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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE RHODE ISLAND HEALTH CARE REFORM ACT OF 2004 -- HEALTH INSURANCE OVERSIGHT (Requires a workgroup of health care providers and health insurers convened by the office of the health commissioner, to make recommendations regarding prior authorization policies.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE RHODE ISLAND HEALTH CARE REFORM ACT OF 2004 -- HEALTH INSURANCE OVERSIGHT (Requires a workgroup of health care providers and health insurers convened by the office of the health commissioner, to make recommendations regarding prior authorization policies.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 290"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 290 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health & Safety", "Health Insurance", "Medical", "Public Officers", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiMario", "Euer", "LaMountain", "Lauria", "Lawson", "Miller", "Murray", "Pearson", "Ujifusa", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e915af2a-b92d-4b88-9899-642aa5f76fd1"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "f0217be85da55e38d36c8be26488ff32e395ba571008d39f75bdaecfb6fd9a40"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
---
# Rhode Island SB 290 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE RHODE ISLAND HEALTH CARE REFORM ACT OF 2004 -- HEALTH INSURANCE OVERSIGHT (Requires a workgroup of health care providers and health insurers convened by the office of the health commissioner, to make recommendations regarding prior authorization policies.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **290 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0290Aaa.pdf)
## Votes
- AS AMENDED — **730** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **700** (pass) · upper
- HEALTH INSURANCE OVERSIGHT — **370** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Ujifusa — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-16** 02/16/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-17** 03/17/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2023)
- **2023-03-23** 03/23/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-04-14** 04/14/2023 Scheduled for consideration
- **2023-04-17** 04/17/2023 Meeting postponed (04/18/2023)
- **2023-04-17** 04/17/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-04-17** 04/17/2023 Meeting postponed (04/18/2023)
- **2023-04-20** 04/20/2023 Scheduled for consideration (04/25/2023)
- **2023-04-24** 04/24/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-04-25** 04/25/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-25** 04/25/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/02/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** 05/02/2023 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2023-05-03** 05/03/2023 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-22** 06/22/2023 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e915af2a-b92d-4b88-9899-642aa5f76fd1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).