Chapter 222 |
2019 -- H 6208 Enacted 07/15/2019 |
A N A C T |
RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES |
Introduced By: Representatives Speakman, Cortvriend, Donovan, Fogarty, and |
Date Introduced: June 12, 2019 |
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 Rhode Island to the |
governor and the general assembly. |
(2) Advise the executive office of health and human services, the department of |
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 |
The priorities and criteria shall be in accordance with the expenditure guidelines set forth in ยง 42- |
12-28 of this chapter. |
(3) Advise the executive office of health and human services, the department of |
behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals, and the department of health on |
all matters regarding traumatic brain injury. |
(c) The commission shall consist of twenty (20) twenty-six (26) 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 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 Rhode Island Disability Law |
Center or his or her designee; the governor or his or her designee; and ten (10) sixteen (16) |
persons appointed by the governor as follows: two (2) eight (8) persons who are unrelated, one |
seven (7) 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 physiatrist; 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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