republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2021/sb-484.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	SB 484	Rhode Island SB 484 (2021)	bill	Health & Safety Health Care Plans/Services Health Insurance Human Services Medical	enacted	Acosta Calkin Cano DiPalma Felag Lawson Lombardo Mack Quezada Valverde	1	18	4	2021-03-04	2021-07-07	openstates	ocd-bill/cff3f8b3-17a1-4fd3-aa27-380ac127d896	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	becae6b090f378f6dbe3bc175762f0ca47837d9d19114845794647ea9ae8d2dc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 484 (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. 484 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PERINATAL DOULA SERVICES — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• DOULA SERVICES — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• DOULA SERVICES — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE — 61–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Acosta — primary (person)
• Calkin — primary (person)
• Cano — primary (person)
• DiPalma — primary (person)
• Felag — primary (person)
• Lawson — primary (person)
• Lombardo — primary (person)
• Mack — primary (person)
• Quezada — primary (person)
• Valverde — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-03-04 03/04/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-03-19 03/19/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/24/2021)
• 2021-03-24 03/24/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2021-04-23 04/23/2021 Scheduled for consideration (04/29/2021)
• 2021-04-29 04/29/2021 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-30 04/30/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/04/2021)
• 2021-05-04 05/04/2021 Senate read and passed passage
• 2021-05-05 05/05/2021 Referred to House Finance referral-committee
• 2021-06-20 06/20/2021 Committee transferred to House Health & Human Services
• 2021-06-23 06/23/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/25/2021)
• 2021-06-24 06/24/2021 Proposed Substitute
• 2021-06-25 06/25/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-26 06/26/2021 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
• 2021-07-02 07/02/2021 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-07-07 07/07/2021 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cff3f8b3-17a1-4fd3-aa27-380ac127d896. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).