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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012

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A N A C T

RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY - RENAMING OF THE WALLUM LAKE

BUILDING LOCATED AT THE ELEANOR SLATER HOSPITAL/ZAMBARANO UNIT

     Introduced By: Senators P Fogarty, Paiva Weed, Ruggerio, Goodwin, and Gallo

     Date Introduced: March 21, 2012

     Referred To: Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Legislative findings.

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     The general assembly hereby finds that:

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     (1) Since 1905, the Eleanor Slater Hospital/Zambarano Unit 119 has been serving the

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citizens of the state of Rhode Island providing crucial health care for many Rhode Islanders; and

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     (2) In recent years, this excellent facility has delivered outstanding health care services to

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those Rhode Islanders who are in the greatest need, including geriatric patients, patients with

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developmental disabilities, patients with Alzheimer’s disease, and those with spinal cord injuries;

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and

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     (3) Eleanor Slater Hospital/Zambarano Unit serves as an optimal model for all long-term

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care facilities; and

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     (4) For over thirty (30) years the patients have been involved in an organized group,

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“Patients for Progress.” Led by its president, Frank Beazley, the group is dedicated to promoting

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superior care for all individuals at our state hospitals; and

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     (5) It is most desirous to recognize and memorialize the outstanding work of Mr. Frank

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Beazley who for over forty-five (45) years has worked tirelessly to ensure continuous quality of

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care for all patients, and who has been and continues to be a tireless voice for the voiceless; and

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     (6) Frank Beazley’s efforts have resulted in a better quality of life for Eleanor Slater

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Hospital/Zambarano Unit residents that have included the rights of patients to access the

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community on a regular basis, to wear street clothes, to have longer hours out of bed, to have

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cable television in their rooms and to maintain RIPTA bus service to Zambarano when service

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cuts were threatened. These are but a few of the many accomplishments of this most remarkable

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individual that merit recognition; and

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     (7) Frank Beazley has made and continues to make extraordinary contributions

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improving the quality of life for both current patients and future generations of residents at

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Zambarano; and

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     (8) The general assembly, wishing to memorialize Frank Beazley’s over forty (40) years

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of selfless commitment to ensuring quality care at our state’s long-term care facilities, does

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hereby name the Wallum Lake Building located at 2090 Wallum Lake Road on the campus of the

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Eleanor Slater Hospital/Zambarano Unit in the town of Pascoag “The Frank Beazley Building”.

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     SECTION 2. Chapter 22-7.4 of the General Laws entitled "Permanent Joint Committee

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on Naming All New Buildings, Bridges, Edifices and Other State Constructions" is hereby

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amended by adding thereto the following section:

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     22-7.4-118. The Frank Beazley Building. -- The Wallum Lake Building located at 2090

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Wallum Lake Road on the campus of the Eleanor Slater Hospital/Zambarano Unit, in the town of

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Pascoag shall hereafter be named and known as “The Frank Beazley Building”.

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     SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N A C T

RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY - RENAMING OF THE WALLUM LAKE

BUILDING LOCATED AT THE ELEANOR SLATER HOSPITAL/ZAMBARANO UNIT

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     This act would name the Wallum Lake Building located on the campus of the Eleanor

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Slater Hospital Zambarano Unit “The Frank Beazley Building”.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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