2002 -- 6658 SUBSTITUTE A
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	STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
	IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
	JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2002
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	AN ACT
	MAKING REVISED APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE STATE FOR THE
	FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2002
	Introduced By: Representative Robert A. Watson
	Date Introduced: January 09, 2002
	Referred To: House Finance
	It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
1-1	ARTICLE 1 MAKING REVISED APPROPRIATIONS IN SUPPORT OF FY 2002
1-2	ARTICLE 2 RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX REIMBURSEMENTS
1-3	ARTICLE 3 RELATING TO LICENSING OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
1-4	ARTICLE 4 RELATING TO CERTIFICATION OF HEALTH PLANS
1-5	ARTICLE 5 RELATING TO REVENUE ESTIMATES AND BUDGET SUBMISSION
1-6	ARTICLE 6 RELATING TO INSURANCE
1-7	ARTICLE 7 RELATING TO THE TOBACCO SETTLEMENT FINANCING CORP. ACT
1-8	ARTICLE 8 RELATING TO CIGARETTE TAX
1-9	ARTICLE 9 RELATING TO SINKING FUND
1-10	ARTICLE 10 RELATING TO TAXATION
1-11	ARTICLE 11 RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE PROVIDERS
1-12	ARTICLE 12 RELATING TO EFFECTIVE DATE
1-13
2-1	ARTICLE 1
2-2	MAKING REVISED APPROPRIATIONS IN SUPPORT OF FY 2002
2-3	SECTION 1. Subject to the conditions, limitations and restrictions hereinafter contained
2-4	in this act, the following general revenue amounts are hereby appropriated out of any money in
2-5	the treasury not otherwise appropriated to be expended during the fiscal year ending June 30,
2-6	2002. The amounts identified for federal funds and restricted receipts shall be made available
2-7	pursuant to section 35-4-22 and Chapter 41 of Title 42 of the Rhode Island General Laws. For
2-8	the purposes and functions hereinafter mentioned, the state controller is hereby authorized and
2-9	directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of such sums or such
2-10	portions thereof as may be required from time to time upon receipt by him or her of properly
2-11	authenticated vouchers.
2-12	FY 2002 FY 2002 FY 2002
2-13	Enacted VarianceRecommend
2-14	Administration
2-15	Central Management
2-16	General Revenues 1,835,080 68,554 1,903,634
2-17	Federal Funds 204,894 1,669 206,563
2-18	Total - Central Management 2,039,974 70,223 2,110,197
2-19	Accounts and Control
2-20	General Revenue
2-21	General Revenues 4,746,970 1,063,819 5,810,789
2-22	RI e-Government Fund-RI-SAIL 2,000,000 65,098 2,065,098
2-23	Total - Accounts and Control 6,746,970 1,128,917 7,875,887
2-24	Budgeting General Revenues 2,106,537 (5,245) 2,101,292
2-25	Municipal Affairs
2-26	General Revenues 1,236,447 (100,565) 1,135,882
2-27	Federal Funds 7,500,108 1,117,724 8,617,832
2-28	Total - Municipal Affairs 8,736,555 1,017,159 9,753,714
2-29	Purchasing General Revenues 2,101,214 64,036 2,165,250
2-30	Auditing General Revenues 1,509,967 31,717 1,541,684
2-31	Human Resources
2-32	General Revenues 6,480,675 310,441 6,791,116
2-33	Federal Funds 0 14,000 14,000
2-34	Total - Human Resources 6,480,675 324,441 6,805,116
2-35	Personnel Appeal Board General Revenues 131,263 (18,796) 112,467
2-36	Taxation
2-37	Other Funds
3-1	Motor Fuel Tax Evasion Program 90,000 937 90,937
3-2	Temporary Disability Insurance 642,440 (58,893) 583,547
3-3	General Revenues 14,814,080 1,133,449 15,947,529
3-4	Federal Funds 1,306,280 (117,594) 1,188,686
3-5	Restricted Receipts 334,963 155,221 490,184
3-6	Total - Taxation 17,187,763 1,113,120 18,300,883
3-7	Registry of Motor Vehicles
3-8	Other Funds
3-9	Motor Vehicle Emission Inspections – CMAQ 11,204 (11,204) 0
3-10	Registration Denial Program 0 110,000 110,000
3-11	General Revenues
3-12	General Revenue 13,793,639 358,755 14,152,394
3-13	RI e-Gov Fund – Digital License System 150,000 150,000 300,000
3-14	RI e-Gov Fund – OLIS Support – RMV System 350,000 (150,000) 200,000
3-15	Federal Funds 0 394,137 394,137
3-16	Restricted Receipts 15,848 0 15,848
3-17	Total – Registry of Motor Vehicles 14,320,691 851,688 15,172,379
3-18	Child Support Enforcement
3-19	General Revenues 3,193,389 (20,139) 3,173,250
3-20	Federal Funds 7,267,802 (174,767) 7,093,035
3-21	Total - Child Support Enforcement 10,461,191 (194,906) 10,266,285
3-22	Central Services
3-23	Other Funds-Lighting Conservation 661,278 0 661,278
3-24	General Revenue 11,911,939 (204,285) 11,707,654
3-25	Energy Office Grants 381,016 903,022 1,284,038
3-26	Federal Funds 18,543,661 (293,499) 18,250,162
3-27	Restricted Receipts 1,049,861 267,508 1,317,369
3-28	Total - Central Services 32,547,755 672,746 33,220,501
3-29	Office of Library and Information Services
3-30	Other Funds
3-31	Federal Highway - PL Systems Planning 851,184 70,059 921,243
3-32	Federal Highway - T2 Systems Planning 117,550 10,000 127,550
3-33	Air Quality Modeling 20,283 0 20,283
3-34	General Revenues 2,606,304 (40,348) 2,565,956
3-35	Federal Funds 1,357,458 (138,416) 1,219,042
3-36	Restricted Receipts Total 10,830 (1,158) 9,672
3-37	Total - Office of Library and Information Services 4,963,609 (99,863) 4,863,746
3-38	General
3-39	Other Funds
3-40	RICAP – State House Renovations (Phase I) 0 100,000 100,000
3-41	RICAP – A-Building Stabilization – Pastore Center 100,000 (100,000) 0
3-42	RICAP - State House Skylights and Roof 1,733,000 1,513,209 3,246,209
4-1	RICAP - State House Terrace/South Stairs 2,903,000 (739,675) 2,163,325
4-2	RICAP - Chapin Health Laboratory 300,000 (184,373) 115,627
4-3	RICAP - Cranston Street Armory 1,000,000 (604,813) 395,187
4-4	RICAP - Cannon Building 150,000 137,859 287,859
4-5	RICAP – Second State House Elevator 0 12,000 12,000
4-6	RICAP – Ladd Center – Infrastructure 0 974,046 974,046
4-7	RICAP – Old State House 35,000 15,000 50,000
4-8	RICAP - State Office Building 200,000 (89,603) 110,397
4-9	RICAP – Veterans’ Auditorium Office Building 0 73,204 73,204
4-10	RICAP – State Information Operations Center 200,000 (200,000) 0
4-11	RICAP – Old Colony House 200,000 0 200,000
4-12	RICAP - Court Buildings – HVAC 362,000 (362,000) 0
4-13	RICAP - Asset Inventory 50,000 250,000 300,000
4-14	RICAP - Washington County Government Center 395,000 (318,000) 77,000
4-15	RICAP - State House Renovations – Phase II 592,664 (516,352) 76,312
4-16	RICAP – Board of Elections Building 50,000 (25,000) 25,000
4-17	RICAP – Environmental Compliance 900,000 (150,000) 750,000
4-18	RICAP - Fox Point Hurricane Barrier 50,000 0 50,000
4-19	General Revenue
4-20	General Revenues 11,419,295 (1,060,375) 10,358,920
4-21	Contingency Fund 0 1,771,045 1,771,045
4-22	Race and Police Community Relations Commission 300,000 0 300,000
4-23	Economic Development Corporation 7,826,807 0 7,826,807
4-24	Centers of Excellence 3,000,000 0 3,000,000
4-25	Housing Resources Commission 8,652,098 (5,001,237) 3,650,861
4-26	Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Payment 97,202,898 2,361,665 99,564,563
4-27	Property Valuation 1,073,300 46,700 1,120,000
4-28	General Revenue Sharing Program 43,621,430 0 43,621,430
4-29	Payment in Lieu of Tax Exempt Properties 18,151,500 0 18,151,500
4-30	Distressed Communities Relief Program 7,400,000 100,000 7,500,000
4-31	Resource Sharing and State Library Aid 6,318,527 0 6,318,527
4-32	Library Construction Aid 2,280,669 (234,245) 2,046,424
4-33	Federal Funds 700,000 0 700,000
4-34	Restricted Receipts 566,000 0 566,000
4-35	Total - General 217,733,188 (2,230,945) 215,502,243
4-36	Debt Service Payments
4-37	Other Funds
4-38	MHRH Community Services Program 0 6,776,960 6,776,960
4-39	MHRH Community Mental Health Program 0 2,749,415 2,749,415
4-40	DEM – Narragansett Bay Commission 5,066,552 (21,310) 5,045,242
4-41	DEM – Clean Water Finance Agency 3,834,496 (2,075,667) 1,758,829
4-42	DEM Debt Service – Recreation 0 5,339,102 5,339,102
5-1	DEM – Wastewater Treatment 6,098,952 3,731,500 9,830,452
5-2	RIPTA Debt Service 771,729 10,809 782,538
5-3	Transportation Debt Service 42,085,172 (10,010) 42,075,162
5-4	RIRBA - DLT – Temporary Disability Insurance 60,222 0 60,222
5-5	COPS - DLT Building – Other 360,202 23,641 383,843
5-6	COPS – Center General – Furniture - TDI 2,080 0 2,080
5-7	COPS – Pastore Center Telecommunications – TDI 19,799 0 19,799
5-8	Debt - URI Education and General 963,451 124,744 1,088,195
5-9	Debt - URI Housing Loan Funds 1,845,923 43,340 1,889,263
5-10	Debt - URI Dining Services 265,179 1,736 266,915
5-11	Debt - URI Health Services 125,409 821 126,230
5-12	Debt - W. Alton Jones Services 111,050 727 111,777
5-13	Debt - URI Memorial Union 97,648 638 98,286
5-14	Debt - URI Sponsored Research (Indirect Cost) 101,347 0 101,347
5-15	Debt - RIC Education and General 296,614 (750) 295,864
5-16	Debt - RIC Housing 568,390 (7,099) 561,291
5-17	Debt - RIC Student Center and Dining 177,951 0 177,951
5-18	Debt - RIC Student Union 254,765 (57,394) 197,371
5-19	Debt - CCRI Bookstore 177,092 0 177,092
5-20	General Revenues Debt Service Payments 115,958,757 (22,628,427) 93,330,330
5-21	Federal Funds 1,632,114 (71,489) 1,560,625
5-22	Restricted Receipts 5,961,760 (69,435) 5,892,325
5-23	Total - Debt Service Payments 186,836,654 (6,138,148) 180,698,506
5-24	Division of Sheriffs General Revenues 12,246,353 (152,268) 12,094,085
5-25	Grand Total - Administration 526,150,359 (3,566,124) 522,584,235
5-26	Business Regulation
5-27	Central Management General Revenues 1,433,701 56,575 1,490,276
5-28	Banking Regulation General Revenues 1,469,676 (114,541) 1,355,135
5-29	Securities Regulation General Revenues 664,764 (19,913) 644,851
5-30	Commercial Licensing and Regulation
5-31	General Revenues 916,007 99,431 1,015,438
5-32	Restricted Receipts 100,000 0 100,000
5-33	Total - Commercial Licensing and Regulation 1,016,007 99,431 1,115,438
5-34	Racing and Athletics General Revenue 684,934 (17,373) 667,561
5-35	Insurance Regulation
5-36	General Revenues 3,503,038 (74,057) 3,428,981
5-37	Gramm, Leach, Bliley Act – General Revenues 0 489,000 489,000
5-38	Notwithstanding the provisions of section 35-3-15 of the general laws o Chapter 35-3 entitled “State
5-39	Budget”, all unexpended, encumbered and unencumbered general revenue balances of the appropriation
5-40	for the Gramm, Leach, Bliley Act in the Department of Business Regulation at the end of the fiscal
5-41	year 2002 shall be reappropriated in the ensuing fiscal year and made immediately available for the
6-1	same purposes as the former application.
6-2	Restricted Receipts 357,465 122,736 480,201
6-3	Total - Insurance Regulation 3,860,503 537,679 4,398,182
6-4	Board of Accountancy General Revenues 189,452 (7,361) 182,091
6-5	Grand Total - Business Regulation 9,319,037 534,497 9,853,534
6-6	Labor and Training
6-7	Central Management
6-8	General Revenues 279,999 105,899 385,898
6-9	Restricted Receipts Director of Workers' Compensation 471,284 304,188 775,472
6-10	Total - Central Management 751,283 410,087 1,161,370
6-11	Workforce Development Services
6-12	Federal Funds 20,405,853 4,038,397 24,444,250
6-13	Restricted Receipts
6-14	ES – Reemployment Program 1,127,297 (108,959) 1,018,338
6-15	Human Resource Investment Council 9,113,176 69,665 9,182,841
6-16	Job Development Fund DET Admin 267,115 (227,172) 39,943
6-17	HRIC – Supportive Work/Rapid Job Entry 0 2,000,000 2,000,000
6-18	Total - Workforce Development Services 30,913,441 5,771,931 36,685,372
6-19	Workforce Regulation and Safety General Revenues 3,687,515 113,357 3,800,872
6-20	Income Support
6-21	Other Funds
6-22	Temporary Disability Insurance Fund 142,160,533 9,974,168 152,134,701
6-23	Employment Security Fund 151,500,000 62,000,000 213,500,000
6-24	General Revenues 2,654,310 47,084 2,701,394
6-25	Federal Funds 18,227,232 307,297 18,534,529
6-26	Restricted Receipts 1,989,520 (1,284,896) 704,624
6-27	Total - Income Support 316,531,595 71,043,653 387,575,248
6-28	Injured Workers Services Restricted Receipts 9,306,763 (345,203) 8,961,560
6-29	Labor Relations Board General Revenues 339,269 17,806 357,075
6-30	Grand Total - Labor and Training 361,529,866 77,011,631 438,541,497
6-31	Legislature
6-32	General Revenues 24,886,849 3,452,536 28,339,385
6-33	Restricted Receipts 757,329 1,503 758,832
6-34	Grand Total - Legislature 25,644,178 3,454,039 29,098,217
6-35	Lieutenant Governor General Revenues 764,928 (4,779) 760,149
6-36	State
6-37	Administration General Revenues 1,165,919 86,416 1,252,335
6-38	Corporations
6-39	General Revenue
6-40	General Revenue 1,426,980 7,265 1,434,245
6-41	RI e-Gov Fund – UCC Automated System 250,000 0 250,000
7-1	Total - Corporations 1,676,980 7,265 1,684,245
7-2	State Archives
7-3	General Revenues 281,015 (1,495) 279,520
7-4	Federal Funds 18,631 5,410 24,041
7-5	Restricted Receipts 193,337 (3,642) 189,695
7-6	Total - State Archives 492,983 273 493,256
7-7	Elections General Revenues 467,857 (1,532) 466,325
7-8	State Library General Revenues 703,827 1,613 705,440
7-9	Office of Public Information General Revenues 480,928 161 481,089
7-10	Grand Total - State 4,988,494 94,196 5,082,690
7-11	General Treasurer
7-12	Treasury
7-13	Other Funds
7-14	Temporary Disability Insurance Fund 196,252 36,244 232,496
7-15	General Revenues 2,584,159 59,052 2,643,211
7-16	Federal Funds 265,140 (50,957) 214,183
7-17	Restricted Receipts 16,000 (5,102) 10,898
7-18	Total – Treasury 3,061,551 39,237 3,100,788
7-19	State Retirement System
7-20	Other Funds
7-21	Admin Expenses - State Retirement System 11,148,136 72,187 11,220,323
7-22	Retirement - Treasury Investment Operations 542,026 25,172 567,198
7-23	Total - State Retirement System 11,690,162 97,359 11,787,521
7-24	Unclaimed Property Restricted Receipts 9,382,527 (302,598) 9,079,929
7-25	RI Refunding Bond Authority General Revenues 67,827 14,341 82,168
7-26	Crime Victim Compensation Program
7-27	General Revenues 2,420,467 (21,744) 2,398,723
7-28	Federal Funds 1,497,137 2,909 1,500,046
7-29	Restricted Receipts 1,727,619 12,146 1,739,765
7-30	Total - Crime Victim Compensation Program 5,645,223 (6,689) 5,638,534
7-31	Grand Total – General Treasurer 29,847,290 (158,350) 29,688,940
7-32	Boards for Design Professionals General Revenues 350,275 12,515 362,790
7-33	Board of Elections
7-34	General Revenue
7-35
7-36	General Revenues 2,120,057 30,730 2,150,787
7-37	RI e-Gov Fund – Electronic Campaign Finance System 330,000 0 330,000
7-38	Grand Total - Board of Elections 2,450,057 30,730 2,480,787
7-39	Rhode Island Ethics Commissions General Revenues 847,427 57,507 904,934
7-40	Office of Governor General Revenues 5,681,777 (70,612) 5,611,165
7-41	Public Utilities Commission
7-42	General Revenues 731,240 (20,447) 710,793
8-1	Federal Funds 61,538 0 61,538
8-2	Restricted Receipts 4,663,397 20,115 4,683,512
8-3	Total - Public Utilities Commission 5,456,175 (332) 5,455,843
8-4	Rhode Island Commission on Women General Revenues 139,140 530 139,670
8-5	Children, Youth, and Families
8-6	Central Management
8-7	General Revenues 7,828,990 (15,071) 7,813,919
8-8	Federal Funds 5,117,207 (310,176) 4,807,031
8-9	Total - Central Management 12,946,197 (325,247) 12,620,950
8-10	Children's Behavioral Health Services
8-11	Other Funds
8-12	RICAP – Groden Center – Mt. Hope 79,660 (79,660) 0
8-13	RICAP - Spurwink/RI 199,000 (16,077) 182,923
8-14	General Revenues 21,620,441 509,818 22,130,259
8-15	Federal Funds 19,732,041 812,681 20,544,722
8-16	Total - Children's Behavioral Health Services 41,631,142 1,226,762 42,857,904
8-17	Juvenile Correctional Services
8-18	Other Funds RICAP – RI Training School Bathroom Renovations 100,000 0 100,000
8-19	General Revenues 24,423,744 236,663 24,660,407
8-20	Federal Funds 2,855,694 795,402 3,651,096
8-21	Restricted Receipts 8,000 500,000 508,000
8-22	Total - Juvenile Correctional Services 27,387,438 1,532,065 28,919,503
8-23	Child Welfare
8-24	General Revenues
8-25	General Revenue 78,956,984 5,727,570 84,684,554
8-26	Children's Trust Fund 55,500 0 55,500
8-27	Federal Funds 55,627,562 4,557,434 60,184,996
8-28	Restricted Receipts 1,387,191 (365,188) 1,022,003
8-29	Total - Child Welfare 136,027,237 9,919,816 145,947,053
8-30	Higher Education Incentive Grant – General Revenue
8-31	Total - Higher Education Incentive Grants 150,000 53,727 203,727
8-32	Notwithstanding the provisions of section 35-3-15 of the general laws in
8-33	chapter 35-3 entitled “State Budget,” all unexpended, encumbered and
8-34	unencumbered general revenues balances of the appropriation for the
8-35	higher education opportunity incentive grants in the Department of
8-36	Children, Youth and Families at the end of fiscal year 2002 shall be
8-37	reappropriated in the ensuing fiscal year and made immediately available
8-38	for the same purposes as the former applications.
8-39	Grand Total - Children, Youth, and Families 218,142,014 12,407,123 230,549,137
8-40	Elderly Affairs
8-41	Other Funds Intermodal Surface Transportation Fund 4,700,000 (205,463) 4,494,537
8-42	General Revenue
9-1	General Revenues 13,477,616 17,290 13,494,906
9-2	RIPAE 10,280,993 1,632,147 11,913,140
9-3	Safety and Care of the Elderly 1,000 (500) 500
9-4	Federal Funds 8,659,750 867,604 9,527,354
9-5	Grand Total - Elderly Affairs 37,119,359 2,311,078 39,430,437
9-6	Health
9-7	Central Management
9-8	Other Funds Trauma Registry 228,109 (58,512) 169,597
9-9	General Revenue
9-10	General Revenue 2,609,284 (37,137) 2,572,147
9-11	RI e-Gov Fund – Automated Vital Records System 300,000 0 300,000
9-12	Federal Funds 3,061,631 (765,222) 2,296,409
9-13	Restricted Receipts 1,729,242 24,062 1,753,304
9-14	Total - Central Management 7,928,266 (836,809) 7,091,457
9-15	State Medical Examiner General Revenues 1,678,857 (21,946) 1,656,911
9-16	Family Health
9-17	General Revenues
9-18	General Revenue 8,465,477 531,033 8,996,510
9-19	Poison Control Center 250,000 0 250,000
9-20	Federal Funds 27,385,678 2,363,067 29,748,745
9-21	Restricted Receipts 3,459,596 408,430 3,868,026
9-22	Total - Family Health 39,560,751 3,377,530 42,938,281
9-23	Health Services Regulation
9-24	General Revenues
9-25	General Revenue 4,375,908 40,575 4,416,483
9-26	Hospital Care Consultant Report 292,312 (943) 291,369
9-27	Federal Funds 1,963,101 189,833 2,152,934
9-28	Restricted Receipts 464,833 29,247 494,080
9-29	Total - Health Services Regulation 7,096,154 258,712 7,354,866
9-30	Environmental Health
9-31	General Revenues 4,157,352 (118,917) 4,038,435
9-32	Federal Funds 2,216,902 444,482 2,661,384
9-33	Restricted Receipts 670,447 397,979 1,068,426
9-34	Total - Environmental Health 7,044,701 723,544 7,768,245
9-35	Health Laboratories
9-36	General Revenues 5,638,424 352,839 5,991,263
9-37	Federal Funds 794,635 (91,018) 703,617
9-38	Total - Health Laboratories 6,433,059 261,821 6,694,880
9-39	Disease Prevention and Control
9-40	Other Funds
9-41	Child Safety Program 0 20,000 20,000
9-42	Walkable Communities Initiative 0 80,000 80,000
10-1	General Revenue
10-2	General Revenues 5,220,109 80,362 5,300,471
10-3	Smoking Cessation 1,000,000 (700,000) 300,000
10-4	Federal Funds 11,656,697 164,825 11,821,522
10-5	Restricted Receipts 79,783 796,217 876,000
10-6	Total - Disease Prevention and Control 17,956,589 441,404 18,397,993
10-7	Grand Total - Health 87,698,377 4,129,256 91,827,633
10-8	Human Services
10-9	Central Management
10-10	General Revenues 7,089,388 (175,255) 6,914,133
10-11	Federal Funds 3,673,194 210,061 3,883,255
10-12	Restricted Receipts 1,786,967 188,033 1,975,000
10-13	Total - Central Management 12,549,549 222,839 12,772,388
10-14	Individual and Family Support
10-15	Other Funds
10-16	RICAP – Veterans Home Roof 60,000 (60,000) 0
10-17	RICAP - Forand Bldg Exterior Doors & Windows 135,000 (135,000) 0
10-18	RICAP - Forand Bldg Soffitts Replacement 85,000 (85,000) 0
10-19	RICAP - Forand Bldg Exterior Window Panels 349,375 (344,802) 4,573
10-20	General Revenues 20,699,761 (391,026) 20,308,735
10-21	Federal Funds 50,994,985 994,205 51,989,190
10-22	Restricted Receipts 73,680 0 73,680
10-23	Total - Individual and Family Support 72,397,801 (21,623) 72,376,178
10-24	Veterans' Affairs
10-25	General Revenues 13,405,994 742,127 14,148,121
10-26	Federal Funds 5,604,801 1,066,701 6,671,502
10-27	Restricted Receipts 1,085,986 1,000,520 2,086,506
10-28	Total - Veterans' Affairs 20,096,781 2,809,348 22,906,129
10-29	Health Care Quality, Financing and Purchasing
10-30	General Revenues 22,250,099 208,715 22,458,814
10-31	Federal Funds 30,378,277 1,522,688 31,900,965
10-32	Restricted Receipts 330,000 165,238 495,238
10-33	Total - Health Care Quality, Financing & Purchasing 52,958,376 1,896,641 54,855,017
10-34	Medical Benefits
10-35	General Revenues
10-36	Hospitals 87,084,274 4,130,142 91,214,416
10-37	Nursing Facilities 121,332,000 (935,500) 120,396,500
10-38	Managed Care 114,428,738 5,001,456 119,430,194
10-39	Other 86,731,949 331,585 87,063,534
10-40	Special Education 9,493,730 3,506,270 13,000,000
10-41	Federal Funds
10-42	Hospitals 95,166,543 4,619,041 99,785,584
11-1	Nursing Facilities 135,743,050 (1,139,550) 134,603,500
11-2	Managed Care 132,790,263 5,079,543 137,869,806
11-3	Other 98,136,077 (796,882) 97,339,195
11-4	Special Education 11,006,270 3,593,730 14,600,000
11-5	Restricted Receipts Total 15,000 0 15,000
11-6	Total - Medical Benefits 891,927,894 23,389,835 915,317,729
11-7	Supplemental Security Income Program General Revenues 28,267,437 599,662 28,867,099
11-8	Family Independence Program
11-9	General Revenues
11-10	Child Care 53,609,428 (823,540) 52,785,888
11-11	TANF/Family Independence Program 17,999,851 (134,049) 17,865,802
11-12	Federal Funds 82,403,049 4,903,539 87,306,588
11-13	Total - Family Independence Program 154,012,328 3,945,950 157,958,278
11-14	State Funded Programs
11-15	General Revenues
11-16	General Public Assistance 2,074,263 8,013 2,082,276
11-17	Food Stamp Replacement for Legal Immigrants 1,619,226 72,486 1,691,712
11-18	Citizenship Participation Program 100,000 0 100,000
11-19	Weatherization One-Time Payment 1,579,000 83,500 1,662,500
11-20	Federal Funds 59,026,224 5,330,264 64,356,488
11-21	Total - State Funded Programs 64,398,713 5,494,263 69,892,976
11-22	Grand Total - Human Services 1,296,608,879 38,336,915 1,334,945,794
11-23	Mental Health, Retardation, and Hospitals
11-24	Central Management General Revenues 1,703,146 269,539 1,972,685
11-25	Hospital and Community System Support
11-26	Other Funds
11-27	RICAP - Utilities Upgrade 400,000 109,700 509,700
11-28	RICAP – Central Power Plant Rehabilitation 0 360,000 360,000
11-29	RICAP - Medical Center Rehabilitation 664,932 (414,931) 250,001
11-30	RICAP – Utility Systems - Water Tanks and Pipes 350,000 (238,675) 111,325
11-31	RICAP - Environmental Mandates 550,000 (550,000) 0
11-32	General Revenues 19,945,762 2,694,578 22,640,340
11-33	Total - Hospital and Community System Support 21,910,694 1,960,672 23,871,366
11-34	Services for the Developmentally Disabled
11-35	General Revenues
11-36	General Revenue 98,548,866 (1,696,912) 96,851,954
11-37	Pirovano Trust 0 260,990 260,990
11-38	Federal Funds Total 111,725,085 (1,407,756) 110,317,329
11-39	Total - Services for the Developmentally Disabled 210,273,951 (2,843,678) 207,430,273
11-40	Integrated Mental Health Services
11-41	General Revenues 30,347,627 361,127 30,708,754
11-42	Federal Funds 28,172,341 401,731 28,574,072
12-1	Total - Integrated Mental Health Services 58,519,968 762,858 59,282,826
12-2	Hospital and Community Rehabilitation Services
12-3	Other Funds RICAP - Zambarano Buildings and Utilities 404,942 (304,942) 100,000
12-4	General Revenues 50,523,558 1,158,695 51,682,253
12-5	Federal Funds 52,382,371 951,611 53,333,982
12-6	Total - Hospital and Community Rehab. Services 103,310,871 1,805,364 105,116,235
12-7	Substance Abuse
12-8	Other Funds RICAP - Asset Protection 100,000 13,000 113,000
12-9	General Revenue
12-10	General Revenue 14,829,699 464,231 15,293,930
12-11	Providence Community Action 213,000 (213,000) 0
12-12	Federal Funds 9,942,976 572,340 10,515,316
12-13	Restricted Receipts 55,000 10,000 65,000
12-14	Total - Substance Abuse 25,140,675 846,571 25,987,246
12-15	Grand Total - Mental Health, Retardation, and Hospitals 420,859,305 2,801,326 423,660,631
12-16	Office of the Child Advocate
12-17	General Revenues 523,165 (700) 522,465
12-18	Federal Funds 342,703 16,487 359,190
12-19	Grand Total – Child Advocate 865,868 15,787 881,655
12-20	Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing General Revenues 257,890 (61,440) 196,450
12-21	RI Developmental Disabilities Council Federal Funds 408,984 11,493 420,477
12-22	Governor's Commission on Disabilities
12-23	General Revenues 305,032 (1,188) 303,844
12-24	Federal Funds 28,181 (2,909) 25,272
12-25	Restricted Receipts 1,400 36,232 37,632
12-26	Grand Total - Governor's Commission on Disabilities 334,613 32,135 366,748
12-27	Commission for Human Rights
12-28	General Revenues 782,565 (47,603) 734,962
12-29	Federal Funds 426,177 (10,000) 416,177
12-30	Grand Total - Commission for Human Rights 1,208,742 (57,603) 1,151,139
12-31	Mental Health Advocate General Revenues 294,878 (11,847) 283,031
12-32	Elementary and Secondary Education
12-33	State Aid
12-34	General Revenue State Support Local School Operations 575,846,092 535,000 576,381,092
12-35	Federal Funds Total 0 2,536,209 2,536,209
12-36	Total - State Aid 575,846,092 3,071,209 578,917,301
12-37	School Housing Aid General Revenues 30,775,774 2,446,419 33,222,193
12-38	Teacher's Retirement General Revenues 37,243,558 (6,019,652) 31,223,906
12-39	RI School for the Deaf
12-40	Other Funds
12-41	RICAP - School for the Deaf - Physical Education Facility 268,250 (235,728) 32,522
13-1	General Revenues 5,681,452 (299,052) 5,382,400
13-2	Federal Funds 946,979 298,873 1,245,852
13-3	Restricted Receipts 0 1,418 1,418
13-4	Total - RI School for the Deaf 6,896,681 (234,489) 6,662,192
13-5	Central Falls School District General Revenues 33,265,963 0 33,265,963
13-6	Davies Career and Technical School
13-7	Other Funds RICAP – Davies Roof Repair 450,000 (450,000) 0
13-8	General Revenues 10,611,621 (283,544) 10,328,077
13-9	Federal Funds 797,359 232,512 1,029,871
13-10	Restricted Receipts 25,000 169,836 194,836
13-11	Total - Davies Career and Technical School 11,883,980 (331,196) 11,552,784
13-12	Metropolitan Career and Technical School General Revenues 2,155,00 0 2,155,000
13-13	Program Operations
13-14	Other Funds
13-15	RICAP – East Providence Vocational HVAC 140,980 (131,380) 9,600
13-16	RICAP – Hanley – HVAC 125,000 91,617 216,617
13-17	RICAP – Woonsocket Vocational HVAC 0 10,160 10,160
13-18	RICAP – State-Owned Schools – Fire Alarm Systems 100,000 (22,454) 77,546
13-19	RICAP – Hazardous Material Storage/Dust 218,453 (12,440) 206,013
13-20	General Revenues 15,388,274 (225,611) 15,162,663
13-21	Federal Funds 111,816,758 17,125,741 128,942,499
13-22	Restricted Receipts 664,194 381,703 1,045,897
13-23	Total - Program Operations 128,453,659 17,217,336 145,670,995
13-24	Grand Total - Elementary and Secondary Education 826,520,707 16,149,627 842,670,334
13-25	Board of Governors
13-26	General Revenues 174,893,876 (420,278) 174,473,598
13-27	Federal Funds 2,040,118 280,646 2,320,764
13-28	Other Funds
13-29	University and College Funds 336,272,035 5,376,635 341,648,670
13-30	RICAP - Asset Protection/Roofs 4,336,922 407,551 4,744,473
13-31	RICAP – Chafee Hall PCB Abatement 2,500,000 1,300,000 3,800,000
13-32	RICAP - Athletic Complex 8,500,000 6,283,910 14,783,910
13-33	RICAP - Knight Megastructure 380,000 (33,149) 346,851
13-34	RICAP - Ballentine Hall 853,078 500,000 1,353,078
13-35	RICAP – Alger Hall 1,164,558 (1,144,558) 20,000
13-36	RICAP - DCYF Facilities 1,119,853 70,000 1,189,853
13-37	RICAP – Green Hall 1,200,000 0 1,200,000
13-38	RICAP - Plains Road Property 10,000 10,000 20,000
13-39	Grand Total - Board of Governors 533,270,440 12,630,757 545,901,197
13-40	RI State Council on the Arts
13-41	General Revenue
13-42	Operating Support 358,671 5,603 364,274
14-1	Grants 1,925,000 (6,874) 1,918,126
14-2	Federal Funds 553,795 42,846 596,641
14-3	Restricted Receipts 250,000 5,340 255,340
14-4	Grand Total - RI State Council on the Arts 3,087,466 46,915 3,134,381
14-5	RI Atomic Energy Commission
14-6	Other Funds
14-7	URI Sponsored Research 130,064 (327) 129,737
14-8	RICAP – Paint Interior Reactor Building Walls 50,000 (50,000) 0
14-9	RICAP - Roof Replacement – North Bunker 21,400 0 21,400
14-10	General Revenues 649,456 (4,461) 644,995
14-11	Federal Funds 753,000 (50,000) 703,000
14-12	Grand Total - RI Atomic Energy Commission 1,603,920 (104,788) 1,499,132
14-13	RI Higher Education Assistance Authority
14-14	General Revenue
14-15	Needs Based Grants and Work Opportunities 6,397,372 (500,000) 5,897,372
14-16	Notwithstanding the provisions of section 35-3-15 of the general laws in
14-17	chapter 35-3 entitled “State Budget,” all unexpended, encumbered and
14-18	unencumbered balances of revenue appropriations for “Need Based
14-19	Grants and Work Opportunities – RIGL 16-56-6 and 16-56-8” contained
14-20	in section 1 of this article within the Higher Education Assistance
14-21	Authority, whether regular or special appropriations, at the end of fiscal
14-22	years 2001 and 2002 shall be reappropriated in the ensuing fiscal year
14-23	and made immediately available for the same purposes as the former
14-24	applications.
14-25	Authority Operations and Other Grants 1,039,005 (2,295) 1,036,710
14-26	Federal Fund Total 6,848,965 115,385 6,964,350
14-27	Other Funds Tuition Savings Program - Administration 229,406 1,167,303 1,396,709
14-28	Grand Total - Higher Education Assistance Authority 14,514,748 780,393 15,295,141
14-29	RI Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission
14-30	General Revenues 751,369 32,690 784,059
14-31	Federal Funds 540,500 (5,966) 534,534
14-32	Restricted Receipts 331,690 (4,186) 327,504
14-33	Grand Total - Historical Preservation Comm. 1,623,559 22,538 1,646,097
14-34	RI Public Telecommunications Authority
14-35	Other Funds
14-36	Corporation for Public Broadcasting 571,755 (4,632) 567,123
14-37	RICAP – Fed. Mandated Digital Television Conversion 936,568 (816,568) 120,000
14-38	General Revenues 1,358,004 (90,566) 1,267,438
14-39	Federal Funds 350,000 0 350,000
14-40	Grand Total – R.I. Public Telecommunications Authority 3,216,327 (911,766) 2,304,561
15-1	Attorney General
15-2	Criminal
15-3	General Revenues 9,255,236 247,798 9,503,034
15-4	Federal Funds 1,191,290 75,387 1,266,677
15-5	Restricted Receipts 178,692 (15,954) 162,738
15-6	Total - Criminal 10,625,218 307,231 10,932,449
15-7	Civil
15-8	General Revenues 3,484,235 (126,561) 3,357,674
15-9	Federal Funds 74,616 (6,614) 68,002
15-10	Restricted Receipts 408,802 8,561 417,363
15-11	Total - Civil 3,967,653 (124,614) 3,843,039
15-12	Bureau of Criminal Identification
15-13	General Revenues 605,696 17,598 623,294
15-14	Federal Funds 0 224,500 224,500
15-15	Total - Bureau of Criminal Identification 605,696 242,098 847,794
15-16	General General Revenues 1,470,433 52,416 1,522,849
15-17	Grand Total - Attorney General 16,669,000 477,131 17,146,131
15-18	Corrections
15-19	Central Management
15-20	General Revenues 9,509,765 (274,033) 9,235,732
15-21	Federal Funds 0 187,789 187,789
15-22	Total - Central Management 9,509,765 (86,244) 9,423,521
15-23	Parole Board
15-24	General Revenues 852,501 37,241 889,742
15-25	Federal Funds 8,000 (8,000) 0
15-26	Total - Parole Board 860,501 29,241 889,742
15-27	Institutional Corrections
15-28	Other Funds
15-29	RICAP - Fire Code Safety Improvements 1,000,000 374,017 1,374,017
15-30	RICAP - Security Camera Installation 417,000 356,000 773,000
15-31	RICAP - Window Replacement – Women’s 350,000 316,232 666,232
15-32	RICAP – General Renovations – Maximum 450,000 (122,927) 327,073
15-33	RICAP – Roof/Masonry Renovations – Women’s 105,000 25,000 130,000
15-34	RICAP – High Security Fire Alarm HVAC 172,000 (92,993) 79,007
15-35	RICAP - Aquidneck & Prudence Cellblock Roofs 220,000 520,880 740,880
15-36	RICAP – HVAC Renovations – Maximum 0 19,436 19,436
15-37	RICAP – Dix Expansion – Phase II 0 35,000 35,000
15-38	RICAP – Dix Expansion – State Match 0 43,178 43,178
15-39	RICAP – Reintegration Center State Match 0 171,271 171,271
15-40	RICAP – Perimeter/Security Upgrades 1,765,000 (1,077,907) 687,093
15-41	General Revenues 110,826,798 (1,305,943) 109,520,855
15-42	Federal Funds 6,337,462 1,011,800 7,349,262
16-1	Restricted Receipts 3,877,475 1,489,812 5,367,287
16-2	Total - Institutional Corrections 125,520,735 1,762,856 127,283,591
16-3	Community Corrections
16-4	General Revenues 10,298,473 (33,006) 10,265,467
16-5	Federal Funds 338,952 (37,413) 301,539
16-6	Total - Community Corrections 10,637,425 (70,419) 10,567,006
16-7	Grand Total - Corrections 146,528,426 1,635,434 148,163,860
16-8	Judiciary
16-9	Supreme Court
16-10	Other Funds
16-11	RICAP - Garrahy Judicial Complex Renovation 1,976,106 1,184,089 3,160,195
16-12	RICAP – Garrahy Complex Roof Repair 0 322,630 322,630
16-13	RICAP – Licht Exterior/Interior Refurbishment 0 129,739 129,739
16-14	RICAP – Fogarty Judicial Annex 95,000 (60,000) 35,000
16-15	General Revenues
16-16	General Revenues 17,665,503 1,291,432 18,956,935
16-17	Defense of Indigents 1,550,000 0 1,550,000
16-18	Federal Funds 150,000 29,680 179,680
16-19	Restricted Receipts 762,689 128,170 890,859
16-20	Total - Supreme Court 22,199,298 3,025,740 25,225,038
16-21	Superior Court
16-22	General Revenues 14,673,241 406,826 15,080,067
16-23	Federal Funds 0 119,850 119,850
16-24	Total - Superior Court 14,673,241 526,676 15,199,917
16-25	Family Court
16-26	General Revenues 10,817,657 65,772 10,883,429
16-27	Federal Funds 1,678,810 720,738 2,399,548
16-28	Restricted Receipts 233,931 14,036 247,967
16-29	Total - Family Court 12,730,398 800,546 13,530,944
16-30	District Court
16-31	General Revenues 6,865,889 (70,220) 6,795,669
16-32	Federal Funds 250,000 (77,599) 172,401
16-33	Restricted Receipts 70,288 68,624 138,912
16-34	Total - District Court 7,186,177 (79,195) 7,106,982
16-35	Traffic Tribunal General Revenues 5,494,788 (18,718) 5,476,070
16-36	Workers' Compensation Court Restricted Receipts Total 4,792,852 354,940 5,147,792
16-37	Justice Link Program General Revenues 1,582,340 895,609 2,477,949
16-38
16-39	Notwithstanding the provisions of section 35-3-15 of the general laws in
16-40	chapter 35-3 entitled “State Budget,” all unexpended, encumbered and
16-41	unencumbered general revenue and federal fund appropriations for the
17-1	Justice Link program in the Judicial Department at the end of fiscal year
17-2	2002 shall be reappropriated in the ensuing fiscal year and made
17-3	immediately available for the same purposes as the former applications.
17-4	Grand Total - Judiciary 68,659,094 5,505,598 74,164,692
17-5	Military Staff
17-6	National Guard
17-7	Other Funds Rails to Trails 291,636 (291,636) 0
17-8	RICAP - Bristol Armory Rehabilitation 200,000 (9,854) 190,146
17-9	RICAP – Benefit St. Arsenal Rehabilitation 71,000 (49,000) 22,000
17-10	RICAP - Schofield Armory Rehabilitation 110,000 (90,000) 20,000
17-11	RICAP - US Property & Finance Office – HVAC 50,000 (45,000) 5,000
17-12	RICAP – Warren Armory 100,000 54,000 154,000
17-13	RICAP – Vehicle Exhaust Vent System 50,000 0 50,000
17-14	General Revenue
17-15	General Revenues 1,734,212 320,035 2,054,247
17-16	RI e-Gov Fund – Distributed Technology Training 100,000 (50,000) 50,000
17-17	Federal Funds 6,298,630 755,156 7,053,786
17-18	Total - National Guard 9,005,478 593,701 9,599,179
17-19	Emergency Management
17-20	General Revenues 398,887 76,197 475,084
17-21	Federal Funds 2,944,891 (49,212) 2,895,679
17-22	Restricted Receipts 111,432 (728) 110,704
17-23	Total - Emergency Management 3,455,210 26,257 3,481,467
17-24	Grand Total - Military Staff 12,460,688 619,958 13,080,646
17-25	E-911 Emergency Telephone System
17-26	General Revenue
17-27	General Revenues 3,135,519 182,955 3,318,474
17-28	RI e-Gov Fund – GIS Database Development 500,000 0 500,000
17-29	Grand Total - E-911 Emergency Telephone System 3,635,519 182,955 3,818,474
17-30	Fire Safety Code Board of Appeal and Review General Revenues 210,116 (3,103) 207,013
17-31	State Fire Marshal
17-32
17-33	General Revenues 1,309,125 20,490 1,329,615
17-34	Federal Funds 55,140 125,849 180,989
17-35	Grand Total - State Fire Marshal 1,364,265 146,339 1,510,604
17-36	Commission on Judicial Tenure and Discipline General Revenues 99,523 9,691 109,214
17-37	Rhode Island Justice Commission
17-38	General Revenues 177,710 (458) 177,252
17-39	Federal Funds 4,790,102 474,150 5,264,252
17-40	Restricted Receipts 0 90,000 90,000
17-41	Grand Total - Rhode Island Justice Commission 4,967,812 563,692 5,531,504
18-1	Municipal Police Training Academy
18-2	General Revenues 322,148 48,683 370,831
18-3	Federal Funds 50,000 16,415 66,415
18-4	Grand Total - Municipal Police Training Academy 372,148 65,098 437,246
18-5	State Police
18-6	Other Funds
18-7	RICAP – Barracks and Training Headquarters 100,000 (100,000) 0
18-8	RICAP – Headquarters Repairs/Renovations 325,000 109,768 434,768
18-9	RICAP – Parking Area Improvements 70,910 (70,910) 0
18-10	Traffic Enforcement - Municipal Training 120,739 105,419 226,158
18-11	Lottery Commission Assistance 105,057 805 105,862
18-12	Road Construction Reimbursement 2,320,428 (30,000) 2,290,428
18-13	General Revenues 37,110,992 847,503 37,958,495
18-14	Federal Funds 700,059 2,401,837 3,101,896
18-15	Restricted Receipts 217,797 64,195 281,992
18-16	Grand Total - State Police 41,070,982 3,328,617 44,399,599
18-17	Office of Public Defender
18-18	General Revenues 5,585,208 (17,499) 5,567,709
18-19	Federal Funds 313,406 189,263 502,669
18-20	Grand Total - Office of Public Defender 5,898,614 171,764 6,070,378
18-21	Environmental Management
18-22	Policy and Administration
18-23	Other Funds
18-24	DOT Recreational Projects 25,637 0 25,637
18-25	Blackstone Bikepath Design 1,297,791 0 1,297,791
18-26	RICAP - Dam Repair 700,000 138,665 838,665
18-27	General Revenues 7,540,431 690,889 8,231,320
18-28	Federal Funds 1,997,745 474,560 2,472,305
18-29	Restricted Receipts 6,707,640 (397,258) 6,310,382
18-30	Total - Policy and Administration 18,269,244 906,856 19,176,100
18-31	Natural Resources
18-32	Other Funds
18-33	RICAP – Westerly Boat Ramp 87,000 0 87,000
18-34	RICAP – Fort Adams Rehabilitation 350,000 0 350,000
18-35	RICAP – Recreational Facilities Improvement 515,820 (440,820) 75,000
18-36	RICAP - Fish and Wildlife Office/Laboratory 731,000 98,365 829,365
18-37	RICAP – Wickford Marine Facility 50,000 (50,000) 0
18-38	RICAP - Galilee Piers 908,854 (580,853) 328,001
18-39	RICAP - Newport Piers 1,800,000 (393,310) 1,406,690
18-40	RICAP – Boyd’s Marsh Habitat Restoration 70,000 0 70,000
18-41	General Revenues 14,495,408 (43,623) 14,451,785
18-42	Federal Funds 12,828,616 322,700 13,151,316
19-1	Restricted Receipts 3,010,835 (31,887) 2,978,948
19-2	Total - Natural Resources 34,847,533 (1,119,428) 33,728,105
19-3	Environmental Protection
19-4	Other Funds Aquafund 55,358 1,363 56,721
19-5	General Revenues 9,149,675 (232,879) 8,916,796
19-6	Federal Funds 7,306,634 175,701 7,482,335
19-7	Restricted Receipts 2,025,591 269,427 2,295,018
19-8	Total - Environmental Protection 18,537,258 213,612 18,750,870
19-9	Grand Total - Environmental Management 71,654,035 1,040 71,655,075
19-10	Coastal Resources Management Council
19-11	Other Funds
19-12	RICAP - South Coast Restoration Project 145,000 (145,000) 0
19-13	RICAP - Habitat Restoration – Allin’s Cove 172,000 (172,000) 0
19-14	General Revenues 1,437,745 (45,940) 1,391,805
19-15	Federal Funds 1,055,630 544,542 1,600,172
19-16	Grand Total - Coastal Resources Management Council 2,810,375 181,602 2,991,977
19-17	State Water Resources Board
19-18	Other Funds
19-19	RICAP - Big River Mgt. Area 80,000 (3,595) 76,405
19-20	RICAP – Groundwater Protection/Acquisition 43,733 2,933 46,666
19-21	RICAP – Water Allocation Plan 400,000 (129,926) 270,074
19-22	RICAP – Supplemental Water Supplies Development 300,000 (243,238) 56,762
19-23	General Revenues 1,021,631 71,754 1,093,385
19-24	Restricted Receipts 0 133,146 133,146
19-25	Grand Total - State Water Resources Board 1,845,364 (168,926) 1,676,438
19-26	Transportation
19-27	Central Management
19-28	Other Funds Gasoline Tax 3,103,029 (183,657) 2,919,372
19-29	Federal Funds 4,309,942 (6,059) 4,303,883
19-30	Total - Central Management 7,412,971 (189,716) 7,223,255
19-31	Management and Budget Other Funds Gasoline Tax 1,955,027 (150,665) 1,804,362
19-32	Infrastructure Maintenance Other Funds Gasoline Tax 36,155,559 (868,990) 35,286,569
19-33	Infrastructure - Engineering
19-34	Other Funds Gasoline Tax 41,654,484 (1,472,487) 40,181,997
19-35	RICAP – RIPTA Land and Buildings 360,000 0 360,000
19-36	Land Sale Revenue 8,000,000 0 8,000,000
19-37	State Infrastructure Bank 1,000,000 0 1,000,000
19-38	Federal Funds 227,972,848 (7,102,327) 220,870,521
19-39	Restricted Receipts 61,285,260 (36,279,260) 25,006,000
19-40	Total - Infrastructure - Engineering 340,272,592 (44,854,074) 295,418,518
19-41	Grand Total - Transportation 385,796,149 (46,063,445) 339,732,704
20-1	Statewide Totals
20-2	General Revenue Total 2,650,768,180 5,027,186 2,655,795,366
20-3	Federal Funds Total 1,531,710,544 61,119,009 1,592,829,553
20-4	Restricted Receipt Funds Total 143,513,384 (29,754,378) 113,759,006
20-5	Other Funds Total 858,855,081 96,184,975 955,040,056
20-6	Statewide Grand Total 5,184,847,189 132,576,792 5,317,423,981
20-7	SECTION 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 35-3-15 of Chapter 35 of the
20-8	Rhode Island General Laws, all unexpended and unencumbered balances as of June 30, 2002
20-9	relating to the Pirovano Trust in the Department of Mental Health, Retardation are hereby
20-10	reappropriated to fiscal year 2003.
20-11	SECTION 3. Section 14 of Article 1 of Chapter 77 of the Public Laws of 2001
20-12	authorizes the reappropriation of any unexpended funds from the Rhode Island Capital Plan Fund
20-13	for the purposes for which they were originally appropriated. The following is a listing of those
20-14	projects for which reappropriated funds are not required in FY 2002. The amounts listed are
20-15	hereby withdrawn and the State Controller is authorized to return these funds to the Rhode Island
20-16	Capital Plan Fund.
20-17	FY 2002 Balance FY 2002 FY 2002
20-18	Enacted Forward Supplemental Revised
20-19	RICAP Project
20-20	Administration
20-21	House and Senate Chambers Renovation 0 209,763 (209,763) 0
20-22	Environmental Management
20-23	Allendale Dam 0 41,680 (41,680) 0
20-24	Elementary and Secondary Education
20-25	Chariho - Roof 0 1,286 (1,286) 0
20-26	Judicial
20-27	Kent County Courthouse 0 500 (500) 0
20-28	Murray Judicial Complex 0 481 (481) 0
20-29	SECTION 4. Departments and agencies listed below may not exceed the number of full-
20-30	time equivalent (FTE) positions shown below in any pay period. Full-time equivalent positions
20-31	do not include seasonal or intermittent positions whose scheduled period of employment does not
20-32	exceed twenty-six consecutive weeks or whose scheduled hours do not exceed nine hundred and
20-33	twenty-five (925) hours, excluding overtime, in a one-year period. Nor do they include
20-34	individuals engaged in training, the completion of which is a prerequisite of employment. Nor do
20-35	they include positions established under the Board of Governors for Higher Education which are
20-36	funded by third party funding through the following accounts: University of Rhode Island
20-37	Sponsored Contract Research; Rhode Island College Sponsored Research-Federal; Community
21-1	College of Rhode Island Sponsored Research-Federal; and Community College of Rhode Island
21-2	Sponsored Research-Private.
21-3	Provided, however, that the Governor, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the
21-4	Majority Leader of the Senate may authorize an adjustment to any limitation. Prior to the
21-5	authorization, the State Budget Officer shall make a detailed written recommendation to the
21-6	Governor, the Speaker of the House, and the Senate Majority Leader. A copy of the
21-7	recommendation and authorization to adjust shall be transmitted to the chairman of the House
21-8	Finance Committee, Senate Finance Committee, the House Fiscal Advisor and the Senate Fiscal
21-9	Advisor.
21-10	FTE POSITION AUTHORIZATION
21-11	Departments and Agencies Full-Time Equivalent
21-12	Administration 1,350.0
21-13	Business Regulation 111.0
21-14	Labor and Training 558.0
21-15	Legislature 280.0
21-16	Lieutenant Governor General 10.0
21-17	Secretary of State 59.2
21-18	General Treasurer 87.5
21-19	Boards for Design Professionals 4.0
21-20	Board of Elections 22.3
21-21	Rhode Island Ethics Commission 10.0
21-22	Office of the Governor 50.0
21-23	Public Utilities Commission 44.0
21-24	Rhode Island Commission on Women 2.0
21-25	Children, Youth, and Families 875.9 868.9
21-26	Elderly Affairs 60.6
21-27	Health 477.1
21-28	Human Services 1,139.9
21-29	Mental Health, Retardation, and Hospitals 2,138.0
21-30	Office of the Child Advocate 13.0
21-31	Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing 3.0
21-32	RI Developmental Disabilities Council 3.0
21-33	Governor's Commission on Disabilities 4.6
21-34	Commission for Human Rights 17.0
22-1	Office of the Mental Health Advocate 4.3
22-2	Elementary and Secondary Education 345.2
22-3	Higher Education ‑ Board of Governors 3,582.9 3,589.9
22-4	Rhode Island Council on the Arts 6.0
22-5	RI Atomic Energy Commission 8.6
22-6	Higher Education Assistance Authority 46.6
22-7	Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission 17.6
22-8	Public Telecommunications Authority 22.0
22-9	Attorney General 229.0
22-10	Corrections 1,550.6
22-11	Judicial 707.0
22-12	Military Staff 94.0
22-13	E-911 Emergency Telephone System 48.6
22-14	Fire Safety Code Bd. of Appeal and Review 3.0
22-15	RI State Fire Marshal 21.5
22-16	Commission on Judicial Tenure and Discipline 1.0
22-17	Rhode Island Justice Commission 9.0
22-18	Municipal Police Training Academy 4.0
22-19	State Police 267.0
22-20	Office of the Public Defender 79.5
22-21	Environmental Management 585.5
22-22	Coastal Resources Management Council 30.0
22-23	Water Resources Board 9.0
22-24	Transportation 864.3
22-25	Total 15,856.3
22-26	SECTION 5. This article shall take effect upon passage.
23-1	ARTICLE 2
23-2	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE AND TRAILER EXCISE TAX REDUCTION
23-3	ACT OF 1998
23-4	SECTION 1. Sections 44-34.1-1 AND 44-34.1-2 of the General Laws in Chapter
23-5	33-34.1 entitled “Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Tax Elimination Reduction Act of
23-6	1998” are hereby amended to read as follows:
23-7	44-34.1-1 Excise tax phase out. Excise tax reduction. -- (a) Notwithstanding the
23-8	provisions of chapter 34 of this title or any other provisions to the contrary, the motor vehicle and
23-9	trailer excise tax established by § 44-34-1 shall be phased out by reduced through the fiscal year
23-10	2007 2003. The phase out reduction applies to all motor vehicles and trailers, including leased
23-11	vehicles.
23-12	(2) Lessors of vehicles that pay excise taxes directly to municipalities shall provide
23-13	lessees, at the time of entering into the lease agreement, an estimate of annual excise taxes
23-14	payable throughout the term of the lease. In the event the actual excise tax is less than the
23-15	estimated excise tax, the lessor shall rebate annually to the lessee the difference between the
23-16	actual excise tax and the estimated excise tax.
23-17	(b) Pursuant to the provisions of this section, all motor vehicles are assessed a value by
23-18	the vehicle value commission. That value is assessed according to the provisions of § 44-34-
23-19	11(c)(1) and in accordance with the terms as defined in subsection (d) of this section, provided,
23-20	however, that the maximum taxable value percentage applicable to model year values as of
23-21	December 31, 1997, continue to be applicable in future year valuations aged by one year in each
23-22	succeeding year.
23-23	(c) The motor vehicle excise tax phase out reduction commences with the excise tax bills
23-24	mailed to taxpayers for the fiscal year 2000. The tax assessors of the various cities and towns and
23-25	fire districts shall reduce the average retail value of each vehicle assessed by using the prorated
23-26	exemptions from the following table:
23-27	Local Fiscal Year Exempt from value Local Exemption State fiscal year
23-28	Reimbursement
23-30	fiscal year 1999 0 $1,500
23-31	fiscal year 2000 $1,500 $2,500
23-32	fiscal year 2001 $2,500 $3,500
23-33	fiscal year 2002 $3,500 $4,500
23-34	fiscal year 2003 $5,000 $3,500 $3,500
23-35	fiscal year 2004 $6,900
24-1	fiscal year 2005 $9,400
24-2	fiscal year 2006 $13,000
24-3	fiscal year 2007 All vehicles
24-4	(2) The excise tax phase out reduction provides increased levels of assessed value
24-5	reductions. until the tax is eliminated.
24-6	(3) Current exemptions remain in effect throughout the phase out reduction period.
24-7	(4) The excise tax rates and ratios of assessment shall not be greater than fiscal year 1998
24-8	levels for each city, town, and fire district, provided, however, in the town of Johnston the excise
24-9	tax rate and ratios of assessment shall not be greater than fiscal year 1999 levels and in no event
24-10	shall the final taxable value of a vehicle be higher than assessed in the prior fiscal year, and the
24-11	levy of a city, town, or fire district shall be limited to the lesser of the maximum taxable value or
24-12	net assessed value for purposes of collecting the tax in any given year.
24-13	(d) Definitions.
24-14	(1) "Maximum taxable value" means the value of vehicles as prescribed by § 44-34-11
24-15	reduced by the percentage of assessed value applicable to model year values as determined by the
24-16	Rhode Island vehicle value commission as of December 31, 1997, for the vehicles valued by the
24-17	commission as of December 31, 1997. For all vehicle value types not valued by the Rhode Island
24-18	vehicle value commission as of December 31, 1997, the maximum taxable value shall be the
24-19	latest value determined by a local assessor from an appropriate pricing guide, multiplied by the
24-20	ratio of assessment used by that city, town, or fire district for a particular model year as of
24-21	December 31, 1997.
24-22	(2) "Net assessed value" means the motor vehicle values as determined in accordance
24-23	with § 44-34-11 less all personal exemptions allowed by cities, towns, fire districts, and the state
24-24	of Rhode Island exemption value as provided for in § 44-34.1-1(c)(1).
24-25	44-34.1-2. City and town and fire district reimbursement. -- (a) During the vehicle
24-26	excise tax phase out reduction in fiscal years 2000 through 2007 2003, cities and towns and fire
24-27	districts shall receive advance reimbursements from state general revenues equal to the amount of
24-28	lost tax revenue due to the phase out reduction of the excise tax. Cities and towns and fire
24-29	districts shall receive advance reimbursements through state fiscal year 2002. Upon elimination
24-30	of the tax and beginning in fiscal year 2007, cities and towns and fire districts shall receive a
24-31	permanent distribution of sales tax revenue pursuant to section 44-18-18 in an amount equal to
24-32	any lost revenue resulting from the excise tax elimination. Lost revenues must be determined
24-33	using a base tax rate fixed at fiscal year 1998 levels for each city, town, and fire district except
24-34	that the Town of Johnston's base tax rate must be fixed at a fiscal year 1999 level.
25-1	(b) (1) The director of administration shall determine the amount of general revenues to
25-2	be distributed to each city and town and fire district for the fiscal years 1999 through 2006 2003
25-3	so that every city and town and fire district is held harmless from tax loss resulting from this
25-4	chapter, assuming that tax rates are indexed to inflation.
25-5	(2) The director of administration shall index the tax rates for inflation by applying the
25-6	annual change in the December consumer price index -- all urban consumers (CPI-U), published
25-7	by the bureau of labor statistics of the United States department of labor, to the indexed tax rate
25-8	used for the prior fiscal year calculation. The director shall apply the following principles in
25-9	determining reimbursements:
25-10	(i) Exemptions granted by cities and towns and fire districts in the fiscal year 1998 must
25-11	be applied to assessed values prior to applying the exemptions in section 44-34.1-1(c)(1). Cities
25-12	and towns and fire districts will not be reimbursed for these exemptions.
25-13	(ii) City, town, and fire districts shall be reimbursed by the state for revenue losses
25-14	attributable to the exemptions provided for in section 44-34.1-1 and the inflation indexing of tax
25-15	rates; provided, however, that reimbursement for revenue losses shall be calculated based upon
25-16	the difference between the maximum taxable value less personal exemptions and the net assessed
25-17	value.
25-18	(iii) Inflation reimbursements shall be the difference between:
25-19	(A) The levy calculated at the tax rate used by each city and town and fire district for
25-20	fiscal year 1998 after adjustments for personal exemptions but prior to adjustments for
25-21	exemptions contained in section 44-34.1-1(c)(1); provided, however, that for the Town of
25-22	Johnston the tax rate used for fiscal year 1999 must be used for the calculation; and
25-23	(B) The levy calculated by applying the appropriate cumulative inflation adjustment to
25-24	the tax rate used by each city and town and fire district for fiscal year 1998; provided, however,
25-25	that for the Town of Johnston the tax rate used for fiscal year 1999 shall be used for the
25-26	calculation after adjustments for personal exemptions but prior to adjustments for exemptions
25-27	contained in section 44-34.1-1.
25-28	(c) (1) Funds shall be distributed to the cities and towns and fire districts as follows:
25-29	(i) On October 20, 1998, and each October 20 thereafter through October 20, 2005 2001,
25-30	twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount calculated by the director of administration to be the
25-31	difference for the upcoming fiscal year.
25-32	(ii) On February 20, 1999, and each February 20 thereafter through February 20, 2006
25-33	2002, twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount calculated by the director of administration to be
25-34	the difference for the upcoming fiscal year.
26-1	(iii) On June 20, 1999, and each June 20 thereafter through June 20, 2006 2002, fifty
26-2	percent (50%) of the amount calculated by the director of administration to be the difference for
26-3	the upcoming fiscal year.
26-4	(iv) On August 1, 2002, twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount calculated by the
26-5	director of administration to be the difference for the current fiscal year.
26-6	(v) On November 1, 2002, twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount calculated by the
26-7	director of administration to be the difference for the current fiscal year.
26-8	(vi) On February 1, 2003, twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount calculated by the
26-9	director of administration to be the difference for the current fiscal year.
26-10	(vii) On May 1, 2003, twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount calculated by the director
26-11	of administration to be the difference for the current fiscal year.
26-12	Provided, however, the February and May payments shall be subject to submission of
26-13	final certified and reconciled motor vehicle levy information.
26-14	(2) Each city, town, or fire district shall submit final certified and reconciled motor
26-15	vehicle levy information by August 30 of each year. Any adjustment to the estimated amounts
26-16	paid in the previous fiscal year shall be included or deducted from the payment due October 20
26-17	November 1.
26-18	(3) On any of the payment dates specified in paragraphs (c)(1)(i) through (iii) (vii), the
26-19	director is authorized to deduct previously made over-payments or add supplemental payments as
26-20	may be required to bring the reimbursements into full compliance with the requirements of this
26-21	chapter.
26-22	(4) For the city of East Providence, the payment schedule is twenty-five percent (25%)
26-23	on February 20, twenty-five percent (25%) on June 20, which includes final reconciliation of the
26-24	previous year's payment, and fifty percent (50%) on October 20. In state fiscal year 2003, the
26-25	payment schedule is twenty-five percent (25%) on November 1, twenty-five percent (25%) on
26-26	February 1, twenty-five percent (25%) on May 1, which includes final reconciliation of the
26-27	previous year’s payment, and twenty-five percent (25%) on August 1.
26-28	Provided, however, the May and August payments shall be subject to submission of final
26-29	certified and reconciled motor vehicle levy information.
26-30	(5) Funds distributed to the cities, towns, and fire districts for fiscal year 2007 shall be
26-31	calculated as the funds distributed in fiscal year 2006 adjusted by the change in the consumer
26-32	price index -- all urban consumers (CPI-U) published by the bureau of labor statistics of the
26-33	United States department of labor from June 2005 to June 2006, Twenty-five percent (25%) of
26-34	the amounts calculated shall be distributed to the cities and towns and fire districts on October 20,
27-1	2006, twenty-five percent (25%) on February 20, 2007 and fifty percent (50%) on June 20, 2007
27-2	The funds shall be distributed to each city and town and fire district in the same proportion as
27-3	distributed in fiscal year 2006 .
27-4	(6) Prior to October 20, 2007, the director of administration shall calculate to the nearest
27-5	tenth of one cent (0.1/c) the number of cents of sales tax received for the fiscal year ending June
27-6	30, 2006, equal to the amount of funds distributed to the cities, towns, and fire districts under this
27-7	chapter during fiscal year 2007, and the percent of the total funds distributed in fiscal year 2007,
27-8	received by each city, town, and fire district, calculated to the nearest one-hundredth of one
27-9	percent (0.01%). The director of administration shall transmit those calculations to the governor,
27-10	the speaker of the house, the president of the senate, the chairperson of the house finance
27-11	committee, the chairperson of the senate finance committee, the house fiscal advisor, and the
27-12	senate fiscal advisor. The number of cents, applied to the sales taxes received for the prior fiscal
27-13	year, shall be the basis for determining the amount of sales tax to be distributed to the cities and
27-14	towns and fire districts under this chapter for fiscal year 2008, and each year thereafter. The
27-15	cities and towns and fire districts shall receive that amount of sales tax in the proportions
27-16	calculated by the director of administration as that received in fiscal year 2007.
27-17	(7) Twenty-five percent (25%) of the funds shall be distributed to the cities, towns, and
27-18	fire districts on October 20, 2007, and every October 20 thereafter; twenty-five percent (25%)
27-19	shall be distributed on February 20, 2008, and every February 20 thereafter; and fifty percent
27-20	(50 shall be distributed on June 20, 2008, and every June 20 thereafter.
27-21	(8) For the city of East Providence, twenty-five percent (25%) shall be distributed on
27-22	February 20, 2007 and every February 20 thereafter, twenty-five percent (25%) shall be
27-23	distributed on June 20, 2007 and every June 20 thereafter, and fifty percent (50%) of the funds
27-24	shall be distributed on October 20, 2007 and every October 20 thereafter.
27-25	(9) As provided for in section 44-34-6, the authority of fire districts to tax motor vehicles
27-26	is eliminated effective with the year 2000 tax roll and the state reimbursement for fire districts
27-27	shall be based on the provisions of section 44-34-6. All references to fire districts in this chapter
27-28	do not apply to the year 2001 tax roll and thereafter.
27-29	SECTION 2. This article shall take effect upon passage.
28-1	ARTICLE 3
28-2	RELATING TO LICENSING OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
28-3	SECTION 1. Section 23-17-38 of the General Laws in Chapter 23-17 entitled
28-4	“Licensing of Health Care Facilities” is hereby amended to read as follows:
28-5	23-17-38 Establishment of fees. – The director shall establish fees for licensure
28-6	application, licensure renewal, inspection, and administrative actions under this chapter. Annual
28-7	inspection fees for hospitals and rehabilitation hospital centers shall be three thousand dollars
28-8	($3,000) thirteen thousand dollars ($13,000) per facility plus an additional fee of fifteen dollars
28-9	($15.00) ninety dollars ($90.00) per bed. Annual licensure fees for health maintenance
28-10	organizations and for profit end stage renal dialysis facilities shall be three thousand dollars
28-11	($3,000) per facility. Annual licensure fees for home nursing care providers and home care
28-12	providers shall be five hundred dollars ($500) per facility. Annual licensure fees for organized
28-13	ambulatory care facilities shall be five hundred dollars ($500), provided that not-for-profit entities
28-14	operating more than one ambulatory care facility shall be subject to a single annual licensure fee
28-15	for all such licenses; provided, further, that non-profit charitable community health centers,
28-16	school based health centers and nonprofit hospice programs with a current home nursing care
28-17	provider license shall be exempt from the fee. All annual licensure fees not otherwise designated
28-18	shall be established in regulation and shall be collected and deposited as general revenues of the
28-19	state.
28-20	SECTION 2. Section 23-17.4-31 of Chapter 23-17.4 of the Rhode Island General
28-21	Laws entitled “Residential Care and Assisted Living Facility Licensing Act” is hereby
28-22	amended to read as follows:
28-23	23-17.4-31 Establishment of fees. – The director may establish reasonable fees for the
28-24	licensure application, licensure renewal, and administrative actions under this chapter. Annual
28-25	licensure fees shall be two hundred and fifty dollars ($250) per licensee plus an additional fee of
28-26	twenty-two dollars and fifty cents ($22.50) fifty dollars ($50.00) per licensed bed, where
28-27	applicable. All of these fees shall be collected and deposited in a restricted receipt account that
28-28	shall be used for the general purposes of the division of facilities regulation within the department
28-29	of health.
28-30	SECTION 3. This article shall take effect on July 1, 2002.
29-1	ARTICLE 4
29-2	RELATING TO CERTIFICATION OF HEALTH PLANS
29-3	SECTION 1. Section 23-17.13-3 of the General Laws in Chapter 23-17.13 entitled
29-4	"Health Care Accessibility and Quality Assurance Act" is hereby amended to read as follows:
29-5	23-17.13-3. Certification of health plans -- (A) Certification process:
29-6	(1) Certification. - (a) The director shall establish a process for certification of health
29-7	plans meeting the requirements of certification subsection (B).
29-8	(b) The director shall act upon the health plan's completed application for certification
29-9	within ninety (90) days of receipt of such application for certification.
29-10	(2) Review and recertification.. - To ensure compliance with subsection (B), the director
29-11	shall establish procedures for the periodic review and recertification of qualified health plans; not
29-12	less than every five (5) years, provided, however, that the director may review the certification of
29-13	a qualified health plan at any time if there exists evidence that a qualified health plan may be in
29-14	violation of subsection (B).
29-15	(3) Cost of certification. and consumer disclosure. - The total cost of obtaining and
29-16	maintaining certification under this title and compliance with the requirements of and consumer
29-17	disclosure responsibilities, including, but not limited to, responsibilities set forth in section 27-
29-18	17.13-3 and the applicable rules and regulations, are borne by the entities so certified and shall be
29-19	one hundred and fifty percent (150%) of the total salaries paid to the certifying and consumer
29-20	disclosure personnel of the department engaged in those certifications and consumer disclosures
29-21	less any salary reimbursements and shall be paid to the director to and for the use of the
29-22	department. That assessment shall be in addition to any taxes and fees otherwise payable to the
29-23	state.
29-24	(4) To help ensure a patient's ability to make informed decisions regarding their health
29-25	care, the director shall promulgate regulation(s) to provide for standardized definitions (unless
29-26	defined in existing statute) of the following, provided, however, that no definition shall be
29-27	construed to require a health care entity to add any benefit, to increase the scope of any benefit, or
29-28	to increase any benefit under any contract:
29-29	(a) Allowable charge;
29-30	(b) Capitation;
29-31	(c) Co-payments;
29-32	(d) Co-insurance;
29-33	(e) Credentialing;
29-34	(f) Formulary;
30-1	(g) Grace period;
30-2	(h) Indemnity insurance;
30-3	(i) In-patient care;
30-4	(j) Maximum lifetime cap;
30-5	(k) Medical necessity;
30-6	(l) Out-of-network;
30-7	(m) Out-patient;
30-8	(n) Pre-existing conditions;
30-9	(o) Point of service;
30-10	(p) Risk sharing;
30-11	(q) Second opinion;
30-12	(r) Provider network;
30-13	(s) Urgent care.
30-14	(B) Requirements for certification:
30-15	(1) Health plans.. - The director shall establish standards and procedures for the
30-16	certification of qualified health plans that conduct business in this state and who have
30-17	demonstrated the ability to ensure that health care services will be provided in a manner to assure:
30-18	availability and accessibility, adequate personnel and facilities, and continuity of service and has
30-19	demonstrated arrangements for ongoing quality assurance programs regarding care processes and
30-20	outcomes; other standards shall consist of, but are not limited to, the following:
30-21	(a) Prospective and current enrollees in health plans must be provided information as to
30-22	the terms and conditions of the plan consistent with the rules and regulations promulgated under
30-23	chapter 12.3 of title 42 so that they can make informed decisions about accepting and utilizing the
30-24	health care services of the health plan. This must be standardized so that customers can compare
30-25	the attributes of the plans and all information required by this paragraph shall be updated at
30-26	intervals determined by the director. Of those items required under this section, the director shall
30-27	also determine which items shall be routinely distributed to prospective and current enrollees as
30-28	listed in subsection (B) and which items may be made available upon request. The items to be
30-29	disclosed are:
30-30	(i) Coverage provisions, benefits, and any restriction or limitations on health care
30-31	services, including but not limited to, any exclusions as follows: by category of service, and if
30-32	applicable, by specific service, by technology, procedure, medication, provider or treatment
30-33	modality, diagnosis and condition, the latter three of which shall be listed by name.
31-1	(ii) Experimental treatment modalities which are subject to change with the advent of
31-2	new technology, may be listed solely by the broad category "Experimental Treatments". The
31-3	information provided to consumers shall include the plan's telephone number and address where
31-4	enrollees may call or write for more information or to register a complaint regarding the plan or
31-5	coverage provision.
31-6	(2) Written statement of the enrollee's right to seek a second opinion, and reimbursement
31-7	if applicable.
31-8	(3) Written disclosure regarding the appeals process described in section 23-17.12-1 et
31-9	seq. and in the rules and regulations for the utilization review of care services, promulgated by the
31-10	department of health, the telephone numbers and addresses for the plan's office which handles
31-11	complaints as well as for the office which handles the appeals process under section 23-17.12-1 et
31-12	seq. and the rules and regulations for the utilization of health.
31-13	(4) Written statement of prospective and current enrollees' right to confidentiality of all
31-14	health care record and information in the possession and/or control of the plan, its employees, its
31-15	agents and parties with whom a contractual agreement exists to provide utilization review or who
31-16	in any way have access to care information. A summary statement of the measures taken by the
31-17	plan to ensure confidentiality of an individual's health care records shall be disclosed.
31-18	(5) Written disclosure of the enrollee's right to be free from discrimination by the health
31-19	plan and the right to refuse treatment without jeopardizing future treatment.
31-20	(6) Written disclosure of a plan's policy to direct enrollees to particular providers. Any
31-21	limitations on reimbursement should the enrollee refuse the referral must be disclosed.
31-22	(7) A summary of prior authorization or other review requirements including
31-23	preauthorization review, concurrent review, post-service review, post-payment review and any
31-24	procedure that may lead the patient to be denied coverage for or not be provided a particular
31-25	service.
31-26	(8) Any health plan that operates a provider incentive plan shall not enter into any
31-27	compensation agreement with any provider of covered services or pharmaceutical manufacturer
31-28	pursuant to which specific payment is made directly or indirectly to the provider as an
31-29	inducement or incentive to reduce or limit services, to reduce the length of stay or the use of
31-30	alternative treatment settings or the use of a particular medication with respect to an individual
31-31	patient, provided however, that capitation agreements and similar risk sharing arrangements are
31-32	not prohibited.
32-1	(9) Health plans must disclose to prospective and current enrollees the existence of
32-2	financial arrangements for capitated or other risk sharing arrangements that exist with providers
32-3	in a manner described below:
32-4	"(a) This health plan utilizes capitated arrangements, with its participating providers, or
32-5	contains other similar risk sharing arrangements;
32-6	(b) This health plan may include a capitated reimbursement arrangement or other similar
32-7	risk sharing arrangement, and other financial arrangements with your provider;
32-8	(c) This health plan is not capitated and does not contain other risk sharing
32-9	arrangements."
32-10	(10) Written disclosure of criteria for accessing emergency health care services as well as
32-11	a statement of the plan's policies regarding payment for examinations to determine if emergency
32-12	health care services are necessary, the emergency care itself, and the necessary services following
32-13	emergency treatment or stabilization. The health plan must respond to the request of the treating
32-14	provider for post-stabilization treatment by approving or denying it as soon as possible.
32-15	(11) Explanation of how health plan limitations impact enrollees, including information
32-16	on enrollee financial responsibility for payment for co-insurance, co-payment, or other non
32-17	covered, out-of-pocket, or out-of-plan services. This shall include information on deductibles and
32-18	benefits limitations including, but not limited to, annual limits and maximum lifetime benefits.
32-19	(12) The terms under which the health plan may be renewed by the plan enrollee,
32-20	including any reservation by the plan of any right to increase premiums.
32-21	(13) Summary of criteria used to authorize treatment.
32-22	(14) A schedule of revenues and expenses, including direct service ratios and other
32-23	statistical information which meets the requirements set forth below on a form prescribed by the
32-24	director.
32-25	(15) Plan costs of health care services, including but not limited to all of the following:
32-26	(a) Physician services;
32-27	(b) Hospital services, including both inpatients and outpatient services;
32-28	(c) Other professional services;
32-29	(d) Pharmacy services, excluding pharmaceutical products dispensed in a physician's
32-30	office;
32-31	(e) Health education;
32-32	(f) Substance abuse services and mental health services.
32-33	(16) Plan complaint, adverse decision, and prior authorization statistics. This statistical
32-34	data shall be updated annually:
33-1	(a) The ratio of the number of complaints received to the total number of covered
33-2	persons, reported by category, listed in subsection 15(a)-(f);
33-3	(b) The ratio of the number of adverse decisions issued to the number of complaints
33-4	received, reported by category;
33-5	(c) The ratio of the number of prior authorizations denied to the number of prior
33-6	authorizations requested, reported by category;
33-7	(d) The ratio of the number of successful enrollee appeals to the total number of appeals
33-8	filed.
33-9	(17) Plans must demonstrate that:
33-10	(a) They have reasonable access to providers, so that all covered health care services will
33-11	be provided. This requirement cannot be waived and must be met in all areas where the health
33-12	plan has enrollees;
33-13	(b) Urgent health care services, if covered, shall be available within a time frame that
33-14	meets standards set by the director.
33-15	(18) A comprehensive list of participating providers listed by office location, specialty if
33-16	applicable, and other information as determined by the director, updated annually.
33-17	(19) Plans must provide to the director, at intervals determined by the director, enrollee
33-18	satisfaction measures. The director is authorized to specify reasonable requirements for these
33-19	measures consistent with industry standards to assure an acceptable degree of statistical validity
33-20	and comparability of satisfaction measures over time and among plans. The director shall publish
33-21	periodic reports for the public providing information on health plan enrollee satisfaction.
33-22	(C) Issuance of certification:
33-23	(1) Upon receipt of an application for certification, the director shall notify and afford the
33-24	public an opportunity to comment upon the application.
33-25	(2) A health care plan will meet the requirements of certification, subsection (B) by
33-26	providing information required in subsection (B) to any state or federal agency in conformance
33-27	with any other applicable state or federal law, or in conformity with standards adopted by an
33-28	accrediting organization provided that the director determines that the information is substantially
33-29	similar to the above requirements and is presented in a format that provides a meaningful
33-30	comparison between health plans.
33-31	(3) All health plans shall be required to establish a mechanism, under which providers,
33-32	including local providers participating in the plan, provide input into the plan's health care policy,
33-33	including technology, medications and procedures, utilization review criteria and procedures,
33-34	quality and credentialing criteria, and medical management procedures.
34-1	(4) All health plans shall be required to establish a mechanism under which local
34-2	individual subscribers to the plan provide input into the plan's procedures and processes regarding
34-3	the delivery of health care services.
34-4	(5) A health plan shall not refuse to contract with or compensate for covered services an
34-5	otherwise eligible provider or non-participating provider solely because that provider has in good
34-6	faith communicated with one or more of his or her patients regarding the provisions, terms or
34-7	requirements of the insurer's products as they relate to the needs of that provider's patients.
34-8	(6) All health plans shall be required to publicly notify providers within the health plans'
34-9	geographic service area of the opportunity to apply for credentials. Such notification process shall
34-10	be required only when the plan contemplates adding additional providers and may be specific as
34-11	to geographic area and provider specialty. Any provider not selected by the health plan may be
34-12	placed on a waiting list.
34-13	(a) Such a credentialing process shall begin upon acceptance of an application from a
34-14	provider to the plan for inclusion.
34-15	(b) Each application shall be reviewed by the plan's credentialing body.
34-16	(c) All health plans shall develop and maintain credentialing criteria to be utilized in
34-17	adding providers from the plans' network. Credentialing criteria shall be based on input from
34-18	providers credentialed in the plan and such standards shall be available to applicants. When
34-19	economic considerations are part of the decisions, the criteria must be available to applicants.
34-20	Any economic profiling must factor the specialty utilization and practice patterns and general
34-21	information comparing the applicant to his or her peers in the same specialty will be made
34-22	available. Any economic profiling of providers must be adjusted to recognize case mix, severity
34-23	of illness, age of patients and other features of a provider's practice that may account for higher
34-24	than or lower than expected costs. Profiles must be made available to those so profiled.
34-25	(7) A health plan shall not exclude a provider of covered services from participation in its
34-26	provider network based solely on;
34-27	(a) The provider's degree or license as applicable under state law; or
34-28	(b) The provider of covered services lack of affiliation with, or admitting privileges at a
34-29	hospital, if such lack of affiliation is due solely to the provider's type of license.
34-30	(8) Health plans shall not discriminate against providers solely because the provider treats
34-31	a substantial number of patients who require expensive or uncompensated medical care.
34-32	(9) The applicant shall be provided with all reasons used if the application is denied.
35-1	(10) Plans shall not be allowed to include clauses in physician or other provider contracts
35-2	that allow for the plan to terminate the contract "without cause"; provided, however, cause shall
35-3	include lack of need due to economic considerations.
35-4	(11) There shall be due process for non-institutional providers for all adverse decisions
35-5	resulting in a change of privileges of a credentialed non-institutional provider. The details of the
35-6	health plan's due process shall be included in the plan's provider contracts.
35-7	(a) A health plan is deemed to have met the adequate notice and hearing requirement of
35-8	this section with respect to a non-institutional provider if the following conditions are met (or are
35-9	waived voluntarily by the non-institutional provider):
35-10	(i) The provider shall be notified of the proposed actions and the reasons for the proposed
35-11	action.
35-12	(ii) The provider shall be given the opportunity to contest the proposed action.
35-13	(iii) The health plan has developed an internal appeals process that has reasonable time
35-14	limits for the resolution of such internal appeal.
35-15	(12) If the plan places a provider or provider group at financial risk for services not
35-16	provided by the provider or provider group, the plan must require that such provider or group has
35-17	met all appropriate standards of the department of business regulation.
35-18	SECTION 2. This article shall take effect on April 1, 2002
36-1	ARTICLE 5
36-2	RELATING TO REVENUE ESTIMATES AND BUDGET SUBMISSION
36-3	SECTION 1. Section 35-16-2 of the General Laws in Chapter 35-16 entitled "Revenue
36-4	Estimating Conferences" is hereby amended to read as follows:
36-5	35-16-2. Meetings. -- (a) The principals of the R.E.C. shall meet within the first ten (10)
36-6	twenty (20) days of May April and November of each year.
36-7	(b) The primary purpose of regularly scheduled conferences is to prepare economic
36-8	forecasts and forecast revenue estimates and review current revenue collections under current tax
36-9	law. The conference principals can agree, however, to address special legislation or special
36-10	topics.
36-11	(c) Prior to each R.E.C., the principals will determine the documentation and information
36-12	necessary to support that conference.
36-13	(d) No votes will be taken in the revenue estimating conferences. These are truly
36-14	consensus conferences and all principals must agree and are bound to the conference
36-15	recommendations.
36-16	SECTION 2. Section 35-17-2 of the General Laws in Chapter 35-17 entitled "Medical
36-17	Assistance and Public Assistance Caseload Estimating Conferences" is hereby amended to read
36-18	as follows:
36-19	35-17-2. Meetings. -- (a) The principles of the C.E.C. shall meet within the first ten (10)
36-20	twenty (20) days of May April, and November of each year.
36-21	(b) The primary purpose of regularly scheduled conferences is to forecast medical
36-22	assistance and public assistance caseloads. The conference principals can agree, however, to
36-23	address special legislation or special topics.
36-24	(c) Prior to each caseload estimating conference, the principals will determine the
36-25	documentation and information necessary to support that conference.
36-26	(d) No votes will be taken in the caseload estimating conferences. These are truly
36-27	consensus conferences and all principals must agree and are bound to the conference
36-28	recommendations.
36-29	SECTION 2. Sections 35-3-4, 35-3-7 and 35-3-8 of the General Laws in Chapter 35-3
36-30	entitled "State Budget" are hereby amended to read as follows:
36-31	35-3-4. Estimates submitted by department heads. -- (a) On or before the first day of
36-32	October On the date determined by the budget officer in each year, each head of a department of
36-33	the state government, not including the general assembly or the judiciary, shall assemble,
36-34	correlate, and revise, with power to increase or decrease, the estimates for expenditures and
37-1	requests for appropriations for the next ensuing fiscal year of each of the divisions, boards,
37-2	commissions, officers, bureaus, institutions, or agencies of the state included within his or her
37-3	department, and, after this revision, shall prepare an itemized departmental estimate of the
37-4	appropriations necessary to meet the financial needs of the department, including a statement in
37-5	detail of all moneys for which any general or special appropriation is desired at the ensuing
37-6	session of the general assembly. The estimate shall be in such form, and in such number of
37-7	copies, and with such explanation as the budget officer may require, and, on or before the first
37-8	day of October on the date determined by the budget officer in each year, shall be submitted to
37-9	the governor through the budget officer. The budget officer shall provide copies to the house
37-10	fiscal advisor and senate fiscal advisor.
37-11	(b) The estimates shall also include a supplemental presentation of estimates of
37-12	expenditures for information resources and information technologies as defined in section 29-8-2,
37-13	regardless of source of financing. The estimate shall include a detailed listing and explanation of
37-14	expenses and the source of funds and shall be in such form, and in such number of copies, and
37-15	with such explanation as the budget officer may require. Copies shall be provided directly to the
37-16	house fiscal advisor, the senate fiscal advisor, and the Rhode Island Information Resources
37-17	Management Board.
37-18	35-3-7. Submission of budget to general assembly -- Contents. -- (a) On or before the
37-19	third Wednesday in February fourth Wednesday in January in each year of each January session
37-20	of the general assembly, the governor shall submit to the general assembly a budget containing a
37-21	complete plan of estimated revenues and proposed expenditures, with a personnel supplement
37-22	detailing the number and titles of positions of each agency and the estimates of personnel costs
37-23	for the next fiscal year. In those years that a new governor is inaugurated, the new governor shall
37-24	submit the budget on or before the second Wednesday in February. In the budget the governor
37-25	may set forth in summary and detail:
37-26	(1) Estimates of the receipts of the state during the ensuing fiscal year under laws
37-27	existing at the time the budget is transmitted and also under the revenue proposals, if any,
37-28	contained in the budget, and comparisons with the estimated receipts of the state during the
37-29	current fiscal year, as well as actual receipts of the state for the last two (2) completed fiscal
37-30	years.
37-31	(2) Estimates of the expenditures and appropriations necessary in the governor's
37-32	judgment for the support of the state government for the ensuing fiscal year, and comparisons
37-33	with appropriations for expenditures during the current fiscal year, as well as actual expenditures
37-34	of the state for the last two (2) complete fiscal years.
38-1	(3) Financial statements of the
38-2	(i) Condition of the treasury at the end of the last completed fiscal year;
38-3	(ii) The estimated condition of the treasury at the end of the current fiscal year; and
38-4	(iii) Estimated condition of the treasury at the end of the ensuing fiscal year if the
38-5	financial proposals contained in the budget are adopted.
38-6	(4) All essential facts regarding the bonded and other indebtedness of the state.
38-7	(5) A report indicating those program revenues and expenditures whose funding source
38-8	is proposed to be changed from state appropriations to restricted receipts, or from restricted
38-9	receipts to other funding sources.
38-10	(6) Such other financial statements and data as in the governor's opinion are necessary or
38-11	desirable.
38-12	(b) Any other provision of the general laws to the contrary notwithstanding, the proposed
38-13	appropriations submitted by the governor to the general assembly for the next ensuing fiscal year
38-14	should not be more than five and one-half percent (5.5%) in excess of total state appropriations,
38-15	excluding any estimated supplemental appropriations, enacted by the general assembly for the
38-16	fiscal year previous to that for which the proposed appropriations are being submitted; provided,
38-17	that the increased state share provisions required to achieve fifty percent (50%) state financing of
38-18	local school operations as provided for in P.L. 1985, ch. 182, shall be excluded from the
38-19	definition of total appropriations.
38-20	35-3-8. Recommendations to meet deficiencies -- Submission of appropriation bills. -
38-21	- (a) The budget shall also contain the recommendations of the governor to the general assembly
38-22	for new taxes, loans, or other appropriate actions to meet any estimated deficiency for the ensuing
38-23	fiscal year. It shall also be accompanied by a bill or bills for all proposed appropriations.
38-24	(b) In the event that any departments of state government are expected to incur a
38-25	deficiency within the current fiscal year, the governor shall, on or before the second Tuesday in
38-26	January 1997 and the second Tuesday fourth Wednesday in January each year thereafter, submit a
38-27	request for supplemental appropriations on their behalf. In those years that a new governor is
38-28	inaugurated, the new governor shall submit a request for supplemental appropriations on or
38-29	before the second Wednesday in February. In the event that, subsequent to the January request,
38-30	the governor determines that additional deficiencies are expected to be incurred, the governor
38-31	shall submit requests for additional appropriations upon notice of these deficiencies.
38-32	(c) The request presented to the general assembly shall identify the proposed increases
38-33	and decreases to the original amounts provided in the annual appropriation act.
38-34	SECTION 3. This article shall take effect upon passage.
39-1	ARTICLE 6
39-2	RELATING TO INSURANCE
39-3	SECTION 1. Section 27-2.4-4 of the General Laws in Chapter 27-2.4 entitled
39-4	“Producer Licensing Act” is hereby amended to read as follows:
39-5	27-2.4-4 – Fees. (a) Fees required by this chapter are for the period commencing
39-6	July 1, 2002 and ending on June 30, 2003 shall be as follows:
39-7	(1) Initial insurance producer license: $50.00 $60.00;
39-8	(2) Annual insurance producer renewal: $50.00 $60.00;
39-9	(3) Annual company contract fee: $25.00 $35.00.
39-10	(b) Commencing July 1, 2003 the fees shall be as follows:
39-11	(1) Initial insurance producer license: $50.00;
39-12	(2) Annual insurance producer renewal: $50.00; and
39-13	(3) Annual contract fee: $25.00.
39-14	(c) The insurance commissioner may by rule or regulation, specify fees for letters
39-15	of certification, clearance letters, duplicate licenses, and any other fees for service and
39-16	documents that are reasonably determined by the insurance commissioner.
39-17	SECTION 2. Section 27-3.2-9 of the General Laws in Chapter 27-3.2 entitled
39-18	“Continuing Education Requirements” is hereby amended to read as follows:
39-19	27-3.2-9. Fees. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general laws to the contrary,
39-20	there is hereby established a fee of five dollars ($5.00) fifteen dollars ($15.00) per annum for the
39-21	period commencing July 1, 2002 and ending on June 30, 2003, which shall be paid by all persons
39-22	licensed pursuant to chapter 2.3 27-2.4 of this title, and shall be deposited as general revenues.
39-23	(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general laws to the contrary, for the period
39-24	commencing July 1, 2003 the fee shall be five dollars ($5.00) per annum, which shall be paid by
39-25	all persons licensed pursuant to chapter 27-2.4 of this title, and shall be deposited as general
39-26	revenues.
39-27	SECTION 3. This article shall take on effect upon passage.
40-1	ARTICLE 7
40-2	THE TOBACCO SETTLEMENT FINANCING CORPORATION ACT
40-3
40-4	SECTION 1. Title 42 of the General Laws entitled “State Affairs and Government” is
40-5	hereby amended by adding thereto the following chapter:
40-6	CHAPTER 133
40-7	TOBACCO SETTLEMENT FINANCING CORPORATION ACT
40-8	42-133-1. Short title. -- This chapter shall be known as the " Tobacco Settlement
40-9	Financing Corporation Act."
40-10	42-133-2. Purpose. -- The purpose of this chapter is to authorize, create and establish a
40-11	corporation empowered to acquire from the state that portion of the state's tobacco receipts as the
40-12	state is authorized to sell; to authorize the sale by the state all or a portion of the state's tobacco
40-13	receipts to such corporation; to authorize the transfer to and the receipt by such corporation of all
40-14	or a portion of the state's tobacco receipts; to authorize such corporation to issue bonds of the
40-15	corporation for the purposes authorized in this chapter, payable solely from and secured solely by
40-16	such portion of the state's tobacco receipts as the corporation may designate and pledge to secure
40-17	the bonds, together with the investment income thereon and any reserve fund created by the
40-18	corporation from any portion of the proceeds of such bonds; and to authorize the corporation to
40-19	manage and dispose of all or a portion of the state's tobacco receipts for the purposes and in the
40-20	manner authorized in this chapter.
40-21	42-133-3. Definitions. -- As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall
40-22	have the following meanings unless the context shall indicate another or different meaning or
40-23	intent:
40-24	(1) "Board" means the governing body of the corporation.
40-25	(2) "Bonds" means bonds, notes (but only as provided in section 42-133-8(6)(e)), or other
40-26	evidences of indebtedness of the corporation, all of which shall be in all events payable solely
40-27	from and secured solely by such portion of the state's tobacco receipts as are sold to the
40-28	corporation and pledged to secure the bonds, and issued pursuant to the authorizations contained
40-29	in this chapter, all of which shall be issued under the name of or known as obligations of the
40-30	corporation.
40-31	(3) "Corporation" means the corporation authorized, created, and established pursuant to
40-32	this chapter.
40-33	(4) "Escrow" means the escrow as that term is defined in the master settlement
40-34	agreement.
40-35	(5) "Escrow agent" means the escrow agent as that term is defined in the master
41-1	settlement agreement.
41-2	(6) "Independent auditor" means the independent auditor as that term is defined in the
41-3	master settlement agreement.
41-4	(7) "Master settlement agreement" means the settlement agreement and related
41-5	documents entered into on November 23, 1998, by the state and the four (4) principal United
41-6	States tobacco product manufacturers, as amended and supplemented.
41-7	(8) "Participating manufacturers" means the participating manufacturers as that term is
41-8	defined in the master settlement agreement.
41-9	(9) "Qualifying statute" means chapter 23-71 of the general laws enacted March 30, 2001
41-10	and applied retroactively to June 29, 1999, in conformity with exhibit T of the master settlement
41-11	agreement.
41-12	(10) "State" means the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
41-13	(11) "State's tobacco receipts" means all of the payments to be made by the escrow agent
41-14	and derived from payments made by the participating manufacturers and allocated to the state
41-15	under the master settlement agreement, other than pursuant to Article XVII of the master
41-16	settlement agreement.
41-17	42-133-4. Creation -- Powers -- Construction of chapter -- Termination. -- (a) There
41-18	is hereby authorized, created and established, a public corporation of the state having a legal
41-19	existence distinct from the state and not constituting a department of state government, to be
41-20	known as the Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation, with such powers as are set forth in this
41-21	chapter.
41-22	(b) It is the intent of the general assembly by the passage of this chapter to vest in the
41-23	corporation all powers, authority, rights, privileges, and titles which may be necessary to enable it
41-24	to accomplish the purposes set forth in this chapter. This chapter and the powers granted hereby
41-25	shall be liberally construed in conformity with these purposes.
41-26	(c) The corporation and its corporate existence shall continue until terminated by law or
41-27	until the corporation shall cease entirely and continuously to conduct or be involved in any
41-28	business whatsoever in furtherance of its purposes; provided, that no termination shall take effect
41-29	prior to the date which is one (1) year and one (1) day after the date on which the corporation no
41-30	longer has any bonds outstanding. Upon termination of the existence of the corporation, all its
41-31	rights and properties shall pass to and best vested in the state. At no other time shall the assets or
41-32	other property of the corporation inure to the benefit of any other person.
41-33	42-133-5. General powers. -- (a) The corporation shall have all the powers necessary
41-34	and convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this chapter, including,
42-1	but not limited to, the power to:
42-2	(1) sue and be sued, complain and defend, in its corporate name;
42-3	(2) have a seal which may be altered at pleasure, and use the seal by causing it, or a
42-4	facsimile thereof, to be impressed or affixed or in any other manner reproduced; provided,
42-5	however, that the failure to affix the seal does not affect the validity of an instrument executed on
42-6	behalf of the corporation.
42-7	(3) adopt, promulgate, amend, and repeal bylaws, not inconsistent with provisions in this
42-8	chapter, for the administration and regulation of the corporation's affairs and the implementation
42-9	of its functions;
42-10	(4) conduct its activities, carry on its operations, and have offices and exercise the powers
42-11	granted by this chapter;
42-12	(5) purchase, take, receive, or otherwise acquire, own, hold, use, and otherwise deal in
42-13	and with, intangible personal property, or any interest therein, including the state's tobacco
42-14	receipts or any portion thereof;
42-15	(6) invest and reinvest its funds in such manner as shall be determined by the board or by
42-16	contract with its bondholders (and such investments shall not be subject to chapter 35-10.1);
42-17	(7) make and execute all contracts or agreements necessary, proper, or convenient for the
42-18	exercise of the powers and purposes of the board and the corporation; borrow money through the
42-19	execution and delivery of bonds, and make, execute and deliver financing agreements relating
42-20	thereto in the exercise of the powers and purposes of the board and the corporation;
42-21	(8) make and execute all agreements for the purpose of managing and controlling the
42-22	funds transferred between the corporation and the state, and any trust created by the state or the
42-23	corporation, and governing the investment and the monitoring and record keeping of such funds
42-24	and investment income thereon, for purposes of maintaining the exemption from federal income
42-25	tax of interest on bonds and for other purposes;
42-26	(9) make and execute, amend and terminate all agreements in the nature of interest rate
42-27	swaps, forward security supply contracts, agreements for the management of interest rate risks,
42-28	agreements for the management of cash flow, and other agreements of a similar nature, with
42-29	respect to bonds issued pursuant to this chapter;
42-30	(10) procure insurance, guarantees, letters of credit, and other forms of collateral or
42-31	security or credit support from any public or private entity, including any department, agency, or
42-32	instrumentality of the United States or the state, for the payment of any bonds, including the
42-33	power to pay premiums or fees on any insurance, guarantees, letters of credit, and other forms of
42-34	collateral or security or credit support;
43-1	(11) make and execute all contracts and expend funds to obtain accounting, management,
43-2	legal, financial consulting, trusteeship and other professional services necessary or convenient to
43-3	the operations of the corporation;
43-4	(12) expend funds for the costs of administering the operations of the corporation;
43-5	(13) request the attorney general, on behalf of the state, to notify the independent auditor
43-6	of the sale and instruct the independent auditor to direct the escrow agent to disburse to the
43-7	corporation, so that it may receive and accept from the escrow agent, all or a portion of the state's
43-8	tobacco receipts;
43-9	(14) with respect to all or such portion of the state's tobacco receipts as may be acquired
43-10	by the corporation, direct the attorney general to enforce, in the name of the state and, if
43-11	permissible, to enforce directly through the corporation's own attorneys in the name of the state,
43-12	with notice to the attorney general, the master settlement agreement; provided, that the board may
43-13	not give any approval to any amendment to the master settlement agreement or the qualifying
43-14	statute without notice to the attorney general and the approval of the general assembly. This
43-15	power constitutes a part of the contractual obligation owed to the holders of any bonds;
43-16	(15) create and establish, or cause to be created and established, under the laws of this
43-17	state or another state, a trust fund with regard to monies paid to the corporation which monies
43-18	shall include, but not be limited to, such portion of the state's tobacco receipts as may be sold to
43-19	the corporation and not pledged to the payment of bonds or subsequently released from the
43-20	pledge for payment of the bonds and which, in accordance with any sale agreement with the state,
43-21	is to be paid to the state, including such portion of the proceeds of any bonds designated for the
43-22	purchase of the state's tobacco receipts and designated for deposit in the fund, together with all
43-23	interest thereon; and all securities or investment income and other assets acquired by and through
43-24	the use of the monies belonging to the fund and any other monies deposited in the fund. Monies
43-25	in the fund shall be used solely and only for the payment of all amounts due and to become due to
43-26	the state, and shall not be used for any other purpose. Monies deposited in the trust fund shall not
43-27	be available for the payment of any claim against the corporation or any debt or obligation of the
43-28	corporation, including any bonds issued by the corporation; and
43-29	(16) do all other things necessary or convenient to exercise powers granted or reasonably
43-30	implied by this chapter or that may be necessary for the furtherance and accomplishments of the
43-31	purposes of the corporation.
43-32	(b) As long as any bonds of the corporation are outstanding, the corporation shall not take
43-33	any action that materially and adversely affects the rights of the holders of its bonds.
43-34	42-133-6. Board and officers. -- (a) The powers of the corporation shall be vested in a
44-1	board the size and composition of which shall be established by a measure passed by both houses
44-2	of the general assembly and approved by the governor.
44-3	42-133-7. Sale of state's tobacco receipts. --(a) On or before June 30, 2002, the state
44-4	shall sell and assign to and the corporation shall acquire all or a portion of the state's tobacco
44-5	receipts. The attorney general shall assist the governor in the preparation and review of all
44-6	necessary documentation to effect such sale and transfer by such date. The terms and conditions
44-7	of the sale shall be established in order to accomplish the purpose and intent set forth in this
44-8	chapter and shall include, but not be limited to, the price, the net proceeds of the sale of the bonds
44-9	to be issued by the corporation and secured by a portion of the state's tobacco receipts, and the
44-10	beneficial interest of the state in any trust fund created in accordance with this chapter.
44-11	(b) The sale of the state's tobacco receipts to the corporation shall be irrevocable during
44-12	the time when any bonds issued by the corporation are outstanding, and shall constitute a
44-13	contractual obligation owed to the holders of such bonds. The sale of the state's tobacco receipts
44-14	shall be treated as a true sale and absolute transfer of the property so transferred and not as a
44-15	pledge or other security interest for any borrowing. The characterization of such a sale as an
44-16	absolute transfer shall not be negated or adversely affected by the fact that only a portion of the
44-17	state's tobacco receipts is being sold or by the state's acquisition or retention of an ownership
44-18	interest in any residual assets.
44-19	(c) On or after the effective date of the sale, the state shall not have any right, title, or
44-20	interest in all or such portion of the state's tobacco receipts sold which shall be the sole property
44-21	of the corporation, and not of the state, and shall be owned, received, held, and disbursed by the
44-22	corporation or its trustee or assignee in accordance with this chapter, and not by the state.
44-23	(d) On or before the effective date of the sale and at the request of the corporation, the
44-24	state, through the attorney general, shall notify the independent auditor of the sale and instruct the
44-25	independent auditor to direct the escrow agent that, subsequent to that date and irrevocably during
44-26	the time when any bonds are outstanding, the state's tobacco receipts acquired by the corporation
44-27	are to be paid directly to the corporation or its designee.
44-28	(e) With respect to the issuance of the corporation's bonds and in compliance with all
44-29	applicable federal law, including, but not limited to, the Internal Revenue Code, the state and the
44-30	corporation may enter into agreements for the benefit of the corporation's bondholders with
44-31	respect to the application of the proceeds of the bonds and certain other monies of the state, the
44-32	investment thereof, and the periodic reporting of certain information, and such other matters
44-33	related thereto.
44-34	42-133-8. Bonds. -- (a) In furtherance of this chapter:
45-1	(1) The corporation may issue bonds, from time to time, for the purposes and in the
45-2	manner authorized by this chapter. Bonds issued pursuant to this chapter may be secured by the
45-3	pledge of a portion of the state's tobacco receipts sold to the corporation, any monies derived
45-4	therefrom, and any other sources available to the corporation. The corporation may also issue
45-5	refunding bonds, including advance refunding bonds, for the purpose of refunding previously
45-6	issued bonds.
45-7	(2) The corporation may issue its bonds in such principal amounts and at such rate or
45-8	rates of interest as the corporation by resolution of the board may determine, establish reserves to
45-9	secure the bonds, and pay the costs of issuance of the bonds and all other expenditures of the
45-10	corporation incident to and necessary to carry out the corporation's purposes or powers. The
45-11	bonds are investment securities and negotiable instruments within the meaning of and for the
45-12	purposes of title 6A.
45-13	(3) Bonds issued by the corporation are payable solely and only out of the monies,
45-14	assets, or revenues pledged by the corporation, and are not a general obligation or indebtedness of
45-15	the corporation or an obligation or indebtedness of the state or any subdivision of the state. The
45-16	corporation has no power or authorization to pledge the credit or taxing power of the state or any
45-17	political subdivision of the state, or create a debt or obligation of the state, or make its debts
45-18	payable out of any monies except monies of the corporation.
45-19	(4) Bonds shall state on their face that the bonds are payable both as to principal and
45-20	interest solely out of the assets of the corporation pledged for such purpose and; neither the faith
45-21	and credit nor the taxing power of the state or any political subdivision thereof is pledged to the
45-22	payment of the principal of or the interest on the bonds; do not constitute an indebtedness of the
45-23	state or any political subdivision of the state; are secured solely by and are payable solely from
45-24	the tobacco receipts sold to the corporation and other monies of the corporation; do not constitute
45-25	a general, legal, or moral obligation of the state or any political subdivisions thereof and that the
45-26	state has no obligation or intention to satisfy any deficiency or default of any payment of the
45-27	bonds.
45-28	(5) Any pledge by the corporation of a portion of the state's tobacco receipts shall be
45-29	valid and binding at the time such pledge is made. Tobacco receipts so pledged and then or
45-30	thereafter received by the corporation shall immediately be subject to the lien of such pledge
45-31	without any physical delivery thereof or further act. The lien of any such pledge shall be valid
45-32	and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind against the corporation, whether such
45-33	parties have notice of the lien. Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, the
45-34	resolution of the corporation or any other instrument by which a pledge is created need not be
46-1	recorded or filed to perfect such pledge.
46-2	(6) The proceeds of bonds may be invested in any manner approved by the board and
46-3	specified in the trust indenture or resolution pursuant to which the bonds are issued.
46-4	(b) All bonds issued by the corporation shall comply with all of the following:
46-5	(1) Bonds shall be in a form, issued in denominations, executed in a manner, and payable
46-6	over terms and with rights of redemption, as the board prescribes in the resolution authorizing
46-7	their issuance.
46-8	(2) Bonds shall be fully negotiable instruments under the laws of this state and may be
46-9	sold at prices, at public or private sale, and in a manner as prescribed by the board.
46-10	(3) Bonds shall be subject to the terms, conditions and covenants providing for the
46-11	payment of the principal, redemption premiums, if any, interest, and other terms, conditions,
46-12	covenants and protective provisions safeguarding payment, not inconsistent with this chapter and
46-13	as determined by resolution of the board authorizing their issuance.
46-14	(c) Bonds must be authorized by a resolution of the board; provided, that a resolution
46-15	authorizing the issuance of bonds may delegate to an officer of the corporation the power to
46-16	negotiate and fix the details of an issue of bonds by an appropriate certificate of the authorized
46-17	officer.
46-18	(d) To comply with all applicable federal law with respect to the issuance of bonds,
46-19	including, but not limited to, tax-exemption provisions of Internal Revenue Code, the corporation
46-20	may issue a certain series of bonds, or periodically issue several series of bonds, so that interest
46-21	on the bonds remains exempt from federal taxation or to comply with the purposes specified in
46-22	this chapter.
46-23	(e) No bonds may be authorized or issued by the corporation prior to the enactment of a
46-24	measure by the general assembly as contemplated by section 42-133-6 with respect to the size
46-25	and composition of the board, and no notes may be issued in anticipation of the issuance of
46-26	bonds except with the adoption by the general assembly of an authorizing measure and the
46-27	approval thereof of the governor.
46-28	42-133-9. Trust funds. -- All money received pursuant to the authority of this chapter,
46-29	whether as provided from the sale of bonds or state's tobacco receipts purchased by the
46-30	corporation, or investment income, shall be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided
46-31	in the proceedings under which the bonds of the corporation are authorized. Any officer with
46-32	whom, or any bank or trust company with which monies shall be deposited as trustee, shall hold
46-33	and apply the trust funds for the purposes for which the bonds are authorized, subject to the
46-34	applicable provisions of this chapter, the proceedings authorizing the bonds, and the trust
47-1	agreement securing the bonds, if any.
47-2	42-133-10. Exemption from taxation. --The exercise of the powers granted by this
47-3	chapter shall be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state, and the corporation, and
47-4	any trust established by the corporation, shall not be required to pay taxes of the state or any
47-5	political subdivision of the state of any kind, including any tax or assessment on any property
47-6	owned by the corporation, or any trust established by the corporation, under the provisions of this
47-7	chapter or upon the income from any property. Any bonds issued by the corporation under the
47-8	provisions of this chapter, their transfer, and the income from them (including any profits made
47-9	on their sale), shall at all times be free from taxation by the state or any political subdivision or
47-10	other instrumentality of the state, excepting inheritance, estate, and gift taxes.
47-11	42-133-11. Bankruptcy. --Prior to the date which is one (1) year and one (1) day after
47-12	the date on which the corporation no longer has any bonds outstanding, the corporation has no
47-13	authority to file a voluntary petition under chapter 9 of the United States Bankruptcy Code or
47-14	such corresponding law as may, from time to time, be in effect, and neither any public official nor
47-15	any other organization, entity, or other person shall authorize the corporation to be or become a
47-16	debtor under the United States Bankruptcy Code or any corresponding law during such periods.
47-17	The provisions of this section are for the benefit of the holders of any bonds and are a part of the
47-18	contractual obligation owed to such bondholders and the state hereby agrees that it shall not
47-19	modify or delete the provisions of this section during the periods described in this section. The
47-20	corporation is authorized to include this agreement of the state in any agreement with the holders
47-21	of the bonds.
47-22	42-133-12. Limited power to incur debt. -- The corporation and the board have no
47-23	power to incur debt or obligations or in any way to encumber their assets except by the issuance
47-24	of bonds, including the making of covenants in relation to the issuing of bonds and the incurring
47-25	of expenses and obligations in connection with such issuance.
47-26	42-133-13. Bonds as legal investments. -- The bonds of the corporation are hereby made
47-27	securities in which all public officers and bodies of this state and municipalities and municipal
47-28	subdivisions, all companies and associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business,
47-29	all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks, and savings associations, including savings
47-30	and loan associations, building and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons
47-31	carrying on a banking business, all administrators, guardians, executors, trustees, and other
47-32	fiduciaries, and all other persons whatsoever who are authorized to invest in bonds or other
47-33	obligations of the state may properly and legally invest funds, including capital, in their control or
47-34	belonging to them.
48-1	42-133-14. Agreement by the state. -- The state does hereby pledge to and agree with
48-2	the holders of any bonds issued under this chapter that the state will not limit or alter the rights
48-3	vested in the corporation to fulfill the terms of any agreements made with the holders, or
48-4	otherwise take any action that materially and adversely affects the rights of the holders, until the
48-5	bonds, together with the interest thereon, with interest on any unpaid installments of interest, and
48-6	all costs and expenses in connection with any action or proceeding by or on behalf of holders, are
48-7	fully met and discharged. The corporation is authorized to include this pledge and agreement of
48-8	the state in any agreement with the holders of the bonds.
48-9	42-133-15. Credit of the state. -- Bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall
48-10	not constitute a debt, liability, or obligation of the state or of any political subdivision thereof
48-11	other than the corporation, or a pledge of the faith and credit of the state or any political
48-12	subdivision, but shall be payable solely from the assets of the corporation. Bonds shall state on
48-13	their face that the bonds are payable both as to principal and interest solely out of the assets of the
48-14	corporation pledged for such purpose, and neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the
48-15	state or any political subdivision thereof is pledged to the payment of the principal of or the
48-16	interest on the bonds; do not constitute an indebtedness of the state or any political subdivision of
48-17	the state; are secured solely by and payable solely from the tobacco receipts sold to the
48-18	corporation and other moneys of the corporation; and do not constitute a general, legal, or moral
48-19	obligation of the state or any political subdivisions thereof, and that the state has no obligation or
48-20	intention to satisfy any deficiency or default of any payment of the bonds.
48-21	42-133-16. Annual report and audit. -- The corporation shall submit to the speaker of
48-22	the house, the majority leader of the senate, the director of administration and the attorney general
48-23	within four (4) months after the close of its fiscal year, a report of its activities for the preceding
48-24	fiscal year. The report shall set forth a complete operating and financial statement covering the
48-25	corporation's operations during the preceding fiscal year. The corporation shall cause an
48-26	independent audit of its books and accounts to be made at least once each fiscal year. The fiscal
48-27	year of the corporation shall commence on each July 1.
48-28	42-133-17. Attorney general. -- Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as in any way
48-29	modifying or limiting, and the state does hereby pledge to and agree with the holders of any
48-30	bonds issued under this chapter that the state will not modify or limit, the responsibility of the
48-31	attorney general to administer, protect and discharge all duties, rights and obligations of the state
48-32	under the master settlement agreement and the qualifying statute.
48-33	42-133-18. Chapter controlling over inconsistent provisions. --Insofar as the
48-34	provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law or ordinance,
49-1	general, special or local, the provisions of this chapter shall be controlling.
49-2	42-133-19. Construction with other statutes. -- The issuance of bonds of the
49-3	corporation under the provisions of this chapter need not comply with the requirements of any
49-4	other statute applicable to the issuance of obligations. No proceedings or notice of approval shall
49-5	be required for the issuance of any bonds except as provided in this chapter.
49-6	42-133-20. Severability. -- If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part of this
49-7	chapter shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, that judgment shall
49-8	not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder of this chapter, but shall be confined in its
49-9	operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part directly involved in the controversy
49-10	in which that judgment shall have been rendered.
49-11	SECTION 2. Section 35-3-23 of the General Laws in Chapter 35-3 entitled "State
49-12	Budget" is hereby amended to read as follows:
49-13	35-3-23. Interfund transfers. [Effective until January 7, 2003.] -- The governor may
49-14	make an interfund transfer. Prior to making an interfund transfer the governor shall give five (5)
49-15	days written notification of the proposed interfund transfer to the speaker of the house, the
49-16	majority leader of the senate, the chairperson of the house finance committee, the chairperson of
49-17	the senate finance committee, the minority leader of the senate, and the minority leader of the
49-18	house. An interfund transfer must comply with this section. An interfund transfer can be made
49-19	under the following circumstances and on the following conditions:
49-20	(1) The governor must make the findings that:
49-21	(i) All cash in the general fund, including the payroll clearing account, has been or is
49-22	about to be exhausted;
49-23	(ii) The anticipated cash expenditures exceed the anticipated cash available.
49-24	(2) The governor may make an interfund transfer to the general fund from the:
49-25	(i) Temporary disability fund created in section 28-39-4; and/or
49-26	(ii) Intermodal surface transportation fund created in section 35-4-11; and/or .
49-27	(iii) Tobacco settlement financing trust fund created in section 42-133-9.
49-28	(3) Once in each fiscal quarter from each fund the governor may make an interfund
49-29	transfer. The fund(s) from which money is transferred must be made whole by June 30th in the
49-30	same fiscal year as the transfer is made.
49-31	(4) The interfund transfer may be made notwithstanding the provisions of sections 28-
49-32	37-3 and 28-39-4.
49-33	35-3-23. Interfund transfers. [Effective January 7, 2003.] -- The governor may make
49-34	an interfund transfer. Prior to making an interfund transfer the governor shall give five (5) days
50-1	written notification of the proposed interfund transfer to the speaker of the house, the president of
50-2	the senate, the chairperson of the house finance committee, the chairperson of the senate finance
50-3	committee, the minority leader of the senate, and the minority leader of the house. An interfund
50-4	transfer must comply with this section. An interfund transfer can be made under the following
50-5	circumstances and on the following conditions:
50-6	(1) The governor must make the findings that:
50-7	(i) All cash in the general fund, including the payroll clearing account, has been or is
50-8	about to be exhausted;
50-9	(ii) The anticipated cash expenditures exceed the anticipated cash available.
50-10	(2) The governor may make an interfund transfer to the general fund from the:
50-11	(i) Temporary disability fund created in section 28-39-4; and/or
50-12	(ii) Intermodal surface transportation fund created in section 35-4-11. and/or
50-13	(iii) Tobacco settlement financing trust fund created in section 42-133-9.
50-14	(3) Once in each fiscal quarter from each fund the governor may make an interfund
50-15	transfer. The fund(s) from which money is transferred must be made whole by June 30th in the
50-16	same fiscal year as the transfer is made.
50-17	(4) The interfund transfer may be made notwithstanding the provisions of sections 28-
50-18	37-3 and 28-39-4.
50-19	SECTION 3 This article shall take effect upon passage.
51-1	ARTICLE 8
51-2	RELATING TO CIGARETTE TAX
51-3	SECTION 4. Sections 44-20-12, 44-20-12.1, and 44-20-13 of the General Laws in
51-4	Chapter 44-20 entitled "Cigarette Tax" are hereby amended to read as follows:
51-5	44-20-12. Tax imposed on cigarettes sold. -- A tax is imposed on all cigarettes sold or
51-6	held for sale in the state by any person, the payment of the tax to be evidenced by stamps affixed
51-7	to the packages containing the cigarettes and as required by the administrator. Any cigarettes on
51-8	which the proper amount of tax provided for in this chapter has been paid, payment being
51-9	evidenced by the stamp, is not subject to a further tax under this chapter. The tax is at the rate of
51-10	fifty (50) sixty-three and one-half (63.5) mills for each cigarette.
51-11	44-20-12.1. Cigarette floor stock tax. -- (a) Whenever used in this section, unless the
51-12	context requires:
51-13	(1) "Cigarette" means and includes any cigarette as defined in section 44-20-1(2);
51-14	(2) "Person" means and includes each individual, firm, fiduciary, partnership,
51-15	corporation, trust, or association however formed.
51-16	(b) Each person engaging in the business of selling cigarettes at wholesale or retail in
51-17	this state pays a tax or excise to the state for the privilege of engaging in that business during any
51-18	part of the calendar year 2001 2002. The tax is measured by the number of cigarettes held by the
51-19	person in this state at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2001 May 1, 2002 and is computed at the rate of
51-20	fourteen and one-half (14.5) thirteen and one-half (13.5) mills per cigarette.
51-21	(c) Each person subject to the payment of the tax imposed by this section shall, on or
51-22	before July 16, 2001 May 16, 2002 file a return, under oath or certified under the penalties of
51-23	perjury, with the tax administrator on forms furnished by him or her, showing the amount of
51-24	cigarettes in that person's possession in this state at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2001 May 1, 2002 and
51-25	the amount of tax due, and shall at the time of filing the return pay the tax to the tax
51-26	administrator. Failure to obtain forms shall not be an excuse for the failure to make a return
51-27	containing the information required by the tax administrator.
51-28	(d) The tax administrator may prescribe rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law,
51-29	with regard to the assessment and collection of the tax imposed by this section.
51-30	44-20-13. Tax imposed on unstamped cigarettes. -- A tax is imposed at the rate of fifty
51-31	(50) sixty-three and one-half (63.5) mills for each cigarette upon the storage or use within this
51-32	state of any cigarettes not stamped in accordance with the provisions of this chapter in the
51-33	possession of any person other than a licensed distributor or dealer, or a carrier for transit from
51-34	without this state to a licensed distributor or dealer within this state.
52-1	SECTION 2. This article shall take effect on May 1, 2002.
53-1	ARTICLE 9
53-2	RELATING TO SINKING FUND
53-3	SECTION 1. Section 35-8-11 of the General Laws in Chapter 35-8 entitled "Bonded
53-4	Indebtedness of State" is hereby amended to read as follows:
53-5	35-8-11. Payments into sinking funds. - In fiscal year 2000, and each subsequent fiscal
53-6	year, there shall be appropriated a sum at least equal to the total of the following: the sinking fund
53-7	commission's estimate of savings generated for that fiscal year from the commission's prior fiscal
53-8	years' refinancing of debt; the sinking fund commission's estimate of the total debt service
53-9	payments, principal and interest, of the debt retired by the commission in prior fiscal year; the
53-10	sinking fund commission's estimate of the total debt service payments, principal and interest, of
53-11	the general obligation debt not issued in accordance with 35-8-6.2 in prior fiscal year; and the
53-12	total interest generated by the proceeds of general obligation bond, net of the arbitrage rebate for
53-13	that year, as estimated by the Revenue Estimating Conference. Payments into the sinking fund
53-14	shall also include those received pursuant to 42-116-25, net of costs incurred by the department or
53-15	agency assuming management of the assets of the Depositors' Economic Protection Corporation,
53-16	which shall not be subject to annual appropriation.
53-17	In fiscal years 2001 and, 2002, and 2003, there shall be no appropriations made to the
53-18	sinking fund. appropriated a sum at least equal to the total of the following: the sinking fund
53-19	commission's estimate of savings generated for that fiscal year from the commission's prior fiscal
53-20	years' refinancing of debt; the sinking fund commission's estimate of the total debt service
53-21	payments, principal and interest, of the debt retired by the commission in prior fiscal year; and the
53-22	sinking fund commission's estimate of the total debt service payments, principal and interest, of
53-23	the general obligation debt not issued in accordance with section 35-8-6.2 in prior fiscal year.
53-24	SECTION 2. In FY 2002 the balance of the sinking fund, estimated to be
53-25	$518,189, shall be transferred from the sinking fund to the general fund.
53-26	SECTION 3. Section 42-116-25.1 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-116 entitled
53-27	"Rhode Island Depositors Economic Protection Corporation" is hereby amended to read as
53-28	follows:
53-29	42-116-25.1. Defeasance of corporation bonds.-Upon final defeasance of all
53-30	corporation bonds, the initial forty-two million two hundred thousand dollars ($42,200,000) of
53-31	corporation proceeds from all sources proceeds from all sources when made available by the
53-32	corporation shall be paid to the general fund on a quarterly basis. All additional corporate
53-33	proceeds shall be paid to the sinking funds on a quarterly basis.
54-1	SECTION 4. Chapter 55 of the Public Laws of 2000 in Article 5, Section 8
54-2	entitled "Sale of bonds" and Article 5, Section 10 entitled "Investment of moneys in
54-3	fund" is hereby amended as follows:
54-4	Section 8. For the fiscal years FY 2001, FY 2002, and FY 2003, any premium and accrued
54-5	interest which may be received on the sale of the capital development bonds shall become
54-6	part of the general fund of the state and shall be applied to the payment of debt service
54-7	charges of the state.
54-8	Section 10. Investment of moneys in fund. - For the fiscal years FY 2001, FY 2002 and FY
54-9	2003, all moneys in the capital development funds not immediately required for payment
54-10	pursuant to the provisions of this act may be invested by the investment commission, as
54-11	established by Chapter 35-10, pursuant to the provisions of such chapter; provided,
54-12	however, that the securities in which the capital development fund is invested shall remain a
54-13	part of the capital development fund until exchanged for other securities; and provided
54-14	further, that the income from investments of the capital development fund shall become a
54-15	part of the general fund of the state and shall be applied to the payment of debt service
54-16	charges of the state, or to the extent necessary, to rebate to the United States treasury any
54-17	income from investments (including gains from the disposition of investments) of proceeds
54-18	of bonds to the extent deemed necessary to exempt (in whole or in part) the interest paid on
54-19	such bonds from federal income taxation.
54-20	SECTION 5. This article shall take effect on July 1, 2001.
55-1	ARTICLE 10
55-2	RELATING TO TAXATION – INSURANCE COMPANIES
55-3	SECTION 1. Chapter 27-3 of the General Laws entitled “Agents, Brokers, and
55-4	Solicitors” is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:
55-5	27-3-38.1. Insurance independently procured – Duty to report and pay tax. –
55-6	(a) Each insured in this state who procures or continues or renews insurance with an
55-7	insurer not licensed to do an insurance business in this state on properties, risks or
55-8	exposures located or to be performed in whole or in part in this state, other than insurance
55-9	procured through a surplus lines licensee, shall, within thirty (30) days, after the date the
55-10	insurance was so procured, continued or renewed, file a written report with the tax
55-11	administrator, upon forms prescribed by the tax administrator, showing the name and
55-12	address of the insured or insured’s, name and address of the insurer, the subject of the
55-13	insurance, a general description of the coverage, the amount of premium currently
55-14	charged and additional pertinent information reasonably requested by the tax
55-15	administrator.
55-16	For the purposes of this subsection, properties, risks or exposures only partially
55-17	located or to be performed in this state, which are covered under a multi-state policy
55-18	placed by a surplus lines licensee in another state, shall be deemed to be insurance
55-19	independently procured unless the insurer is licensed to do business in this state.
55-20	(b) Gross premiums charged for the insurance, less any return premiums, are
55-21	subject to a tax at the rate of three percent (3%). At the time of filing the report required
55-22	in subsection (a) of this section, the insured shall file with the tax administrator, in the
55-23	form that he or she may prescribe, a return under oath or affirmation containing
55-24	information that may be deemed necessary for the determination of the tax imposed by
55-25	this section. The insured shall at the same time pay the tax due to the tax administrator.
55-26	(c) If an independently procured policy covers properties, risks or exposures only
55-27	partially located or to be performed in this state, the tax payable by the insured shall be
55-28	computed on the portion of the premium properly attributable to the properties, risks or
55-29	exposures located or to be performed in this state.
55-30	(d) This section does not abrogate or modify Rhode Island general laws section
55-31	27-16-1 et seq. (Unauthorized Insurance Business), or any other provision of title 27.
56-1	SECTION 2. Section 44-22-1.1 of the General Laws in Chapter 44-22 entitled
56-2	“Estate and transfer Taxes - Liability and Computation” is hereby amended to read as
56-3	follows:
56-4	44-22-1.1. Tax on net estate of decedent.--(a)(1) For decedents whose death occurs on
56-5	or after January 1, 1992, but prior to January 1, 2002, a tax is imposed upon the transfer of the net
56-6	estate of every resident or nonresident decedent as a tax upon the right to transfer. The tax is a
56-7	sum equal to the maximum credit for state death taxes allowed by 26 U.S.C. section 2011.
56-8	(2) For decedents whose death occurs on or after January 1, 2002, a tax is imposed upon
56-9	the transfer of the net estate of every resident or nonresident decedent as a tax upon the right to
56-10	transfer. The tax is a sum equal to the maximum credit for state death taxes allowed by 26 U.S.C.
56-11	Section 2011 as it was in effect as of January 1, 2001, provided, however, any scheduled increase
56-12	in the unified credit provided in 26 U.S.C. Section 2010 in effect on January 1, 2001, or
56-13	thereafter, shall not apply.
56-14	(b) If the decedent’s estate contains property having a tax situs not within the state, then
56-15	the tax determined by this section is reduced to an amount determined by multiplying the tax by a
56-16	fraction whose numerator is the gross estate excluding all property having a tax situs not within
56-17	the state at the decedent’s death and whose denominator is the gross estate. In determining the
56-18	fraction, no deductions are considered and the gross estate is not reduced by a mortgage or other
56-19	indebtedness for which the decedent’s estate is not liable.
56-20	(c)(1) The terms “gross estate” or “federal gross estate” used in this chapter or chapter 23
56-21	of this title has the same meaning as when used in a comparable context in the laws of the United
56-22	States, unless a different meaning is clearly required by the provisions of this chapter or chapter
56-23	23 of this title. Any reference in this chapter or chapter 23 of this title to the Internal Revenue
56-24	Code or other laws of the United States means the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, 26 U.S.C. § 1
56-25	et seq.
56-26	(2) For decedents whose death occurs on or after January 1, 2002 the terms “gross estate”
56-27	or “federal gross estate” used in this chapter or chapter 23 of this title has the same meaning as
56-28	when used in a comparable context in the laws of the United States, unless a different meaning is
56-29	clearly required by the provisions of this chapter or chapter 23 of this title. Any reference in this
56-30	chapter or chapter 23 of this title to the Internal Revenue Code or other laws of the United States
56-31	means the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, 26 U.S.C. Section 1 et seq., as they were in effect as
56-32	of January 1, 2001.
56-33	(d) All values are as finally determined for federal estate tax purposes.
56-34	(e) Property has a tax situs within the state of Rhode Island:
57-1	(1) If it is real estate or tangible personal property and has actual situs within the state of
57-2	Rhode Island; or
57-3	(2) If it is intangible personal property and the decedent was a resident.
57-4	SECTION 3. Title 44 of the General Laws entitled “Taxation” is hereby amended by
57-5	adding the following chapter:
57-6	CHAPTER 60
57-7	RELATING TO DEPRECIATION OF ASSETS AND NET OPERATING LOSS
57-8	DEDUCTION
57-9	44-60-1. Depreciation of assets. – (a) For purposes of depreciation of assets under
57-10	chapters 11, 14 and 30 of title 44, the bonus depreciation provided by the Job Creation and
57-11	Worker Assistance Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-147) for federal tax purposes shall not be allowed for
57-12	Rhode Island tax purposes. In the year that such assets are placed in service and in all subsequent
57-13	years, depreciation for Rhode Island tax purposes shall be allowed on such assets as it would have
57-14	been computed prior to the enactment of the Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act of 2002.
57-15	(b) The gain resulting from any subsequent disposition of such asset(s) shall be computed
57-16	using a basis consistent with the Rhode Island depreciation allowed under subsection (a).
57-17	SECTION 4. Chapter 30 of Title 44 of the General Laws entitled “Personal Income Tax”
57-18	is hereby amended by adding the following section:
57-19	44-30-2.8. Net operating loss deduction. – For purposes of net operating losses under
57-20	chapter 30 of title 44, the five (5) year carryback provision provided by the Job Creation and
57-21	Worker Assistance Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-147) for federal tax purposes shall not be allowed for
57-22	Rhode Island tax purposes.
57-23	SECTION 5. In the event that the United States Congress passes legislation that provides
57-24	this state with full federal reimbursement for the tax losses incurred by the provisions of the Job
57-25	Creation and Worker Assistance Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-147), relating to bonus depreciation
57-26	and/or five (5) year carryback of net operating losses, then the respective chapter and/or section
57-27	of this article to which the reimbursement applied shall be repealed in its entirety.
57-28	SECTION 6. Chapter 44-30 of the General Laws entitled “Personal Income Tax” is
57-29	hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:
57-30	44-30-87.1. Net operating loss – Limitation. – A net operating loss deduction shall be
57-31	allowed which shall be the same as the net operating loss deduction allowed under section 172 of
57-32	the Internal Revenue Code [26 U.S.C.], except that (1) any net operating loss included in
57-33	determining such deduction shall be adjusted to reflect the modifications increasing and
57-34	decreasing adjusted gross income required by sections 44-30-12 and 44-30-32; (2) such deduction
58-1	shall not include any net operating loss sustained during any taxable year beginning in which the
58-2	taxpayer was not subject to the tax imposed by this chapter; and (3) such deduction shall not
58-3	exceed the deduction for the taxable year allowable under section 172 of the Internal Revenue
58-4	Code [26 U.S.C.], provided, however, notwithstanding any other provision of law such deduction
58-5	for a taxable year may not be carried back to any other taxable year for Rhode Island purposes but
58-6	shall only be allowable on a carry forward basis for the number of succeeding taxable years
58-7	allowed under section 172 of the Internal Revenue Code [26 U.S.C.].
58-8	SECTION 7. Sections one and five of this article shall take effect upon passage. Section
58-9	2 of this article shall take effect upon passage and shall apply to persons who have died on or
58-10	after January 1, 2002. Section 3 shall take effect upon passage and apply to assets acquired after
58-11	September 10, 2001 and before September 11, 2004, and Section 4 shall take effect upon passage
58-12	and apply to taxable years ending in 2001 and 2002. Section 6 of this article shall take effect upon
58-13	passage and apply to losses incurred for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2002.
59-1	ARTICLE 11
59-2	RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE PROVIDERS
59-3	SECTION 1. Chapter 27-18 of the General Laws entitled "Accident and Sickness
59-4	Insurance Policies" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following sections:
59-5	27-18-62. Coverage for early intervention services. – (a) Every individual or group
59-6	hospital or medical expense insurance policy or contract providing coverage for dependent
59-7	children, issued for delivery or renewal in this state on or after June 1, 2002, shall include
59-8	coverage for early intervention services for those individuals certified by the Department of
59-9	Health as eligible for services under Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20
59-10	USC Sec. 1431, et seq.) Provided further each such policy or contract consistent with Part C of
59-11	the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ( 20 USC Sec. 1431, et seq.) may not exclude
59-12	early intervention services which are covered benefits in a health plan.
59-13	(b) Early intervention services which are not covered benefits for all enrollees shall be
59-14	covered for children enrolled in early intervention up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) per year.
59-15	(c) Payment for early intervention services for a child enrolled in early intervention shall
59-16	not be included in any lifetime or annual benefit cap.
59-17	(d) Benefit plans offered by an insurer may impose copayments, coinsurance, and/or
59-18	deductibles for the benefits mandated by this chapter, however, in no instance shall the
59-19	copayment or deductible amount be greater than the copayment or deductible amount imposed for
59-20	other supplies, equipment or physician office visits. Reimbursement rates for benefits shall not
59-21	differ simply because the beneficiary is enrolled in early intervention.
59-22	(e) Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to apply to supplemental policies
59-23	which only provide coverage for specified diseases or other supplemental policies.
59-24	27-18-63. Coverage for Children’s Intensive Services (CIS). -- Every individual or
59-25	group hospital or medical expense insurance policy or contract providing coverage for dependent
59-26	children, delivered or renewed in this state on or after the effective date of this act, shall include
59-27	coverage for children’s intensive services (CIS). Such coverage shall be limited to a benefit of
59-28	five thousand dollars ($5,000) per dependent child per policy or calendar year and shall be subject
59-29	to such deductibles and coinsurance factors no less favorable than for physical illness generally.
59-30	Any amount paid by an insurer under this section for a dependent child shall not be applied to any
59-31	annual or lifetime maximum benefit contained in the policy or contract.
59-32	For the purpose of this section, “children’s intensive services” shall mean a combination of
59-33	medically necessary services that are individualized to meet the treatment needs of the child and
59-34	the family. These services include psychiatric and psycho-therapeutic services (including
60-1	individual, family and group counseling), case management, and therapeutic recreational services
60-2	delivered primarily in a family and/or community setting. “Medically necessary services” shall
60-3	mean those services designed to help a child or youth attain or retain the capability to function
60-4	age appropriately within his or her environment and shall include services that enhance functional
60-5	ability. Any child between the ages of birth and twenty-one (21) may be eligible to receive CIS
60-6	if the child meets the criteria for serious emotional disturbance (SED) as defined in RIGL 42-72-5
60-7	(b)(24)(v), or CFR 34.700c(4) or has a mental health, emotional or behavioral diagnosis, under
60-8	the current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, which has lasted for or can be
60-9	expected to last for at least one year, and is at risk for more restrictive placement, including, but
60-10	not limited to, psychiatric hospitalization, as a result of this condition.
60-11	SECTION 2. Chapter 27-19 of the General Laws entitled "Nonprofit Hospital Service
60-12	Corporations" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following sections:
60-13	27-18-53. Coverage for early intervention services. – (a) Every individual or group
60-14	hospital or medical expense insurance policy or contract providing coverage for dependent
60-15	children, issued for delivery or renewal in this state on or after June 1, 2002, shall include
60-16	coverage for early intervention services for those individuals certified by the Department of
60-17	Health as eligible for services under Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20
60-18	USC Sec. 1431, et seq.) Provided further each such policy or contract consistent with Part C of
60-19	the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ( 20 USC Sec. 1431, et seq.) may not exclude
60-20	early intervention services which are covered benefits in a health plan.
60-21	(b) Early intervention services which are not covered benefits for all enrollees shall be
60-22	covered for children enrolled in early intervention up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) per year.
60-23	(c) Payment for early intervention services for a child enrolled in early intervention shall
60-24	not be included in any lifetime or annual benefit cap.
60-25	(d) Benefit plans offered by an insurer may impose copayments, coinsurance, and/or
60-26	deductibles for the benefits mandated by this chapter, however, in no instance shall the
60-27	copayment or deductible amount be greater than the copayment or deductible amount imposed for
60-28	other supplies, equipment or physician office visits. Reimbursement rates for benefits shall not
60-29	differ simply because the beneficiary is enrolled in early intervention.
60-30	(e) Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to apply to supplemental policies
60-31	which only provide coverage for specified diseases or other supplemental policies.
60-32	27-19-54. Coverage for Children’s Intensive Services (CIS). -- Every individual or
60-33	group hospital or medical expense insurance policy or contract providing coverage for dependent
60-34	children, delivered or renewed in this state on or after the effective date of this act, shall include
61-1	coverage for children’s intensive services (CIS). Such coverage shall be limited to a benefit of
61-2	five thousand dollars ($5,000) per dependent child per policy or calendar year and shall be subject
61-3	to such deductibles and coinsurance factors no less favorable than for physical illness generally.
61-4	Any amount paid by an insurer under this section for a dependent child shall not be applied to any
61-5	annual or lifetime maximum benefit contained in the policy or contract.
61-6	For the purpose of this section, “children’s intensive services” shall mean a combination of
61-7	medically necessary services that are individualized to meet the treatment needs of the child and
61-8	the family. These services include psychiatric and psycho-therapeutic services (including
61-9	individual, family and group counseling), case management, and therapeutic recreational services
61-10	delivered primarily in a family and/or community setting. “Medically necessary services” shall
61-11	mean those services designed to help a child or youth attain or retain the capability to function
61-12	age appropriately within his or her environment and shall include services that enhance functional
61-13	ability. Any child between the ages of birth and twenty-one (21) may be eligible to receive CIS
61-14	if the child meets the criteria for serious emotional disturbance (SED) as defined in RIGL 42-72-5
61-15	(b)(24)(v), or CFR 34.700c(4) or has a mental health, emotional or behavioral diagnosis, under
61-16	the current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, which has lasted for or can be
61-17	expected to last for at least one year, and is at risk for more restrictive placement, including, but
61-18	not limited to, psychiatric hospitalization, as a result of this condition.
61-19	SECTION 3. Chapter 27-20 of the General Laws entitled "Nonprofit Medical Service
61-20	Corporations" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following sections:
61-21	27-18-48. Coverage for early intervention services. – (a) Every individual or group
61-22	hospital or medical expense insurance policy or contract providing coverage for dependent
61-23	children, issued for delivery or renewal in this state on or after June 1, 2002, shall include
61-24	coverage for early intervention services for those individuals certified by the Department of
61-25	Health as eligible for services under Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20
61-26	USC Sec. 1431, et seq.) Provided further each such policy or contract consistent with Part C of
61-27	the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ( 20 USC Sec. 1431, et seq.) may not exclude
61-28	early intervention services which are covered benefits in a health plan.
61-29	(b) Early intervention services which are not covered benefits for all enrollees shall be
61-30	covered for children enrolled in early intervention up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) per year.
61-31	(c) Payment for early intervention services for a child enrolled in early intervention shall
61-32	not be included in any lifetime or annual benefit cap.
61-33	(d) Benefit plans offered by an insurer may impose copayments, coinsurance, and/or
61-34	deductibles for the benefits mandated by this chapter, however, in no instance shall the
62-1	copayment or deductible amount be greater than the copayment or deductible amount imposed for
62-2	other supplies, equipment or physician office visits. Reimbursement rates for benefits shall not
62-3	differ simply because the beneficiary is enrolled in early intervention.
62-4	(e) Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to apply to supplemental policies
62-5	which only provide coverage for specified diseases or other supplemental policies.
62-6	27-20-49. Coverage for Children’s Intensive Services (CIS). -- Every individual or
62-7	group hospital or medical expense insurance policy or contract providing coverage for dependent
62-8	children, delivered or renewed in this state on or after the effective date of this act, shall include
62-9	coverage for children’s intensive services (CIS). Such coverage shall be limited to a benefit of
62-10	five thousand dollars ($5,000) per dependent child per policy or calendar year and shall be subject
62-11	to such deductibles and coinsurance factors no less favorable than for physical illness generally.
62-12	Any amount paid by an insurer under this section for a dependent child shall not be applied to any
62-13	annual or lifetime maximum benefit contained in the policy or contract.
62-14	For the purpose of this section, “children’s intensive services” shall mean a combination of
62-15	medically necessary services that are individualized to meet the treatment needs of the child and
62-16	the family. These services include psychiatric and psycho-therapeutic services (including
62-17	individual, family and group counseling), case management, and therapeutic recreational services
62-18	delivered primarily in a family and/or community setting. “Medically necessary services” shall
62-19	mean those services designed to help a child or youth attain or retain the capability to function
62-20	age appropriately within his or her environment and shall include services that enhance functional
62-21	ability. Any child between the ages of birth and twenty-one (21) may be eligible to receive CIS
62-22	if the child meets the criteria for serious emotional disturbance (SED) as defined in RIGL 42-72-5
62-23	(b)(24)(v), or CFR 34.700c(4) or has a mental health, emotional or behavioral diagnosis, under
62-24	the current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, which has lasted for or can be
62-25	expected to last for at least one year, and is at risk for more restrictive placement, including, but
62-26	not limited to, psychiatric hospitalization, as a result of this condition.
62-27	SECTION 4. Chapter 27-41 of the General Laws entitled "Health Maintenance
62-28	Organizations" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following sections:
62-29	27-18-65. Coverage for early intervention services. – (a) Every individual or group
62-30	hospital or medical expense insurance policy or contract providing coverage for dependent
62-31	children, issued for delivery or renewal in this state on or after June 1, 2002, shall include
62-32	coverage for early intervention services for those individuals certified by the Department of
62-33	Health as eligible for services under Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20
62-34	USC Sec. 1431, et seq.) Provided further each such policy or contract consistent with Part C of
63-1	the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ( 20 USC Sec. 1431, et seq.) may not exclude
63-2	early intervention services which are covered benefits in a health plan.
63-3	(b) Early intervention services which are not covered benefits for all enrollees shall be
63-4	covered for children enrolled in early intervention up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) per year.
63-5	(c) Payment for early intervention services for a child enrolled in early intervention shall
63-6	not be included in any lifetime or annual benefit cap.
63-7	(d) Benefit plans offered by an insurer may impose copayments, coinsurance, and/or
63-8	deductibles for the benefits mandated by this chapter, however, in no instance shall the
63-9	copayment or deductible amount be greater than the copayment or deductible amount imposed for
63-10	other supplies, equipment or physician office visits. Reimbursement rates for benefits shall not
63-11	differ simply because the beneficiary is enrolled in early intervention.
63-12	(e) Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to apply to supplemental policies
63-13	which only provide coverage for specified diseases or other supplemental policies.
63-14	27-41-66. Coverage for Children’s Intensive Services (CIS). -- Every individual or
63-15	group hospital or medical expense insurance policy or contract providing coverage for dependent
63-16	children, delivered or renewed in this state on or after the effective date of this act, shall include
63-17	coverage for children’s intensive services (CIS). Such coverage shall be limited to a benefit of
63-18	five thousand dollars ($5,000) per dependent child per policy or calendar year and shall be subject
63-19	to such deductibles and coinsurance factors no less favorable than for physical illness generally.
63-20	Any amount paid by an insurer under this section for a dependent child shall not be applied to any
63-21	annual or lifetime maximum benefit contained in the policy or contract.
63-22	For the purpose of this section, “children’s intensive services” shall mean a combination of
63-23	medically necessary services that are individualized to meet the treatment needs of the child and
63-24	the family. These services include psychiatric and psycho-therapeutic services (including
63-25	individual, family and group counseling), case management, and therapeutic recreational services
63-26	delivered primarily in a family and/or community setting. “Medically necessary services” shall
63-27	mean those services designed to help a child or youth attain or retain the capability to function
63-28	age appropriately within his or her environment and shall include services that enhance functional
63-29	ability. Any child between the ages of birth and twenty-one (21) may be eligible to receive CIS
63-30	if the child meets the criteria for serious emotional disturbance (SED) as defined in RIGL 42-72-5
63-31	(b)(24)(v), or CFR 34.700c(4) or has a mental health, emotional or behavioral diagnosis, under
63-32	the current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, which has lasted for or can be
63-33	expected to last for at least one year, and is at risk for more restrictive placement, including, but
63-34	not limited to, psychiatric hospitalization, as a result of this condition.
64-1	SECTION 5. This article shall take effect upon passage.
65-1	ARTICLE 12
65-2	RELATING TO EFFECTIVE DATE
65-3	This act shall take effect upon passage, except as otherwise provided herein.
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	EXPLANATION
	BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
	OF
	AN ACT
	MAKING REVISED APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE STATE FOR THE
	FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2002
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66-1	Explanation of Articles
66-2	ARTICLE 1
66-3	MAKING REVISED APPROPRIATIONS IN SUPPORT OF FY 2002
66-4	This article revises appropriations for state fiscal year 2002 for general revenues, federal
66-5	funds, restricted receipts, and other funds. This article also amends FTE authorizations for fiscal
66-6	year 2002; reappropriate all unexpended Pirovano Trust balances in the Department of Mental
66-7	Health, Retardation, and Hospitals to fiscal year 2003; and withdraw Rhode Island Capital Plan
66-8	Fund monies for projects that are completed.
66-9	ARTICLE 2
66-10	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX REIMBURSEMENTS
66-11	This article would amend the Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Tax Elimination Act of
66-12	1998 by providing for state reimbursement to municipalities of the Motor Vehicle Tax by
66-13	modifying the exemption levels.
66-14	ARTICLE 3
66-15	RELATING TO LICENSING OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
66-16	This article would increase the licensing fees paid by hospitals and assisted living
66-17	facilities in Rhode Island.
66-18	ARTICLE 4
66-19	RELATING TO CERTIFICATION OF HEALTH PLANS
66-20	This article would allow the Department of Health to charge health care insurers for the
66-21	costs associated with consumer disclosure activities.
66-22	ARTICLE 5
66-23	RELATING TO REVENUE ESTIMATES AND BUDGET SUBMISSION
66-24	This article would require that the governor submit a budget to the general assembly on
66-25	or before the second Tuesday in January in each year and would require the revenue estimating
66-26	and caseload estimating conferences to meet in April of each year rather than May.
67-1	ARTICLE 6
67-2	RELATING TO INSURANCE
67-3	This article increases insurance fees in the Department of Business Regulation for one
67-4	year from the period July 1, 2002 through June 30, 2003. The article specifies that the additional
67-5	revenues generated from the fee increase shall be used in FY 2003 to implement the federal
67-6	Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.
67-7	ARTICLE 7
67-8	RELATING TO CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS
67-9	This article would create the Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation Act.
67-10	ARTICLE 8
67-11	Deleted
67-12	ARTICLE 9
67-13	RELATING TO SINKING FUND
67-14	This article transfers $517,189 from the Sinking Fund to the General Fund in FY 2002,
67-15	reflecting balances available from prior years and new proceeds in FY 2002; directs investment
67-16	earnings on bond proceeds to the General Fund rather than the Sinking Fund in FY 2003; directs
67-17	other proceeds to the General Fund in FY 2003; and increases the amount of DEPCO proceeds
67-18	directed to the General Fund from the $42,200,000 amount specified in statute to any and all
67-19	proceeds received to be directed to the General Fund.
67-20	ARTICLE 10
67-21	RELATING TO TAXATION – INSURANCE COMPANIES
67-22	This article provides that surplus lines brokers shall be subject to the three percent gross
67-23	premium tax even if surplus lines brokers procure insurance from unauthorized and unapproved
67-24	insurance carriers. This article eliminates net operating loss carrybacks under the personal income
67-25	tax law. This act would take effect upon passage and apply to losses incurred for taxable years
67-26	beginning on or after January 1, 2002.
67-27	ARTICLE 11
67-28	RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY
67-29	This article requires that in FY 2002 and FY 2003 the Job Development Fund shall
67-30	provide $2.0 million per year to finance the activities of the Department of Labor and Training
67-31	in support of the Department of Human Services Rapid Job Entry program. It further provides for
67-32	an enrollment of 800 clients per year, as referred by the Department of Human Services.
67-33	ARTICLE 12
67-34	RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE PROVIDERS
68-1	This article would require insurers providing coverage for dependent children, delivered
68-2	or renewed in Rhode Island after the effective date of this act, to include coverage for medically
68-3	necessary early intervention services and children’s intensive services. This coverage would be
68-4	limited to a benefit of $5,000 per calendar or policy year.
68-5	ARTICLE 13
68-6	Now Article 8
68-7	ARTICLE 14
68-8	RELATING TO RETIREE MEDICAL INSURANCE BENEFITS
68-9	This article would amend section 36-12-4 relating to medical insurance coverage for
68-10	retired employees by requiring retirees to purchase insurance at the group rate for retired
68-11	employees, as opposed to the rate for active employees.
68-12	ARTICLE 15
68-13	Now part of Article 10
68-14	ARTICLE 13
68-15	RELATING TO EFFECTIVE DATE
68-16	This article states the effective date of the act and the articles within the act.
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