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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019

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RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND

HOSPITALS -- THE LICENSURE, INSPECTIONS AND INVESTIGATIONS OF

DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES FACILITIES

     

     Introduced By: Senators DiPalma, Conley, Paolino, Miller, and Goldin

     Date Introduced: January 16, 2019

     Referred To: Senate Health & Human Services

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Sections 40.1-24-3 and 40.1-24-11 of the General Laws in Chapter 40.1-24

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entitled "Persons With Mental Illness, Addiction/Substance Abuse Disorders and Developmental

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Disabilities" are hereby amended to read as follows:

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     40.1-24-3. License requirement.

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     No person or governmental unit, acting severally or jointly with any other person or

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governmental unit, shall establish, conduct, or maintain a facility or program as defined in this

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chapter in this state without a license under this chapter. The department shall make or cause to

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be made annual unannounced inspections and investigations of community residences as defined

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in § 40.1-24-1.

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     40.1-24-11. Inspections and investigations -- Alterations or new construction.

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     The department shall make or cause to be made such inspections and investigations that it

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deems necessary. Deemed status shall not prohibit the department from conducting any

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inspection and/or investigation it deems necessary in addition to the required licensure

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inspections and investigations pursuant to § 40.1-24-3. The department may prescribe by

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regulations that any licensee or applicant desiring to make a specified type of alteration or

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addition to its facilities or to construct new facilities shall, before commencing the alteration,

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addition, or new construction, submit plans and specifications thereto to the department for

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preliminary inspection and approval or recommendations with respect to compliance with the

 

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regulations and standards herein authorized. Necessary conference and consultations may be

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provided.

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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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RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND

HOSPITALS -- THE LICENSURE, INSPECTIONS AND INVESTIGATIONS OF

DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES FACILITIES

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     This act would require the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental

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disabilities and hospitals to make or cause to be made annual unannounced inspections and

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investigations of community residences.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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