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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES"
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description: "Requires all hospitals to screen uninsured patients for eligibility for public health programs and financial assistance under Medicare and Medicaid."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "SB 2714"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 2714 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cano", "DiMario", "LaMountain", "Lauria", "Lawson", "Miller", "Murray", "Pearson", "Ujifusa", "Valverde"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2024-03-05"
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last_action: "2024-06-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63245277-0941-4817-b9c5-4dccf662523b"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "9dc7af5ad84c4dd9f937981a1fa67087749bbc1ec17e04c8fc006782c0227a77"
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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 2714 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES
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Requires all hospitals to screen uninsured patients for eligibility for public health programs and financial assistance under Medicare and Medicaid.
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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. **2714 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2714Aaa.pdf)
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## Votes
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- AS AMENDED — **73–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **66–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Cano — primary (person)
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- DiMario — primary (person)
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- LaMountain — primary (person)
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- Lauria — primary (person)
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- Lawson — primary (person)
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- Miller — primary (person)
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- Murray — primary (person)
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- Pearson — primary (person)
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- Ujifusa — 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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- **2024-03-05** 03/05/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-15** 03/15/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/19/2024)
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- **2024-03-19** 03/19/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2024)
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- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2024-06-05** 06/05/2024 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
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- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
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- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-06-28** 06/28/2024 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/63245277-0941-4817-b9c5-4dccf662523b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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