---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - LICENSING OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES (Requires the department of health to promulgate rules and regulations by January 1, 2022 for the licensing and operation of school-based health centers operating in elementary and secondary schools.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - LICENSING OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES (Requires the department of health to promulgate rules and regulations by January 1, 2022 for the licensing and operation of school-based health centers operating in elementary and secondary schools.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6478"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6478 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Health & Safety", "Health Care Plans/Services", "Nurses", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alzate"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-06-28"
last_action: "2021-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0dd81128-72e2-4fab-8571-6e5e6581d997"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "41fc0502c957cc915bef7dbcd2da46e3fe939eb8c16a2dc2f445472eff4c003a"
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 6478 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - LICENSING OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES (Requires the department of health to promulgate rules and regulations by January 1, 2022 for the licensing and operation of school-based health centers operating in elementary and secondary schools.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6478** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H6478.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **60–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alzate — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/30/2021)
- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Placed on House Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House read and passed `passage`
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-07** 07/07/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-12** 07/12/2021 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/0dd81128-72e2-4fab-8571-6e5e6581d997`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).