---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - BREAST CANCER PATIENT NOTIFICATION (Allows for a summary of a patient's mammography report be provided to the patient by mail, electronically, or otherwise.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - BREAST CANCER PATIENT NOTIFICATION (Allows for a summary of a patient's mammography report be provided to the patient by mail, electronically, or otherwise.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 651"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 651 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cancer", "Computer Technology", "Health & Safety", "Health Care Plans/Services", "Medical"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coyne", "DiMario", "Euer", "Gallo", "Kallman", "Lawson", "Quezada", "Sosnowski", "Valverde", "de la Cruz"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-18"
last_action: "2021-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d24dc240-064a-4a9c-80a1-1f37622c8a0f"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "fb439d6477850115e5f1d766df2bcab432d9303af99ff363b4c78d188626b398"
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 651 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - BREAST CANCER PATIENT NOTIFICATION (Allows for a summary of a patient's mammography report be provided to the patient by mail, electronically, or otherwise.)

## Version chain

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

1. **651 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0651A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Coyne — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)
- de la Cruz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-18** 03/18/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** 03/26/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/01/2021)
- **2021-04-01** 04/01/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-04-23** 04/23/2021 Scheduled for consideration (04/29/2021)
- **2021-04-29** 04/29/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-30** 04/30/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/04/2021)
- **2021-05-04** 05/04/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-05-05** 05/05/2021 Referred to House Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-21** 05/21/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/25/2021)
- **2021-05-21** 05/21/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-05-25** 05/25/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/01/2021)
- **2021-06-01** 06/01/2021 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2021-06-02** 06/02/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/08/2021)
- **2021-06-08** 06/08/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-06-08** 06/08/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 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/d24dc240-064a-4a9c-80a1-1f37622c8a0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).