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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES"
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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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 7702"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 7702 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Donovan", "Fogarty", "Giraldo", "Handy", "Henries", "McGaw", "Shallcross Smith", "Speakman", "Stewart"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-02-23"
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last_action: "2024-06-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/098aa602-d8e6-4b2d-ad34-5461018761e4"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "1692002e340aee9fbbc5073b58886f51ecef1c11e90870342f749033a371ed1e"
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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 7702 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES
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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.
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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. **7702 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7702Aaa.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **68–0** (pass) · lower
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- AS AMENDED — **74–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bennett — primary (person)
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- Donovan — primary (person)
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- Fogarty — primary (person)
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- Giraldo — primary (person)
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- Handy — primary (person)
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- Henries — primary (person)
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- McGaw — primary (person)
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- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
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- Speakman — primary (person)
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- Stewart — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-02-23** 02/23/2024 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-26** 04/26/2024 Scheduled for hearing (05/01/2024)
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- **2024-05-01** 05/01/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/12/2024)
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- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
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- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
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- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-06-28** 06/28/2024 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
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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/098aa602-d8e6-4b2d-ad34-5461018761e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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