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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - RIGHTS OF NURSING HOME PATIENTS (Department of health to promulgate rules and regulations for essential caregivers at nursing homes during a declared emergency.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - RIGHTS OF NURSING HOME PATIENTS (Department of health to promulgate rules and regulations for essential caregivers at nursing homes during a declared emergency.)"
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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 6"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 6 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["COVID-19", "Health & Safety", "Health Care Plans/Services", "Human Services", "Nursing Homes"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Algiere", "Burke", "Cano", "Coyne", "F Lombardi", "Felag", "Goodwin", "Lombardo", "McCaffrey", "de la Cruz"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-01-11"
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last_action: "2021-07-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38ad6f27-e86e-468d-aa15-00d7dfd3949a"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "4dbc42e24935f4e9e1a40b4f94b38c3cf0bec8a17c68897b44e25554821bfa29"
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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 6 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - RIGHTS OF NURSING HOME PATIENTS (Department of health to promulgate rules and regulations for essential caregivers at nursing homes during a declared emergency.)
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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. **6 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0006A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Algiere — primary (person)
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- Burke — primary (person)
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- Cano — primary (person)
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- Coyne — primary (person)
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- F Lombardi — primary (person)
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- Felag — primary (person)
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- Goodwin — primary (person)
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- Lombardo — primary (person)
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- McCaffrey — primary (person)
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- de la Cruz — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-11** 01/11/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-11** 01/11/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/21/2021)
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- **2021-01-21** 01/21/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2021-05-21** 05/21/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2021)
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- **2021-05-26** 05/26/2021 Proposed Substitute
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- **2021-05-27** 05/27/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/01/2021)
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- **2021-06-01** 06/01/2021 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2021-06-02** 06/02/2021 Referred to House Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/25/2021)
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- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/28/2021)
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- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-07-08** 07/08/2021 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
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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/38ad6f27-e86e-468d-aa15-00d7dfd3949a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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