---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT -- NON-OPIATE DIRECTIVE (Establishes a procedure for individuals to file a revocable voluntary non-opiate directive form with the person's licensed health care practitioner.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT -- NON-OPIATE DIRECTIVE (Establishes a procedure for individuals to file a revocable voluntary non-opiate directive form with the person's licensed health care practitioner.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7496"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7496 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Drugs", "Food and Drugs", "General Assembly", "Health Care Plans/Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Edwards", "Mattiello", "McNamara", "Serpa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-08"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4806170b-6772-4463-8e5c-9bc3b9d90b03"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "30eb875f27f7bd6d5f0198bff6eff9c6cf1faab868be7e8075f2d7be388abb6f"
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 7496 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT -- NON-OPIATE DIRECTIVE (Establishes a procedure for individuals to file a revocable voluntary non-opiate directive form with the person's licensed health care practitioner.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7496 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7496A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ackerman — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Mattiello — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-08** 02/08/2018 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-23** 03/23/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/28/2018)
- **2018-03-28** 03/28/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-03-30** 03/30/2018 Scheduled for consideration (04/04/2018)
- **2018-04-04** 04/04/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-06** 04/06/2018 Placed on House Calendar (04/10/2018)
- **2018-04-10** 04/10/2018 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-05-03** 05/03/2018 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Committee transferred to Senate Judiciary
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **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/4806170b-6772-4463-8e5c-9bc3b9d90b03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).