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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- BENEFIT DETERMINATION AND UTILIZATION REVIEW ACT"
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description: "Provides an insurer would not impose prior authorization requirements for any service ordered by an in-network primary care provider."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 5120"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 5120 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Caldwell", "Donovan", "Fogarty", "Giraldo", "Handy", "Kislak", "McGaw", "Morales", "Potter"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2025-01-22"
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last_action: "2025-07-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d028e2d-e19e-443d-91cc-262e6a45abb6"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "72536778cdec191d417274e6b0b5cebf6e0cec4bba6bcd7e8f1ffe2287d6b62e"
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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 5120 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- BENEFIT DETERMINATION AND UTILIZATION REVIEW ACT
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Provides an insurer would not impose prior authorization requirements for any service ordered by an in-network primary care provider.
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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. **5120 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5120A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bennett — primary (person)
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- Caldwell — primary (person)
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- Donovan — primary (person)
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- Fogarty — primary (person)
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- Giraldo — primary (person)
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- Handy — primary (person)
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- Kislak — primary (person)
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- McGaw — primary (person)
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- Morales — primary (person)
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- Potter — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-22** 01/22/2025 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
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- **2025-03-31** 03/31/2025 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (04/01/2025)
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- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/23/2025)
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- **2025-04-23** 04/23/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2025-06-09** 06/09/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2025)
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- **2025-06-09** 06/09/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/16/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-07-02** 07/02/2025 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/4d028e2d-e19e-443d-91cc-262e6a45abb6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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