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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- NURSING HOME STAFFING AND QUALITY CARE ACT (Mandates minimum staffing levels, standards for quality care for nursing homes and their residents, and provides wage increases subject to the rate of inflation.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- NURSING HOME STAFFING AND QUALITY CARE ACT (Mandates minimum staffing levels, standards for quality care for nursing homes and their residents, and provides wage increases subject to the rate of inflation.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 5012"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5012 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Health & Safety", "Medicare", "Nurses", "Nursing Homes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["O'Brien", "Slater"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-13"
last_action: "2021-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8171bfbc-156c-4d86-8230-6ea905a3c512"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "09dbf16bff75f475936d3f70791d050ffa4630640c43eb72c607ce5a0f9807ae"
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 5012 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- NURSING HOME STAFFING AND QUALITY CARE ACT (Mandates minimum staffing levels, standards for quality care for nursing homes and their residents, and provides wage increases subject to the rate of inflation.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **5012 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5012Aaa.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **1345** (fail) · lower
- AS AMENDED — **649** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **590** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **754** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- O'Brien — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-13** 01/13/2021 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** 03/02/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/04/2021)
- **2021-03-04** 03/04/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-04-27** 04/27/2021 Scheduled for consideration (04/29/2021)
- **2021-04-28** 04/28/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-04-29** 04/29/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-30** 04/30/2021 Placed on House Calendar (05/04/2021)
- **2021-05-04** 05/04/2021 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2021-05-07** 05/07/2021 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-07** 05/07/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/13/2021)
- **2021-05-13** 05/13/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-19** 05/19/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/25/2021)
- **2021-05-25** 05/25/2021 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-05-25** 05/25/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-27** 05/27/2021 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/8171bfbc-156c-4d86-8230-6ea905a3c512`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).