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| ARTICLE 1 AS AMENDED |
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| SECTION 1. Subject to the conditions, limitations and restrictions hereinafter contained in |
| this act, the following general revenue amounts are hereby appropriated out of any money in the |
| treasury not otherwise appropriated to be expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024. |
| The amounts identified for federal funds and restricted receipts shall be made available pursuant to |
| section § 35-4-22 and Chapter chapter 41 of Title title 42 of the Rhode Island General Laws. For |
| the purposes and functions hereinafter mentioned, the state controller is hereby authorized and |
| directed to draw his or her the state controller’s orders upon the general treasurer for the payment |
| of such sums or such portions thereof as may be required from time to time upon receipt by him or |
| her the state controller of properly authenticated vouchers. |
| Administration |
| Central Management |
| General Revenues 3,419,152 |
| Federal Funds |
| Federal Funds 54,029,495 |
| Federal Funds - State Fiscal Recovery Fund |
| Public Health Response Warehouse Support 1,400,000 |
| Ongoing COVID-19 Response 41,787,709 |
| Municipal Public Safety Infrastructure 11,000,000 |
| Total - Central Management 111,636,356 |
| Legal Services |
| General Revenues 2,440,410 |
| Accounts and Control |
| General Revenues 5,315,642 |
| Federal Funds |
| Federal Funds - Capital Projects Fund |
| CPF Administration 4,828,079 |
| Federal Funds - State Fiscal Recovery Fund |
| Pandemic Recovery Office 6,918,788 |
| Restricted Receipts - OPEB Board Administration 197,320 |
| Restricted Receipts - Grants Management Administration 2,507,384 |
| Total - Accounts and Control 19,767,213 |
| Office of Management and Budget |
| General Revenues 9,431,527 |
| Federal Funds 101,250 |
| Restricted Receipts 300,000 |
| Other Funds 1,220,255 |
| Total - Office of Management and Budget 11,053,032 |
| Purchasing |
| General Revenues 3,868,405 |
| Restricted Receipts 446,294 |
| Other Funds 612,914 |
| Total - Purchasing 4,927,613 |
| Human Resources |
| General Revenues 937,996 |
| Personnel Appeal Board |
| General Revenues 100,881 |
| Information Technology |
| General Revenues 14,221,340 |
| Provided that of this general revenue amount, $13,000,000 shall be transferred to the Large |
| Systems Initiatives Fund by July 14, 2023. |
| Restricted Receipts 6,333,491 |
| Total - Information Technology 20,554,831 |
| Library and Information Services |
| General Revenues 1,903,636 |
| Federal Funds 1,565,679 |
| Restricted Receipts 6,990 |
| Total - Library and Information Services 3,476,305 |
| Planning |
| General Revenues 1,138,335 |
| Federal Funds 3,050 |
| Other Funds |
| Air Quality Modeling 24,000 |
| Federal Highway - PL Systems Planning 3,321,572 |
| State Transportation Planning Match 385,317 |
| FTA - Metro Planning Grant 1,733,742 |
| Total-Planning 6,606,016 |
| General |
| General Revenues |
| Miscellaneous Grants/Payments 130,000 |
| Provided that this amount be allocated to City Year for the Whole School Whole Child |
| Program, which provides individualized support to at-risk students. |
| Torts Court Awards 675,000 |
| Wrongful Conviction Awards 250,000 |
| Resource Sharing and State Library Aid 11,475,314 |
| Library Construction Aid 1,909,317 |
| Defeasance of Existing Debt 35,000,000 |
| Federal Funds - Capital Projects Fund |
| Municipal and Higher Ed Matching Grant Program 58,360,065 |
| Restricted Receipts 700,000 |
| Other Funds |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| Security Measures State Buildings 500,000 |
| Energy Efficiency Improvements 1,000,000 |
| Cranston Street Armory 2,250,000 |
| State House Renovations 6,389,000 |
| Zambarano Buildings and Campus 7,245,000 |
| Replacement of Fueling Tanks 430,000 |
| Environmental Compliance 200,000 |
| Big River Management Area 200,000 |
| Shepard Building Upgrades 1,500,000 |
| RI Convention Center Authority 10,237,500 |
| Accessibility - Facility Renovations 1,180,000 |
| DoIT Enterprise Operations Center 4,140,000 |
| BHDDH MH & Community Facilities - Asset Protection 950,000 |
| BHDDH DD & Community Homes - Fire Code 325,000 |
| BHDDH DD Regional Facilities - Asset Protection 1,800,000 |
| BHDDH Substance Abuse Asset Protection 600,000 |
| BHDDH Group Homes 1,350,000 |
| Statewide Facility Master Plan 2,000,000 |
| Cannon Building 3,725,000 |
| Old State House 100,000 |
| State Office Building 100,000 |
| State Office Reorganization & Relocation 1,450,000 |
| William Powers Building 4,750,000 |
| Pastore Center Non-Hospital Buildings Asset Protection 10,330,000 |
| Washington County Government Center 650,000 |
| Chapin Health Laboratory 425,000 |
| 560 Jefferson Blvd Asset Protection 1,750,000 |
| Arrigan Center 125,000 |
| Civic Center 6,212,500 |
| Pastore Center Buildings Demolition 1,000,000 |
| Veterans Auditorium 100,000 |
| Pastore Center Hospital Buildings Asset Protection 500,000 |
| Pastore Campus Infrastructure 25,000,000 |
| Pastore Center Power Plant Rehabilitation 450,000 |
| Community Facilities Asset Protection 70,000 |
| Zambarano LTAC Hospital 6,569,677 |
| Medical Examiners - New Facility 5,168,529 |
| Group Home Replacement & Rehabilitation 5,000,000 |
| State Land Use Planning Study 250,000 |
| Total - General 224,521,902 |
| Debt Service Payments |
| General Revenues 182,821,772 |
| Out of the general revenue appropriations for debt service, the General Treasurer general |
| treasurer is authorized to make payments for the I-195 Redevelopment District Commission |
| redevelopment district commission loan up to the maximum debt service due in accordance with |
| the loan agreement. |
| Other Funds |
| Transportation Debt Service 35,226,154 |
| Investment Receipts - Bond Funds 100,000 |
| Total - Debt Service Payments 218,147,926 |
| Energy Resources |
| Federal Funds |
| Federal Funds 1,628,101 |
| Federal Funds - State Fiscal Recovery Fund |
| Electric Heat Pump Grant Program 20,000,000 |
| Restricted Receipts 21,905,399 |
| Other Funds 4,000,000 |
| Total - Energy Resources 47,533,500 |
| Rhode Island Health Benefits Exchange |
| General Revenues 4,744,746 |
| Federal Funds |
| Federal Funds 9,733,677 |
| Federal Funds - State Fiscal Recovery Fund |
| Auto-Enrollment Program 1,325,358 |
| Restricted Receipts 16,089,640 |
| Total - Rhode Island Health Benefits Exchange 31,893,421 |
| Division of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion |
| General Revenues 1,898,258 |
| Other Funds 109,062 |
| Total - Division of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion 2,007,320 |
| Capital Asset Management and Maintenance |
| General Revenues 12,161,961 |
| Grand Total - Administration 717,766,683 |
| Business Regulation |
| Central Management |
| General Revenues 4,609,968 |
| Banking Regulation |
| General Revenues 1,801,125 |
| Restricted Receipts 63,000 |
| Total - Banking Regulation 1,864,125 |
| Securities Regulation |
| General Revenues 865,851 |
| Restricted Receipts 15,000 |
| Total - Securities Regulation 880,851 |
| Insurance Regulation |
| General Revenues 4,669,856 |
| Restricted Receipts 1,883,195 |
| Total - Insurance Regulation 6,553,051 |
| Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner |
| General Revenues 2,933,710 |
| Federal Funds 322,958 |
| Restricted Receipts 522,210 |
| Total - Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner 3,778,878 |
| Board of Accountancy |
| General Revenues 5,490 |
| Commercial Licensing and Gaming and Athletics Licensing |
| General Revenues 1,194,966 |
| Restricted Receipts 888,870 |
| Total - Commercial Licensing and Gaming and Athletics Licensing 2,083,836 |
| Building, Design and Fire Professionals |
| General Revenues 8,290,502 |
| Federal Funds 318,545 |
| Restricted Receipts 2,033,537 |
| Other Funds |
| Quonset Development Corporation 71,915 |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| Fire Academy Expansion 5,715,000 |
| Total - Building, Design and Fire Professionals 16,429,499 |
| Office of Cannabis Regulation |
| Restricted Receipts 6,117,205 |
| Grand Total - Business Regulation 42,322,903 |
| Executive Office of Commerce |
| Central Management |
| General Revenues 2,249,368 |
| Quasi-Public Appropriations |
| General Revenues |
| Rhode Island Commerce Corporation 8,290,488 |
| Airport Impact Aid 1,010,036 |
| Sixty percent (60%) of the first $1,000,000 appropriated for airport impact aid shall be |
| distributed to each airport serving more than 1,000,000 passengers based upon its percentage of the |
| total passengers served by all airports serving more than 1,000,000 passengers. Forty percent (40%) |
| of the first $1,000,000 shall be distributed based on the share of landings during calendar year 2022 |
| at North Central Airport, Newport-Middletown Airport, Block Island Airport, Quonset Airport, |
| T.F. Green International Airport and Westerly Airport, respectively. The Rhode Island Commerce |
| Corporation commerce corporation shall make an impact payment to the towns or cities in which |
| the airport is located based on this calculation. Each community upon which any part of the above |
| airports is located shall receive at least $25,000. |
| STAC Research Alliance 900,000 |
| Innovative Matching Grants/Internships 1,000,000 |
| I-195 Redevelopment District Commission 1,245,050 |
| Polaris Manufacturing Grant 450,000 |
| East Providence Waterfront Commission 50,000 |
| Urban Ventures 140,000 |
| Chafee Center at Bryant 476,200 |
| Federal Funds - State Fiscal Recovery Fund |
| Port of Davisville 59,000,000 |
| Other Funds |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| I-195 Redevelopment District Commission 805,000 |
| Total - Quasi-Public Appropriations 73,366,774 |
| Economic Development Initiatives Fund |
| General Revenues |
| Innovation Initiative 2,000,000 |
| Rebuild RI Tax Credit Fund 26,360,000 |
| Small Business Promotion 1,000,000 |
| Small Business Assistance 2,000,000 |
| I-195 Redevelopment Fund 2,000,000 |
| First Wave Closing Fund 10,000,000 |
| Federal Funds |
| Federal Funds 20,000,000 |
| Federal Funds - State Fiscal Recovery Fund |
| Destination Marketing 1,500,000 |
| Total - Economic Development Initiatives Fund 64,860,000 |
| Commerce Programs |
| General Revenues |
| Wavemaker Fellowship 4,000,000 |
| Air Service Development Fund 2,250,000 |
| Main Streets Revitalization 1,000,000 |
| Federal Funds - State Fiscal Recovery Fund |
| Minority Business Accelerator 4,000,000 |
| Bioscience Investments 45,000,000 |
| South Quay Marine Terminal 35,000,000 |
| Small Business Assistance 327,999 |
| Federal Funds - Capital Projects Fund |
| Broadband 9,573,500 |
| Total - Commerce Programs 101,151,499 |
| Grand Total - Executive Office of Commerce 241,627,641 |
| Housing |
| Central Management |
| General Revenues 32,997,895 |
| Federal Funds |
| Federal Funds 15,493,898 |
| Federal Funds - State Fiscal Recovery Fund |
| OHCD Predevelopment and Capacity Fund 500,000 |
| Development of Affordable Housing 55,000,000 |
| Homelessness Assistance Program 13,000,000 |
| Site Acquisition 10,000,000 |
| Down Payment Assistance 20,000,000 |
| Workforce Housing 8,000,000 |
| Affordable Housing Predevelopment Program 7,500,000 |
| Home Repair and Community Revitalization 9,500,000 |
| Homelessness Infrastructure 30,000,000 |
| Proactive Housing Development 1,400,000 |
| Targeted Housing Development 31,000,000 |
| Housing Related Infrastructure 4,300,000 |
| Preservation of Affordable Units 500,000 |
| Municipal Planning 2,300,000 |
| Municipal Homelessness Support Initiative 2,500,000 |
| Restricted Receipts 7,664,150 |
| Grand Total - Housing 251,655,943 |
| Labor and Training |
| Central Management |
| General Revenues 1,465,751 |
| Restricted Receipts 375,872 |
| Total - Central Management 1,841,623 |
| Workforce Development Services |
| General Revenues 1,107,295 |
| Provided that $200,000 of this amount is used to support Year Up. |
| Federal Funds 26,734,994 |
| Total - Workforce Development Services 27,842,289 |
| Workforce Regulation and Safety |
| General Revenues 4,828,609 |
| Income Support |
| General Revenues 3,691,640 |
| Federal Funds 27,968,384 |
| Restricted Receipts 2,422,361 |
| Other Funds |
| Temporary Disability Insurance Fund 262,177,859 |
| Employment Security Fund 142,775,000 |
| Total - Income Support 439,035,244 |
| Injured Workers Services |
| Restricted Receipts 10,320,752 |
| Labor Relations Board |
| General Revenues 553,932 |
| Governor’s Workforce Board |
| General Revenues 6,050,000 |
| Provided that $600,000 of these funds shall be used for enhanced training for direct care |
| and support services staff to improve resident quality of care and address the changing health care |
| healthcare needs of nursing facility residents due to higher acuity and increased cognitive |
| impairments pursuant to Rhode Island General Laws, Section § 23-17.5-36. |
| Federal Funds - State Fiscal Recovery Fund |
| Enhanced Real Jobs 20,000,000 |
| Restricted Receipts 17,161,583 |
| Total - Governor’s Workforce Board 43,211,583 |
| Grand Total - Labor and Training 527,634,032 |
| Department of Revenue |
| Director of Revenue |
| General Revenues 2,348,848 |
| Office of Revenue Analysis |
| General Revenues 983,531 |
| Lottery Division |
| Other Funds |
| Other Funds 390,909,764 |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| Lottery Building Enhancements 850,000 |
| Total - Lottery Division 391,759,764 |
| Municipal Finance |
| General Revenues 1,759,431 |
| Taxation |
| General Revenues 34,604,969 |
| Restricted Receipts 5,067,295 |
| Other Funds |
| Motor Fuel Tax Evasion 175,000 |
| Total - Taxation 39,847,264 |
| Registry of Motor Vehicles |
| General Revenues 31,812,522 |
| Federal Funds 825,339 |
| Restricted Receipts 3,494,403 |
| Total - Registry of Motor Vehicles 36,132,264 |
| State Aid |
| General Revenues |
| Distressed Communities Relief Fund 12,384,458 |
| Payment in Lieu of Tax Exempt Properties 49,201,412 |
| Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Payments 234,712,307 |
| Property Revaluation Program 906,329 |
| Tangible Tax Exemption Program 28,000,000 |
| Provided that all unexpended or unencumbered balances as of June 30, 2024, appropriated |
| for tangible tax exemption reimbursements pursuant to Rhode Island General Law, Chapter 44-5.3 |
| chapter 5.3 of title 44 are hereby reappropriated to the following fiscal year. |
| Restricted Receipts 995,120 |
| Total - State Aid 326,199,626 |
| Collections |
| General Revenues 1,002,552 |
| Grand Total - Revenue 800,033,280 |
| Legislature |
| General Revenues 50,998,683 |
| Restricted Receipts 2,090,093 |
| Grand Total - Legislature 53,088,776 |
| Lieutenant Governor |
| General Revenues 1,411,331 |
| Secretary of State |
| Administration |
| General Revenues 4,639,961 |
| Provided that $100,000 be allocated to support the Rhode Island Council for the |
| Humanities for grant making to civic and cultural organizations, and $50,000 support Rhode |
| Island’s participation in the We the People Civics Challenge. |
| Corporations |
| General Revenues 2,815,916 |
| State Archives |
| General Revenues 198,351 |
| Restricted Receipts 558,028 |
| Total - State Archives 756,379 |
| Elections and Civics |
| General Revenues 2,676,107 |
| Federal Funds 2,001,207 |
| Total - Elections and Civics 4,677,314 |
| State Library |
| General Revenues 879,042 |
| Provided that $125,000 be allocated to support the Rhode Island Historical Society and |
| $18,000 be allocated to support the Newport Historical Society, pursuant to Sections §§ 29-2-1 and |
| 29-2-2 of the Rhode Island General Laws, and $25,000 be allocated to support the Rhode Island |
| Black Heritage Society. |
| Office of Public Information |
| General Revenues 630,466 |
| Receipted Receipts 25,000 |
| Total - Office of Public Information 655,466 |
| Grand Total - Secretary of State 14,424,078 |
| General Treasurer |
| Treasury |
| General Revenues 3,096,255 |
| Federal Funds 343,876 |
| Other Funds |
| Temporary Disability Insurance Fund 262,277 |
| Tuition Savings Program - Administration 432,979 |
| Total -Treasury 4,135,387 |
| State Retirement System |
| Restricted Receipts |
| Admin Expenses - State Retirement System 13,111,836 |
| Retirement - Treasury Investment Operations 1,979,142 |
| Defined Contribution - Administration 328,028 |
| Total - State Retirement System 15,419,006 |
| Unclaimed Property |
| Restricted Receipts 2,604,026 |
| Crime Victim Compensation |
| General Revenues 899,553 |
| Federal Funds 422,493 |
| Restricted Receipts 555,000 |
| Total - Crime Victim Compensation 1,877,046 |
| Grand Total - General Treasurer 24,035,465 |
| Board of Elections |
| General Revenues 3,981,728 |
| Rhode Island Ethics Commission |
| General Revenues 2,137,059 |
| Office of Governor |
| General Revenues |
| General Revenues 8,256,547 |
| Contingency Fund 150,000 |
| Grand Total - Office of Governor 8,406,547 |
| Commission for Human Rights |
| General Revenues 2,009,246 |
| Federal Funds 359,101 |
| Grand Total - Commission for Human Rights 2,368,347 |
| Public Utilities Commission |
| Federal Funds 593,775 |
| Restricted Receipts 13,667,525 |
| Grand Total - Public Utilities Commission 14,261,300 |
| Office of Health and Human Services |
| Central Management |
| General Revenues 47,288,469 |
| Provided that $220,000 shall be for the children’s cabinet, established under Rhode Island |
| General Law, Chapter 42-7.5 chapter 7.5 of title 42, to assist with the planning for an early |
| childhood governance structure of and for the transition of established early childhood programs to |
| such an office. |
| Federal Funds 172,720,592 |
| Provided that $250,000 shall be for the Executive Office to develop an Olmstead Plan. |
| Restricted Receipts 33,522,192 |
| Total - Central Management 253,531,253 |
| Medical Assistance |
| General Revenues |
| Managed Care 452,752,540 |
| Hospitals 121,333,847 |
| Of the general revenue funding, $2.5 million shall be provided for Graduate Medical |
| Education graduate medical education programs of which $1.0 million is for hospitals designated |
| as a Level I Trauma Center, $1.0 million is for hospitals providing Neonatal Intensive Care Unit |
| level of care and $0.5 million is for the residential training program at Landmark Hospital. |
| Nursing Facilities 152,569,575 |
| Home and Community Based Services 59,029,500 |
| Other Services 161,342,668 |
| Pharmacy 96,525,250 |
| Rhody Health 223,304,955 |
| Federal Funds |
| Managed Care 617,201,624 |
| Hospitals 240,332,049 |
| Nursing Facilities 192,220,425 |
| Home and Community Based Services 74,370,500 |
| Other Services 840,530,263 |
| Pharmacy 474,750 |
| Rhody Health 278,696,684 |
| Other Programs 32,247,569 |
| Restricted Receipts 18,550,306 |
| Total - Medical Assistance 3,561,482,505 |
| Grand Total - Office of Health and Human Services 3,815,013,758 |
| Children, Youth and Families |
| Central Management |
| General Revenues 14,968,321 |
| The director of the department of children, youth and families shall provide to the speaker |
| of the house and president of the senate at least every sixty (60) days beginning September 1, 2021, |
| a report on its progress implementing the accreditation plan filed in accordance with Rhode Island |
| General Law, Section § 42-72-5.3 and any projected changes needed to effectuate that plan. The |
| report shall, at minimum, provide data regarding recruitment and retention efforts including |
| attaining and maintaining a diverse workforce, documentation of newly filled and vacated |
| positions, and progress towards reducing worker caseloads. |
| Federal Funds |
| Federal Funds 26,232,025 |
| Federal Funds - State Fiscal Recovery Fund |
| Provider Workforce Stabilization 7,920,766 |
| Provided that these funds be used for workforce stabilization supplemental wage payments |
| and sign-on bonuses to eligible direct care and support care staff only until a contracted service |
| provider’s new contract takes effect at which time payments cease. |
| Foster Home Lead Abatement & Fire Safety 375,000 |
| Total - Central Management 49,496,112 |
| Children's Behavioral Health Services |
| General Revenues 8,714,168 |
| Federal Funds 8,767,860 |
| Total - Children's Behavioral Health Services 17,482,028 |
| Youth Development Services |
| General Revenues 23,178,477 |
| Federal Funds 193,194 |
| Restricted Receipts 141,260 |
| Other Funds |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| Training School Asset Protection 250,000 |
| Residential Treatment Facility 15,000,000 |
| Total - Youth Development Services 38,762,931 |
| Child Welfare |
| General Revenues 170,201,780 |
| Federal Funds 88,869,694 |
| Restricted Receipts 1,349,863 |
| Total - Child Welfare 260,421,337 |
| Higher Education Incentive Grants |
| General Revenues 200,000 |
| Provided that these funds and any unexpended or unencumbered previous years’ funding |
| are to be used exclusively to fund awards to eligible youth. |
| The director of the department of children, youth and families shall provide to the governor, |
| speaker of the house, and president of the senate a report on higher education participation for |
| department affiliated youth. The report due on December 1 and July 1 of each year shall, at |
| minimum, include data by institution on the past 180 days regarding amounts awarded, each |
| awardee’s unmet need, the number of youth eligible, applications, and awards made by the |
| department, and the number of students who dropped out. It shall also include participation |
| information on trade school and workforce development programs. |
| Grand Total - Children, Youth and Families 366,362,408 |
| Health |
| Central Management |
| General Revenues 3,845,945 |
| Federal Funds 7,898,826 |
| Restricted Receipts 16,723,583 |
| Provided that the disbursement of any indirect cost recoveries on federal grants budgeted |
| in this line item that are derived from grants authorized under The Coronavirus Preparedness and |
| Response Supplemental Appropriations Act (P.L. 116-123); The Families First Coronavirus |
| Response Act (P.L. 116-127); The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (P.L. 116- |
| 136); The Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act (P.L. 116-139); the |
| Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (P.L. 116-260); and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 |
| (P.L. 117-2), are hereby subject to the review and prior approval of the Director of Management |
| and Budget director of management and budget. No obligation or expenditure of these funds |
| shall take place without such approval. |
| Total - Central Management 28,468,354 |
| Community Health and Equity |
| General Revenues 1,577,479 |
| Federal Funds 79,024,850 |
| Restricted Receipts 43,524,137 |
| Total - Community Health and Equity 124,126,466 |
| Environmental Health |
| General Revenues 6,042,901 |
| Federal Funds 11,275,046 |
| Restricted Receipts 895,252 |
| Total - Environmental Health 18,213,199 |
| Health Laboratories and Medical Examiner |
| General Revenues 12,757,344 |
| Federal Funds 2,669,840 |
| Other Funds |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| Health Laboratories & Medical Examiner Equipment 400,000 |
| Total - Health Laboratories and Medical Examiner 15,827,184 |
| Customer Services |
| General Revenues 8,216,978 |
| Federal Funds 7,514,546 |
| Restricted Receipts 4,425,552 |
| Total - Customer Services 20,157,076 |
| Policy, Information and Communications |
| General Revenues 982,376 |
| Federal Funds 3,438,259 |
| Restricted Receipts 882,254 |
| Total - Policy, Information and Communications 5,302,889 |
| Preparedness, Response, Infectious Disease & Emergency Services |
| General Revenues 2,232,149 |
| Federal Funds 19,777,182 |
| Total - Preparedness, Response, Infectious Disease & Emergency Services 22,009,331 |
| COVID-19 |
| Federal Funds |
| Federal Funds 58,581,958 |
| Federal Funds - State Fiscal Recovery Fund |
| COVID-19 Operational Support 34,909,578 |
| Total - COVID-19 93,491,536 |
| Grand Total - Health 327,596,035 |
| Human Services |
| Central Management |
| General Revenues 5,954,150 |
| Of this amount, $400,000 is to support the Domestic Violence Prevention Fund to provide |
| direct services through the Coalition Against Domestic Violence, $25,000 for the Center for |
| Southeast Asians, $450,000 to support Project Reach activities provided by the RI Alliance of Boys |
| and Girls Clubs, $267,000 is for outreach and supportive services through Day One, $550,000 is |
| for food collection and distribution through the Rhode Island Community Food Bank, $500,000 for |
| services provided to the homeless at Crossroads Rhode Island, $600,000 for the Community Action |
| Fund, $250,000 is for the Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence’s Reduction Strategy, |
| $75,000 is to support services provided to the immigrant and refugee population through Higher |
| Ground International, and $50,000 is for services provided to refugees through the Refugee Dream |
| Center. |
| The director of the department of human services shall provide to the speaker of the house, |
| president of the senate, and chairs of the house and senate finance committees at least every sixty |
| (60) days beginning August 1, 2022, a report on its progress in recruiting and retaining customer |
| serving staff. The report shall include: documentation of newly filled and vacated positions, |
| including lateral transfers, position titles, civil service information, including numbers of eligible |
| and available candidates, plans for future testing and numbers of eligible and available candidates |
| resulting from such testing, impacts on caseload backlogs and call center wait times, as well as |
| other pertinent information as determined by the director. |
| Federal Funds |
| Federal Funds 8,060,913 |
| Of this amount, $3.0 million is to sustain Early Head Start and Head Start programs. |
| Federal Funds - State Fiscal Recovery Fund |
| Rhode Island Community Food Bank 3,000,000 |
| Restricted Receipts 300,000 |
| Total - Central Management 17,315,063 |
| Child Support Enforcement |
| General Revenues 4,541,800 |
| Federal Funds 10,035,378 |
| Restricted Receipts 3,613,859 |
| Total - Child Support Enforcement 18,191,037 |
| Individual and Family Support |
| General Revenues 47,213,539 |
| Federal Funds |
| Federal Funds 121,621,808 |
| Federal Funds – State Fiscal Recovery Fund |
| Child Care Support 16,717,000 |
| Restricted Receipts 185,000 |
| Other Funds |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| Blind Vending Facilities 165,000 |
| Total - Individual and Family Support 185,902,347 |
| Office of Veterans Services |
| General Revenues 34,617,133 |
| Of this amount, $200,000 is to provide support services through Veterans’ organizations, |
| $50,000 is to support Operation Stand Down, and $100,000 is to support the Veterans Services |
| Officers (VSO) program through the Veterans of Foreign Wars. |
| Federal Funds 12,222,903 |
| Restricted Receipts 1,765,801 |
| Other Funds |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| Veterans Home Asset Protection 500,000 |
| Veterans Memorial Cemetery Asset Protection 750,000 |
| Total - Office of Veterans Services 49,855,837 |
| Health Care Eligibility |
| General Revenues 10,354,082 |
| Federal Funds 17,291,822 |
| Total - Health Care Eligibility 27,645,904 |
| Supplemental Security Income Program |
| General Revenues 17,095,200 |
| Rhode Island Works |
| General Revenues 10,186,745 |
| Federal Funds 87,955,655 |
| Total - Rhode Island Works 98,142,400 |
| Other Programs |
| General Revenues |
| General Revenues 1,935,456 |
| Of this appropriation, $90,000 shall be used for hardship contingency payments. |
| Retail SNAP Incentives Pilot Program 10,000,000 |
| Federal Funds 369,208,211 |
| Restricted Receipts 8,000 |
| Total - Other Programs 381,151,667 |
| Office of Healthy Aging |
| General Revenues 13,654,589 |
| Of this amount, $325,000 is to provide elder services, including respite, through the |
| Diocese of Providence, $40,000 is for ombudsman services provided by the Alliance for Long Term |
| Care in accordance with Rhode Island General Laws, Chapter chapter 42-66.7 of title 42, $85,000 |
| is for security for housing for the elderly in accordance with Rhode Island General Law, Section § |
| 42-66.1-3, and $1,200,000 is for Senior Services Support and $680,000 is for elderly nutrition, of |
| which $630,000 is for Meals on Wheels. |
| Federal Funds 20,834,138 |
| Restricted Receipt 61,000 |
| Other Funds |
| Intermodal Surface Transportation Fund 4,147,184 |
| Total - Office of Healthy Aging 38,696,911 |
| Grand Total - Human Services 833,996,366 |
| Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals |
| Central Management |
| General Revenues 2,445,310 |
| Federal Funds 734,228 |
| Total - Central Management 3,179,538 |
| Hospital and Community System Support |
| General Revenues 1,260,208 |
| Federal Funds 65,739 |
| Restricted Receipts 448,659 |
| Total - Hospital and Community System Support 1,774,606 |
| Services for the Developmentally Disabled |
| General Revenues 207,551,352 |
| Provided that of this general revenue funding, $33,194,667 shall be expended on certain |
| community-based department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals |
| (BHDDH) developmental disability private provider and self-directed consumer direct care service |
| worker raises and associated payroll costs as authorized by BHDDH and to finance the new services |
| rates implemented by BHDDH pursuant to the Consent Decree Action Plan. Any increase for direct |
| support staff and residential or other community-based setting must first receive the approval of |
| BHDDH. |
| Federal Funds 260,062,877 |
| Provided that of this federal funding, $41,821,645 shall be expended on certain |
| community-based department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals |
| (BHDDH) developmental disability private provider and self-directed consumer direct care service |
| worker raises and associated payroll costs as authorized by BHDDH and to finance the new services |
| rates implemented by BHDDH pursuant to the Consent Decree Action Plan. Any increase for direct |
| support staff and residential or other community-based setting must first receive the approval of |
| BHDDH. |
| Restricted Receipts 1,395,777 |
| Other Funds |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| DD Residential Support 100,000 |
| Total - Services for the Developmentally Disabled 469,110,006 |
| Behavioral Healthcare Services |
| General Revenues 4,345,293 |
| Federal Funds |
| Federal Funds 34,025,449 |
| Provided that $250,000 from Social Services Block Grant funds is awarded to The |
| Providence Center to coordinate with Oasis Wellness and Recovery Center for its support and |
| services program offered to individuals with behavioral health issues. |
| Federal Funds - State Fiscal Recovery Fund |
| Crisis Intervention Trainings 1,650,000 |
| 9-8-8 Hotline 1,600,000 |
| Restricted Receipts 7,334,361 |
| Provided that $500,000 from the Opioid Stewardship Fund is distributed equally to the |
| seven Regional Substance Abuse Prevention Task Forces to fund priorities determined by each |
| Task Force. |
| Total - Behavioral Healthcare Services 48,955,103 |
| Hospital and Community Rehabilitative Services |
| General Revenues 60,067,815 |
| Federal Funds 51,095,254 |
| Restricted Receipts 3,150,000 |
| Other Funds |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| Hospital Equipment 300,000 |
| Total - Hospital and Community Rehabilitative Services 114,613,069 |
| State of RI Psychiatric Hospital |
| General Revenues 35,216,359 |
| Grand Total - Behavioral Healthcare, |
| Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals 672,848,681 |
| Office of the Child Advocate |
| General Revenues 1,649,914 |
| Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing |
| General Revenues 764,208 |
| Restricted Receipts 104,467 |
| Grand Total - Comm. On Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing 868,675 |
| Governor’s Commission on Disabilities |
| General Revenues |
| General Revenues 776,252 |
| Livable Home Modification Grant Program 766,699 |
| Provided that this will be used for home modification and accessibility enhancements to |
| construct, retrofit, and/or renovate residences to allow individuals to remain in community settings. |
| This will be in consultation with the Executive Office of Health and Human Services executive |
| office of health and human services. All unexpended or unencumbered balances, at the end of the |
| fiscal year, shall be reappropriated to the ensuing fiscal year, and made immediately available for |
| the same purpose. |
| Federal Funds 378,638 |
| Restricted Receipts 62,131 |
| Grand Total - Governor’s Commission on Disabilities 1,983,720 |
| Office of the Mental Health Advocate |
| General Revenues 976,078 |
| Elementary and Secondary Education |
| Administration of the Comprehensive Education Strategy |
| General Revenues 28,924,723 |
| Provided that $90,000 be allocated to support the hospital school at Hasbro Children’s |
| Hospital pursuant to Rhode Island General Law, Section § 16-7-20 and that $395,000 be allocated |
| to support child opportunity zones through agreements with the Department of Elementary and |
| Secondary Education department of elementary and secondary education to strengthen |
| education, health and social services for students and their families as a strategy to accelerate |
| student achievement and further provided that $450,000 and 3.0 full-time equivalent positions be |
| allocated to support a special education function to facilitate individualized education program |
| (IEP) and 504 services. |
| Federal Funds |
| Federal Funds 282,135,648 |
| Provided that $684,000 from the Department’s department’s administrative share of |
| Individuals with Disabilities Education Act funds be allocated to the Paul V. Sherlock Center on |
| Disabilities to support the Rhode Island Vision Education and Services Program and that $270,000 |
| of the Department’s department’s allocation of education stabilization discretionary funds be used |
| to support the RI Auditory Oral Program. |
| Federal Funds – State Fiscal Recovery Fund |
| Adult Education Providers 3,000,000 |
| Out of School Time Education Providers 4,000,000 |
| Restricted Receipts |
| Restricted Receipts 2,381,954 |
| HRIC Adult Education Grants 3,500,000 |
| Total - Admin. of the Comprehensive Ed. Strategy 323,942,325 |
| Davies Career and Technical School |
| General Revenues 15,721,293 |
| Federal Funds 2,069,097 |
| Restricted Receipts 4,448,690 |
| Other Funds |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| Davies School HVAC 1,200,000 |
| Davies School Asset Protection 500,000 |
| Davies School Healthcare Classrooms 6,886,250 |
| Davies School Wing Renovation 2,500,000 |
| Total - Davies Career and Technical School 33,325,330 |
| RI School for the Deaf |
| General Revenues 8,505,617 |
| Federal Funds 312,070 |
| Restricted Receipts 619,262 |
| Other Funds |
| School for the Deaf Transformation Grants 59,000 |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| School for the Deaf Asset Protection 331,000 |
| Total - RI School for the Deaf 9,826,949 |
| Metropolitan Career and Technical School |
| General Revenues 10,610,928 |
| Federal Funds 2,707,864 |
| Other Funds |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| MET School Asset Protection 2,000,000 |
| Total - Metropolitan Career and Technical School 15,318,792 |
| Education Aid |
| General Revenues 1,146,299,565 |
| Provided that the criteria for the allocation of early childhood funds shall prioritize |
| prekindergarten seats and classrooms for four-year-olds whose family income is at or below one |
| hundred eighty-five percent (185%) of federal poverty guidelines and who reside in communities |
| with higher concentrations of low performing schools. |
| Federal Funds 159,747,998 |
| Restricted Receipts 36,395,639 |
| Other Funds |
| Permanent School Fund 300,000 |
| Total - Education Aid 1,342,743,202 |
| Central Falls School District |
| General Revenues 49,413,751 |
| Federal Funds 10,869,398 |
| Total - Central Falls School District 60,283,149 |
| School Construction Aid |
| General Revenues |
| School Housing Aid 104,162,946 |
| Teachers' Retirement |
| General Revenues 132,744,129 |
| Grand Total - Elementary and Secondary Education 2,022,346,822 |
| Public Higher Education |
| Office of Postsecondary Commissioner |
| General Revenues 30,102,355 |
| Provided that $355,000 shall be allocated to the Rhode Island College Crusade pursuant to |
| the Rhode Island General Law, Section § 16-70-5, $75,000 shall be allocated to Best Buddies |
| Rhode Island to support its programs for children with developmental and intellectual disabilities. |
| It is also provided that $8,568,644 shall be allocated to the Rhode Island Promise Scholarship |
| program, $151,410 shall be used to support Rhode Island’s membership in the New England Board |
| of Higher Education, $4,000,000 shall be allocated to the Rhode Island Hope Scholarship Program, |
| and $200,000 shall be allocated to the Rhode Island School for Progressive Education to support |
| access to higher education opportunities for teachers of color. |
| Federal Funds |
| Federal Funds 4,156,833 |
| Guaranty Agency Administration 400,000 |
| Guaranty Agency Operating Fund - Scholarships & Grants 3,900,000 |
| Federal Funds - State Fiscal Recovery Fund |
| RI Reconnect 8,000,000 |
| Cybersecurity Center 2,000,000 |
| Fresh Start Scholarship 5,000,000 |
| Restricted Receipts 5,904,272 |
| Other Funds |
| Tuition Savings Program - Dual Enrollment 2,300,000 |
| Tuition Savings Program - Scholarships and Grants 895,000 |
| Nursing Education Center - Operating 2,894,863 |
| Total - Office of Postsecondary Commissioner 65,553,323 |
| University of Rhode Island |
| General Revenues |
| General Revenues 105,389,557 |
| Provided that in order to leverage federal funding and support economic development, |
| $700,000 shall be allocated to the Small Business Development Center, $100,000 shall be allocated |
| to the Institute for Labor Studies & Research and that $50,000 shall be allocated to Special |
| Olympics Rhode Island to support its mission of providing athletic opportunities for individuals |
| with intellectual and developmental disabilities. |
| Debt Service 31,813,173 |
| RI State Forensics Laboratory 1,618,744 |
| Federal Funds - State Fiscal Recovery Funds |
| PFAS Water Treatment Plant 20,000,000 |
| Other Funds |
| University and College Funds 745,170,430 |
| Debt - Dining Services 992,421 |
| Debt - Education and General 7,633,681 |
| Debt - Health Services 119,986 |
| Debt - Housing Loan Funds 12,979,112 |
| Debt - Memorial Union 425,523 |
| Debt - Ryan Center 2,378,224 |
| Debt - Parking Authority 819,763 |
| URI Restricted Debt Service - Energy Conservation 507,250 |
| URI Debt Service - Energy Conservation 1,885,825 |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| Asset Protection 13,494,395 |
| Mechanical, Electric, and Plumbing Improvements 4,400,000 |
| Fire Protection Academic Buildings 3,081,532 |
| Bay Campus 6,000,000 |
| Athletics Complex 26,270,000 |
| Provided that total Rhode Island Capital Plan funds provide no more than 80.0 percent of |
| the total project. |
| Stormwater Management 256,338 |
| Fine Arts Center Renovation 8,000,000 |
| Total - University of Rhode Island 993,235,954 |
| Notwithstanding the provisions of section § 35-3-15 of the general laws, all unexpended or |
| unencumbered balances as of June 30, 2024, relating to the University of Rhode Island are hereby |
| reappropriated to fiscal year 2025. |
| Rhode Island College |
| General Revenues |
| General Revenues 66,013,913 |
| Debt Service 8,732,729 |
| Rhode Island Vision Education and Services Program 1,800,000 |
| Other Funds |
| University and College Funds 106,541,381 |
| Debt - Education and General 1,579,049 |
| Debt - Housing 369,079 |
| Debt - Student Center and Dining 155,000 |
| Debt - Student Union 208,800 |
| Debt - G.O. Debt Service 1,643,056 |
| Debt - Energy Conservation 717,975 |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| Asset Protection 5,432,000 |
| Infrastructure Modernization 5,275,000 |
| Master Plan Phase III 10,000,000 |
| Total - Rhode Island College 208,467,982 |
| Notwithstanding the provisions of section § 35-3-15 of the general laws, all unexpended or |
| unencumbered balances as of June 30, 2024, relating to Rhode Island College are hereby |
| reappropriated to fiscal year 2025. |
| Community College of Rhode Island |
| General Revenues |
| General Revenues 58,529,873 |
| Debt Service 807,992 |
| Restricted Receipts 828,372 |
| Other Funds |
| University and College Funds 98,389,036 |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| Asset Protection 2,653,124 |
| Knight Campus Renewal 1,390,000 |
| Data, Cabling, and Power Infrastructure 3,300,000 |
| Flanagan Campus Renovations 4,500,000 |
| CCRI Renovation and Modernization Phase I 12,000,000 |
| Total - Community College of RI 182,398,397 |
| Notwithstanding the provisions of section § 35-3-15 of the general laws, all unexpended or |
| unencumbered balances as of June 30, 2024, relating to the Community College of Rhode Island |
| are hereby reappropriated to fiscal year 2025. |
| Grand Total - Public Higher Education 1,449,655,656 |
| RI State Council on the Arts |
| General Revenues |
| Operating Support 1,102,758 |
| Grants 1,190,000 |
| Provided that $400,000 be provided to support the operational costs of WaterFire |
| Providence art installations. |
| Federal Funds 987,000 |
| Restricted Receipts 5,000 |
| Other Funds |
| Art for Public Facilities 585,000 |
| Grand Total - RI State Council on the Arts 3,869,758 |
| RI Atomic Energy Commission |
| General Revenues 1,158,737 |
| Restricted Receipts 25,036 |
| Other Funds |
| URI Sponsored Research 344,971 |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| Asset Protection 50,000 |
| Grand Total - RI Atomic Energy Commission 1,578,744 |
| RI Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission |
| General Revenues 1,905,557 |
| Provided that $30,000 support the operational costs of the Fort Adams Trust’s restoration |
| activities and that $25,000 shall be allocated to Rhode Island Slave History Medallions. |
| Federal Funds 1,143,147 |
| Restricted Receipts 422,800 |
| Other Funds |
| RIDOT Project Review 110,327 |
| Grand Total - RI Historical Preservation and Heritage Comm. 3,581,831 |
| Attorney General |
| Criminal |
| General Revenues 21,038,345 |
| Federal Funds 2,909,219 |
| Restricted Receipts 1,290,066 |
| Total - Criminal 25,237,630 |
| Civil |
| General Revenues 7,010,429 |
| Restricted Receipts 2,718,995 |
| Total - Civil 9,729,424 |
| Bureau of Criminal Identification |
| General Revenues 2,145,184 |
| Restricted Receipts 1,296,624 |
| Total - Bureau of Criminal Identification 3,441,808 |
| General |
| General Revenues 4,668,933 |
| Other Funds |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| Building Renovations and Repairs 150,000 |
| Total - General 4,818,933 |
| Grand Total - Attorney General 43,227,795 |
| Corrections |
| Central Management |
| General Revenues 23,382,719 |
| Parole Board |
| General Revenues 1,382,965 |
| Custody and Security |
| General Revenues 160,215,200 |
| Federal Funds 1,413,868 |
| Total - Custody and Security 161,629,068 |
| Institutional Support |
| General Revenues 29,751,849 |
| Other Funds |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| Asset Protection 4,100,000 |
| Total - Institutional Support 33,851,849 |
| Institutional Based Rehab/Population Management |
| General Revenues 14,344,016 |
| Provided that $1,050,000 be allocated to Crossroads Rhode Island for sex offender |
| discharge planning. |
| The director of the department of corrections shall provide to the speaker of the house and |
| president of the senate at least every ninety (90) days beginning September 1, 2022, a report on |
| efforts to modernize the correctional industries program. The report shall, at minimum, provide |
| data on the past ninety (90) days regarding program participation, changes made in programming |
| to more closely align with industry needs, new or terminated partnerships with employers, |
| nonprofits, and advocacy groups, current program expenses and revenues, and the employment |
| status of all persons on the day of discharge from department care who participated in the |
| correctional industries program. |
| Federal Funds 630,449 |
| Restricted Receipts 64,600 |
| Total - Institutional Based Rehab/Population Mgt. 15,039,065 |
| Healthcare Services |
| General Revenues 30,735,600 |
| Restricted Receipts 1,331,585 |
| Total - Healthcare Services 32,067,185 |
| Community Corrections |
| General Revenues 21,198,507 |
| Federal Funds 175,542 |
| Restricted Receipts 36,924 |
| Total - Community Corrections 21,410,973 |
| Grand Total - Corrections 288,763,824 |
| Judiciary |
| Supreme Court |
| General Revenues |
| General Revenues 34,670,879 |
| Provided however, that no more than $1,453,387 in combined total shall be offset to the |
| Public Defender’s Office public defender’s office, the Attorney General’s Office attorney |
| general’s office, the Department of Corrections department of corrections, the Department of |
| Children, Youth and Families department of children, youth and families, and the Department |
| of Public Safety department of public safety for square-footage occupancy costs in public |
| courthouses and further provided that $230,000 be allocated to the Rhode Island Coalition Against |
| Domestic Violence for the domestic abuse court advocacy project pursuant to Rhode Island General |
| Law, Section § 12-29-7 and that $90,000 be allocated to Rhode Island Legal Services, Inc. to |
| provide housing and eviction defense to indigent individuals. |
| Defense of Indigents 5,075,432 |
| Federal Funds 213,725 |
| Restricted Receipts 4,179,552 |
| Other Funds |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| Garrahy Courtroom Restoration 750,000 |
| Judicial Complexes - HVAC 1,000,000 |
| Judicial Complexes Asset Protection 2,250,000 |
| Judicial Complexes Fan Coil Unit Replacements 500,000 |
| Garrahy Courthouse Restoration 1,125,000 |
| Total - Supreme Court 49,764,588 |
| Judicial Tenure and Discipline |
| General Revenues 174,733 |
| Superior Court |
| General Revenues 27,552,736 |
| Federal Funds 70,028 |
| Restricted Receipts 665,000 |
| Total - Superior Court 28,287,764 |
| Family Court |
| General Revenues 26,408,476 |
| Federal Funds 3,866,908 |
| Total - Family Court 30,275,384 |
| District Court |
| General Revenues 16,319,444 |
| Federal Funds 821,532 |
| Restricted Receipts 60,000 |
| Total - District Court 17,200,976 |
| Traffic Tribunal |
| General Revenues 11,185,670 |
| Workers' Compensation Court |
| Restricted Receipts 10,008,315 |
| Grand Total - Judiciary 146,897,430 |
| Military Staff |
| General Revenues 3,650,802 |
| Federal Funds 64,747,657 |
| Restricted Receipts |
| RI Military Family Relief Fund 55,000 |
| Other Funds |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| Aviation Readiness Center 138,272 |
| Asset Protection 1,753,294 |
| Quonset Airport Runway Reconstruction 1,774,119 |
| Quonset Air National Guard HQ Facility 3,000,000 |
| Sun Valley Armory 788,161 |
| Grand Total - Military Staff 75,907,305 |
| Public Safety |
| Central Management |
| General Revenues 14,866,598 |
| Provided that $13,500,000 shall be allocated as the state contribution for the Statewide |
| Body-worn Camera Program statewide body-worn camera program, subject to all program and |
| reporting rules, regulations, policies, and guidelines prescribed in the Rhode Island General Laws. |
| Notwithstanding the provisions of section § 35-3-15 of the general laws, all unexpended or |
| unencumbered balances as of June 30, 2024, from this appropriation are hereby reappropriated to |
| fiscal year 2025. |
| Federal Funds |
| Federal Funds 11,284,115 |
| Federal Funds - State Fiscal Recovery Fund |
| Support for Survivors of Domestic Violence 7,000,000 |
| Restricted Receipts 191,311 |
| Total - Central Management 33,342,024 |
| E-911 Emergency Telephone System |
| Restricted Receipts 9,269,543 |
| Security Services |
| General Revenues 30,293,311 |
| Municipal Police Training Academy |
| General Revenues 290,366 |
| Federal Funds 399,095 |
| Total - Municipal Police Training Academy 689,461 |
| State Police |
| General Revenues 91,562,926 |
| Federal Funds 5,474,011 |
| Restricted Receipts 889,670 |
| Other Funds |
| Airport Corporation Assistance 150,069 |
| Road Construction Reimbursement 3,354,650 |
| Weight and Measurement Reimbursement 510,198 |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| DPS Asset Protection 2,053,000 |
| Southern Barracks 10,465,719 |
| Training Academy Upgrades 1,400,000 |
| Statewide Communications System Network 249,754 |
| Total - State Police 116,109,997 |
| Grand Total - Public Safety 189,704,336 |
| Office of Public Defender |
| General Revenues 15,694,120 |
| Federal Funds 100,665 |
| Grand Total - Office of Public Defender 15,794,785 |
| Emergency Management Agency |
| General Revenues 6,632,962 |
| Federal Funds 38,504,601 |
| Restricted Receipts 406,774 |
| Other Funds |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| RI Statewide Communications Network Tower 500,000 |
| RI Statewide Communications Infrastructure 1,190,000 |
| RI Statewide Communications 700 MHZ Project 2,776,375 |
| RI Statewide Communications Warehouse 250,000 |
| Grand Total - Emergency Management Agency 50,260,712 |
| Environmental Management |
| Office of the Director |
| General Revenues 9,227,652 |
| Of this general revenue amount, $100,000 is appropriated to the Conservation Districts and |
| $100,000 is appropriated to the Wildlife Rehabilitators Association of Rhode Island for a |
| veterinarian at the Wildlife Clinic of Rhode Island. |
| Federal Funds 40,100 |
| Restricted Receipts 4,463,201 |
| Total - Office of the Director 13,730,953 |
| Natural Resources |
| General Revenues 33,553,651 |
| Provided that of this general revenue amount, $150,000 is to be used for marine mammal |
| response activities in conjunction with matching federal funds. |
| Federal Funds 20,162,255 |
| Restricted Receipts 5,573,096 |
| Other Funds |
| DOT Recreational Projects 762,000 |
| Blackstone Bike Path Design 1,000,000 |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| Dam Repair 311,500 |
| Fort Adams Rehabilitation 300,000 |
| Port of Galilee 10,823,702 |
| Newport Pier Upgrades 1,000,000 |
| Recreation Facilities Asset Protection 750,000 |
| Recreational Facilities Improvement 4,145,000 |
| Natural Resources Office and Visitor's Center 250,000 |
| Fish & Wildlife Maintenance Facilities 200,000 |
| Marine Infrastructure/Pier Development 650,000 |
| Total - Natural Resources 79,481,204 |
| Environmental Protection |
| General Revenues 15,897,257 |
| Federal Funds 10,885,928 |
| Restricted Receipts 7,770,181 |
| Other Funds |
| Transportation MOU 44,552 |
| Total - Environmental Protection 34,597,918 |
| Grand Total - Environmental Management 127,810,075 |
| Coastal Resources Management Council |
| General Revenues 3,396,395 |
| Federal Funds 2,264,374 |
| Restricted Receipts 250,000 |
| Grand Total - Coastal Resources Mgmt. Council 5,910,769 |
| Transportation |
| Central Management |
| Federal Funds 15,010,567 |
| Other Funds |
| Gasoline Tax 8,696,240 |
| Total - Central Management 23,706,807 |
| Management and Budget |
| Other Funds |
| Gasoline Tax 4,210,497 |
| Infrastructure Engineering |
| Federal Funds |
| Federal Funds 424,349,096 |
| Federal Funds – State Fiscal Recovery Funds |
| RIPTA R-Line Service Pilot 750,000 |
| Municipal Roads Grant Program 20,000,000 |
| RI Turnpike and Bridge Authority – Safety Barriers Study 750,000 |
| Restricted Receipts 6,210,256 |
| Other Funds |
| Gasoline Tax 81,370,442 |
| The Rhode Island public transit authority is authorized and directed to establish a |
| paratransit voucher program. The program shall operate as a one-year pilot program to study the |
| feasibility of expanding paratransit services to underserved communities and providing those |
| utilizing the program with prepaid voucher(s) to cover the expense of paratransit services to be |
| provided by the authority. The program shall begin no later than January 1, 2024. On or before |
| June 1, 2025, the authority shall submit a report to the speaker of the house and the president of the |
| senate, detailing the outcome of the pilot program. Of this amount, $500,000 is appropriated for |
| the authority for the pilot program. |
| Toll Revenue 1,500,000 |
| Land Sale Revenue 9,523,299 |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| Highway Improvement Program 133,406,300 |
| Bike Path Asset Protection 400,000 |
| RIPTA - Land and Buildings 10,372,818 |
| RIPTA - URI Mobility Hub 250,000 |
| RIPTA - Pawtucket/Central Falls Bus Hub Passenger Facility 1,500,000 |
| Total - Infrastructure Engineering 690,382,211 |
| Infrastructure Maintenance |
| Other Funds |
| Gasoline Tax 29,321,651 |
| The department of transportation will establish a Municipal Roadway Database, which will |
| include information concerning the name, condition, length, roadway infrastructure, and pedestrian |
| features of each municipal roadway, updated annually by municipalities. The database will serve |
| as a comprehensive and transparent list of municipal roadway conditions. |
| Rhode Island Highway Maintenance Account 107,492,944 |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| Maintenance Capital Equipment Replacement 1,800,000 |
| Maintenance Facilities Improvements 500,000 |
| Welcome Center 200,000 |
| Salt Storage Facilities 1,080,000 |
| Train Station Asset Protection 395,000 |
| Total - Infrastructure Maintenance 140,789,595 |
| Grand Total - Transportation 859,089,110 |
| Statewide Totals |
| General Revenues 5,425,140,429 |
| Federal Funds 5,643,023,203 |
| Restricted Receipts 392,134,921 |
| Other Funds 2,550,551,147 |
| Statewide Grand Total 14,010,849,700 |
| SECTION 2. Each line appearing in Section 1 of this Article shall constitute an |
| appropriation. |
| SECTION 3. Upon the transfer of any function of a department or agency to another |
| department or agency, the Governor governor is hereby authorized by means of executive order to |
| transfer or reallocate, in whole or in part, the appropriations and the full-time equivalent limits |
| affected thereby; provided, however, in accordance with Rhode Island General Law, Section § 42- |
| 6-5, when the duties or administrative functions of government are designated by law to be |
| performed within a particular department or agency, no transfer of duties or functions and no re- |
| allocation, in whole or part, or appropriations and full-time equivalent positions to any other |
| department or agency shall be authorized. |
| SECTION 4. From the appropriation for contingency shall be paid such sums as may be |
| required at the discretion of the Governor governor to fund expenditures for which appropriations |
| may not exist. Such contingency funds may also be used for expenditures in the several departments |
| and agencies where appropriations are insufficient, or where such requirements are due to |
| unforeseen conditions or are non-recurring items of an unusual nature. Said appropriations may |
| also be used for the payment of bills incurred due to emergencies or to any offense against public |
| peace and property, in accordance with the provisions of Titles titles 11 and 45 of the General Laws |
| of 1956, as amended. All expenditures and transfers from this account shall be approved by the |
| Governor governor. |
| SECTION 5. The general assembly authorizes the state controller to establish the internal |
| service accounts shown below, and no other, to finance and account for the operations of state |
| agencies that provide services to other agencies, institutions and other governmental units on a cost |
| reimbursed basis. The purpose of these accounts is to ensure that certain activities are managed in |
| a businesslike manner, promote efficient use of services by making agencies pay the full costs |
| associated with providing the services, and allocate the costs of central administrative services |
| across all fund types, so that federal and other non-general fund programs share in the costs of |
| general government support. The controller is authorized to reimburse these accounts for the cost |
| of work or services performed for any other department or agency subject to the following |
| expenditure limitations: |
| Account Expenditure Limit |
| State Assessed Fringe Benefit Internal Service Fund 37,390,672 |
| Administration Central Utilities Internal Service Fund 39,364,206 |
| State Central Mail Internal Service Fund 8,076,555 |
| State Telecommunications Internal Service Fund 3,659,422 |
| State Automotive Fleet Internal Service Fund 13,069,648 |
| Surplus Property Internal Service Fund 44,789 |
| Health Insurance Internal Service Fund 272,732,438 |
| Other Post-Employment Benefits Fund 63,858,483 |
| Capitol Police Internal Service Fund 1,411,825 |
| Corrections Central Distribution Center Internal Service Fund 7,534,562 |
| Correctional Industries Internal Service Fund 8,339,394 |
| Secretary of State Record Center Internal Service Fund 1,175,426 |
| Human Resources Internal Service Fund 17,117,623 |
| DCAMM Facilities Internal Service Fund 61,150,543 |
| Information Technology Internal Service Fund 56,136,183 |
| SECTION 6. Legislative Intent intent - The General Assembly general assembly may |
| provide a written "statement of legislative intent" signed by the chairperson of the House Finance |
| Committee house finance committee and by the chairperson of the Senate Finance Committee |
| senate finance committee to show the intended purpose of the appropriations contained in Section |
| section 1 of this Article article. The statement of legislative intent shall be kept on file in the House |
| Finance Committee house finance committee and in the Senate Finance Committee senate |
| finance committee. |
| At least twenty (20) days prior to the issuance of a grant or the release of funds, which |
| grant or funds are listed on the legislative letter of intent, all department, agency and corporation |
| directors, shall notify in writing the chairperson of the House Finance Committee house finance |
| committee and the chairperson of the Senate Finance Committee senate finance committee of the |
| approximate date when the funds are to be released or granted. |
| SECTION 7. Appropriation of Temporary Disability Insurance Funds temporary |
| disability insurance funds -- There is hereby appropriated pursuant to sections §§ 28-39-5 and |
| 28-39-8 of the Rhode Island General Laws all funds required to be disbursed for the benefit |
| payments from the Temporary Disability Insurance Fund temporary disability insurance fund |
| and Temporary Disability Insurance Reserve Fund temporary disability insurance reserve fund |
| for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024. |
| SECTION 8. Appropriation of Employment Security Funds employment security funds |
| -- There is hereby appropriated pursuant to section § 28-42-19 of the Rhode Island General Laws |
| all funds required to be disbursed for benefit payments from the Employment Security Fund |
| employment security fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024. |
| SECTION 9. Appropriation of Lottery Division Funds lottery division funds -- There is |
| hereby appropriated to the Lottery Division lottery division any funds required to be disbursed by |
| the Lottery Division lottery division for the purposes of paying commissions or transfers to the |
| prize fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024. |
| SECTION 10. Appropriation of CollegeBoundSaver Funds - There is hereby appropriated |
| to the Office of the General Treasurer office of the general treasurer designated funds received |
| under the CollegeBoundSaver program for transfer to the Division of Higher Education Assistance |
| division of higher education assistance within the Office office of the Postsecondary |
| Commissioner postsecondary commissioner to support student financial aid for the fiscal year |
| ending June 30, 2024. |
| SECTION 11. Departments and agencies listed below may not exceed the number of full- |
| time equivalent (FTE) positions shown below in any pay period. Full-time equivalent positions do |
| not include limited period positions or, seasonal or intermittent positions whose scheduled period |
| of employment does not exceed twenty-six consecutive weeks or whose scheduled hours do not |
| exceed nine hundred and twenty-five (925) hours, excluding overtime, in a one-year period. Nor |
| do they include individuals engaged in training, the completion of which is a prerequisite of |
| employment. Provided, however, that the Governor governor or designee, Speaker of the House |
| of Representatives speaker of the house of representatives or designee, and the President of the |
| Senate president of the senate or designee may authorize an adjustment to any limitation. Prior to |
| the authorization, the State Budget Officer state budget officer shall make a detailed written |
| recommendation to the Governor governor, the Speaker of the House speaker of the house, and |
| the President of the Senate president of the senate. A copy of the recommendation and |
| authorization to adjust shall be transmitted to the chairman of the House Finance Committee house |
| finance committee, Senate Finance Committee senate finance committee, the House Fiscal |
| Advisor house fiscal advisor, and the Senate Fiscal Advisor senate fiscal advisor. |
| State employees whose funding is from non-state general revenue funds that are time |
| limited shall receive limited term appointment with the term limited to the availability of non-state |
| general revenue funding source. |
| FY 2024 FTE POSITION AUTHORIZATION |
| Departments and Agencies Full-Time Equivalent |
| Administration 674.7 |
| Provided that no more than 419.1 of the total authorization would be limited to positions |
| that support internal service fund programs. |
| Business Regulation 181.0 |
| Executive Office of Commerce 5.0 |
| Housing 38.0 |
| Labor and Training 461.7 |
| Revenue 575.5 |
| Legislature 298.5 |
| Office of the Lieutenant Governor 8.0 |
| Office of the Secretary of State 61.0 |
| Office of the General Treasurer 91.0 |
| Board of Elections 13.0 |
| Rhode Island Ethics Commission 12.0 |
| Office of the Governor 45.0 |
| Commission for Human Rights 15.0 |
| Public Utilities Commission 54.0 |
| Office of Health and Human Services 218.0 |
| Children, Youth and Families 705.5 |
| Health 574.4 |
| Human Services 770.0 |
| Office of Veterans Services 267.0 |
| Office of Healthy Aging 33.0 |
| Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals 1,202.4 |
| Office of the Child Advocate 10.0 |
| Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing 4.0 |
| Governor’s Commission on Disabilities 5.0 |
| Office of the Mental Health Advocate 6.0 |
| Elementary and Secondary Education 150.1 |
| School for the Deaf 61.0 |
| Davies Career and Technical School 123.0 |
| Office of Postsecondary Commissioner 45.0 |
| Provided that 1.0 of the total authorization would be available only for positions that are |
| supported by third-party funds, 11.0 would be available only for positions at the State’s Higher |
| Education Centers located in Woonsocket and Westerly, 10.0 would be available only for positions |
| at the Nursing Education Center, and 7.0 would be available for the longitudinal data systems |
| program. |
| University of Rhode Island 2,551.0 |
| Provided that 353.8 of the total authorization would be available only for positions that are |
| supported by third-party funds. |
| Rhode Island College 949.2 |
| Provided that 76.0 of the total authorization would be available only for positions that are |
| supported by third-party funds. |
| Community College of Rhode Island 849.1 |
| Provided that 89.0 of the total authorization would be available only for positions that are |
| supported by third-party funds. |
| Rhode Island State Council on the Arts 10.0 |
| RI Atomic Energy Commission 8.6 |
| Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission 15.6 |
| Office of the Attorney General 264.1 |
| Corrections 1,460.0 |
| Judicial 743.3 |
| Military Staff 93.0 |
| Emergency Management Agency 37.0 |
| Public Safety 632.2 |
| Office of the Public Defender 104.0 |
| Environmental Management 425.0 |
| Coastal Resources Management Council 32.0 |
| Transportation 755.0 |
| Total 15,636.9 |
| No agency or department may employ contracted employee services where contract |
| employees would work under state employee supervisors without determination of need by the |
| Director of Administration director of administration acting upon positive recommendations by |
| the Budget Officer budget officer and the Personnel Administrator personnel administrator and |
| 15 days after a public hearing. |
| Nor may any agency or department contract for services replacing work done by state |
| employees at that time without determination of need by the Director of Administration director |
| of administration acting upon the positive recommendations of the State Budget Officer state |
| budget officer and the Personnel Administrator personnel administrator and 30 days after a |
| public hearing. |
| SECTION 12. The amounts reflected in this Article include the appropriation of Rhode |
| Island Capital Plan capital plan funds for fiscal year 2024 and supersede appropriations provided |
| for FY 2024 within Section 12 of Article 1 of Chapter 231 of the P.L. of 2022 P.L. 2022, ch. 231, |
| § 12, art. 1. |
| The following amounts are hereby appropriated out of any money in the State’s state’s |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Fund capital plan fund not otherwise appropriated to be expended |
| during the fiscal years ending June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026, June 30, 2027, and June 30, 2028. |
| These amounts supersede appropriations provided within Section 12 of Article 1 of Chapter 231 of |
| the P.L. of 2022 P.L. 2022, ch. 231, § 12, art. 1. |
| For the purposes and functions hereinafter mentioned, the State Controller state controller |
| is hereby authorized and directed to draw his or her the controller’s orders upon the General |
| Treasurer general treasurer for the payment of such sums and such portions thereof as may be |
| required by him or her upon receipt of properly authenticated vouchers. |
| FY Ending FY Ending FY Ending FY Ending |
| Project 06/30/2025 06/30/2026 06/30/2027 06/30/2028 |
| DOA - 560 Jefferson Boulevard 1,100,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 |
| DOA - Accessibility Facility Renovations 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,022,200 |
| DOA - Civic Center 2,100,000 2,300,000 2,300,000 1,850,000 |
| DOA - Cranston Street Armory 3,250,000 1,600,000 100,000 100,000 |
| DOA - DoIT Enterprise Operations Center 3,050,000 1,050,000 50,000 50,000 |
| DOA - Hospital Reorganization 25,000,000 0 0 0 |
| DOA - Pastore Building Demolition 2,150,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 |
| DOA - Pastore Center Hospital Buildings 4,500,000 4,500,000 2,500,000 500,000 |
| DOA - Pastore Center Non-Hospital Buildings 5,000,000 4,500,000 4,500,000 4,600,000 |
| DOA - Pastore Campus Infrastructure 25,000,000 25,000,000 25,000,000 15,000,000 |
| DOA - RI Convention Center Authority 3,340,000 2,500,000 2,500,000 2,500,000 |
| DOA - Shepard Building Upgrades 250,000 0 0 0 |
| DOA - State House Renovations 18,529,000 17,379,000 17,379,000 16,000,000 |
| DOA - William Powers Building 2,400,000 2,200,000 2,000,000 2,040,000 |
| DOA - Zambarano Buildings and Campus 4,740,000 2,850,000 250,000 1,800,000 |
| DOA – Zambarano LTAC Hospital 26,185,740 26,065,740 23,804,439 24,427,656 |
| DBR - Fire Academy Expansion 2,616,000 0 0 0 |
| EOC - I-195 Redevelopment Commission 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 |
| DCYF - Residential Treatment Facility 15,000,000 15,000,000 0 0 |
| ELSEC - Davies Career and Technical |
| School Wing Renovation 30,000,000 2,500,000 0 0 |
| ELSEC - MET School Asset Protection 2,000,000 250,000 250,000 255,000 |
| URI - Asset Protection 14,006,225 14,606,536 15,236,863 15,528,074 |
| URI - Athletics Complex 26,270,000 13,300,000 0 0 |
| URI - Fine Arts Center Renovation 8,000,000 0 0 0 |
| URI - Fire Protection Academic Buildings 3,311,666 0 0 0 |
| URI - Bay Campus 6,000,000 12,500,000 12,500,000 0 |
| URI – Mechanical, Electric, & Plumbing Improv. 13,205,467 |
| RIC - Asset Protection 5,785,000 5,950,000 6,025,000 6,157,000 |
| RIC - Infrastructure Modernization 5,675,000 5,675,000 5,675,000 5,925,000 |
| RIC - Clarke Science 5,000,000 0 0 0 |
| CCRI - Asset Protection 2,719,452 2,719,452 2,719,452 2,780,000 |
| CCRI - Data, Cabling, & Power Infrastructure 3,700,000 4,650,000 1,300,000 0 |
| CCRI - Flanagan Campus Renovations 5,000,000 2,800,000 0 0 |
| CCRI - Renovation and Modernization 14,000,000 12,000,000 0 0 |
| DOC - Asset Protection 4,100,000 4,100,000 4,100,000 4,100,000 |
| Military Staff - Aviation Readiness Center 1,125,800 1,599,115 0 0 |
| Military Staff - Quonset Airport |
| Runway Reconstruction 732,176 0 0 0 |
| DPS - Asset Protection 1,271,000 600,000 730,000 511,000 |
| DPS - Southern Barracks 10,162,390 0 0 0 |
| DPS - Training Academy Upgrades 1,920,000 715,000 150,000 150,000 |
| DPS - RISCON Microwave Tower Replacement 249,754 249,754 0 0 |
| DEM - Dam Repair 3,565,000 2,515,000 1,165,000 1,015,000 |
| DEM - Marine Infrastructure & Pier Development 650,000 0 0 0 |
| DEM - Port of Galilee 11,500,000 16,500,000 14,113,820 2,800,000 |
| DEM - Natural Resources Offices and |
| Visitor's Center 2,500,000 2,000,000 0 0 |
| DEM - Recreational Facilities Improvement 5,729,077 2,900,000 3,338,551 3,260,000 |
| CRMC - Confined Aquatic Dredged |
| Material Disposal Cells 20,600,000 0 0 0 |
| DOT - Highway Improvement Program 121,102,060 27,200,000 27,200,000 27,200,000 |
| DOT - Maintenance Capital Equipment |
| Replacement 1,800,000 1,800,000 1,800,000 1,800,000 |
| DOT - Salt Storage Facilities 1,150,000 1,150,000 1,150,000 1,500,000 |
| DOT - RIPTA Land & Building Enhancements 11,214,401 4,561,885 500,000 500,000 |
| DOT - RIPTA Pawtucket Bus Hub Passenger Facility 3,500,000 0 0 0 |
| SECTION 13. Reappropriation of Funding funding for Rhode Island Capital Plan Fund |
| Projects capital plan fund projects. Any unexpended and unencumbered funds from Rhode Island |
| Capital Plan Fund capital plan fund project appropriations shall be reappropriated in the ensuing |
| fiscal year and made available for the same purpose. However, any such reappropriations are |
| subject to final approval by the General Assembly general assembly as part of the supplemental |
| appropriations act. Any unexpended funds of less than five hundred dollars ($500) shall be |
| reappropriated at the discretion of the State Budget Officer state budget officer. |
| SECTION 14. For the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2024, the Rhode Island Housing and |
| Mortgage Finance Corporation housing and mortgage finance corporation shall provide from its |
| resources such sums as appropriate in support of the Neighborhood Opportunities Program. The |
| Corporation corporation shall provide a report detailing the amount of funding provided to this |
| program, as well as information on the number of units of housing provided as a result to the |
| Director of Administration director of administration, the Chair of the Housing Resources |
| Commission chair of the housing resources commission, the Chair of the House Finance |
| Committee chair of the house finance committee, the Chair of the Senate Finance Committee |
| chair of the senate finance committee, and the State Budget Officer state budget officer. |
| SECTION 15. Appropriation of Economic Activity Taxes economic activity taxes in |
| accordance with the city of Pawtucket downtown redevelopment statute -- There is hereby |
| appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, all State Economic Activity Taxes state |
| economic activity taxes to be collected pursuant to § 45-33.4-4 of the Rhode Island General Laws, |
| as amended (including, but not limited to, the amount of tax revenues certified by the Commerce |
| Corporation commerce corporation in accordance with § 45-33.4-1(13) of the Rhode Island |
| General Laws), for the purposes of paying debt service on bonds, funding debt service reserves, |
| paying costs of infrastructure improvements in and around the ballpark district, arts district, and |
| the growth center district, funding future debt service on bonds, and funding a redevelopment |
| revolving fund established in accordance with § 45-33-1 of the Rhode Island General Laws. |
| SECTION 16. The appropriations from federal funds contained in Section section 1 shall |
| not be construed to mean any federal funds or assistance appropriated, authorized, allocated or |
| apportioned to the State state of Rhode Island from the State Fiscal Recovery Fund and Capital |
| Projects Fund state fiscal recovery fund and capital projects fund enacted pursuant to the |
| American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, P.L. 117-2 for fiscal year 2024 except for those instances |
| specifically designated. Projected out-year expenditures for State Fiscal Recovery Fund and Capital |
| Projects Fund state fiscal recovery fund and capital projects fund projects have been |
| consolidated into appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024 to ensure the timely |
| obligation of these funds to comply with rules promulgated by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. |
| The State Fiscal Recovery Fund and Capital Projects Fund state fiscal recovery fund and |
| capital projects fund appropriations herein shall be made in support of the following projects: |
| Federal Funds - State Fiscal Recovery Fund |
| Department of Administration (DOA) |
| DOA - Electric Heat Pump Grant Program electric heat pump grant program. These |
| funds shall support a grant program within the office of energy resources to assist homeowners and |
| small-to-mid-size business owners with the purchase and installation of high-efficiency electric |
| heat pumps, with an emphasis on families in environmental justice communities, minority-owned |
| businesses, and community organizations who otherwise cannot afford this technology. The office |
| of energy resources shall report to the Speaker of the House speaker of the house and Senate |
| President senate president no later than April 1 of each year the results of this program, including |
| but not limited to, the number of grants issued, amount of each grant and the average grant amount, |
| and the expected cumulative carbon emissions reductions associated with heat pumps that received |
| a grant. |
| DOA - Ongoing ongoing COVID-19 Response response. These funds shall be allocated |
| to continue COVID-19 mitigation activities and to address the public health impacts of the |
| pandemic in Rhode Island, to be administered by the director of administration, in consultation |
| with the director of health and the secretary of health and human services. |
| DOA - Pandemic Recovery Office pandemic recovery office. These funds shall be |
| allocated to finance the Pandemic Recovery Office pandemic recovery office established within |
| the Department of Administration department of administration. |
| DOA - Public Health Response Warehouse Support public health response warehouse |
| support. These funds shall be allocated to the proper of PPE and other necessary COVID-19 |
| response-related supplies. |
| DOA - Auto-Enrollment Program auto-enrollment program. These funds shall support a |
| program for automatically enrolling qualified individuals transitioned off Medicaid coverage at the |
| end of the COVID-19 public health emergency into qualified health plans to avoid gaps in coverage, |
| administered by HealthSource RI. |
| DOA - Municipal Public Safety Infrastructure municipal public safety infrastructure. |
| These funds shall be used to provide matching support to cities and towns to make significant public |
| safety facilities infrastructure improvements including new construction. Funding priority shall be |
| based on project readiness and limited to those for which the total costs exceed $1.0 |
| million. Matching funds to any municipality will be limited to $5.0 million for projects that serve |
| a regional purpose and $1.0 million for others. |
| Department of Labor and Training (DLT) |
| DLT - Enhanced Real Jobs enhanced real jobs. These funds shall support the Real Jobs |
| real jobs Rhode Island program in the development of job partnerships, connecting industry |
| employers adversely impacted by the pandemic to individuals enrolled in workforce training |
| programs. |
| Executive Office of Commerce (EOC) |
| EOC - Destination Marketing destination marketing. These funds shall be used for |
| destination tourism marketing in support of airline routes to Rhode Island T.F. Green International |
| Airport. The Commerce Corporation commerce corporation is required to supply equivalent |
| matching funds out of its portion of the state hotel tax. |
| EOC - Minority Business Accelerator minority business accelerator. These funds shall |
| support a program to invest additional resources to enhance the growth of minority business |
| enterprises as defined in chapter 14.1 of title 37. The initiative will support a range of assistance |
| and programming, including financial and technical assistance, entrepreneurship training, space for |
| programming and co- working, and assistance accessing low-interest loans. Commerce shall work |
| with minority small business associations, including the Rhode Island Black Business Association |
| (RIBBA), to advance this program. |
| EOC - South Quay Marine Terminal south quay marine terminal. These funds shall |
| support the development of an integrated and centralized hub of intermodal shipping designed to |
| support the offshore wind industry along memorial parkway in the East Providence waterfront |
| special development district. Funds may be used for design and development of the waterfront |
| portion of the terminal into a marine-industrial facility. These funds shall only be allocated and |
| spent if sufficient matching funds for completion of the project are committed by February 1, 2024. |
| EOC - Bioscience Investments bioscience investments. These funds shall support a |
| program to invest in the biosciences industry in Rhode Island in conjunction with the creation of |
| the Rhode Island Life Science Hub life science hub. This program will include, but is not limited |
| to, the development of one or more wet lab incubator spaces in collaboration with industry partners; |
| the creation of a fund that will support wrap-around services to aid in the commercialization of |
| technology and business development, growth of the biosciences talent pipeline, and support for |
| staff to implement the bioscience investments initiative. |
| EOC - Small Business Assistance small business assistance. These funds shall be |
| allocated to a program of financial and technical assistance to small businesses and COVID- |
| impacted industries as follows: twelve million five hundred thousand dollars ($12,500,000) shall |
| be provided as direct payments to businesses for lost revenue, eighteen million dollars |
| ($18,000,000) shall support technical assistance for long-term business capacity building, public |
| health upgrades, energy efficiency improvements, and outdoor programming, and one million five |
| hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) shall be allocated to support administration of these |
| programs. To be eligible to receive funds or support under this program a business must have less |
| than two million dollars ($2,000,000) in annual gross revenues and demonstrate a negative impact |
| from the COVID-19 pandemic as determined by the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation |
| commerce corporation. Under this program, total support in the form of direct payments, or |
| technical assistance grants shall not exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per eligible business |
| through either program. Total support in the form of direct payments, technical assistance, and |
| grants for public health upgrades, energy efficiency and outdoor programming shall not exceed |
| thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) in the aggregate. Provided further that at least twenty percent |
| (20%) of all funds must be reserved for awards to assist minority business enterprises as defined in |
| chapter 14.1 of title 37. |
| Department of Housing |
| Housing - Development of Affordable Housing development of affordable housing. |
| These funds shall expand a program at the Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation |
| to provide additional investments in the development of affordable housing units in conjunction |
| with general obligation bond funds and other sources of available financing according to guidelines |
| approved by the Coordinating Committee of the Housing Resources Commission coordinating |
| committee of the housing resources commission. Of this amount, ten million dollars |
| ($10,000,000) shall be available to Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation to |
| establish a pilot program, which may include the establishment of a revolving fund, that shall direct |
| funds to support low income public housing through project-based rental assistance vouchers and |
| financing for pre-development, improvement, and housing production costs. Within eighteen (18) |
| months, any money available for the pilot that is not yet allocated to viable projects, or which has |
| been awarded to public housing authorities which are unable to demonstrate substantial completion |
| of all work within eighteen (18) months of receipt of any such funds, shall be returned to this |
| program and no longer be included in the pilot. Determination of viability and substantial |
| completion under the pilot shall be at the sole discretion of the secretary of housing. |
| Housing - Targeted Housing Development targeted housing development. These funds |
| shall create a program at the department of housing to develop housing in targeted areas and/or |
| priority projects. Of this overall program, twenty-seven million dollars ($27,000,000) shall be |
| allocated into a priority project fund that advances the following categories: permanent supportive |
| housing, housing dedicated to vulnerable populations, individuals transitioning out of state care, |
| and extremely low-income Rhode Islanders. Of this overall program, four million dollars |
| ($4,000,000) shall be allocated to support the development of transit-oriented housing as approved |
| by the secretary of housing. |
| Housing - Site Acquisition site acquisition. These funds shall be allocated to the Rhode |
| Island housing and mortgage finance corporation toward the acquisition of properties for |
| redevelopment as affordable and supportive housing to finance projects that include requirements |
| for deed restrictions not less than thirty (30) years, and a non-recourse structure. |
| Housing - Down Payment Assistance down-payment assistance. Administered by the |
| Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation, these funds shall be allocated to a program |
| to provide up to $20,000 in down payment assistance to eligible first-time home buyers to promote |
| homeownership. |
| Housing - Workforce Housing workforce housing. These funds shall be allocated to the |
| Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation to support a program to increase the |
| housing supply for families earning up to 120 percent of area median income. |
| Housing - Affordable Housing Predevelopment Program affordable housing |
| predevelopment program. These funds shall be allocated to the Rhode Island housing mortgage |
| finance corporation to support predevelopment work, for proposed affordable housing |
| developments to build a pipeline of new projects and build the capacity of affordable housing |
| developers in the state to expand affordable housing production. |
| Housing - Home Repair and Community Revitalization home repair and community |
| revitalization. These funds shall expand the acquisition and revitalization program administered |
| by the Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation to finance the acquisition and |
| redevelopment of blighted properties to increase the number of commercial and community spaces |
| in disproportionately impacted communities and or to increase the development of affordable |
| housing. Residential development will serve households earning no more than 80 percent of area |
| median income. Commercial and community spaces must serve or meet the needs of residents of a |
| census tract where at least 51 percent of the residents are low- and moderate-income persons. Of |
| this amount, four million five hundred thousand dollars ($4,500,000) will support critical home |
| repairs within the same communities. |
| Housing - Preservation of Affordable Housing Units preservation of affordable housing |
| units. These funds shall support a program to preserve affordable housing units at risk of |
| foreclosure or blight. |
| Housing - Predevelopment and Capacity Building predevelopment and capacity |
| building. These funds shall support a program to increase contract staffing capacity to administer |
| proposed affordable housing projects. These funds will support research and data analysis, |
| stakeholder engagement, and the expansion of services for people experiencing homelessness. |
| Housing – Municipal Planning municipal planning. Of these funds, one million three |
| hundred thousand dollars ($1,300,000) shall support a housing development-focused municipal |
| fellows program within the department of housing and one million dollars ($1,000,000) shall |
| support grants for municipalities, including to study and implement zoning changes that up-zone |
| or otherwise enable additional housing development in proximity to transit. |
| Housing - Homelessness Assistance Program homelessness assistance program. These |
| funds shall support a program to expand housing navigation, behavioral health, and stabilization |
| services to address pandemic- related homelessness. The program will support both operating |
| subsidies for extremely low-income housing units and services for people transitioning from |
| homelessness to housing, including individuals transitioning out of the adult correctional |
| institutions. |
| Housing - Homelessness Infrastructure homelessness infrastructure. These funds shall |
| be used to support a program to respond to and prevent homelessness, including but not limited to, |
| acquisition or construction of temporary or permanent shelter and other housing solutions and |
| stabilization programs. |
| Housing - Municipal Homelessness Support Initiative municipal homelessness support |
| initiative. These funds shall be used to support a program to award grants to municipalities for |
| public safety expenses and other municipal services that support individuals and families |
| experiencing homelessness. |
| Housing - Proactive Housing Development proactive housing development. These funds |
| shall be used to support the creation, staffing, and initial activities of a proactive development |
| subsidiary of the Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation housing and mortgage |
| finance corporation, established pursuant to Section § 42-55-5.1 of the general laws. |
| Housing - Housing Related Infrastructure housing related infrastructure. These funds |
| shall be allocated to the Rhode Island infrastructure bank as established in Rhode Island General |
| Laws Chapter chapter 46-12.2 of title 46 to support physical infrastructure that is necessary to |
| produce additional housing. All expenditures made with these funds must be for the pre- |
| development and development of site-related infrastructure for housing that meets affordable |
| housing pricing and/or income criteria and other criteria established by the Department of Housing. |
| Quonset Development Corporation (QDC) |
| QDC - Port port of Davisville. These funds shall be allocated to expand a program |
| developing port infrastructure and services at the Port port of Davisville in Quonset in accordance |
| with the corporation’s master plan. |
| Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) |
| DCYF - Provider Workforce Stabilization provider workforce stabilization. These funds |
| shall be allocated to support workforce stabilization supplemental wage payments and sign-on |
| bonuses to eligible direct care and supporting care staff of contracted service providers. |
| DCYF - Foster Home Lead Abatement & Fire Safety home lead abatement & fire safety. |
| These funds shall be allocated to provide financial assistance to foster families for lead remediation |
| and fire suppression upgrades. |
| Department of Health (DOH) |
| DOH - COVID-19 Operational Support operational support. These funds shall be |
| allocated to continue COVID-19 mitigation activities at the department of health and to address the |
| public health impacts of the pandemic in Rhode Island. |
| Department of Human Services (DHS) |
| DHS - Child Care Support child care support. To address the adverse impact the pandemic |
| has had on the child care sector, the funds allocated to this program will provide retention bonuses |
| for direct care staff at child care centers and licensed family providers in response to pandemic- |
| related staffing shortages and start up and technical assistance grants for family child care |
| providers. Retention bonuses shall be paid monthly or as often as administratively feasible, but not |
| less than quarterly. The director of the department of human services and the director of the |
| department of children, youth and families may waive any fees otherwise assessed upon child care |
| provider applicants who have been awarded the family child care provider incentive grant. The |
| allocation to this program will also support quality improvements, the creation of a workforce |
| registry and additional funds for educational opportunities for direct care staff. |
| DHS - Rhode Island Community Food Bank community food bank. These funds shall be |
| allocated to provide financial assistance for food collection and distribution through the Rhode |
| Island Community Food Bank to assist households in need, including those that received enhanced |
| nutrition benefits during the public health emergency. |
| Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals |
| (BHDDH) |
| BHDDH - Crisis Intervention Trainings crisis intervention trainings. To respond to the |
| increased volume of mental- health related calls reported by police departments, these funds shall |
| be allocated to the crisis intervention training program to provide training every three years for law |
| enforcement as well as continuing education opportunities. |
| BHDDH - 9-8-8 Hotline hotline. These funds shall be allocated for the creation of a 9-8-8 |
| hotline to maintain compliance with the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act of 2020 and the |
| Federal Communications Commission-adopted rules to assure that all citizens receive a consistent |
| level of 9-8-8 and crisis behavioral health services. |
| Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (ELSEC) |
| RIDE - Adult Education Providers adult education providers. These funds shall be |
| directly distributed through the Office of Adult Education office of adult education to nonprofit |
| adult education providers to expand access to educational programs and literary services. |
| RIDE - Out of School Time Education Providers out of school time education providers. |
| These funds shall be directly distributed through the Office of Student, Community and Academic |
| Supports office of student, community, and academic supports to expand access to educational |
| programs. |
| Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner |
| OPC - RI Reconnect reconnect. These funds shall support a program to improve |
| postsecondary degree and credential attainment among working-age Rhode Islanders. The program |
| will assist students in addressing barriers to education completion, particularly among communities |
| of color and lower socio-economic strata. A portion of these funds will be used to address barriers |
| to the attainment of teacher certification as a Second Language Education Teacher second |
| language education teacher, Grades grades PK-12, and as an All Grades Special Education |
| Teacher all grades special education teacher. |
| OPC - RIC Cybersecurity Center cybersecurity center. These funds shall support the |
| establishment of the Institute for Cybersecurity and Emerging Technologies institute for |
| cybersecurity and emerging technologies at Rhode Island College college, which will provide |
| certificate, baccalaureate, and master’s level courses with focuses on research and developing |
| highly skilled cybersecurity professionals. Funding shall be appropriated through the Office of |
| Postsecondary Commissioner office of postsecondary commissioner. |
| OPC - Fresh Start Scholarship fresh start scholarship. These funds shall support a |
| program to provide scholarships to adult students with some college credits, but no degree, with a |
| focus on students who dropped-out of the Community College community college of Rhode |
| Island. This program will target students who are not meeting Satisfactory Academic Progress |
| satisfactory academic progress requirements, which makes them ineligible for federal financial |
| assistance. |
| University of Rhode Island |
| URI-PFAS Water Treatment Plant water treatment plant. These funds shall support the |
| implementation of a permanent water filtration solution to reduce PFAS concentrations in the |
| University of Rhode Island’s water supply. |
| Department of Public Safety (DPS) |
| DPS - Support for Survivors of Domestic Violence support for survivors of domestic |
| violence. These funds shall be allocated to invest in the nonprofit community to provide additional |
| housing, clinical and mental health services to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. |
| This includes increased investments for therapy and counseling, housing assistance, job training, |
| relocation aid and case management. |
| Department of Transportation (DOT) |
| DOT - Municipal Roads Grant Program municipal roads grant program. These funds |
| shall support a program to distribute grants with a required local match for the replacement, |
| rehabilitation, preservation, and maintenance of existing roads, sidewalks, and bridges. Provided |
| that $5.0 million of these funds shall be distributed equally to each city and town and $15.0 million |
| shall be distributed proportionally to cities and towns based on non-federal land miles of roads in |
| each community. Provided further that each municipality is required to provide a 67 percent |
| match. Any funding that is not obligated to municipal projects by June 30, 2024 may be used by |
| RIDOT for statewide paving projects. |
| DOT - RIPTA R-Line Free Service Pilot r-line free service pilot. These funds shall be |
| allocated to the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority public transit authority (RIPTA) to provide |
| free fare bus route service along the “R-Line r-line” for a twelve (12) month period beginning |
| September 1, 2022. RIPTA will track ridership data and submit a report to the Speaker of the |
| House speaker of the house, the President of the Senate president of the senate, and the Governor |
| governor o no later than March 1, 2024. |
| DOT - Turnpike and Bridge Authority – Safety Barriers Study turnpike and bridge |
| authority – safety barriers study. These funds shall be used by the Turnpike and Bridge |
| Authority turnpike and bridge authority to conduct a study to identify and evaluate the options |
| to prevent and address the risk of suicide on bridges under its purview. |
| Federal Funds - Capital Projects Fund |
| Department of Administration (DOA) |
| DOA - CPF Administration administration. These funds shall be allocated to the |
| department of administration to oversee the implementation of the Capital Projects Fund capital |
| projects fund award from the American Rescue Plan Act. |
| DOA - Municipal and Higher Ed Matching Grant Program municipal and higher ed |
| matching grant program. These funds shall be allocated to a matching fund program for cities |
| and towns that renovate or build a community wellness center that meets the work, education and |
| health monitoring requirements identified by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. |
| Executive Office of Commerce (EOC) |
| EOC – Broadband broadband. These funds shall be allocated to the executive office of |
| commerce to invest in broadband projects to provide high-speed, reliable internet to all Rhode |
| Islanders. The secretary of commerce, in partnership with the director of business regulation, will |
| run a series of requests for proposals for broadband infrastructure projects, providing funds to |
| municipalities, public housing authorities, business cooperatives and local internet service |
| providers for projects targeted at those unserved and underserved by the current infrastructure as |
| defined by national telecommunications and information administration standards. This investment |
| shall be used to augment or provide a match for federal funds for broadband investment made |
| available through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. These funds shall be used in |
| accordance with the statewide broadband strategic plan and may not be obligated nor expended |
| prior to its submission in accordance with the requirements of the Rhode Island Broadband |
| Development Program broadband development program set forth in Chapter chapter 42-162 of |
| title 42. |
| SECTION 17. Reappropriation of Funding for State Fiscal Recovery Fund and Capital |
| Projects Fund funding for state fiscal recovery fund and capital projects fund. Notwithstanding |
| any provision of general law, any unexpended and unencumbered federal funds from the State |
| Fiscal Recovery Fund and Capital Projects Fund state fiscal recovery fund and capital projects |
| fund shall be reappropriated in the ensuing fiscal year and made available for the same purposes. |
| However, any such reappropriations are subject to final approval by the General Assembly general |
| assembly as part of the supplemental appropriations act. |
| SECTION 18. The pandemic recovery office shall monitor the progress and performance |
| of all programs financed by the State Fiscal Recovery Fund and the Capital Projects Fund state |
| fiscal recovery fund and the capital projects fund. On or before October 31, 2023, and quarterly |
| thereafter, the office shall provide a report to the speaker of the house and senate president, with |
| copies to the chairpersons of the house and senate finance committees, identifying programs that |
| are at risk of significant underspending or noncompliance with federal or state requirements. The |
| report, at a minimum must include an assessment of how programs that are at risk can be remedied. |
| SECTION 19. Notwithstanding any general laws to the contrary, the State Controller state |
| controller shall transfer $55,000,000 to the Supplemental State Budget Reserve Account |
| supplemental state budget reserve account by July 14, 2023. |
| SECTION 20. Notwithstanding any general laws to the contrary, the State Controller shall |
| transfer $114,998,958 from the Information Technology Restricted Receipt Account information |
| technology restricted receipt account to the Large Systems Initiatives Fund large systems |
| initiatives fund by July 14, 2023. Appropriations herein to the Large Systems Initiatives Fund |
| large systems initiatives fund (LSIF) shall be made in support of the following projects: |
| Enterprise Resource Planning resource planning. For the project already in progress, at |
| an estimated project cost of $68,700,000, of which no more than $50,000,000 shall be supported |
| by the LSIF, these funds support the implementation and roll-out of a new enterprise resource |
| planning software system. |
| Comprehensive Child Welfare Information System child welfare information system. |
| For the project already in progress, at an estimated project cost of $54,700,000, of which no more |
| than $24,650,000 shall be supported by the LSIF, these funds support the replacement of the |
| existing case management system with a new comprehensive child welfare information system. |
| DEM Legacy Modernization legacy modernization. For the project already in progress, |
| at an estimated project cost of $5,800,000, these funds support the modernization of the permit |
| application and license tracking and processing systems. |
| Wi-Fi and Tech tech at the ACI. For the project already in progress, at an estimated project |
| cost of $3,300,000, these funds support upgrades to the networking infrastructure at the department |
| of corrections. |
| RIBridges Mobile Access and Child Care Tracking mobile access and child care |
| tracking. For the project already in progress, at an estimated project cost of $6,700,000, these funds |
| support an expansion of the existing mobile application. |
| Gateway to Government government. For the project already in progress, at an estimated |
| project cost of $7,500,000, these funds support the transition of licensing processes toward a |
| paperless platform housing digital identities and credentialing information. |
| DLT Mainframe Legacy Modernization mainframe legacy modernization. For the |
| project already in progress, at an estimated project cost of $19,400,000, these funds support the |
| modernization of obsolete hardware and applications at the department of labor and training. |
| Electronic Medical Records System medical records system. For the project already in |
| progress, at an estimated project cost of $22,400,000, these funds support implementation of a |
| comprehensive system to track clinical, administrative and financial needs of these hospitals. |
| SECTION 21. With respect to the project and the funds allocated to the DCYF – |
| Residential Treatment Facility residential treatment facility, the provisions of Chapter 45-22.2 |
| and Chapter 45-24 chapters 22.2 and 24 of title 45 of the General Laws shall not apply. |
| SECTION 22. This article shall take effect as of July 1, 2023, except as otherwise provided |
| herein. |