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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - LICENSING OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES (Adds two (2) requirements that a hospital provide to a prospective patient, the requested cost estimate of their requested anticipated hospital services within five (5) business days of request and the cost of any facility fee.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - LICENSING OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES (Adds two (2) requirements that a hospital provide to a prospective patient, the requested cost estimate of their requested anticipated hospital services within five (5) business days of request and the cost of any facility fee.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "SB 146"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 146 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Hospitals", "Health & Safety", "Fees", "Licenses", "Health Care Plans/Services"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Crowley", "Goldin", "Miller", "Sheehan", "Sosnowski"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2017-02-01"
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last_action: "2017-10-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b7973a7-caa1-4635-9a72-db4394b755a0"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "61d6861fed43198b170e07e336b78162197305c351fd7cc0842b1bbab6610982"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# Rhode Island SB 146 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - LICENSING OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES (Adds two (2) requirements that a hospital provide to a prospective patient, the requested cost estimate of their requested anticipated hospital services within five (5) business days of request and the cost of any facility fee.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **146 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0146Aaa.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Approval of Amendment — **35–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passage as Amended — **36–0** (pass) · legislature
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- HEALTH CARE FACILITIES — **36–0** (pass) · legislature
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- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Crowley — primary (person)
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- Goldin — primary (person)
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- Miller — primary (person)
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- Sheehan — primary (person)
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- Sosnowski — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-01** 02/01/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee, introduction`
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- **2017-02-28** 02/28/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/02/2017)
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- **2017-03-02** 03/02/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2017-05-19** 05/19/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2017)
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- **2017-05-23** 05/23/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-05-24** 05/24/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/30/2017)
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- **2017-05-30** 05/30/2017 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2017-05-31** 05/31/2017 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/27/2017)
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- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/28/2017)
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- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/29/2017)
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- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
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- **2017-09-15** 09/15/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
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- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
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- **2017-09-28** 09/28/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-10-04** 10/04/2017 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b7973a7-caa1-4635-9a72-db4394b755a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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