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type: "Bill"
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title: "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.)"
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description: "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.)"
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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 153"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 153 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Health Care Affordability", "State Departments", "Retirement", "Dept. of BHDDH", "State Employees"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Picard"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-02-01"
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last_action: "2017-10-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f9f06f4-d91a-4a2e-b683-e88b9c1dea5c"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "67e91deb86b9c9bbf77c4abb312ceab90437f553d7504a1ba614023cf1694254"
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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 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.)
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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. **153** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0153.pdf)
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## Votes
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- RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCAR — **63–0** (pass) · legislature
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- DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Picard — 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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- **2017-02-23** 02/23/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/28/2017)
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- **2017-02-28** 02/28/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2017)
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- **2017-06-13** 06/13/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2017)
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- **2017-06-20** 06/20/2017 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2017-06-21** 06/21/2017 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/30/2017)
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- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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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 in concurrence `passage`
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- **2017-10-03** 10/03/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-10-05** 10/05/2017 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/4f9f06f4-d91a-4a2e-b683-e88b9c1dea5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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