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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- POWERS AND DUTIES -- CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY PROFESSIONALS (Provides that the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals with the power and duty to certify a list of chemical dependency professionals for use by state agencies and for referral of individuals for treatment.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- POWERS AND DUTIES -- CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY PROFESSIONALS (Provides that the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals with the power and duty to certify a list of chemical dependency professionals for use by state agencies and for referral of individuals for treatment.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 8212"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 8212 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Behavioral Healthcare"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Giarrusso", "McNamara", "Mendonca", "Shekarchi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-05-18"
+last_action: "2018-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9890555-bdf9-490b-ae86-f175d246f4e8"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "fffd9daacbbc31fe789ee18aacf4209a50490b81574ee2deb97f64fc58baa27e"
+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 8212 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- POWERS AND DUTIES -- CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY PROFESSIONALS (Provides that the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals with the power and duty to certify a list of chemical dependency professionals for use by state agencies and for referral of individuals for treatment.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **8212 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H8212A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Giarrusso — primary (person)
+- McNamara — primary (person)
+- Mendonca — primary (person)
+- Shekarchi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-04** 06/04/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/06/2018)
+- **2018-06-06** 06/06/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/23/2018)
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2018)
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent 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/f9890555-bdf9-490b-ae86-f175d246f4e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+