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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT INSURANCE POLICIES (Provides all Medicare recipients over sixty-five (65) years of age applying for Medicare supplement plan guaranteed issue rights regardless of medical or health or receipt of health care by the applicant.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT INSURANCE POLICIES (Provides all Medicare recipients over sixty-five (65) years of age applying for Medicare supplement plan guaranteed issue rights regardless of medical or health or receipt of health care by the applicant.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "HB 6179"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 6179 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Health & Safety", "Health Care Affordability", "Health Insurance", "Insurance", "Seniors"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Carson", "Donovan", "Fogarty", "Kislak", "McNamara", "Messier", "Potter", "Shallcross Smith", "Speakman"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-03-22"
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last_action: "2023-06-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3adf2928-6fa7-4c56-945d-f0eba1296f2b"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "08cf1a39c83efe176500728c14797e52093fa06c01c60fce59e20d9d2da548d6"
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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 HB 6179 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT INSURANCE POLICIES (Provides all Medicare recipients over sixty-five (65) years of age applying for Medicare supplement plan guaranteed issue rights regardless of medical or health or receipt of health care by the applicant.)
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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. **6179 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H6179aa.pdf)
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## Votes
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- AS AMENDED — **72–1** (pass) · lower
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- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **68–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ajello — primary (person)
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- Carson — primary (person)
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- Donovan — primary (person)
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- Fogarty — primary (person)
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- Kislak — primary (person)
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- McNamara — primary (person)
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- Messier — primary (person)
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- Potter — primary (person)
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- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
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- Speakman — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-03-22** 03/22/2023 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-14** 04/14/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/20/2023)
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- **2023-04-20** 04/20/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
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- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
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- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
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- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
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- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-26** 06/26/2023 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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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/3adf2928-6fa7-4c56-945d-f0eba1296f2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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