Chapter 176
2013 -- S 0498 SUBSTITUTE A
Enacted 07/11/13
A N A C T
RELATING TO
HUMAN SERVICES -- SUPPORT OF THE HOMELESS
Introduced By: Senators Pichardo, P Fogarty, Kettle, Bates, and Ciccone
Date Introduced: February 28, 2013
It is enacted by the
General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Sections 40-17-2 and 40-17-5 of the General Laws
in Chapter 40-17
entitled "Support of Homeless" are hereby amended to
read as follows:
40-17-2. Agency
established. -- (a) There is hereby created a
permanent council to be
called the "Interagency Council on Homelessness"
consisting of seventeen (17) eighteen (18)
members and one two (2) ex-officio member
members:
(1) One
of whom shall be the chief of the office of housing and community
development, or his or her designee, who shall chair the
Interagency Council on Homelessness;
(2) One
of whom shall be the director of the department of administration, or his or
her
designee;
(3) One
of whom shall be the chair of the housing resources commission, or his or her
designee;
(4) One
of whom shall be the director of the department of human services, or his or
her
designee;
(5) One
of whom shall be the director of the department of health, or his or her
designee;
(6) One of whom shall be the director of the department of children,
youth, and families,
or his or her designee;
(7) One
of whom shall be the director of elderly affairs, or his or her designee;
(8) One
of whom shall be the director of behavioral healthcare, developmental
disabilities and hospitals, or his or her designee;
(9) One
of whom shall be director of the department of labor and training, or his or
her
designee;
(10) One
of whom shall be the director of the department of corrections, or his or her
designee;
(11) One of whom shall
be the commissioner of the department of elementary or
secondary education, or his or her designee;
(12) One
of whom shall be the director of the
finance corporation, or his or her designee;
(13) One
of whom shall be the director of emergency management agency, or his or her
designee;
(14) One
of whom shall be a representative from the
of veterans' affairs or his or her designee;
(15) One
of whom shall be the public defender, or his or her designee;
(16) One
of whom shall be the Medicaid director within the department of human
services, or his or her designee; and
(17) One
of whom shall be the secretary of the executive office of health and human
services, or his or her designee; and
(18) One of whom shall be the Lieutenant Governor, or his or her
designee;
(19) One of whom shall be an ex-officio member who shall be from
the
and
(18)(20) One of whom shall be an ex-officio member who shall be the
chair, or his or her
designee, of the Interagency Council on Homelessness Advisory
Council as described in this
chapter herein.
(b) Forthwith upon the
effective date of this chapter, the members of the commission
shall meet at the call of the chair and organize. Vacancies
in the commission shall be filled in like
manner as the original appointment.
(c) The department of
administration is hereby directed to provide suitable quarters and
staff for the commission.
(d) All departments and
agencies of the state shall furnish such advice and information,
documentary, and otherwise to the commission and its agents as is
deemed necessary or desirable
by the commission to facilitate the purposes of this
chapter.
40-17-5. Advisory
council established. -- (a) There is hereby
created a permanent
advisory council to the Interagency Council on Homelessness
containing equal representation of
advocates, service providers, members of the veteran
community including housing providers and
a current or former homeless veteran, current and/or former members of the homeless
community, as well as representatives specifically affiliated
with youth homelessness to be
appointed by the governor. All new members shall be chosen and approved by majority vote of
the members present at an official meeting. At no time
shall there be less than three (3)
representatives of the homeless community, current or former. The chair shall be elected by a
majority of the members.
(b) The purpose of the
council is to inform the Interagency Council on Homelessness on
the current status and issues facing the homeless
throughout
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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