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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE RHODE ISLAND CLINICIAN WELLNESS AND SUPPORT ACT"
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description: "Recognizes the program run by the Rhode Island Medical Society or comparable program for physicians, physician assistants, dentists, and podiatrists, to address burnout, substance abuse, and mental and physical health issues."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 695"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 695 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Appollonio", "Lauria", "Lawson", "Murray", "Thompson", "Ujifusa", "Urso", "Valverde"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-03-07"
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last_action: "2025-06-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96d7e89a-6b24-40a0-8eb7-8e6656235e8a"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "7f610cda4a7c80b960845c85a520cf596db8782bb3bdfeccd772a1af272e8212"
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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 SB 695 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE RHODE ISLAND CLINICIAN WELLNESS AND SUPPORT ACT
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Recognizes the program run by the Rhode Island Medical Society or comparable program for physicians, physician assistants, dentists, and podiatrists, to address burnout, substance abuse, and mental and physical health issues.
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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. **695 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0695A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **66–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Appollonio — primary (person)
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- Lauria — primary (person)
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- Lawson — primary (person)
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- Murray — primary (person)
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- Thompson — primary (person)
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- Ujifusa — primary (person)
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- Urso — primary (person)
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- Valverde — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
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- **2025-04-21** 04/21/2025 Meeting postponed (04/24/2025)
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- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/06/2025)
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- **2025-05-06** 05/06/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/03/2025)
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- **2025-06-02** 06/02/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/12/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2025-06-14** 06/14/2025 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-06-24** 06/24/2025 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/96d7e89a-6b24-40a0-8eb7-8e6656235e8a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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