---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES - PERSONAL CARE ATTENDANT PROGRAM (Requires annual reports to track the number of caregiver assessments given as part of the assessments conducted for Medicaid long-term services and supports the creation of a family caregiver support association by the division of elderly affairs.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES - PERSONAL CARE ATTENDANT PROGRAM (Requires annual reports to track the number of caregiver assessments given as part of the assessments conducted for Medicaid long-term services and supports the creation of a family caregiver support association by the division of elderly affairs.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5867"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5867 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Casimiro", "Marszalkowski", "Noret", "Shanley", "Shekarchi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-15"
last_action: "2019-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54a78135-5e89-4710-bbf8-982bbf21214a"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "29f32e61b604f9589515d64ce48dbd01e32ebf0230641ff0da23d814f605161a"
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 5867 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES - PERSONAL CARE ATTENDANT PROGRAM (Requires annual reports to track the number of caregiver assessments given as part of the assessments conducted for Medicaid long-term services and supports the creation of a family caregiver support association by the division of elderly affairs.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5867** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5867.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Marszalkowski — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-15** 03/15/2019 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-05** 04/05/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/10/2019)
- **2019-04-10** 04/10/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/24/2019)
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/26/2019)
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 House read and passed `passage`
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/27/2019)
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-03** 07/03/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-08** 07/08/2019 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/54a78135-5e89-4710-bbf8-982bbf21214a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).