---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE (Mandates insurance coverage for medically necessary expenses for standard fertility preservation services when a medical treatment may directly or indirectly cause iatrogenic infertility.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE (Mandates insurance coverage for medically necessary expenses for standard fertility preservation services when a medical treatment may directly or indirectly cause iatrogenic infertility.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 6170"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6170 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance", "Medical", "Domestic Relations", "Health Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "McNamara", "Serpa", "Shekarchi", "Solomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-04-28"
last_action: "2017-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fef52be5-90c1-4352-a761-7abe930c11ec"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "0fc29d25f7d38200dc9e2eb58714617e21ef4b4b3817a41650b9187f6ddbbef8"
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 6170 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE (Mandates insurance coverage for medically necessary expenses for standard fertility preservation services when a medical treatment may directly or indirectly cause iatrogenic infertility.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6170 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H6170A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-28** 04/28/2017 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-05-05** 05/05/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/09/2017)
- **2017-05-09** 05/09/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-16** 06/16/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2017)
- **2017-06-20** 06/20/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-24** 06/24/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/26/2017)
- **2017-06-26** 06/26/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/28/2017)
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-05** 07/05/2017 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/fef52be5-90c1-4352-a761-7abe930c11ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).