republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2021/sb-170.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS (Limits health insurance carriers that provide coverage for prescription insulin drugs used to treat diabetes to forty dollars ($40) for a copayment for a thirty (30) day supply of medically necessary insulin.)	AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS (Limits health insurance carriers that provide coverage for prescription insulin drugs used to treat diabetes to forty dollars ($40) for a copayment for a thirty (30) day supply of medically necessary insulin.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2021	SB 170	Rhode Island SB 170 (2021)	bill	Health Insurance Insurance Medical Prescription drugs	enacted	Bell Goldin Goodwin Kallman Lawson Mack McCaffrey Miller Murray Valverde	1	18	3	2021-02-05	2021-07-02	openstates	ocd-bill/a352ec09-0e49-49fb-aa08-eb49493bd60d	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	07d902fd3c26cb0276c20cd054dfc614e8d1a297dd288c34824e53cf6160e967	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 170 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS (Limits health insurance carriers that provide coverage for prescription insulin drugs used to treat diabetes to forty dollars ($40) for a copayment for a thirty (30) day supply of medically necessary insulin.)

Version chain

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

1. 170 SUB B (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 67–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bell — primary (person)
• Goldin — primary (person)
• Goodwin — primary (person)
• Kallman — primary (person)
• Lawson — primary (person)
• Mack — primary (person)
• McCaffrey — primary (person)
• Miller — primary (person)
• Murray — primary (person)
• Valverde — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-05 02/05/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-03-12 03/12/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/18/2021)
• 2021-03-18 03/18/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2021-05-21 05/21/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2021)
• 2021-05-26 05/26/2021 Proposed Substitute
• 2021-05-27 05/27/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-28 05/28/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/01/2021)
• 2021-06-01 06/01/2021 Senate passed Sub A passage
• 2021-06-02 06/02/2021 Referred to House Health & Human Services referral-committee
• 2021-06-11 06/11/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2021)
• 2021-06-11 06/11/2021 Proposed Substitute
• 2021-06-14 06/14/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub B committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-22 06/22/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2021)
• 2021-06-23 06/23/2021 House passed Sub B passage
• 2021-06-25 06/25/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/29/2021)
• 2021-06-29 06/29/2021 Senate passed Sub B 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/a352ec09-0e49-49fb-aa08-eb49493bd60d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).