---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES"
description: "Prohibits healthcare entities from interfering with a patient's right to choose to obtain a clinician-administered drug from their provider or pharmacy of choice."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2086"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2086 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Bissaillon", "DiMario", "Gallo", "Gu", "Mack", "McKenney", "Miller", "Ujifusa", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-12"
last_action: "2024-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47e8e732-1d45-443e-a483-221f96114d0e"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "019e264b1b6885469ddba5d1f684fb9b0ceee51329c43a78d20b82f76aebdb7f"
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 2086 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES

Prohibits healthcare entities from interfering with a patient's right to choose to obtain a clinician-administered drug from their provider or pharmacy of choice.

## Version chain

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

1. **2086 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2086aa.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **69–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **36–1** (pass) · upper
- AS AMENDED — **71–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acosta — primary (person)
- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Gu — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Ujifusa — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-12** 01/12/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** 02/02/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/08/2024)
- **2024-02-08** 02/08/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15** 02/15/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/07/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-03-07** 03/07/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2024-03-08** 03/08/2024 Referred to House Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-24** 06/24/2024 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/47e8e732-1d45-443e-a483-221f96114d0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).