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RI Gen L § 40-1-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40 - Human Services|Chapter 40-1 - Department of Human Services|Section 40-1-9 - Adaptive telephone equipment loan program fund.

§ 40-1-9. Adaptive telephone equipment loan program fund.(a) There is hereby created an adaptive telephone equipment loan program fund that shall be administered by the general treasurer and the principal and interest of which shall be used solely for the purpose of providing funds for the purchase, maintenance, replacement, and distribution of telephone telecommunications devices and special-needs equipment, and the administrative expenses of the general treasurer incurred in conjunction therewith, for the deaf, the severely hearing impaired, and severely speech impaired who have been duly certified as such in accordance with § 39-2-5(7) [Subdivision (7) was deleted].(b) The regulated telephone utilities shall pay over to the general treasurer any and all sums received as a monthly surcharge in accordance with § 39-2-5(7) [Subdivision (7) was deleted]. The general treasurer shall invest and reinvest the sums so received in accordance with the laws of Rhode Island.(c) Upon receipt of duly authenticated vouchers from the director of the department of human services, the general treasurer may draw upon the principal or income of the fund to effectuate the provisions of § 39-2-5(7) [Subdivision (7) was deleted].History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 48, § 3; P.L. 1987, ch. 554, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 115, § 4.
RI Gen L § 40-1-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40 - Human Services|Chapter 40-1 - Department of Human Services|Section 40-1-10 - Transfer of functions from the department of community affairs.

§ 40-1-10. Transfer of functions from the department of community affairs.(a) There is hereby transferred to the department of human services those functions formerly administered by the department of community affairs relating to:(1) Administrative support to federal grants;(2) Community services block grants;(3) Domestic violence project;(4) Community agency liaison and funding (women and human services);(5) Community agency liaison and funding (energy and community services);(6) Displaced homemaker centers;(7) Federal surplus commodity distribution;(8) Health center grants;(9) Community action fund;(10) Commission on Indian affairs.(b) In addition to any of its other powers and responsibilities, the department is authorized and empowered to accept any grants made available by the United States government or any agency thereof, and the department, with the approval of the governor, is authorized and empowered to perform such acts and enter into all necessary contracts and agreements with the United States, or any agency thereof, as may be necessary in the manner and degree as shall be deemed to be in the best interests of the state. The proceeds of grants so received shall be paid to the general treasurer of the state and by him or her deposited in a separate fund and shall be utilized for the purposes of the grant or grants.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 181, art. 61, § 4.
RI Gen L § 40-1-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40 - Human Services|Chapter 40-1 - Department of Human Services|Section 40-1-11 - Displaced homemakers center.

§ 40-1-11. Displaced homemakers center.There is hereby established within the department of human services a displaced homemakers center.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 181, art. 61, § 11.
RI Gen L § 40-1-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40 - Human Services|Chapter 40-1 - Department of Human Services|Section 40-1-12 - "Displaced homemaker" defined.

§ 40-1-12. "Displaced homemaker" defined.As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, "displaced homemaker" means a person who:(1) Worked in the home for a substantial number of years providing unpaid household services for family members;(2) Who is not gainfully employed;(3) Has or would have difficulty in securing employment; and(4) Was dependent on the income of another family member but is no longer supported by the income, or was dependent on assistance from the state or federal government but is no longer eligible for assistance for reasons other than willful failure to comply with rules and regulations.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 181, art. 61, § 11.
RI Gen L § 40-1-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40 - Human Services|Chapter 40-1 - Department of Human Services|Section 40-1-13 - Duties of director and center staff.

§ 40-1-13. Duties of director and center staff.(a) The director shall cooperate with federal, state, and local agencies to coordinate the service programs established pursuant to § 40-1-14.(b) The director shall promulgate rules concerning the eligibility of persons for the job training and other programs of the multipurpose service center; the granting of stipends for the job training programs from available funds; and a sliding fee scale for the service programs.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 181, art. 61, § 11.
RI Gen L § 40-1-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40 - Human Services|Chapter 40-1 - Department of Human Services|Section 40-1-14 - Powers and scope of activities.

§ 40-1-14. Powers and scope of activities.(a) In order to enable the displaced homemaker to contribute to society and maintain independence and economic security, the director shall establish a multipurpose service center for displaced homemakers. The director may make a grant to a nonprofit agency or organization to carry out the various programs.(b) The center shall develop, by working with federal, state and local governmental agencies, private employers, and charitable or nonprofit agencies, job counseling and placement services specifically designed for displaced homemakers, which services shall:(1) Counsel displaced homemakers with respect to appropriate job opportunities;(2) Identify community needs and endeavor to develop and to create new jobs for displaced homemakers in the private and public sector;(3) Provide displaced homemakers with the necessary counseling, training, skills, and referral services to become gainfully employed and independent;(4) Develop plans to include more displaced homemakers in existing training and placement programs;(5) Refer displaced homemakers to agencies that may provide information and assistance with respect to health care, financial matters, education, nutrition, and legal problems; and(6) Take into account and build upon the skills and experiences of the displaced homemaker.(c) The center shall develop an outreach program with a special emphasis directed toward reaching displaced homemakers in their middle years.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 181, art. 61, § 11.
RI Gen L § 40-1-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40 - Human Services|Chapter 40-1 - Department of Human Services|Section 40-1-15 - Reimbursement to health center.

§ 40-1-15. Reimbursement to health center.The director shall reimburse certain health centers at a rate of twenty-four dollars ($24.00) per patient visit for physician services including case management. In accordance with the state Medicaid plan as provided in chapter 8 of this title, any rules or regulations as established in accordance with § 40-8-13, calling for a lower rate per patient visit, shall be raised to conform to the new rate as set forth above. For the purpose of this section, the reimbursement fee shall apply only to the following health centers:(1) Providence Ambulatory Health Care Foundation;(2) Health Services, Inc. of Woonsocket;(3) Blackstone Valley Community Action;(4) Cranston Health and Family Planning Center;(5) East Providence Community Health Center;(6) New Visions of Newport County;(7) Tri-Town Health Center;(8) Warwick Community Health Center;(9) Chad Brown Health Center;(10) Health Center of South County;(11) North Kingstown Regional Health Center; and(12) Pawtucket Neighborhood Health Center.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 287, art. 26, § 3.
RI Gen L § 40-1-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40 - Human Services|Chapter 40-1 - Department of Human Services|Section 40-1-16 - Visiting nurse association - Payment.

§ 40-1-16. Visiting nurse association — Payment.(a) For purposes of this chapter:(1) "Agency" means the Kent County Visiting Nurse Association; Newport Visiting Nurse Service; VNA, Inc.; Visiting Nurse Services of Woonsocket; Little Compton Visiting Nurse Association; Northwest Community Nursing & Health Service; Visiting Nurse Services of Pawtucket; and Visiting Nurse Services of Washington County and Jamestown;(2) "Home visit" means a visit, by the agency to a client during which skilled nursing services, physical, speech, and/or occupational therapy services, and/or home health aide services are rendered to the client, and the visit is reportable on the Medicare cost report; and(3) "Reference year" means the previous fiscal year.(b) The director shall apportion any appropriation for visiting nurse association in accordance with the following:(1) Ten percent (10%) of the appropriation shall be divided equally among the agencies.(2) Ninety percent (90%) of the appropriation shall be divided by the statewide total number of home visits for the reference year.(3) Each agency shall receive an amount equal to the quotient in subsection (b)(2) multiplied by the number of home visits by the agency in the reference year.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 305, § 1.
RI Gen L § 40-1-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40 - Human Services|Chapter 40-1 - Department of Human Services|Section 40-1-17 - Receipt and use of funds.

§ 40-1-17. Receipt and use of funds.To carry out the purposes of this chapter, the department of human services, with the approval of the governor, shall have the authority to receive and expend monies from any other sources, public or private, including, but not limited to, legislative enactments, bond issues, gifts, devises, grants, bequests, or donations. The department of human services, with the approval of the governor, is authorized to enter into any contracts necessary to obtain and expend those funds.History of Section.P.L. 2018, ch. 47, art. 2, § 4.
RI Gen L § 40-2-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40 - Human Services|Chapter 40-2 - Administration of State Institutions|Section 40-2-1 - Records of institution residents - Reports of injury or death - Communications to department.

§ 40-2-1. Records of institution residents — Reports of injury or death — Communications to department.The department of human services shall keep a record showing the name, residence, sex, age, nativity, occupation, condition, and date of entrance or commitment of every inmate, patient, or pupil in the several institutions under the control of the department; the date, cause, and terms of discharge and the condition of the persons at the time of leaving, and also all transfers from one institution to another; and if any inmate, patient, or pupil dies, the date and cause of death. These and other facts as the department may, from time to time, require shall be furnished by the managing officer of each institution to the director of the department of human services within twenty-four (24) hours after the commitment, entrance, death, or discharge of any inmate, patient, or pupil. In case of an accident, injury, or death under peculiar circumstances of an inmate, patient, or pupil, the managing officer shall make a special report within twenty-four (24) hours thereafter to the director, giving the circumstances of the injury or death as fully as possible. The record shall be accessible only to the director of the department, and the officers, agents, and employees thereof, except by permission of the director or upon order of the governor or of a judge of a court of record. Whenever it is required by law that a notice, order, or other communication be made to the department, it shall be a sufficient compliance with the law if the notice, order, or other communication is made to the director of human services.History of Section.P.L. 1917, ch. 1470, art. 1, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 413, art. 1, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 50, § 3; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 80; Reorg. Plan No. 1, 1970.
RI Gen L § 40-2-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40 - Human Services|Chapter 40-2 - Administration of State Institutions|Section 40-2-2 - Support of families of residents.

§ 40-2-2. Support of families of residents.The director of human services may contribute to the support of the destitute family of any adult resident of this state, committed to any one of the state institutions under his or her supervision, whenever he or she is satisfied that the destitution has resulted from the commitment; provided, the contributions shall not continue beyond the period of commitment. The general assembly shall annually appropriate such sum as it may deem necessary for the payment of contributions, and the state controller shall draw his or her order or orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of the sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary for such purpose, upon the receipt by him or her of proper vouchers signed by the director.History of Section.P.L. 1926, ch. 861, § 4; P.L. 1929, ch. 1382, § 6; P.L. 1932, ch. 1884, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 50, § 4; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, §§ 65, 80; G.L. 1956, § 40-2-6; Reorg. Plan No. 1, 1970.
RI Gen L § 40-2-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40 - Human Services|Chapter 40-2 - Administration of State Institutions|Section 40-2-3 - Application of funds deposited to care and treatment of residents.

§ 40-2-3. Application of funds deposited to care and treatment of residents.The director of the department of human services shall apply any funds now or hereafter deposited in the name of any discharged or deceased patient or inmate in any institution under the control of the department of human services as partial or full payment, as the case may be, for the care and treatment of the patient or inmate.History of Section.P.L. 1954, ch. 3289, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 40-2-7; Reorg. Plan No. 1, 1970.
RI Gen L § 40-2-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40 - Human Services|Chapter 40-2 - Administration of State Institutions|Section 40-2-4 - Notice of balance to credit of deceased or discharged resident.

§ 40-2-4. Notice of balance to credit of deceased or discharged resident.When a balance remains after the payment of the amount due the department of human services for care and treatment, the director shall cause notice of the balance to be mailed, postage prepaid, to each discharged patient or inmate at his or her last known address or to the nearest known next of kin of any deceased patient or inmate.History of Section.P.L. 1954, ch. 3289, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 40-2-8; Reorg. Plan No. 1, 1970.
RI Gen L § 40-2-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40 - Human Services|Chapter 40-2 - Administration of State Institutions|Section 40-2-5 - Payment of balance to general treasurer.

§ 40-2-5. Payment of balance to general treasurer.The balance, as shall remain after the amount due the department of human services for the care and treatment of any discharged or deceased patient or inmate is applied in payment thereof, shall be paid over to the general treasurer by the director.History of Section.P.L. 1954, ch. 3289, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 40-2-9; Reorg. Plan No. 1, 1970.
RI Gen L § 40-2-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40 - Human Services|Chapter 40-2 - Administration of State Institutions|Section 40-2-6 - Establishment of right to balance paid to treasurer.

§ 40-2-6. Establishment of right to balance paid to treasurer.Any person or persons claiming a right to any moneys paid to the general treasurer may establish the right in the same manner as is provided in the case of unclaimed bank deposits in the hands of the general treasurer.History of Section.P.L. 1954, ch. 3289, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 40-2-10; Reorg. Plan No. 1, 1970.
RI Gen L § 40-2-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40 - Human Services|Chapter 40-2 - Administration of State Institutions|Section 40-2-7 - Property abandoned by deceased or discharged residents.

§ 40-2-7. Property abandoned by deceased or discharged residents.All personal property, excepting moneys, that shall have been left by any discharged or deceased patient or inmate in any institution under the control of the department of human services and that, now or hereafter, shall not have been claimed by any of the discharged or deceased patients or inmates, or their next of kin, within one year from the date of discharge or decease, shall be deemed to have been abandoned. All abandoned personal property shall be disposed of as provided in this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1955, ch. 3448, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 40-2-11; Reorg. Plan No. 1, 1970; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 124.
RI Gen L § 40-2-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40 - Human Services|Chapter 40-2 - Administration of State Institutions|Section 40-2-8 - Transfer of abandoned property to general treasurer.

§ 40-2-8. Transfer of abandoned property to general treasurer.The director of the department of human services shall order the transfer of abandoned personal property to the state general treasurer.History of Section.P.L. 1955, ch. 3448, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 40-2-12; Reorg. Plan No. 1, 1970; P.L. 1979, ch. 218, § 1.
RI Gen L § 40-2-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40 - Human Services|Chapter 40-2 - Administration of State Institutions|Section 40-2-9 - Description of abandoned property transferred.

§ 40-2-9. Description of abandoned property transferred.The director shall, upon ordering transfer of the abandoned personal property, cause to be forwarded to the state general treasurer a list or declaration setting forth the name of each discharged or deceased patient or inmate and a description of each article of personal property abandoned as described in § 40-2-7.History of Section.P.L. 1955, ch. 3448, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 40-2-13; Reorg. Plan No. 1, 1970; P.L. 1979, ch. 218, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 124.
RI Gen L § 40-2-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40 - Human Services|Chapter 40-2 - Administration of State Institutions|Section 40-2-10 - Sale of abandoned property - Remission of proceeds.

§ 40-2-10. Sale of abandoned property — Remission of proceeds.The state general treasurer, upon receipt of the abandoned personal property and a list or declaration, shall sell the articles at public sale advertised in a manner that, to the general treasurer, shall seem satisfactory, and the general treasurer shall remit the proceeds received from the sale to the director, together with a list or declaration setting forth the amount of money to be credited to the account of each discharged or deceased patient or inmate.History of Section.P.L. 1955, ch. 3448, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 40-2-14; Reorg. Plan No. 1, 1970; P.L. 1979, ch. 218, § 1.
RI Gen L § 40-2-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40 - Human Services|Chapter 40-2 - Administration of State Institutions|Section 40-2-11 - Application of proceeds of sale.

§ 40-2-11. Application of proceeds of sale.The proceeds from advertised public sale or sales, when received, shall be treated in the same manner as is provided for in §§ 40-2-3 — 40-2-6.History of Section.P.L. 1955, ch. 3448, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 40-2-15; Reorg. Plan No. 1, 1970.
RI Gen L § 40-2-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40 - Human Services|Chapter 40-2 - Administration of State Institutions|Section 40-2-12 - [Repealed.]

§ 40-2-12. [Repealed.]History of Section.P.L. 1917, ch. 1470, art. 4, § 1; P.L. 1918, ch. 1613, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 413, art. 4, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 54, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 80; G.L. 1956, § 40-2-16; Reorg. Plan No. 1, 1970; Repealed by P.L. 2016, ch. 100, § 1, effective June 17, 2016; P.L. 2016, ch. 109, § 1, effective June 17, 2016.
RI Gen L § 40-2-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40 - Human Services|Chapter 40-2 - Administration of State Institutions|Section 40-2-13 - Resident physicians and dentists.

§ 40-2-13. Resident physicians and dentists.The director of the department of human services shall appoint resident physicians, dentists, and other physicians, as may be necessary to give proper attention to the physical and mental welfare of the inmates of the institutions under the control of the department. The general assembly shall annually appropriate such sum as it may deem necessary to compensate the appointees.History of Section.P.L. 1917, ch. 1470, art. 1, § 11; P.L. 1920, ch. 1901, § 1; P.L. 1922, ch. 2230, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 413, art. 1, § 11; P.L. 1925, ch. 639, § 2; P.L. 1930, ch. 1508, § 1; P.L. 1932, ch. 1888, § 1; P.L. 1935, ch. 2250, §§ 50, 149; G.L. 1938, ch. 50, § 5; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 80; G.L. 1956, § 40-2-17; Reorg. Plan No. 1, 1970.
RI Gen L § 40-2-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40 - Human Services|Chapter 40-2 - Administration of State Institutions|Section 40-2-14 - Examination of inmates for contagious disease - Investigation and report of sources.

§ 40-2-14. Examination of inmates for contagious disease — Investigation and report of sources.The department is hereby authorized and directed, by the attending physician at any of the institutions or by another physician as the director of the department may from time to time designate, to use every available means to ascertain the existence of any dangerous, infectious, or contagious disease, including syphilis in the infectious stages and gonococcus infection, among the inmates, prisoners, patients, and pupils of the institutions, and to make examination of any of them suspected of having syphilis in the infectious stages or gonococcus infection, and immediately to investigate the source of the infection, and, if ascertained, to report the source of the infection to the department of health; and any person committed to or received into any of the institutions by, through, or under any order of court or any process of law shall be deemed to be an inmate, prisoner, patient, or pupil of the institution, as the case may be, within the provisions of §§ 40-2-12 — 40-2-17.History of Section.P.L. 1917, ch. 1470, art. 4, § 2; P.L. 1918, ch. 1613, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 413, art. 4, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 54, § 2; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 180; G.L. 1956, § 40-2-18; Reorg. Plan No. 1, 1970; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 124.
RI Gen L § 40-2-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40 - Human Services|Chapter 40-2 - Administration of State Institutions|Section 40-2-15 - Treatment and isolation of diseased residents - Detention after time for release.

§ 40-2-15. Treatment and isolation of diseased residents — Detention after time for release.Every inmate, prisoner, patient, or pupil in any of the institutions, who has any dangerous, infectious or contagious disease, including syphilis in the infectious stages and gonococcus infection, shall be forthwith placed under medical treatment, and, if in the opinion of the attending physician it is necessary, shall be isolated until danger of contagion has passed or until the attending physician determines that further isolation is unnecessary; and if danger of contagion shall not have passed or if further isolation is still necessary at the expiration of sentence or at the time for discharge or release from the institution, that inmate, prisoner, patient, or pupil shall be detained in the institution and continued under medical treatment until the attending physician shall determine that his or her discharge or release from the institution will not endanger the public health; and during the period of detention, the person so detained shall be supported in the same manner as before the detention.History of Section.P.L. 1917, ch. 1470, art. 4, § 3; P.L. 1918, ch. 1613, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 413, art. 4, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 54, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 40-2-19; Reorg. Plan No. 1, 1970; P.L. 1999, ch. 83, § 93; P.L. 1999, ch. 130, § 93.