Title 42, Title 42 Affairs and Government

Any records of the office of healthy aging or other agency pertaining to a person reported to be abused, neglected, exploited, or self-neglecting shall be confidential. The records shall not be deemed public and shall be considered records under § 38-2-2(4). The director may, how…

Any person participating in good faith in making a report pursuant to § 42-66-8, excluding any perpetrator or conspirator of those acts, has immunity from any liability, civil or criminal, that might otherwise be incurred or imposed.

There are transferred to the department of administration: (1) Those functions of the department of elderly affairs which were administered through or with respect to departmental programs in the performance of strategic planning as defined in § 42-11-10(c); (2) All officers, emp…

(a) Any licensed or certified adult daycare program that refers clients to any healthcare facility licensed pursuant to chapter 17 of title 23 or to a residential care/assisted living facility licensed pursuant to chapter 17.4 of title 23 or to a licensed/certified adult daycare …

There is established within the executive branch of state government a department of elderly affairs. The director of the department shall be the director of elderly affairs, appointed by and reporting directly to the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate.

There are transferred to the director of the department of elderly affairs: (1) Those duties with respect to elderly citizens as enacted by former §§ 42-44-9 and 42-44-10; (2) So much of other functions or parts of functions of the director of the department of community affairs;…

(a) The office of healthy aging shall be the principal agency of the state to mobilize the human, physical, and financial resources available to plan, develop, and implement innovative programs to ensure the dignity and independence of elderly persons, including the planning, dev…

As used in this chapter: (1) “Abuse” means physical abuse, sexual abuse, and/or emotional abuse of an elderly person by a caregiver as defined in subsection (2). (i) “Emotional abuse” means a pattern of willful infliction of mental or emotional harm upon an elderly person by thre…

There shall be within the department of elderly affairs a division of program planning, development and operations and a division of community services.

The director may from time to time, subject to appropriation, establish within the department those administrative units that may be necessary for its efficient and economical administration and, when necessary for that purpose, the director may abolish or merge any two (2) or mo…

(a) Within the office of healthy aging there shall be an advisory commission on aging consisting of twenty-five (25) members, four (4) of whom shall be from the general assembly as hereinafter provided, and twenty-one (21) of whom shall be appointed by the governor, thirteen (13)…

(a) Any person who has reasonable cause to believe that any person sixty (60) years of age or older has been abused, neglected, or exploited, or is self-neglecting, shall make an immediate report to the director of the office of healthy aging, or the director’s designee. The offi…

The director shall provide, for the use of the general public, a statewide toll-free, twenty-four (24) hour a day, seven (7) days a week telephone line, to report abuse, neglect, exploitation, and self-neglect of elderly persons.

(a) The director of the office of healthy aging shall cause the report to be investigated immediately to determine the circumstances surrounding the alleged abuse, neglect, exploitation, or self-neglect and its cause. The investigation shall include personal contact with the elde…

(a) No person shall obstruct the provision of available and existing services to a person sixty (60) years of age or older who has been abused, neglected, exploited, or who is self-neglecting. For the purposes of this section, “obstruction” shall mean threats, intimidation, assau…

There is established a permanent state commission to be known as the schooner Ernestina/Morrissey commission, consisting of nine (9) members to be appointed by the governor, one of whom shall be the director of the Rhode Island economic development corporation, or that director’s…

The purpose of this commission is to accept as a gift or a donation, or otherwise acquire from the Republic of Cape Verde, title to and possession of the schooner Ernestina, formerly known as the Effie M. Morrissey, and to operate it for educational and training purposes.

When first appointed, three (3) of the members shall serve for a term of three (3) years, three (3) for a term of two (2) years, three (3) for a term of one year, as shall be designated by the governor. The successor of each member shall be appointed for a term of three (3) years…

The commission is authorized and empowered: (a) To accept as a gift or a donation, or otherwise acquire from the Republic of Cape Verde, title to and possession of the schooner Ernestina, formerly known as the Effie M. Morrissey, one hundred and twenty (120) tons, launched in Ess…

The Washington County Government Center located at the former Mount St. Joseph College in South Kingstown, is named the “Oliver H. Stedman Government Center”.

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

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…

The purpose of this chapter is to develop a consumer-centered system of publicly-financed state administered health and human services that supports access to high quality services, protects the safety of the state’s most vulnerable citizens, and ensures the efficient use of all …

(a) The general assembly shall annually appropriate such sums as it may deem necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter. The state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of su…

The executive office of health and human services shall be deemed an agency for purposes of § 42-35-1 et seq. The secretary shall make and promulgate such rules and regulations, fee schedules not inconsistent with state law, and fiscal policies and procedures as the secretary dee…

If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter, which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the…

As may be appropriate from time to time, the departments and other agencies of the state of the executive branch that have not been assigned to the executive office of health and human services under this chapter shall assist and cooperate with the executive office as may be requ…

Nothing in this chapter shall change, transfer, or interfere with, or limit or otherwise restrict the general assembly’s sole authority to appropriate and re-appropriate fiscal resources to the departments; the statutory or regulatory duties of the directors of the departments, o…

(a) The executive office of health and human services, in conjunction with the department of human services, the department of children, youth and families, the department of health, and the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals, is authori…

(a) The Rhode Island Medicaid program is an integral component of the state’s healthcare system that provides crucial services and supports to many Rhode Islanders. As the program’s reach has expanded, the costs of the program have continued to rise and the delivery of care has b…

Notwithstanding other statutory references to the department of human services, wherever in the general or public laws, or any rule or regulation, any reference shall appear to the “department of human services” or to “department” as it relates to any responsibilities for and/or …

(a) There is hereby established a program integrity division within the office of health and human services to effectuate the transfer of functions pursuant to § 42-7.2-6.1(a)(7). The purposes of this division are: (1) To develop and implement a statewide strategy to coordinate s…

(a) As a condition of enrollment and/or continued participation as a Medicaid provider, applicants to become and/or remain a provider shall be required to undergo criminal records checks including a national criminal records check supported by fingerprints by the level of screeni…

(a) Information produced by a national criminal records check pertaining to conviction for the following crimes will result in a letter to the executive office of health and human services disqualifying the applicant from being a Medicaid provider: murder, voluntary manslaughter,…

(a) Any person seeking employment to provide care to elderly individuals or individuals with disabilities who is, or may be required to be, licensed, registered, trained, or certified with the office of Medicaid if that employment involves routine contact with elderly individuals…

(a) Information produced by a national criminal records check pertaining to conviction for the following crimes will result in a letter to the applicant and the executive office of health and human services, disqualifying the applicant: murder, voluntary manslaughter, involuntary…

(a) There is hereby created within the executive office of health and human services a restricted receipt account to be known as the HIV Care Grant rebate account to receive and expend pharmaceutical rebates on HIV treatment and prevention services. (b) All amounts deposited in t…

There is hereby established within the executive branch of state government an executive office of health and human services to serve as the principal agency of the executive branch of state government for managing the departments of children, youth and families, health, human se…

The general assembly finds and declares the following: (1) Blind and disabled persons of this state need not only state financial assistance, but also private financial assistance in achieving a better life experience. (2) A federal program exists that allows disabled individuals…

As used in this section, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings: (1) “Achieving a better life experience account” or “ABLE account” means an account established under the achieving a better life experience program pur…

(a) There shall be established within the executive office and administered, in conjunction with, the SIC, the achieving a better life experience program for the purposes of administering ABLE accounts established to encourage and assist individuals and families in saving private…

(a) Funds contributed to the program shall be held in trust in a special account or accounts and shall not be co-mingled with any state funds appropriated by the general assembly for the support of the programs administered by the executive office. (b) There shall be separate acc…

The executive office shall, in conjunction with the SIC, have the power and authority to promulgate rules and regulations; enter into contracts and agreements; charge fees and expenses to the funds held under the program or to persons establishing or owning ABLE accounts; make re…

(a) For state income tax purposes, annual earnings of the ABLE program shall be exempt from tax, and shall not be included in the Rhode Island income of the designated beneficiary until withdrawn or distributed from it, and then in accordance with chapter 30 of title 44. (b) The …