INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Increases insurance coverage for hearing aids from one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) to one thousand seven hundred fifty dollars ($1,750), per ear, for all
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Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Increases insurance coverage for hearing aids from one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) to one thousand seven hundred fifty dollars ($1,750), per ear, for all people regardless of age effective January 1, 2026.)” Read the full text
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2025 sessionbill
Where it is
Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services · Jan 31, 2025
Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/08/2025) · May 2, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further study · May 8, 2025
Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2025) · Jun 16, 2025
Committee recommends passage · Jun 18, 2025
Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) · Jun 18, 2025
Senate read and passed · Jun 20, 2025
Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) · Jun 20, 2025
House passed in concurrence · Jun 20, 2025
Transmitted to Governor · Jun 25, 2025
Signed by Governor · Jul 1, 2025
The numbers
10
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Recorded votes
PassageSenate · 2025-06-20 · YEAS 36, NAYS 0, NOT VOTING 2, RECUSED 0
IN CONCURRENCEHouse · 2025-06-20 · YEAS 66, NAYS 0, NOT VOTING 9, RECUSED 0
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Rhode Island legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Signed by Governor (Jul 1, 2025).