republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2021/hb-5929.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE -- PERINATAL DOULA SERVICES (Provides for medical assistance health care for expectant mothers and would establish medical assistance coverage and reimbursement rates for perinatal doula services. Effective 7/1/22.)	AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE -- PERINATAL DOULA SERVICES (Provides for medical assistance health care for expectant mothers and would establish medical assistance coverage and reimbursement rates for perinatal doula services. Effective 7/1/22.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2021	HB 5929	Rhode Island HB 5929 (2021)	bill	Children and Families Health Care Plans/Services Health Insurance Human Services Medical	enacted	Ajello Carson Cassar Cortvriend Diaz Donovan Kislak Knight Ranglin-Vassell Speakman	1	13	1	2021-02-25	2021-07-09	openstates	ocd-bill/a1913ebe-92f1-4aab-bc4d-43474ccb5210	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	6238260ee884a2b4450a1aafab5845cd9923e7af549488664f37ab149f29cacf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 5929 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE -- PERINATAL DOULA SERVICES (Provides for medical assistance health care for expectant mothers and would establish medical assistance coverage and reimbursement rates for perinatal doula services. Effective 7/1/22.)

Version chain

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

1. 5929 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 66–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ajello — primary (person)
• Carson — primary (person)
• Cassar — primary (person)
• Cortvriend — primary (person)
• Diaz — primary (person)
• Donovan — primary (person)
• Kislak — primary (person)
• Knight — primary (person)
• Ranglin-Vassell — primary (person)
• Speakman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-25 02/25/2021 Introduced, referred to House Finance introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-04-09 04/09/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/14/2021)
• 2021-04-14 04/14/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2021-06-18 06/18/2021 Committee transferred to House Health & Human Services
• 2021-06-23 06/23/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/25/2021)
• 2021-06-23 06/23/2021 Proposed Substitute
• 2021-06-25 06/25/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-25 06/25/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/29/2021)
• 2021-06-29 06/29/2021 House passed Sub A passage
• 2021-06-29 06/29/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
• 2021-07-01 07/01/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence passage
• 2021-07-08 07/08/2021 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-07-09 07/09/2021 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a1913ebe-92f1-4aab-bc4d-43474ccb5210. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).