Title 42, Title 42 Affairs and Government

The commission has the following responsibilities: (1) Advise and submit recommendations to the governor and the general assembly on issues relating to women; (2) Gather and disseminate information to women and/or the general public on issues relating to women; (3) Develop and/or…

The commission shall be appointed in the following manner: (1) The governor shall appoint twelve (12) members for three-year (3) terms on a staggered basis with four (4) appointed each year. Terms shall be effective July 1; (2) The president of the senate shall appoint three (3) …

Action taken, rules, regulations, or standards adopted by the permanent advisory commission on women prior to July 1, 1992, in accordance with authority under resolution No. 84 of the 1970 acts and resolves and subsequent executive order and general assembly action, shall automat…

The commission shall make an annual report to the governor and the general assembly on all activities undertaken in fulfilling its purpose and responsibilities.

The commission is empowered to apply for and receive, from any federal, state, or local agency, private foundation or from any individual, any grants, appropriations, or gifts which shall be deposited as restricted revenues. Appropriations shall be utilized in order to carry out …

All departments, boards, and agencies of the state shall cooperate with the commission and furnish any advice and information, documentary and otherwise, that may be necessary or desirable to facilitate the purposes of this chapter.

If any provision or part of this chapter, or application of this chapter to any person or circumstances is held unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, the remaining provisions of this chapter and the application of those provisions to any other person or persons or circumstances,…

There shall be an American and Cape Verdean cultural exchange commission to consist of nine (9) members, all of whom shall be American citizens descended from Cape Verdean ancestry and residents of the state; three (3) of whom shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of rep…

The members shall be appointed for terms of three (3) years except that of the three (3) members originally appointed by each of the appointing authorities; one shall be appointed for a term of one year, one shall be appointed for a term of two (2) years and one for a term of thr…

In addition to any of its other powers and responsibilities, the commission is authorized and empowered to accept any grants made available by the United States government or any agency of the United States government and the commission, with the approval of the governor, is auth…

(1) There is hereby established within the executive branch of state government a department which shall be known as the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals. The department shall be headed by a director of behavioral healthcare, developme…

(a) A new hospital is hereby established to furnish care to any adult patient in Rhode Island requiring inpatient psychiatric care, and who meets at least one of the following criteria: (1) The individual has been determined to require specialized mental health care and psychiatr…

There are hereby transferred to the director of the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals: (1) Those functions formerly administered by the department of health through or with respect to the office of mental retardation and the Dr. Joseph …

There are hereby transferred to the director of the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals: (1) Those functions of the former department of social welfare that are administered through or with respect to the division of curative services, to…

The department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals shall have the management, supervision, and control of both the Eleanor Slater hospital and the Rhode Island state psychiatric hospital, and such other functions as have been or may be assigned. The…

The “H” building at the Rhode Island medical center shall hereafter be named the “Dr. Johannes Virks Rehabilitation Center.”

The health care services building of the division of curative services, on and after May 7, 1981, shall be officially named and known as the “Dr. John Regan Health Care Services Center.”

That certain park located on the grounds of the Rhode Island medical center consisting of approximately 5.9 acres and bounded on the south by Howard Avenue, the east by Chapel Road, the north by Maintenance Access Road, and the west by West Road shall be officially named and know…

There are hereby transferred to the department of administration: (1) Those functions of the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals that were administered through or with respect to departmental programs in the performance of strategic plann…

The hospital known as the Eleanor Slater hospital shall consist of facilities in Cranston and/or Burrillville, or any units of such facilities, as licensed by the department of health.

The department of human services is hereby authorized to establish centers for independent living. The centers for independent living will provide client-centered services that assist individuals with significant disabilities in their efforts to achieve independent living as an a…

As used in this chapter: (1) “Center for independent living” means a program of services or a facility that offers a combination of independent living services for individuals with significant disabilities or groups of individuals with significant disabilities such as, but not li…

The center for independent living shall provide independent living services to any individual with a significant disability.

An organization eligible to provide a center for independent living must be a nonprofit consumer directed organization incorporated in the state of Rhode Island.

The Substance Abuse Facility in Richmond, Rhode Island, shall hereafter be named and known as the “Corkery House” in honor of Representative Neil Corkery and his many years of service in the substance abuse community.

The independent living centers shall provide services to individuals with a range of significant disabilities. The centers shall provide services on a cross disability basis (for individuals with all different types of significant disabilities, including individuals with disabili…

This chapter shall be titled the “Natural Areas Protection Act of 1993.”

(a) To provide the highest level of protection to the state’s most environmentally sensitive natural areas; (b) To promote the health and welfare of the people of Rhode Island by promoting the preservation of areas of unique natural interest for scientific, educational, recreatio…

As used in this chapter: (1) “Director” means the director of the department of environmental management of the state of Rhode Island. (2) “Natural area preserve” means areas of most environmentally sensitive land and/or water containing habitat suitable for plant or animal life …

The director shall establish a system of natural area preserves and shall have the responsibility as set forth in this chapter for selection of all natural area preserves within the system, and shall ensure that these preserves are maintained in as natural and wild a state as is …

(a) The director may approve non-state owned land as a natural area preserve only upon the recommendation of the natural heritage preservation commission (established under § 42-17.5-4) and only after a public hearing and upon notice. The notice required under this section shall …

(a) A request for designation of state-owned land as a natural area preserve shall be made to the director, that request specifying the area to be designated, the reasons for the designation, the proposed management strategy necessary to protect the critical environmental resourc…

An area designated as a natural area preserve is declared to be put to its highest, best, and most important use for public benefit and no interest in this preserve owned by the state shall be alienated or put to any use other than as a natural area preserve, except upon a findin…

This chapter shall be known as the “1993 Health Care Act for Children and Pregnant Women.”

The department of human services may cooperate through interagency cooperative agreements, with the department of health and/or other state agencies, and any other agreements they deem necessary, to assure that healthcare services for eligible pregnant women and children under th…

The general assembly shall annually appropriate to the department of human services such sums as it may deem necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. Authorization to pay for healthcare services specified in this chapter shall be made by representatives of the departm…

Any person who is determined eligible for RIte Start, or RIte Track, or the Title XIX state plan is hereby deemed to have made an assignment of rights to medical support in accordance with § 40-6-9(b), and the provisions of § 40-6-9(b) and (d) are incorporated herein by reference…

If any provision in any section of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, its invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and t…

For as long as the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Health Care Financing Administration Project No. 11-W-0004/1-01 entitled “RIte Care” remains in effect, any healthcare services provided pursuant to this chapter shall be exempt from all mandatory benefits …

(a) The executive office of health and human services is hereby authorized and directed to submit to the United States Department of Health and Human Services an amendment to the “RIte Care” waiver project number 11-W-0004/1-01 to provide for expanded Medicaid coverage for childr…

(a) It is the intent of the general assembly to assure access to comprehensive health care by providing health insurance to all Rhode Islanders who are uninsured; Universal comprehensive coverage for all Rhode Islanders is a goal to be achieved over the course of several years; T…

(a) The secretary of the executive office of health and human services is authorized to amend its Title XIX state plan pursuant to Title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide Medicaid coverage and to amend its Title XXI state plan pursuant to Title XXI of the Social Security …

(a) There is hereby established a payor of last resort program for comprehensive health care for children until they reach nineteen (19) years of age, to be known as “RIte track.” The executive office of health and human services is hereby authorized to amend its Title XIX state …

The delivery and financing of the healthcare services provided pursuant to §§ 42-12.3-3 and 42-12.3-4 shall be provided through a system of managed care. A managed care system integrates an efficient financing mechanism with quality service delivery, provides a “medical home” to …

The department of human services shall ensure that managed care organizations providing services under this chapter comply with the “prudent layperson” emergency care coverage standard as required by 42 U.S.C. § 1396u-2.

The department of human services may enter into any necessary cooperative agreements with the department of health and/or other state agencies required to assure that for both the RIte Start and the RIte Track Programs enrollment, eligibility and service delivery can be determine…