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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- CONFIDENTIALITY OF HEALTH CARE COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION ACT"
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description: "Amends definition of \"authorized representative\" in the confidentiality of health-care communications/information act provides that an authorized representative may include any heir-at-law when the patient is deceased/the personal representative is absent"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "SB 3044"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 3044 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Burke", "Euer", "LaMountain", "Lombardi", "McKenney", "Quezada", "Tikoian"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-05-03"
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last_action: "2024-06-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20111b25-7aec-459a-91d3-62c9110be4ab"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "f4df811c57b827bda415a1485b605c236728485a2fb31b2b75533737025e3734"
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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 SB 3044 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- CONFIDENTIALITY OF HEALTH CARE COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION ACT
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Amends definition of "authorized representative" in the confidentiality of health-care communications/information act provides that an authorized representative may include any heir-at-law when the patient is deceased/the personal representative is absent
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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. **3044** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S3044.pdf)
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## Votes
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bissaillon — primary (person)
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- Burke — primary (person)
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- Euer — primary (person)
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- LaMountain — primary (person)
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- Lombardi — primary (person)
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- McKenney — primary (person)
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- Quezada — primary (person)
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- Tikoian — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/07/2024)
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- **2024-05-07** 05/07/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2024)
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- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/30/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2024)
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- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 House passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-06-26** 06/26/2024 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/20111b25-7aec-459a-91d3-62c9110be4ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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