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| Bill | AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES | Increases insurance coverage for hearing aids from one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) to one thousand seven hundred fifty dollars ($1,750), per ear, for all people regardless of age effective January 1, 2026. | us/states/ri | Rhode Island General Assembly | 2025 | HB 5218 | Rhode Island HB 5218 (2025) |
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Rhode Island HB 5218 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES
Increases insurance coverage for hearing aids from one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) to one thousand seven hundred fifty dollars ($1,750), per ear, for all people regardless of age effective January 1, 2026.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- 5218 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- PASSAGE — 67–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Bennett — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Handy — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)
- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-29 01/29/2025 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services
introduction, referral-committee - 2025-03-07 03/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/13/2025)
- 2025-03-13 03/13/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
committee-failure - 2025-03-21 03/21/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/27/2025)
- 2025-03-27 03/27/2025 Committee recommends passage
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-04-04 04/04/2025 Placed on House Calendar (04/10/2025)
reading-3 - 2025-04-10 04/10/2025 House read and passed
passage - 2025-05-02 05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services
referral-committee - 2025-06-16 06/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2025)
- 2025-06-18 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-06-18 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025)
reading-3 - 2025-06-21 06/21/2025 Senate passed in concurrence
passage - 2025-06-25 06/25/2025 Transmitted to Governor
executive-receipt - 2025-07-01 07/01/2025 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/16f009b6-d30d-4a7e-bf09-9cc755c275a1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).