---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH"
description: "Commencing January 1, 2027, mandates insurers provide health insurance coverage without cost-share requirements for vaccinations recommended by the DOH and mandates the coverage for the medical assistance program and managed care organizations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 7625"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7625 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boylan", "Carson", "Donovan", "Fogarty", "Giraldo", "Kislak", "Speakman", "Spears", "Stewart", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-11"
last_action: "2026-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/052f8221-bc06-4b24-a8de-41c049875fa6"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "76ba950b13eb03d42bcd17e746adb48decfabccee65017e07231730f3a99ce8b"
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 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Commencing January 1, 2027, mandates insurers provide health insurance coverage without cost-share requirements for vaccinations recommended by the DOH and mandates the coverage for the medical assistance program and managed care organizations.

## 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/BillText26/HouseText26/H7625A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **57–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boylan — primary (person)
- Carson — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Giraldo — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)
- Spears — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-11** 02/11/2026 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/03/2026)
- **2026-03-03** 03/03/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2026)
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-23** 06/23/2026 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/052f8221-bc06-4b24-a8de-41c049875fa6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).