republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2019/hb-5383.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- COMPREHENSIVE DISCHARGE PLANNING (Amends current law so that, as part of a comprehensive discharge plan, a hospital would be allowed to try to contact the patient's emergency contact and the certified peer recovery specialists, in accordance with federal law.)	AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- COMPREHENSIVE DISCHARGE PLANNING (Amends current law so that, as part of a comprehensive discharge plan, a hospital would be allowed to try to contact the patient's emergency contact and the certified peer recovery specialists, in accordance with federal law.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2019	HB 5383	Rhode Island HB 5383 (2019)	bill	Domestic Relations Health & Safety	enacted	Bennett Canario Chippendale Edwards Mendez	1	18	1	2019-02-14	2019-06-28	openstates	ocd-bill/7bc2b32c-9c11-413f-82ce-816ee22bc5fc	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	04211a6e852a706a7357576330c4ae4cea255cd620a40e6b7e6317e099bb1522	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 5383 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- COMPREHENSIVE DISCHARGE PLANNING (Amends current law so that, as part of a comprehensive discharge plan, a hospital would be allowed to try to contact the patient's emergency contact and the certified peer recovery specialists, in accordance with federal law.)

Version chain

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

1. 5383 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• COMPREHENSIVE DISCHARGE PLANNING — 74–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bennett — primary (person)
• Canario — primary (person)
• Chippendale — primary (person)
• Edwards — primary (person)
• Mendez — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-14 02/14/2019 Introduced, referred to House Finance introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-02-27 02/27/2019 Committee transferred to House H.E.W.
• 2019-03-15 03/15/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
• 2019-03-20 03/20/2019 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/20/2019)
• 2019-03-22 03/22/2019 Committee transferred to House Corporations
• 2019-03-22 03/22/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/26/2019)
• 2019-03-26 03/26/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2019-05-31 05/31/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2019)
• 2019-06-04 06/04/2019 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-06-07 06/07/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/11/2019)
• 2019-06-11 06/11/2019 House read and passed passage
• 2019-06-13 06/13/2019 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2019-06-14 06/14/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2019)
• 2019-06-18 06/18/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-06-20 06/20/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/25/2019)
• 2019-06-25 06/25/2019 Senate passed in concurrence passage
• 2019-06-26 06/26/2019 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-06-28 06/28/2019 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7bc2b32c-9c11-413f-82ce-816ee22bc5fc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).