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HB 5500 Rhode Island House · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- CONFIDENTIALITY OF HEALTH CARE COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION ACT

Summary
Amends provisions relative to confidentiality of health care communications and the process for requesting records and/or confidential health care information.
Issues: ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareBill strengthens patient privacy protections by amending confidentiality provisions for health care communications and records access, aligning with 'protects patient rights' indicator.95% confidence
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
House Passage
Jun 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 13, 2025 Last action Jun 20, 2025
Floor votes · House Jun 16, 2025

How they voted

63–6
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 75
Jun 16, 2025
D Democratic64
58 Yea 6
90% Yea
I Independent1
1 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican10
4 Yea 6 Nay
60% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
9
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Jun 20, 2025
Committee
06/20/2025 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services
upper
Jun 16, 2025
Lower · Passed
06/16/2025 House passed Sub A
lower
Jun 12, 2025
Legislature · Passed
06/12/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A
legislature
Apr 8, 2025
Committee
04/08/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Feb 13, 2025
Introduced
02/13/2025 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Rebecca Kislak
Rebecca Kislak
DDemocratic
RI
4