Title 40, Title 40 Services

Should any part of this chapter be declared invalid or unenforceable, or the enforcement or compliance with it is suspended, restrained, or barred, either by the state or by the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of this chapter shall remain in ful…

(a) The state shall set wage ranges for all individual providers. All self-directed personal care services performed by individual providers must be compensated at a wage that is within the range set by the secretary for the services provided, but the participant may choose what …

(a)(1) The secretary shall determine by regulation whether and to what extent individual providers selected by personal choice participants to provide self-directed personal care are required to complete an orientation, pursuant to the secretary’s authority under § 40-8.14-4(c)(2…

(a) For purposes of this section, the independent provider (IP) program and the personal choice program shall have the meanings that were set forth in 210-RICR-50-10-2.2(A)(1) and (A)(2) as of the effective date of the personal choice in self-directed personal care services act o…

(a) Individual providers may, in accordance with the procedures set forth in § 40-8.15-7, choose a provider organization to be their provider representative and to negotiate with the state, over the terms and conditions of individual providers’ participation in providing direct-s…

It shall be the obligation of the director, or a designee, to meet and negotiate in good faith with the provider representative within thirty (30) days after receipt of written notice from the provider representative of the request for a meeting for bargaining purposes. This obli…

In the event that the provider representative and the director, or a designee, are unable to reach an agreement on a contract, or reach an impasse in negotiations, the procedures of §§ 36-11-7.1 through 36-11-11 shall be followed.

Any aspects of a contract requiring appropriation by the federal government, the general assembly, or revisions to statutes or regulations shall be subject to passage of those appropriations and any necessary statutory and regulatory revisions.

(a) A provider organization certified as the provider representative shall represent all individual providers in the state fairly and without discrimination, without regard to whether or not the individual provider is a member of the provider organization. (b) Each individual pro…

(a) Petitions to certify a provider organization to serve as the provider representative of individual providers; petitions to intervene in such an election; and any other petitions for investigation of controversies as to representation may be filed with and acted upon by the la…

It shall be unlawful for the state to do any of the acts made unlawful under § 28-7-13. It shall be unlawful for the provider representative to do any of the acts made unlawful under § 28-7-13.1. Any alleged violation of this provision may be filed with the labor relations board …

(a) The secretary has authority over the terms and conditions of individual providers’ employment, including compensation as required under § 40-8.15-14, payment, benefit terms, provider qualification standards, other appropriate terms and conditions for the workforce of individu…