---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH SERVICES FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS"
description: "Authorizes a midwife, nurse practitioner or physicians assistant attending a newborn to cause that child to be subject to newborn screening tests for conditions for which there is a medical benefit to the early detection and treatment of the disorder."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5495"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5495 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kislak"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-13"
last_action: "2025-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b71660d0-ac19-4b2d-bb35-ef05f7d0de77"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "acad4ceb43dc998670cdf13ca87f84fdb83f65bc2da92183414bf3a4e4971042"
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 5495 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH SERVICES FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS

Authorizes a midwife, nurse practitioner or physicians assistant attending a newborn to cause that child to be subject to newborn screening tests for conditions for which there is a medical benefit to the early detection and treatment of the disorder.

## Version chain

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

1. **5495** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5495.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **58–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kislak — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-13** 02/13/2025 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/25/2025)
- **2025-02-25** 02/25/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/13/2025)
- **2025-03-13** 03/13/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Placed on House Calendar (03/25/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-03-25** 03/25/2025 House read and passed `passage`
- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/03/2025)
- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-24** 06/24/2025 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/b71660d0-ac19-4b2d-bb35-ef05f7d0de77`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).