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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES -- MAMMOGRAMS AND PAP SMEARS -- COVERAGE MANDATED (Mandates insurance coverage for any additional screenings deemed medically necessary for any person who has received notice of dense breast tissue.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES -- MAMMOGRAMS AND PAP SMEARS -- COVERAGE MANDATED (Mandates insurance coverage for any additional screenings deemed medically necessary for any person who has received notice of dense breast tissue.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5283"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5283 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health & Safety", "Health Care Affordability", "Health Care Plans/Services", "Health Insurance", "Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carson", "Cotter", "Donovan", "Fogarty", "Henries", "Kazarian", "Lima", "McGaw", "Spears", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-01"
last_action: "2023-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/baac8855-427d-4013-b2bb-14711a891004"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "eba100debea7f3ba4eee953c175b4c01e68ae540b172c8c524de7956e5afbf2d"
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 HB 5283 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES -- MAMMOGRAMS AND PAP SMEARS -- COVERAGE MANDATED (Mandates insurance coverage for any additional screenings deemed medically necessary for any person who has received notice of dense breast tissue.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **5283 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5283A.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **690** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Carson — primary (person)
- Cotter — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Henries — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Lima — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Spears — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-01** 02/01/2023 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-17** 03/17/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2023-03-19** 03/19/2023 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/21/2023)
- **2023-05-12** 05/12/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/16/2023)
- **2023-05-16** 05/16/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-10** 06/10/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2023)
- **2023-06-10** 06/10/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-24** 06/24/2023 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/baac8855-427d-4013-b2bb-14711a891004`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).