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type: "Bill"
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title: "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.)"
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description: "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.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "SB 484"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 484 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Health & Safety", "Health Care Plans/Services", "Health Insurance", "Human Services", "Medical"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Calkin", "Cano", "DiPalma", "Felag", "Lawson", "Lombardo", "Mack", "Quezada", "Valverde"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2021-03-04"
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last_action: "2021-07-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cff3f8b3-17a1-4fd3-aa27-380ac127d896"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "becae6b090f378f6dbe3bc175762f0ca47837d9d19114845794647ea9ae8d2dc"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# 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.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **484 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0484A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PERINATAL DOULA SERVICES — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- DOULA SERVICES — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- DOULA SERVICES — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- PASSAGE — **61–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Acosta — primary (person)
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- Calkin — primary (person)
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- Cano — primary (person)
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- DiPalma — primary (person)
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- Felag — primary (person)
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- Lawson — primary (person)
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- Lombardo — primary (person)
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- Mack — primary (person)
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- Quezada — primary (person)
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- Valverde — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-03-04** 03/04/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-19** 03/19/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/24/2021)
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- **2021-03-24** 03/24/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2021-04-23** 04/23/2021 Scheduled for consideration (04/29/2021)
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- **2021-04-29** 04/29/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-30** 04/30/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/04/2021)
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- **2021-05-04** 05/04/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2021-05-05** 05/05/2021 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-20** 06/20/2021 Committee transferred to House Health & Human Services
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- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/25/2021)
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- **2021-06-24** 06/24/2021 Proposed Substitute
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- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-26** 06/26/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/29/2021)
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- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 House passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
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- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2021-07-02** 07/02/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-07-07** 07/07/2021 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cff3f8b3-17a1-4fd3-aa27-380ac127d896`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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