republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2019/sb-139.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 recovery coach, 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 recovery coach, in accordance with federal law.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2019	SB 139	Rhode Island SB 139 (2019)	bill	Health & Safety	enacted	Goldin Goodwin McCaffrey Miller Satchell	1	18	2	2019-01-24	2019-06-28	openstates	ocd-bill/8cd91fa9-dce2-4889-a2c4-9dd5778dfb43	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	0bff3cdc9a4255d63bd7adaef03e235c2ef1d45f661c2095aa62f346d9ec4135	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 139 (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 recovery coach, in accordance with federal law.)

Version chain

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

1. 139 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 34–2 (pass) · upper
• IN CONCURRENCE — 72–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Goldin — primary (person)
• Goodwin — primary (person)
• McCaffrey — primary (person)
• Miller — primary (person)
• Satchell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-24 01/24/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-01-25 01/25/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/31/2019)
• 2019-01-31 01/31/2019 Committee recommended indefinite postponement
• 2019-01-31 01/31/2019 Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study
• 2019-02-05 02/05/2019 Scheduled for consideration (02/07/2019)
• 2019-02-07 02/07/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-13 02/13/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (02/26/2019)
• 2019-02-26 02/26/2019 Senate passed Sub A passage
• 2019-02-27 02/27/2019 Referred to House Finance referral-committee
• 2019-05-31 05/31/2019 Committee transferred to House Corporations
• 2019-06-07 06/07/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/11/2019)
• 2019-06-11 06/11/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2019-06-14 06/14/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2019)
• 2019-06-18 06/18/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-06-18 06/18/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2019)
• 2019-06-20 06/20/2019 House passed Sub A 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/8cd91fa9-dce2-4889-a2c4-9dd5778dfb43. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).