---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES"
description: "Requires hospitals to screen uninsured patients for public assistance and creates a pilot program for out of hospital service upon expiration of similar federal program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7702"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7702 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Donovan", "Fogarty", "Giraldo", "Handy", "Henries", "McGaw", "Shallcross Smith", "Speakman", "Stewart"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-23"
last_action: "2024-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/098aa602-d8e6-4b2d-ad34-5461018761e4"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "1692002e340aee9fbbc5073b58886f51ecef1c11e90870342f749033a371ed1e"
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 7702 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES

Requires hospitals to screen uninsured patients for public assistance and creates a pilot program for out of hospital service upon expiration of similar federal program.

## Version chain

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

1. **7702 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7702Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- AS AMENDED — **74–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Giraldo — primary (person)
- Handy — primary (person)
- Henries — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-23** 02/23/2024 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-26** 04/26/2024 Scheduled for hearing (05/01/2024)
- **2024-05-01** 05/01/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/12/2024)
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-28** 06/28/2024 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/098aa602-d8e6-4b2d-ad34-5461018761e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).