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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES -- INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR PREVENTION OF HIV INFECTION"
+description: "Eliminates prior authorization or step therapy requirement for prescriptions for any HIV prevention drug/prohibits the requirement of any copayment or the meeting of any deductible to obtain the prescription covered by the contract, plan, or policy."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 7625"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7625 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Boylan", "Cruz", "Donovan", "Giraldo", "Kislak", "Knight", "McGaw", "Potter", "Shekarchi", "Solomon"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2024-02-15"
+last_action: "2024-06-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74a32dc2-653e-4670-bf3d-488bbb5361cc"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "526f8281ee368d102efbaa4cb0d45381623c592e1070a60f83da3977931bae1a"
+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 7625 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES -- INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR PREVENTION OF HIV INFECTION
+
+Eliminates prior authorization or step therapy requirement for prescriptions for any HIV prevention drug/prohibits the requirement of any copayment or the meeting of any deductible to obtain the prescription covered by the contract, plan, or policy.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7625 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7625A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Boylan — primary (person)
+- Cruz — primary (person)
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+- Giraldo — primary (person)
+- Kislak — primary (person)
+- Knight — primary (person)
+- McGaw — primary (person)
+- Potter — primary (person)
+- Shekarchi — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-02-15** 02/15/2024 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-23** 02/23/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/29/2024)
+- **2024-02-29** 02/29/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2024)
+- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-17** 06/17/2024 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/74a32dc2-653e-4670-bf3d-488bbb5361cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+