Carson", "Cassar", "Cortvriend", "Diaz", "Donovan", "Kislak", "Knight", "Ranglin-Vassell", "Speakman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-25"
last_action: "2021-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1913ebe-92f1-4aab-bc4d-43474ccb5210"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "6238260ee884a2b4450a1aafab5845cd9923e7af549488664f37ab149f29cacf"
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 5929 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE -- PERINATAL DOULA SERVICES (Provides for medical assistance health care for expectant mothers and would establish medical assistance coverage and reimbursement rates for perinatal doula services. Effective 7/1/22.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5929 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5929A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ajello — primary (person)
- Carson — primary (person)
- Cassar — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)
- Knight — primary (person)
- Ranglin-Vassell — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-25** 02/25/2021 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09** 04/09/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/14/2021)
- **2021-04-14** 04/14/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-06-18** 06/18/2021 Committee transferred to House Health & Human Services
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/25/2021)
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/29/2021)
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-08** 07/08/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-09** 07/09/2021 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/a1913ebe-92f1-4aab-bc4d-43474ccb5210`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).