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| ARTICLE 1 AS AMENDED |
RELATING TO MAKING APPROPRIATIONS IN SUPPORT OF FY 2025
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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, 2025. |
| The amounts identified for federal funds and restricted receipts shall be made available pursuant to |
| § 35-4-22 and chapter 41 of title 42. For the purposes and functions hereinafter mentioned, the state |
| controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw 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 the state controller of properly authenticated vouchers. |
| Administration |
| Central Management |
| General Revenues 3,654,794 |
| Federal Funds |
| Federal Funds 33,000,000 |
| Federal Funds - State Fiscal Recovery Fund |
| Public Health Response Warehouse Support 778,347 |
| Health Care Facilities 10,000,000 |
| Community Learning Center Programming Support Grant 2,000,000 |
| Total - Central Management 49,433,141 |
| Legal Services |
| General Revenues 2,491,594 |
| Accounts and Control |
| General Revenues 5,355,257 |
| Restricted Receipts - OPEB Board Administration 155,811 |
| Restricted Receipts - Grants Management Administration 2,477,997 |
| Total - Accounts and Control 7,989,065 |
| Office of Management and Budget |
| General Revenues 9,915,379 |
| Federal Funds |
| Federal Funds 101,250 |
| Federal Funds – Capital Projects Fund |
| CPF Administration 484,149 |
| Federal Funds – State Fiscal Recovery Fund |
| Pandemic Recovery Office 1,345,998 |
| Restricted Receipts 300,000 |
| Other Funds 617,223 |
| Total - Office of Management and Budget 12,763,999 |
| Purchasing |
| General Revenues 4,232,292 |
| Restricted Receipts 461,480 |
| Other Funds 571,626 |
| Total - Purchasing 5,265,398 |
| Human Resources |
| General Revenues 943,668 |
| Personnel Appeal Board |
| General Revenues 159,290 |
| Information Technology |
| General Revenues 1,838,147 |
| Restricted Receipts 3,379,840 |
| Total - Information Technology 5,217,987 |
| Library and Information Services |
| General Revenues 1,949,487 |
| Federal Funds 1,606,151 |
| Restricted Receipts 6,990 |
| Total - Library and Information Services 3,562,628 |
| Planning |
| General Revenues 1,175,750 |
| Federal Funds 3,050 |
| Restricted Receipts 50,000 |
| Other Funds |
| Air Quality Modeling 24,000 |
| Federal Highway - PL Systems Planning 3,597,529 |
| State Transportation Planning Match 454,850 |
| FTA - Metro Planning Grant 1,453,240 |
| Total - Planning 6,758,419 |
| General |
| General Revenues |
| Miscellaneous Grants/Payments 510,405 |
| Torts Court Awards 1,350,000 |
| Wrongful Conviction Awards 811,446 |
| Resource Sharing and State Library Aid 11,855,428 |
| Library Construction Aid 2,232,819 |
| Restricted Receipts 700,000 |
| Other Funds |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| Security Measures State Buildings 975,000 |
| Energy Efficiency Improvements 1,000,000 |
| Cranston Street Armory 250,000 |
| State House Renovations 2,209,000 |
| Zambarano Buildings and Campus 4,740,000 |
| Replacement of Fueling Tanks 700,000 |
| Environmental Compliance 725,000 |
| Big River Management Area 754,154 |
| Shepard Building Upgrades 435,000 |
| RI Convention Center Authority 3,590,000 |
| Pastore Center Power Plant 250,000 |
| Accessibility - Facility Renovations 288,928 |
| DoIT Enterprise Operations Center 6,550,000 |
| Cannon Building 700,000 |
| Old State House 2,000,000 |
| State Office Building 675,000 |
| State Office Reorganization & Relocation 250,000 |
| William Powers Building 2,400,000 |
| Pastore Center Non-Hospital Buildings Asset Protection 10,405,000 |
| Washington County Government Center 800,000 |
| Chapin Health Laboratory 350,000 |
| 560 Jefferson Blvd Asset Protection 1,600,000 |
| Arrigan Center 75,000 |
| Civic Center 3,550,000 |
| Pastore Center Buildings Demolition 9,900,000 |
| Veterans Auditorium 400,000 |
| Pastore Center Hospital Buildings Asset Protection 2,400,000 |
| Pastore Campus Infrastructure 22,195,000 |
| Community Facilities Asset Protection 925,000 |
| Zambarano LTAC Hospital 7,099,677 |
| Medical Examiners - New Facility 50,000 |
| Group Home Replacement & Rehabilitation 5,000,000 |
| Hospital Reorganization 25,000,000 |
| Expo Center 1,220,000 |
| Group Homes Consolidation 4,325,000 |
| Statewide Facility Master Plan 500,000 |
| Total - General 141,746,857 |
| Debt Service Payments |
| General Revenues 164,837,664 |
| Other Funds |
| Transportation Debt Service 32,887,674 |
| Investment Receipts - Bond Funds 100,000 |
| Total - Debt Service Payments 197,825,338 |
| Energy Resources |
| General Revenues 500,000 |
| Provided that $250,000 is allocated to support the electric bicycle rebate program and |
| $250,000 is for the electric leaf blower rebate program. |
| Federal Funds 15,042,632 |
| Restricted Receipts 25,217,475 |
| Other Funds 4,064,322 |
| Total - Energy Resources 44,824,429 |
| Rhode Island Health Benefits Exchange |
| General Revenues 3,529,116 |
| Federal Funds 10,758,473 |
| Restricted Receipts 16,139,854 |
| Total - Rhode Island Health Benefits Exchange 30,427,443 |
| Division of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion |
| General Revenues 2,152,119 |
| Other Funds 110,521 |
| Total - Division of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion 2,262,640 |
| Capital Asset Management and Maintenance |
| General Revenues 9,931,679 |
| Statewide Personnel and Operations |
| FEMA Contingency Reserve |
| General Revenues 5,000,000 |
| Pension Plan Revisions |
| General Revenues 20,600,000 |
| Federal Funds 3,600,000 |
| Restricted Receipts 1,100,000 |
| Other Funds 2,200,000 |
| Total - Statewide Personnel and Operations 32,500,000 |
| Grand Total - Administration 554,103,575 |
| Business Regulation |
| Central Management |
| General Revenues 3,999,763 |
| Banking Regulation |
| General Revenues 1,904,080 |
| Restricted Receipts 63,000 |
| Total - Banking Regulation 1,967,080 |
| Securities Regulation |
| General Revenues 880,722 |
| Insurance Regulation |
| General Revenues 4,844,248 |
| Restricted Receipts 1,872,951 |
| Total - Insurance Regulation 6,717,199 |
| Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner |
| General Revenues 3,058,281 |
| Federal Funds 403,180 |
| Restricted Receipts 527,468 |
| Total - Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner 3,988,929 |
| Board of Accountancy |
| General Revenues 5,490 |
| Commercial Licensing and Gaming and Athletics Licensing |
| General Revenues 949,709 |
| Restricted Receipts 1,046,895 |
| Total - Commercial Licensing and Gaming and Athletics Licensing 1,996,604 |
| Building, Design and Fire Professionals |
| General Revenues 8,449,335 |
| Federal Funds 345,863 |
| Restricted Receipts 1,948,472 |
| Other Funds |
| Quonset Development Corporation 67,300 |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| Fire Academy Expansion 7,056,000 |
| Total - Building, Design and Fire Professionals 17,866,970 |
| Office of Cannabis Regulation |
| Restricted Receipts 6,697,782 |
| Grand Total - Business Regulation 44,120,539 |
| Executive Office of Commerce |
| Central Management |
| General Revenues 2,264,703 |
| Quasi-Public Appropriations |
| General Revenues |
| Rhode Island Commerce Corporation 8,506,041 |
| 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 2024 |
| 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 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 500,000 |
| East Providence Waterfront Commission 50,000 |
| Urban Ventures 140,000 |
| Chafee Center at Bryant 476,200 |
| Blackstone Valley Visitor Center 75,000 |
| Municipal Infrastructure Grant Program 3,000,000 |
| Infrastructure Bank – Statewide Coastal Resiliency Plan 750,000 |
| Industrial Recreational Building Authority Obligations 452,553 |
| Other Funds |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| I-195 Redevelopment District Commission 646,180 |
| I-195 Park Improvements 3,000,000 |
| Quonset Carrier Pier 2,250,000 |
| Quonset Infrastructure 2,500,000 |
| Total - Quasi-Public Appropriations 26,501,060 |
| Economic Development Initiatives Fund |
| General Revenues |
| Innovation Initiative 1,000,000 |
| Rebuild RI Tax Credit Fund 10,085,000 |
| Small Business Promotion 750,000 |
| Destination Marketing 1,400,000 |
| Federal Funds |
| Federal Funds 20,000,000 |
| Federal Funds - State Fiscal Recovery Fund |
| Assistance to Impacted Industries 2,000,000 |
| Total - Economic Development Initiatives Fund 35,235,000 |
| Commerce Programs |
| General Revenues |
| Wavemaker Fellowship 4,076,400 |
| Provided that at least $500,000 shall be reserved for awards for medical doctor, nurse |
| practitioner, and physician assistant healthcare applicants who provide primary care services as |
| defined in § 42-64.26-3. |
| Air Service Development Fund 1,200,000 |
| Main Street RI Streetscape Improvement Fund 1,000,000 |
| Minority Business Accelerator 500,000 |
| Total - Commerce Programs 6,776,400 |
| Grand Total - Executive Office of Commerce 70,777,163 |
| Housing |
| General Revenues 9,840,596 |
| Federal Funds |
| Federal Funds 18,530,670 |
| Federal Funds – State Fiscal Recovery Fund |
| Homelessness Assistance Program 17,300,000 |
| Restricted Receipts 12,664,150 |
| Grand Total - Housing 58,335,416 |
| Labor and Training |
| Central Management |
| General Revenues 1,563,445 |
| Restricted Receipts 305,765 |
| Total - Central Management 1,869,210 |
| Workforce Development Services |
| General Revenues 1,109,430 |
| Provided that $200,000 of this amount is used to support Year Up. |
| Federal Funds 23,836,453 |
| Total - Workforce Development Services 24,945,883 |
| Workforce Regulation and Safety |
| General Revenues 4,833,768 |
| Income Support |
| General Revenues 3,692,213 |
| Federal Funds 18,875,141 |
| Restricted Receipts 2,721,683 |
| Other Funds |
| Temporary Disability Insurance Fund 278,906,931 |
| Employment Security Fund 222,700,000 |
| Total - Income Support 526,895,968 |
| Injured Workers Services |
| Restricted Receipts 10,630,130 |
| Labor Relations Board |
| General Revenues 541,797 |
| 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 |
| needs of nursing facility residents due to higher acuity and increased cognitive impairments |
| pursuant to § 23-17.5-36. |
| Restricted Receipts 18,304,506 |
| Total - Governor’s Workforce Board 24,354,506 |
| Grand Total - Labor and Training 594,071,262 |
| Department of Revenue |
| Director of Revenue |
| General Revenues 2,883,605 |
| Office of Revenue Analysis |
| General Revenues 1,015,848 |
| Lottery Division |
| Other Funds |
| Other Funds 422,981,930 |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| Lottery Building Enhancements 690,000 |
| Total - Lottery Division 423,671,930 |
| Municipal Finance |
| General Revenues 2,241,697 |
| Taxation |
| General Revenues 35,972,773 |
| Restricted Receipts 4,826,512 |
| Other Funds |
| Motor Fuel Tax Evasion 175,000 |
| Total - Taxation 40,974,285 |
| Registry of Motor Vehicles |
| General Revenues 31,206,744 |
| Federal Funds 805,667 |
| Restricted Receipts 3,659,640 |
| Total - Registry of Motor Vehicles 35,672,051 |
| 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 1,887,448 |
| Tangible Tax Exemption Program 28,000,000 |
| Restricted Receipts 995,120 |
| Total - State Aid 327,180,745 |
| Collections |
| General Revenues 965,438 |
| Grand Total - Revenue 834,605,599 |
| Legislature |
| General Revenues 53,358,280 |
| Restricted Receipts 2,431,651 |
| Grand Total - Legislature 55,789,931 |
| Lieutenant Governor |
| General Revenues 1,447,015 |
| Secretary of State |
| Administration |
| General Revenues 5,076,740 |
| 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 to support Rhode |
| Island’s participation in the We the People Civics Challenge. |
| Corporations |
| General Revenues 2,807,730 |
| State Archives |
| General Revenues 349,562 |
| Restricted Receipts 384,347 |
| Other Funds |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| Rhode Island Archives and History Center 500,000 |
| Total - State Archives 1,233,909 |
| Elections and Civics |
| General Revenues 2,689,990 |
| Federal Funds 2,001,207 |
| Total - Elections and Civics 4,691,197 |
| State Library |
| General Revenues 649,250 |
| 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 §§ 29-2-1 and 29-2-2, |
| and $25,000 be allocated to support the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society. |
| Office of Public Information |
| General Revenues 888,969 |
| Receipted Receipts 25,000 |
| Total - Office of Public Information 913,969 |
| Grand Total - Secretary of State 15,372,795 |
| General Treasurer |
| Treasury |
| General Revenues |
| General Revenues 3,022,950 |
| Medical Debt Relief 1,000,000 |
| Provided that unexpended or unencumbered balances as of June 30, 2025 are hereby |
| reappropriated to the following fiscal year. |
| Federal Funds 335,037 |
| Other Funds |
| Temporary Disability Insurance Fund 247,266 |
| Tuition Savings Program - Administration 353,760 |
| Total -Treasury 4,959,013 |
| State Retirement System |
| Restricted Receipts |
| Admin Expenses - State Retirement System 11,808,078 |
| Retirement - Treasury Investment Operations 2,149,961 |
| Defined Contribution - Administration 287,609 |
| Total - State Retirement System 14,245,648 |
| Unclaimed Property |
| Restricted Receipts 2,981,837 |
| Crime Victim Compensation |
| General Revenues 892,383 |
| Federal Funds 427,993 |
| Restricted Receipts 380,000 |
| Total - Crime Victim Compensation 1,700,376 |
| Grand Total - General Treasurer 23,886,874 |
| Board of Elections |
| General Revenues 5,682,615 |
| Rhode Island Ethics Commission |
| General Revenues 2,234,502 |
| Office of Governor |
| General Revenues |
| General Revenues 8,321,265 |
| Contingency Fund 150,000 |
| Grand Total - Office of Governor 8,471,265 |
| Commission for Human Rights |
| General Revenues 2,055,616 |
| Federal Funds 450,110 |
| Grand Total - Commission for Human Rights 2,505,726 |
| Public Utilities Commission |
| Federal Funds 711,984 |
| Restricted Receipts 13,895,536 |
| Grand Total - Public Utilities Commission 14,607,520 |
| Office of Health and Human Services |
| Central Management |
| General Revenues 58,336,613 |
| Provided that $250,000 will be available for the Hospital Care Transitions Initiative if the |
| program receives approval for Medicaid match and $275,000 to assist nonprofit nursing facilities |
| transition licensed occupancy availability from nursing home beds to assisted living ones, of which |
| $200,000 shall be provided to Linn Health & Rehabilitation. |
| Federal Funds 210,410,919 |
| Restricted Receipts 47,669,671 |
| Provided that $5.0 million is for Children’s Mobile Response and Stabilization Services |
| (MRSS) subject to CMS approval. Children’s MRSS program provides on-demand crisis |
| intervention services in any setting in which a behavioral health crisis is occurring including homes, |
| schools and hospital emergency departments. This state sanctioned mobile crisis service for |
| children and youth ages 2-21 shall be delivered through Care Coordination Agreements with an |
| organization that is certified as an Emergency Service Provider pursuant to Title 40.1, Chapter 5- |
| 6(a)(2) of the General Laws of Rhode Island and 214-RICR-40-00-6 and has previously |
| participated in the state’s Children’s MRSS pilot program, and $250,000 shall be for the executive |
| office to develop an Olmstead Plan. |
| Total - Central Management 316,417,203 |
| Medical Assistance |
| General Revenues |
| Managed Care 456,944,195 |
| Hospitals 124,241,089 |
| Nursing Facilities 173,311,380 |
| Home and Community Based Services 97,185,377 |
| Other Services 162,460,512 |
| Pharmacy 96,904,515 |
| Rhody Health 247,034,551 |
| Federal Funds |
| Managed Care 613,138,381 |
| Hospitals 242,897,784 |
| Nursing Facilities 220,488,620 |
| Home and Community Based Services 124,018,299 |
| Other Services 789,376,252 |
| Pharmacy (404,515) |
| Rhody Health 312,007,950 |
| Other Programs 31,921,606 |
| Restricted Receipts 9,808,674 |
| Total - Medical Assistance 3,701,334,670 |
| Grand Total - Office of Health and Human Services 4,017,751,873 |
| Children, Youth and Families |
| Central Management |
| General Revenues 15,565,996 |
| 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 § 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 8,718,289 |
| Federal Funds - State Fiscal Recovery Fund |
| Provider Workforce Stabilization 1,200,000 |
| Total - Central Management 25,484,285 |
| Children's Behavioral Health Services |
| General Revenues 7,732,064 |
| Federal Funds 9,693,607 |
| Total - Children's Behavioral Health Services 17,425,671 |
| Youth Development Services |
| General Revenues 22,893,954 |
| Federal Funds 224,837 |
| Restricted Receipts 144,986 |
| Other Funds |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| Training School Asset Protection 250,000 |
| Residential Treatment Facility 15,000,000 |
| Total - Youth Development Services 38,513,777 |
| Child Welfare |
| General Revenues 214,966,186 |
| Federal Funds 101,906,773 |
| Restricted Receipts 558,571 |
| Total - Child Welfare 317,431,530 |
| 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. |
| Grand Total - Children, Youth and Families 399,055,263 |
| Health |
| Central Management |
| General Revenues |
| General Revenues 3,569,508 |
| Primary Care Training Sites Program 2,700,000 |
| Provided that unexpended or unencumbered balances as of June 30, 2025 are hereby |
| reappropriated to the following fiscal year. |
| Federal Funds 9,348,930 |
| Restricted Receipts 18,260,961 |
| 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. No obligation or expenditure of these funds shall take place without such approval. |
| Total - Central Management 33,879,399 |
| Community Health and Equity |
| General Revenues 1,151,326 |
| Federal Funds 83,451,102 |
| Restricted Receipts 80,924,334 |
| Total - Community Health and Equity 165,526,762 |
| Environmental Health |
| General Revenues 7,155,472 |
| Federal Funds 11,442,251 |
| Restricted Receipts 968,283 |
| Total - Environmental Health 19,566,006 |
| Health Laboratories and Medical Examiner |
| General Revenues 13,340,120 |
| Federal Funds 2,515,810 |
| Other Funds |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| Health Laboratories & Medical Examiner Equipment 800,000 |
| New Health Laboratory Building 2,221,762 |
| Total - Health Laboratories and Medical Examiner 18,877,692 |
| Customer Services |
| General Revenues 8,969,365 |
| Federal Funds 7,882,616 |
| Restricted Receipts 6,103,607 |
| Total - Customer Services 22,955,588 |
| Policy, Information and Communications |
| General Revenues 998,588 |
| Federal Funds 4,095,600 |
| Restricted Receipts 1,812,550 |
| Total - Policy, Information and Communications 6,906,738 |
| Preparedness, Response, Infectious Disease & Emergency Services |
| General Revenues 2,169,568 |
| Federal Funds 17,503,333 |
| Total - Preparedness, Response, Infectious Disease & Emergency Services 19,672,901 |
| COVID-19 |
| Federal Funds 68,869,887 |
| Grand Total - Health 356,254,973 |
| Human Services |
| Central Management |
| General Revenues 6,793,641 |
| 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, $300,000 is for outreach and supportive services through Day One, $800,000 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, |
| $200,000 to provide operational support to the United Way’s 211 system, $125,000 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 and $100,000 |
| for the Substance Use and Mental Health Leadership Council of RI. |
| 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 8,012,780 |
| Of this amount, $3.0 million is to sustain Early Head Start and Head Start programs. |
| Restricted Receipts 300,000 |
| Total - Central Management 15,106,421 |
| Child Support Enforcement |
| General Revenues 4,624,506 |
| Federal Funds 9,988,214 |
| Restricted Receipts 3,823,859 |
| Total - Child Support Enforcement 18,436,579 |
| Individual and Family Support |
| General Revenues 44,747,836 |
| Federal Funds 130,770,837 |
| Restricted Receipts 705,708 |
| Other Funds |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| Blind Vending Facilities 165,000 |
| Food Stamp Bonus Funding 298,874 |
| Total - Individual and Family Support 176,688,255 |
| Office of Veterans Services |
| General Revenues 32,935,642 |
| 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 16,618,112 |
| Restricted Receipts 1,360,000 |
| Other Funds |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| Veterans Home Asset Protection 760,000 |
| Veterans Memorial Cemetery Asset Protection 500,000 |
| Total - Office of Veterans Services 52,173,754 |
| Health Care Eligibility |
| General Revenues 10,634,812 |
| Federal Funds 16,821,865 |
| Total - Health Care Eligibility 27,456,677 |
| Supplemental Security Income Program |
| General Revenues 16,588,320 |
| Rhode Island Works |
| General Revenues 10,139,902 |
| Federal Funds 97,508,826 |
| Total - Rhode Island Works 107,648,728 |
| Other Programs |
| General Revenues 2,102,900 |
| Federal Funds 361,440,000 |
| Restricted Receipts 8,000 |
| Total - Other Programs 363,550,900 |
| Office of Healthy Aging |
| General Revenues 14,223,241 |
| 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 chapter 66.7 of title 42; $85,000 is for security for housing for the |
| elderly in accordance with § 42-66.1-3; and $1,400,000 is for Senior Services Support and |
| $680,000 is for elderly nutrition, of which $630,000 is for Meals on Wheels. |
| Federal Funds 18,548,799 |
| Restricted Receipt 46,200 |
| Other Funds |
| Intermodal Surface Transportation Fund 4,273,680 |
| The Office shall reimburse the Rhode Island public transit authority for the elderly/disabled |
| transportation program expenses no later than fifteen (15) days of the authority’s submission of a |
| request for payment. |
| Total - Office of Healthy Aging 37,091,920 |
| Grand Total - Human Services 814,741,554 |
| Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals |
| Central Management |
| General Revenues 2,780,069 |
| Federal Funds 1,276,605 |
| Total - Central Management 4,056,674 |
| Hospital and Community System Support |
| General Revenues 1,463,642 |
| Federal Funds 400,294 |
| Restricted Receipts 167,548 |
| Total - Hospital and Community System Support 2,031,484 |
| Services for the Developmentally Disabled |
| General Revenues 210,802,707 |
| Provided that of this general revenue funding, an amount certified by the department 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 |
| Addendum. Any increase for direct support staff and residential or other community-based setting |
| must first receive the approval of BHDDH. |
| Federal Funds 262,600,057 |
| Provided that of this federal funding, an amount certified by the department 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 |
| Addendum. Any increase for direct support staff and residential or other community-based setting |
| must first receive the approval of BHDDH. |
| Restricted Receipts 1,444,204 |
| Other Funds |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| DD Residential Support 100,000 |
| Total - Services for the Developmentally Disabled 474,946,968 |
| Behavioral Healthcare Services |
| General Revenues 4,118,531 |
| Federal Funds |
| Federal Funds 33,919,356 |
| 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 |
| 9-8-8 Hotline 1,875,000 |
| Restricted Receipts 6,759,883 |
| 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 46,672,770 |
| Hospital and Community Rehabilitative Services |
| General Revenues 53,030,624 |
| Federal Funds 53,088,129 |
| Restricted Receipts 4,535,481 |
| Other Funds |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| Hospital Equipment 500,000 |
| Total - Hospital and Community Rehabilitative Services 111,154,234 |
| State of RI Psychiatric Hospital |
| General Revenues 33,499,422 |
| Grand Total - Behavioral Healthcare, |
| Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals 672,361,552 |
| Office of the Child Advocate |
| General Revenues 1,891,426 |
| Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing |
| General Revenues 782,651 |
| Restricted Receipts 131,533 |
| Grand Total - Comm. On Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing 914,184 |
| Governor’s Commission on Disabilities |
| General Revenues |
| General Revenues 765,088 |
| Livable Home Modification Grant Program 765,304 |
| 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. 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 340,000 |
| Restricted Receipts 66,539 |
| Grand Total - Governor’s Commission on Disabilities 1,936,931 |
| Office of the Mental Health Advocate |
| General Revenues 981,608 |
| Elementary and Secondary Education |
| Administration of the Comprehensive Education Strategy |
| General Revenues 39,044,536 |
| Provided that $90,000 be allocated to support the hospital school at Hasbro Children’s |
| Hospital pursuant to § 16-7-20 and that $395,000 be allocated to support child opportunity zones |
| through agreements with the 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; and further provided that $130,000 be allocated to City Year for the Whole |
| School Whole Child Program, which provides individualized support to at-risk students. |
| Federal Funds |
| Federal Funds 268,294,480 |
| Provided that $684,000 from the 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. |
| Federal Funds – State Fiscal Recovery Fund |
| Adult Education Providers 127,822 |
| Restricted Receipts |
| Restricted Receipts 1,654,727 |
| HRIC Adult Education Grants 3,500,000 |
| Total - Admin. of the Comprehensive Ed. Strategy 312,621,565 |
| Davies Career and Technical School |
| General Revenues 18,131,389 |
| Federal Funds 1,782,145 |
| Restricted Receipts 4,667,353 |
| Other Funds |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| Davies School HVAC 1,050,000 |
| Davies School Asset Protection 750,000 |
| Davies School Healthcare Classroom Renovations 6,886,250 |
| Davies School Wing Renovation 32,000,000 |
| Total - Davies Career and Technical School 65,267,137 |
| RI School for the Deaf |
| General Revenues 8,675,430 |
| Federal Funds 304,316 |
| Restricted Receipts 570,169 |
| Other Funds |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| School for the Deaf Asset Protection 167,648 |
| Total - RI School for the Deaf 9,717,563 |
| Metropolitan Career and Technical School |
| General Revenues 11,131,142 |
| Federal Funds 500,000 |
| Other Funds |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| MET School Asset Protection 2,000,000 |
| Total - Metropolitan Career and Technical School 13,631,142 |
| Education Aid |
| General Revenues 1,219,745,842 |
| Provided that the criteria for the allocation of early childhood funds shall prioritize pre- |
| kindergarten 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 and that at least $2.0 million of the allocation |
| of career and technical funds shall be coordinated with the career and technical education board of |
| trustees to be directed to new programs to provide workforce training for jobs which there are no |
| active programs. |
| Federal Funds 46,450,000 |
| Restricted Receipts 42,626,878 |
| Total - Education Aid 1,308,822,720 |
| Central Falls School District |
| General Revenues 53,634,574 |
| Federal Funds 1,000,000 |
| Total - Central Falls School District 54,634,574 |
| School Construction Aid |
| General Revenues |
| School Housing Aid 106,198,555 |
| Teachers' Retirement |
| General Revenues 132,268,922 |
| Grand Total - Elementary and Secondary Education 2,003,162,178 |
| Public Higher Education |
| Office of Postsecondary Commissioner |
| General Revenues 30,122,180 |
| Provided that $455,000 shall be allocated to Onward We Learn pursuant to § 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 $7,378,650 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; $3,375,500 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 4,900,773 |
| Guaranty Agency Administration 60,000 |
| Federal Funds - State Fiscal Recovery Fund |
| Foster Care Youth Scholarship 1,021,859 |
| Restricted Receipts 7,854,557 |
| Other Funds |
| Tuition Savings Program - Scholarships and Grants 3,500,000 |
| Nursing Education Center - Operating 3,120,498 |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| WEC Expansion - Annex Site 1,220,000 |
| Total - Office of Postsecondary Commissioner 51,799,867 |
| University of Rhode Island |
| General Revenues |
| General Revenues 110,775,396 |
| Provided that in order to leverage federal funding and support economic development, |
| $700,000 shall be allocated to the small business development center, $125,000 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 31,664,061 |
| RI State Forensics Laboratory 1,784,983 |
| Other Funds |
| University and College Funds 794,703,980 |
| Debt - Dining Services 744,765 |
| Debt - Education and General 6,850,702 |
| Debt - Health Services 118,345 |
| Debt - Housing Loan Funds 14,587,677 |
| Debt - Memorial Union 91,202 |
| Debt - Ryan Center 2,377,246 |
| Debt - Parking Authority 531,963 |
| URI Restricted Debt Service - Energy Conservation 524,431 |
| URI Debt Service - Energy Conservation 1,914,069 |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| Asset Protection 14,006,225 |
| Mechanical, Electric, and Plumbing Improvements 7,858,588 |
| Fire Protection Academic Buildings 3,311,666 |
| Bay Campus 6,000,000 |
| Athletics Complex 8,882,689 |
| Provided that total Rhode Island capital plan funds provide no more than 80.0 percent of |
| the total project. |
| Stormwater Management 2,221,831 |
| Fine Arts Center Renovation 8,000,000 |
| PFAS Removal Water Treatment Plant 1,015,192 |
| Total - University of Rhode Island 1,017,965,011 |
| Notwithstanding the provisions of § 35-3-15, all unexpended or unencumbered balances as |
| of June 30, 2025 relating to the university of Rhode Island are hereby reappropriated to fiscal year |
| 2026. |
| Rhode Island College |
| General Revenues |
| General Revenues 67,902,836 |
| Debt Service 8,178,392 |
| Rhode Island Vision Education and Services Program 1,800,000 |
| Other Funds |
| University and College Funds 107,027,705 |
| Debt - Education and General 714,519 |
| Debt - Student Union 207,150 |
| Debt - G.O. Debt Service 1,602,610 |
| Debt - Energy Conservation 742,700 |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| Asset Protection 5,785,000 |
| Infrastructure Modernization 5,675,000 |
| Master Plan Phase III 5,000,000 |
| Phase IV: Whipple Hall 500,000 |
| Total - Rhode Island College 205,135,912 |
| Notwithstanding the provisions of § 35-3-15, all unexpended or unencumbered balances as |
| of June 30, 2025, relating to Rhode Island college are hereby reappropriated to fiscal year 2026. |
| Community College of Rhode Island |
| General Revenues |
| General Revenues 61,231,829 |
| Debt Service 1,054,709 |
| Restricted Receipts 814,584 |
| Other Funds |
| University and College Funds 104,016,119 |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| Asset Protection 2,719,452 |
| Data, Cabling, and Power Infrastructure 4,200,000 |
| Flanagan Campus Renovations 5,700,000 |
| CCRI Renovation and Modernization Phase I 16,000,000 |
| CCRI Accessibility Improvements 200,000 |
| Total - Community College of RI 195,936,693 |
| Notwithstanding the provisions of § 35-3-15, all unexpended or unencumbered balances as |
| of June 30, 2025, relating to the community college of Rhode Island are hereby reappropriated to |
| fiscal year 2026. |
| Grand Total - Public Higher Education 1,470,837,483 |
| RI State Council on the Arts |
| General Revenues |
| Operating Support 1,205,211 |
| Grants 1,190,000 |
| Provided that $400,000 be provided to support the operational costs of WaterFire |
| Providence art installations. |
| Federal Funds 996,126 |
| Other Funds |
| Art for Public Facilities 585,000 |
| Grand Total - RI State Council on the Arts 3,976,337 |
| RI Atomic Energy Commission |
| General Revenues 1,180,419 |
| Restricted Receipts 25,036 |
| Other Funds |
| URI Sponsored Research 338,456 |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| Asset Protection 50,000 |
| Grand Total - RI Atomic Energy Commission 1,593,911 |
| RI Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission |
| General Revenues 1,898,100 |
| 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 1,267,431 |
| Restricted Receipts 419,300 |
| Other Funds |
| RIDOT Project Review 142,829 |
| Grand Total - RI Historical Preservation and Heritage Comm. 3,727,660 |
| Attorney General |
| Criminal |
| General Revenues 21,173,986 |
| Federal Funds 3,231,773 |
| Restricted Receipts 1,473,682 |
| Total - Criminal 25,879,441 |
| Civil |
| General Revenues 7,005,430 |
| Restricted Receipts 3,616,629 |
| Total - Civil 10,622,059 |
| Bureau of Criminal Identification |
| General Revenues 2,164,423 |
| Federal Funds 33,332 |
| Restricted Receipts 2,847,793 |
| Total - Bureau of Criminal Identification 5,045,548 |
| General |
| General Revenues 4,759,579 |
| Other Funds |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| Building Renovations and Repairs 150,000 |
| Total - General 4,909,579 |
| Grand Total - Attorney General 46,456,627 |
| Corrections |
| Central Management |
| General Revenues 22,522,753 |
| The department of corrections shall conduct a study to evaluate recidivism trends and |
| outcomes of existing correctional programs intended to promote rehabilitation and reduce |
| recidivism. The report shall include, but not be limited to, historical recidivism rates including |
| demographic data, and regional comparisons; prison population projections and driving factors; an |
| inventory of evidence-based rehabilitative practices and programs; and a review of correctional |
| industries and its alignment to workforce needs. On or before March 1, 2025, the department of |
| corrections must submit a report to the governor, the speaker of the house and the president of the |
| senate including a summary, relevant data and findings, and recommendations to reduce recidivism. |
| Parole Board |
| General Revenues 1,526,785 |
| Custody and Security |
| General Revenues 163,902,830 |
| Federal Funds 1,333,277 |
| Other Funds |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| Intake Service Center HVAC 23,946,648 |
| Total - Custody and Security 189,182,755 |
| Institutional Support |
| General Revenues 34,243,329 |
| Other Funds |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| Asset Protection 4,100,000 |
| Correctional Facilities – Renovations 3,179,677 |
| Total - Institutional Support 41,523,006 |
| Institutional Based Rehab/Population Management |
| General Revenues 14,780,027 |
| 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 455,919 |
| Restricted Receipts 44,800 |
| Total - Institutional Based Rehab/Population Mgt. 15,280,746 |
| Healthcare Services |
| General Revenues 34,782,837 |
| Restricted Receipts 1,331,555 |
| Total - Healthcare Services 36,114,392 |
| Community Corrections |
| General Revenues 21,987,526 |
| Federal Funds 30,639 |
| Restricted Receipts 10,488 |
| Total - Community Corrections 22,028,653 |
| Grand Total - Corrections 328,179,090 |
| Judiciary |
| Supreme Court |
| General Revenues |
| General Revenues 35,952,258 |
| Provided however, that no more than $1,375,370 in combined total shall be offset to the |
| public defender’s office, the attorney general’s office, the department of corrections, the department |
| of children, youth and families, and the department of public safety for square-footage occupancy |
| costs in public courthouses and further provided that $500,000 be allocated to the Rhode Island |
| Coalition Against Domestic Violence for the domestic abuse court advocacy project pursuant to § |
| 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 6,075,432 |
| Federal Funds 123,424 |
| Restricted Receipts 4,182,232 |
| Other Funds |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| Judicial Complexes - HVAC 500,000 |
| Judicial Complexes Asset Protection 2,250,000 |
| Judicial Complexes Fan Coil Unit Replacements 500,000 |
| Garrahy Courthouse Restoration 1,125,000 |
| Total - Supreme Court 50,708,346 |
| Judicial Tenure and Discipline |
| General Revenues 174,997 |
| Superior Court |
| General Revenues 27,995,998 |
| Restricted Receipts 665,000 |
| Total - Superior Court 28,660,998 |
| Family Court |
| General Revenues 26,940,842 |
| Federal Funds 3,678,496 |
| Total - Family Court 30,619,338 |
| District Court |
| General Revenues 16,384,243 |
| Federal Funds 616,036 |
| Restricted Receipts 60,000 |
| Total - District Court 17,060,279 |
| Traffic Tribunal |
| General Revenues 10,812,491 |
| Workers' Compensation Court |
| Restricted Receipts 9,931,788 |
| Grand Total - Judiciary 147,968,237 |
| Military Staff |
| General Revenues 3,276,320 |
| Federal Funds 86,857,534 |
| Restricted Receipts |
| RI Military Family Relief Fund 55,000 |
| Other Funds |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| Aviation Readiness Center 3,294,818 |
| Asset Protection 1,799,185 |
| Quonset Airport Runway Reconstruction 1,339,988 |
| Quonset Air National Guard HQ Facility 3,000,000 |
| Counter-Drug Training Facility 2,000,000 |
| Grand Total - Military Staff 101,622,845 |
| Public Safety |
| Central Management |
| General Revenues 13,318,898 |
| Provided that $400,000 shall be allocated to support the Family Service of Rhode Island’s |
| GO Team program of on-scene support to children who are victims of violence and other traumas. |
| It is also provided that $11,500,000 shall be allocated as the state contribution for the 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 provision of § 35- |
| 3-15 of the general laws, all unexpended or unencumbered balances as of June 30, 2025 from this |
| appropriation are hereby reappropriated to fiscal year 2026. |
| Federal Funds |
| Federal Funds 15,542,257 |
| Federal Funds – State Fiscal Recovery Fund |
| Support for Survivors of Domestic Violence 10,000,000 |
| Restricted Receipts 309,252 |
| Total - Central Management 39,170,407 |
| E-911 Emergency Telephone System |
| Restricted Receipts 11,103,966 |
| Security Services |
| General Revenues 30,711,397 |
| Municipal Police Training Academy |
| General Revenues 299,114 |
| Federal Funds 417,455 |
| Total - Municipal Police Training Academy 716,569 |
| State Police |
| General Revenues 91,080,925 |
| Federal Funds 6,784,981 |
| Restricted Receipts 1,096,000 |
| Other Funds |
| Airport Corporation Assistance 150,630 |
| Road Construction Reimbursement 3,354,650 |
| Weight and Measurement Reimbursement 248,632 |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| DPS Asset Protection 3,425,000 |
| Southern Barracks 21,500,000 |
| Training Academy Upgrades 1,550,000 |
| Statewide Communications System Network 245,048 |
| Total - State Police 129,435,866 |
| Grand Total - Public Safety 211,138,205 |
| Office of Public Defender |
| General Revenues 16,585,559 |
| Federal Funds 85,035 |
| Grand Total - Office of Public Defender 16,670,594 |
| Emergency Management Agency |
| General Revenues 7,007,474 |
| Federal Funds 28,880,583 |
| Restricted Receipts 412,371 |
| Other Funds |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| RI Statewide Communications Infrastructure 140,000 |
| State Emergency Ops Center 80,000 |
| Grand Total - Emergency Management Agency 36,520,428 |
| Environmental Management |
| Office of the Director |
| General Revenues 9,024,403 |
| Of this general revenue amount, $180,000 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 4,894,237 |
| Total - Office of the Director 13,958,740 |
| Natural Resources |
| General Revenues 32,344,157 |
| 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 23,602,130 |
| Restricted Receipts 6,078,419 |
| Other Funds |
| DOT Recreational Projects 762,000 |
| Blackstone Bike Path Design 1,000,000 |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| Dam Repair 5,386,000 |
| Fort Adams Rehabilitation 300,000 |
| Port of Galilee 13,300,000 |
| Newport Pier Upgrades 500,000 |
| Recreation Facilities Asset Protection 750,000 |
| Recreational Facilities Improvements 5,729,077 |
| Natural Resources Office and Visitor's Center 250,000 |
| Fish & Wildlife Maintenance Facilities 200,000 |
| Marine Infrastructure/Pier Development 950,000 |
| Total - Natural Resources 91,151,783 |
| Environmental Protection |
| General Revenues 15,870,312 |
| Federal Funds 12,377,846 |
| Restricted Receipts 10,332,134 |
| Other Funds |
| Transportation MOU 41,769 |
| Total - Environmental Protection 38,622,061 |
| Grand Total - Environmental Management 143,732,584 |
| Coastal Resources Management Council |
| General Revenues 3,607,384 |
| Federal Funds 2,319,579 |
| Restricted Receipts 250,000 |
| Grand Total - Coastal Resources Mgmt. Council 6,176,963 |
| Transportation |
| Central Management |
| Federal Funds 15,122,388 |
| Other Funds |
| Gasoline Tax 8,265,215 |
| Total - Central Management 23,387,603 |
| Management and Budget |
| Other Funds |
| Gasoline Tax 4,243,682 |
| Infrastructure Engineering |
| Federal Funds |
| Federal Funds 402,650,393 |
| Federal Funds – State Fiscal Recovery Fund |
| Municipal Roads Grant Program 7,000,000 |
| RIPTA Operating Grant 15,000,000 |
| The Rhode Island public transit authority shall conduct a thorough review of its transit |
| operations and administration. The aim of this review is to uncover ways to enhance efficiency and |
| streamline costs, ensuring a more effective use of resources. This evaluation shall encompass a |
| range of areas, including but not limited to, a comprehensive analysis of the fixed-route service. |
| Analysis should include operating expenses, ridership figures, cost per rider, and other pertinent |
| data across all routes and serviced regions. A review focusing on the cost-effectiveness of the |
| agency’s diverse transit services will be a key component of this study. Additionally, the study |
| shall explore different transit service delivery models, incorporating successful strategies from |
| other transit systems; financial planning strategies; agency management structure, capital plan |
| development, and funding strategies; project management; and transit master plan scope and |
| schedule. By March 1, 2025, the Rhode Island public transit authority shall compile and present a |
| report to the governor, the speaker of the house, and the president of the senate. This report will |
| summarize the findings of the study and include recommendations aimed at fostering sustainable |
| and effective transit operations. |
| Washington Bridge Project 35,000,000 |
| Restricted Receipts 6,116,969 |
| Other Funds |
| Gasoline Tax 71,061,818 |
| Land Sale Revenue 6,568,333 |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| Highway Improvement Program 141,102,060 |
| Bike Path Asset Protection 400,000 |
| RIPTA - Land and Buildings 11,214,401 |
| RIPTA - Pawtucket/Central Falls Bus Hub Passenger Facility 3,424,529 |
| Total - Infrastructure Engineering 699,538,503 |
| Infrastructure Maintenance |
| Other Funds |
| Gasoline Tax 39,244,619 |
| 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 119,070,245 |
| Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
| Maintenance Capital Equipment Replacement 1,800,000 |
| Maintenance Facilities Improvements 500,000 |
| Welcome Center 150,000 |
| Salt Storage Facilities 1,150,000 |
| Train Station Asset Protection 475,585 |
| Total - Infrastructure Maintenance 162,390,449 |
| Grand Total - Transportation 889,560,237 |
| Statewide Totals |
| General Revenues 5,594,861,257 |
| Federal Funds 5,066,548,689 |
| Restricted Receipts 463,143,051 |
| Other Funds 2,838,671,543 |
| Statewide Grand Total 13,963,224,540 |
| 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 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 § 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 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 11 and 45, as amended. All expenditures and |
| transfers from this account shall be approved by the 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 36,946,270 |
| Administration Central Utilities Internal Service Fund 30,029,111 |
| State Central Mail Internal Service Fund 8,419,019 |
| State Telecommunications Internal Service Fund 3,748,530 |
| State Automotive Fleet Internal Service Fund 15,496,081 |
| Surplus Property Internal Service Fund 44,789 |
| Health Insurance Internal Service Fund 272,804,635 |
| Other Post-Employment Benefits Fund 63,854,008 |
| Capitol Police Internal Service Fund 1,466,975 |
| Corrections Central Distribution Center Internal Service Fund 7,659,339 |
| Correctional Industries Internal Service Fund 8,247,332 |
| Secretary of State Record Center Internal Service Fund 1,166,547 |
| Human Resources Internal Service Fund 17,669,248 |
| DCAMM Facilities Internal Service Fund 53,327,083 |
| Information Technology Internal Service Fund 62,092,295 |
| SECTION 6. The director of the department of administration shall exercise his powers |
| under chapter 11 of title 42 to centralize state fleet operations under the department as it relates to |
| light and medium duty vehicle management, in accordance with best practices. |
| SECTION 7. Legislative Intent - The general assembly may provide a written "statement |
| of legislative intent" signed by the chairperson of the house finance committee and by the |
| chairperson of the senate finance committee to show the intended purpose of the appropriations |
| contained in section 1 of this article. The statement of legislative intent shall be kept on file in the |
| house finance committee and in the 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 and the chairperson |
| of the senate finance committee of the approximate date when the funds are to be released or |
| granted. |
| SECTION 8. Appropriation of Temporary Disability Insurance Funds -- There is hereby |
| appropriated pursuant to §§ 28-39-5 and 28-39-8 all funds required to be disbursed for the benefit |
| payments from the temporary disability insurance fund and temporary disability insurance reserve |
| fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025. |
| SECTION 9. Appropriation of Employment Security Funds -- There is hereby appropriated |
| pursuant to § 28-42-19 all funds required to be disbursed for benefit payments from the employment |
| security fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025. |
| SECTION 10. Appropriation of Lottery Division Funds -- There is hereby appropriated to |
| the lottery division any funds required to be disbursed by the lottery division for the purposes of |
| paying commissions or transfers to the prize fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025. |
| SECTION 11. Appropriation of CollegeBoundSaver Funds - There is hereby appropriated |
| to the office of the general treasurer designated funds received under the collegeboundsaver |
| program for transfer to the division of higher education assistance within the office of the |
| postsecondary commissioner to support student financial aid for the fiscal year ending June 30, |
| 2025. |
| SECTION 12. 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 or designee, speaker of the house of |
| representatives or designee, and the president of the senate or designee may authorize an adjustment |
| to any limitation. Prior to the authorization, the state budget officer shall make a detailed written |
| recommendation to the governor, the speaker of the house, and the president of the senate. A copy |
| of the recommendation and authorization to adjust shall be transmitted to the chairman of the house |
| finance committee, senate finance committee, the house fiscal advisor, and the 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 2025 FTE POSITION AUTHORIZATION |
| Departments and Agencies Full-Time Equivalent |
| Administration 683.6 |
| 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 599.5 |
| Legislature 298.5 |
| Office of the Lieutenant Governor 8.0 |
| Office of the Secretary of State 62.0 |
| 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 57.0 |
| Office of Health and Human Services 233.0 |
| Children, Youth and Families 714.5 |
| Health 572.6 |
| Human Services 779.0 |
| Office of Veterans Services 267.0 |
| Office of Healthy Aging 33.0 |
| Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals 1,221.4 |
| Provided that 18.0 of the total authorization would be limited to independent facilitators |
| positions to comply with the Consent Decree Addendum. |
| Office of the Child Advocate 13.0 |
| 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 156.1 |
| Provided that 3.0 of the total authorization would be available only for positions that are |
| supported by the healthy environments advance learning grant at the school building authority. |
| School for the Deaf 61.0 |
| Davies Career and Technical School 123.0 |
| Office of Postsecondary Commissioner 46.0 |
| Provided that 1.0 of the total authorization would be available only for positions that are |
| supported by third-party funds, 12.0 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 2,571.0 |
| 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 1,461.0 |
| Judicial 745.3 |
| Military Staff 93.0 |
| Emergency Management Agency 38.0 |
| Public Safety 633.0 |
| Office of the Public Defender 104.0 |
| Environmental Management 439.0 |
| Coastal Resources Management Council 32.0 |
| Transportation 755.0 |
| Total 15,772.8 |
| 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 acting upon positive recommendations by the budget officer and the |
| personnel administrator and fifteen (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 acting upon |
| the positive recommendations of the state budget officer and the personnel administrator and thirty |
| (30) days after a public hearing. |
| SECTION 13. The amounts reflected in this article include the appropriation of Rhode |
| Island capital plan funds for fiscal year 2025 and supersede appropriations provided for FY 2025 |
| within Pub. L. 2023, ch. 79, art. 1, § 12. |
| The following amounts are hereby appropriated out of any money in the State’s Rhode |
| Island capital plan fund not otherwise appropriated to be expended during the fiscal years ending |
| June 30, 2026, June 30, 2027, June 30, 2028, and June 30, 2029. These amounts supersede |
| appropriations provided within Pub. L. 2023, ch. 79, art. 1, § 12. |
| For the purposes and functions hereinafter mentioned, the state controller is hereby |
| authorized and directed to draw the controller's orders upon the general treasurer for the payment |
| of such sums and such portions thereof as may be required by the controller upon receipt of properly |
| authenticated vouchers. |
| FY Ending FY Ending FY Ending FY Ending |
| Project 06/30/2026 06/30/2027 06/30/2028 06/30/2029 |
| DOA – Civic Center 3,800,000 1,250,000 1,075,000 1,500,000 |
| DOA - DoIT Enterprise Operations Center 2,050,000 200,000 200,000 200,000 |
| DOA – Group Homes Consolidation 4,325,000 4,325,000 4,426,000 5,450,000 |
| DOA – Old State House 600,000 600,000 100,000 100,000 |
| DOA - Pastore Campus Infrastructure 20,000,000 20,000,000 15,000,000 8,500,000 |
| DOA - Pastore Center Non-Hospital Buildings 7,750,000 3,100,000 3,200,000 3,200,000 |
| DOA - Pastore Power Plant Rehabilitation 250,000 5,250,000 0 0 |
| DOA - RI Convention Center Authority 2,800,000 2,825,000 2,500,000 2,000,000 |
| DOA - State House Renovations 1,759,000 17,379,000 16,000,000 31,940,000 |
| DOA – Veterans’ Auditorium 380,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 |
| DOA - William Powers Building 2,200,000 2,350,000 1,850,000 1,700,000 |
| DOA - Zambarano Buildings and Campus 2,850,000 250,000 900,000 900,000 |
| DOA – Zambarano LTAC Hospital 26,065,740 23,804,439 24,427,656 24,155,740 |
| DBR – Fire Academy Expansion 675,000 0 0 0 |
| EOC – I-195 Redevelopment Commission 700,000 700,000 700,000 0 |
| EOC – Quonset Infrastructure 2,500,000 2,500,000 0 0 |
| SOS – Rhode Island Archives and History |
| Center 0 4,500,000 0 0 |
| DCYF - Residential Treatment Facility 15,000,000 0 0 0 |
| DOH – New Health Laboratory Building 8,363,883 0 0 0 |
| ELSEC - Davies School Wing Renovation 2,500,000 0 0 0 |
| URI - Asset Protection 14,606,536 15,236,863 15,528,074 15,885,220 |
| URI - Athletics Complex 51,532,096 0 0 0 |
| URI - Bay Campus Phase II 12,500,000 12,500,000 0 0 |
| URI – PFAS Removal Water Treatment Plant 14,102,455 4,369,853 0 0 |
| URI – Mechanical, Electric and Plumbing |
| Improvements 8,607,757 86,605 0 0 |
| URI – Stormwater Management 2,221,831 0 0 0 |
| RIC - Asset Protection 5,950,000 6,025,000 6,157,000 6,375,000 |
| RIC - Infrastructure Modernization 5,675,000 5,675,000 5,925,000 5,925,000 |
| CCRI - Asset Protection 2,719,452 2,719,452 2,780,000 2,870,000 |
| CCRI – Data, Cabling, & Power Infrastructure 5,150,000 4,894,885 3,300,000 0 |
| CCRI – Flanagan Campus Renewal 3,200,000 2,734,505 0 0 |
| CCRI – Renovation and Modernization Phase I 16,000,000 7,784,928 4,000,000 0 |
| CCRI – Renovation and Modernization |
| Phase II -IV 5,000,000 0 0 0 |
| DOC – Asset Protection 4,100,000 4,100,000 4,100,000 4,100,000 |
| DOC – Correctional Facilities – Renovations 7,419,248 0 0 0 |
| DOC – HVAC 10,272,500 0 0 0 |
| Military Staff – Asset Protection 962,185 1,301,316 863,505 1,357,288 |
| Military Staff – Counter Drug Training |
| Facility 1,025,250 0 0 0 |
| Military Staff – Repair Squadron Ops |
| Facility 600,000 0 0 0 |
| Military Staff - Quonset Airport |
| Runway Reconstruction 446,663 0 0 0 |
| DPS – Asset Protection 1,205,000 1,335,000 285,000 300,000 |
| DPS - Southern Barracks 16,750,000 0 0 0 |
| DPS – Training Academy Upgrades 1,820,000 640,000 150,000 150,000 |
| DPS – Statewide Communications |
| System Network 245,048 0 0 0 |
| DEM – Dam Repair 11,615,000 2,265,000 1,015,000 1,015,000 |
| DEM – Natural Resources Offices and |
| Visitor's Center 1,836,709 1,836,709 0 0 |
| DEM – Port of Galilee 16,500,000 14,113,820 2,800,000 |
| DEM – Recreational Facilities Improvements 2,900,000 3,338,551 3,260,000 2,750,000 |
| CRMC – Confined Aquatic Dredged |
| Material Disposal Cells 20,600,000 0 0 0 |
| DOT - Highway Improvement Program 52,200,000 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 1,500,000 1,500,000 |
| DOT - RIPTA Land and Buildings 4,561,885 500,000 500,000 500,000 |
| DOT - RIPTA Pawtucket/Central Falls |
| Bus Hub Passenger Facility 627,977 0 0 0 |
| SECTION 14. Reappropriation of Funding for Rhode Island capital plan fund projects. |
| Any unexpended and unencumbered funds from Rhode Island 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 |
| 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. |
| SECTION 15. For the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2025, the Rhode Island housing and |
| mortgage finance corporation shall provide from its resources such sums as appropriate in support |
| of the Neighborhood Opportunities Program. The 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, the chair of the housing resources |
| commission, the chair of the house finance committee, the chair of the senate finance committee, |
| and the state budget officer. |
| SECTION 16. Appropriation of Economic Activity Taxes in accordance with the city of |
| Pawtucket downtown redevelopment statute -- There is hereby appropriated for the fiscal year |
| ending June 30, 2025, all state economic activity taxes to be collected pursuant to § 45-33.4-4, as |
| amended (including, but not limited to, the amount of tax revenues certified by the commerce |
| corporation in accordance with § 45-33.4-1(13)), 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. |
| SECTION 17. The appropriations from federal funds contained in section 1 shall not be |
| construed to mean any federal funds or assistance appropriated, authorized, allocated or |
| apportioned to the State of Rhode Island from the 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 2025 |
| except for those instances specifically designated. |
| The 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) |
| Pandemic Recovery Office. These funds shall be allocated to finance the pandemic |
| recovery office established within the department of administration. |
| DOA - Public Health Response Warehouse Support. These funds shall be allocated to the |
| proper storage of PPE and other necessary COVID-19 response related supplies. |
| DOA - Health Care Facilities. These funds shall address the ongoing staffing needs of |
| nursing facilities related to the COVID-19 public health emergency. Ten million dollars |
| ($10,00,000) shall be distributed to nursing facilities based on the number of Medicaid beds days |
| from the 2022 facility cost reports, provided at least eighty percent (80%) is dedicated to direct care |
| workers. |
| DOA - Community Learning Center Programming Support Grant. These funds shall be |
| distributed to municipalities that have approved community learning center projects under the |
| coronavirus capital projects fund community learning center municipal grant program. An equal |
| amount of funding will be allocated to each approved community learning center project that |
| reaches substantial completion as defined by the U.S. Department of Treasury by October 31, 2026. |
| These funds must be used to support the establishment of U.S. Department of the Treasury |
| compliant health monitoring, work, and or education programming that will take place in a |
| community learning center. |
| Executive Office of Commerce (EOC) |
| EOC - Assistance to Impacted Industries. These funds shall be allocated to provide |
| assistance to the tourism, hospitality, and events industries for outdoor and public space capital |
| improvements and event programming. |
| Department of Housing |
| Housing – 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 services for people transitioning from |
| homelessness to housing, including individuals transitioning out of the adult correctional |
| institutions. |
| Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) |
| DCYF – 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. |
| Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals |
| (BHDDH) |
| BHDDH - 9-8-8 Hotline. These funds shall be allocated for the creation and operation 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. These funds shall be directly distributed through the |
| office of adult education to nonprofit adult education providers to expand access to educational |
| programs and literary services. |
| Office of Postsecondary Commissioner (OPC) |
| OPC – Foster Care Youth Scholarship. These funds shall support a last dollar scholarship |
| program for DCYF foster care youth exiting the system to attend Rhode Island college and would |
| fully fund tuition, room and board, and/or support services, including during the summer months. |
| Funding would be distributed through the Rhode Island college foundation. |
| Department of Public Safety (DPS) |
| DPS – 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. 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. These funds shall be distributed equally to |
| each city and town provided that each municipality is required to provide a sixty-seven percent |
| (67%) match. |
| DOT - RIPTA Operating Grant. These funds shall provide operating support to the Rhode |
| Island public transit authority. |
| DOT - Washington Bridge Project. These funds shall support the non-federal share or |
| matching requirement on federal funds for priority transportation projects, including but not limited |
| to the Washington Bridge project. |
| Federal Funds - Capital Projects Fund |
| Department of Administration (DOA) |
| DOA - CPF Administration. These funds shall be allocated to the department of |
| administration to oversee the implementation of the capital projects fund award from the American |
| Rescue Plan Act. |
| SECTION 18. Reappropriation of 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 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 as part of the supplemental |
| appropriations act. |
| SECTION 19. 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. On or before |
| October 31, 2023, and quarterly thereafter until and including October 31, 2026, 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. In the event that any state |
| fiscal recovery fund program would put the state at risk of forfeiture of federal funds, the governor |
| may propose to reallocate funding from the at-risk program to the unemployment insurance trust |
| fund. This proposal will be referred to the General Assembly within the first ten (10) days of |
| November to go into effect thirty (30) days hence, unless rejected by formal action of the house |
| and senate acting concurrently within that time. |
| SECTION 20. Notwithstanding any general laws to the contrary, the state controller shall |
| transfer ($100,000) to the Group Home Facility Improvement Fund restricted receipt account by |
| July 15, 2024. |
| SECTION 21. This article shall take effect as of July 1, 2024, except as otherwise provided |
| herein. |