---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT INSURANCE POLICIES (Medicare eligible disabled individuals under age 65 eligible for Medicare supplemental policies. Health insurance commissioner may adopt reasonable regulations and standards for Medicare supplemental policies.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT INSURANCE POLICIES (Medicare eligible disabled individuals under age 65 eligible for Medicare supplemental policies. Health insurance commissioner may adopt reasonable regulations and standards for Medicare supplemental policies.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2194"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2194 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Algiere"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-08"
last_action: "2022-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/013fb355-04cf-40f0-8de8-8d7654b3ee97"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "6707219331de86976244b1c1b43c5ab66f4e632cd628260651cc6cb93e42847d"
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 2194 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT INSURANCE POLICIES (Medicare eligible disabled individuals under age 65 eligible for Medicare supplemental policies. Health insurance commissioner may adopt reasonable regulations and standards for Medicare supplemental policies.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2194 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2194aa.pdf)

## Votes

- INSURANCE POLICIES — **33–3** (pass) · upper
- INSURANCE POLICIES — **9–26** (fail) · upper
- INSURANCE POLICIES — **30–6** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–1** (pass) · upper
- INSURANCE POLICIES — **37–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Algiere — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-08** 02/08/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-25** 03/25/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/31/2022)
- **2022-03-31** 03/31/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/16/2022)
- **2022-06-16** 06/16/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-16** 06/16/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/21/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 House passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-28** 06/28/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-30** 06/30/2022 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/013fb355-04cf-40f0-8de8-8d7654b3ee97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).