---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT INSURANCE POLICIES (Medicare eligible disabled individuals under age 65 eligible for Medicare supplemental policies. Health insurance commissioner may adopt reasonable regulations and standards for Medicare supplemental policies.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT INSURANCE POLICIES (Medicare eligible disabled individuals under age 65 eligible for Medicare supplemental policies. Health insurance commissioner may adopt reasonable regulations and standards for Medicare supplemental policies.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7244"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7244 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Azzinaro", "Bennett", "Casimiro", "Diaz", "Edwards", "Kennedy", "Messier", "Morales", "Potter"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-28"
last_action: "2022-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c6412a3-a5ba-4df1-b596-2630e9e14934"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "a193e4dd4ee31aaaa35a4ef3ce98b66e0a62db79863b89aaeeace7a4154d075a"
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 7244 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT INSURANCE POLICIES (Medicare eligible disabled individuals under age 65 eligible for Medicare supplemental policies. Health insurance commissioner may adopt reasonable regulations and standards for Medicare supplemental policies.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7244 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7244aa.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **62–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ackerman — primary (person)
- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Bennett — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Messier — primary (person)
- Morales — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-28** 01/28/2022 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-11** 02/11/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/14/2022)
- **2022-02-14** 02/14/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-02-24** 02/24/2022 Scheduled for consideration (03/03/2022)
- **2022-03-03** 03/03/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-04** 03/04/2022 Placed on House Calendar (03/10/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-03-10** 03/10/2022 House read and passed `passage`
- **2022-03-11** 03/11/2022 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/16/2022)
- **2022-06-16** 06/16/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-16** 06/16/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/21/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 House passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-28** 06/28/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-30** 06/30/2022 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/4c6412a3-a5ba-4df1-b596-2630e9e14934`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).