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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE (Includes behavioral health counseling visits and medication maintenance visits as primary care visits for patient cost-sharing requirements under the provisions of a health plan.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE (Includes behavioral health counseling visits and medication maintenance visits as primary care visits for patient cost-sharing requirements under the provisions of a health plan.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "HB 7806"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 7806 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Behavioral Healthcare", "Governor", "Health Care Plans/Services", "Insurance", "Physicians", "Prescription drugs", "State Affairs"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Blazejewski", "Diaz", "Johnston", "Maldonado", "Slater"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2018-02-28"
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last_action: "2018-07-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b1a7d29-1860-44e8-b00f-f7b75ce85fb4"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "1fd360f41bb843c3b7697114e016ed6e84410cc5ff1d7a72ba3ff097cd9896ad"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# Rhode Island HB 7806 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE (Includes behavioral health counseling visits and medication maintenance visits as primary care visits for patient cost-sharing requirements under the provisions of a health plan.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **7806 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7806A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Blazejewski — primary (person)
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- Diaz — primary (person)
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- Johnston — primary (person)
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- Maldonado — primary (person)
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- Slater — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-02-28** 02/28/2018 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-04-27** 04/27/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/02/2018)
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- **2018-05-02** 05/02/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/22/2018)
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- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2018)
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- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 House passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2018)
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- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b1a7d29-1860-44e8-b00f-f7b75ce85fb4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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