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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- POWERS AND DUTIES -- CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY PROFESSIONALS (Provides that the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals with the power and duty to certify a list of chemical dependency professionals for use by state agencies and for referral of individuals for treatment.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- POWERS AND DUTIES -- CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY PROFESSIONALS (Provides that the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals with the power and duty to certify a list of chemical dependency professionals for use by state agencies and for referral of individuals for treatment.)"
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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 8212"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 8212 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Behavioral Healthcare"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Giarrusso", "McNamara", "Mendonca", "Shekarchi"]
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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: "2018-05-18"
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last_action: "2018-07-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9890555-bdf9-490b-ae86-f175d246f4e8"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "fffd9daacbbc31fe789ee18aacf4209a50490b81574ee2deb97f64fc58baa27e"
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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 8212 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- POWERS AND DUTIES -- CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY PROFESSIONALS (Provides that the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals with the power and duty to certify a list of chemical dependency professionals for use by state agencies and for referral of individuals for treatment.)
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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. **8212 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H8212A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bennett — primary (person)
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- Giarrusso — primary (person)
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- McNamara — primary (person)
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- Mendonca — primary (person)
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- Shekarchi — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-04** 06/04/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/06/2018)
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- **2018-06-06** 06/06/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/23/2018)
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- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2018)
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- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 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/f9890555-bdf9-490b-ae86-f175d246f4e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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