| RI | H7630 | Pass | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Requires that reimbursement rates for licensed mobile response and stabilization services be equal to or greater than the prevailing integrated state Medicaid rate for mobile response and stabil...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-22
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S3065 | Pass | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Requires that reimbursement rates for certified mobile response and stabilization services be equal to or greater than the prevailing integrated state Medicaid rate for mobile response and stabi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-22
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S2032 | Engross
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Prohibits an insurance company from imposing any cost-sharing requirements for any diagnostic or supplemental breast examinations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-10
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S2034 | Engross
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Requires insurers to cover buprenorphine without a copayment or deductible.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-09
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S2455 | Engross
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Mandates insurance coverage for scalp cooling treatments for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy to prevent hair loss during chemotherapy treatments.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-05
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2863 | Engross
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Requires the state, and private insurers that cover prescription hormone therapy, to dispense twelve (12) months’ worth of the prescription as a single prescription.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-05
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | S3022 | Engross
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Requires insurers to develop plans for coverage and access to nonnarcotic, nonopioid and nonmedication pain management for moderate to severe pain. It further restricts utilization review for no...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-05
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | S3156 | Engross
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Provides that no contract between a dental plan or other healthcare entity and a dentist requires the dentist to accept exclusively by virtual credit cards.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-05
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H8587 | Intro
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Mandates health insurance coverage for medically necessary hormonal/non-hormonal therapy to treat symptoms of peri-menopause/menopause, if therapy is recommended by qualified healthcare provider...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-02
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2254 | Engross
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Requires every individual or group health insurance contract effective on or after January 1, 2027, to provide coverage to the insured and the insured's spouse and dependents for all FDA-approve...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-29
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | S2890 | Engross
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Mandates health insurance coverage for medically necessary hormonal/non-hormonal therapy to treat symptoms of peri-menopause/menopause, if therapy is recommended by qualified healthcare provider...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-29
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2108 | Intro
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Prohibits insurance companies from paying a rate that is less than the approved Medicaid rate set by the executive office of health and human services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-28
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | S3061 | Engross
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Requires healthcare insurers, without prior authorization, to provide post-acute care services to patients discharged from a hospital for a minimum of seven (7) days commencing on or after Janua...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-27
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | S3107 | Intro
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Amends unfair discrimination statutes to encompass more protected categories and protect against additional forms of discrimination.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-07
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7323 | Intro
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Requires every individual or group health insurance contract effective on or after January 1, 2027, to provide coverage to the insured and the insured's spouse and dependents for all FDA-approve...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-05
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | S2381 | Intro
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Requires health insurance plans to cover services provided by licensed certified professional midwives. Insurers would be required to report utilization and cost data annually and certain limite...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-05
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2383 | Intro
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Requires health insurance policies to cover licensed certified lactation counselor services for childbearing families. It would also prohibit requiring supervision or duplicate payments for serv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-05
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2460 | Intro
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Amends the current law on health insurance coverage for fertility diagnostic care, standard fertility preservation services, and fertility treatment and requires coverage for any medically neces...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-05
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2561 | Intro
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES -- REGULATE HEALTH INSURANCE PRIOR AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS FOR REHABILITATIVE AND HABILITATIVE SERVICES ACT - Limits prior authorization requirements for rehabilitative and habilitative service...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-05
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2806 | Intro
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES -- EQUAL PAY FOR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS - Requires the state and private health insurers to reimburse claims for healthcare services provided by nurse practitioners and physician assistants at the s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-05
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2877 | Engross
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Caps amount payable for 30 day supply of equipment/supplies for insulin administration/glucose monitoring at $25 or equipment designed to last more than 30 days with no deductible commencing Jan...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-29
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2463 | Intro
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES -- PHYSICAL THERAPY COPAY - Limits copays, coinsurance or office deductibles for services of a physical therapist to the amount authorized for the services of a primary care physician or osteopath...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-16
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2112 | Intro
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Requires health plans that provide prescription benefits to cover at least one type of glucagon auto-injector, nasal spray, or formulation that does not require reconstitution to treat hypoglyce...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2386 | Intro
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Requires health insurance providers to provide insurance coverage for pharmacists’ services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2382 | Intro
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Mandates all insurance contracts, plans or policies provide insurance coverage for the expense of diagnosing and treating infertility, for women between the ages of twenty-five (25) and forty-tw...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S3023 | Intro
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Mandates health insurance coverage by eliminating out-of-pocket costs for lung cancer screenings in order to enable patients to get the critical care they need without delay.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | H8310 | Intro
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES -- HEALTHCARE PROVIDER CREDENTIALING - Amends the timelines related to healthcare provider credentialing.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H8381 | Intro
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Provides that no contract between a dental plan or other healthcare entity and a dentist requires the dentist to accept exclusively by virtual credit cards.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H7744 | Intro
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Amends the law on drug coverage to require insurance plans that provide coverage for prescription drugs to offer two options for prescription delivery.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Withdrawn at sponsor's request (04/14/2026) |
| RI | H7940 | Intro
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Amends unfair discrimination statutes to encompass more protected categories and protect against additional forms of discrimination.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-09
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H8367 | Intro
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Requires healthcare insurers, without prior authorization, to provide post-acute care services to patients discharged from a hospital for a minimum of seven (7) days commencing on or after Janua...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-09
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7858 | Intro
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Requires that any private short-term disability insurance (STDI) carrier that bids to provide coverage to Rhode Island state employees must cover all eligible employees, regardless of age.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-02
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H8245 | Intro
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Requires the state, and private insurers that cover prescription hormone therapy, to dispense twelve (12) months’ worth of the prescription as a single prescription.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-30
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7346 | Intro
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Prohibits insurance companies from paying a rate that is less than the approved Medicaid rate set by the executive office of health and human services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-24
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7348 | Intro
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Mandates all health insurance contracts, plans, or policies provide the same reimbursement to independent healthcare facilities as that of hospital affiliated facilities where the same healthcar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-24
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7941 | Intro
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Requires insurers to pay electronic claims for healthcare coverage within 14 calendar days of receipt. Permits healthcare providers to dispute claim denials within 60 days and empowers the secre...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-24
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H8135 | Intro
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES -- EQUAL PAY FOR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS - Requires the state and private health insurers to reimburse claims for healthcare services provided by nurse practitioners and physician assistants at the s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-24
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H8246 | Intro
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Mandates health insurance coverage by eliminating out-of-pocket costs for lung cancer screenings in order to enable patients to get the critical care they need without delay.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-24
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7939 | Intro
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Raises the age of eligibility for mobile response and stabilization services from eighteen (18) to twenty-one (21) and establishes a minimum rate for commercial health insurance reimbursement fo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-12
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H8134 | Intro
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Permits licensed providers to accompany emergency medical services and treat patients within the community for mental health disorders, including substance use disorders.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-12
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2864 | Intro
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Mandates health insurance coverage by eliminating out-of-pocket costs for lung cancer screenings in order to enable patients to get the critical care they need without delay.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-06
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| RI | H7537 | Intro
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Mandates insurance coverage for scalp cooling treatments for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy to prevent hair loss during chemotherapy treatments.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-03
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7536 | Intro
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Requires health insurance providers to provide insurance coverage for pharmacists’ services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-03
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7629 | Intro
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Amends the current law on health insurance coverage for fertility diagnostic care, standard fertility preservation services, and fertility treatment and requires coverage for any medically neces...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-03
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2560 | Intro
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Permits licensed providers to accompany emergency medical services and treat patients within the community for mental health disorders, including substance use disorders.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-03
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7816 | Intro
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Requires pharmacy benefit managers to provide medical justification for denying any claim for prescription drug benefits.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-26
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7347 | Intro
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Limits prior authorization requirements for rehabilitative and habilitative services. Also prohibits prior authorization for the first twelve (12) visits of a new episode of care and for ninety ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-10
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7429 | Intro
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES -- PHYSICAL THERAPY COPAY - Limits copays, coinsurance or office deductibles for services of a physical therapist to the amount authorized for the services of a primary care physician or osteopath...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-10
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7276 | Intro
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Prohibits an insurance company from imposing any cost-sharing requirements for any diagnostic or supplemental breast examinations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-03
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7275 | Intro
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Requires health insurance plans to cover services provided by licensed certified professional midwives. Insurers would be required to report utilization and cost data annually and certain limite...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-03
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
