Title 42, Title 42 Affairs and Government

The commerce corporation shall be authorized to grant funds to support partnerships among individual high schools, the community college of Rhode Island, other institutions of higher education, and employers to offer courses towards a high school diploma and associate’s degree, a…

Program integrity being of paramount importance, the commerce corporation shall establish procedures to ensure ongoing compliance with the terms and conditions of the program established herein, including procedures to safeguard the expenditure of public funds and to ensure that …

The commerce corporation shall submit a report annually, no later than sixty (60) days after the end of the fiscal year to the speaker of the house and the president of the senate detailing the total amount of grants awarded and matching funds awarded and such other information a…

No grants shall be authorized pursuant to this chapter after December 31, 2025.

It is hereby found and declared as follows: (1) The development of additional scheduled air carrier and cargo services (“air service”) to Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport is essential to improving the overall economic climate of the state, attracting businesses, prom…

There is hereby established within the Rhode Island commerce corporation the air service development fund (the “fund”) to be administered by the commerce corporation as set forth in this chapter. The fund shall consist of money appropriated by the general assembly and deposited i…

(a) The Rhode Island commerce corporation shall establish an air service development council (the “council”), that shall have the authority and responsibility for entering into agreements with scheduled air carriers and/or cargo carriers to provide direct financial incentives, re…

Program integrity being of paramount importance, the Rhode Island commerce corporation shall establish procedures to ensure ongoing compliance with the terms and conditions of the program established herein, including procedures to safeguard the expenditure of public funds and to…

No later than sixty (60) days after the end of the fiscal year, the Rhode Island commerce corporation shall submit an annual report to the governor, the speaker of the house, and the president of the senate detailing any incentives provided for under this chapter and such other i…

No grants, credits, or incentives shall be authorized or authorized to be reserved pursuant to this chapter after December 31, 2027.

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Rhode Island Small Business Development Fund.”

No new fund applications shall be granted and no credits shall be authorized to be reserved pursuant to this chapter after June 30, 2024.

(a) As used in this chapter: (1) “Affiliate” means an entity that directly, or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with another entity. For the purposes of this chapter, an entity is “controlled by” another ent…

(a) Upon making a capital investment in a small business development fund, a small business fund investor earns a vested right to a credit against the entity’s state tax liability that may be utilized on each credit allowance date of the capital investment in an amount equal to t…

(a) A small business development fund that seeks to have an equity or debt investment certified as a capital investment and eligible for credits under this chapter shall apply to the corporation. The corporation shall begin accepting applications within ninety (90) days of July 5…

(a) The corporation, working in coordination with the division of taxation, may recapture, from any entity that claims a credit on a tax return, the credit allowed under this chapter if: (1) The small business development fund does not invest one hundred percent (100%) of its cap…

A small business development fund, before making a qualified investment, may request from the corporation a written opinion as to whether the business in which it is proposed to invest is an eligible business. The corporation, not later than the fifteenth business day after the d…

(a) Each small business development fund shall submit a report to the corporation on or before the fifth business day after the first, second, and third anniversaries of the closing date. The report shall provide documentation as to the small business development fund’s qualified…

The incentives provided under this chapter shall not be granted in combination with any other job-specific benefit provided by the state, the commerce corporation, or any other state agency, board, commission, quasi-public corporation, or similar entity without the express author…

The corporation and division of taxation may issue reasonable rules and regulations, consistent with this chapter, as are necessary to carry out the intent and purpose and implementation of the responsibilities under this chapter.

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Elder Health Insurance Consumer Assistance Program Act.”

(a) The director of the office of healthy aging shall establish an elder health insurance consumer assistance program to: (1) Provide elder consumers of private and public health insurance programs information relating to choice of health insurance products and the rights and res…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as “The Aging in Community Act of 2014.”

The legislature finds and declares: (1) The number of Rhode Islanders sixty-five (65) years of age and older is projected by the state planning office to grow from 152,000 in 2010 to 189,000 in 2020 and to 248,000 by the year 2030. (2) The 2010 U.S. Census established that Rhode …

The chair of the state long-term care coordinating council shall create an aging-in-community subcommittee the purpose of which shall be to develop a plan to provide the needed infrastructure and program improvements in support services, housing, and transportation that will enab…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “The Rhode Island Aging and Disability Resource Center Act.”

To assist Rhode Islanders and their families in making informed choices and decisions about long-term service and support options and to streamline access to long-term supports and services for older adults, persons with disabilities, family caregivers, and providers, a statewide…

The Rhode Island aging and disability resource center (ADRC) shall be established and operated by the department of human services, office of healthy aging in collaboration with other agencies within the executive office of health and human services. The office of healthy aging s…

The aging and disability resource center (ADRC) shall provide for the following: (1) A statewide toll-free ADRC information number available during business hours with a messaging system to respond to after-hours calls during the next business day and language services to assist …

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Supported Decision-Making Act.”

A supported decision-making agreement may be in any form not inconsistent with the following form and the other requirements of this chapter. Use of the following form is presumed to meet statutory provisions. SUPPORTED DECISION-MAKING AGREEMENT Appointment of Supporter I, ......…

(a) The purpose of this chapter is to achieve all of the following: (1) Provide assistance in gathering and assessing information, making informed decisions, and communicating decisions for adults who would benefit from decision-making assistance; (2) Give supporters legal status…

For the purposes of this chapter: (1) “Adult” means an individual who is eighteen (18) years of age or older. (2) “Affairs” means personal, healthcare, and matters arising in the course of activities of daily living and including those healthcare and personal affairs in which adu…

(a) All adults are presumed to be capable of managing their affairs and to have legal capacity. (b) The manner in which an adult communicates with others is not grounds for deciding that the adult is incapable of managing the adult’s affairs. (c) Execution of a supported decision…

(a) A supported decision-making agreement must include all of the following: (1) Designation of at least one supporter; (2) The types of decisions for which the supporter is authorized to assist; and (3) The types of decisions, if any, for which the supporter may not assist. (b) …

(a) Except as otherwise provided by a supported decision-making agreement, a supporter may do all of the following: (1) Assist the principal in understanding information, options, responsibilities, and consequences of the principal’s life decisions, including those decisions rela…

A decision or request made or communicated with the assistance of a supporter in conformity with this chapter shall be recognized for the purposes of any provision of law as the decision or request of the principal and may be enforced by the principal or supporter in law or equit…

(a) A supporter may assist the principal with obtaining any information to which the principal is entitled, including, with a signed and dated specific consent, protected health information under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 [Pub. L. 104-191], e…

If a person who receives a copy of a supported decision-making agreement or is aware of the existence of a supported decision-making agreement has cause to believe that the principal, who is an adult with a developmental disability or an elder, is being abused, neglected, or expl…

This act shall be called the “Rhode Island Best Rx Discount Program for the Uninsured.”

The departments of human services and elderly affairs shall develop a prescription drug discount program for the uninsured to be implemented on or before March 15, 2005, and the department of elderly affairs shall issue a request for proposal to entities for the management of the…

(a) Persons who are residents of this state and: (1) Are over the age of sixty (60) and are ineligible for Medicare Part D; or (2) Receive Social Security Disability Insurance benefits; or (3) Subject to subsection (b), are uninsured for prescription drugs and have an annual fami…

(a) The contractor shall be authorized to negotiate and enter into agreements with manufacturers and pharmacies to provide discounts on prescription drugs. In general, the contractor shall seek discounts from pharmacies and manufacturers that are comparable to those available und…

The department of human services and the office of healthy aging shall regularly publish information on the number of enrollees, and the number of prescriptions filled under the program, and ensure timely availability to the public of the drug prices payable by enrollees and the …

(a) The department of human services and the office of healthy aging shall ensure that administrative fees imposed by means of subsection (b) or (c), are sufficient to cover all expenses related to the management of the discount program, and shall periodically revise any arrangem…

(a) There is hereby established the Rhode Island Best Rx Program Advisory Commission. The commission shall be responsible for the marketing, education, and promotion of the Rhode Island Best Rx Discount Program for the Uninsured and shall set administrative fees as required under…