---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE (Establishes a plan to improve the promotion of social and emotional well-being of young children as well as screening, assessment, diagnosis and treatment of mental health challenges of infants and young children under the age of six (6).)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE (Establishes a plan to improve the promotion of social and emotional well-being of young children as well as screening, assessment, diagnosis and treatment of mental health challenges of infants and young children under the age of six (6).)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7801"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7801 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cassar", "Cortvriend", "Diaz", "Donovan", "Kislak", "McGaw", "Ranglin-Vassell", "Solomon", "Vella-Wilkinson", "Williams"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-03-03"
last_action: "2022-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30648dbf-89bd-4708-b239-c010fb543078"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "ffa3aa5f9cd6cdb8d11487035627cbd62c765205bb159a820f3634b9a71066a1"
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 7801 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE (Establishes a plan to improve the promotion of social and emotional well-being of young children as well as screening, assessment, diagnosis and treatment of mental health challenges of infants and young children under the age of six (6).)

## Version chain

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

1. **7801** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7801.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **61–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cassar — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Ranglin-Vassell — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-03** 03/03/2022 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-01** 04/01/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/05/2022)
- **2022-04-05** 04/05/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/07/2022)
- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-10** 06/10/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 House read and passed `passage`
- **2022-06-18** 06/18/2022 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-18** 06/18/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2022)
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-24** 06/24/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-29** 06/29/2022 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/30648dbf-89bd-4708-b239-c010fb543078`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).