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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO MAKING APPROPRIATIONS IN SUPPORT OF FY 2022

     

     Introduced By: Senators Pearson, and DiPalma

     Date Introduced: March 04, 2022

     Referred To: Senate Finance

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Chapter 162, under the heading of "Office of Health and Human Services" in

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Article 1, Section 1, of the Public Laws of 2021, entitled "AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS

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FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE STATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2022" is

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hereby amended to read as follows:

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     Office of Health and Human Services

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     Central Management

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     General Revenues 44,961,144

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     Federal Funds 121,027,873

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     Restricted Receipts 22,897,651

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     Total – Central Management 188,886,668

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     Medical Assistance

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     General Revenues

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     Managed Care 344,346,294

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     Hospitals 94,772,895

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     Of the general revenue funding, $2.0 million shall be provided for Graduate Medical

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

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

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     Nursing Facilities 147,255,515

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     Home and Community Based Services 43,405,421

 

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     Other Services 128,944,587

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     Pharmacy 69,142,220

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     Rhody Health 188,362,579

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     Other Programs 39,000,000

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     Federal Funds

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     Managed Care 509,180,803

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     Hospitals 120,363,721

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     Nursing Facilities 201,490,261

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     Home and Community Based Services 59,310,041

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     Other Services 751,902,189

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     Pharmacy 57,780

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     Rhody Health 255,260,108

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     Other Programs 36,288,580 66,124,901.

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     Provided that this amount shall be financed by the American Rescue Plan enhanced FMAP

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on home and community based services pursuant to the Rhode Island Spending Plan for the

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Implementation of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Section 9817, as submitted and

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approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

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     Restricted Receipts 17,792,796 49,254,506.

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     Provided this amount, 31,461,710, shall be financed by the American Rescue Plan

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enhanced FMAP on home and community based services pursuant to the Rhode Island Spending

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Plan for the Implementation of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Section 9817, as submitted

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and approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

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     Total – Medical Assistance 3,006,875,790

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     Grand Total – Office of Health and Human Services 3,195,762,458

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     SECTION 2. Section 35-4-27 of the General Laws in Chapter 35-4 entitled "State Funds"

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is hereby amended to read as follows:

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     35-4-27. Indirect cost recoveries on restricted receipt accounts.

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     Indirect cost recoveries of ten percent (10%) of cash receipts shall be transferred from all

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restricted-receipt accounts, to be recorded as general revenues in the general fund. However, there

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shall be no transfer from cash receipts with restrictions received exclusively: (1) From contributions

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from nonprofit charitable organizations; (2) From the assessment of indirect cost-recovery rates on

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federal grant funds; or (3) Through transfers from state agencies to the department of administration

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for the payment of debt service. These indirect cost recoveries shall be applied to all accounts,

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unless prohibited by federal law or regulation, court order, or court settlement. The following

 

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restricted receipt accounts shall not be subject to the provisions of this section:

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     Executive Office of Health and Human Services

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     Organ Transplant Fund

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     HIV Care Grant Drug Rebates

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     Health System Transformation Project

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     Department of Human Services

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     Veterans' home -- Restricted account

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     HCBS Enhanced FMAP

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     Veterans' home -- Resident benefits

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     Pharmaceutical Rebates Account

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     Demand Side Management Grants

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     Veteran's Cemetery Memorial Fund

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     Donations -- New Veterans' Home Construction

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     Department of Health

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     Pandemic medications and equipment account

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     Miscellaneous Donations/Grants from Non-Profits

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     State Loan Repayment Match

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     Healthcare Information Technology

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     Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals

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     Eleanor Slater non-Medicaid third-party payor account

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     Hospital Medicare Part D Receipts

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     RICLAS Group Home Operations

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     Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

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     Emergency and public communication access account

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     Department of Environmental Management

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     National heritage revolving fund

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     Environmental response fund II

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     Underground storage tanks registration fees

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     De Coppet Estate Fund

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     Rhode Island Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission

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     Historic preservation revolving loan fund

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     Historic Preservation loan fund -- Interest revenue

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     Department of Public Safety

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     E-911 Uniform Emergency Telephone System

 

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     Forfeited property -- Retained

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     Forfeitures -- Federal

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     Forfeited property -- Gambling

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     Donation -- Polygraph and Law Enforcement Training

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     Rhode Island State Firefighter's League Training Account

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     Fire Academy Training Fees Account

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     Attorney General

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     Forfeiture of property

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     Federal forfeitures

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     Attorney General multi-state account

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     Forfeited property -- Gambling

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     Department of Administration

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     OER Reconciliation Funding

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     Health Insurance Market Integrity Fund

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     RI Health Benefits Exchange

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     Information Technology Investment Fund

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     Restore and replacement -- Insurance coverage

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     Convention Center Authority rental payments

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     Investment Receipts -- TANS

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     OPEB System Restricted Receipt Account

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     Car Rental Tax/Surcharge-Warwick Share

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     Grants Management Administration

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     Executive Office of Commerce

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     Housing Resources Commission Restricted Account

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     Housing Production Fund

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     Department of Revenue

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     DMV Modernization Project

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     Jobs Tax Credit Redemption Fund

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     Legislature

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     Audit of federal assisted programs

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     Department of Children, Youth and Families

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     Children's Trust Accounts -- SSI

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     Military Staff

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     RI Military Family Relief Fund

 

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     RI National Guard Counterdrug Program

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     Treasury

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     Admin. Expenses -- State Retirement System

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     Retirement -- Treasury Investment Options

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     Defined Contribution -- Administration - RR

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     Violent Crimes Compensation -- Refunds

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     Treasury Research Fellowship

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     Business Regulation

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     Banking Division Reimbursement Account

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     Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner Reimbursement Account

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     Securities Division Reimbursement Account

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     Commercial Licensing and Racing and Athletics Division Reimbursement Account

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     Insurance Division Reimbursement Account

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     Historic Preservation Tax Credit Account

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     Judiciary

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     Arbitration Fund Restricted Receipt Account

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     Third-Party Grants

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     RI Judiciary Technology Surcharge Account

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     Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

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     Statewide Student Transportation Services Account

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     School for the Deaf Fee-for-Service Account

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     School for the Deaf -- School Breakfast and Lunch Program

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     Davies Career and Technical School Local Education Aid Account

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     Davies -- National School Breakfast & Lunch Program

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     School Construction Services

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     Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner

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     Higher Education and Industry Center

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     Department of Labor and Training

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     Job Development Fund

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     Rhode Island Council on the Arts

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     Governors' Portrait Donation Fund

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     Statewide records management system account

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     SECTION 3. Section 42-7.2-10 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-7.2 entitled "Office of

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Health and Human Services" is hereby amended to read as follows:

 

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     42-7.2-10. Appropriations and disbursements.

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     (a) The general assembly shall annually appropriate such sums as it may deem necessary

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for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter. The state controller is hereby

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authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of such

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sum or sums, or so much thereof as may from time to time be required, upon receipt by him or her

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of proper vouchers approved by the secretary of the executive office of health and human services,

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or his or her designee.

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     (b) For the purpose of recording federal financial participation associated with qualifying

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healthcare workforce development activities at the state's public institutions of higher education,

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and pursuant to the Rhode Island designated state health programs (DSHP), as approved by the

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMC) October 20, 2016, in the 11-W-00242/1

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amendment to Rhode Island's section 1115 Demonstration Waiver, there is hereby established a

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restricted-receipt account entitled "Health System Transformation Project" in the general fund of

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the state and included in the budget of the office of health and human services.

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     (c) For the purposes of recording federal financial participation associated with the

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American Rescue Plan enhanced FMAP for all state expenditures on home and community based

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services and pursuant to the Rhode Island Spending Plan for the Implementation of the American

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Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Section 9817, as submitted and approved by the Centers for Medicare

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and Medicaid Services (CMS), there is hereby established a restricted-receipt account entitled

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“HCBS Enhanced FMAP” in the general fund of the state and included in the budget of the office

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of health and human services.

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     SECTION 4. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO MAKING APPROPRIATIONS IN SUPPORT OF FY 2022

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     This act would increase the budget amounts of the office of health and human services for

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Other Programs and Restricted Receipts. This act would also establish a restricted-receipt account

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entitled "HCBS Enhanced FMAP".

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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