---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Requires insurance reimbursement for chiropractic diagnosis and treatment of conditions associated with the use of pain medications.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Requires insurance reimbursement for chiropractic diagnosis and treatment of conditions associated with the use of pain medications.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 6124"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6124 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance", "Medical", "Nurses", "Physicians", "Health Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amore", "Giarrusso"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-04-14"
last_action: "2017-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/903a7b69-e0c3-40ac-9fb3-7e01da7279d6"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "bc76911c13ecac61ded7861052a894f51b9a4a47eb68f5fc2e69d89356eb2c27"
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 6124 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Requires insurance reimbursement for chiropractic diagnosis and treatment of conditions associated with the use of pain medications.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6124 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H6124Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- AS AMENDED — **69–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **68–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Amore — primary (person)
- Giarrusso — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-14** 04/14/2017 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-04-20** 04/20/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/25/2017)
- **2017-04-25** 04/25/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/29/2017)
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/29/2017)
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/30/2017)
- **2017-09-14** 09/14/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-09-25** 09/25/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-09-27** 09/27/2017 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/903a7b69-e0c3-40ac-9fb3-7e01da7279d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).