SECTION 1. Sections 40.1-3-3, 40.1-3-7 and 40.1-3-8 of the General Laws in Chapter 40.1-3 entitled "Curative Services" are hereby amended to read as follows:

40.1-3-3. Sanatorium known as Zambarano Memorial Hospital. Sanatorium known as Zambarano Memorial Unit. -- In tribute to the memory of the late Dr. U. E. Zambarano, former superintendent of the state sanatorium, counselor, administrator, and humanitarian, whose "friendly deportment fostered a spirit of cooperation and unity," the state sanatorium at Wallum Lake, Rhode Island, shall hereafter be known as the Doctor U. E. Zambarano unit of the Eleanor Slater Rehabilitative Hospital.

40.1-3-7. Rules and regulations for Zambarano hospital. Rules and regulations for Eleanor Slater hospital. -- The director of the department shall establish, in his or her discretion, rules for the government of the hospital, regulations for the admission of patients, and shall generally be vested with all the powers necessary for the proper carrying on of the work entrusted to him or her.

40.1-3-8. Change of names of hospital for mental diseases and state infirmary. -- The name of the state institution at Cranston formerly known as the state asylum for the insane or the state hospital for the insane or the state hospital for mental diseases, shall hereafter be known as the "institute of mental health"; and the name of the state institution at Cranston formerly known as the state almshouse or the state infirmary, or the general hospital, shall hereafter be known as the "Eleanor Slater Rehabilitation Hospital";. and together those institutions shall hereafter be known as the "state of Rhode Island medical center". In any general law, other public law, or resolution of the general assembly, and in any document, record, instrument, or proceeding authorized by any such law or resolution, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires, the words "state asylum for the insane" and the words "state hospital for the insane" or "state hospital for mental disease" shall be construed to mean the "institute of mental health within the state of Rhode Island medical center"; and the words "state almshouse" or "state infirmary" shall be construed to mean the "Eleanor Slater Rehabilitation Hospital" within the state of Rhode Island medical center".

SECTION 2. Sections 40.1-3-8.1, 40.1-3-8.2, 40.1-3-8.3, 40.1-3-10, 40.1-3-11, 40.1-3-12 and 40.1-3-13 of the General Laws in Chapter 40.1-3 entitled "Curative Services" are hereby repealed.

40.1-3-8.1. Creation of advisory council -- Membership. -- There is hereby created a council to be known as the "governor's advisory council to the state of Rhode Island medical center." The council shall consist of nine (9) members all of whom shall be appointed by the governor, who shall select at least one member from each of the following: faculty of the university of Rhode Island; faculty of Brown university; faculty of Providence college; Rhode Island medical society; Rhode Island chapter of the American psychiatric association; Rhode Island association for mental health; and the American geriatrics society. The remaining two (2) persons shall be selected from the public-at-large with consideration given to those persons who have indicated an interest in and knowledge of improved care for patients at the state of Rhode Island medical center, or individuals who have indicated an interest in and knowledge of the field of mental illness and/or the field of geriatrics.

40.1-3-8.2. Appointment of advisory council members -- Term of office -- Chairperson -- Secretarial services. -- (a) During the month of May, 1963, and during the month of May of each year thereafter the governor shall appoint members of the council to succeed the members whose terms will next expire, each such appointment to be for a term of three (3) years and until their respective successors shall be appointed and qualified.

(b) Any vacancy which may occur in the council shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointments.

(c) The governor shall designate one member of the council as chairperson.

(d) The director of the department of mental health, retardation, and hospitals shall provide the council with secretarial services for the maintenance of records, recording of minutes, mailing of notices, and any other necessary services.

40.1-3-8.3. Functions of advisory council. -- The council shall make recommendations to the superintendent of the medical center and to the director of the department of mental health, retardation, and hospitals on matters affecting patient care. It shall review the economic and professional status of the personnel of the medical center for the purpose of aiding the governor and the superintendent of the center in selecting and maintaining the proper staff for the purposes of implementing the various programs of the medical center; provided, however, that the advisory council shall have no administrative power, but shall cooperate with and advise the director of the department of mental health, retardation, and hospitals and other department officials in the administration of the programs for care and treatment at the state of Rhode Island medical center.

40.1-3-10. Staff and employees of hospital. -- The director of mental health, retardation, and hospitals shall appoint a medical superintendent of the Eleanor Slater Rehabilitative Hospital who, under the direction of the director, shall have the control and management of the institution. There shall be such other employees as the director may deem necessary for the proper management of the hospital, who shall be appointed by the director, and he or she may discharge them or any of them at his or her pleasure, subject to the provisions of chapter 4 of title 36.

40.1-3-11. Discharge, parole, or transfer of residents. -- The director of mental health, retardation, and hospitals may at any time parole or discharge any of the patients of the Eleanor Slater Rehabilitation Hospital, and may in his or her discretion, subject to the terms of commitment, permanently transfer the patient to any of the institutions under his or her care and control for better care and keeping. The director may parole any person confined in any state institution under the control of the department of mental health, retardation, and hospitals, upon such terms, conditions, and limitations as the director shall prescribe, during the remainder of the term for which the person might be held in the institution as specified, and the director may terminate such parole at any time and order the return of the paroled person into actual custody. Any officer qualified to serve criminal process in this state and any employee of the state department of mental health, retardation, and hospitals is hereby authorized to serve any such order and retake and return the person named therein to the institution from which he or she was paroled.

40.1-3-12. Boarding out of hospital patients. -- The director of mental health, retardation, and hospitals may, if he or she deems it expedient, place any patient of the general hospital within the state of Rhode Island medical center at board in a suitable family in this state or elsewhere, such patient boarding in such family to be under the supervision of the director or of such agent as he or she may designate.

40.1-3-13. Cost of boarding out. -- The cost of boarding and maintaining an inmate placed in a private family or elsewhere as provided in this chapter shall be paid by that person, if he or she has any estate, or by the person liable for his or her support, if any such there be, otherwise from the funds appropriated therefor; and the state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his or her order or orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of such sum or sums upon the receipt by him or her of properly authenticated and approved vouchers.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage.