---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ESTABLISHING A PROGRAM WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO ADDRESS ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE (Establishes the Rhode Island Program to address Alzheimer's disease.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ESTABLISHING A PROGRAM WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO ADDRESS ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE (Establishes the Rhode Island Program to address Alzheimer's disease.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5178"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5178 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commissions", "Health & Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Jackson", "McNamara", "Noret", "Shekarchi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f39d381-5950-4533-acdb-67b903a48d95"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "6e63b669a07b6058c46922e6e7ee2a13bbda142d6237881810214ffc34ceff81"
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 5178 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ESTABLISHING A PROGRAM WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO ADDRESS ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE (Establishes the Rhode Island Program to address Alzheimer's disease.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5178 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5178A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ackerman — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** 01/24/2019 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-01** 03/01/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/06/2019)
- **2019-03-06** 03/06/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/24/2019)
- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/26/2019)
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/28/2019)
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-15** 07/15/2019 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/7f39d381-5950-4533-acdb-67b903a48d95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).