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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- MENTAL HEALTH LAW (Amends provisions of law relative to the disclosure of confidential healthcare information and records and the disclosure thereof occurring through electronic means.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- MENTAL HEALTH LAW (Amends provisions of law relative to the disclosure of confidential healthcare information and records and the disclosure thereof occurring through electronic means.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 719"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 719 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Behavioral Healthcare", "Dept. of BHDDH", "Health & Safety", "Health Care Plans/Services", "Mental Health"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Burke", "Cano", "DiMario", "Euer", "McKenney"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-03-22"
+last_action: "2023-06-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a3cdfec-cbd6-434b-a02f-dbf23e7695a7"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "e5f98664d7c6d4be39a519d58903864eec434a3bc5c3cbc3f2fccfcd52b79c30"
+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 SB 719 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- MENTAL HEALTH LAW (Amends provisions of law relative to the disclosure of confidential healthcare information and records and the disclosure thereof occurring through electronic means.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **719** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0719.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **34–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Burke — primary (person)
+- Cano — primary (person)
+- DiMario — primary (person)
+- Euer — primary (person)
+- McKenney — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-22** 03/22/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/23/2023)
+- **2023-05-23** 05/23/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2023)
+- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-23** 06/23/2023 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/5a3cdfec-cbd6-434b-a02f-dbf23e7695a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+