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type title description jurisdiction legislature session identifier citation classification subjects status primary_sponsors version_count action_count vote_count first_action last_action source source_identifier source_url source_hash vintage source_snapshot retrieved_at confidence tags
Bill AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS (Limits health plans that provide coverage for prescription insulin drugs used to treat diabetes to forty dollars ($40.00) for a copayment for a thirty (30) day supply of medically necessary insulin. Effective date 1/1/2022.) AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS (Limits health plans that provide coverage for prescription insulin drugs used to treat diabetes to forty dollars ($40.00) for a copayment for a thirty (30) day supply of medically necessary insulin. Effective date 1/1/2022.) us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2021 HB 5196 Rhode Island HB 5196 (2021)
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Rhode Island HB 5196 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS (Limits health plans that provide coverage for prescription insulin drugs used to treat diabetes to forty dollars ($40.00) for a copayment for a thirty (30) day supply of medically necessary insulin. Effective date 1/1/2022.)

Version chain

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

  1. 5196 SUB A as amended (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • AS AMENDED — 710 (pass) · lower
  • PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — 720 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Azzinaro — primary (person)
  • Bennett — primary (person)
  • Diaz — primary (person)
  • Kennedy — primary (person)
  • Morales — primary (person)
  • Solomon — primary (person)
  • Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-01-27 01/27/2021 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. introduction, referral-committee
  • 2021-02-02 02/02/2021 Committee transferred to House Health & Human Services
  • 2021-02-05 02/05/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/09/2021)
  • 2021-02-09 02/09/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
  • 2021-02-12 02/12/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/23/2021)
  • 2021-02-23 02/23/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
  • 2021-05-21 05/21/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/25/2021)
  • 2021-05-21 05/21/2021 Proposed Substitute
  • 2021-05-25 05/25/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-05-28 05/28/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/03/2021)
  • 2021-06-03 06/03/2021 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) passage
  • 2021-06-04 06/04/2021 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services referral-committee
  • 2021-06-11 06/11/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/17/2021)
  • 2021-06-17 06/17/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-06-25 06/25/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/29/2021)
  • 2021-06-29 06/29/2021 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence passage
  • 2021-06-29 06/29/2021 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2021-07-02 07/02/2021 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9943ecec-ab99-47e6-bcb5-7c77f6a39d4c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).