republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2017/sb-497.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Permits an audit or claims investigation for a pattern of inappropriate billing only if it is determined that the claims are known by the provider to be inappropriate.)	AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Permits an audit or claims investigation for a pattern of inappropriate billing only if it is determined that the claims are known by the provider to be inappropriate.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2017	SB 497	Rhode Island SB 497 (2017)	bill	Insurance	enacted	Doyle Lynch Prata	1	21	2	2017-03-02	2017-10-04	openstates	ocd-bill/7ddeae5c-6ff0-4687-a2c6-b827e0a9055e	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	d583f1992861cdaacc3f6a6fc3ce778ab1c3c6f02905dc08f82cb3addd0d8bc9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 497 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Permits an audit or claims investigation for a pattern of inappropriate billing only if it is determined that the claims are known by the provider to be inappropriate.)

Version chain

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

1. 497 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• RELATING TO INSURANCE ACCIDENT A — 63–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passage — 36–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Doyle — primary (person)
• Lynch Prata — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-02 03/02/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services referral-committee, introduction
• 2017-03-31 03/31/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/04/2017)
• 2017-04-04 04/04/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2017-05-19 05/19/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/25/2017)
• 2017-05-25 05/25/2017 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-05-30 05/30/2017 Committee voted to reconsider
• 2017-05-30 05/30/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2017-06-02 06/02/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2017)
• 2017-06-08 06/08/2017 Committee recommended indefinite postponement
• 2017-06-08 06/08/2017 Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study
• 2017-06-26 06/26/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/28/2017)
• 2017-06-28 06/28/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-06-28 06/28/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/29/2017)
• 2017-06-29 06/29/2017 Senate passed Sub A passage
• 2017-06-30 06/30/2017 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 of Sub A 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 Sub A in concurrence passage
• 2017-09-28 09/28/2017 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-10-04 10/04/2017 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7ddeae5c-6ff0-4687-a2c6-b827e0a9055e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).