Chapter 382
2013 -- S 0645
Enacted 07/15/13
A N A C T
RELATING TO
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced By: Senator Maryellen Goodwin
Date Introduced: March 06, 2013
It is enacted by the General
Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 42-12-19 of the General Laws in Chapter
42-12 entitled
"Department of Human
Services" is hereby amended to read as follows:
42-12-19.
Permanent advisory commission on traumatic brain injuries --
Commission established. -- (a) There is hereby
established a permanent advisory commission on
traumatic brain injuries.
(b) The purpose of the
commission shall be to:
(1) Report on all
matters relating to traumatic brain injury in
governor and the general assembly.
(2) Advise
the executive office of health and human services, the department of
human
services, the department of mental health, retardation behavioral
healthcare, developmental
disabilities and hospitals, and the department of health regarding
the development of priorities
and criteria for disbursement of moneys in response to
both individual requests and grant-seeking
entities from the traumatic brain injury fund. Such priorities
and criteria shall be in accordance
with the expenditure guidelines set forth in section
42-12-28 of this chapter.
(3) Advise
the executive office of health and human services, the department of
human
services, the department of mental health, retardation behavioral
healthcare, developmental
disabilities and hospitals, and the department of health on all
matters regarding traumatic brain
injury.
(c) The commission
shall consist of nineteen (19) twenty (20) members. They shall
meet
not less than four (4) times a year and report their
findings annually to the governor and general
assembly. The members of the commission shall serve without
compensation. The commissioners
shall elect their own officers on a biennial basis.
(d) The membership of
the commission shall be as follows: The secretary of the
executive office of health and human services or his or her
designee, the director of the
department of mental health, retardation behavioral
healthcare, developmental disabilities and
hospitals or his or her designee; the director of the
department of health or his or her designee; the
director of the department of human services or his or her
designee; the director of the department
of education or his or her designee, all of whom shall
serve ex-officio; the chief of neurosurgery
at Rhode Island Hospital or his or her designee; the
president and executive director or two (2)
designees of the Brain Injury Association of Rhode Island; the
director of the
persons appointed by the governor as follows: two (2) persons
who are unrelated, one of whom
must have a traumatic brain injury, and one of whom may be
an immediate family member of an
individual with a traumatic brain injury; one person who is a
neurologist; one person who is a
psychiatrist; one person who is a neuropsychologist; one person
who is a cognitive rehabilitation
specialist; one of whom is a traumatic brain injury case
manager; one of whom is a physical
therapist or occupational therapist; one of whom is a
representative of a post-acute rehabilitation
facility; and one person who is a community-based service
provider.
(e) The first meeting
of the members of the commission shall be called to order by the
governor or his or her designee within ninety (90) days of the
effective date of this act [July 7,
2006] Of the ten (10) members
appointed by the governor, three (3) shall serve a term of one
year, three (3) shall serve a term of two (2) years, and
four (4) shall serve a term of three (3)
years. Upon expiration of the initial term, commission
members shall serve terms of three (3)
years. The initial terms of commission members shall be
determined by lot.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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LC01484
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