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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT INSURANCE POLICIES"
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description: "Expands guaranteed issue rights for Medigap plan enrollees who enroll outside of a plan’s initial enrollment period."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 8595"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 8595 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Carson", "Cotter", "DeSimone", "Donovan", "Fogarty", "Kazarian", "Kislak", "McGaw", "Potter", "Speakman"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2026-05-27"
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last_action: "2026-06-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7a8be70-2be3-45f5-af7e-99a422633d24"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "1a8abff80bf06bc1f18ced2cc572523a26dd0b0748aa4e32ff9c7f86ebb0ae16"
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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 8595 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT INSURANCE POLICIES
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Expands guaranteed issue rights for Medigap plan enrollees who enroll outside of a plan’s initial enrollment period.
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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. **8595** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H8595.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **67–5** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Carson — primary (person)
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- Cotter — primary (person)
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- DeSimone — primary (person)
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- Donovan — primary (person)
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- Fogarty — primary (person)
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- Kazarian — primary (person)
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- Kislak — primary (person)
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- McGaw — primary (person)
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- Potter — 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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- **2026-05-27** 05/27/2026 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/02/2026)
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- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2026)
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- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 House read and passed `passage`
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- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-06-22** 06/22/2026 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/e7a8be70-2be3-45f5-af7e-99a422633d24`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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