---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - RIGHTS OF NURSING HOME PATIENTS (Department of health to promulgate rules and regulations for essential caregivers at nursing homes during a declared emergency.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - RIGHTS OF NURSING HOME PATIENTS (Department of health to promulgate rules and regulations for essential caregivers at nursing homes during a declared emergency.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 6"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 6 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COVID-19", "Health & Safety", "Health Care Plans/Services", "Human Services", "Nursing Homes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Algiere", "Burke", "Cano", "Coyne", "F Lombardi", "Felag", "Goodwin", "Lombardo", "McCaffrey", "de la Cruz"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38ad6f27-e86e-468d-aa15-00d7dfd3949a"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "4dbc42e24935f4e9e1a40b4f94b38c3cf0bec8a17c68897b44e25554821bfa29"
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 6 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - RIGHTS OF NURSING HOME PATIENTS (Department of health to promulgate rules and regulations for essential caregivers at nursing homes during a declared emergency.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0006A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Algiere — primary (person)
- Burke — primary (person)
- Cano — primary (person)
- Coyne — primary (person)
- F Lombardi — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Lombardo — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)
- de la Cruz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** 01/11/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-11** 01/11/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/21/2021)
- **2021-01-21** 01/21/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-05-21** 05/21/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2021)
- **2021-05-26** 05/26/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-05-27** 05/27/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/01/2021)
- **2021-06-01** 06/01/2021 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2021-06-02** 06/02/2021 Referred to House Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/25/2021)
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/28/2021)
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-08** 07/08/2021 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38ad6f27-e86e-468d-aa15-00d7dfd3949a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).