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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Requires individual or group policy insurance to cover mastectomies.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Requires individual or group policy insurance to cover mastectomies.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 7002"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7002 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Cancer", "Health Care Plans/Services", "Health Insurance", "Insurance"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Fogarty", "Lima", "Shekarchi", "Tanzi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-01-03"
+last_action: "2018-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06a55917-1d09-49a0-ba29-5feadb5abcbd"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "079fe526f5fb1b4733812a9ffde41f659fa867bb190c5d6f36cd96cc1d19fe52"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
+---
+
+# Rhode Island HB 7002 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Requires individual or group policy insurance to cover mastectomies.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7002 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7002A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ajello — primary (person)
+- Fogarty — primary (person)
+- Lima — primary (person)
+- Shekarchi — primary (person)
+- Tanzi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-03** 01/03/2018 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-09** 02/09/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
+- **2018-02-10** 02/10/2018 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (02/13/2018)
+- **2018-03-30** 03/30/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/03/2018)
+- **2018-04-03** 04/03/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2018)
+- **2018-06-12** 06/12/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-16** 06/16/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/19/2018)
+- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/23/2018)
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06a55917-1d09-49a0-ba29-5feadb5abcbd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+