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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT -- NON-OPIATE DIRECTIVE (Establishes a procedure for individuals to file a revocable voluntary non-opiate directive form with the person's licensed health care practitioner.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT -- NON-OPIATE DIRECTIVE (Establishes a procedure for individuals to file a revocable voluntary non-opiate directive form with the person's licensed health care practitioner.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 7496"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7496 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Drugs", "Food and Drugs", "General Assembly", "Health Care Plans/Services"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Edwards", "Mattiello", "McNamara", "Serpa"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-02-08"
+last_action: "2018-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4806170b-6772-4463-8e5c-9bc3b9d90b03"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "30eb875f27f7bd6d5f0198bff6eff9c6cf1faab868be7e8075f2d7be388abb6f"
+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 7496 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT -- NON-OPIATE DIRECTIVE (Establishes a procedure for individuals to file a revocable voluntary non-opiate directive form with the person's licensed health care practitioner.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7496 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7496A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ackerman — primary (person)
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+- Mattiello — primary (person)
+- McNamara — primary (person)
+- Serpa — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-08** 02/08/2018 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-23** 03/23/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/28/2018)
+- **2018-03-28** 03/28/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2018-03-30** 03/30/2018 Scheduled for consideration (04/04/2018)
+- **2018-04-04** 04/04/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-04-06** 04/06/2018 Placed on House Calendar (04/10/2018)
+- **2018-04-10** 04/10/2018 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2018-05-03** 05/03/2018 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Committee transferred to Senate Judiciary
+- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/22/2018)
+- **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/4806170b-6772-4463-8e5c-9bc3b9d90b03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+