---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BOARD OF MEDICAL LICENSURE AND DISCIPLINE"
description: "Prohibits healthcare providers and health plans from denying the payment of a medical bill, solely because the bill may have arisen from a third-party claim."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 3028"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 3028 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Appollonio", "Bissaillon", "Dimitri", "Famiglietti", "Felag", "LaMountain", "McKenney", "Patalano", "Thompson", "Tikoian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-05"
last_action: "2026-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ec29f39-2e96-4610-8136-601718897ca9"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "dc8d8b75b65f508f011871240499809a598a2a51b602b441ffcaeec8a0c3c2b5"
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 3028 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BOARD OF MEDICAL LICENSURE AND DISCIPLINE

Prohibits healthcare providers and health plans from denying the payment of a medical bill, solely because the bill may have arisen from a third-party claim.

## Version chain

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

1. **3028** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S3028.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **68–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Appollonio — primary (person)
- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Dimitri — primary (person)
- Famiglietti — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)
- Patalano — primary (person)
- Thompson — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-05** 03/05/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-05-01** 05/01/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/05/2026)
- **2026-05-05** 05/05/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2026)
- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-22** 06/22/2026 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/1ec29f39-2e96-4610-8136-601718897ca9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).