---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- MENTAL HEALTH LAW (Amends provisions of law relative to the disclosure of confidential healthcare information and records and the disclosure thereof occurring through electronic means.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- MENTAL HEALTH LAW (Amends provisions of law relative to the disclosure of confidential healthcare information and records and the disclosure thereof occurring through electronic means.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 719"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 719 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Behavioral Healthcare", "Dept. of BHDDH", "Health & Safety", "Health Care Plans/Services", "Mental Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burke", "Cano", "DiMario", "Euer", "McKenney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-22"
last_action: "2023-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a3cdfec-cbd6-434b-a02f-dbf23e7695a7"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "e5f98664d7c6d4be39a519d58903864eec434a3bc5c3cbc3f2fccfcd52b79c30"
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 SB 719 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- MENTAL HEALTH LAW (Amends provisions of law relative to the disclosure of confidential healthcare information and records and the disclosure thereof occurring through electronic means.)

## Version chain

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

1. **719** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0719.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **34–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burke — primary (person)
- Cano — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-22** 03/22/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/23/2023)
- **2023-05-23** 05/23/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2023)
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-23** 06/23/2023 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/5a3cdfec-cbd6-434b-a02f-dbf23e7695a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).