HB 5852 Rhode Island House · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- COLLABORATIVE PHARMACY PRACTICE

Summary

Expands the existing law regarding collaborative practice agreements between pharmacists and physicians to allow other healthcare providers to enter into such agreements and removes the definition of “collaborative practice committee.”

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Jun 2025

House Passage

May 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 28, 2025 Last action Jun 11, 2025

Floor votes · House May 6, 2025

How they voted

65–8

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 75

May 6, 2025

D Democratic64

62 Yea 2

96% Yea

I Independent1

1 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican10

2 Yea 8 Nay

80% Nay

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Jun 11, 2025

Committee

06/11/2025 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services

upper

May 6, 2025

Lower · Passed

05/06/2025 House passed Sub A

lower

Apr 10, 2025

Legislature · Passed

04/10/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A

legislature

Mar 13, 2025

Committee

03/13/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

legislature

Feb 28, 2025

Introduced

02/28/2025 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services

lower

4 primary · 0 co-sponsors