---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- COMPREHENSIVE DISCHARGE PLANNING (Amends current law so that, as part of a comprehensive discharge plan, a hospital would be allowed to try to contact the patient's emergency contact and the certified peer recovery specialists, in accordance with federal law.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- COMPREHENSIVE DISCHARGE PLANNING (Amends current law so that, as part of a comprehensive discharge plan, a hospital would be allowed to try to contact the patient's emergency contact and the certified peer recovery specialists, in accordance with federal law.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5383"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5383 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Domestic Relations", "Health & Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Canario", "Chippendale", "Edwards", "Mendez"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7bc2b32c-9c11-413f-82ce-816ee22bc5fc"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "04211a6e852a706a7357576330c4ae4cea255cd620a40e6b7e6317e099bb1522"
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 5383 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- COMPREHENSIVE DISCHARGE PLANNING (Amends current law so that, as part of a comprehensive discharge plan, a hospital would be allowed to try to contact the patient's emergency contact and the certified peer recovery specialists, in accordance with federal law.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5383** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5383.pdf)

## Votes

- COMPREHENSIVE DISCHARGE PLANNING — **74–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- Canario — primary (person)
- Chippendale — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Mendez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** 02/14/2019 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** 02/27/2019 Committee transferred to House H.E.W.
- **2019-03-15** 03/15/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2019-03-20** 03/20/2019 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/20/2019)
- **2019-03-22** 03/22/2019 Committee transferred to House Corporations
- **2019-03-22** 03/22/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/26/2019)
- **2019-03-26** 03/26/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-05-31** 05/31/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2019)
- **2019-06-04** 06/04/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/11/2019)
- **2019-06-11** 06/11/2019 House read and passed `passage`
- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2019)
- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/25/2019)
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 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/7bc2b32c-9c11-413f-82ce-816ee22bc5fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).