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2/9/2026
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Media Advisory: Bill to help close sale of Fatima, Roger Williams hospitals scheduled for votes tomorrow
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 STATE HOUSE – Votes are expected in the House and Senate tomorrow on legislation to help close the sale of Roger Williams Medical Center and Fatima Hospital to The Centurion Foundation in time to meet the Feb. 27 deadline imposed by a federal bankruptcy court.
The House of Representatives has scheduled a vote on the House version of the bill during its floor session tomorrow at 4 p.m. It will be immediately transmitted to the Senate.
The Senate Finance Committee has scheduled a vote on the Senate version of the bill at 3 p.m., and it is expected that the bill will be reported to the Senate floor for consideration, along with the House bill, during tomorrow’s 4 p.m. Senate session.
The legislation (2026-H 7408A, 2026-S 2340) would set aside $18 million in funds from the state’s supplemental “rainy day” fund to back the nonprofit Centurion’s purchase of the hospitals. Centurion won state approval in June 2024 to purchase the hospitals from bankrupt Prospect Medical Holdings, but has struggled to secure private investors to back the bonds it needs to close the deal.
The funds would serve only to back the bonds should Centurion become unable to make its debt payments, and only after it has used $9 million set aside from the bond sale for the same purpose. It would cover two years of debt service on the 30-year bonds.
For more information, contact:
Larry Berman, Communications Director for the Office of the Speaker
State House Room 322
Providence, RI 02903
(401) 447-2655
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