2019 -- S 0211 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND | |
HOSPITALS -- MENTAL HEALTH CONSUMER ADVOCATES OF RHODE ISLAND -- | |
OASIS WELLNESS AND RECOVERY CENTER | |
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Introduced By: Senators Metts, Miller, Crowley, Coyne, and Lawson | |
Date Introduced: January 31, 2019 | |
Referred To: Senate 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 |
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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 their 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 | |
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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