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Read. Follow. Verify.Rhode Island bill requires EOHHS to exclude assets and resources when determining Medicare beneficiary program eligibility
Last action · May 19, 2026: Committee recommended measure be held for further studySponsors: Karen Alzate and 5 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Rhode Island House Bill 7631 requires the (EOHHS) to disregard an individual's assets and resources when assessing eligibility for any , provided federal approval is granted.
Changes how financial eligibility is calculated for residents seeking enrollment in s run by the state.
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.
Medicare beneficiary program applicants
Executive Office of Health and Human Services
The agency is required to alter its eligibility determination process to exclude individual assets and resources, pending federal approval.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
8 actions- May 19, 2026Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- May 15, 2026Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/19/2026)
- Mar 2, 2026Committee transferred to House Finance
- Mar 2, 2026Meeting postponed (03/03/2026)
- Feb 27, 2026Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- Feb 23, 2026Meeting postponed (02/24/2026)
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- Feb 19, 2026Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- Feb 11, 2026IntroducedIntroduced, referred to House Health & Human Services
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy20Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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