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Read. Follow. Verify.Rhode Island exempts assisted living facilities from holding Medicare-eligible rooms past 10 days without state payment
Last action · June 5, 2026: Referred to House FinanceSponsors: Andrew Dimitri and 2 others
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What This Bill Proposed
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE -- LONG-TERM CARE SERVICE AND FINANCE REFORM -- ASSISTED LIVING SERVICES (Provides that licensed assisted living community is not required to hold a residential unit for a Medicare-eligible resident absent from the facility for a period exceeding 10 days unless EOHHS provides payment to the facility to hold the bed.)
Changes financial and bed-availability rules for long-term care facilities and state health agencies regarding temporary absences of Medicare-eligible residents.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
licensed assisted living community
Medicare-eligible resident
Residents absent for over 10 days may not have their residential unit held unless EOHHS covers the bed-hold payment.
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Frequently Asked Questions
When does an assisted living facility have to hold a room for an absent Medicare-eligible resident?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · passed the Senate · in House committee.
Procedural history
8 actions- Jun 5, 2026CommitteeReferred to House Finance
- Jun 4, 2026FloorSenate read and passed
- Jun 2, 2026Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2026)
- Jun 2, 2026FloorCommittee recommends passage
- May 29, 2026Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2026)
- Apr 28, 2026Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Show 2 earlier actions
- Apr 24, 2026Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/28/2026)
- Mar 5, 2026IntroducedIntroduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
- Controversy20Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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