H5495

	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:
1	SECTION 1. Title 40.1 of the General Laws entitled "BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE,
2	DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS" is hereby amended by adding thereto
3	the following chapter:
4	CHAPTER 8.6
5	MENTAL HEALTH CONSUMER ADVOCATES OF RHODE ISLAND - OASIS WELLNESS
6	AND RECOVERY CENTER
7	40.1-8.6-1. Short title.
8	This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Mental Health Consumer
9	Advocates of Rhode Island – Oasis Wellness and Recovery Center Act".
10	40.1-8.6-2. Purpose.
11	To ensure that Mental Health Consumer Advocates of Rhode Island is able to continue
12	providing evidence-based peer support, information, and education about fighting the
13	stigmatization of mental illness, and through the Oasis Wellness and Recovery Center offer a
14	comprehensive program of long- and short-term evidence-based peer supports ranging from
15	employment to just a friendly, helping hand, and remain dedicated to the continuous support of
16	persons living with serious and persistent mental illness and the well-being of its members.
17	40.1-8.6-3. Appropriations.
18	The general assembly shall annually appropriate the sum of two hundred and ninety-five

1	thousand dollars ($295,000) to the Mental Health Consumer Advocates of Rhode Island and the
2	Oasis Wellness and Recovery Center; and the state controller is hereby authorized and directed to
3	draw his orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of said sum, or so much thereof as
4	may be from time to time required, upon receipt of properly authenticated vouchers.
5	SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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	EXPLANATION
	BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
	OF
	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
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1	This act would establish a mental health consumer advocate and wellness recovery center
2	to provide support for those suffering from mental health issues and would appropriate two-
3	hundred ninety five thousand dollars ($295,000) to operate the program.
4	This act would take effect upon passage.
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