republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2017/sb-153.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- SELF-INSURANCE OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY AGENCIES (Authorizes operators of developmental disability agencies acting as a group acting as a group, to self-insure health care costs for employees, retirees and other beneficiaries, and allows a qualified third-party administrator to administer said program.)	AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- SELF-INSURANCE OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY AGENCIES (Authorizes operators of developmental disability agencies acting as a group acting as a group, to self-insure health care costs for employees, retirees and other beneficiaries, and allows a qualified third-party administrator to administer said program.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2017	SB 153	Rhode Island SB 153 (2017)	bill	Health Care Affordability State Departments Retirement Dept. of BHDDH State Employees	enacted	Picard	1	14	2	2017-02-01	2017-10-05	openstates	ocd-bill/4f9f06f4-d91a-4a2e-b683-e88b9c1dea5c	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	67e91deb86b9c9bbf77c4abb312ceab90437f553d7504a1ba614023cf1694254	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 153 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- SELF-INSURANCE OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY AGENCIES (Authorizes operators of developmental disability agencies acting as a group acting as a group, to self-insure health care costs for employees, retirees and other beneficiaries, and allows a qualified third-party administrator to administer said program.)

Version chain

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

1. 153 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCAR — 63–0 (pass) · legislature
• DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY — 34–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Picard — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-01 02/01/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services referral-committee, introduction
• 2017-02-23 02/23/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/28/2017)
• 2017-02-28 02/28/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2017-06-09 06/09/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2017)
• 2017-06-13 06/13/2017 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-06-14 06/14/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2017)
• 2017-06-20 06/20/2017 Senate read and passed passage
• 2017-06-21 06/21/2017 Referred to House Corporations referral-committee
• 2017-06-30 06/30/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/30/2017)
• 2017-06-30 06/30/2017 Committee recommends passage in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-09-15 09/15/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
• 2017-09-19 09/19/2017 House passed in concurrence passage
• 2017-10-03 10/03/2017 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-10-05 10/05/2017 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4f9f06f4-d91a-4a2e-b683-e88b9c1dea5c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).