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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2021

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J O I N T   R E S O L U T I O N

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $200,000 TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO

AID IN THE FIGHT AGAINST ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND DEMENTIA

     

     Introduced By: Representative Joseph M. McNamara

     Date Introduced: January 22, 2021

     Referred To: House Finance

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     RESOLVED, There is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not

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otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year 2021-2022, an additional sum of two hundred thousand

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dollars ($200,000) to the Rhode Island department of health, to establish an Alzheimer's Disease

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and Dementia Coordinator within the department of health, to establish plans to pursue federal

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grants and matching funds in regard to Alzheimer's Disease and dementia, and to undertake a

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campaign to promote increased awareness of the nature of, the warning signs of, and treatment

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options and other resources available, in regard to Alzheimer's Disease. The state controller is

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hereby authorized and directed to draw orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of said

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sum, or so much thereof as may be from time to time required, upon receipt of properly

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authenticated vouchers.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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J O I N T   R E S O L U T I O N

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $200,000 TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO

AID IN THE FIGHT AGAINST ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND DEMENTIA

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     This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $200,000 in a fiscal year

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2021-2022, to establish an Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Coordinator.

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