SECTION 1. Sections 42-12.1-4 and 42-12.1-9 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-12.1 entitled "Department of Mental Health, Retardation, and Hospitals" are hereby amended to read as follows:

42-12.1-4. Management of institutions. -- (a) The department of mental health, retardation, and hospitals shall have the management, supervision, and control of the state of Rhode Island medical center, Dr. Joseph H. Ladd Center, and Dr. U.E. Zambarano Memorial Hospital, the Eleanor Slater Hospital and such other functions as have been or may be assigned. The department also shall operate, maintain, and repair the buildings, grounds, and other physical property at those institutions, other than the roads and driveways, which shall be under the care and supervision of the department of transportation.

(b) The Dr. Joseph H. Ladd Center shall be under the immediate supervision of an administrator who shall be appointed by the director of the department of mental health, retardation, and hospitals with approval of the governor to serve for a term of five (5) years commencing on the first day of July, 1978. In the event a vacancy occurs, the vacancy shall be filled in like manner as the original appointment, but only for the remainder of the term. Upon the expiration of the initial five (5) year term, appointment shall be made in like manner as the original and shall be made at each five (5) year interval thereafter. The administrator can be removed for just cause by the director of the department of mental health, retardation, and hospitals.

42-12.1-9. The Eleanor Slater Rehabilitation Hospital. The Eleanor Slater Hospital. -- The facilities known as the general hospital, the institution of mental health and the Dr. U. E. Zambarano within the state of Rhode Island shall hereafter be named the Eleanor Slater Rehabilitation Hospital.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.