---
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 and would also create a thirteen (13) member advisory council. This act would also establish a training requirement for medical professionals.)"
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 and would also create a thirteen (13) member advisory council. This act would also establish a training requirement for medical professionals.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 223"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 223 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commissions", "Committees", "Health & Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coyne", "Lynch Prata", "McCaffrey", "Miller", "Satchell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/981f7a88-0cd9-4c3c-a922-c41bbb323cdf"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "5a0da33d809b9ac56b6ec7f1f3c46dad518b09f893b29a42d47eeee3d5a091cf"
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 SB 223 (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 and would also create a thirteen (13) member advisory council. This act would also establish a training requirement for medical professionals.)

## Version chain

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

1. **223** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0223.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Coyne — primary (person)
- Lynch Prata — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Satchell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** 01/31/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-19** 04/19/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/25/2019)
- **2019-04-25** 04/25/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-05-23** 05/23/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2019)
- **2019-05-28** 05/28/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-29** 05/29/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2019)
- **2019-06-04** 06/04/2019 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2019-06-05** 06/05/2019 Referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/24/2019)
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Placed on House Calendar
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/27/2019)
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 House passed 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/981f7a88-0cd9-4c3c-a922-c41bbb323cdf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).