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A N A C T

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE STATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2024

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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1. ARTICLE 1

   
   

2. SECTION 1. Subject to the conditions, limitations and restrictions hereinafter contained in

   
   

3. this act, the following general revenue amounts are hereby appropriated out of any money in the

   
   

4. treasury not otherwise appropriated to be expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024.

   
   

5. The amounts identified for federal funds and restricted receipts shall be made available pursuant to

   
   

6. section 35-4-22 and Chapter 41 of Title 42 of the Rhode Island General Laws. For the purposes

   
   

7. and functions hereinafter mentioned, the state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw

   
   

8. his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of such sums or such portions thereof

   
   

9. as may be required from time to time upon receipt by him or her of properly authenticated vouchers.

1. General

   
   

2. General Revenues

   
   

3. Miscellaneous Grants/Payments 130,000

   
   

4. Provided that this amount be allocated to City Year for the Whole School Whole Child

1. Old State House 100,000

   
   

2. State Office Building 100,000

   
   

3. State Office Reorganization & Relocation 1,450,000

   
   

4. William Powers Building 4,750,000

   
   

5. Pastore Center Non-Hospital Buildings Asset Protection 10,330,000

   
   

6. Washington County Government Center 650,000

   
   

7. Chapin Health Laboratory 425,000

   
   

8. 560 Jefferson Blvd Asset Protection 1,750,000

   
   

9. Arrigan Center 125,000

   
   

10. Civic Center 6,212,500

    
    

11. Pastore Center Buildings Demolition 1,000,000

    
    

12. Veterans Auditorium 100,000

    
    

13. Pastore Center Hospital Buildings Asset Protection 500,000

    
    

14. Pastore Campus Infrastructure 25,000,000

    
    

15. Pastore Center Power Plant Rehabilitation 450,000

    
    

16. Community Facilities Asset Protection 70,000

    
    

17. Zambarano LTAC Hospital 6,569,677

    
    

18. Medical Examiners - New Facility 5,168,529

    
    

19. Group Home Replacement & Rehabilitation 5,000,000

    
    

20. State Land Use Planning Study 250,000

    
    

21. Total - General 224,521,902

    
    

22. Debt Service Payments

    
    

23. General Revenues 182,821,772

    
    

24. Out of the general revenue appropriations for debt service, the General Treasurer is

    
    

25. authorized to make payments for the I-195 Redevelopment District Commission loan up to the

    
    

26. maximum debt service due in accordance with the loan agreement.

    
    

27. Other Funds

    
    

28. Transportation Debt Service 35,226,154

    
    

29. Investment Receipts - Bond Funds 100,000

    
    

30. Total - Debt Service Payments 218,147,926

    
    

31. Energy Resources

    
    

32. Federal Funds

    
    

33. Federal Funds 1,628,101

    
    

34. Federal Funds - State Fiscal Recovery Fund

1. Sixty percent (60%) of the first $1,000,000 appropriated for airport impact aid shall be

   
   

2. distributed to each airport serving more than 1,000,000 passengers based upon its percentage of the

   
   

3. total passengers served by all airports serving more than 1,000,000 passengers. Forty percent (40%)

   
   

4. of the first $1,000,000 shall be distributed based on the share of landings during calendar year 2022

1. at North Central Airport, Newport-Middletown Airport, Block Island Airport, Quonset Airport,

   
   

2. T.F. Green International Airport and Westerly Airport, respectively. The Rhode Island Commerce

   
   

3. Corporation shall make an impact payment to the towns or cities in which the airport is located

   
   

4. based on this calculation. Each community upon which any part of the above airports is located

   
   

5. shall receive at least $25,000.

1. Provided that $600,000 of these funds shall be used for enhanced training for direct care

   
   

2. and support services staff to improve resident quality of care and address the changing health care

   
   

3. needs of nursing facility residents due to higher acuity and increased cognitive impairments

   
   

4. pursuant to Rhode Island General Laws, Section 23-17.5-36.

   
   

5. Federal Funds - State Fiscal Recovery Fund

   
   

6. Enhanced Real Jobs 20,000,000

   
   

7. Restricted Receipts 17,161,583

   
   

8. Total - Governor’s Workforce Board 43,211,583

1. Provided that all unexpended or unencumbered balances as of June 30, 2024, appropriated

   
   

2. for tangible tax exemption reimbursements pursuant to Rhode Island General Law, Chapter 44-5.3

1. Provided that $125,000 be allocated to support the Rhode Island Historical Society and

   
   

2. $18,000 be allocated to support the Newport Historical Society, pursuant to Sections 29-2-1 and

   
   

3. 29-2-2 of the Rhode Island General Laws, and $25,000 be allocated to support the Rhode Island

   
   

4. Black Heritage Society.

   
   

   1 Office of Public Information
   2 General Revenues	630,466
   3 Receipted Receipts	25,000
   4 Total - Office of Public Information	655,466
   5 Grand Total - Secretary of State	14,424,078
   6 General Treasurer
   7 Treasury
   8 General Revenues	3,096,255
   9 Federal Funds	343,876
   10 Other Funds
   11 Temporary Disability Insurance Fund	262,277
   12 Tuition Savings Program - Administration	432,979
   13 Total -Treasury	4,135,387
   14 State Retirement System
   15 Restricted Receipts
   16 Admin Expenses - State Retirement System	13,111,836
   17 Retirement - Treasury Investment Operations	1,979,142
   18 Defined Contribution - Administration	328,028
   19 Total - State Retirement System	15,419,006
   20 Unclaimed Property
   21 Restricted Receipts	2,604,026
   22 Crime Victim Compensation
   23 General Revenues	899,553
   24 Federal Funds	422,493
   25 Restricted Receipts	555,000
   26 Total - Crime Victim Compensation	1,877,046
   27 Grand Total - General Treasurer	24,035,465
   28 Board of Elections
   29 General Revenues	3,981,728
   30 Rhode Island Ethics Commission
   31 General Revenues	2,137,059
   32 Office of Governor
   33 General Revenues
   34 General Revenues	8,256,547

   1. Contingency Fund 150,000

      
      

   2. Grand Total - Office of Governor 8,406,547

      
      

   3. Commission for Human Rights

      
      

   4. General Revenues 2,009,246

      
      

   5. Federal Funds 359,101

      
      

   6. Grand Total - Commission for Human Rights 2,368,347

      
      

   7. Public Utilities Commission

      
      

   8. Federal Funds 593,775

      
      

   9. Restricted Receipts 13,667,525

      
      

   10. Grand Total - Public Utilities Commission 14,261,300

       
       

   11. Office of Health and Human Services

       
       

   12. Central Management

       
       

   13. General Revenues 47,288,469

       
       

   14. Provided that $220,000 shall be for the children’s cabinet, established under Rhode Island

       
       

   15. General Law, Chapter 42-7.5, to assist with the planning for an early childhood governance

       
       

   16. structure of and for the transition of established early childhood programs to such an office.

       
       

   17. Federal Funds 172,720,592

       
       

   18. Provided that $250,000 shall be for the Executive Office to develop an Olmstead Plan.

       
       

   19. Restricted Receipts 33,522,192

       
       

   20. Total - Central Management 253,531,253

       
       

   21. Medical Assistance

       
       

   22. General Revenues

       
       

   23. Managed Care 452,752,540

       
       

   24. Hospitals 121,333,847

       
       

   25. Of the general revenue funding, $2.5 million shall be provided for Graduate Medical

       
       

   26. Education programs of which $1.0 million is for hospitals designated as a Level I Trauma Center,

       
       

   27. $1.0 million is for hospitals providing Neonatal Intensive Care Unit level of care and $0.5 million

       
       

   28. is for the residential training program at Landmark Hospital.

       
       

   29. Nursing Facilities 152,569,575

       
       

   30. Home and Community Based Services 59,029,500

       
       

   31. Other Services 161,342,668

       
       

   32. Pharmacy 96,525,250

       
       

   33. Rhody Health 223,304,955

       
       

   34. Federal Funds

1. The director of the department of children, youth and families shall provide to the speaker

   
   

2. of the house and president of the senate at least every sixty (60) days beginning September 1, 2021,

   
   

3. a report on its progress implementing the accreditation plan filed in accordance with Rhode Island

   
   

4. General Law, Section 42-72-5.3 and any projected changes needed to effectuate that plan. The

   
   

5. report shall, at minimum, provide data regarding recruitment and retention efforts including

   
   

6. attaining and maintaining a diverse workforce, documentation of newly filled and vacated

   
   

7. positions, and progress towards reducing worker caseloads.

   
   

8. Federal Funds

   
   

9. Federal Funds 26,232,025

   
   

10. Federal Funds - State Fiscal Recovery Fund

    
    

11. Provider Workforce Stabilization 7,920,766

    
    

12. Provided that these funds be used for workforce stabilization supplemental wage payments

    
    

13. and sign-on bonuses to eligible direct care and support care staff only until a contracted service

    
    

14. provider’s new contract takes effect at which time payments cease.

1. Youth Development Services

   
   

2. General Revenues 23,178,477

   
   

3. Federal Funds 193,194

   
   

4. Restricted Receipts 141,260

   
   

5. Other Funds

   
   

6. Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds

   
   

7. Training School Asset Protection 250,000

   
   

8. Residential Treatment Facility 15,000,000

   
   

9. Total - Youth Development Services 38,762,931

   
   

10. Child Welfare

    
    

11. General Revenues 170,201,780

    
    

12. Federal Funds 88,869,694

    
    

13. Restricted Receipts 1,349,863

    
    

14. Total - Child Welfare 260,421,337

    
    

15. Higher Education Incentive Grants

    
    

16. General Revenues 200,000

    
    

17. Provided that these funds and any unexpended or unencumbered previous years’ funding

    
    

18. are to be used exclusively to fund awards to eligible youth.

    
    

19. The director of the department of children, youth and families shall provide to the governor,

    
    

20. speaker of the house and president of the senate a report on higher education participation for

    
    

21. department affiliated youth. The report due on December 1 and July 1 of each year shall, at

    
    

22. minimum, include data by institution on the past 180 days regarding amounts awarded, each

    
    

23. awardee’s unmet need, the number of youth eligible, applications, and awards made by the

    
    

24. department, and the number of students who dropped out. It shall also include participation

    
    

25. information on trade school and workforce development programs.

    
    

26. Grand Total - Children, Youth and Families 366,362,408

    
    

27. Health

    
    

28. Central Management

    
    

29. General Revenues 3,845,945

    
    

30. Federal Funds 7,898,826

    
    

31. Restricted Receipts 16,723,583

    
    

32. Provided that the disbursement of any indirect cost recoveries on federal grants budgeted

    
    

33. in this line item that are derived from grants authorized under The Coronavirus Preparedness and

    
    

34. Response Supplemental Appropriations Act (P.L. 116-123); The Families First Coronavirus

1. Response Act (P.L. 116-127); The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (P.L. 116-

   
   

2. 136); The Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act (P.L. 116-139); the

   
   

3. Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (P.L. 116-260); and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

   
   

4. (P.L. 117-2), are hereby subject to the review and prior approval of the Director of Management

   
   

5. and Budget. No obligation or expenditure of these funds shall take place without such approval.

1. Of this amount, $400,000 is to support the Domestic Violence Prevention Fund to provide

   
   

2. direct services through the Coalition Against Domestic Violence, $25,000 for the Center for

   
   

3. Southeast Asians, $450,000 to support Project Reach activities provided by the RI Alliance of Boys

   
   

4. and Girls Clubs, $267,000 is for outreach and supportive services through Day One, $550,000 is

   
   

5. for food collection and distribution through the Rhode Island Community Food Bank, $500,000 for

   
   

6. services provided to the homeless at Crossroads Rhode Island, $600,000 for the Community Action

   
   

7. Fund, $250,000 is for the Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence’s Reduction Strategy,

   
   

8. $75,000 is to support services provided to the immigrant and refugee population through Higher

   
   

9. Ground International, and $50,000 is for services provided to refugees through the Refugee Dream

   
   

10. Center.

    
    

11. The director of the department of human services shall provide to the speaker of the house,

    
    

12. president of the senate, and chairs of the house and senate finance committees at least every sixty

    
    

13. (60) days beginning August 1, 2022, a report on its progress in recruiting and retaining customer

    
    

14. serving staff. The report shall include: documentation of newly filled and vacated positions,

    
    

15. including lateral transfers, position titles, civil service information, including numbers of eligible

    
    

16. and available candidates, plans for future testing and numbers of eligible and available candidates

    
    

17. resulting from such testing, impacts on caseload backlogs and call center wait times, as well as

    
    

18. other pertinent information as determined by the director.

    
    

19. Federal Funds

    
    

20. Federal Funds 5,060,913

    
    

21. Federal Funds - State Fiscal Recovery Fund

    
    

    1 Rhode Island Community Food Bank	3,000,000
    2 Restricted Receipts	300,000
    3 Total - Central Management	14,315,063
    4 Child Support Enforcement
    5 General Revenues	4,541,800
    6 Federal Funds	10,035,378
    7 Restricted Receipts	3,613,859
    8 Total - Child Support Enforcement	18,191,037
    9 Individual and Family Support
    10 General Revenues	47,213,539
    11 Federal Funds
    12 Federal Funds	121,421,808
    13 Federal Funds – State Fiscal Recovery Fund
    14 Child Care Support	16,717,000
    15 Restricted Receipts	185,000
    16 Other Funds
    17 Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
    18 Blind Vending Facilities	165,000
    19 Total - Individual and Family Support	185,702,347
    20 Office of Veterans Services
    21 General Revenues	34,617,133
    22 Of this amount, $200,000 is to provide support services	through Veterans’ organizations,
    23 $50,000 is to support Operation Stand Down, and $100,000 is	to support the Veterans Services
    24 Officers (VSO) program through the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
    25 Federal Funds	12,222,903
    26 Restricted Receipts	1,765,801
    27 Other Funds
    28 Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
    29 Veterans Home Asset Protection	500,000
    30 Veterans Memorial Cemetery Asset Protection	750,000
    31 Total - Office of Veterans Services	49,855,837
    32 Health Care Eligibility
    33 General Revenues	10,354,082
    34 Federal Funds	17,291,822

    1. Total - Health Care Eligibility 27,645,904

       
       

    2. Supplemental Security Income Program

       
       

    3. General Revenues 17,095,200

       
       

    4. Rhode Island Works

       
       

    5. General Revenues 10,186,745

       
       

    6. Federal Funds 83,905,655

       
       

    7. Total - Rhode Island Works 94,092,400

       
       

    8. Other Programs

       
       

    9. General Revenues

       
       

    10. General Revenues 1,935,456

        
        

    11. Of this appropriation, $90,000 shall be used for hardship contingency payments.

        
        

    12. Retail SNAP Incentives Pilot Program 10,000,000

        
        

    13. Federal Funds 369,208,211

        
        

    14. Restricted Receipts 8,000

        
        

    15. Total - Other Programs 381,151,667

        
        

    16. Office of Healthy Aging

        
        

    17. General Revenues 13,654,589

        
        

    18. Of this amount, $325,000 is to provide elder services, including respite, through the

        
        

    19. Diocese of Providence, $40,000 is for ombudsman services provided by the Alliance for Long Term

        
        

    20. Care in accordance with Rhode Island General Laws, Chapter 42-66.7, $85,000 is for security for

        
        

    21. housing for the elderly in accordance with Rhode Island General Law, Section 42-66.1-3, and

        
        

    22. $1,200,000 is for Senior Services Support and $680,000 is for elderly nutrition, of which $630,000

        
        

    23. is for Meals on Wheels.

        
        

    24. Federal Funds 20,834,138

        
        

    25. Restricted Receipts 61,000

        
        

    26. Other Funds

        
        

    27. Intermodal Surface Transportation Fund 4,147,184

        
        

    28. Total - Office of Healthy Aging 38,696,911

        
        

    29. Grand Total - Human Services 826,746,366

        
        

    30. Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals

        
        

    31. Central Management

        
        

    32. General Revenues 2,445,310

        
        

    33. Federal Funds 734,228

        
        

    34. Total - Central Management 3,179,538

        1. Hospital and Community System Support

           
           

        2. General Revenues 1,260,208

           
           

        3. Federal Funds 65,739

           
           

        4. Restricted Receipts 448,659

           
           

        5. Total - Hospital and Community System Support 1,774,606

           
           

        6. Services for the Developmentally Disabled

           
           

        7. General Revenues 207,551,352

           
           

        8. Provided that of this general revenue funding, $33,194,667 shall be expended on certain

           
           

        9. community-based department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals

           
           

        10. (BHDDH) developmental disability private provider and self-directed consumer direct care service

            
            

        11. worker raises and associated payroll costs as authorized by BHDDH and to finance the new services

            
            

        12. rates implemented by BHDDH pursuant to the Consent Decree Action Plan. Any increase for direct

            
            

        13. support staff and residential or other community-based setting must first receive the approval of

            
            

        14. BHDDH.

            
            

        15. Federal Funds 260,062,877

            
            

        16. Provided that of this federal funding, $41,821,645 shall be expended on certain

            
            

        17. community-based department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals

            
            

        18. (BHDDH) developmental disability private provider and self-directed consumer direct care service

            
            

        19. worker raises and associated payroll costs as authorized by BHDDH and to finance the new services

            
            

        20. rates implemented by BHDDH pursuant to the Consent Decree Action Plan. Any increase for direct

            
            

        21. support staff and residential or other community-based setting must first receive the approval of

            
            

        22. BHDDH.

            
            

        23. Restricted Receipts 1,395,777

            
            

        24. Other Funds

            
            

        25. Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds

            
            

        26. DD Residential Support 100,000

            
            

        27. Total - Services for the Developmentally Disabled 469,110,006

            
            

        28. Behavioral Healthcare Services

            
            

        29. General Revenues 4,345,293

            
            

        30. Federal Funds

            
            

        31. Federal Funds 34,025,449

            
            

        32. Provided that $250,000 from Social Services Block Grant funds is awarded to The

            
            

        33. Providence Center to coordinate with Oasis Wellness and Recovery Center for its support and

            
            

        34. services program offered to individuals with behavioral health issues.

1. Federal Funds - State Fiscal Recovery Fund

   
   

2. Crisis Intervention Trainings 1,650,000

   
   

3. 9-8-8 Hotline 1,600,000

   
   

4. Restricted Receipts 7,334,361

   
   

5. Provided that $500,000 from the Opioid Stewardship Fund is distributed equally to the

   
   

6. seven Regional Substance Abuse Prevention Task Forces to fund priorities determined by each

   
   

7. Task Force.

1. Provided that this will be used for home modification and accessibility enhancements to

   
   

2. construct, retrofit, and/or renovate residences to allow individuals to remain in community settings.

   
   

3. This will be in consultation with the Executive Office of Health and Human Services. All

   
   

4. unexpended or unencumbered balances, at the end of the fiscal year, shall be reappropriated to the

1. Provided that $90,000 be allocated to support the hospital school at Hasbro Children’s

   
   

2. Hospital pursuant to Rhode Island General Law, Section 16-7-20 and that $395,000 be allocated to

   
   

3. support child opportunity zones through agreements with the Department of Elementary and

   
   

4. Secondary Education to strengthen education, health and social services for students and their

   
   

5. families as a strategy to accelerate student achievement and further provided that $450,000 and 3.0

   
   

6. full-time equivalent positions be allocated to support a special education function to facilitate

   
   

7. individualized education program (IEP) and 504 services.

   
   

8. Federal Funds

   
   

9. Federal Funds 282,135,648

   
   

10. Provided that $684,000 from the Department’s administrative share of Individuals with

    
    

11. Disabilities Education Act funds be allocated to the Paul V. Sherlock Center on Disabilities to

    
    

12. support the Rhode Island Vision Education and Services Program and that $270,000 of the

    
    

13. Department’s allocation of education stabilization discretionary funds be used to support the RI

    
    

14. Auditory Oral Program.

    
    

15. Federal Funds – State Fiscal Recovery Fund

1. Education Aid

   
   

2. General Revenues 1,146,097,499

   
   

3. Provided that the criteria for the allocation of early childhood funds shall prioritize

   
   

4. prekindergarten seats and classrooms for four-year-olds whose family income is at or below one

   
   

5. hundred eighty-five percent (185%) of federal poverty guidelines and who reside in communities

   
   

6. with higher concentrations of low performing schools.

   
   

7. Provided further that $8,543,690 shall be allocated pro rata to mitigate any reduction in the

   
   

8. amount of funds received by any local education agency pursuant to Section 16-7.2-3(a) of the

   
   

9. Rhode Island General Laws in FY 2024 relative to the amount of funds received by any local

   
   

10. education agency during FY 2023.

    
    

11. Federal Funds 159,747,998

1. Provided that $355,000 shall be allocated to the Rhode Island College Crusade pursuant to

   
   

2. the Rhode Island General Law, Section 16-70-5, $75,000 shall be allocated to Best Buddies Rhode

   
   

3. Island to support its programs for children with developmental and intellectual disabilities. It is also

   
   

4. provided that $8,568,644 shall be allocated to the Rhode Island Promise Scholarship program,

   
   

5. $151,410 shall be used to support Rhode Island’s membership in the New England Board of Higher

   
   

6. Education, $4,000,000 shall be allocated to the Rhode Island Hope Scholarship Program, and

   
   

7. $200,000 shall be allocated to the Rhode Island School for Progressive Education to support access

   
   

8. to higher education opportunities for teachers of color.

   
   

9. Federal Funds

   
   

   27 Federal Funds	4,156,833
   28 Guaranty Agency Administration	400,000
   29 Guaranty Agency Operating Fund - Scholarships & Grants	3,900,000
   30 Federal Funds - State Fiscal Recovery Fund
   31 RI Reconnect	8,000,000
   32 Cybersecurity Center	2,000,000
   33 Fresh Start Scholarship	5,000,000
   34 Restricted Receipts	5,904,272

   
   

   1 Other Funds
   2 Tuition Savings Program - Dual Enrollment	2,300,000
   3 Tuition Savings Program - Scholarships and Grants	895,000
   4 Nursing Education Center - Operating	2,894,863
   5 Total - Office of Postsecondary Commissioner	65,553,323
   6 University of Rhode Island
   7 General Revenues
   8 General Revenues	105,389,557

   
   

   1. Provided that in order to leverage federal funding and support economic development,

      
      

   2. $700,000 shall be allocated to the Small Business Development Center, $100,000 shall be allocated

      
      

   3. to the Institute for Labor Studies & Research and that $50,000 shall be allocated to Special

      
      

   4. Olympics Rhode Island to support its mission of providing athletic opportunities for individuals

      
      

   5. with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

      
      

      14 Debt Service	31,813,173
      15 RI State Forensics Laboratory	1,618,744
      16 Federal Funds - State Fiscal Recovery Funds
      17 PFAS Water Treatment Plant	20,000,000
      18 Other Funds
      19 University and College Funds	745,170,430
      20 Debt - Dining Services	992,421
      21 Debt - Education and General	7,633,681
      22 Debt - Health Services	119,986
      23 Debt - Housing Loan Funds	12,979,112
      24 Debt - Memorial Union	425,523
      25 Debt - Ryan Center	2,378,224
      26 Debt - Parking Authority	819,763
      27 URI Restricted Debt Service - Energy Conservation	507,250
      28 URI Debt Service - Energy Conservation	1,885,825
      29 Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
      30 Asset Protection	13,494,395
      31 Mechanical, Electric, and Plumbing Improvements	4,400,000
      32 Fire Protection Academic Buildings	3,081,532
      33 Bay Campus	6,000,000
      34 Athletics Complex	26,270,000

      1 Provided that total Rhode Island Capital Plan funds provide no more than 80.0 percent of

      
      

      2 the total project.
      3 Stormwater Management	256,338
      4 Fine Arts Center Renovation	8,000,000
      5 Total - University of Rhode Island	993,235,954

      
      

      1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 35-3-15 of the general laws, all unexpended or

         
         

      2. unencumbered balances as of June 30, 2024 relating to the University of Rhode Island are hereby

         
         

      3. reappropriated to fiscal year 2025.

         
         

      4. Rhode Island College

         
         

      5. General Revenues

      
      

      11 General Revenues	66,013,913
      12 Debt Service	8,732,729
      13 Rhode Island Vision Education and Services Program	1,800,000
      14 Other Funds
      15 University and College Funds	106,541,381
      16 Debt - Education and General	1,579,049
      17 Debt - Housing	369,079
      18 Debt - Student Center and Dining	155,000
      19 Debt - Student Union	208,800
      20 Debt - G.O. Debt Service	1,643,056
      21 Debt - Energy Conservation	717,975
      22 Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
      23 Asset Protection	5,432,000
      24 Infrastructure Modernization	5,275,000
      25 Master Plan Phase III	10,000,000
      26 Total - Rhode Island College	208,467,982

      
      

10. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 35-3-15 of the general laws, all unexpended or

    
    

11. unencumbered balances as of June 30, 2024 relating to Rhode Island College are hereby

    
    

12. reappropriated to fiscal year 2025.

    
    

13. Community College of Rhode Island

    
    

14. General Revenues

    
    

15. General Revenues 58,529,873

    
    

16. Debt Service 807,992

    
    

17. Restricted Receipts 828,372

1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 35-3-15 of the general laws, all unexpended or

   
   

2. unencumbered balances as of June 30, 2024 relating to the Community College of Rhode Island

   
   

3. are hereby reappropriated to fiscal year 2025.

   
   

4. Grand Total - Public Higher Education 1,449,655,656

   
   

5. RI State Council on the Arts

   
   

6. General Revenues

   
   

7. Operating Support 1,102,758

   
   

8. Grants 1,190,000

   
   

9. Provided that $400,000 be provided to support the operational costs of WaterFire

   
   

10. Providence art installations.

    
    

11. Federal Funds 987,000

    
    

12. Restricted Receipts 5,000

    
    

13. Other Funds

    
    

    23 Art for Public Facilities	585,000
    24 Grand Total - RI State Council on the Arts	3,869,758
    25 RI Atomic Energy Commission
    26 General Revenues	1,158,737
    27 Restricted Receipts	25,036
    28 Other Funds
    29 URI Sponsored Research	344,971
    30 Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
    31 Asset Protection	50,000
    32 Grand Total - RI Atomic Energy Commission	1,578,744
    33 RI Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission
    34 General Revenues	1,905,557

    1. Provided that $30,000 support the operational costs of the Fort Adams Trust’s restoration

       
       

    2. activities and that $25,000 shall be allocated to Rhode Island Slave History Medallions.

       
       

    3. Federal Funds 1,143,147

       
       

    4. Restricted Receipts 422,800

       
       

    5. Other Funds

       
       

    6. RIDOT Project Review 110,327

       
       

    7. Grand Total - RI Historical Preservation and Heritage Comm. 3,581,831

       
       

    8. Attorney General

       
       

    9. Criminal

       
       

    10. General Revenues 21,038,345

        
        

    11. Federal Funds 2,909,219

        
        

    12. Restricted Receipts 1,290,066

        
        

    13. Total - Criminal 25,237,630

        
        

    14. Civil

        
        

    15. General Revenues 7,010,429

        
        

    16. Restricted Receipts 2,718,995

        
        

    17. Total - Civil 9,729,424

        
        

    18. Bureau of Criminal Identification

        
        

    19. General Revenues 2,145,184

        
        

    20. Restricted Receipts 1,296,624

        
        

    21. Total - Bureau of Criminal Identification 3,441,808

        
        

    22. General

        
        

    23. General Revenues 4,668,933

        
        

    24. Other Funds

        
        

    25. Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds

        
        

    26. Building Renovations and Repairs 150,000

        
        

    27. Total - General 4,818,933

        
        

    28. Grand Total - Attorney General 43,227,795

        
        

    29. Corrections

        
        

    30. Central Management

        
        

    31. General Revenues 23,382,719

        
        

    32. Parole Board

        
        

    33. General Revenues 1,382,965

        
        

    34. Custody and Security

1. The director of the department of corrections shall provide to the speaker of the house and

   
   

2. president of the senate at least every ninety (90) days beginning September 1, 2022, a report on

   
   

3. efforts to modernize the correctional industries program. The report shall, at minimum, provide

   
   

4. data on the past ninety (90) days regarding program participation, changes made in programming

   
   

5. to more closely align with industry needs, new or terminated partnerships with employers,

   
   

6. nonprofits, and advocacy groups, current program expenses and revenues, and the employment

   
   

7. status of all persons on the day of discharge from department care who participated in the

   
   

8. correctional industries program.

   
   

9. Federal Funds 630,449

   
   

10. Restricted Receipts 64,600

1. Judiciary

   
   

2. Supreme Court

   
   

3. General Revenues

   
   

4. General Revenues 34,670,879

   
   

5. Provided however, that no more than $1,453,387 in combined total shall be offset to the

   
   

6. Public Defender’s Office, the Attorney General’s Office, the Department of Corrections, the

   
   

7. Department of Children, Youth and Families, and the Department of Public Safety for square-

   
   

8. footage occupancy costs in public courthouses and further provided that $230,000 be allocated to

   
   

9. the Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence for the domestic abuse court advocacy

   
   

10. project pursuant to Rhode Island General Law, Section 12-29-7 and that $90,000 be allocated to

    
    

11. Rhode Island Legal Services, Inc. to provide housing and eviction defense to indigent individuals.

1. Provided that $13,500,000 shall be allocated as the state contribution for the Statewide

   
   

2. Body-worn Camera Program, subject to all program and reporting rules, regulations, policies, and

   
   

3. guidelines prescribed in the Rhode Island General Laws. Notwithstanding the provisions of section

   
   

4. 35-3-15 of the general laws, all unexpended or unencumbered balances as of June 30, 2024 from

10 Of this general revenue amount, $100,000 is appropriated to the Conservation Districts and

18 Provided that of this general revenue amount, $150,000 is to be used for marine mammal

1. paratransit voucher program. The program shall operate as a one-year pilot program to study the

   
   

2. feasibility of expanding paratransit services to underserved communities and providing those

   
   

3. utilizing the program with prepaid voucher(s) to cover the expense of paratransit services to be

   
   

4. provided by the authority. The program shall begin no later than January 1, 2024. On or before

5 June 1, 2025, the authority shall submit a report to the speaker of the house and the president of the

1. senate, detailing the outcome of the pilot program. Of this amount, $500,000 is appropriated for

   
   

2. the authority for the pilot program.

1. The department of transportation will establish a Municipal Roadway Database, which will

   
   

2. include information concerning the name, condition, length, roadway infrastructure, and pedestrian

   
   

3. features of each municipal roadway, updated annually by municipalities. The database will serve

   
   

4. as a comprehensive and transparent list of municipal roadway conditions.

1. Statewide Totals

   
   

2. General Revenues 5,424,718,905

1 Federal Funds 5,635,773,203

1. Restricted Receipts 389,134,921

   
   

2. Other Funds 2,550,551,147

   
   

3. Statewide Grand Total 14,000,178,176

   
   

4. SECTION 2. Each line appearing in Section 1 of this Article shall constitute an

   
   

5. appropriation.

   
   

6. SECTION 3. Upon the transfer of any function of a department or agency to another

   
   

7. department or agency, the Governor is hereby authorized by means of executive order to transfer

   
   

8. or reallocate, in whole or in part, the appropriations and the full-time equivalent limits affected

   
   

9. thereby; provided, however, in accordance with Rhode Island General Law, Section 42-6-5, when

   
   

10. the duties or administrative functions of government are designated by law to be performed within

    
    

11. a particular department or agency, no transfer of duties or functions and no re-allocation, in whole

    
    

12. or part, or appropriations and full-time equivalent positions to any other department or agency shall

    
    

13. be authorized.

    
    

14. SECTION 4. From the appropriation for contingency shall be paid such sums as may be

    
    

15. required at the discretion of the Governor to fund expenditures for which appropriations may not

    
    

16. exist. Such contingency funds may also be used for expenditures in the several departments and

    
    

17. agencies where appropriations are insufficient, or where such requirements are due to unforeseen

    
    

18. conditions or are non-recurring items of an unusual nature. Said appropriations may also be used

    
    

19. for the payment of bills incurred due to emergencies or to any offense against public peace and

    
    

20. property, in accordance with the provisions of Titles 11 and 45 of the General Laws of 1956, as

    
    

21. amended. All expenditures and transfers from this account shall be approved by the Governor.

    
    

22. SECTION 5. The general assembly authorizes the state controller to establish the internal

    
    

23. service accounts shown below, and no other, to finance and account for the operations of state

    
    

24. agencies that provide services to other agencies, institutions and other governmental units on a cost

    
    

25. reimbursed basis. The purpose of these accounts is to ensure that certain activities are managed in

    
    

26. a businesslike manner, promote efficient use of services by making agencies pay the full costs

    
    

27. associated with providing the services, and allocate the costs of central administrative services

    
    

28. across all fund types, so that federal and other non-general fund programs share in the costs of

    
    

29. general government support. The controller is authorized to reimburse these accounts for the cost

    
    

30. of work or services performed for any other department or agency subject to the following

    
    

31. expenditure limitations:

    
    

32. Account Expenditure Limit

    
    

33. State Assessed Fringe Benefit Internal Service Fund 37,390,672

1. Administration Central Utilities Internal Service Fund 39,364,206

   
   

2. State Central Mail Internal Service Fund 8,076,555

   
   

3. State Telecommunications Internal Service Fund 3,659,422

   
   

4. State Automotive Fleet Internal Service Fund 13,069,648

   
   

5. Surplus Property Internal Service Fund 44,789

   
   

6. Health Insurance Internal Service Fund 272,732,438

   
   

7. Other Post-Employment Benefits Fund 63,858,483

   
   

8. Capitol Police Internal Service Fund 1,411,825

   
   

9. Corrections Central Distribution Center Internal Service Fund 7,534,562

   
   

10. Correctional Industries Internal Service Fund 8,339,394

    
    

11. Secretary of State Record Center Internal Service Fund 1,175,426

    
    

12. Human Resources Internal Service Fund 17,117,623

    
    

13. DCAMM Facilities Internal Service Fund 61,150,543

    
    

14. Information Technology Internal Service Fund 56,136,183

    
    

15. SECTION 6. Legislative Intent - The General Assembly may provide a written "statement

    
    

16. of legislative intent" signed by the chairperson of the House Finance Committee and by the

    
    

17. chairperson of the Senate Finance Committee to show the intended purpose of the appropriations

    
    

18. contained in Section 1 of this Article. The statement of legislative intent shall be kept on file in the

    
    

19. House Finance Committee and in the Senate Finance Committee.

    
    

20. At least twenty (20) days prior to the issuance of a grant or the release of funds, which

    
    

21. grant or funds are listed on the legislative letter of intent, all department, agency and corporation

    
    

22. directors, shall notify in writing the chairperson of the House Finance Committee and the

    
    

23. chairperson of the Senate Finance Committee of the approximate date when the funds are to be

    
    

24. released or granted.

    
    

25. SECTION 7. Appropriation of Temporary Disability Insurance Funds -- There is hereby

    
    

26. appropriated pursuant to sections 28-39-5 and 28-39-8 of the Rhode Island General Laws all funds

    
    

27. required to be disbursed for the benefit payments from the Temporary Disability Insurance Fund

    
    

28. and Temporary Disability Insurance Reserve Fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024.

    
    

29. SECTION 8. Appropriation of Employment Security Funds -- There is hereby appropriated

    
    

30. pursuant to section 28-42-19 of the Rhode Island General Laws all funds required to be disbursed

    
    

31. for benefit payments from the Employment Security Fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024.

    
    

32. SECTION 9. Appropriation of Lottery Division Funds -- There is hereby appropriated to

    
    

33. the Lottery Division any funds required to be disbursed by the Lottery Division for the purposes of

    
    

34. paying commissions or transfers to the prize fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024.

    1. SECTION 10. Appropriation of CollegeBoundSaver Funds - There is hereby appropriated

       
       

    2. to the Office of the General Treasurer designated funds received under the CollegeBoundSaver

       
       

    3. program for transfer to the Division of Higher Education Assistance within the Office of the

       
       

    4. Postsecondary Commissioner to support student financial aid for the fiscal year ending June 30,

       
       

    5. 2024.

       
       

    6. SECTION 11. Departments and agencies listed below may not exceed the number of full-

       
       

    7. time equivalent (FTE) positions shown below in any pay period. Full-time equivalent positions do

       
       

    8. not include limited period positions or, seasonal or intermittent positions whose scheduled period

       
       

    9. of employment does not exceed twenty-six consecutive weeks or whose scheduled hours do not

       
       

    10. exceed nine hundred and twenty-five (925) hours, excluding overtime, in a one-year period. Nor

        
        

    11. do they include individuals engaged in training, the completion of which is a prerequisite of

        
        

    12. employment. Provided, however, that the Governor or designee, Speaker of the House of

        
        

    13. Representatives or designee, and the President of the Senate or designee may authorize an

        
        

    14. adjustment to any limitation. Prior to the authorization, the State Budget Officer shall make a

        
        

    15. detailed written recommendation to the Governor, the Speaker of the House, and the President of

        
        

    16. the Senate. A copy of the recommendation and authorization to adjust shall be transmitted to the

        
        

    17. chairman of the House Finance Committee, Senate Finance Committee, the House Fiscal Advisor,

        
        

    18. and the Senate Fiscal Advisor.

        
        

    19. State employees whose funding is from non-state general revenue funds that are time

        
        

    20. limited shall receive limited term appointment with the term limited to the availability of non-state

        
        

    21. general revenue funding source.

        
        

    22. FY 2024 FTE POSITION AUTHORIZATION

        
        

    23. Departments and Agencies Full-Time Equivalent

        
        

    24. Administration 674.7

    25. Provided that no more than 419.1 of the total authorization would be limited to positions

    26. that support internal service fund programs.

1. Provided that 1.0 of the total authorization would be available only for positions that are

   
   

2. supported by third-party funds, 11.0 would be available only for positions at the State’s Higher

   
   

3. Education Centers located in Woonsocket and Westerly, 10.0 would be available only for positions

   
   

4. at the Nursing Education Center, and 7.0 would be available for the longitudinal data systems

   
   

5. program.

   
   

6. University of Rhode Island 2,551.0

   
   

7. Provided that 353.8 of the total authorization would be available only for positions that are

   
   

8. supported by third-party funds.

   
   

9. Rhode Island College 949.2

10. Provided that 76.0 of the total authorization would be available only for positions that are

11. supported by third-party funds.

12. Community College of Rhode Island 849.1

13. Provided that 89.0 of the total authorization would be available only for positions that are

    1. supported by third-party funds.

       
       

    2. Rhode Island State Council on the Arts 10.0

       
       

    3. RI Atomic Energy Commission 8.6

    4. Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission 15.6

    5. Office of the Attorney General 264.1

    6. Corrections 1,460.0

    7. Judicial 743.3

    8. Military Staff 93.0

    9. Emergency Management Agency 37.0

    10. Public Safety 632.2

    11. Office of the Public Defender 104.0

    12. Environmental Management 425.0

    13. Coastal Resources Management Council 32.0

    14. Transportation 755.0

    15. Total 15,636.9

    16. No agency or department may employ contracted employee services where contract

    17. employees would work under state employee supervisors without determination of need by the

    18. Director of Administration acting upon positive recommendations by the Budget Officer and the

    19. Personnel Administrator and 15 days after a public hearing.

    20. Nor may any agency or department contract for services replacing work done by state

    21. employees at that time without determination of need by the Director of Administration acting upon

    22. the positive recommendations of the State Budget Officer and the Personnel Administrator and 30

    23. days after a public hearing.

    24. SECTION 12. The amounts reflected in this Article include the appropriation of Rhode

    25. Island Capital Plan funds for fiscal year 2024 and supersede appropriations provided for FY 2024

    26. within Section 12 of Article 1 of Chapter 231 of the P.L. of 2022.

    27. The following amounts are hereby appropriated out of any money in the State’s Rhode

    28. Island Capital Plan Fund not otherwise appropriated to be expended during the fiscal years ending

29 June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026, June 30, 2027, and June 30, 2028. These amounts supersede

1. appropriations provided within Section 12 of Article 1 of Chapter 231 of the P.L. of 2022.

2. For the purposes and functions hereinafter mentioned, the State Controller is hereby

3. authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the General Treasurer for the payment of

4. such sums and such portions thereof as may be required by him or her upon receipt of properly

5. authenticated vouchers.

1. SECTION 13. Reappropriation of Funding for Rhode Island Capital Plan Fund Projects.

   
   

2. Any unexpended and unencumbered funds from Rhode Island Capital Plan Fund project

   
   

3. appropriations shall be reappropriated in the ensuing fiscal year and made available for the same

   
   

4. purpose. However, any such reappropriations are subject to final approval by the General Assembly

   
   

5. as part of the supplemental appropriations act. Any unexpended funds of less than five hundred

   
   

6. dollars ($500) shall be reappropriated at the discretion of the State Budget Officer.

   
   

7. SECTION 14. For the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2024, the Rhode Island Housing and

   
   

8. Mortgage Finance Corporation shall provide from its resources such sums as appropriate in support

   
   

9. of the Neighborhood Opportunities Program. The Corporation shall provide a report detailing the

1. amount of funding provided to this program, as well as information on the number of units of

   
   

2. housing provided as a result to the Director of Administration, the Chair of the Housing Resources

   
   

3. Commission, the Chair of the House Finance Committee, the Chair of the Senate Finance

   
   

4. Committee and the State Budget Officer.

   
   

5. SECTION 15. Appropriation of Economic Activity Taxes in accordance with the city of

   
   

6. Pawtucket downtown redevelopment statute -- There is hereby appropriated for the fiscal year

   
   

7. ending June 30, 2024, all State Economic Activity Taxes to be collected pursuant to § 45-33.4-4 of

   
   

8. the Rhode Island General Laws, as amended (including, but not limited to, the amount of tax

   
   

9. revenues certified by the Commerce Corporation in accordance with § 45-33.4-1(13) of the Rhode

   
   

10. Island General Laws), for the purposes of paying debt service on bonds, funding debt service

    
    

11. reserves, paying costs of infrastructure improvements in and around the ballpark district, arts

    
    

12. district, and the growth center district, funding future debt service on bonds, and funding a

    
    

13. redevelopment revolving fund established in accordance with § 45-33-1 of the Rhode Island

    
    

14. General Laws.

    
    

15. SECTION 16. The appropriations from federal funds contained in Section 1 shall not be

    
    

16. construed to mean any federal funds or assistance appropriated, authorized, allocated or

    
    

17. apportioned to the State of Rhode Island from the State Fiscal Recovery Fund and Capital Projects

    
    

18. Fund enacted pursuant to the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, P.L. 117-2 for fiscal year 2024

    
    

19. except for those instances specifically designated. Projected out-year expenditures for State Fiscal

    
    

20. Recovery Fund and Capital Projects Fund projects have been consolidated into appropriations for

    
    

21. the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024 to ensure the timely obligation of these funds to comply with

    
    

22. rules promulgated by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

    
    

23. The State Fiscal Recovery Fund and Capital Projects Fund appropriations herein shall be

    
    

24. made in support of the following projects:

    
    

25. Federal Funds - State Fiscal Recovery Fund

    
    

26. Department of Administration (DOA)

    
    

27. DOA - Electric Heat Pump Grant Program. These funds shall support a grant program

    
    

28. within the office of energy resources to assist homeowners and small-to-mid-size business owners

    
    

29. with the purchase and installation of high-efficiency electric heat pumps, with an emphasis on

    
    

30. families in environmental justice communities, minority-owned businesses, and community

    
    

31. organizations who otherwise cannot afford this technology. The office of energy resources shall

    
    

32. report to the Speaker of the House and Senate President no later than April 1 of each year the results

    
    

33. of this program, including but not limited to, the number of grants issued, amount of each grant and

    
    

34. the average grant amount, and the expected cumulative carbon emissions reductions associated

1. with heat pumps that received a grant.

   
   

2. DOA - Ongoing COVID-19 Response. These funds shall be allocated to continue COVID-

   
   

3. 19 mitigation activities and to address the public health impacts of the pandemic in Rhode Island,

   
   

4. to be administered by the director of administration, in consultation with the director of health and

   
   

5. the secretary of health and human services.

   
   

6. DOA - Pandemic Recovery Office. These funds shall be allocated to finance the Pandemic

   
   

7. Recovery Office established within the Department of Administration.

   
   

8. DOA - Public Health Response Warehouse Support. These funds shall be allocated to the

   
   

9. proper of PPE and other necessary COVID-19 response related supplies.

   
   

10. DOA - Auto-Enrollment Program. These funds shall support a program for automatically

    
    

11. enrolling qualified individuals transitioned off Medicaid coverage at the end of the COVID-19

    
    

12. public health emergency into qualified health plans to avoid gaps in coverage, administered by

    
    

13. HealthSource RI.

    
    

14. DOA - Municipal Public Safety Infrastructure. These funds shall be used to provide

    
    

15. matching support to cities and towns to make significant public safety facilities infrastructure

    
    

16. improvements including new construction. Funding priority shall be based on project readiness and

    
    

17. limited to those for which the total costs exceed $1.0 million. Matching funds to any municipality

    
    

18. will be limited to $5.0 million for projects that serve a regional purpose and $1.0 million for others.

    
    

19. Department of Labor and Training (DLT)

    
    

20. DLT - Enhanced Real Jobs. These funds shall support the Real Jobs Rhode Island program

    
    

21. in the development of job partnerships, connecting industry employers adversely impacted by the

    
    

22. pandemic to individuals enrolled in workforce training programs.

    
    

23. Executive Office of Commerce (EOC)

    
    

24. EOC - Destination Marketing. These funds shall be used for destination tourism marketing

    
    

25. in support of airline routes to Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport. The Commerce

    
    

26. Corporation is required to supply equivalent matching funds out of its portion of the state hotel tax.

    
    

27. EOC - Minority Business Accelerator. These funds shall support a program to invest

    
    

28. additional resources to enhance the growth of minority business enterprises as defined in chapter

    
    

29. 14.1 of title 37. The initiative will support a range of assistance and programming, including

    
    

30. financial and technical assistance, entrepreneurship training, space for programming and co-

    
    

31. working, and assistance accessing low-interest loans. Commerce shall work with minority small

    
    

32. business associations, including the Rhode Island Black Business Association (RIBBA), to advance

    
    

33. this program.

    
    

34. EOC - South Quay Marine Terminal. These funds shall support the development of an

    1. integrated and centralized hub of intermodal shipping designed to support the offshore wind

       
       

    2. industry along memorial parkway in the East Providence waterfront special development district.

       
       

    3. Funds may be used for design and development of the waterfront portion of the terminal into a

       
       

    4. marine-industrial facility. These funds shall only be allocated and spent if sufficient matching

       
       

    5. funds for completion of the project are committed by February 1, 2024.

       
       

    6. EOC - Bioscience Investments. These funds shall support a program to invest in the

       
       

    7. biosciences industry in Rhode Island in conjunction with the creation of the Rhode Island Life

       
       

    8. Science Hub. This program will include, but is not limited to, the development of one or more wet

       
       

    9. lab incubator spaces in collaboration with industry partners; the creation of a fund that will support

       
       

    10. wrap-around services to aid in the commercialization of technology and business development,

        
        

    11. growth of the biosciences talent pipeline, and support for staff to implement the bioscience

        
        

    12. investments initiative.

        
        

    13. EOC - Small Business Assistance. These funds shall be allocated to a program of financial

        
        

    14. and technical assistance to small businesses and COVID-impacted industries as follows: twelve

        
        

    15. million five hundred thousand dollars ($12,500,000) shall be provided as direct payments to

        
        

    16. businesses for lost revenue, eighteen million dollars ($18,000,000) shall support technical

        
        

    17. assistance for long-term business capacity building, public health upgrades, energy efficiency

        
        

    18. improvements, and outdoor programming, and one million five hundred thousand dollars

        
        

    19. ($1,500,000) shall be allocated to support administration of these programs. To be eligible to

        
        

    20. receive funds or support under this program a business must have less than two million dollars

        
        

    21. ($2,000,000) in annual gross revenues and demonstrate a negative impact from the COVID-19

        
        

    22. pandemic as determined by the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation. Under this program, total

        
        

    23. support in the form of direct payments, or technical assistance grants shall not exceed ten thousand

        
        

    24. dollars ($10,000) per eligible business through either program. Total support in the form of direct

        
        

    25. payments, technical assistance, and grants for public health upgrades, energy efficiency and

        
        

    26. outdoor programming shall not exceed thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) in the aggregate. Provided

        
        

    27. further that at least twenty percent (20%) of all funds must be reserved for awards to assist minority

        
        

    28. business enterprises as defined in chapter 14.1 of title 37.

        
        

    29. Department of Housing

        
        

    30. Housing - Development of Affordable Housing. These funds shall expand a program at the

        
        

    31. Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation to provide additional investments in the

        
        

    32. development of affordable housing units in conjunction with general obligation bond funds and

        
        

    33. other sources of available financing according to guidelines approved by the Coordinating

        
        

    34. Committee of the Housing Resources Commission. Of this amount, ten million dollars

1. ($10,000,000) shall be available to Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation to

   
   

2. establish a pilot program, which may take the form of a revolving fund, that shall direct funds to

   
   

3. support low income public housing through project-based rental assistance vouchers and financing

   
   

4. for pre-development, improvement, and housing production costs. Within eighteen (18) months,

   
   

5. any money available for the pilot that is not yet allocated to viable projects, or which has been

   
   

6. awarded to public housing authorities which are unable to demonstrate substantial completion of

   
   

7. all work within eighteen (18) months of receipt of any such funds, shall be returned to this program

   
   

8. and no longer be included in the pilot. Determination of viability and substantial completion under

   
   

9. the pilot shall be at the sole discretion of the secretary of housing.

   
   

10. Housing - Targeted Housing Development. These funds shall create a program at the

    
    

11. department of housing to develop housing in targeted areas and/or priority projects. Of this overall

    
    

12. program, twenty-seven million dollars ($27,000,000) shall be allocated into a priority project fund

    
    

13. that advances the following categories: permanent supportive housing, housing dedicated to

    
    

14. vulnerable populations, individuals transitioning out of state care, and extremely low-income

    
    

15. Rhode Islanders. Of this overall program, four million dollars ($4,000,000) shall be allocated to

    
    

16. support the development of transit-oriented housing as approved by the secretary of housing.

    
    

17. Housing - Site Acquisition. These funds shall be allocated to the Rhode Island housing and

    
    

18. mortgage finance corporation toward the acquisition of properties for redevelopment as affordable

    
    

19. and supportive housing to finance projects that include requirements for deed restrictions not less

    
    

20. than thirty (30) years, and a non-recourse structure.

    
    

21. Housing - Down Payment Assistance. Administered by the Rhode Island housing and

    
    

22. mortgage finance corporation, these funds shall be allocated to a program to provide up to $20,000

    
    

23. in down payment assistance to eligible first-time home buyers to promote homeownership.

    
    

24. Housing - Workforce Housing. These funds shall be allocated to the Rhode Island housing

    
    

25. and mortgage finance corporation to support a program to increase the housing supply for families

    
    

26. earning up to 120 percent of area median income.

    
    

27. Housing - Affordable Housing Predevelopment Program. These funds shall be allocated to

    
    

28. the Rhode Island housing mortgage finance corporation to support predevelopment work, for

    
    

29. proposed affordable housing developments to build a pipeline of new projects and build the

    
    

30. capacity of affordable housing developers in the state to expand affordable housing production.

    
    

31. Housing - Home Repair and Community Revitalization. These funds shall expand the

    
    

32. acquisition and revitalization program administered by the Rhode Island housing and mortgage

    
    

33. finance corporation to finance the acquisition and redevelopment of blighted properties to increase

    
    

34. the number of commercial and community spaces in disproportionately impacted communities and