---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES -- INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR PREVENTION OF HIV INFECTION"
description: "Eliminates prior authorization or step therapy requirement for prescriptions for any HIV prevention drug/prohibits the requirement of any copayment or the meeting of any deductible to obtain the prescription covered by the contract, plan, or policy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7625"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7625 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boylan", "Cruz", "Donovan", "Giraldo", "Kislak", "Knight", "McGaw", "Potter", "Shekarchi", "Solomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-02-15"
last_action: "2024-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74a32dc2-653e-4670-bf3d-488bbb5361cc"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "526f8281ee368d102efbaa4cb0d45381623c592e1070a60f83da3977931bae1a"
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 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES -- INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR PREVENTION OF HIV INFECTION

Eliminates prior authorization or step therapy requirement for prescriptions for any HIV prevention drug/prohibits the requirement of any copayment or the meeting of any deductible to obtain the prescription covered by the contract, plan, or policy.

## 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.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7625A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boylan — primary (person)
- Cruz — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Giraldo — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)
- Knight — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-15** 02/15/2024 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** 02/23/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/29/2024)
- **2024-02-29** 02/29/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2024)
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-17** 06/17/2024 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/74a32dc2-653e-4670-bf3d-488bbb5361cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).