---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES"
description: "Requires all hospitals to screen uninsured patients for eligibility for public health programs and financial assistance under Medicare and Medicaid."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2714"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2714 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cano", "DiMario", "LaMountain", "Lauria", "Lawson", "Miller", "Murray", "Pearson", "Ujifusa", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-03-05"
last_action: "2024-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63245277-0941-4817-b9c5-4dccf662523b"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "9dc7af5ad84c4dd9f937981a1fa67087749bbc1ec17e04c8fc006782c0227a77"
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 2714 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES

Requires all hospitals to screen uninsured patients for eligibility for public health programs and financial assistance under Medicare and Medicaid.

## Version chain

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

1. **2714 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2714Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- AS AMENDED — **73–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **66–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cano — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Ujifusa — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-05** 03/05/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-15** 03/15/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/19/2024)
- **2024-03-19** 03/19/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2024)
- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-06-05** 06/05/2024 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-28** 06/28/2024 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/63245277-0941-4817-b9c5-4dccf662523b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).