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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BOARD OF MEDICAL LICENSURE AND DISCIPLINE"
+description: "Prohibits healthcare providers and health plans from denying the payment of a medical bill, solely because the bill may have arisen from a third-party claim."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 7002"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7002 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Brien", "Corvese", "Noret"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2026-01-07"
+last_action: "2026-06-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e520c552-68e7-4054-8745-33251e371d1b"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "49576d22cebc42c3f09aac00e90ca40efeae64c521610f8d3c78064c65017526"
+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 7002 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BOARD OF MEDICAL LICENSURE AND DISCIPLINE
+
+Prohibits healthcare providers and health plans from denying the payment of a medical bill, solely because the bill may have arisen from a third-party claim.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7002** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7002.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **64–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Azzinaro — primary (person)
+- Brien — primary (person)
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-07** 01/07/2026 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-16** 01/16/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/20/2026)
+- **2026-01-20** 01/20/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2026-03-06** 03/06/2026 Scheduled for consideration (03/12/2026)
+- **2026-03-12** 03/12/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-13** 03/13/2026 Placed on House Calendar (03/17/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-17** 03/17/2026 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-27** 03/27/2026 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/09/2026)
+- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-22** 06/22/2026 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/e520c552-68e7-4054-8745-33251e371d1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+