---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Provides full year insurance coverage for contraceptives and would provide coverage thereto. Section 9 of this act, pertaining to Medicaid, would take effect July 1, 2019. The remaining sections would take effect April 1, 2019.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Provides full year insurance coverage for contraceptives and would provide coverage thereto. Section 9 of this act, pertaining to Medicaid, would take effect July 1, 2019. The remaining sections would take effect April 1, 2019.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7625"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7625 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Fogarty", "Hearn", "Kazarian", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-14"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3a5bd5f-946b-442c-9642-f5486a9e5b09"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "85688c01c4d34746e663cffce26415ff4b6ac290627a954e90afc788ed9da761"
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 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Provides full year insurance coverage for contraceptives and would provide coverage thereto. Section 9 of this act, pertaining to Medicaid, would take effect July 1, 2019. The remaining sections would take effect April 1, 2019.)

## 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.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7625A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ajello — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Hearn — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-14** 02/14/2018 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-23** 03/23/2018 Committee transferred to House Corporations
- **2018-04-17** 04/17/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/24/2018)
- **2018-04-24** 04/24/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/29/2018)
- **2018-05-29** 05/29/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/06/2018)
- **2018-06-06** 06/06/2018 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-06-07** 06/07/2018 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-18** 06/18/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate voted to reconsider
- **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/d3a5bd5f-946b-442c-9642-f5486a9e5b09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).