---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE (Includes behavioral health counseling visits and medication maintenance visits as primary care visits for patient cost-sharing requirements under the provisions of a health plan.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE (Includes behavioral health counseling visits and medication maintenance visits as primary care visits for patient cost-sharing requirements under the provisions of a health plan.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7806"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7806 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Behavioral Healthcare", "Governor", "Health Care Plans/Services", "Insurance", "Physicians", "Prescription drugs", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blazejewski", "Diaz", "Johnston", "Maldonado", "Slater"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-28"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b1a7d29-1860-44e8-b00f-f7b75ce85fb4"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "1fd360f41bb843c3b7697114e016ed6e84410cc5ff1d7a72ba3ff097cd9896ad"
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 7806 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE (Includes behavioral health counseling visits and medication maintenance visits as primary care visits for patient cost-sharing requirements under the provisions of a health plan.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **7806 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7806A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blazejewski — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Johnston — primary (person)
- Maldonado — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-28** 02/28/2018 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-27** 04/27/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/02/2018)
- **2018-05-02** 05/02/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 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/6b1a7d29-1860-44e8-b00f-f7b75ce85fb4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).