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legislation/us/states/ri/2022/hb-7561.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Provides health care coverage for laparoscopic removal of uterine fibroids, including uterine artery embolization intraoperative ultrasound guidance and monitoring and radiofrequency ablation, commencing January 1, 2023.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Provides health care coverage for laparoscopic removal of uterine fibroids, including uterine artery embolization intraoperative ultrasound guidance and monitoring and radiofrequency ablation, commencing January 1, 2023.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "HB 7561"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7561 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Baginski", "Casimiro", "Diaz", "Kazarian", "Noret", "Ruggiero", "Serpa", "Vella-Wilkinson", "Williams"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-02-18"
+last_action: "2022-06-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c0337b9-a168-4b77-b3c0-9a603bc9c848"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "d9f609b224de623c163225e55d3a931ddabba26fc0d1293572cd244e34bd7cf4"
+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 7561 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Provides health care coverage for laparoscopic removal of uterine fibroids, including uterine artery embolization intraoperative ultrasound guidance and monitoring and radiofrequency ablation, commencing January 1, 2023.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7561** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7561.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **64–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alzate — primary (person)
+- Baginski — primary (person)
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Diaz — primary (person)
+- Kazarian — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- Ruggiero — primary (person)
+- Serpa — primary (person)
+- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)
+- Williams — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-02-18** 02/18/2022 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-04** 03/04/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/09/2022)
+- **2022-03-09** 03/09/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/01/2022)
+- **2022-06-01** 06/01/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/09/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2022-06-10** 06/10/2022 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2022-06-17** 06/17/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/21/2022)
+- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-06-24** 06/24/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2022-06-24** 06/24/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-06-29** 06/29/2022 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/9c0337b9-a168-4b77-b3c0-9a603bc9c848`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+