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| Bill | AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS ACT | Requires pharmacy benefit managers to apply for certificate of authority from DBR to operate such a business in this state. Empowers the health insurance commissioner to oversee pharmacy benefit managers and penalize violations. | us/states/ri | Rhode Island General Assembly | 2026 | HB 8579 | Rhode Island HB 8579 (2026) |
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1 | 12 | 2 | 2026-05-22 | 2026-06-22 | openstates | ocd-bill/69da7958-dda9-43a0-956d-ef8127d83c32 | https://status.rilegislature.gov/ | 75da2824ace240bc567559b3cb6a06ddaefcab53ecd85b90ba0a501b594dcbdb | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Rhode Island HB 8579 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS ACT
Requires pharmacy benefit managers to apply for certificate of authority from DBR to operate such a business in this state. Empowers the health insurance commissioner to oversee pharmacy benefit managers and penalize violations.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- 8579 SUB A as amended (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- AS AMENDED — 70–0 (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — 68–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Spears — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-05-22 05/22/2026 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services
introduction, referral-committee - 2026-05-22 05/22/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/28/2026)
- 2026-05-28 05/28/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
committee-failure - 2026-06-07 06/07/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/09/2026)
- 2026-06-07 06/07/2026 Proposed Substitute
substitution - 2026-06-09 06/09/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-06-09 06/09/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2026)
reading-3 - 2026-06-10 06/10/2026 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment)
passage - 2026-06-10 06/10/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2026)
reading-3 - 2026-06-11 06/11/2026 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence
passage - 2026-06-18 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor
executive-receipt - 2026-06-22 06/22/2026 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/69da7958-dda9-43a0-956d-ef8127d83c32. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).