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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES (Would require hospitals to offer flu vaccinations to all inpatient individuals sixty-five (65) years of age or older unless the person has a condition that would not allow such vaccination or if the vaccine is in short supply.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES (Would require hospitals to offer flu vaccinations to all inpatient individuals sixty-five (65) years of age or older unless the person has a condition that would not allow such vaccination or if the vaccine is in short supply.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7569"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7569 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health & Safety", "Hospitals", "Medical", "Seniors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Corvese", "McNamara", "Serpa", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-09"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f3ec49e-2daa-4262-914c-d9d527514d1d"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "34f07c29e1ed5d86c1647a5cf2217a9736a5c969f4add4f11c4176d521beda84"
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 HB 7569 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES (Would require hospitals to offer flu vaccinations to all inpatient individuals sixty-five (65) years of age or older unless the person has a condition that would not allow such vaccination or if the vaccine is in short supply.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **7569** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7569.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **683** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Ackerman — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)
- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-02-09** 02/09/2018 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-16** 03/16/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2018-03-20** 03/20/2018 Meeting postponed (03/21/2018)
- **2018-03-23** 03/23/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/28/2018)
- **2018-03-28** 03/28/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-05-04** 05/04/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/09/2018)
- **2018-05-09** 05/09/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-11** 05/11/2018 Placed on House Calendar (05/15/2018)
- **2018-05-15** 05/15/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-15** 06/15/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f3ec49e-2daa-4262-914c-d9d527514d1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).