2016 -- S 3027

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2016

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J O I N T   R E S O L U T I O N

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $40,000 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL

HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS

     

     Introduced By: Senator Gayle L. Goldin

     Date Introduced: May 19, 2016

     Referred To: Senate Finance

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     RESOLVED, That there is hereby appropriated, out of money in the treasury not

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otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year 2016-2017, the sum of $40,000 for the department of

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behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals (BHDDH) to contract with

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Community Provider Network of Rhode Island, a Rhode Island nonprofit corporation, for the

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purpose of training staff who work with individuals with intellectual or developmental

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disabilities, to comply with standards for appropriate client restraint techniques upon the

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elimination of prone restraint use, and the state controller is hereby authorized and directed to

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draw their orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of said sum, or so much thereof as

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may be from time to time required, upon receipt by them of properly authenticated vouchers.

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