---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- CONFIDENTIALITY OF HEALTH CARE COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION ACT"
description: "Amends definition of \"authorized representative\" in the confidentiality of health-care communications/information act provides that an authorized representative may include any heir-at-law when the patient is deceased/the personal representative is absent"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 3044"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 3044 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Burke", "Euer", "LaMountain", "Lombardi", "McKenney", "Quezada", "Tikoian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-05-03"
last_action: "2024-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20111b25-7aec-459a-91d3-62c9110be4ab"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "f4df811c57b827bda415a1485b605c236728485a2fb31b2b75533737025e3734"
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 3044 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- CONFIDENTIALITY OF HEALTH CARE COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION ACT

Amends definition of "authorized representative" in the confidentiality of health-care communications/information act provides that an authorized representative may include any heir-at-law when the patient is deceased/the personal representative is absent

## Version chain

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

1. **3044** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S3044.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Burke — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/07/2024)
- **2024-05-07** 05/07/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2024)
- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/30/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2024)
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-26** 06/26/2024 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/20111b25-7aec-459a-91d3-62c9110be4ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).