2016 -- S 2748

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2016

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND

HOSPITALS

     

     Introduced By: Senator Joshua Miller

     Date Introduced: March 10, 2016

     Referred To: Senate Finance

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Title 40.1 of the General Laws entitled "BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE,

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DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS" is hereby amended by adding thereto

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the following chapter:

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CHAPTER 8.6

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MENTAL HEALTH CONSUMER ADVOCATES OF RHODE ISLAND - OASIS WELLNESS

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AND RECOVERY CENTER

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     40.1-8.6-1. Short title. – This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Mental

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Health Consumer Advocates of Rhode Island – Oasis Wellness and Recovery Center Act".

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     40.1-8.6-2. Purpose. – To ensure that Mental Health Consumer Advocates of Rhode

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Island is able to continue providing evidence-based peer support, information, and education

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about fighting the stigmatization of mental illness, and work to effect positive change through

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legislative action and other advocacy campaigns and through the Oasis Wellness and Recovery

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Center offer a comprehensive program of long- and short-term evidence-based peer supports

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ranging from employment to just a friendly, helping hand, and remain dedicated to the continuous

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support of persons living with serious and persistent mental illness and the well-being of its

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members.

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     40.1-8.6-3. Appropriations. – There is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the

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treasury not otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year 2016-2017, the sum of two hundred and

 

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ninety-five thousand dollars ($295,000) to the mental health consumer advocates of Rhode Island

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and the oasis wellness and recovery center; and the state controller is hereby authorized and

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directed to draw his orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of said sum, or so much

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thereof as may be from time to time required, upon receipt of properly authenticated vouchers.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND

HOSPITALS

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     This act would make an appropriation of two hundred ninety-five thousand dollars

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($295,000) for the Mental Health consumer Advocates of Rhode Island and the Oasis Wellness

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and Recovery Center for fiscal year 2016-2017.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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