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RI Gen L § 42-66.7-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-66.7 - Long-Term Care Ombudsperson Act of 1995|Section 42-66.7-7 - Access to records, facility, resident.

§ 42-66.7-7. Access to records, facility, resident.(a) In the course of an investigation, the long-term care ombudsperson shall:(1) Make the necessary inquiries and obtain information as is deemed necessary;(2) Have access to facilities and residents; and(3) Enter facilities and, after notifying the person in charge, inspect any books, files, medical records, or other records that pertain to the resident.(b) In the ordinary course of the long-term care ombudsperson's duties, the long-term care ombudsperson shall have access to residents of a facility to:(1) Visit, talk with, make personal, social, and other appropriate services available;(2) Inform them of their rights and entitlements and corresponding obligations under federal and state law by distribution of educational materials, discussion in groups, or discussion with individual residents and their families; and(3) Engage in other methods of assisting, advising, and representing residents to extend to them the full enjoyment of their rights.(c) The office of the long-term care ombudsperson is considered a health oversight agency.(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a health oversight agency, and its employees and agents, shall comply with all state and federal confidentiality laws, including, but not limited to, chapter 37.3 of title 5 (Confidentiality of Health Care Communications and Information Act) and specifically subsection 5-37.3-4(c), which requires limitation on the distribution of information which is the subject of this chapter on a "need to know" basis, and § 40.1-5-26.History of Section.P.L. 1995, ch. 92, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 55, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 74, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 361, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 501, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-66.7-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-66.7 - Long-Term Care Ombudsperson Act of 1995|Section 42-66.7-8 - Retaliation prohibited.

§ 42-66.7-8. Retaliation prohibited.No discriminatory, disciplinary, or retaliatory action shall be taken against any officer or employee of a facility by the facility; nor against any guardian or family member of any resident; nor against any resident of the facility; nor against any volunteer for any communication by him or her with the long-term care ombudsperson or for any information given or disclosed by him or her in good faith to aid the long-term care ombudsperson in carrying out his or her duties and responsibilities.History of Section.P.L. 1995, ch. 92, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-66.7-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-66.7 - Long-Term Care Ombudsperson Act of 1995|Section 42-66.7-9 - Cooperation required.

§ 42-66.7-9. Cooperation required.(a) The long-term care ombudsperson may request from any government agency, and the agency is authorized and directed to provide, any cooperation and assistance, services, and data as will enable the long-term care ombudsperson to properly perform or exercise any of his or her functions, duties and powers under this chapter.(b) The long-term care ombudsperson shall, to the extent permissible under the provisions of § 712 of the Older Americans Act (42 U.S.C. § 3058g) as amended in 2000, cooperate and assist other government agencies in their investigations, such as the department of health, the department of attorney general, the department of human services and any other pertinent department or agency.History of Section.P.L. 1995, ch. 92, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 55, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 74, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-66.7-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-66.7 - Long-Term Care Ombudsperson Act of 1995|Section 42-66.7-10 - Annual reports.

§ 42-66.7-10. Annual reports.The long-term care ombudsperson shall submit an annual report of the activities of the long-term care ombudsperson program and the long-term care ombudsperson's activities concerning facilities and the protection of the rights of residents of the facilities with the assistant secretary for aging, director, governor, general assembly, director of the Rhode Island department of health, chair of the long-term-care coordinating council and other appropriate governmental entities. The report shall be available to the public.History of Section.P.L. 1995, ch. 92, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 55, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 74, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-66.7-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-66.7 - Long-Term Care Ombudsperson Act of 1995|Section 42-66.7-11 - Immunity from liability.

§ 42-66.7-11. Immunity from liability.Any person, institution, or official who in good faith participates in the registering of a complaint, or who in good faith investigates that complaint or provides access to those persons carrying out the investigation, or who participates in a judicial proceeding resulting from that complaint, is immune from any civil or criminal liability that might otherwise be a result of these actions. For the purpose of any civil or criminal proceedings, there is a rebuttable presumption that any person acting pursuant to this chapter did so in good faith.History of Section.P.L. 1995, ch. 92, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-66.7-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-66.7 - Long-Term Care Ombudsperson Act of 1995|Section 42-66.7-12 - Rules and regulations.

§ 42-66.7-12. Rules and regulations.The director of the department of elderly affairs shall promulgate and, from time to time, revise rules and regulations for the implementation and enforcement of the long-term ombudsperson program including, but not limited to, the procedures for the receipt, investigation and resolution, through administrative action, of complaints. As applicable, the rules and regulations promulgated by the director shall be in accordance with the provisions set forth in § 712 of the Older Americans Act (42 U.S.C. § 3058g) as amended in 2000.History of Section.P.L. 1995, ch. 92, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 55, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 74, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-66.7-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-66.7 - Long-Term Care Ombudsperson Act of 1995|Section 42-66.7-13 - Interagency cooperation.

§ 42-66.7-13. Interagency cooperation.Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to be a limitation of the powers and responsibilities assigned by law to other state agencies or departments. The director shall establish an interagency agreement among the elderly affairs department, the department of health, the department of attorney general and the department of human services to ensure a cooperative effort in meeting the needs of the residents of long-term care facilities.History of Section.P.L. 1995, ch. 92, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 55, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 74, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-66.7-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-66.7 - Long-Term Care Ombudsperson Act of 1995|Section 42-66.7-14 - Non-interference.

§ 42-66.7-14. Non-interference.No person shall willfully interfere with the long-term care ombudsperson in the performance of the ombudsperson's official duties.History of Section.P.L. 2003, ch. 55, § 2; P.L. 2003, ch. 74, § 2.
RI Gen L § 42-66.7-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-66.7 - Long-Term Care Ombudsperson Act of 1995|Section 42-66.7-15 - Enforcement.

§ 42-66.7-15. Enforcement.The director shall have the power to enforce the provisions of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 2003, ch. 55, § 2; P.L. 2003, ch. 74, § 2.
RI Gen L § 42-66.7-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-66.7 - Long-Term Care Ombudsperson Act of 1995|Section 42-66.7-16 - Penalty for violations of sections 42-66.7-8 and 42-66.7-14.

§ 42-66.7-16. Penalty for violations of sections 42-66.7-8 and 42-66.7-14.Every person who willfully violates the provisions of § 42-66.7-8 or § 42-66.7-14 will be subject to a fine up to one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each violation of these sections and any other remedy provided for in the Rhode Island law.History of Section.P.L. 2003, ch. 55, § 2; P.L. 2003, ch. 74, § 2.
RI Gen L § 42-66.7-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-66.7 - Long-Term Care Ombudsperson Act of 1995|Section 42-66.7-17 - Severability.

§ 42-66.7-17. Severability.If any provision of this chapter or any rule or regulation made under this chapter, or the application of any provision of this chapter to any person or circumstance shall be held invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of the chapter, rule or regulation and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. The invalidity of any section or sections or parts of any section of this chapter shall not affect the validity of the remainder of this chapter and to this end the provisions of the chapter are declared to be severable.History of Section.P.L. 2003, ch. 55, § 2; P.L. 2003, ch. 74, § 2.
RI Gen L § 42-66.8-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-66.8 - Rhode Island Assisted Housing Living Waiver|Section 42-66.8-1 - Legislative findings.

§ 42-66.8-1. Legislative findings.It is found and declared as follows:(1) Rhode Island has one of the highest proportions of elderly persons in the nation. Persons age eighty-five (85) years old and over are the fastest growing segment of the state's population.(2) A significant number of Rhode Island elderly have difficulty carrying out basic life activities, and many are at high risk for institutionalization due to chronic illness and disability.(3) There is a growing consumer preference for more housing and care alternatives designed specifically for persons who need assistance with basic life activities, but do not need the level of skilled nursing care and therapy that nursing homes provide.(4) There exists a lack of private sector initiatives to create assisted living options which are affordable to low and moderate income frail elderly and other frail persons.(5) It is imperative for state government and long-term health providers to develop cost effective means of caring for at-risk elderly, and in particular those low and moderate income frail elderly whose needs are appropriate for assisted living placement but who cannot afford the costs of market rate, private pay assisted living facilities.(6) An alternative form of housing and care must be developed in Rhode Island for low and moderate income frail elderly and other frail persons to enable them to live in a residential setting as independently as possible while achieving cost savings in the state Medicaid program.(7) An assisted living demonstration program, sponsored by the state through the collaboration and cooperation of the Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation, the department of elderly affairs, and the department of human services, will allow the state to provide appropriate housing and care needed by frail elderly and other frail persons in Rhode Island and to evaluate the cost savings and other benefits of assisted living.History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 198, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-66.8-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-66.8 - Rhode Island Assisted Housing Living Waiver|Section 42-66.8-2 - Purpose - Assisted living waiver request.

§ 42-66.8-2. Purpose — Assisted living waiver request.The purpose of this legislation is to provide assisted living alternatives to low and moderate income chronically impaired or disabled elderly and other chronically impaired or disabled adults who are eligible for or at risk of placement in nursing facility care. The director of the department of elderly affairs and the director of the department of human services shall cooperate and collaborate in obtaining approval from the health care financing administration for a home and community based services waiver designated to fund assisted living supportive services for up to two hundred (200) persons residing in assisted living facilities certified and financed by the Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation. The director of the department of elderly affairs and the director of the department of human services shall formulate the waiver application and submit the waiver request no later than September 30, 1997. The waiver shall be reviewed and expanded periodically as funding is made available.History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 198, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-66.8-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-66.8 - Rhode Island Assisted Housing Living Waiver|Section 42-66.8-4 - Provision of service.

§ 42-66.8-4. Provision of service.(a) Provision of assisted living supportive services paid for with government funds in an assisted living facility as defined and delineated in this chapter shall be provided only to those persons who are eligible for, or at risk for, placement in a nursing facility and who have had a long-term care assessment which indicates the person can receive appropriate care in the assisted living facility.(b) The long-term care assessment required under this chapter shall be completed by persons designated by the director of elderly affairs and the director of the department of human services and shall include representatives of the department of human services and persons designated by the department of elderly affairs to provide long-term care assessment services under § 42-66.6-3.(c) If a person determined to be eligible to receive waiver services under this chapter desires to reside in an assisted living unit and an appropriate assisted living facility is available, the department of elderly affairs shall authorize the placement.(d) Continued provision of assisted living supportive services paid for with government funds in an assisted living facility shall be based on a reassessment of the recipient's care needs to be performed at least every one hundred and eighty (180) days.History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 198, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-66.8-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-66.8 - Rhode Island Assisted Housing Living Waiver|Section 42-66.8-5 - Duties of director of human services.

§ 42-66.8-5. Duties of director of human services.For the purposes of this section, director means the director of human services. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, but subject to the expenditure limitations of this chapter, the director, subject to the approval of the state director of the budget, may authorize the utilization of medical assistance funds to pay for assisted living supportive services provided by specified assisted living facilities in addition to those services included in the medical assistance program under title 40 of this code, so long as federal financial participation is available for those services. Expenditures made under this subdivision shall be deemed payments for medical assistance for needy persons.(1) The department shall not make payments pursuant to Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1396 et seq., for benefits available under Title XVIII of that act, 42 U.S.C. § 1395 et seq., without documentation that Title XVIII claims have been filed and denied.(2) The department shall not make payments for a person receiving assisted living services while payments are being made for that person under another Medicaid waiver program or for inpatient care in a skilled nursing and intermediate care facility or hospital; provided, however, this shall not affect monthly payments made under prospective reimbursement contracts.History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 198, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-66.8-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-66.8 - Rhode Island Assisted Housing Living Waiver|Section 42-66.8-6 - Evaluation of assisted living waiver demonstration.

§ 42-66.8-6. Evaluation of assisted living waiver demonstration.Upon implementation of the demonstration program and occupancy of assisted living facilities by low and moderate income persons, the Rhode Island department of elderly affairs will work in conjunction with Rhode Island housing to develop a tool to evaluate the qualitative benefits and cost effectiveness of the demonstration program.History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 198, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-66.8-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-66.8 - Rhode Island Assisted Housing Living Waiver|Section 42-66.8-7 - Additional assisted living waiver request.

§ 42-66.8-7. Additional assisted living waiver request.In addition to the waiver request required by § 42-66.8-2, the directors of the departments of human services and elderly affairs shall cooperate and collaborate in obtaining approval from the health care financing administration for additional home and community based waiver services designated to fund assisted living support services for an additional one hundred eighty (180) persons, including fifty (50) persons with Alzheimer's disease or another dementia with similar care and service needs, residing in licensed assisted living residences that demonstrate the capacity to meet the standards for service and care required under the conditions of the waiver. Application for the additional one hundred eighty (180) persons shall be submitted to the federal government by January 1, 2002. For purposes of this section, "assisted living residence" means those facilities licensed by the state pursuant to chapter 17.4 of title 23.History of Section.P.L. 2001, ch. 262, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-66.9-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-66.9 - Housing for the Elderly - Emergency Generators Required|Section 42-66.9-1 - Emergency generators required.

§ 42-66.9-1. Emergency generators required.All housing for the elderly complexes, as defined in § 42-66.1-2, which are serviced by one or more elevators and/or electrically powered chair lifts, and which include more than one hundred (100) residential living units in a single building shall be equipped with emergency generators which shall provide sufficient power to provide emergency lighting to all common areas and a community room and power to operate the elevators and a refrigerator in a common area. Generator systems shall be in accordance with the national electric code and § 23-28.24-9.History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 297, § 2; P.L. 2013, ch. 381, § 2; P.L. 2013, ch. 532, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-66.9-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-66.9 - Housing for the Elderly - Emergency Generators Required|Section 42-66.9-2 - Penalty for failure to install emergency generator.

§ 42-66.9-2. Penalty for failure to install emergency generator.(a) Any housing complex for the elderly that fails to meet the requirements as outlined in the preceding section may be assessed an administrative penalty of two hundred dollars ($200) per day plus interest, which accrues from the date upon which the administrative penalty becomes final by the director of the department of elderly affairs.(b) Whenever the director seeks to assess an administrative penalty on an elderly housing complex, the facility shall have a right to an adjudicatory hearing under chapter 35 of this title.(c) The director shall cause to be served upon the housing complex, either by service, in hand, or by certified mail, return receipt requested, a written notice of its intent to assess an administrative penalty which shall include a concise statement of the alleged failure to comply with the requirements of § 42-66.9-1 for which the administrative penalty is sought to be assessed, the amount which the director seeks to assess, a statement of the housing complex's right to a hearing on the proposed assessment, and the manner of payment if the housing complex elects to pay the penalty and waive hearing.(d) In any adjudicatory hearing authorized pursuant to chapter 35 of this title, the director shall, by a preponderance of the evidence, prove noncompliance with the requirements of § 42-66.9-1. Should a complex waive its right to an adjudicatory hearing by failing to respond in writing to the director within ten (10) days from the receipt of the notice of the penalty, the proposed administrative penalty shall be final at the end of the ten (10) day period.(e) If an administrative penalty is assessed at the conclusion of an adjudicatory hearing, the administrative penalty shall be final upon the expiration of thirty (30) days if no action for judicial review of the decision is commenced pursuant to chapter 35 of this title.(f) The director is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 297, § 2.
RI Gen L § 42-66.10-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-66.10 - Elder Health Insurance Consumer Assistance Program|Section 42-66.10-1 - Short title.

§ 42-66.10-1. Short title.This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Elder Health Insurance Consumer Assistance Program Act".History of Section.P.L. 1999, ch. 182, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 372, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-66.10-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-66.10 - Elder Health Insurance Consumer Assistance Program|Section 42-66.10-2 - Elder Health Insurance Consumer Assistance Program.

§ 42-66.10-2. Elder Health Insurance Consumer Assistance Program.(a) The director of elderly affairs 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 responsibilities of consumers and insurers under such products;(2) Operate a toll-free telephone line to respond to requests for information, advice or assistance concerning health insurance in a timely and efficient manner;(3) Produce and disseminate information about the availability of the elder health insurance consumer assistance program and educational materials concerning health insurance and patient rights;(4) Provide assistance (in non-litigative settings) to elder individuals who desire to appeal a denial or termination or reduction of health services, or the refusal to pay for such services, under a health insurance plan or program;(5) Make referrals to appropriate private and public entities or individuals so that inquiries, problems, and grievances with respect to health insurance can be handled promptly and efficiently; and(6) Collect data concerning inquiries, problems, and grievances handled by the elder health insurance consumer assistance program.(b) The department of elderly affairs may operate the elder health insurance consumer assistance program, directly or by contract or other arrangement, including the use of appropriately trained volunteers, with any public agency or non-profit organization. To the maximum extent possible, the department of elderly affairs shall coordinate the activities of the elder health insurance consumer assistance program with other programs of a similar purpose carried out by other state departments or the federal government.History of Section.P.L. 1999, ch. 182, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 372, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-66.11-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-66.11 - The Aging in Community Act of 2014|Section 42-66.11-1 - Short title.

§ 42-66.11-1. Short title.This chapter shall be known and may be cited as "The Aging in Community Act of 2014."History of Section.P.L. 2014, ch. 367, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 402, § 1.