---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR PREVENTION OF HIV INFECTION (Requires coverage for the treatment of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for the prevention of HIV and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for treatment of HIV infection, commencing January 1, 2024.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR PREVENTION OF HIV INFECTION (Requires coverage for the treatment of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for the prevention of HIV and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for treatment of HIV infection, commencing January 1, 2024.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 563"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 563 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health & Safety", "Health Care Affordability", "Health Insurance", "Insurance", "Prescription drugs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Cano", "Euer", "Lauria", "Lawson", "Mack", "Miller", "Murray", "Pearson", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-03-07"
last_action: "2023-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4563fc8-8104-4f6b-83fa-df3ec582ed91"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "6b7d9ee78ec3a375720b02dc7481e541055b4a08398136c74291c61e118f5761"
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 563 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR PREVENTION OF HIV INFECTION (Requires coverage for the treatment of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for the prevention of HIV and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for treatment of HIV infection, commencing January 1, 2024.)

## Version chain

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

1. **563 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0563Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **56–9** (pass) · upper
- RECOMMIT — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- AS AMENDED — **69–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acosta — primary (person)
- Cano — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-07** 03/07/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** 03/31/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/04/2023)
- **2023-04-04** 04/04/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2023)
- **2023-05-23** 05/23/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-24** 05/24/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/30/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Senate voted to recommit to Senate Health and Human Services
- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/01/2023)
- **2023-05-31** 05/31/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-06-01** 06/01/2023 Committee recommended indefinite postponement
- **2023-06-01** 06/01/2023 Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study `substitution`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2023)
- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-22** 06/22/2023 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/b4563fc8-8104-4f6b-83fa-df3ec582ed91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).