---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE (Prohibits co-payments to be charged for COVID-19 treatment and vaccinations.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE (Prohibits co-payments to be charged for COVID-19 treatment and vaccinations.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6208"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6208 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COVID-19", "Health & Safety", "Health Insurance", "Human Services", "Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell", "Hull", "Kazarian", "Kislak", "McGaw", "Morales", "Nardone", "Potter", "Solomon", "Williams"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-04-07"
last_action: "2021-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59cc5e8f-9f9f-4fa6-86ad-51ff638c926a"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "c6d9ff68e1a6b4247efc901875ca82f8c55c2103ae010882626b08289c57e441"
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 6208 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE (Prohibits co-payments to be charged for COVID-19 treatment and vaccinations.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6208 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H6208A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Morales — primary (person)
- Nardone — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-07** 04/07/2021 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09** 04/09/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/15/2021)
- **2021-04-15** 04/15/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-06-04** 06/04/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2021)
- **2021-06-07** 06/07/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-06-10** 06/10/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/16/2021)
- **2021-06-16** 06/16/2021 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2021-06-17** 06/17/2021 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-18** 06/18/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/22/2021)
- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/29/2021)
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-03** 07/03/2021 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/59cc5e8f-9f9f-4fa6-86ad-51ff638c926a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).