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Bill AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- FOOD-AS-MEDICINE PILOT PROGRAM Establishes a food as medicine pilot program and task force to be administered by the executive office of health and human services. us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2026 HB 8171 Rhode Island HB 8171 (2026)
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Rhode Island HB 8171 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- FOOD-AS-MEDICINE PILOT PROGRAM

Establishes a food as medicine pilot program and task force to be administered by the executive office of health and human services.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. 8171 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 638 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Caldwell — primary (person)
  • Kislak — primary (person)
  • Slater — primary (person)
  • Spears — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2026-02-27 02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to House Finance introduction, referral-committee
  • 2026-05-08 05/08/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/14/2026)
  • 2026-05-14 05/14/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
  • 2026-06-06 06/06/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2026)
  • 2026-06-07 06/07/2026 Proposed Substitute substitution
  • 2026-06-08 06/08/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-06-08 06/08/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2026) reading-3
  • 2026-06-10 06/10/2026 House passed Sub A passage
  • 2026-06-10 06/10/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/11/2026) reading-3
  • 2026-06-11 06/11/2026 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence passage
  • 2026-06-16 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2026-06-18 06/18/2026 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6a5228bb-e57c-45e9-8f71-6f3b70188515. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).