2017 -- H 5495

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017

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A N   A C T

AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL

DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS – MENTAL HEALTH CONSUMER ADVOCATES OF

RHODE ISLAND - OASIS WELLNESS AND RECOVERY CENTER

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Blazejewski, Regunberg, Tanzi, Bennett, and Fogarty

     Date Introduced: February 15, 2017

     Referred To: House 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.

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     This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Mental Health Consumer

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

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     40.1-8.6-2. Purpose.

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     To ensure that Mental Health Consumer Advocates of Rhode Island is able to continue

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providing evidence-based peer support, information, and education about fighting the

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stigmatization of mental illness,  and through the Oasis Wellness and Recovery Center offer a

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comprehensive program of long- and short-term evidence-based peer supports ranging from

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employment to just a friendly, helping hand, and remain dedicated to the continuous support of

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

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     40.1-8.6-3. Appropriations.

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     The general assembly shall annually appropriate the sum of two hundred and ninety-five

 

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thousand dollars ($295,000) to the Mental Health Consumer Advocates of Rhode Island and the

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Oasis Wellness and Recovery Center; and the state controller is hereby authorized and directed to

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draw his 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 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

OF

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AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL

DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS – MENTAL HEALTH CONSUMER ADVOCATES OF

RHODE ISLAND - OASIS WELLNESS AND RECOVERY CENTER

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     This act would establish a mental health consumer advocate and wellness recovery center

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to provide support for those suffering from mental health issues and would appropriate two-

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hundred ninety five thousand dollars ($295,000) to operate the program.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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