---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- BENEFIT DETERMINATION AND UTILIZATION REVIEW ACT"
description: "Provides an insurer would not impose prior authorization requirements for any service ordered by an in-network primary care provider."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5120"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5120 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Caldwell", "Donovan", "Fogarty", "Giraldo", "Handy", "Kislak", "McGaw", "Morales", "Potter"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2025-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d028e2d-e19e-443d-91cc-262e6a45abb6"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "72536778cdec191d417274e6b0b5cebf6e0cec4bba6bcd7e8f1ffe2287d6b62e"
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 5120 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- BENEFIT DETERMINATION AND UTILIZATION REVIEW ACT

Provides an insurer would not impose prior authorization requirements for any service ordered by an in-network primary care provider.

## Version chain

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

1. **5120 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5120A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Giraldo — primary (person)
- Handy — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Morales — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-22** 01/22/2025 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2025-03-31** 03/31/2025 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (04/01/2025)
- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/23/2025)
- **2025-04-23** 04/23/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-06-09** 06/09/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2025)
- **2025-06-09** 06/09/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/16/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-02** 07/02/2025 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/4d028e2d-e19e-443d-91cc-262e6a45abb6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).