H5127

	2013 -- H 5127
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	LC00567
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	STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

	IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

	JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013

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	A N A C T
	RELATING TO MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE STATE FOR
	THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2014


	Introduced By: Representative Helio Melo

	Date Introduced: January 22, 2013

	Referred To: House Finance




	It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

1-1	ARTICLE 1 RELATING TO MAKING APPROPRIATIONS IN SUPPORT OF FY
1-2	2014
1-3	ARTICLE 2 RELATING TO MEDICARE EXCHANGE PROGRAM FOR MEDICARE
1-4	ELIGIBLE RETIREES
1-5	ARTICLE 3 RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFITS
1-6	ARTICLE 4 RELATING TO FICA ALTERNATE RETIREMENT PLAN
1-7	ARTICLE 5 RELATING TO STATE FUNDS
1-8	ARTICLE 6 RELATING TO DIVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLES
1-9	ARTICLE 7 RELATING TO PUBLIC CORPORATION DEBT MANAGEMENT
1-10	ARTICLE 8 RELATING TO GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION
1-11	ARTICLE 9 RELATING TO TAXATION
1-12	ARTICLE 10 RELATING TO MAKING REVISED APPROPRIATIONS IN SUPPORT
1-13	OF FY 2013
1-14	ARTICLE 11 RELATING TO MUNICIPAL INCENTIVE AID
1-15	ARTICLE 12 RELATING TO HOSPITAL UNCOMPENSATED CARE
1-16	ARTICLE 13 RELATING TO LICENSING OF HOSPITAL FACILITIES
1-17	ARTICLE 14 RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY JOB DEVELOPMENT
1-18	FUND ASSESSMENT
2-19	ARTICLE 15 RELATING TO HUMAN RESOURCE INVESTMENT COUNCIL
2-20	ARTICLE 16 RELATING TO RESTRICTED RECEIPT ACCOUNTS
2-21	ARTICLE 17 RELATING TO EMERGENCY AND PUBLIC COMMUNICATION
2-22	ACCESS FUND
2-23	ARTICLE 18 RELATING TO RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS
2-24	AUTHORITY
2-25	ARTICLE 19 RELATING TO MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
2-26	ARTICLE 20 RELATING TO MEDICAID REFORM ACT OF 2008
2-27	ARTICLE 21 RELATING TO RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY
2-28	ARTICLE 22 RELATING TO DEBT MANAGEMENT ACT JOINT RESOLUTION
2-29	ARTICLE 23 RELATING TO HISTORIC STRUCTURES – TAX CREDIT
2-30	ARTICLE 24 RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY – ATTORNEY’S FEES
2-31	ARTICLE 25 RELATING TO EFFECTIVE DATE
2-32
2-33	ARTICLE 1
3-1	RELATING TO MAKING APPROPRIATIONS IN SUPPORT OF FY 2014
3-2	SECTION 1. Subject to the conditions, limitations and restrictions hereinafter contained in
3-3	this act, the following general revenue amounts are hereby appropriated out of any money in the
3-4	treasury not otherwise appropriated to be expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014. The
3-5	amounts identified for federal funds and restricted receipts shall be made available pursuant to
3-6	section 35-4-22 and Chapter 41 of Title 42 of the Rhode Island General Laws. For the purposes and
3-7	functions hereinafter mentioned, the state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his or
3-8	her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of such sums or such portions thereof as may
3-9	be required from time to time upon receipt by him or her of properly authenticated vouchers.
3-10	Administration
3-11	Central Management
3-12	General Revenues 2,061,597
3-13	Office of Digital Excellence 810,441
3-14	Total – General Revenues 2,872,038
3-15	Federal Funds Total 194,591
3-16	Total – Central Management 3,066,629
3-17	Legal Services
3-18	General Revenues 2,098,683
3-19	Total – Legal Services 2,098,683
3-20	Accounts and Control
3-21	General Revenues 4,016,422
3-22	Total – Accounts and Control 4,016,422
3-23	Office of Management and Budget
3-24	General Revenues 4,194,888
3-25	Restricted Receipts 481,303
3-26	Total – Office of Management and Budget 4,676,191
3-27	Purchasing
3-28	General Revenues 2,872,136
3-29	Federal Funds 193,710
3-30	Other Funds 360,814
3-31	Total – Purchasing 3,426,660
3-32	Auditing
3-33	General Revenues Total 1,394,585
4-34	Total – Auditing 1,394,585
4-35	Human Resources
4-36	General Revenues 8,684,981
4-37	Federal Funds 808,123
4-38	Restricted Receipts 469,283
4-39	Other Funds 1,580,772
4-40	Total - Human Resources 11,543,159
4-41	Personnel Appeal Board
4-42	General Revenues 75,036
4-43	Total – Personnel Appeal Board 75,036
4-44	Facilities Management
4-45	General Revenues 32,298,875
4-46	Federal Funds 925,630
4-47	Restricted Receipts 616,083
4-48	Other Funds 3,696,513
4-49	Total – Facilities Management 37,537,101
4-50	Capital Projects and Property Management
4-51	General Revenues 1,340,545
4-52	Total – Capital Projects and Property Management 1,340,545
4-53	Information Technology
4-54	General Revenues 21,675,790
4-55	Federal Funds 7,135,490
4-56	Restricted Receipts 3,818,258
4-57	Other Funds 2,182,024
4-58	Total – Information Technology 34,811,562
4-59	Library and Information Services
4-60	General Revenues 1,007,465
4-61	Federal Funds 1,183,126
4-62	Restricted Receipts 1,694
4-63	Total - Library and Information Services 2,192,285
4-64	Planning
4-65	General Revenues 4,401,094
4-66	Federal Funds 6,935,098
4-67	Other Funds
5-68	Federal Highway – PL Systems Planning 5,039,312
5-69	Other Funds Total 5,039,312
5-70	Total - Planning 16,375,504
5-71	General
5-72	General Revenues
5-73	Economic Development Corporation 5,277,703
5-74	EDC – Airport Impact Aid 1,025,000
5-75	Sixty percent (60%) of the first one million dollars ($1,000,000) appropriated for airport
5-76	impact aid shall be distributed to each airport serving more than one million (1,000,000) passengers
5-77	based upon its percentage of the total passengers served by all airports serving more than 1,000,000
5-78	passengers. Forty percent (40%) of the first one million dollars ($1,000,000) shall be distributed
5-79	based on the share of landings during the calendar year 2013 at North Central Airport, Newport-
5-80	Middletown Airport, Block Island Airport, Quonset Airport, T.F. Green Airport and Westerly
5-81	Airport, respectively. The Economic Development Corporation shall make an impact payment to the
5-82	towns or cities in which the airport is located based on this calculation. Each community upon which
5-83	any parts of the above airports are located shall receive at least twenty-five thousand dollars
5-84	($25,000).
5-85	EDC – EPScore (Research Alliance) 1,150,000
5-86	Miscellaneous Grants/Payments 146,049
5-87	Slater Centers of Excellence 1,000,000
5-88	Torts – Courts/Awards 400,000
5-89	Current Care/Health Information Exchange 450,000
5-90	I-195Commission 501,000
5-91	RI Film and Television Office 310,747
5-92	State Employees/Teachers Retiree Health Subsidy 2,321,057
5-93	Resource Sharing and State Library Aid 8,773,398
5-94	Library Construction Aid 2,500,666
5-95	General Revenue Total 23,855,620
5-96	Federal Funds 4,345,555
5-97	Restricted Receipts 421,500
5-98	Other Funds
5-99	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
5-100	Statehouse Renovations 4,500,000
5-101	DoIT Enterprise Operations Center 250,000
6-102	Cranston Street Armory 1,650,000
6-103	Cannon Building 650,000
6-104	Zambarano Building Rehabilitation 3,340,000
6-105	Pastore Center Rehab DOA Portion 1,850,000
6-106	Old State House 400,000
6-107	State Office Building 1,300,000
6-108	Old Colony House 100,000
6-109	William Powers Building 600,000
6-110	Fire Code Compliance State Buildings 500,000
6-111	Pastore Center Fire Code Compliance 1,691,596
6-112	Pastore Center Utility Systems Upgrade 2,745,789
6-113	Replacement of Fueling Tanks 300,000
6-114	Environmental Compliance 200,000
6-115	Big River Management Area 180,000
6-116	Pastore Center Building Demolition 2,400,000
6-117	Washington County Government Center 450,000
6-118	Veterans Memorial Auditorium 9,798,789
6-119	Chapin Health Laboratory 2,125,000
6-120	Pastore Center Parking 300,000
6-121	Pastore Center Water Utility Systems 300,000
6-122	Board of Elections New Location 1,000,000
6-123	Pastore Cottages Rehab 300,000
6-124	Ladd Center Demolition 1,500,000
6-125	I-195 Commission 250,000
6-126	RI Convention Center Authority 1,000,000
6-127	Dunkin Donuts Center 925,000
6-128	Other Funds Total 40,606,174
6-129	Total – General 69,228,849
6-130	Debt Service Payments
6-131	General Revenues 159,509,908
6-132	Of the general revenue appropriation for debt service, two million five hundred thousand
6-133	dollars ($2,500,000) is appropriated for transfer to the Capital Reserve Fund of the EDC Job Creation
6-134	Guaranty Program.
6-135	Federal Funds 2,759,328
7-136	Restricted Receipts 2,131,275
7-137	Other Funds
7-138	Transportation Debt Service 29,619,820
7-139	Investment Receipts – Bond Funds 100,000
7-140	COPS - DLT Building – TDI 278,848
7-141	Other Funds Total 29,998,668
7-142	Total - Debt Service Payments 194,399,179
7-143	Energy Resources
7-144	Federal Funds
7-145	Federal Funds 590,080
7-146	Federal Funds – Stimulus 250,000
7-147	Federal Funds Total 840,080
7-148	Restricted Receipts 7,959,477
7-149	Total – Energy Resources 8,799,557
7-150	Rhode Island Health Benefits Exchange
7-151	Federal Funds Total 28,348,926
7-152	Total – Rhode Island Health Benefits Exchange 28,348,926
7-153	Construction Permitting, Approvals and Licensing
7-154	General Funds Total 1,421,350
7-155	Restricted Receipts Total 1,408,159
7-156	Total – Construction Permitting, Approvals and Licensing 2,829,509
7-157	Supplemental Retirement Savings
7-158	General Funds Total (263,588)
7-159	Federal Funds Total (63,113)
7-160	Restricted Receipts Total (29,700)
7-161	Other Funds Total (11,138)
7-162	Total – Supplemental Retirement Savings (367,539)
7-163	Grand Total – General Revenue Funds 271,455,828
7-164	Grand Total – Administration 425,792,843
7-165	Business Regulation
7-166	Central Management
7-167	General Revenues 1,197,671
7-168	Total - Central Management 1,197,671
7-169	Banking Division
8-170	General Revenues 1,715,225
8-171	Restricted Receipts 125,000
8-172	Total - Banking Division 1,840,225
8-173	Securities Regulation
8-174	General Revenues 980,090
8-175	Restricted Receipts 15,000
8-176	Total - Securities Regulation 995,090
8-177	Insurance Regulation
8-178	General Revenues 3,967,883
8-179	Restricted Receipts 1,345,584
8-180	Total - Insurance Regulation 5,313,467
8-181	Office of the Health Commissioner
8-182	General Revenues 542,180
8-183	Federal Funds 1,747,589
8-184	Restricted Receipts 10,500
8-185	Total – Office of the Health Commissioner 2,300,269
8-186	Board of Accountancy
8-187	General Revenues 81,034
8-188	Total - Board of Accountancy 81,034
8-189	Commercial Licensing, Racing & Athletics
8-190	General Revenues 707,941
8-191	Restricted Receipts 500,329
8-192	Total - Commercial Licensing, Racing & Athletics 1,208,270
8-193	Board for Design Professionals
8-194	General Revenues 253,854
8-195	Total – Board for Design Professionals 253,854
8-196	Grand Total – General Revenue Funds 9,445,878
8-197	Grand Total - Business Regulation 13,189,880
8-198	Labor and Training
8-199	Central Management
8-200	General Revenues 118,760
8-201	Restricted Receipts 342,730
8-202	Other Funds
8-203	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
9-204	Center General Asset Protection 702,000
9-205	Other Funds Total 702,000
9-206	Total - Central Management 1,163,490
9-207	Workforce Development Services
9-208	General Funds 2,000,000
9-209	Federal Funds 21,727,139
9-210	Restricted Receipts 9,134,984
9-211	Total - Workforce Development Services 32,862,123
9-212	Workforce Regulation and Safety
9-213	General Revenues 3,027,408
9-214	Total - Workforce Regulation and Safety 3,027,408
9-215	Income Support
9-216	General Revenues 4,299,157
9-217	Federal Funds 18,057,752
9-218	Restricted Receipts
9-219	Restricted Receipts 2,008,358
9-220	Job Development Fund 22,500,000
9-221	Restricted Receipts Total 24,508,358
9-222	Other Funds
9-223	Temporary Disability Insurance Fund 172,549,295
9-224	Employment Security Fund 264,600,000
9-225	Other Funds Total 437,149,295
9-226	Total - Income Support 484,014,562
9-227	Injured Workers Services
9-228	Restricted Receipts 9,139,647
9-229	Total - Injured Workers Services 9,139,647
9-230	Labor Relations Board
9-231	General Revenues 393,736
9-232	Total – Labor Relations Board 393,736
9-233	Grand Total – General Revenue Funds 9,839,061
9-234	Grand Total - Labor and Training 530,600,966
9-235	Department of Revenue
9-236	Director of Revenue
9-237	General Revenues 1,222,847
10-238	Total - Director of Revenue 1,222,847
10-239	Office of Revenue Analysis
10-240	General Revenues 528,721
10-241	Total - Office of Revenue Analysis 528,721
10-242	Lottery Division
10-243	Other Funds
10-244	Lottery Funds 245,451,858
10-245	Total - Lottery Division 245,451,858
10-246	Municipal Finance
10-247	General Revenues 2,351,173
10-248	Total – Municipal Finance 2,351,173
10-249	Taxation
10-250	General Revenues 18,127,851
10-251	Federal Funds 1,261,962
10-252	Restricted Receipts 849,626
10-253	Other Funds
10-254	Motor Fuel Tax Evasion 43,232
10-255	Temporary Disability Insurance 916,617
10-256	Other Funds Total 959,849
10-257	Total – Taxation 21,199,288
10-258	Registry of Motor Vehicles
10-259	General Revenues 18,764,921
10-260	Federal Funds 1,786,689
10-261	Restricted Receipts 14,763
10-262	Other Funds
10-263	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
10-264	Safety & Emissions Lift Replacement 150,000
10-265	Other Funds Total 150,000
10-266	Total – Registry of Motor Vehicles 20,716,373
10-267	State Aid
10-268	General Revenue
10-269	Distressed Communities Relief Fund 15,384,458
10-270	Payment in Lieu of Tax Exempt Properties 33,080,409
10-271	Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Payments 10,000,000
11-272	Property Revaluation Program 516,615
11-273	Municipal Aid 10,000,000
11-274	Total – General Revenue 68,981,482
11-275	Restricted Receipts 957,497
11-276	Total – State Aid 69,938,979
11-277	Grand Total – General Revenue Funds 109,976,995
11-278	Grand Total – Revenue 361,409,239
11-279	Legislature
11-280	General Revenues 36,986,933
11-281	Restricted Receipts 1,604,615
11-282	Grand Total – Legislature 38,591,548
11-283	Lieutenant Governor
11-284	General Revenues 986,890
11-285	Federal Funds 139,108
11-286	Grand Total - Lieutenant Governor 1,125,998
11-287	Secretary of State
11-288	Administration
11-289	General Revenues 2,078,542
11-290	Total - Administration 2,078,542
11-291	Corporations
11-292	General Revenues 2,152,424
11-293	Total - Corporations 2,152,424
11-294	State Archives
11-295	General Revenues 131,705
11-296	Restricted Receipts 449,931
11-297	Total - State Archives 581,636
11-298	Elections & Civics
11-299	General Revenues 1,262,821
11-300	Total – Elections and Civics 1,262,821
11-301	State Library
11-302	General Revenues 611,318
11-303	Total - State Library 611,318
11-304	Office of Public Information
11-305	General Revenues 361,023
12-306	Total – Office of Public Information 361,023
12-307	Grand Total – General Revenue Funds 6,597,833
12-308	Grand Total – Secretary of State 7,047,764
12-309	General Treasurer
12-310	Treasury
12-311	General Revenues 2,171,194
12-312	Federal Funds 293,099
12-313	Other Funds
12-314	Temporary Disability Insurance Fund 228,923
12-315	Other Funds Total 228,923
12-316	Total – Treasury 2,693,216
12-317	State Retirement System
12-318	Restricted Receipts
12-319	Admin Expenses - State Retirement System 10,256,532
12-320	Retirement – Treasury Investment Operations 1,162,562
12-321	Defined Contribution – Administration 246,971
12-322	Restricted Receipts Total 11,666,065
12-323	Total - State Retirement System 11,666,065
12-324	Unclaimed Property
12-325	Restricted Receipts 18,552,116
12-326	Total - Unclaimed Property 18,552,116
12-327	Crime Victim Compensation Program
12-328	General Revenues 183,498
12-329	Federal Funds 837,323
12-330	Restricted Receipts 1,128,267
12-331	Total - Crime Victim Compensation Program 2,149,088
12-332	Grand Total – General Revenue Funds 2,354,692
12-333	Grand Total – General Treasurer 35,060,485
12-334	Board of Elections
12-335	General Revenues 1,589,361
12-336	Public Financing of General Elections 150,000
12-337	General Revenue Total 1,739,361
12-338	Grand Total – Board of Elections 1,739,361
12-339	Rhode Island Ethics Commission
13-340	General Revenues 1,577,204
13-341	Grand Total – Rhode Island Ethics
13-342	Commission 1,577,204
13-343	Office of Governor
13-344	General Revenues
13-345	General Revenues 4,243,513
13-346	Contingency Fund 250,000
13-347	General Revenue Total 4,493,513
13-348	Grand Total – Office of Governor 4,493,513
13-349	Commission for Human Rights
13-350	General Revenues 1,150,785
13-351	Federal Funds 308,638
13-352	Grand Total - Commission for Human Rights 1,459,423
13-353	Public Utilities Commission
13-354	Federal Funds
13-355	Federal Funds 90,574
13-356	Federal Funds – Stimulus 76,244
13-357	Federal Funds Total 166,818
13-358	Restricted Receipts 8,402,565
13-359	Grand Total - Public Utilities Commission 8,569,383
13-360	Office of Health and Human Services
13-361	Central Management
13-362	General Revenues 30,092,356
13-363	Federal Funds
13-364	Federal Funds 86,075,981
13-365	Federal Funds – Stimulus 537,780
13-366	Federal Funds Total 86,613,761
13-367	Restricted Receipts 982,284
13-368	Total – Central Management 117,688,401
13-369	Medical Assistance
13-370	General Revenue
13-371	Managed Care 284,394,559
13-372	Hospitals 108,830,009
13-373	Nursing Facilities 186,087,664
14-374	Home and Community Based Services 39,382,400
14-375	Other Services 48,637,618
14-376	Pharmacy 55,363,679
14-377	Rhody Health 98,220,307
14-378	General Revenue Total 820,916,236
14-379	Federal Funds
14-380	Managed Care 317,772,609
14-381	Hospitals 112,800,832
14-382	Nursing Facilities 189,089,078
14-383	Home and Community Based Services 40,017,600
14-384	Other Services 132,640,317
14-385	Pharmacy 828,998
14-386	Rhody Health 100,593,027
14-387	Special Education 19,000,000
14-388	Federal Funds Total 912,742,461
14-389	Restricted Receipts 9,015,000
14-390	Total – Medical Assistance 1,742,673,697
14-391	Grand Total – General Revenue Funds 851,008,592
14-392	Grand Total – Health and Human Services 1,860,362,098
14-393	Children, Youth, and Families
14-394	Central Management
14-395	General Revenues 4,911,020
14-396	Federal Funds 2,155,735
14-397	Restricted Receipts 34,991
14-398	Total – Central Management 7,101,746
14-399	Children's Behavioral Health Services
14-400	General Revenues 4,491,441
14-401	Federal Funds 5,572,682
14-402	Other Funds
14-403	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
14-404	NAFI Center 280,000
14-405	Mt. Hope Building Façade 275,000
14-406	Other Funds Total 555,000
14-407	Total - Children's Behavioral Health Services 10,619,123
15-408	Juvenile Correctional Services
15-409	General Revenue 26,877,697
15-410	Federal Funds
15-411	Federal Funds 330,645
15-412	Federal Funds – Stimulus 4,270
15-413	Federal Funds Total 334,915
15-414	Other Funds
15-415	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
15-416	Thomas C. Slater Training School Maintenance Building 535,000
15-417	Other Funds Total 535,000
15-418	Total - Juvenile Correctional Services 27,747,612
15-419	Child Welfare
15-420	General Revenues
15-421	General Revenues 105,330,058
15-422	18 to 21 Year Olds 11,116,775
15-423	General Revenue Total 116,446,833
15-424	Federal Funds
15-425	Federal Funds 43,503,996
15-426	18 to 21 Year Olds 2,239,970
15-427	Federal Funds Total 45,743,966
15-428	Federal Funds – Stimulus 385,107
15-429	Restricted Receipts 2,579,179
15-430	Other Funds
15-431	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
15-432	Fire Code Upgrades 500,000
15-433	Other Funds Total 500,000
15-434	Total – Child Welfare 165,655,085
15-435	Higher Education Incentive Grants
15-436	General Revenues 200,000
15-437	Total – Higher Education Incentive Grants 200,000
15-438	Grand Total – General Revenue Funds 152,926,991
15-439	Grand Total – Children, Youth, and Families 211,323,566
15-440	Health
15-441	Central Management
16-442	General Revenues 1,044,959
16-443	Federal Funds 8,645,598
16-444	Restricted Receipts 3,739,580
16-445	Total – Central Management 13,430,137
16-446	State Medical Examiner
16-447	General Revenues 2,365,037
16-448	Federal Funds 163,940
16-449	Total – State Medical Examiner 2,528,977
16-450	Environmental and Health Services Regulation
16-451	General Revenues 9,616,266
16-452	Federal Funds 5,856,356
16-453	Restricted Receipts 4,199,254
16-454	Total – Environmental and Health Services
16-455	Regulation 19,671,876
16-456	Health Laboratories
16-457	General Revenues 6,324,240
16-458	Federal Funds 1,492,480
16-459	Total – Health Laboratories 7,816,720
16-460	Public Health Information
16-461	General Revenues 1,524,091
16-462	Federal Funds
16-463	Federal Funds 847,574
16-464	Federal Funds – Stimulus 97,959
16-465	Federal Funds Total 945,533
16-466	Total – Public Health Information 2,469,624
16-467	Community and Family Health and Equity
16-468	General Revenues 2,290,576
16-469	Federal Funds
16-470	Federal Funds 41,420,480
16-471	Federal Funds – Stimulus 382,645
16-472	Federal Funds Total 41,803,125
16-473	Restricted Receipts 26,194,072
16-474	Other Funds
16-475	Safe and Active Commuting 35,310
17-476	Other Funds Total 35,310
17-477	Total – Community and Family Health and Equity 70,323,083
17-478	Infectious Disease and Epidemiology
17-479	General Revenues 1,735,122
17-480	Federal Funds 3,097,510
17-481	Total – Infectious Disease and Epidemiology 4,832,632
17-482	Grand Total – General Revenue 24,900,291
17-483	Grand Total – Health 121,073,049
17-484	Human Services
17-485	Central Management
17-486	General Revenues 4,994,810
17-487	Federal Funds 5,244,172
17-488	Restricted Receipts 528,729
17-489	Total - Central Management 10,767,711
17-490	Child Support Enforcement
17-491	General Revenues 2,370,212
17-492	Federal Funds 6,095,358
17-493	Total – Child Support Enforcement 8,465,570
17-494	Individual and Family Support
17-495	General Revenues 21,384,032
17-496	Federal Funds
17-497	Federal Funds 124,163,985
17-498	Federal Funds – Stimulus 9,751,245
17-499	Federal Funds Total 133,915,230
17-500	Restricted Receipts 7,472,671
17-501	Other Funds
17-502	Rhode Island Capital Plan Fund
17-503	Blind Vending Facilities 165,000
17-504	Intermodal Surface Transportation Fund 4,165,364
17-505	Food Stamp Bonus Funding 150,000
17-506	Other Funds Total 4,480,364
17-507	Total - Individual and Family Support 167,252,297
17-508	Veterans' Affairs
17-509	General Revenues 21,168,993
18-510	Federal Funds 7,678,815
18-511	Restricted Receipts 1,467,376
18-512	Total - Veterans' Affairs 30,315,184
18-513	Health Care Eligibility
18-514	General Revenues 8,326,171
18-515	Federal Funds 11,244,949
18-516	Total - Health Care Eligibility 19,571,120
18-517	Supplemental Security Income Program
18-518	General Revenues 18,791,147
18-519	Total – Supplemental Security Income Program 18,791,147
18-520	Rhode Island Works
18-521	General Revenues
18-522	Child Care 9,668,635
18-523	General Revenue Total 9,668,635
18-524	Federal Funds 83,018,832
18-525	Total – Rhode Island Works 92,687,467
18-526	State Funded Programs
18-527	General Revenues
18-528	General Public Assistance 2,138,391
18-529	Of this appropriation, $210,000 shall be used for hardship contingency payments.
18-530	General Revenue Total 2,138,391
18-531	Federal Funds 298,738,402
18-532	Total - State Funded Programs 300,876,793
18-533	Elderly Affairs
18-534	General Revenues
18-535	General Revenue 10,502,602
18-536	RIPAE 174,484
18-537	Care and Safety of the Elderly 1,287
18-538	General Revenue Total 10,678,373
18-539	Federal Funds 16,819,019
18-540	Restricted Receipts 130,000
18-541	Total – Elderly Affairs 27,627,392
18-542	Grand Total General Revenue 99,520,764
18-543	Grand Total – Human Services 676,354,681
19-544	Behavioral Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Hospitals
19-545	Central Management
19-546	General Revenues 816,045
19-547	Federal Funds 429,446
19-548	Total – Central Management 1,245,491
19-549	Hospital and Community System Support
19-550	General Revenues 2,326,368
19-551	Restricted Receipts 474,334
19-552	Other Funds
19-553	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
19-554	Medical Center Rehabilitation 925,000
19-555	Community Facilities Fire Code 325,000
19-556	Other Funds Total 1,250,000
19-557	Total – Hospital and Community System Support 4,050,702
19-558	Services for the Developmentally Disabled
19-559	General Revenues 108,028,405
19-560	Federal Funds 110,323,704
19-561	Restricted Receipts 1,652,750
19-562	Other Funds
19-563	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
19-564	DD Private Waiver 225,431
19-565	Regional Center Repair/Rehabilitation 400,000
19-566	MR Community Facilities/Access to Independence 500,000
19-567	Other Funds Total 1,125,431
19-568	Total – Services for the Developmentally Disabled 221,130,290
19-569	Behavioral Healthcare Services
19-570	General Revenues 43,410,276
19-571	Federal Funds
19-572	Federal Funds 56,653,732
19-573	Federal Funds – Stimulus 240,000
19-574	Federal Funds Total 56,893,732
19-575	Restricted Receipts 125,000
19-576	Other Funds
19-577	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
20-578	MH Community Facilities Repair 225,000
20-579	MH Housing Development-Thresholds 800,000
20-580	MH Residence Furniture 40,000
20-581	Substance Abuse Asset Production 125,000
20-582	Other Funds Total 1,190,000
20-583	Total – Behavioral Healthcare Services 101,619,008
20-584	Hospital and Community Rehabilitative Services
20-585	General Revenues 52,067,961
20-586	Federal Funds 52,462,932
20-587	Restricted Receipts 4,884,970
20-588	Other Funds
20-589	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
20-590	Zambarano Buildings and Utilities 150,000
20-591	Hospital Consolidation 3,000,000
20-592	Eleanor Slater HVAC/Elevators 3,000,000
20-593	MR Community Facilities 925,000
20-594	Other Funds Total 7,075,000
20-595	Total - Hospital and Community Rehabilitative Services 116,490,863
20-596	Grand Total – General Revenue 206,649,055
20-597	Grand Total – Behavioral Health, Developmental
20-598	Disabilities, and Hospitals 444,536,354
20-599	Office of the Child Advocate
20-600	General Revenues 615,151
20-601	Federal Funds 39,997
20-602	Grand Total – Office of the Child Advocate 655,148
20-603	Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
20-604	General Revenues 391,609
20-605	Restricted Receipts 80,000
20-606	Grand Total – Com on Deaf and Hard of Hearing 471,609
20-607	Governor's Commission on Disabilities
20-608	General Revenues 357,711
20-609	Federal Funds 129,989
20-610	Restricted Receipts 10,365
20-611	Other Funds
21-612	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
21-613	Accessibility to Disability Service Providers 247,938
21-614	Accessibility Fire Safety Renovations 115,833
21-615	Accessibility to Higher Education 593,500
21-616	Other Funds Total 957,271
21-617	Grand Total – Governor's Commission on Disabilities 1,455,336
21-618	Office of the Mental Health Advocate
21-619	General Revenues 486,144
21-620	Grand Total – Office of the Mental Health Advocate 486,144
21-621	Elementary and Secondary Education
21-622	Administration of the Comprehensive Education Strategy
21-623	General Revenues 19,438,703
21-624	Federal Funds
21-625	Federal Funds 192,856,736
21-626	Federal Funds – Stimulus 19,956,823
21-627	RTTT LEA Share 11,022,400
21-628	Federal Funds Total 223,835,959
21-629	Restricted Receipts
21-630	Restricted Receipts 1,400,286
21-631	HRIC Adult Education Grants 3,800,000
21-632	Restricted Receipts Total 5,200,286
21-633	Other Funds
21-634	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
21-635	State-Owned Cranston 872,583
21-636	State-Owned East Providence 175,000
21-637	State-Owned Warwick 500,000
21-638	State-Owned Woonsocket 1,829,212
21-639	Other Funds Total 3,376,795
21-640	Total – Administration of the Comprehensive 251,851,743
21-641	Education Strategy
21-642	Davies Career and Technical School
21-643	General Revenues 12,716,908
21-644	Federal Funds
21-645	Federal Funds 1,384,139
22-646	Federal Funds – Stimulus 123,877
22-647	Federal Funds Total 1,508,016
22-648	Restricted Receipts 2,564,848
22-649	Other Funds
22-650	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
22-651	Davies HVAC 630,271
22-652	Davies Asset Protection 95,000
22-653	Other Funds Total 725,271
22-654	Total – Davies Career and Technical School 17,515,043
22-655	RI School for the Deaf
22-656	General Revenues 6,137,694
22-657	Federal Funds
22-658	Federal Funds 281,867
22-659	Federal Funds – Stimulus – Medicaid 120,812
22-660	Federal Funds Total 402,679
22-661	Restricted Receipts 300,000
22-662	Total – RI School for the Deaf 6,840,373
22-663	Metropolitan Career and Technical School
22-664	General Revenues 11,088,244
22-665	Other Funds
22-666	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
22-667	MET School East Bay 2,580,000
22-668	MET Asset Protection 100,000
22-669	MET School HVAC 833,333
22-670	Other Funds Total 3,513,333
22-671	Total – Metropolitan Career and Technical School 14,601,577
22-672	Education Aid
22-673	General Revenues 723,421,429
22-674	Restricted Receipts 19,593,382
22-675	Other Funds
22-676	Permanent School Fund – Education Aid 300,000
22-677	Other Funds Total 300,000
22-678	Total – Education Aid 743,314,811
22-679	Central Falls School District
23-680	General Revenues 38,188,310
23-681	Total – Central Falls School District 38,188,310
23-682	Housing Aid
23-683	General Revenues 71,134,679
23-684	Total – Housing Aid 71,134,679
23-685	Teachers' Retirement
23-686	General Revenues 82,514,003
23-687	Total – Teachers' Retirement 82,514,003
23-688	Grand Total – General Revenue 964,639,970
23-689	Grand Total - Elementary and Secondary Education 1,225,960,53
23-690	Public Higher Education
23-691	Board of Governors/Office of Higher Education
23-692	General Revenues 5,994,523
23-693	Federal Funds 6,190,306
23-694	Total - Board of Governors/Office of Higher Education 12,184,829
23-695	University of Rhode Island
23-696	General Revenue
23-697	General Revenues 64,086,076
23-698	The University of Rhode Island shall maintain tuition charges and student financial aid in the
23-699	2013 – 2014 academic year at the same level as the 2012 – 2013 academic year and shall maintain
23-700	student financial aid at the same ratio to tuition in the 2013 – 2014 academic year as in the 2012 –
23-701	2013 academic year. The President and the Chief Financial Officer of this institution shall certify,
23-702	prior to the commencement of the 2013-2014 academic year, to the Governor, the Speaker of the
23-703	House and the President of the Senate that such tuition charges and ratio have been so maintained.
23-704	Debt Service 20,585,263
23-705	RI State Forensics Lab (RISCL at URI) 1,027,327
23-706	General Revenue Total 85,698,666
23-707	Other Funds
23-708	University and College Funds 600,530,024
23-709	Debt – Dining Services 1,160,911
23-710	Debt – Education and General 3,304,053
23-711	Debt – Health Services 152,595
23-712	Debt – Housing Loan Funds 11,049,281
23-713	Debt – Memorial Union 301,628
24-714	Debt – Ryan Center 2,798,704
24-715	Debt – Alton Jones Services 115,305
24-716	Debt - Parking Authority 1,040,836
24-717	Debt – Sponsored Research 100,238
24-718	Debt – URI Energy Conservation 2,905,496
24-719	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
24-720	Asset Protection 7,357,500
24-721	Fire and Safety Protection 10,100,000
24-722	Nursing Education Center 2,500,000
24-723	Other Funds Total 643,416,571
24-724	Total – University of Rhode Island 729,115,237
24-725	Notwithstanding the provisions of section 35-3-15 of the general laws, all unexpended or
24-726	unencumbered balances as of June 30, 2014 relating to the University of Rhode Island are hereby
24-727	reappropriated to fiscal year 2015.
24-728	Rhode Island College
24-729	General Revenues
24-730	General Revenues 38,883,298
24-731	Rhode Island College shall maintain tuition charges and student financial aid in the 2013 –
24-732	2014 academic year at the same level as the 2012 – 2013 academic year and shall maintain student
24-733	financial aid at the same ratio to tuition in the 2013 – 2014 academic year as in the 2012 – 2013
24-734	academic year. The President and the Chief Financial Officer of this institution shall certify, prior to
24-735	the commencement of the 2013-2014 academic year, to the Governor, the Speaker of the House and
24-736	the President of the Senate that such tuition charges and ratio have been so maintained.
24-737	Debt Service 3,887,576
24-738	General Revenue Total 42,770,874
24-739	Other Funds
24-740	University and College Funds 110,339,314
24-741	Debt – Education and General 886,640
24-742	Debt – Housing 2,050,004
24-743	Debt – Student Center and Dining 172,078
24-744	Debt – Student Union 234,113
24-745	Debt– G.O. Debt Service 1,638,017
24-746	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
24-747	Asset Protection 2,843,250
25-748	Infrastructure Modernization 5,000,000
25-749	Other Funds – Total 123,163,416
25-750	Total – Rhode Island College 165,934,290
25-751	Notwithstanding the provisions of section 35-3-15 of the general laws, all unexpended or
25-752	unencumbered balances as of June 30, 2014 relating to Rhode Island College are hereby
25-753	reappropriated to fiscal year 2015.
25-754	Community College of Rhode Island
25-755	General Revenues
25-756	General Revenues 44,589,076
25-757	The Community College of Rhode Island shall maintain tuition charges and student financial
25-758	aid in the 2013 – 2014 academic year at the same level as the 2012 – 2013 academic year and shall
25-759	maintain student financial aid at the same ratio to tuition in the 2013 – 2014 academic year as in the
25-760	2012 – 2013 academic year. The President and the Chief Financial Officer of this institution shall
25-761	certify, prior to the commencement of the 2013-2014 academic year, to the Governor, the Speaker of
25-762	the House and the President of the Senate that such tuition charges and ratio have been so
25-763	maintained.
25-764	Debt Service 1,839,656
25-765	General Revenue Total 46,428,732
25-766	Restricted Receipts Total 702,583
25-767	Other Funds
25-768	University and College Funds 100,333,007
25-769	Debt – Bookstore 28,443
25-770	CCRI Debt Service – Energy Conservation 1,289,480
25-771	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
25-772	Asset Protection 2,093,500
25-773	Knight Campus Renewal 125,000
25-774	Other Funds Total 103,869,430
25-775	Total – Community College of RI 151,000,745
25-776	Notwithstanding the provisions of section 35-3-15 of the general laws, all unexpended or
25-777	unencumbered balances as of June 30, 2014 relating to the Community College of Rhode Island are
25-778	hereby reappropriated to fiscal year 2015.
25-779	Grand Total – General Revenue 180,892,795
25-780	Grand Total – Public Higher Education 1,058,235,101
25-781	RI State Council on the Arts
26-782	General Revenues
26-783	Operating Support 423,973
26-784	Grants 911,657
26-785	General Revenue Total 1,335,630
26-786	Federal Funds 797,329
26-787	Other Funds
26-788	Arts for Public Facilities 632,536
26-789	Other Funds Total 632,536
26-790	Grand Total - RI State Council on the Arts 2,765,495
26-791	RI Atomic Energy Commission
26-792	General Revenues 861,710
26-793	Federal Funds 267,044
26-794	Other Funds
26-795	URI Sponsored Research 257,977
26-796	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
26-797	RINSC Asset Protection 50,000
26-798	Other Funds Total 307,977
26-799	Grand Total - RI Atomic Energy Commission 1,436,731
26-800	RI Higher Education Assistance Authority
26-801	General Revenues
26-802	Needs Based Grants and Work Opportunities 4,884,726
26-803	Authority Operations and Other Grants 347,000
26-804	General Revenue Total 5,231,726
26-805	Federal Funds 13,274,020
26-806	Other Funds
26-807	Tuition Savings Prgm – Needs Based Grants and Work Opp 8,457,989
26-808	Other Funds Total 8,457,989
26-809	Grand Total – RI Higher Education Assistance Authority 26,963,735
26-810	RI Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission
26-811	General Revenues 1,332,510
26-812	Federal Funds 609,949
26-813	Restricted Receipts 454,491
26-814	Other Funds
26-815	RIDOT Project Review 84,999
27-816	Rhode Island Capital Funds
27-817	Eisenhower House Asset Protection 1,000,000
27-818	Other Funds Total 1,084,999
27-819	Grand Total – RI Historical Preservation and Heritage Comm 3,481,949
27-820	Attorney General
27-821	Criminal
27-822	General Revenues 14,446,868
27-823	Federal Funds 1,608,532
27-824	Restricted Receipts 4,440,620
27-825	Total – Criminal 20,496,020
27-826	Civil
27-827	General Revenues 4,985,425
27-828	Restricted Receipts 632,970
27-829	Total – Civil 5,618,395
27-830	Bureau of Criminal Identification
27-831	General Revenues 1,503,119
27-832	Total - Bureau of Criminal Identification 1,503,119
27-833	General
27-834	General Revenues 2,721,567
27-835	Other Funds
27-836	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
27-837	Building Renovations and Repairs 50,000
27-838	Other Funds Total 50,000
27-839	Total – General 2,771,567
27-840	Grand Total – General Revenue 23,656,979
27-841	Grand Total - Attorney General 30,389,101
27-842	Corrections
27-843	Central Management
27-844	General Revenues 9,227,039
27-845	Federal Funds 45,094
27-846	Federal Funds Stimulus 10,770
27-847	Total – Central Management 9,282,903
27-848	Parole Board
27-849	General Revenues 1,354,433
28-850	Federal Funds 38,000
28-851	Total - Parole Board 1,392,433
28-852	Custody and Security
28-853	General Revenues 115,418,407
28-854	Federal Funds 761,526
28-855	Total – Custody and Security 116,179,933
28-856	Institutional Support
28-857	General Revenues 15,728,306
28-858	Other Funds
28-859	RICAP – Asset Protection 3,000,000
28-860	RICAP – Maximum – General Renovations 800,000
28-861	RICAP – General Renovations Women's 1,000,000
28-862	RICAP – Bernadette Guay Roof 1,165,000
28-863	RICAP – ISC Exterior Envelope and HVAC 4,000,000
28-864	RICAP – Minimum Security Kitchen Expansion 2,485,392
28-865	RICAP – Medium Infrastructure 4,719,359
28-866	Other Funds Total 17,169,751
28-867	Total – Institutional Support 32,898,057
28-868	Institutional Based Rehab./Population Management
28-869	General Revenues 9,129,775
28-870	Federal Funds
28-871	Federal Funds 794,918
28-872	Federal Funds – Stimulus 64,394
28-873	Federal Funds Total 859,312
28-874	Restricted Receipts 29,758
28-875	Total – Institutional Based Rehab/Population Mgt. 10,018,845
28-876	Healthcare Services
28-877	General Revenues 19,889,269
28-878	Total – Healthcare Services 19,889,269
28-879	Community Corrections
28-880	General Revenues 15,131,969
28-881	Federal Funds 73,986
28-882	Restricted Receipts 35,132
28-883	Total – Community Corrections 15,241,087
29-884	Grand Total – General Revenue 185,879,198
29-885	Grand Total – Corrections 204,902,527
29-886	Judiciary
29-887	Supreme Court
29-888	General Revenues
29-889	General Revenues 26,201,542
29-890	Defense of Indigents 3,562,240
29-891	General Revenue Total 29,763,782
29-892	Federal Funds 272,163
29-893	Restricted Receipts 3,343,909
29-894	Other Funds
29-895	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
29-896	Judicial HVAC 425,000
29-897	Judicial Complexes Asset Protection 650,000
29-898	Murray Judicial Complex Cell Block 440,000
29-899	Other Funds Total 1,515,000
29-900	Total - Supreme Court 34,894,854
29-901	Judicial Tenure and Discipline
29-902	General Revenues 115,627
29-903	Total – Judicial Tenure and Discipline 115,627
29-904	Superior Court
29-905	General Revenues 22,494,581
29-906	Federal Funds 94,205
29-907	Restricted Receipts 306,723
29-908	Total - Superior Court 22,895,509
29-909	Family Court
29-910	General Revenues 19,071,385
29-911	Federal Funds 2,257,880
29-912	Total - Family Court 21,329,265
29-913	District Court
29-914	General Revenues 12,245,634
29-915	Restricted Receipts 297,822
29-916	Total - District Court 12,543,456
29-917	Traffic Tribunal
30-918	General Revenues 8,190,350
30-919	Total – Traffic Tribunal 8,190,350
30-920	Workers' Compensation Court
30-921	Restricted Receipts 7,842,060
30-922	Total – Workers' Compensation Court 7,842,060
30-923	Grand Total – General Revenue 91,881,359
30-924	Grand Total – Judiciary 107,811,121
30-925	Military Staff
30-926	National Guard
30-927	General Revenues 1,596,671
30-928	Federal Funds 15,051,940
30-929	Restricted Receipts 300,000
30-930	Other Funds
30-931	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
30-932	Armory of Mounted Command Roof Replacement 390,000
30-933	State Armories Fire Code Compliance 20,250
30-934	Federal Armories Fire Code Compliance 20,250
30-935	Asset Protection 775,000
30-936	Logistics/Maintenance Facilities Fire Code Comp. 12,500
30-937	Benefit Street Arsenal Rehabilitation 800,000
30-938	Other Funds Total 2,018,000
30-939	Total - National Guard 18,966,611
30-940	Emergency Management
30-941	General Revenues 3,040,013
30-942	Federal Funds 22,601,894
30-943	Restricted Receipts 223,375
30-944	Total - Emergency Management 25,865,282
30-945	Grand Total – General Revenue 4,636,684
30-946	Grand Total - Military Staff 44,831,893
30-947	Public Safety
30-948	Central Management
30-949	General Revenues 1,435,647
30-950	Federal Funds
30-951	Federal Funds 4,032,164
31-952	Federal Funds – Stimulus 73,809
31-953	Federal Funds Total 4,105,973
31-954	Restricted Receipts 850
31-955	Total – Central Management 5,542,470
31-956	E-911 Emergency Telephone System
31-957	General Revenues 5,488,731
31-958	Total – E-911 Emergency Telephone System 5,488,731
31-959	State Fire Marshal
31-960	General Revenues 2,894,425
31-961	Restricted Receipts 277,338
31-962	Other Funds
31-963	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
31-964	Fire Academy 2,125,000
31-965	Quonset Development Corporation 55,303
31-966	Other Funds – Total 2,180,303
31-967	Total - State Fire Marshal 5,352,066
31-968	Security Services
31-969	General Revenues 22,014,553
31-970	Total – Security Services 22,014,553
31-971	Municipal Police Training Academy
31-972	General Revenues 293,022
31-973	Federal Funds 269,151
31-974	Total – Municipal Police Training Academy 562,173
31-975	State Police
31-976	General Revenues 65,007,643
31-977	Federal Funds 1,780,411
31-978	Restricted Receipts 12,475,000
31-979	Other Funds
31-980	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
31-981	Barracks and Training 1,409,743
31-982	Headquarters Repairs/Rehabilitation 500,000
31-983	HQ Expansion 210,000
31-984	Traffic Enforcement – Municipal Training 130,150
31-985	Lottery Commission Assistance 1,558,727
32-986	Airport Corporation 240,304
32-987	Road Construction Reimbursement 3,078,000
32-988	Other Funds Total 7,126,924
32-989	Total – State Police 86,389,978
32-990	Grand Total – General Revenue 97,134,021
32-991	Grand Total – Public Safety 125,349,971
32-992	Office of Public Defender
32-993	General Revenues 11,034,686
32-994	Federal Funds 291,996
32-995	Grand Total – Office of Public Defender 11,326,682
32-996	Environmental Management
32-997	Office of the Director
32-998	General Revenues
32-999	General Revenues 4,578,187
32-1000	Permit Streamlining 33,414
32-1001	General Revenue Total 4,611,601
32-1002	Federal Funds 150,000
32-1003	Restricted Receipts 2,929,180
32-1004	Total – Office of the Director 7,690,781
32-1005	Natural Resources
32-1006	General Revenues 18,836,500
32-1007	Federal Funds 23,854,063
32-1008	Restricted Receipts 4,394,688
32-1009	Other Funds
32-1010	DOT Recreational Projects 370,428
32-1011	Blackstone Bikepath Design 2,060,087
32-1012	Transportation MOU 78,579
32-1013	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
32-1014	Dam Repair 1,300,000
32-1015	Fort Adams Rehabilitation 500,000
32-1016	Fort Adams America's Cup 1,500,000
32-1017	Recreational Facilities Improvements 2,640,000
32-1018	Galilee Piers Upgrade 1,550,000
32-1019	Newport Piers 250,000
33-1020	World War II Facility 2,600,000
33-1021	Blackstone Valley Bike Path 596,000
33-1022	Natural Resources Office/Visitor's Center 1,800,000
33-1023	Rocky Point Acquisition/Renovations 2,500,000
33-1024	Other Funds Total 17,745,094
33-1025	Total - Natural Resources 64,830,345
33-1026	Environmental Protection
33-1027	General Revenues 11,428,346
33-1028	Federal Funds 11,122,266
33-1029	Restricted Receipts 8,557,647
33-1030	Other Funds
33-1031	Transportation MOU 165,000
33-1032	Retrofit Heavy-Duty Diesel Vehicles 2,760,000
33-1033	Other Funds Total 2,925,000
33-1034	Total – Environmental Protection 34,033,259
33-1035	Grand Total – General Revenue 34,876,447
33-1036	Grand Total - Environmental Management 106,554,385
33-1037	Coastal Resources Management Council
33-1038	General Revenues 2,299,313
33-1039	Federal Funds
33-1040	Federal Funds 1,879,901
33-1041	Federal Funds - Stimulus 757,914
33-1042	Federal Funds Total 2,637,815
33-1043	Restricted Receipts 250,000
33-1044	Grand Total - Coastal Resources Mgmt. Council 5,187,128
33-1045	Transportation
33-1046	Central Management
33-1047	Federal Funds 11,307,723
33-1048	Other Funds
33-1049	Gasoline Tax 1,455,983
33-1050	Other Funds Total 1,455,983
33-1051	Total - Central Management 12,763,706
33-1052	Management and Budget
33-1053	Other Funds
34-1054	Gasoline Tax 1,549,669
34-1055	Other Funds Total 1,549,669
34-1056	Total - Management and Budget 1,549,669
34-1057	Infrastructure Engineering- GARVEE/Motor Fuel Tax Bonds
34-1058	Federal Funds
34-1059	Federal Funds 293,587,942
34-1060	Federal Funds – Stimulus 6,865,921
34-1061	Federal Funds Total 300,453,863
34-1062	Restricted Receipts 8,010,496
34-1063	Other Funds
34-1064	Gasoline Tax 53,001,284
34-1065	Land Sale Revenue 14,809,264
34-1066	Rhode Island Capital Funds
34-1067	RIPTA Land and Buildings 104,000
34-1068	Highway Improvement Program 20,000,000
34-1069	Other Funds Total 87,914,548
34-1070	Total - Infrastructure Engineering – GARVEE 396,378,907
34-1071	Infrastructure Maintenance
34-1072	Other Funds
34-1073	Gasoline Tax 42,899,501
34-1074	Non-Land Surplus Property 125,000
34-1075	Outdoor Advertising 175,000
34-1076	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
34-1077	Maintenance Facilities Improvements 776,210
34-1078	Salt Storage Facilities 1,500,000
34-1079	Portsmouth Facility 1,835,000
34-1080	Maintenance - Capital Equipment Replacement 1,000,000
34-1081	Train Station Maintenance and Repairs 300,000
34-1082	Cooperative Maintenance Facility DOT/RIPTA 600,000
34-1083	Local Road Program 10,000,000
34-1084	All monies appropriated for the local road program shall be distributed to municipalities
34-1085	based on a formula that distributes funding according to miles of locally-maintained roads in each
34-1086	municipality, with no community receiving less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in FY
34-1087	2014.
35-1088	Other Funds Total 59,210,711
35-1089	Total - Infrastructure Maintenance 59,210,711
35-1090	Grand Total – Transportation 469,902,993
35-1091	Statewide Totals
35-1092	General Revenues 3,399,154,309
35-1093	Federal Funds 2,645,054,272
35-1094	Restricted Receipts 252,758,622
35-1095	Other Funds 1,875,507,740
35-1096	Statewide Grand Total 8,172,474,943
35-1097	SECTION 2. Each line appearing in Section 1 of this Article shall constitute an
35-1098	appropriation.
35-1099	SECTION 3. Upon the transfer of any function of a department or agency to another
35-1100	department or agency, the Governor is hereby authorized by means of executive order to transfer or
35-1101	reallocate, in whole or in part, the appropriations and the full-time equivalent limits affected thereby.
35-1102	SECTION 4. From the appropriation for contingency shall be paid such sums as may be
35-1103	required at the discretion of the Governor to fund expenditures for which appropriations may not
35-1104	exist. Such contingency funds may also be used for expenditures in the several departments and
35-1105	agencies where appropriations are insufficient, or where such requirements are due to unforeseen
35-1106	conditions or are non-recurring items of an unusual nature. Said appropriations may also be used for
35-1107	the payment of bills incurred due to emergencies or to any offense against public peace and property,
35-1108	in accordance with the provisions of Titles 11 and 45 of the General Laws of 1956, as amended. All
35-1109	expenditures and transfers from this account shall be approved by the Governor.
35-1110	SECTION 5. The general assembly authorizes the state controller to establish the internal
35-1111	service accounts shown below, and no other, to finance and account for the operations of state
35-1112	agencies that provide services to other agencies, institutions and other governmental units on a cost
35-1113	reimbursed basis. The purpose of these accounts is to ensure that certain activities are managed in a
35-1114	businesslike manner, promote efficient use of services by making agencies pay the full costs
35-1115	associated with providing the services, and allocate the costs of central administrative services across
35-1116	all fund types, so that federal and other non-general fund programs share in the costs of general
35-1117	government support. The controller is authorized to reimburse these accounts for the cost of work or
35-1118	services performed for any other department or agency subject to the following expenditure
35-1119	limitations:
35-1120	Account Expenditure Limit
35-1121	State Assessed Fringe Benefit Internal Service Fund 33,644,675
36-1122	Administration Central Utilities Internal Service Fund 20,253,728
36-1123	State Central Mail Internal Service Fund 5,336,633
36-1124	State Telecommunications Internal Service Fund 4,084,660
36-1125	State Automotive Fleet Internal Service Fund 13,668,556
36-1126	Surplus Property Internal Service Fund 2,500
36-1127	Health Insurance Internal Service Fund 306,132,044
36-1128	Other Post-Employment Benefits Fund 719,545
36-1129	Capital Police Internal Service Fund 872,233
36-1130	Corrections Central Distribution Center Internal Service Fund 6,701,947
36-1131	Correctional Industries Internal Service Fund 8,341,086
36-1132	Secretary of State Record Center Internal Service Fund 869,457
36-1133	SECTION 6. The General Assembly may provide a written "statement of legislative intent"
36-1134	signed by the chairperson of the House Finance Committee and by the chairperson of the Senate
36-1135	Finance Committee to show the intended purpose of the appropriations contained in Section 1 of this
36-1136	Article. The statement of legislative intent shall be kept on file in the House Finance Committee and
36-1137	in the Senate Finance Committee.
36-1138	At least twenty (20) days prior to the issuance of a grant or the release of funds, which grant
36-1139	or funds are listed on the legislative letter of intent, all department, agency and corporation directors,
36-1140	shall notify in writing the chairperson of the House Finance Committee and the chairperson of the
36-1141	Senate Finance Committee of the approximate date when the funds are to be released or granted.
36-1142	SECTION 7. Appropriation of Temporary Disability Insurance Funds -- There is hereby
36-1143	appropriated pursuant to sections 28-39-5 and 28-39-8 of the Rhode Island General Laws all funds
36-1144	required to be disbursed for the benefit payments from the Temporary Disability Insurance Fund and
36-1145	Temporary Disability Insurance Reserve Fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014
36-1146	SECTION 8. Appropriation of Employment Security Funds -- There is hereby appropriated
36-1147	pursuant to section 28-42-19 of the Rhode Island General Laws all funds required to be disbursed for
36-1148	benefit payments from the Employment Security Fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014.
36-1149	SECTION 9. Appropriation of University and College Funds -- There is hereby appropriated
36-1150	pursuant to section 16-59-9 of the Rhode Island General Laws relating to the appropriation of funds
36-1151	by the General Assembly for Higher Education, and section 16-59-18 of the General Laws relating to
36-1152	receipts from sources other than appropriations, any funds received by the Board of Governors for
36-1153	Higher Education for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014 payable out of the University and College
36-1154	Funds.
36-1155	SECTION 10. Appropriation of Lottery Division Funds – There is hereby appropriated to the
36-1156	Lottery Division any funds required to be disbursed by the Lottery Division for the purposes of
37-1	paying commissions or transfers to the prize fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014.
37-2	SECTION 11. Departments and agencies listed below may not exceed the number of full-
37-3	time equivalent (FTE) positions shown below in any pay period. Full-time equivalent positions do
37-4	not include seasonal or intermittent positions whose scheduled period of employment does not
37-5	exceed twenty-six consecutive weeks or whose scheduled hours do not exceed nine hundred and
37-6	twenty-five (925) hours, excluding overtime, in a one-year period. Nor do they include individuals
37-7	engaged in training, the completion of which is a prerequisite of employment. Provided, however,
37-8	that the Governor or designee, Speaker of the House of Representatives or designee, and the
37-9	President of the Senate or designee may authorize an adjustment to any limitation. Prior to the
37-10	authorization, the State Budget Officer shall make a detailed written recommendation to the
37-11	Governor, the Speaker of the House, and the President of the Senate. A copy of the recommendation
37-12	and authorization to adjust shall be transmitted to the chairman of the House Finance Committee,
37-13	Senate Finance Committee, the House Fiscal Advisor and the Senate Fiscal Advisor.
37-14	State employees whose funding is from non-state general revenue funds that are time limited
37-15	shall receive limited term appointment with the term limited to the availability of non-state general
37-16	revenue funding source.
37-17	FY 2014 FTE POSITION AUTHORIZATION
37-18	Departments and Agencies Full-Time Equivalent
37-19	Administration 727.7
37-20	Business Regulation 94.0
37-21	Labor and Training 392.0
37-22	Revenue 492.0
37-23	Legislature 298.5
37-24	Office of the Lieutenant Governor 8.0
37-25	Office of the Secretary of State 57.0
37-26	Office of the General Treasurer 83.0
37-27	Board of Elections 11.0
37-28	Rhode Island Ethics Commission 12.0
37-29	Office of the Governor 45.0
37-30	Commission for Human Rights 14.5
37-31	Public Utilities Commission 49.0
37-32	Office of Health and Human Services 194.0
37-33	Children, Youth, and Families 670.5
38-34	Health 494.1
38-35	Human Services 974.6
38-36	Behavioral Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Hospitals 1,423.4
38-37	Office of the Child Advocate 5.8
38-38	Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing 3.0
38-39	Governor's Commission on Disabilities 4.0
38-40	Office of the Mental Health Advocate 3.7
38-41	Elementary and Secondary Education 171.4
38-42	School for the Deaf 60.0
38-43	Davies Career and Technical School 126.0
38-44	Office of Higher Education 17.8
38-45	Provided that 1.0 of the total authorization would be available only for positions that are
38-46	supported by third-party funds.
38-47	University of Rhode Island 2,456.5
38-48	Provided that 593.2 of the total authorization would be available only for positions that are
38-49	supported by third-party funds.
38-50	Rhode Island College 923.6
38-51	Provided that 82.0 of the total authorization would be available only for positions that are
38-52	supported by third-party funds.
38-53	Community College of Rhode Island 854.1
38-54	Provided that 100.0 of the total authorization would be available only for positions that are
38-55	supported by third-party funds.
38-56	Rhode Island State Council on the Arts 6.0
38-57	RI Atomic Energy Commission 8.6
38-58	Higher Education Assistance Authority 36.0
38-59	Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission 16.6
38-60	Office of the Attorney General 233.1
38-61	Corrections 1419.0
38-62	Judicial 723.3
38-63	Military Staff 117.0
38-64	Public Safety 651.2
38-65	Office of the Public Defender 93.0
38-66	Environmental Management 400.0
38-67	Coastal Resources Management Council 29.0
39-68	Transportation 772.6
39-69	Total 15,171.6
39-70	SECTION 12. The amounts reflected in this Article include the appropriation of Rhode
39-71	Island Capital Plan funds for fiscal year 2014 and supersede appropriations provided for FY 2014
39-72	within Section 11 of Article 1 of Chapter 241 of the P.L. of 2012.
39-73	The following amounts are hereby appropriated out of any money in the state's Rhode Island
39-74	Capital Plan Fund not otherwise appropriated to be expended during the fiscal years ending June 30,
39-75	2014, June 30, 2015, and June 30, 2016. These amounts supersede appropriations provided within
39-76	Section 12 of Article 1 of Chapter 151 of the P.L. of 2011. For the purposes and functions hereinafter
39-77	mentioned, the State Controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the
39-78	General Treasurer for the payment of such sums and such portions thereof as may be required by him
39-79	or her upon receipt of properly authenticated vouchers.
39-80	Fiscal Year Fiscal Year Fiscal Year
39-81	Ending Ending Ending
39-82	Project June 30, 2015 June 30, 2016 June 30, 2017
39-83	BHDDH-Hospital Consolidation 11,900,000 14,500,000 3,600,000
39-84	DOA-State House Renovations 4,500,000 3,000,000 1,500,000
39-85	DOA-Pastore Center Building Demotion 975,000 1,025,000 1,500,000
39-86	Higher Ed-Asset Protection-CCRI 2,138,305 2,184,100 2,232,100
39-87	Higher Ed-Asset Protection-RIC 2,963,548 3,080,400 3,357,700
39-88	Higher Ed-Asset Protection-URI 7,520,000 5,842,900 7,856,000
39-89	DOC Asset Protection 3,000,000 4,020,000 3,000,000
39-90	Judicial-Asset Protection 675,000 700,000 725,000
39-91	Mil Staff-Asset Protection 530,000 800,000 555,000
39-92	DEM-Dam Repairs 550,000 500,000 500,000
39-93	DEM-Recreation Facility Improvements 2,750,000 2,850,000 2,250,000
39-94	DOT-Highway Improvement Program 20,000,000 20,000,000 20,000,000
39-95	SECTION 13. Reappropriation of Funding for Rhode Island Capital Plan Fund Projects. -
39-96	Any unexpended and unencumbered funds from Rhode Island Capital Plan Fund project
39-97	appropriations may be reappropriated at the recommendation of the Governor in the ensuing fiscal
39-98	year and made available for the same purpose. However, any such reappropriations are subject to
39-99	final approval by the General Assembly as part of the supplemental appropriations act. Any
39-100	unexpended funds of less than five hundred dollars ($500) shall be reappropriated at the discretion of
39-101	the State Budget Officer.
40-102	SECTION 14. For the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2014, the Rhode Island Housing and
40-103	Mortgage Finance Corporation shall provide from its resources such sums as appropriate in support
40-104	of the Neighborhood Opportunities Program. The Corporation shall provide a report detailing the
40-105	amount of funding provided to this program, as well as information on the number of units of
40-106	housing provided as a result to the Director of Administration, the Chair of the Housing Resources
40-107	Commission, the Chair of the House Finance Committee, the Chair of the Senate Finance Committee
40-108	and the State Budget Officer.
40-109	SECTION 15. This article shall take effect as of July 1, 2013.
40-110	ARTICLE 2
40-111	RELATING TO MEDICARE EXCHANGE PROGRAM FOR MEDICARE ELIGIBLE
40-112	RETIREES
40-113	SECTION 1. Sections 36-12-1 and 36-12-4 of the General Laws in Chapter 36-12 entitled
40-114	"Insurance Benefits" are hereby amended to read as follows:
40-115	36-12-1. Definitions. -- The following words, as used in sections 36-12-1 -- 36-12-14, shall
40-116	have the following meanings:
40-117	(1) "Employer", means the state of Rhode Island.
40-118	(2) "Employee", means all persons who are classified employees as the term "classified
40-119	employee" is defined under section 36-3-3, and all persons in the unclassified and non-classified
40-120	service of the state; provided, however, that the following shall not be included as "employees" under
40-121	sections 36-12-1 -- 36-12-14:
40-122	(i) Part-time personnel whose work week is less than twenty (20) hours a week and limited
40-123	period and seasonal personnel;
40-124	(ii) Members of the general assembly, its clerks, doorkeepers, and pages.
40-125	(3) "Dependents" means an employee's spouse, domestic partner and unmarried children
40-126	under nineteen (19) years of age. Domestic partners shall certify by affidavit to the benefits director
40-127	of the division of personnel that the (i) partners are at least eighteen (18) years of age and are
40-128	mentally competent to contract, (ii) partners are not married to anyone, (iii) partners are not related
40-129	by blood to a degree which would prohibit marriage in the state of Rhode Island, (iv) partners reside
40-130	together and have resided together for at least one year, (v) partners are financially interdependent as
40-131	evidenced by at least two (2) of the following: (A) domestic partnership agreement or relationship
40-132	contract; (B) joint mortgage or joint ownership of primary residence, (C) two (2) of: (I) joint
40-133	ownership of motor vehicle; (II) joint checking account; (III) joint credit account; (IV) joint lease;
40-134	and/or (D) the domestic partner has been designated as a beneficiary for the employee's will,
40-135	retirement contract or life insurance. Misrepresentation of information in the affidavit will result in
40-136	an obligation to repay the benefits received, and a civil fine not to exceed one thousand dollars
41-1	($1000) enforceable by the attorney general and payable to the general fund. The employee will
41-2	notify the benefits director of the division of personnel by completion of a form prescribed by the
41-3	benefits director when the domestic partnership ends.
41-4	(4) "Retired employee", means all persons retired from the active service of the state, who,
41-5	immediately prior to retirement, were employees of the state as determined by the retirement board
41-6	under section 36-8-1, and also all retired teachers who have elected to come under the employees'
41-7	retirement system of the state of Rhode Island.
41-8	(5) "State retiree", means all persons retired from the active service of the state who,
41-9	immediately prior to retirement, were employees of the state as determined by the retirement board
41-10	under section 36-8-1.
41-11	(6) "Teacher retiree", means all retired teachers who have elected to come under the
41-12	employees' retirement system of the state of Rhode Island.
41-13	~~(5)~~(7) "Long-term health care insurance", means any insurance policy or rider advertised,
41-14	marketed, offered, or designed to provide coverage for not less than twelve (12) consecutive months
41-15	for each covered person on an expense incurred, indemnity, prepaid, or other basis for one or more
41-16	necessary or medically necessary diagnostic, preventive, therapeutic, rehabilitative, maintenance, or
41-17	personal care services, provided in a setting other than an acute care unit of a hospital. The term
41-18	includes: group and individual policies or riders whether issued by insurers, fraternal benefit
41-19	societies, nonprofit health, hospital, and medical service corporations; prepaid health plans, health
41-20	maintenance organizations; or any similar organization. Long-term health care insurance shall not
41-21	include: any insurance policy which is offered primarily to provide basic medicare supplement
41-22	coverage; basic hospital expense coverage; basic medical-surgical expense coverage; hospital
41-23	confinement indemnity coverage; major medical expense coverage; disability income protection
41-24	coverage; accident only coverage; specified disease or specified accident coverage; or limited benefit
41-25	health coverage. This list of excluded coverages is illustrative and is not intended to be all inclusive.
41-26	~~(6)~~(8) "Non-Medicare-eligible retiree ~~"Retiree~~ health care insurance", means the health
41-27	benefit employees who retire from active service of the state (subsequent to July 1, 1989), who
41-28	immediately prior to retirement were employees of the state as determined by the retirement board
41-29	pursuant to section 36-8-1, shall be entitled to receive, until attaining Medicare eligibility. ~~which~~
41-30	This health care insurance shall be equal to semi-private hospital care, surgical/medical care and
41-31	major medical with a one hundred seventy-five dollar ($175) calendar year deductible. ~~Employees~~
41-32	~~who retire prior to age sixty-five (65) shall, upon the attainment of Medicare eligibility, receive~~
41-33	~~hospital care, surgical/medical services, rights and benefits which, when taken together with their~~
41-34	~~federal Medicare program benefits (public law 89-97), 42 U.S.C. section 1305 et seq., shall be~~
42-1	~~comparable to those provided for retirees prior to that age. The aforementioned program will be~~
42-2	~~provided on a shared basis in accordance with section 36-12-4.~~
42-3	(9) "Medicare-eligible retiree health care insurance", means the health benefit employees
42-4	who retire from active service of the state (subsequent to July 1, 1989), who immediately prior to
42-5	retirement were employees of the state as determined by the retirement board pursuant to section 36-
42-6	8-1, shall have access to when eligible for Medicare. This health care insurance shall include plans
42-7	providing hospital care, surgical/medical services, rights and benefits which, when taken together
42-8	with their federal Medicare program benefits, 42 U.S.C. section 1305 et seq., shall be comparable to
42-9	those provided for retirees prior to the attainment of Medicare eligibility.
42-10	(10) "Health reimbursement arrangement", or "HRA" means an account that:
42-11	(i) Is paid for and funded solely by state contributions;
42-12	(ii) Reimburses a Medicare-eligible state retiree for medical care expenses as defined in
42-13	section 213(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, which includes reimbursements
42-14	for health care insurance premiums;
42-15	(iii) Provides reimbursements up to a maximum dollar amount for a coverage period; and
42-16	(iv) Provides that any unused portion of the maximum dollar amount at the end of a coverage
42-17	period is carried forward to increase the maximum reimbursement amount in subsequent coverage
42-18	periods.
42-19	36-12-4. ~~Coverage of retired employees~~ Coverage of Non-Medicare-eligible retired
42-20	employees. -- (a) Non-Medicare-eligible retired ~~Retired~~ employees who ~~retire~~ retired on or before
42-21	September 30, 2008. - Any retired employee who retired on or before September 30, 2008 shall be
42-22	entitled, until attaining Medicare eligibility, to be covered under sections 36-12-1 -- 36-12-5 for
42-23	himself and herself and, if he or she so desires, his or her non-Medicare-eligible dependents, upon
42-24	agreeing to pay the total cost of his or her contract at the group rate for active state employees.
42-25	Payments of any non-Medicare-eligible retired employee for coverage shall be deducted from his or
42-26	her retirement allowance and remitted from time to time in payment for such contract. In addition,
42-27	any retired employee who retired on or before September 30, 2008 shall be permitted to purchase
42-28	coverage for his or her non-Medicare-eligible dependents upon agreeing to pay the additional cost of
42-29	the contract at the group rate for active state employees. Payment for coverage for these dependents
42-30	shall be deducted from his or her retirement allowances and remitted as required in payment for the
42-31	contract.
42-32	(b) Non-Medicare-eligible ~~State~~ state ~~employees~~ retirees who ~~retire~~ retired subsequent to
42-33	July 1, 1989, and on or before September 30, 2008. Non-Medicare-eligible state retirees ~~State~~
42-34	~~employees~~ who ~~retire~~ retired subsequent to July 1, 1989, and on or before September 30, 2008, from
43-1	active service of the state, and who were employees of the state as determined by the retirement
43-2	board under section36-8-1, shall be entitled to receive for himself or herself non-Medicare-eligible a
43-3	retiree health care insurance benefit as described in section36-12-1 in accordance with the following
43-4	formula:
43-5	Years of Age State's Employee's
43-6	Service at Retirement Share Share
43-7	10-15 60 50% 50%
43-8	16-22 60 70% 30%
43-9	23-27 60 80% 20%
43-10	28+ -- 90% 10%
43-11	28+ 60 100% 0%
43-12	35+ any 100% 0%
43-13	If the retired employee is receiving a subsidy on September 30, 2008, the state will continue
43-14	to pay the same subsidy share until the retiree attains age sixty-five (65).
43-15	Until December 31, 2013, when ~~When~~ the state retiree reaches that age which will qualify
43-16	him or her for Medicare supplement, the formula shall be:
43-17	Years of Service State's Contribution Employees' Share
43-18	10 – 15 50% 50%
43-19	16 – 19 70% 30%
43-20	20 – 27 90% 10%
43-21	28+ 100% 0%
43-22	(c) Non-Medicare-eligible retired ~~Retired~~ employees who retire on or after October 1, 2008.
43-23	Any retired employee who retires on or after October 1, 2008 shall be entitled, until attaining
43-24	Medicare eligibility, to be covered under sections 36-12-1 – 36-12-5 for himself and herself and, if
43-25	he or she so desires, his or her non-Medicare-eligible dependents, upon agreeing to pay the total cost
43-26	of the contract in the plan in which he or she enrolls. Payments of any non-Medicare-eligible retired
43-27	employee for coverage shall be deducted from his or her retirement allowance and remitted from
43-28	time to time in payment for such contract. Any retired employee who retires on or after October 1,
43-29	2008, shall be permitted to purchase coverage for his or her non-Medicare-eligible dependents upon
43-30	agreeing to pay the additional cost of the contract at the group rate for the plan in which the
43-31	dependent is enrolled. Payment for coverage for these dependents shall be deducted from the retired
43-32	employee's retirement allowances and remitted as required in payment for the contract. The Director
43-33	of Administration shall develop and present to the chairpersons of the House Finance Committee and
43-34	the Senate Finance Committee by May 23, 2008 a retiree health plan option or options to be offered
44-1	to retirees eligible for state-sponsored medical coverage who are under age sixty-five (65) or are not
44-2	eligible for Medicare. This plan will have a reduced benefit level and will have an actuarially based
44-3	premium cost not greater than the premium cost of the plan offered to the active state employee
44-4	population. This new plan option will be available to employees retiring after September 30, 2008,
44-5	and their non-Medicare-eligible dependents.
44-6	(d) Non-Medicare-eligible ~~State~~ state ~~employees~~ retirees who retire on or after October 1,
44-7	2008. ~~Employees~~ Non-Medicare-eligible state retirees who retire on or after October 1, 2008 from
44-8	active service of the state, and who were employees of the state as determined by the retirement
44-9	board under section 36-8-1, and who have a minimum of twenty (20) years of service, and who are a
44-10	minimum of fifty-nine (59) years of age, shall be entitled to receive for himself or herself a non-
44-11	Medicare-eligible retiree health care insurance benefit as described in section 36-12-1. The ~~State~~
44-12	state will subsidize 80% of the cost of the health insurance plan for individual coverage in which the
44-13	~~retired~~ state ~~employee~~ retiree is enrolled in. Payments ~~of any retired employee~~ for coverage shall be
44-14	deducted from his or her retirement allowance and remitted from time to time in payment for such
44-15	contract.
44-16	(e) Medicare-eligible state retirees who retire on or after October 1, 2008. Until December
44-17	31, 2013, the state shall subsidize eighty percent (80%) of the cost of the Medicare-eligible health
44-18	insurance plan for individual coverage in which the state retiree is enrolled, provided the employee
44-19	retired on or after October 1, 2008; has a minimum of twenty (20) years of service; and is a minimum
44-20	of fifty-nine (59) years of age. Payments for coverage shall be deducted from his or her retirement
44-21	allowance and remitted from time to time in payment for such health insurance plan.
44-22	~~(e)~~(f) Retired employees, including retired teachers, who are non-Medicare-eligible and who
44-23	reach the age of sixty-five (65) shall be allowed to continue to purchase group health care insurance
44-24	benefits in the same manner as those provided to retired employees who have not reached the age of
44-25	sixty-five (65).
44-26	SECTION 2. Chapter 36-12 of the General Laws entitled "Insurance Benefits" is hereby
44-27	amended by adding thereto the following section:
44-28	36-12-4.1. Coverage of Medicare-eligible retired employees. -- (a) The director of the
44-29	department of administration shall ensure retired employees access to Medicare-eligible retiree health
44-30	care insurance. Under this program, the state will establish a health reimbursement account (HRA)
44-31	funded by state contributions for each Medicare-eligible state retiree who elects to receive health care
44-32	insurance through the state-sponsored program.
44-33	(b) The funds contained in the HRA may be utilized for any eligible medical care expenses
44-34	as defined in section 213(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, which includes
45-1	reimbursements for health care insurance premiums.
45-2	(c) The director of the department of administration shall procure services to maximize
45-3	consumer choice and options with respect to the individual policies available to Medicare-eligible
45-4	retirees.
45-5	(d) The maximum state contribution to each Medicare-eligible state retiree's HRA account
45-6	will be equal to the lowest-cost Medicare supplemental plan that is filed with the Office of the Health
45-7	Insurance Commissioner of Rhode Island, that is available through the state-sponsored program, and
45-8	that meets the provisions of the Medicare-eligible retiree health care insurance benefit defined in
45-9	section 36-12-1(9). The maximum state contribution will vary by age as specified by the rates set
45-10	forth in the Medicare supplemental plan filing.
45-11	(e) For Medicare-eligible state retirees who retired before September 30, 2008, effective
45-12	January 1, 2014, the state of Rhode Island will credit an amount to each retiree's HRA account on a
45-13	monthly basis. The amount of such credit shall be calculated based on the retiree's years of service,
45-14	as a percentage of the maximum state contribution set forth in (d) above, and in accordance with the
45-15	following formula:
45-16	Years of Service State's Contribution Employees Share
45-17	10 – 15 50% 50%
45-18	16 – 19 70% 30%
45-19	20 – 27 90% 10%
45-20	28+ 100% 0%
45-21	(f) For Medicare-eligible state retirees who retire on or after October 1, 2008, effective
45-22	January 1, 2014, the state of Rhode Island will credit monthly an amount to each retiree's HRA
45-23	account equal to 80% of the maximum state contribution set forth in (d) above, provided the retiree
45-24	has a minimum of twenty (20) years of service and is at least fifty-nine (59) years of age.
45-25	(g) Medicare-eligible teacher retirees may purchase the individual policies available to
45-26	Medicare-eligible state retirees under the state-sponsored program.
45-27	SECTION 3. This article shall take effect as of July 1, 2013.
45-28	ARTICLE 3
45-29	RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFITS
45-30	SECTION 1. Chapter 36-12 of the General Law entitled "Insurance Benefits" is hereby
45-31	amended by adding thereto the following section:
45-32	36-12-2.5. Health insurance benefits – effect of divorce on continuing coverage of
45-33	former spouse. -- Former spouses of state employees shall be removed from the state employee's
45-34	family health plan on January 1, 2014, or on the date of the entry of final judgment for divorce. The
46-1	former spouse may purchase COBRA coverage consistent with federal law.
46-2	SECTION 2. This article shall take effect upon passage.
46-3	ARTICLE 4
46-4	RELATING TO FICA ALTERNATE RETIREMENT PLAN
46-5	SECTION 1. Section 36-7-2 of the General Laws in Chapter 36-7 entitled "Federal Old-Age
46-6	and Survivors' Insurance" is hereby amended to read as follows:
46-7	36-7-2. Definitions. -- For the purposes of sections 36-7-1 – 36-7-31, 36-7-33.1, and 36-7-
46-8	35, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated unless different meanings are clearly
46-9	expressed or required by the context:
46-10	(1) "Agency of the state" shall mean:
46-11	(i) All departments, divisions, agencies, and instrumentalities of the state which are not
46-12	juristic entities, legally separate and distinct from the state;
46-13	(ii) Civilian employees of the Rhode Island national guard; or
46-14	(iii) Any instrumentality of the state such as fire districts, water districts, water authorities,
46-15	sewer commissions and authorities, housing authorities, or other instrumentality of the state which
46-16	are a juristic entity and legally separate and distinct from the state and if the employees of the
46-17	instrumentality are not by virtue of their relation to juristic entity employees of the state. Without
46-18	limiting the generality of the foregoing, examples of those agencies would be the Kent County water
46-19	authority, the Providence housing authority, the Blackstone Valley sewer district commission, and
46-20	other like instrumentalities of the state.
46-21	(2) "City or town" shall mean:
46-22	(i) Any city or town of the state of Rhode Island, inclusive of any department, division,
46-23	agency, board, commission, or bureau thereof;
46-24	(ii) Any instrumentality of a city or town which is a juristic entity and legally separate and
46-25	distinct from the city or town and if its employees are not by virtue of their relation to the juristic
46-26	entity employees of the city or town; or
46-27	(iii) Any instrumentality of two or more citizens and/or towns which is a juristic entity as
46-28	provided in subdivision (ii) hereof.
46-29	(3) "IRC" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
46-30	~~(3)~~(4) "Coverage group" shall mean:
46-31	(i) All employees of the state other than those engaged in performing service in connection
46-32	with a proprietary function;
46-33	(ii) All employees of a city or town other than those engaged in performing service in
46-34	connection with a single proprietary function;
47-1	(iii) All employees of the state engaged in performing service in connection with a single
47-2	proprietary function;
47-3	(iv) All employees of an agency of the state;
47-4	(v) All employees of a city or town of the state engaged in performing service in connection
47-5	with a single proprietary function. If under the preceding sentence an employee would be included in
47-6	more than one coverage group by reason of the fact that he or she performs service in connection
47-7	with two (2) or more proprietary functions or in connection with both a proprietary function and a
47-8	nonproprietary function, he or she shall be included in only one coverage group. The determination
47-9	of the coverage group in which the employee shall be included shall be made in such manner as may
47-10	be specified in the agreement. Members of retirement systems shall constitute separate coverage
47-11	groups as provided in section 36-7-10.
47-12	~~(4)~~(5) "Employee" shall mean any officer or employee of any city, town, or agency of the
47-13	state receiving salaries or wages for employment.
47-14	~~(5)~~(6) "Employment" shall mean any service performed by an employee for wages as a
47-15	member of a coverage group as herein defined, including service of an emergency nature, service in
47-16	any class or classes of elective positions and service in part-time positions, but excluding the
47-17	following:
47-18	(i) Service in a position the compensation for which is on a fee basis;
47-19	(ii) Service performed by election officials or election workers for calendar year 2003 in
47-20	which the remuneration paid for that service is less than one thousand two hundred fifty dollars
47-21	($1,250), and for each calendar year after 2003 in which the remuneration paid is less than the
47-22	adjusted amount in accordance with section 218(c)(8)(B) of the Social Security Act;
47-23	(iii) Service which under the federal Social Security Act may not be included in an
47-24	agreement between the state and the secretary entered into under this chapter;
47-25	(iv) Service which, in the absence of an agreement entered into under sections 36-7-1 – 36-7-
47-26	31, would constitute "employment" as defined in the federal Social Security Act. Service which
47-27	under the federal Social Security Act may be included in an agreement only upon certification by the
47-28	governor in accordance with section 218(d)(3) of the federal Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. section
47-29	418(d)(3), shall be included in the term "employment" if and when the governor issues, with respect
47-30	to that service, a certificate to the secretary, pursuant to section 36-7-19.
47-31	(B) Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, if pursuant to section 141 of P.L. 92-603, 42
47-32	U.S.C. section 418, the state agreement with the federal government referred to in section 36-7-3 is
47-33	modified appropriately at any time prior to January 1, 1974, the term "employment" with respect to
47-34	any coverage group specified in the modification shall, effective after the effective date specified in
48-1	the modification, include services in designated part-time positions but not services performed in the
48-2	employ of a school, college, or university by a student who is enrolled and regularly attending classes
48-3	at that school, college, or university.
48-4	(7) "FARP" shall mean the FICA Alternative Retirement Income Security Program as
48-5	described in section 36-7-33.1.
48-6	(8) "FARP-eligible employee" shall mean any part-time, seasonal, or temporary employee
48-7	who is ineligible for participation in the Employees' Retirement System of Rhode Island.
48-8	(9) "FARP part-time employee" shall mean an employee of the state of Rhode Island who
48-9	works twenty (20) hours or less per week, in accordance with IRC standards.
48-10	~~(6)~~(10) "Federal Insurance Contributions Act" or "FICA" shall mean subchapter A of chapter
48-11	9 of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1939, subchapters A and B of chapter 21 of the federal
48-12	Internal Revenue Code of 1954, and subchapters A and B of chapter 21 of the federal Internal
48-13	Revenue Code of 1986 as those codes have been and may from time to time be amended; and the
48-14	term "employee tax" shall mean the tax imposed by section 1400 of the code of 1939, section 3101 of
48-15	the code of 1954, and section 3101 of the code of 1986.
48-16	~~(7)~~(11) "Federal Social Security Act", 42 U.S.C. section 301 et seq., shall mean the act of
48-17	congress approved August 14, 1935, officially cited as the "Social Security Act", including any
48-18	amendments thereto, and any regulations, directives, or requirements interpretative or implementive
48-19	thereof.
48-20	~~(8)~~(12) "Part-time employment" shall mean any employment by those who work on a
48-21	regularly scheduled basis regardless of hours.
48-22	~~(9)~~(13) "Retirement board" shall mean the retirement board as provided in chapter 8 of this
48-23	title.
48-24	~~(10)~~(14) "Secretary", except when used in the title "secretary of the treasury", shall mean the
48-25	secretary of health and human services and any individual to whom the secretary of health and
48-26	human services has delegated any of his or her functions under the federal Social Security Act, 42
48-27	U.S.C. section 301 et seq., with respect to coverage under that act of employees of states and their
48-28	political subdivisions.
48-29	~~(11)~~(15) "Sick pay" shall mean the amount of any payment (including any amount paid by an
48-30	employer for insurance or annuities, or into a fund to provide for any sick pay) made to, or on behalf
48-31	of, an employee or any of his or her dependents under a plan or system established by an employer
48-32	which makes provision for his employees generally (or for his or her employees generally and their
48-33	dependents) or for a class or classes of his employees (or for a class or classes of his employees and
48-34	their dependents), on account of sickness or accident disability.
49-1	~~(12)~~(16) "State" shall mean the state of Rhode Island.
49-2	~~(13)~~(17) "Wages" or "salaries" shall mean all compensation received by an employee for
49-3	employment as defined herein, including the cash value of all remuneration received by an employee
49-4	in any medium other than cash, except that this term shall not include that part of the remuneration
49-5	which, even if it were for "employment" within the meaning of the Federal Insurance Contributions
49-6	Act, 26 U.S.C. section 3101 et seq., would not constitute "wages" within the meaning of that act.
49-7	SECTION 2. Chapter 36-7 of the General Laws entitled "Federal Old-Age and Survivors'
49-8	Insurance" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:
49-9	36-7-33.1. FICA Alternative Retirement Income Security Program. -- (a) For FARP
49-10	eligible employees, the state shall establish the FICA Alternative Retirement Income Security
49-11	Program. The FARP shall be administered in accordance with the following provisions:
49-12	(1) IRC compliance. The FARP shall be administered as a defined contribution plan under
49-13	section 401(a) of the IRC, and shall provide retirement benefits as required under section
49-14	3121(b)(7)(F) of the IRC.
49-15	(2) Employee participation in the FARP - One-Time Opt-Out Exception. With the one
49-16	exception described in (b) below, FARP-eligible employee participation in the FARP shall be
49-17	mandatory. Each participant shall make mandatory payroll deduction contributions to the FARP
49-18	equal to a minimum of seven and five tenths percent (7.5%) of the employee's gross wages for each
49-19	pay period. Any payroll deduction contributions made pursuant to the FARP shall not be included in
49-20	the computation of federal income taxes withheld on behalf of any participant. Once implemented,
49-21	the participants, and the state on behalf of the participants, shall not continue to make FICA
49-22	contributions. The FARP shall be administered by the financial institution currently administering
49-23	the 401(a) plan for the state employee retirement plan, as described in Title 36 Chapter 10.3.
49-24	(b) An otherwise FARP-eligible employee, who is employed by the state at the time this
49-25	section takes effect, may opt to not participate in the FARP. An employee who opts to not participate
49-26	in the FARP will continue to make FICA contributions and the state shall continue to make FICA
49-27	contributions on behalf of the employee. An employee who opts to not participate in the FARP may
49-28	subsequently, without penalty, choose to participate in the FARP; provided, however, such
49-29	employee must continue to participate in the FARP for as long as he or she is a FARP-eligible
49-30	employee.
49-31	(c) Review by state investment commission. The state investment commission shall, from
49-32	time to time, review and evaluate the reasonableness of the selected financial institution's fees and
49-33	the performance of the selected financial institution's funds.
50-34	SECTION 3. This article shall take effect as of July 1, 2013.
50-35	ARTICLE 5
50-36	RELATING TO STATE FUNDS
50-37	SECTION 1. Section 35-6-1 of the General Laws in Chapter 35-6 entitled "Accounts and
50-38	Control" is hereby amended to read as follows:
50-39	35-6-1. Controller – Duties in general. -- (a) Within the department of administration there
50-40	shall be a controller who shall be appointed by the director of administration pursuant to chapter 4 of
50-41	title 36. The controller shall be responsible for accounting and expenditure control and shall be
50-42	required to:
50-43	(1) Administer a comprehensive accounting and recording system which will classify the
50-44	transactions of the state departments and agencies in accordance with the budget plan;
50-45	(2) Maintain control accounts for all supplies, materials, and equipment for all departments
50-46	and agencies except as otherwise provided by law;
50-47	(3) Prescribe a financial, accounting, and cost accounting system for state departments and
50-48	agencies;
50-49	(4) Preaudit all state receipts and expenditures;
50-50	(5) Prepare financial statements required by the several departments and agencies, by the
50-51	governor, or by the general assembly;
50-52	(6) Approve the orders drawn on the general treasurer; provided, that the preaudit of all
50-53	expenditures under authority of the legislative department and the judicial department by the state
50-54	controller shall be purely ministerial, concerned only with the legality of the expenditure and
50-55	availability of the funds, and in no event shall the state controller interpose his or her judgment
50-56	regarding the wisdom or expediency of any item or items of expenditure;
50-57	(7) Prepare and timely file, on behalf of the state, any and all reports required by the United
50-58	States, including, but not limited to, the internal revenue service, or required by any department or
50-59	agency of the state, with respect to the state payroll; and
50-60	(8) Prepare a preliminary closing statement for each fiscal year. The controller shall forward
50-61	the statement to the chairpersons of the house finance committee and the senate finance committee,
50-62	with copies to the house fiscal advisor and the senate fiscal and policy advisor, by September 1
50-63	following the fiscal year ending the prior June 30 or thirty (30) days after enactment of the
50-64	appropriations act, whichever is later. The report shall include but is not limited to:
50-65	(i) A report of all revenues received by the state in the completed fiscal year, together with
50-66	the estimates adopted for that year as contained in the final enacted budget, and together with all
50-67	deviations between estimated revenues and actual collections. The report shall also include cash
50-68	collections and accrual adjustments;
51-1	(ii) A comparison of actual expenditures with each of the actual appropriations, including
51-2	supplemental appropriations and other adjustments provided for in the Rhode Island General Laws;
51-3	(iii) A statement of the opening and closing surplus in the general revenue account; and
51-4	(iv) A statement of the opening surplus, activity, and closing surplus in the state budget
51-5	reserve and cash stabilization account and the state bond capital fund.
51-6	(b) The controller shall provide supporting information on revenues, expenditures, capital
51-7	projects, and debt service upon request of the house finance committee chairperson, senate finance
51-8	committee chairperson, house fiscal advisor, or senate fiscal and policy advisor.
51-9	(c) Upon issuance of the audited annual financial statement, the controller shall provide a
51-10	report of the differences between the preliminary financial report and the final report as contained in
51-11	the audited annual financial statement.
51-12	~~(d) Upon issuance of the audited financial statement, the controller shall transfer all general~~
51-13	~~revenues received in the completed fiscal year net of transfer to the state budget reserve and cash~~
51-14	~~stabilization account as required by section 35-3-20 in excess of those estimates adopted for that year~~
51-15	~~as contained in the final enacted budget to the employees' retirement system of the state of Rhode~~
51-16	~~Island as defined in section 36-8-2.~~
51-17	~~(e)~~(d) The controller shall create a special fund not part of the general fund and shall deposit
51-18	amounts equivalent to all deferred contributions under this act into that fund. Any amounts remaining
51-19	in the fund on June 15, 2010, shall be transferred to the general treasurer who shall transfer such
51-20	amounts into the retirement system as appropriate.
51-21	SECTION 2. This article shall take effect as of July 1, 2012.
51-22	ARTICLE 6
51-23	RELATING TO DIVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLES
51-24	SECTION 1. Sections 31-3-33 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-3 entitled "Registration of
51-25	Vehicles" is hereby amended to read as follows:
51-26	31-3-33. Renewal of registration. -- (a) Application for renewal of a vehicle registration
51-27	shall be made by the owner on a proper application form and by payment of the registration fee for
51-28	the vehicle as provided by law.
51-29	(b) The division of motor vehicles may receive applications for renewal of registration, and
51-30	may grant the renewal and issue new registration cards and plates at any time prior to expiration of
51-31	registration.
51-32	(c) Upon renewal, owners will be issued a renewal sticker for each registration plate which
51-33	shall be placed at the bottom right hand corner of the plate. Owners shall be issued a new fully
51-34	reflective plate beginning September 1, ~~2013~~ 2015 at the time of initial registration or at the renewal
52-1	of an existing registration and reissuance will be conducted no less than every ten (10) years.
52-2	SECTION 2. Section 39-18.1-4 of the General Laws in Chapter 39-18.1 entitled
52-3	"Transportation Investment and Debt Reduction Act of 2011" is hereby amended to read as follows:
52-4	39-18.1-4. ~~Rhode Island highway maintenance trust fund account created~~ Rhode Island
52-5	highway maintenance account created. -- (a) There is hereby created a special account in the
52-6	~~general fund~~ intermodal surface transportation fund as established in section 31-36-20 that is to be
52-7	known as the Rhode Island Highway Maintenance ~~Trust Fund~~ Account.
52-8	(b) The fund shall consist of all those moneys which the state may from time to time direct to
52-9	the fund, including, not necessarily limited to, moneys derived from the following sources:
52-10	(1) There is imposed a surcharge of thirty dollars ($30.00) per ~~passenger car and light truck~~
52-11	vehicle, trailer or truck, other than those with specific registrations set forth below in subsection
52-12	(b)(1)(i). Such surcharge shall be paid by each ~~car and light truck~~ vehicle, trailer or truck owner in
52-13	order to register that owner's vehicle, trailer or truck and upon each subsequent biennial registration.
52-14	This surcharge shall be phased in at the rate of ten dollars ($10.00) each year. The total surcharge
52-15	will be ten dollars ($10.00) from July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014, twenty dollars ($20.00) from
52-16	July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015, and thirty dollars ($30.00) from July 1, 2015 through June 30,
52-17	2016 and each year thereafter.
52-18	(i) For owners of vehicles, trailers or trucks with the following plate types, the surcharge
52-19	shall be as set forth below and shall be paid in full in order to register the vehicle, trailer or truck and
52-20	upon each subsequent renewal:
52-21	Plate Type Surcharge
52-22	Antique; Veteran $5.00
52-23	Farm $10.00
52-24	Motorcycle $13.00
52-25	(2) There is imposed a surcharge of fifteen dollars ($15.00) per ~~car and truck,~~ vehicle, trailer
52-26	or truck, other than those with specific registrations set forth in subsection (b)(2)(i) below, for those
52-27	~~cars and trucks~~ vehicles, trailers or trucks subject to annual registration, to be paid annually by each
52-28	~~car and truck~~ vehicle, trailer or truck owner in order to register that owner's vehicle, trailer or truck
52-29	and upon each subsequent annual registration. This surcharge will be phased in at the rate of five
52-30	dollars ($5.00) each year. The total surcharge will be five dollars ($5.00) from July 1, 2013 through
52-31	June 30, 2014, ten dollars ($10.00) from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015, and fifteen dollars
52-32	($15.00) from July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016 and each year thereafter.
52-33	(i) For owners of vehicles, trailers or trucks with the following plate types, the surcharge
52-34	shall be as set forth below and shall be paid in full in order to register the vehicle, trailer or truck, and
53-1	upon each subsequent renewal:
53-2	Plate Type Surcharge
53-3	In-transit $5.00
53-4	Transporter $5.00
53-5	Bailee $5.00
53-6	(3) There is imposed a surcharge of thirty dollars ($30.00) per ~~operator's~~ license to operate a
53-7	motor vehicle to be paid every five (5) years by each licensed operator of a motor vehicles. This
53-8	surcharge will be phased in at the rate of ten dollars ($10.00) each year. The total surcharge will be
53-9	ten dollars ($10.00) from July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014, twenty dollars ($20.00) from July 1,
53-10	2014 through June 30, 2015, and thirty dollars ($30.00) from July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016 and
53-11	each year thereafter. In the event that a license is issued or renewed for a period of less than five (5)
53-12	years, the surcharge will be prorated according to the period of time the license will be valid.
53-13	(c) All funds collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the Rhode Island
53-14	highway maintenance ~~fund~~ account and shall be used only for the purposes set forth in this chapter.
53-15	(d) Unexpended balances and any earnings thereon shall not revert to the general fund but
53-16	shall remain in the Rhode Island highway maintenance ~~fund~~ account. There shall be no requirement
53-17	that monies received into the Rhode Island highway maintenance ~~fund~~ account during any given
53-18	calendar year or fiscal year be expended during the same calendar year or fiscal year.
53-19	(e) The Rhode Island highway maintenance ~~fund~~ account shall be administered by the
53-20	director, who shall allocate and spend monies from the fund only in accordance with the purposes
53-21	and procedures set forth in this chapter.
53-22	SECTION 3. This article shall take effect upon passage.
53-23	ARTICLE 7
53-24	RELATING TO PUBLIC CORPORATION DEBT MANAGEMENT
53-25	SECTION 1. Section 35-18-3 of the General Laws in Chapter 35-18 entitled "Public
53-26	Corporation Debt Management" is hereby amended to read as follows:
53-27	35-18-3. Approval by the general assembly. -- (a) No elected or appointed state official
53-28	may enter into any financing lease or into any guarantee with any person without the prior approval
53-29	of the general assembly unless:
53-30	(1) The governor certifies that federal funds will be available to make all of the payments
53-31	which the state is or could be obligated to make under the financing lease or guarantee; or
53-32	(2) The general assembly has adjourned for the year with the expectation that it will not meet
53-33	again until the following year and the governor certifies that action is necessary, because of events
53-34	occurring after the general assembly has adjourned, to protect the physical integrity of an essential
54-1	public facility, to ensure the continued delivery of essential public services or to maintain the credit
54-2	worthiness of the state in the financial markets.
54-3	(b) No bonds may be issued or other obligation incurred by any public corporation to
54-4	finance, in whole or in part, the construction, acquisition, or improvement of any essential public
54-5	facility without the prior approval of the general assembly, unless:
54-6	(1) The governor certifies that federal funds will be available to make all of the payments
54-7	required to be made by the public corporation in connection with the bond or obligation. The
54-8	certification shall be transmitted to the speaker of the house and the president of the senate with
54-9	copies to the chairpersons of the respective finance committees and fiscal advisors; or
54-10	(2) The general assembly has adjourned for the year with the expectation that it will not meet
54-11	again until the following year and the governor certifies that action is necessary, because of events
54-12	occurring after the general assembly has adjourned, to protect the physical integrity of an essential
54-13	public facility, to ensure the continued delivery of essential public services, or to maintain the credit
54-14	worthiness of the state in the financial markets. The certification shall be transmitted to the speaker
54-15	of the house and the president of the senate, with copies to the chairpersons of the respective finance
54-16	committees and fiscal advisors.
54-17	(c) In addition to, and not by way of limitation on, the exemptions provided in subsections
54-18	(a) and (b), prior approval by the general assembly shall not be required under this chapter for bonds
54-19	or other obligations issued by, or financing leases or guarantee agreements entered into by:
54-20	(1) The Rhode Island Industrial Facilities Corporation; provided financing leases, bonds or
54-21	other obligations are being issued for an economic development project;
54-22	(2) The Rhode Island clean water finance agency;
54-23	(3) The Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation;
54-24	(4) The Rhode Island student loan authority;
54-25	(5) The state or any ~~Any~~ public corporation to refund any bond, or other obligation issued
54-26	by, or financing leases or guarantee agreements entered into by the state or the public corporation to
54-27	~~finance the acquisition, construction, or improvement of an essential public facility~~ provided that the
54-28	governor certifies to the speaker of the house and the president of the senate, with copies to the
54-29	chairpersons of the respective finance committees and fiscal advisors that the refunding shall provide
54-30	a net benefit to the issuer; provided, however, obligations of the Rhode Island resource recovery
54-31	corporation outstanding on July 31, 1999, may be refunded by the issuance of obligations on or
54-32	before August 1, 1999;
54-33	(6) The Narragansett Bay water quality management district commission; and
55-34	(7) The Rhode Island health and educational building corporation, except bonds or other
55-35	obligations issued in connection with the acquisition, construction, or improvement of any facility
55-36	used by any state agency, department, board, or commission, including the board of governors for
55-37	higher education, to provide services to the public pursuant to the requirements of state or federal
55-38	law, and all fixtures for any of those facilities.
55-39	(d) Nothing contained in this section applies to any loan authorized to be borrowed under
55-40	Article VI, section 16 or 17 of the Rhode Island Constitution.
55-41	(e) Nothing in this section is intended to expand in any way the borrowing authority of any
55-42	public corporation under its charter.
55-43	(f)(1) Any certification made by the governor under subsection (a), (b), or (c) of this section
55-44	may be relied upon by any person, including without limitation, bond counsel.
55-45	(2) The certifications shall be transmitted to the speaker of the house and the president of the
55-46	senate with copies to the chairpersons of the respective finance committees and fiscal advisors.
55-47	(g) Except as provided for in this chapter, the requirements of this chapter supersede any
55-48	other special or general provision of law, including any provision which purports to exempt sales or
55-49	leases between the state and a public corporation from the operation of any law.
55-50	SECTION 2. This article shall take effect upon passage.
55-51	ARTICLE 8
55-52	RELATING TO GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION
55-53	SECTION 1. Section 39-2-1.2 of the General Laws in Chapter 39-2 entitled "Duties of
55-54	Utilities and Carriers" is hereby amended as follows:
55-55	39-2-1.2. Utility base rate - Advertising, demand side management and renewables. --
55-56	(a) In addition to costs prohibited in section 39-1-27.4(b), no public utility distributing or providing
55-57	heat, electricity, or water to or for the public shall include as part of its base rate any expenses for
55-58	advertising, either direct or indirect, which promotes the use of its product or service, or is designed
55-59	to promote the public image of the industry. No public utility may furnish support of any kind, direct,
55-60	or indirect, to any subsidiary, group, association, or individual for advertising and include the
55-61	expense as part of its base rate. Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed as prohibiting the
55-62	inclusion in the base rate of expenses incurred for advertising, informational or educational in nature,
55-63	which is designed to promote public safety conservation of the public utility's product or service. The
55-64	public utilities commission shall promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to require
55-65	public disclosure of all advertising expenses of any kind, direct or indirect, and to otherwise
55-66	effectuate the provisions of this section.
55-67	(b) Effective as of January 1, 2008, and for a period of ten (10) years thereafter, each electric
55-68	distribution company shall include charges per kilowatt-hour delivered to fund demand side
56-1	management programs and 0.3 mills per kilowatt-hour delivered to fund renewable energy programs.
56-2	The electric distribution company shall establish and after July 1, 2007, maintain two (2) separate
56-3	accounts, one for demand side management programs, which shall be administered and implemented
56-4	by the distribution company, subject to the regulatory reviewing authority of the commission, and
56-5	one for renewable energy programs, which shall be administered by the ~~economic development~~
56-6	~~corporation pursuant to section 42-64-13.2~~ office of energy resources and, shall be held and
56-7	disbursed by the distribution company as directed by the ~~economic development corporation~~ office
56-8	of energy resources for the purposes of developing, promoting and supporting renewable energy
56-9	programs.
56-10	During the ten (10) year period the commission may, in its discretion, after notice and public
56-11	hearing, increase the sums for demand side management and renewable resources; thereafter, the
56-12	commission shall, after notice and public hearing, determine the appropriate charge for these
56-13	programs. The office of energy resources and/or the administrator of the renewable energy programs
56-14	may seek to secure for the state an equitable and reasonable portion of renewable energy credits or
56-15	certificates created by private projects funded through those programs. As used in this section,
56-16	"renewable energy resources" shall mean: (1) power generation technologies as defined in section
56-17	39-26-5, "eligible renewable energy resources", including off- grid and on-grid generating
56-18	technologies located in Rhode Island as a priority; (2) research and development activities in Rhode
56-19	Island pertaining to eligible renewable energy resources and to other renewable energy technologies
56-20	for electrical generation; or (3) projects and activities directly related to implementing eligible
56-21	renewable energy resources projects in Rhode Island. Technologies for converting solar energy for
56-22	space heating or generating domestic hot water may also be funded through the renewable energy
56-23	programs. Fuel cells may be considered an energy efficiency technology to be included in demand
56-24	sided management programs. Special rates for low-income customers in effect as of August 7, 1996
56-25	shall be continued, and the costs of all of these discounts shall be included in the distribution rates
56-26	charged to all other customers. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting an electric
56-27	distribution company from offering any special rates or programs for low-income customers which
56-28	are not in effect as of August 7, 1996, subject to the approval by the commission.
56-29	(1) The renewable energy investment programs shall be administered pursuant to rules
56-30	established by ~~the economic development corporation~~ office of energy resources. Said rules shall
56-31	provide transparent criteria to rank qualified renewable energy projects, giving consideration to:
56-32	(i) the feasibility of project completion;
56-33	(ii) the anticipated amount of renewable energy the project will produce;
57-34	(iii) the potential of the project to mitigate energy costs over the life of the project; and
57-35	(iv) the estimated cost per kilo-watt hour (kwh) of the energy produced from the project.
57-36	(c) [Deleted by P.L. 2012, ch. 241, section 14].
57-37	(d) ~~The executive director of the economic development corporation is authorized and may~~
57-38	~~enter into a contract with a contractor for the cost effective administration of the renewable energy~~
57-39	~~programs funded by this section. A competitive bid and contract award for administration of the~~
57-40	~~renewable energy programs may occur every three (3) years and shall include as a condition that~~
57-41	~~after July 1, 2008 the account for the renewable energy programs shall be maintained and~~
57-42	~~administered by the economic development corporation as provided for in subdivision (b) above.~~ The
57-43	office of energy resources shall, in coordination with the economic development corporation, create
57-44	on or before December 31, 2013 a renewable energy investment program in accordance with sections
57-45	39-26-7 and 42-140-10. The office of energy resources and economic development corporation shall
57-46	coordinate to ensure continuity of services during the transfer of the renewable energy development
57-47	fund to the office of energy resources.
57-48	(e) Effective January 1, 2007, and for a period of eleven (11) years thereafter, each gas
57-49	distribution company shall include, with the approval of the commission, a charge per deca
57-50	therm delivered to demand side management programs, including, but not limited to, programs for
57-51	cost- effective energy efficiency, energy conservation, combined heat and power systems, and
57-52	weatherization services for low income households.
57-53	(f) The gas company shall establish a separate account for demand side management
57-54	programs, which shall be administered and implemented by the distribution company, subject to the
57-55	regulatory reviewing authority of the commission. The commission may establish administrative
57-56	mechanisms and procedures that are similar to those for electric demand side management programs
57-57	administered under the jurisdiction of the commissions and that are designed to achieve cost-
57-58	effectiveness and high life-time savings of efficiency measures supported by the program.
57-59	(g) The commission may, if reasonable and feasible, except from this demand side
57-60	management charge:
57-61	(i) gas used for distribution generation; and
57-62	(ii) gas used for the manufacturing processes, where the customer has established a self
57-63	directed program to invest in and achieve best effective energy efficiency in accordance with a plan
57-64	approved by the commission and subject to periodic review and approval by the commission, which
57-65	plan shall require annual reporting of the amount invested and the return on investments in terms of
57-66	gas savings.
57-67	(h) The commission may provide for the coordinated and/or integrated administration of
57-68	electric and gas demand side management programs in order to enhance the effectiveness of the
58-1	programs. Such coordinated and/or integrated administration may after March 1, 2009, upon the
58-2	recommendation of the office of energy resources, be through one or more third-party entities
58-3	designated by the commission pursuant to a competitive selection process.
58-4	(i) Effective January 1, 2007, the commission shall allocate from demand-side management
58-5	gas and electric funds authorized pursuant to this section 39-2-1.2, an amount not to exceed two
58-6	percent (2%) of such funds on an annual basis for the retention of expert consultants, and reasonable
58-7	administration costs of the energy efficiency and resources management council associated with
58-8	planning, management, and evaluation of energy efficiency programs, renewable energy programs,
58-9	system reliability, least-cost procurement, and with regulatory proceedings, contested cases, and
58-10	other actions pertaining to the purposes, powers and duties of the council, which allocation may by
58-11	mutual agreement, be used in coordination with the office of energy resources to support such
58-12	activities.
58-13	(j) Effective January 1, 2013, the commission shall annually allocate from the administrative
58-14	funding amount allocated in (i) from the demand-side management program as described in
58-15	subsection (i) as follows: sixty percent (60%) for the purposes identified in subsection (i) and forty
58-16	percent (40%) annually to the office of energy resources for activities associated with planning
58-17	management, and evaluation of energy efficiency programs, renewable energy programs, system
58-18	reliability, least-cost procurement, and with regulatory proceedings, contested cases, and other
58-19	actions pertaining to the purposes, powers and duties of the office of energy resources.
58-20	(k) On April 15, of each year the office and the council shall submit to the governor, the
58-21	president of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives, separate financial and
58-22	performance reports regarding the demand-side management programs, including the specific level
58-23	of funds that were contributed by the residential, municipal, and commercial and industrial sectors to
58-24	the overall programs;, the businesses, vendors, and institutions that received funding from demand-
58-25	side management gas and electric funds used for the purposes in section 39-2-1.2; and the businesses,
58-26	vendors, and institutions that received the administrative funds for the purposes in sections 39-2-
58-27	1.2(i) and 39-2-1.2(j). These reports shall be posted electronically on the websites of the office of
58-28	energy resources and the energy efficiency resources management council.
58-29	SECTION 2. Sections 42-140-7 and 42-140-9 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-140
58-30	entitled "Rhode Island Energy Resources Act" are hereby amended to read as follows:
58-31	42-140-7. Conduct of activities. -- (a) To the extent reasonable and practical, the conduct of
58-32	activities under the provisions of this chapter shall be open and inclusive; the commissioner and the
58-33	council shall seek in addressing the purposes of the office to involve the research and analytic
58-34	capacities of institutions of higher education within the state, industry, advocacy groups, and regional
59-1	entities, and shall seek input from stakeholders including, but not limited to, residential and
59-2	commercial energy users.
59-3	(b) The commissioner shall ~~transmit any unencumbered funds from the renewable energy~~
59-4	~~program under chapter 39-2 to the economic development corporation to be administered in~~
59-5	~~accordance with a the provisions of section 39-2-1.2.~~ adopt, in the manner set forth in section 42-
59-6	140-9, investment and procurement standards and procedures for evaluating proposals for renewable
59-7	energy projects, in order to determine whether the proposed projects are consistent with the
59-8	renewable energy program adopted pursuant to section 39-26-7.
59-9	42-140-9. Adoption of standards, procedures and rules. -- The commissioner shall have
59-10	the authority to adopt, amend, and implement such rules as may be necessary to or desirable to
59-11	effectuate the purposes of this chapter. In Before promulgating rules and regulations, ~~any rule~~
59-12	~~making by the commissioner,~~ the commissioner shall seek and consider ~~as a matter of record~~ the
59-13	~~advise~~ advice of the ~~energy resources council~~ renewable energy coordinating board.
59-14	SECTION 3. Chapter 42-140 of the general laws entitled, "Rhode Island Energy Resources
59-15	Act" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:
59-16	42-140-10. Renewable energy investment coordination. -- (a) Intent. To develop an
59-17	integrated organizational structure to secure for Rhode Island and its people the full benefits of cost-
59-18	effective renewable energy development from diverse sources.
59-19	(b) Purpose. The office is authorized to integrate the management of public funds to promote
59-20	the expansion and sound development of renewable energy resources by providing coordinated and
59-21	cost-effective use of funds from:
59-22	(1) The renewable energy program of the demand side management program, as set forth in
59-23	section 39-2-1.2; and
59-24	(2) The renewable energy development fund of the renewable energy standard, as set forth in
59-25	chapter 39-26.
59-26	(3) The sale of allowances under the greenhouse gas initiative act to the extent available for
59-27	renewable energy, as set forth in chapter 23-82.
59-28	(c) Renewable energy development fund. The office shall, in the furtherance of its
59-29	responsibilities to promote the provision of energy resources, establish and administer a renewable
59-30	energy development fund as provided for in section 39-26-7, may exercise the powers set forth in
59-31	this chapter, as necessary or convenient to accomplish this purpose, and shall provide such
59-32	administrative support as may be needed for the coordinated administration of the renewable energy
59-33	standard, as provided for in chapter 39-26 and the renewable energy program established by section
59-34	39-2-1.2.
60-1	(d) Duties. The office shall with regards to renewable energy project investment:
60-2	(1) Establish standards for financing renewable energy projects from diverse sources.
60-3	(2) Enter into agreements, consistent with this chapter and renewable energy investment
60-4	plans adopted by the office, to provide support to renewable energy projects that meet applicable
60-5	standards established by the office. Said agreements may include contracts with municipalities and
60-6	public corporations.
60-7	(e) Conduct of activities. Wherever possible, the conduct of activities under the provisions of
60-8	this section shall be open and inclusive. In addressing the purposes of this chapter, the commissioner
60-9	shall involve the research and analytic capacities of institutions of higher education within the state,
60-10	industry, advocacy groups, and regional entities, and shall seek input from stakeholders including,
60-11	but not limited to, residential and commercial energy users.
60-12	(f) Reporting. On March 1 of each year, beginning in 2014, the office shall submit to the
60-13	governor, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the secretary of
60-14	state, a financial and performance report. The reports shall set forth:
60-15	(1) The expenditure for each of the renewable energy program funds administered by the
60-16	office;
60-17	(2) A listing of all private consultants engaged by the office on a contract basis and a
60-18	statement of the total amount paid to each private consultant from the two (2) renewable energy
60-19	funds administered in accordance with this chapter; a listing of any staff supported by these funds,
60-20	and a summary of any clerical, administrative or technical support received; and
60-21	(3) A summary of performance during the prior year including accomplishments and
60-22	shortcomings; project investments, the cost-effectiveness of renewable energy investments by the
60-23	office; and recommendations for improvement.
60-24	SECTION 4. Section 39-26-7 of the General Laws in Chapter 39-26 entitled "Renewable
60-25	energy standard" is hereby amended to read as follows:
60-26	39-26-7. Renewable energy development fund. -- (a) There is hereby authorized and
60-27	created within the ~~economic development corporation~~ office of energy resources a renewable energy
60-28	development fund for the purpose of increasing the supply of NE-GIS certificates available for
60-29	compliance in future years by obligated entities with renewable energy standard requirements, as
60-30	established in this chapter. The fund shall be located at and administered by the ~~Rhode Island~~
60-31	~~economic development corporation~~ office of energy resources in accordance with section ~~42-64-13.2~~
60-32	42-140-10. The ~~economic development corporation~~ office of energy resources shall:
60-33	Adopt plans and guidelines for the management and use of the fund in accordance with
60-34	section ~~42-64-13.2~~ 42-140-10, and
61-1	(b) The ~~economic development corporation~~ office of energy resources shall enter into
61-2	agreements with obligated entities to accept alternative compliance payments, consistent with rules
61-3	of the commission and the purposes set forth in this section; and alternative compliance payments
61-4	received pursuant to this section shall be trust funds to be held and applied solely for the purposes set
61-5	forth in this section.
61-6	(c) The uses of the fund shall include but not be limited to:
61-7	(1) Stimulating investment in renewable energy development by entering into agreements,
61-8	including multi-year agreements, for renewable energy certificates;
61-9	(2) Establishing and maintaining a residential renewable energy program using eligible
61-10	technologies in accordance ~~the~~ with section 39-26-5;
61-11	(3) Providing technical and financial assistance to municipalities for interconnection and
61-12	feasibility studies, and/or the installation of renewable energy projects;
61-13	(4) Issuing assurances and/or guarantees to support the acquisition of renewable energy
61-14	certificates and/or the development of new renewable energy sources for Rhode Island;
61-15	(5) Establishing escrows, reserves, and/or acquiring insurance for the obligations of the fund;
61-16	(6) Paying administrative costs of the fund incurred by the ~~economic development~~
61-17	~~corporation, the board of trustees, or~~ the office of energy resources, not to exceed ten percent (10%)
61-18	of the income of the fund, including, but not limited to, alternative compliance payments. ~~All funds~~
61-19	~~transferred from the economic development corporation to support the office of energy resources'~~
61-20	~~administrative costs shall be deposited as restricted receipts.~~
61-21	(d) NE-GIS certificates acquired through the fund may be conveyed to obligated entities or
61-22	may be credited against the renewable energy standard for the year of the certificate provided that the
61-23	commission assesses the cost of the certificates to the obligated entity, or entities, benefiting from the
61-24	credit against the renewable energy standard, which assessment shall be reduced by previously made
61-25	alternative compliance payments and shall be paid to the fund.
61-26	SECTION 5. Section 42-64-13.2 of the General Laws in Chapter "Rhode Island Economic
61-27	Development Corporation" is hereby repealed.
61-28	~~42-64-13.2. Renewable energy investment coordination. --~~ ~~(a) Intent. - To develop an~~
61-29	~~integrated organizational structure to secure for Rhode Island and its people the full benefits of cost-~~
61-30	~~effective renewable energy development from diverse sources.~~
61-31	~~(b) Definitions. - For purposes of this section, the following words and terms shall have~~
61-32	~~the meanings set forth in RIGL 42-64-3 unless this section provides a different meaning.~~
61-33	~~Within this section, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings:~~
62-34	~~(1) "Corporation" means the Rhode Island economic development corporation.~~
62-35	~~(2) "Municipality" means any city or town, or other political subdivision of the state.~~
62-36	~~(3) "Office" means the office of energy resources established by chapter 42-140.~~
62-37	~~(c) Renewable energy development fund. - The corporation shall, in the furtherance of its~~
62-38	~~responsibilities to promote and encourage economic development, establish and administer a~~
62-39	~~renewable energy development fund as provided for in section 39-26-7, may exercise the powers set~~
62-40	~~forth in this chapter, as necessary or convenient to accomplish this purpose, and shall provide such~~
62-41	~~administrative support as may be needed for the coordinated administration of the renewable energy~~
62-42	~~standard as provided for in chapter 39-26 and the renewable energy program established by section~~
62-43	~~39-2-1.2. The corporation may upon the request of any person undertaking a renewable energy~~
62-44	~~facility project, grant project status to the project, and a renewable energy facility project, which is~~
62-45	~~given project status by the corporation, shall be deemed an energy project of the corporation.~~
62-46	~~(d) Duties. - The corporation shall, with regards to renewable energy project investment:~~
62-47	~~(1) Establish by rule, in consultation with the office, standards for financing renewable~~
62-48	~~energy projects from diverse sources.~~
62-49	~~(2) Enter into agreements, consistent with this chapter and renewable energy investment~~
62-50	~~plans adopted by the office, to provide support to renewable energy projects that meet applicable~~
62-51	~~standards established by the corporation. Said agreements may include contracts with municipalities~~
62-52	~~and public corporations.~~
62-53	~~(e) Conduct of activities.~~
62-54	~~(1) To the extent reasonable and practical, the conduct of activities under the provisions of~~
62-55	~~this chapter shall be open and inclusive; the director shall seek, in addressing the purposes of this~~
62-56	~~chapter, to involve the research and analytic capacities of institutions of higher education within the~~
62-57	~~state, industry, advocacy groups, and regional entities, and shall seek input from stakeholders~~
62-58	~~including, but not limited to, residential and commercial energy users.~~
62-59	~~(2) By January 1, 2009, the director shall adopt:~~
62-60	~~(A) Goals for renewable energy facility investment which is beneficial, prudent, and from~~
62-61	~~diverse sources;~~
62-62	~~(B) A plan for a period of five (5) years, annually upgraded as appropriate, to meet the~~
62-63	~~aforementioned goals; and~~
62-64	~~(C) Standards and procedures for evaluating proposals for renewable energy projects in order~~
62-65	~~to determine the consistency of proposed projects with the plan.~~
62-66	~~(f) Reporting. - On March 1, of each year after the effective date of this chapter, the~~
62-67	~~corporation shall submit to the governor, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of~~
62-68	~~representatives, and the secretary of state, a financial and performance report. These reports shall be~~
63-1	~~posted electronically on the general assembly and the secretary of state's websites as prescribed in~~
63-2	~~section 42-20-8.2. The reports shall set forth:~~
63-3	~~(1) The corporation's receipts and expenditures in each of the renewable energy program~~
63-4	~~funds administered in accordance with this section.~~
63-5	~~(2) A listing of all private consultants engaged by the corporation on a contract basis and a~~
63-6	~~statement of the total amount paid to each private consultant from the two (2) renewable energy~~
63-7	~~funds administered in accordance with this chapter; a listing of any staff supported by these funds,~~
63-8	~~and a summary of any clerical, administrative or technical support received; and~~
63-9	~~(3) A summary of performance during the prior year including accomplishments and~~
63-10	~~shortcomings; project investments, the cost-effectiveness of renewable energy investments by the~~
63-11	~~corporation; and recommendations for improvement.~~
63-12	SECTION 6. This article shall take effect upon passage.
63-13	ARTICLE 9
63-14	RELATING TO TAXATION
63-15	SECTION 1. Chapter 42-64.3 of the General Laws entitled "Distressed Areas Economic
63-16	Revitalization Act" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:
63-17	42-64.3-14. Sunset. -- The provisions of this chapter are hereby repealed for tax years
63-18	beginning on or after January 1, 2014. Unused carry forward credits as well as other credits earned
63-19	under this chapter prior to January 1, 2014 shall permanently expire as of January 1, 2014 and shall
63-20	not be used to reduce tax for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2014.
63-21	SECTION 2. Section 42-64.5-3 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-64.5 entitled "Jobs
63-22	Development Act" is hereby amended to read as follows:
63-23	42-64.5-3. Tax rate reduction. -- (a) The rate of tax payable by an eligible company and
63-24	each of its eligible subsidiaries for any taxable year ending on or after July 1, 1995, on its net income
63-25	pursuant to the applicable income tax provisions of the general laws, including the provisions of
63-26	sections 44-11-2(a), 44-14-3(a), 44-14-4 and 44-17-1, or on its gross earnings pursuant to section 44-
63-27	13-4(4), shall be reduced by the amount specified in section 42-64.5-4; this rate reduction shall be
63-28	applied annually once to those eligible companies which are permitted by law to file a consolidated
63-29	state tax return and in the case of eligible companies not permitted by law to file consolidated state
63-30	tax returns, then the rate reduction shall be applied annually to each eligible company and its eligible
63-31	subsidiaries; provided, however, except as provided in section 42-64.5-7, should any eligible
63-32	company fail to maintain in any taxable year after 1997 or, if applicable, the third taxable year
63-33	following the base employment period election set forth in section 42-64.5-5, the number of units of
63-34	new employment it reported for its 1997 tax year or, if applicable, the third taxable year following
64-1	the base employment period election set forth in section 42-64.5-5; the rate reduction provided for in
64-2	this chapter shall expire permanently.
64-3	(b) The rate of tax payable by an eligible company and each of its eligible subsidiaries
64-4	making, an annual election for a rate reduction on its net income under the provisions of this chapter
64-5	for the tax year beginning on or after January 1, 2014 and prior to January 1, 2015 and pursuant to
64-6	the provisions of section 44-11-2(a), shall be the business corporations tax rate pursuant to section
64-7	44-11-2(a) in effect for tax year 2013, which is nine percent (9.0%), reduced by seventy-five (75.0%)
64-8	of the total rate reduction calculated pursuant to section42-64.5-4.
64-9	(c) The rate of tax payable by an eligible company and each of its eligible subsidiaries,
64-10	making an annual election for a rate reduction on its net income under the provisions of this chapter
64-11	for any tax year beginning on or after January 1, 2015 and pursuant to the provisions of section 44-
64-12	11-2(a), shall be the business corporations tax rate pursuant to section 44-11-2(a) in effect for tax
64-13	year 2013, reduced by fifty (50.0%) of the total rate reduction calculated pursuant to section42-64.5-
64-14	4.
64-15	SECTION 3. Section 44-11-2 of the General Laws in Chapter 44-11 entitled "Business
64-16	Corporations Tax" is hereby amended to read as follows:
64-17	44-11-2. Imposition of tax. -- (a) For tax years beginning prior to January 1, 2014, each
64-18	~~Each~~ corporation shall annually pay to the state a tax equal to nine percent (9%) of net income, as
64-19	defined in section 44-11-11, qualified in section 44-11-12, and apportioned to this state as provided
64-20	in sections 44-11-13 – 44-11-15, for the taxable year. For tax years beginning on or after January 1,
64-21	2014 and prior to January 1, 2015, each corporation shall pay to the state a tax equal to eight percent
64-22	(8.0%) of net income, as defined in section 44-11-11, qualified in section 44-11-12, and apportioned
64-23	to this state as provided in sections 44-11-13 – 44-11-15, for the taxable year. For tax years
64-24	beginning on or after January 1, 2015 and prior to January 1, 2016 each corporation shall annually
64-25	pay to the state a tax equal to seven and one half percent (7.5%) of net income, as defined in section
64-26	44-11-11, qualified in section 44-11-12, and apportioned to this state as provided in sections 44-11-
64-27	13 – 44-11-15, for the taxable year. For tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2016 each
64-28	corporation shall annually pay to the state a tax equal to seven percent (7.0%) of net income, as
64-29	defined in section 44-11-11, qualified in section 44-11-12, and apportioned to this state as provided
64-30	in sections 44-11-13 – 44-11-15, for each taxable year.
64-31	(b) A corporation shall pay the amount of any tax as computed in accordance with subsection
64-32	(a) of this section after deducting from "net income," as used in this section, fifty percent (50%) of
64-33	the excess of capital gains over capital losses realized during the taxable year, if for the taxable year:
65-34	(1) The corporation is engaged in buying, selling, dealing in, or holding securities on its own
65-35	behalf and not as a broker, underwriter, or distributor;
65-36	(2) Its gross receipts derived from these activities during the taxable year amounted to at
65-37	least ninety percent (90%) of its total gross receipts derived from all of its activities during the year.
65-38	"Gross receipts" means all receipts, whether in the form of money, credits, or other valuable
65-39	consideration, received during the taxable year in connection with the conduct of the taxpayer's
65-40	activities.
65-41	(c) A corporation shall not pay the amount of the tax computed on the basis of its net income
65-42	under subsection (a) of this section, but shall annually pay to the state a tax equal to ten cents ($.10)
65-43	for each one hundred dollars ($100) of gross income for the taxable year or a tax of one hundred
65-44	dollars ($100), whichever tax shall be the greater, if for the taxable year the corporation is either a
65-45	"personal holding company" registered under the federal Investment Company Act of 1940, 15
65-46	U.S.C. section 80a-1 et seq., "regulated investment company", or a "real estate investment trust" as
65-47	defined in the federal income tax law applicable to the taxable year. "Gross income" means gross
65-48	income as defined in the federal income tax law applicable to the taxable year, plus:
65-49	(1) Any interest not included in the federal gross income; minus
65-50	(2) Interest on obligations of the United States or its possessions, and other interest exempt
65-51	from taxation by this state; and minus
65-52	(3) Fifty percent (50%) of the excess of capital gains over capital losses realized during the
65-53	taxable year.
65-54	(d)(1) A small business corporation having an election in effect under subchapter S, 26
65-55	U.S.C. section 1361 et seq., shall not be subject to the Rhode Island income tax on corporations,
65-56	except that the corporation shall be subject to the provisions of subsection (a), to the extent of the
65-57	income that is subjected to federal tax under subchapter S.
65-58	(2) The shareholders of the corporation who are residents of Rhode Island shall include in
65-59	their income their proportionate share of the corporation's federal taxable income.
65-60	(e) Minimum tax. The tax imposed upon any corporation under this section shall not be less
65-61	than five hundred dollars ($500).
65-62	SECTION 4. Chapter 44-1 of the General Laws entitled "State Tax Officials" is hereby
65-63	amended by adding thereto the following section:
65-64	44-1-35. Outside Collection Agencies. -- The tax administrator may retain by written
65-65	contract collection agencies licensed under Rhode Island law, or licensed under the laws of another
65-66	state or the District of Columbia, for the purpose of collecting from sources outside the state of
65-67	Rhode Island taxes, interest and/or penalties assessed by the tax administrator.
66-68	SECTION 5. Title 44 of the General Laws entitled "Taxation" is hereby amended by adding
66-69	thereto the following chapter:
66-70	CHAPTER 68
66-71	TAX PREPARERS ACT OF 2013
66-72	44-68-1. Short title. -- This chapter shall be known as the "Tax Preparers Act".
66-73	44-68-2. Definitions. -- (a) "Tax return preparer" means an individual who prepares a
66-74	substantial portion of any return for compensation. Tax return preparers include individuals required
66-75	to register with the Internal Revenue Service as a tax return preparer and who have a Preparer Tax
66-76	Identification Number (PTIN). For the purpose of this chapter the following individuals shall not be
66-77	considered tax return preparers:
66-78	(1) Volunteer tax return preparers; or
66-79	(2) Employees of a tax return preparer and employees of a commercial tax return preparation
66-80	business who provide only clerical, administration or other similar services.
66-81	(b) "Preparer Tax Identification Number" means the number issued by the Internal Revenue
66-82	Service (IRS) to paid preparers to use on all the returns they prepare.
66-83	(c) "Return" shall mean any tax report, return, claim for refund or attachment to any report,
66-84	return and/or claim for return filed with the tax administrator pursuant to the tax laws of this state.
66-85	44-68-3. Duties and Responsibilities. -- (a) A tax return preparer who prepares any return
66-86	that is submitted to the tax administrator must comply with all state laws and all applicable
66-87	regulations promulgated by the tax administrator.
66-88	(b) A tax return preparer must sign and include his/her Preparer Tax Identification Number
66-89	on all returns prepared and filed with the Division of Taxation.
66-90	44-68-4. Civil Penalties. -- (a) Failure To Be Diligent in Determining Eligibility for or
66-91	Amount of Earned Income Credit. Upon a determination by the tax administrator that a tax return
66-92	preparer prepared a return(s) and failed to comply with due diligence requirements imposed by
66-93	regulations issued by the tax administrator with respect to determining eligibility for, or the amount
66-94	of, the credit allowable by section44-30-2.6(c)(2)(N), the tax return preparer shall pay a penalty of
66-95	five hundred dollars ($500) for each such return and/or claim.
66-96	(b) Failure To Be Diligent in Determining Eligibility for Property Tax Relief Credit. Upon a
66-97	determination by the tax administrator that a tax return preparer prepared a return(s) and failed to
66-98	comply with due diligence requirements imposed by regulations issued by the tax administrator with
66-99	respect to determining eligibility for, or the amount of, the property tax relief credit allowable by
66-100	section44-33-1 et seq., the tax return preparer shall pay a penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) for
66-101	each such return.
67-102	(c) Tax Return Preparer Civil Penalties. Upon a determination by the tax administrator that a
67-103	tax return preparer willfully prepared, assisted in preparing, or caused the preparation of a return(s)
67-104	filed with the division of taxation with intent to wrongfully obtain a property tax relief credit or with
67-105	the intent to evade or reduce a tax obligation, the tax return preparer shall be liable for a penalty of
67-106	one thousand dollars ($1,000), or five hundred ($500) for each return so filed during any calendar
67-107	year, whichever is greater.
67-108	(d) The tax administrator may suspend or revoke the privilege of a tax return preparer to
67-109	prepare and/or file returns with the division of taxation upon a determination that the tax return
67-110	preparer has failed to comply with or violated any provision of this section, any regulations issued by
67-111	the tax administrator, or with any provision of any other laws relative to the preparation of tax
67-112	returns. Any tax return preparer receiving a notice of intent to suspend or revoke the privilege to file
67-113	tax returns with the division of taxation may request a hearing on the notice of intent to suspend or
67-114	revoke; provided that said request for a hearing must be made within thirty (30) days of such notice
67-115	to suspend or revoke. If, after hearing, the tax return preparer is aggrieved by a decision of the tax
67-116	administrator (or his or her designated hearing officer), the tax return preparer may, within thirty (30)
67-117	days after notice of the decision is sent to the tax return preparer by certified or registered mail,
67-118	directed to their last known address, petition the sixth division of the district court pursuant to
67-119	chapter 8 of title 8, setting forth the reasons why the decision is alleged to be erroneous and praying
67-120	for relief therefrom.
67-121	44-68-5. Criminal Penalties. -- Any tax return preparer who has previously been assessed a
67-122	penalty by the tax administrator under section44-68-4(c) who is found by a court of competent
67-123	jurisdiction to have thereafter willfully prepared, assisted in preparing, or caused a preparation of
67-124	another false tax return or claim for refund which was filed with the division of taxation with the
67-125	intent to wrongfully obtain a property relief credit or the intent to wrongfully evade or reduce a tax
67-126	obligation shall be guilty of a felony and, on conviction, shall be subject to a fine not exceeding fifty-
67-127	thousand dollars ($50,000) or imprisonment not exceeding five (5) years or both.
67-128	44-68-6. Regulations. -- The tax administrator shall promulgate rules and regulations in
67-129	order to implement the provisions of this chapter.
67-130	44-68-7. Severability. -- If any provision of this chapter or the application of this chapter to
67-131	any tax return preparer is held invalid, the remainder of this chapter and the application of the
67-132	provisions to other tax return preparers or circumstances shall not be affected.
67-133	SECTION 6. Section 28-21-16 of the General Laws entitled "Hazardous Substances Right to
67-134	Know Act - Funding" is hereby amended to read as follows:
67-135	28-21-16. Funding -- Contracts for services -- Exemption for copiers -- Appeals. -- (a)
67-136	The director of labor and training shall determine which employers are subject to the provisions of
68-1	this chapter~~. and shall assess and collect an annual assessment of forty-two dollars ($42.00) which~~
68-2	~~shall be levied against all those employers, which result in the funding for the implementation of this~~
68-3	~~chapter. The employer shall be obligated to pay the assessment~~. No employer shall be exempt from
68-4	the provisions of this chapter unless and until a request for exemption is filed and approval is
68-5	granted; provided that public and private libraries shall be ~~exempted~~ exempt from this requirement.
68-6	~~The funds shall be deposited as general revenue.~~
68-7	(b) The director of labor and training may contract with qualified agencies and/or parties for
68-8	technical services performed in conjunction with this chapter.
68-9	(c) The director of labor and training shall exempt from this chapter all employers whose
68-10	contact with the designated substances is entirely limited to copier machine powders or liquids where
68-11	the exposure is incidental to the business operation.
68-12	(d) Any employer who contests the determination of the director may appeal the
68-13	determination under the provisions set forth in sections 28-20-19 and 28-20-20.
68-14	SECTION 7. This article shall take effect upon passage.
68-15	ARTICLE 10
68-16	RELATING TO MAKING REVISED APPROPRIATIONS IN SUPPORT OF FY 2013
68-17	SECTION 1. Subject to the conditions, limitations and restrictions hereinafter contained in
68-18	this article, the following general revenue amounts are hereby appropriated out of any money in the
68-19	treasury not otherwise appropriated to be expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013. The
68-20	amounts identified for federal funds and restricted receipts shall be made available pursuant to
68-21	Section 35-4-22 and Chapter 42-41 of the Rhode Island General Laws. For the purposes and
68-22	functions hereinafter mentioned, the state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his or
68-23	her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of such sums or such portions thereof as may
68-24	be required from time to time upon receipt by him or her of properly authenticated vouchers.
68-25	FY 2013 FY 2013 FY 2013
68-26	Enacted Change Final
68-27	Administration
68-28	Central Management
68-29	General Revenues
68-30	General Revenues 2,272,523 (14,616) 2,257,907
68-31	Office of Digital Excellence 0 429,182 429,182
68-32	General Revenues Total 2,272,523 414,566 2,687,089
68-33	Federal Funds Total 0 86,857 86,857
69-34	Total - Central Management 2,272,523 501,423 2,773,946
69-35	Legal Services
69-36	General Revenues 2,006,995 601,239 2,608,234
69-37	Total - Legal Services 2,006,995 601,239 2,608,234
69-38	Accounts and Control
69-39	General Revenues 3,815,349 43,390 3,858,739
69-40	Total – Accounts and Control 3,815,349 43,390 3,858,739
69-41	Auditing
69-42	General Revenues 1,200,000 (33,272) 1,166,728
69-43	Total – Auditing 1,200,000 (33,272) 1,166,728
69-44	Office of Management and Budget
69-45	General Revenues 3,004,055 933,337 3,937,392
69-46	Restricted Receipts 411,460 (27,619) 383,841
69-47	Total – Office of Management and Budget 3,415,515 905,718 4,321,233
69-48	Purchasing
69-49	General Revenues 2,741,468 (191,222) 2,550,246
69-50	Federal Funds 69,888 98,290 168,178
69-51	Other Funds 294,974 33,304 328,278
69-52	Total – Purchasing 3,106,330 (59,628) 3,046,702
69-53	Human Resources
69-54	General Revenues 8,839,720 (266,895) 8,572,825
69-55	Federal Funds 764,973 (23,689) 741,284
69-56	Restricted Receipts 427,760 (7,299) 420,461
69-57	Other Funds 1,359,348 133,979 1,493,327
69-58	Total - Human Resources 11,391,801 (163,904) 11,227,897
69-59	Personnel Appeal Board
69-60	General Revenues 75,036 0 75,036
69-61	Total – Personnel Appeal Board 75,036 0 75,036
69-62	Facilities Management
69-63	General Revenues 32,593,888 (941,071) 31,652,817
69-64	Federal Funds 1,049,144 (161,924) 887,220
69-65	Restricted Receipts 598,202 (7,727) 590,475
69-66	Other Funds 3,325,363 217,507 3,542,870
69-67	Total – Facilities Management 37,566,189 (892,807) 36,673,382
70-68	Capital Projects and Property Management
70-69	General Revenues 3,040,310 (1,848,021) 1,192,289
70-70	Federal Funds – Stimulus 0 100,000 100,000
70-71	Restricted Receipts 1,313,144 (1,313,144) 0
70-72	Total – Capital Projects and Property
70-73	Management 4,353,454 (3,061,165) 1,292,289
70-74	Information Technology
70-75	General Revenues 20,215,153 933,295 21,148,448
70-76	Federal Funds 5,760,616 1,149,605 6,910,221
70-77	Restricted Receipts 3,789,803 1,321,469 5,111,272
70-78	Other Funds 2,092,811 22,973 2,115,784
70-79	Total – Information Technology 31,858,383 3,427,342 35,285,725
70-80	Library and Information Services
70-81	General Revenues 933,989 22,310 956,299
70-82	Federal Funds 1,319,663 (21,549) 1,298,114
70-83	Restricted Receipts 1,895 (201) 1,694
70-84	Total - Library and Information Services 2,255,547 560 2,256,107
70-85	Planning
70-86	General Revenues 3,960,126 (72,581) 3,887,545
70-87	Federal Funds
70-88	Federal Funds 8,684,453 864,524 9,548,977
70-89	Federal Funds – Stimulus 0 62,788 62,788
70-90	Federal Funds Total 8,684,453 927,312 9,611,765
70-91	Other Funds 4,836,966 479,065 5,316,031
70-92	Total - Planning 17,481,545 1,333,796 18,815,341
70-93	General
70-94	General Revenues
70-95	Economic Development Corporation 4,684,403 (78,350) 4,606,053
70-96	EDC – Airport Corporation Impact Aid 1,025,000 0 1,025,000
70-97	Sixty percent (60%) of the first one million dollars ($1,000,000) appropriated for airport
70-98	impact aid shall be distributed to each airport serving more than one million (1,000,000) passengers
70-99	based upon its percentage of the total passengers served by all airports serving more than one million
70-100	(1,000,000) passengers. Forty percent (40%) of the first $1,000,000 shall be distributed based on the
70-101	share of landings during the calendar year 2012 at North Central Airport, and Westerly Airport,
70-102	respectively. The Economic Development Corporation shall make an impact payment to the towns of
71-1	cities in which the airport is located based on this calculation.
71-2	Each community upon which any parts of the above airports are located shall receive at least
71-3	twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).
71-4	EDC – EPScore (Research Alliance) 1,150,000 0 1,150,000
71-5	Miscellaneous Grants/Payments 146,049 0 146,049
71-6	Slater Centers of Excellence 1,500,000 0 1,500,000
71-7	Torts – Court Awards 400,000 0 400,000
71-8	Current Care/Health Information Exchange 450,000 0 450,000
71-9	I-195 Commission 3,900,000 0 3,900,000
71-10	RI Film and Television Office 305,409 (928) 304,481
71-11	Office of Digital Excellence 300,000 (300,000) 0
71-12	State Employees/Teachers Retiree Health Subsidy 2,321,057 0 2,321,057
71-13	Resource Sharing and State Library Aid 8,773,398 0 8,773,398
71-14	Library Construction Aid 2,471,714 0 2,471,714
71-15	General Revenue Total 27,427,030 (379,278) 27,047,752
71-16	Federal Funds 4,345,555 0 4,345,555
71-17	Restricted Receipts 421,500 0 421,500
71-18	Other Funds
71-19	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
71-20	Statehouse Renovations 4,000,000 (2,180,082) 1,819,918
71-21	DoIT Enterprise Operations Center 0 259,287 259,287
71-22	Cranston Street Armory 800,000 (650,000) 150,000
71-23	Cannon Building 220,000 167,740 387,740
71-24	Zambarano Building Rehabilitation 1,200,000 (1,000,000) 200,000
71-25	Pastore Center Rehab DOA 1,600,000 0 1,600,000
71-26	Old State House 500,000 (250,000) 250,000
71-27	State Office Building 1,250,000 505,417 1,755,417
71-28	Old Colony House 300,000 84,911 384,911
71-29	William Powers Building 700,000 362,667 1,062,667
71-30	McCoy Stadium Repairs 0 325,000 325,000
71-31	Fire Code Compliance State Buildings 350,000 0 350,000
71-32	Pastore Center Fire Code Compliance 1,100,000 0 1,100,000
71-33	Pastore Center Utility Systems
72-34	Upgrade 2,000,000 (700,000) 1,300,000
72-35	Pastore Power Plant Rehabilitation 0 1,794,781 1,794,781
72-36	Replacement of Fueling Tanks 300,000 0 300,000
72-37	Environmental Compliance 200,000 31,448 231,448
72-38	Big River Management Area 120,000 189,516 309,516
72-39	Pastore Center Building Demolition 3,000,000 0 3,000,000
72-40	Washington County Government Center 500,000 212,315 712,315
72-41	Veterans Memorial Auditorium 4,000,000 601,211 4,601,211
72-42	Chapin Health Laboratory 1,500,000 (1,500,000) 0
72-43	Pastore Center Parking 1,000,000 (800,000) 200,000
72-44	Pastore Center Water Utility Systems 500,000 31,367 531,367
72-45	Board of Elections New Location 1,000,000 (750,000) 250,000
72-46	Renovate Building #81 150,000 (150,000) 0
72-47	Pastore Cottages Rehabilitation 100,000 0 100,000
72-48	Health Lab Feasibility Study 175,000 0 175,000
72-49	Ladd Center Building Demolition 300,000 0 300,000
72-50	I-95 Commission 250,000 0 250,000
72-51	Zambarano Wood Chip Boiler 0 750,000 750,000
72-52	Ladd Rubble Pile Rehabilitation 0 200,000 200,000
72-53	RI Convention Center Authority 0 500,000 500,000
72-54	Other Funds Total 27,115,000 (1,964,422) 25,150,578
72-55	Total – General 59,309,085 (2,343,700) 56,965,385
72-56	Debt Service Payments
72-57	General Revenues 159,759,567 (3,885,802) 155,873,765
72-58	Federal Funds 2,759,328 0 2,759,328
72-59	Restricted Receipts 4,454,480 (2,325,000) 2,129,480
72-60	Other Funds
72-61	RIPTA Debt Service 1,680,844 (1,680,844) 0
72-62	Transportation Debt Service 34,317,954 105,435 34,423,389
72-63	Investment Receipts – Bond Funds 100,000 0 100,000
72-64	COPS - DLT Building – TDI 278,848 0 278,848
72-65	Other Funds Total 36,377,646 (1,575,409) 34,802,237
72-66	Total - Debt Service Payments 203,351,021 (7,786,211) 195,564,810
72-67	Energy Resources
73-68	Federal Funds
73-69	Federal Funds 348,685 279,367 628,052
73-70	Federal Funds – Stimulus 224,543 9,198,444 9,422,987
73-71	Federal Funds Total 573,228 9,477,811 10,051,039
73-72	Restricted Receipts Total 4,815,703 66,662 4,882,365
73-73	Total – Energy Resources 5,388,931 9,544,473 14,933,404
73-74	Rhode Island Health Benefits Exchange
73-75	Federal Funds 0 28,829,827 28,829,827
73-76	Total – Rhode Island Health Benefits Exchange 0 28,829,827 28,829,827
73-77	Construction Permitting, Approvals and Licensing
73-78	General Revenues 0 1,386,072 1,386,072
73-79	Restricted Receipts Total 0 1,349,550 1,349,550
73-80	Total – Construction Permitting, Approvals and
73-81	Licensing 0 2,735,622 2,735,622
73-82	Supplemental Retirement Savings
73-83	General Revenues 629,747 0 629,747
73-84	Federal Funds 251,899 0 251,899
73-85	Restricted Receipts 52,479 0 52,479
73-86	Other 115,454 0 115,454
73-87	Total – Supplemental Retirement Savings 1,049,579 0 1,049,579
73-88	Grand Total – General Revenue Funds 272,514,956 (3,283,933) 269,231,023
73-89	Grand Total – Administration 389,897,691 33,582,295 423,479,986
73-90	Business Regulation
73-91	Central Management
73-92	General Revenues 1,145,060 (40,259) 1,104,801
73-93	Total - Central Management 1,145,060 (40,259) 1,104,801
73-94	Banking Regulation
73-95	General Revenues 1,637,766 134,763 1,772,529
73-96	Restricted Receipts 125,000 0 125,000
73-97	Total - Banking Regulation 1,762,766 134,763 1,,897,529
73-98	Securities Regulation
73-99	General Revenues 1,068,375 (143,151) 925,224
73-100	Restricted Receipts 15,000 0 15,000
73-101	Total - Securities Regulation 1,083,375 (143,151) 940,224
74-102	Insurance Regulation
74-103	General Revenues 3,916,525 (63,285) 3,853,240
74-104	Restricted Receipts 1,284,868 36,518 1,321,386
74-105	Total - Insurance Regulation 5,201,393 (26,767) 5,174,626
74-106	Office of the Health Commissioner
74-107	General Revenues 542,929 (15,347) 527,582
74-108	Federal Funds 2,719,081 714,127 3,433,208
74-109	Restricted Receipts 10,500 0 10,500
74-110	Total – Office of the Health Commissioner 3,272,510 698,780 3,971,290
74-111	Board of Accountancy
74-112	General Revenues 82,483 (3,019) 79,464
74-113	Total - Board of Accountancy 82,483 (3,019) 79,464
74-114	Commercial Licensing, Racing & Athletics
74-115	General Revenues 719,111 (29,696) 689,415
74-116	Restricted Receipts 460,812 27,375 488,187
74-117	Total - Commercial Licensing, Racing &
74-118	Athletics 1,179,923 (2,321) 1,177,602
74-119	Board for Design Professionals
74-120	General Revenues 249,799 (1,542) 248,257
74-121	Total – Board for Design Professionals 249,799 (1,542) 248,257
74-122	Grand Total – General Revenue Funds 9,362,048 (161,536) 9,200,512
74-123	Grand Total - Business Regulation 13,977,309 616,484 14,593,793
74-124	Labor and Training
74-125	Central Management
74-126	General Revenues 107,310 8,040 115,350
74-127	Restricted Receipts 585,938 (4,065) 581,873
74-128	Other Funds
74-129	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
74-130	Center General Asset Protection 310,500 389,890 700,390
74-131	Center General Roof 753,650 7,147 760,797
74-132	Other Funds Total 1,064,150 397,037 1,461,187
74-133	Total - Central Management 1,757,398 401,012 2,158,410
74-134	Workforce Development Services
74-135	General Revenues 0 1,000,000 1,000,000
75-136	Federal Funds 24,182,172 2,327,469 26,509,641
75-137	Restricted Receipts 6,954,831 4,409,369 11,364,200
75-138	Total - Workforce Development Services 31,137,003 7,736,838 38,873,841
75-139	Workforce Regulation and Safety
75-140	General Revenues 2,994,552 (31,960) 2,962,592
75-141	Total - Workforce Regulation and Safety 2,994,552 (31,960) 2,962,592
75-142	Income Support
75-143	General Revenues 4,370,518 (2,393) 4,368,125
75-144	Federal Funds
75-145	Federal Funds 15,293,809 6,616,764 21,910,573
75-146	Federal Funds – Stimulus 0 1,093,677 1,093,677
75-147	Federal Funds – Stimulus - UI 72,268,000 (27,068,000) 45,200,000
75-148	Federal Funds Total 87,561,809 (19,357,559) 68,204,250
75-149	Restricted Receipts
75-150	Restricted Receipts 1,403,715 773,832 2,177,547
75-151	Job Development Fund 18,572,493 19,027,507 37,600,000
75-152	Restricted Receipt Total 19,976,208 19,801,339 39,777,547
75-153	Other Funds
75-154	Temporary Disability Insurance Fund 181,947,650 (14,260,080) 167,687,570
75-155	Employment Security Fund 322,696,493 (14,646,493) 308,050,000
75-156	Other Funds Total 504,644,143 (28,906,573) 475,737,570
75-157	Total - Income Support 616,552,678 (28,465,186) 588,087,492
75-158	Injured Workers Services
75-159	Restricted Receipts 8,775,718 345,280 9,120,998
75-160	Total - Injured Workers Services 8,775,718 345,280 9,120,998
75-161	Labor Relations Board
75-162	General Revenues 386,790 (3,956) 382,834
75-163	Total – Labor Relations Board 386,790 (3,956) 382,834
75-164	Grand Total – General Revenue Funds 7,859,170 969,731 8,828,901
75-165	Grand Total - Labor and Training 661,604,139 (20,017,972) 641,586,167
75-166	Department of Revenue
75-167	Director of Revenue
75-168	General Revenues 783,388 169,729 953,117
75-169	Total - Director of Revenue 783,388 169,729 953,117
76-170	Office of Revenue Analysis
76-171	General Revenues 538,285 (54,420) 483,865
76-172	Total - Office of Revenue Analysis 538,285 (54,420) 483,865
76-173	Lottery Division
76-174	Other Funds 232,744,968 5,045,629 237,790,597
76-175	RICAP – Lottery Building Renovations 0 400,000 400,000
76-176	Total - Lottery Division 232,744,968 5,445,629 238,190,597
76-177	Municipal Finance
76-178	General Revenues 2,564,780 (189,646) 2,375,134
76-179	Total – Municipal Finance 2,564,780 (189,646) 2,375,134
76-180	Taxation
76-181	General Revenues 17,904,225 (94,827) 17,809,398
76-182	Federal Funds 1,326,098 (64,189) 1,261,909
76-183	Restricted Receipts 872,995 (23,406) 849,589
76-184	Other Funds
76-185	Motor Fuel Tax Evasion 43,382 (150) 43,232
76-186	Temporary Disability Insurance 975,730 (59,152) 916,578
76-187	Other Funds Total 1,019,112 (59,302) 959,810
76-188	Total – Taxation 21,122,430 (241,724) 20,880,706
76-189	Registry of Motor Vehicles
76-190	General Revenues 18,475,667 (293,501) 18,182,166
76-191	Federal Funds 1,124,611 510,810 1,635,421
76-192	Restricted Receipts 14,763 0 14,763
76-193	Other Funds
76-194	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
76-195	Registry of Motor Vehicles – Forand 0 115,114 115,114
76-196	Safety & Emissions Lift Replacement 100,000 50,000 150,000
76-197	Other Funds Total 100,000 165,114 265,114
76-198	Total – Registry of Motor Vehicles 19,715,041 382,423 20,097,464
76-199	State Aid
76-200	General Revenues
76-201	Distressed Communities Relief Fund 10,384,458 5,000,000 15,384,458
76-202	Payment in Lieu of Tax Exempt Properties 33,080,409 0 33,080,409
76-203	Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Payments 10,000,000 0 10,000,000
77-204	Property Revaluation Program 1,611,032 0 1,611,032
77-205	Municipal Pension Revaluation 0 61,417 61,417
77-206	Total - General Revenues 55,075,899 5,061,417 60,137,316
77-207	Restricted Receipts
77-208	Car Rental Tax/Surcharge – Warwick Share 957,497 0 957,497
77-209	Total – State Aid 56,033,396 5,061,417 61,094,813
77-210	Grand Total – General Revenue
77-211	Funds 95,342,244 4,598,752 99,940,996
77-212	Grand Total – Revenue 333,502,288 10,573,408 344,075,696
77-213	Legislature
77-214	General Revenues 37,217,044 3,171,189 40,388,233
77-215	Restricted Receipts 1,627,174 (101,591) 1,525,583
77-216	Grand Total – Legislature 38,844,218 3,069,598 41,913,816
77-217	Lieutenant Governor
77-218	General Revenues 962,955 (4,644) 958,311
77-219	Federal Funds 129,737 1,702 131,439
77-220	Grand Total - Lieutenant Governor 1,092,692 (2,942) 1,089,750
77-221	Secretary of State
77-222	Administration
77-223	General Revenues 1,907,105 89,272 1,996,377
77-224	Total - Administration 1,907,105 89,272 1,996,377
77-225	Corporations
77-226	General Revenues 2,068,731 18,590 2,087,321
77-227	Total - Corporations 2,068,731 18,590 2,087,321
77-228	State Archives
77-229	General Revenues 79,385 11,451 90,836
77-230	Restricted Receipts 505,069 (23,472) 481,597
77-231	Total - State Archives 584,454 (12,021) 572,433
77-232	Elections & Civics
77-233	General Revenues 1,900,552 (151,447) 1,749,105
77-234	Federal Funds Total 0 2,566 2,566
77-235	Total – Elections and Civics 1,900,552 (148,881) 1,751,671
77-236	State Library
77-237	General Revenues 598,381 2,820 601,201
78-238	Total - State Library 598,381 2,820 601,201
78-239	Office of Public Information
78-240	General Revenues 358,884 9,601 368,485
78-241	Total – Office of Public Information 358,884 9,601 368,485
78-242	Grand Total – General Revenue Funds 6,913,038 (19,713) 6,893,325
78-243	Grand Total – Secretary of State 7,418,107 (40,619) 7,377,488
78-244	General Treasurer
78-245	Treasury
78-246	General Revenues 2,096,374 46,414 2,142,788
78-247	Federal Funds 316,169 (35,419) 280,750
78-248	Other Funds
78-249	Temporary Disability Insurance Fund 251,512 (34,924) 216,588
78-250	Other Funds Total 251,512 (34,924) 216,588
78-251	Total – Treasury 2,664,055 (23,929) 2,640,126
78-252	State Retirement System
78-253	General Revenues 311,760 (42,303) 269,457
78-254	Restricted Receipts
78-255	Admin Expenses - State Retirement System 10,584,330 (1,953,533) 8,630,797
78-256	Retirement - Treasury Investment Operations 1,127,961 (54,059) 1,073,902
78-257	Restricted Receipts Total 11,712,291 (2,007,592) 9,704,699
78-258	Total - State Retirement System 12,024,051 (2,049,895) 9,974,156
78-259	Unclaimed Property
78-260	Restricted Receipts 20,733,930 9,671,116 30,405,046
78-261	Total - Unclaimed Property 20,733,930 9,671,116 30,405,046
78-262	Crime Victim Compensation Program
78-263	General Revenues 133,981 36,575 170,556
78-264	Federal Funds 843,543 (24,796) 818,747
78-265	Restricted Receipts 1,172,000 (29,513) 1,142,487
78-266	Total - Crime Victim Compensation Program 2,149,524 (17,734) 2,131,790
78-267	Grand Total – General Revenue 2,542,115 40,686 2,582,801
78-268	Grand Total – General Treasurer 37,571,560 7,579,558 45,151,118
78-269	Board of Elections
78-270	General Revenues 1,952,116 (30,293) 1,921,823
78-271	Grand Total - Board of Elections 1,952,116 (30,293) 1,921,823
79-272	Rhode Island Ethics Commission
79-273	General Revenues 1,557,881 (7,028) 1,550,853
79-274	Grand Total - Rhode Island Ethics
79-275	Commission 1,557,881 (7,028) 1,550,853
79-276	Office of Governor
79-277	General Revenues
79-278	General Revenues 4,168,290 (17,383) 4,150,907
79-279	Contingency Fund 250,000 0 250,000
79-280	General Revenue Total 4,418,290 (17,383) 4,400,907
79-281	Federal Funds 22,163,245 (22,163,245) 0
79-282	Grand Total – Office of Governor 26,581,535 (22,180,628) 4,400,907
79-283	Commission for Human Rights
79-284	General Revenues 1,137,768 (4,639) 1,133,129
79-285	Federal Funds 325,992 (19,304) 306,688
79-286	Grand Total - Commission for Human Rights 1,463,760 (23,943) 1,439,817
79-287	Public Utilities Commission
79-288	Federal Funds
79-289	Federal Funds 110,213 8 110,221
79-290	Federal Funds – Stimulus 211,582 26,618 238,200
79-291	Federal Funds Total 321,795 26,626 348,421
79-292	Restricted Receipts 7,924,913 216,606 8,141,519
79-293	Grand Total - Public Utilities Commission 8,246,708 243,232 8,489,940
79-294	Office of Health and Human Services
79-295	Central Management
79-296	General Revenues 25,434,668 893,794 26,328,462
79-297	Federal Funds
79-298	Federal Funds 74,974,313 3,947,764 78,922,077
79-299	Federal Funds – Stimulus 312,000 0 312,000
79-300	Federal Funds Total 75,286,313 3,947,764 79,234,077
79-301	Restricted Receipts 957,586 369,244 1,326,830
79-302	Total – Central Management 101,678,567 5,210,802 106,889,369
79-303	Medical Assistance
79-304	General Revenues
79-305	Managed Care 283,387,147 (14,619,154) 268,767,993
80-306	Hospitals 107,337,545 (1,244,416) 106,093,129
80-307	Nursing Facilities 173,959,640 2,653,160 176,612,800
80-308	Home and Community Based Services 35,953,320 970,400 36,923,720
80-309	Other Services 43,765,745 (2,409,048) 41,356,697
80-310	Pharmacy 52,354,074 (198,417) 52,155,657
80-311	Rhody Health 102,873,564 (9,731,252) 93,142,312
80-312	General Revenue Total 799,631,035 (24,578,727) 775,052,308
80-313	Federal Funds
80-314	Managed Care 312,336,604 (5,044,015) 307,292,589
80-315	Hospitals 115,542,929 (1,320,333) 114,222,596
80-316	Nursing Facilities 184,540,360 2,846,840 187,387,200
80-317	Home and Community Based Services 38,146,680 1,029,600 39,176,280
80-318	Other Services 62,494,368 (15,565) 62,478,803
80-319	Pharmacy 1,290,105 (502,890) 787,215
80-320	Rhody Health 106,846,436 (8,599,830) 98,246,606
80-321	Special Education 18,350,000 650,000 19,000,000
80-322	Federal Funds Total 839,547,482 (10,956,193) 828,591,289
80-323	Restricted Receipts 11,515,000 400,000 11,915,000
80-324	Total Medical Assistance 1,650,693,517 (35,134,920) 1,615,558,597
80-325	Grand Total – Health and
80-326	Human Services 1,752,372,084 (29,924,118) 1,722,447,966
80-327	Children, Youth, and Families
80-328	Central Management
80-329	General Revenues 4,674,549 346,845 5,021,394
80-330	Federal Funds 2,351,311 (176,341) 2,174,970
80-331	Restricted Receipts 204,094 (173,488) 30,606
80-332	Total - Central Management 7,229,954 (2,984) 7,226,970
80-333	Children's Behavioral Health Services
80-334	General Revenues 10,077,912 (5,180,595) 4,897,317
80-335	Federal Funds 7,524,753 (1,534,861) 5,989,892
80-336	Other Funds
80-337	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
80-338	NAFI Center 500,000 178,790 678,790
80-339	Mt. Hope Building Facade 275,000 (275,000) 0
81-340	Mt. Hope Fire Towers 275,000 0 275,000
81-341	Mt. Hope Feasibility Study 50,000 0 50,000
81-342	Various Repairs and Improvements 195,000 714,000 909,000
81-343	Other Funds Total 1,295,000 617,790 1,912,790
81-344	Total - Children's Behavioral Health
81-345	Services 18,897,665 (6,097,666) 12,799,999
81-346	Juvenile Correctional Services
81-347	General Revenues 30,203,577 (3,297,424) 26,906,153
81-348	Federal Funds
81-349	Federal Funds 1,250,209 (855,286) 394,923
81-350	Federal Funds – Stimulus 21,914 240,543 262,457
81-351	Federal Funds Total 1,272,123 (614,743) 657,380
81-352	Other Funds
81-353	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
81-354	Vocational Building 0 265,900 265,900
81-355	Thomas C. Slater Training School
81-356	Maintenance Building 535,000 (535,000) 0
81-357	Generators 441,000 0 441,000
81-358	Other Funds Total 976,000 (269,100) 706,900
81-359	Total - Juvenile Correctional
81-360	Services 32,451,700 (4,181,267) 28,270,433
81-361	Child Welfare
81-362	General Revenues
81-363	General Revenues 96,800,187 7,055,260 103,855,447
81-364	18 to 21 Year Olds 10,630,227 486,548 11,116,775
81-365	General Revenue Total 107,430,414 7,541,808 114,972,222
81-366	Federal Funds
81-367	Federal Funds 44,793,059 (1,086,265) 43,706,794
81-368	18 to 21 Year Olds 2,497,984 (258,014) 2,239,970
81-369	Federal Funds – Stimulus 1,061 335,830 336,891
81-370	Federal Funds Total 47,292,104 (1,008,449) 46,283,655
81-371	Restricted Receipts 2,621,159 (113,101) 2,508,058
81-372	Other Funds
81-373	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
82-374	Fire Code Upgrades 500,000 342,211 842,211
82-375	Other Funds Total 500,000 342,211 842,211
82-376	Total - Child Welfare 157,843,677 6,762,469 164,606,146
82-377	Higher Education Incentive Grants
82-378	General Revenues 200,000 0 200,000
82-379	Total – Higher Education Incentive Grants 200,000 0 200,000
82-380	Grand Total – General Revenue
82-381	Funds 152,586,452 (589,366) 151,997,086
82-382	Grand Total - Children, Youth,
82-383	and Families 216,622,996 (3,519,448) 213,103,548
82-384	Health
82-385	Central Management
82-386	General Revenues 1,173,946 (270,085) 903,861
82-387	Federal Funds 8,355,078 587,454 8,942,532
82-388	Restricted Receipts 3,585,881 217,423 3,803,304
82-389	Total - Central Management 13,114,905 534,792 13,649,697
82-390	State Medical Examiner
82-391	General Revenues 2,259,943 99,787 2,359,730
82-392	Federal Funds 204,371 (42,367) 162,004
82-393	Total - State Medical Examiner 2,464,314 57,420 2,521,734
82-394	Environmental and Health Services Regulation
82-395	General Revenues 9,145,421 (18,948) 9,126,473
82-396	Federal Funds 5,645,960 421,708 6,067,668
82-397	Restricted Receipts 4,422,838 (347,461) 4,075,377
82-398	Total - Environmental and Health Services
82-399	Regulation 19,214,219 55,299 19,269,518
82-400	Health Laboratories
82-401	General Revenues 6,300,363 (20,102) 6,280,261
82-402	Federal Funds
82-403	Federal Funds 1,614,851 (85,801) 1,529,050
82-404	Federal Funds - Stimulus 190,052 (82,517) 107,535
82-405	Federal Funds Total 1,804,903 (168,318) 1,636,585
82-406	Total - Health Laboratories 8,105,266 (188,420) 7,916,846
82-407	Public Health Information
83-408	General Revenues 1,741,431 149,866 1,891,297
83-409	Federal Funds
83-410	Federal Funds 735,572 1,705,459 2,441,031
83-411	Federal Funds - Stimulus 373,442 145,829 519,271
83-412	Federal Funds Total 1,109,014 1,851,288 2,960,302
83-413	Total – Public Health Information 2,850,445 2,001,154 4,851,599
83-414	Community and Family Health and Equity
83-415	General Revenues 2,418,974 (5,557) 2,413,417
83-416	Federal Funds
83-417	Federal Funds 43,485,586 2,736,048 46,221,634
83-418	Federal Funds - Stimulus 1,098,622 337,161 1,435,783
83-419	Federal Funds Total 44,584,208 3,073,209 47,657,417
83-420	Restricted Receipts 21,503,877 2,130,061 23,633,938
83-421	Other Funds
83-422	Safe and Active Commuting 172,000 (45,689) 126,311
83-423	Other Funds Total 172,000 (45,689) 126,311
83-424	Total – Community and Family Health
83-425	and Equity 68,679,059 5,152,024 73,831,083
83-426	Infectious Disease and Epidemiology
83-427	General Revenues 1,781,758 (35,075) 1,746,683
83-428	Federal Funds
83-429	Federal Funds 3,275,445 (310,759) 2,964,686
83-430	Federal Funds – Stimulus 36,672 (36,672) 0
83-431	Federal Funds Total 3,312,117 (347,431) 2,964,686
83-432	Total – Infectious Disease and Epidemiology 5,093,875 (382,506) 4,711,369
83-433	Grand Total – General Revenue 24,821,836 (100,114) 24,721,722
83-434	Grand Total – Health 119,522,083 7,229,763 126,751,846
83-435	Human Services
83-436	Central Management
83-437	General Revenues 5,052,482 134,859 5,187,341
83-438	Federal Funds 5,317,610 64,723 5,382,333
83-439	Restricted Receipts 519,347 4,378 523,725
83-440	Total - Central Management 10,889,439 203,960 11,093,399
83-441	Child Support Enforcement
84-442	General Revenues 2,305,759 48,352 2,354,111
84-443	Federal Funds 6,033,709 20,571 6,054,280
84-444	Total – Child Support Enforcement 8,339,468 68,923 8,408,391
84-445	Individual and Family Support
84-446	General Revenues 20,616,357 440,973 21,057,330
84-447	Federal Funds
84-448	Federal Funds 106,054,903 15,259,809 121,314,712
84-449	Federal Funds - Stimulus 7,066,062 (1,159,419) 5,906,643
84-450	Federal Funds Total 113,120,965 14,100,390 127,221,355
84-451	Restricted Receipts 6,680,000 762,171 7,442,171
84-452	Other Funds
84-453	Rhode Island Capital Plan Fund
84-454	Blind Vending Facilities 165,000 0 165,000
84-455	Intermodal Surface Transportation Fund 4,224,184 (69,159) 4,155,025
84-456	Food Stamp Bonus Funding 0 259,000 259,000
84-457	Other Funds Total 4,389,184 189,841 4,579,025
84-458	Total - Individual and Family Support 144,806,506 15,493,375 160,299,881
84-459	Veterans' Affairs
84-460	General Revenues 19,568,977 76,941 19,645,918
84-461	Federal Funds 8,240,954 (385,201) 7,855,753
84-462	Restricted Receipts 1,077,762 2,696,755 3,774,517
84-463	Total - Veterans' Affairs 28,887,693 2,388,495 31,276,188
84-464	Health Care Eligibility
84-465	General Revenues 8,314,370 (744,985) 7,569,385
84-466	Federal Funds 9,523,746 (360,674) 9,163,072
84-467	Total - Health Care Eligibility 17,838,116 (1,105,659) 16,732,457
84-468	Supplemental Security Income Program
84-469	General Revenues 18,240,600 320,612 18,561,212
84-470	Total – Supplemental Security Income
84-471	Program 18,240,600 320,612 18,561,212
84-472	Rhode Island Works
84-473	General Revenues
84-474	Child Care 9,668,635 0 9,668,635
84-475	General Revenue Total 9,668,635 0 9,668,635
85-476	Federal Funds 80,198,485 320,845 80,519,330
85-477	Total – Rhode Island Works 89,867,120 320,845 90,187,965
85-478	State Funded Programs
85-479	General Revenues
85-480	General Public Assistance 2,572,658 (260,851) 2,311,807
85-481	Of this appropriation, two hundred ten thousand dollars ($210,000) shall be used for
85-482	hardship contingency payments.
85-483	General Revenue Total 2,572,658 (260,851) 2,311,807
85-484	Federal Funds 299,134,564 (169,369) 298,965,195
85-485	Total - State Funded Programs 301,707,222 (430,220) 301,277,002
85-486	Elderly Affairs
85-487	General Revenues
85-488	General Revenues 10,682,842 (194,602) 10,488,240
85-489	RIPAE 0 0 0
85-490	Care and Safety of the Elderly 1,287 0 1,287
85-491	General Revenue Total 10,684,129 (194,602) 10,489,527
85-492	Federal Funds 18,161,725 (320,481) 17,841,244
85-493	Restricted Receipts 833,994 (361,385) 472,609
85-494	Total – Elderly Affairs 29,679,848 (876,468) 28,803,380
85-495	Grand Total General Revenue 97,023,967 (178,701) 96,845,266
85-496	Grand Total - Human Services 650,256,012 16,383,863 666,639,875
85-497	Behavioral Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Hospitals
85-498	Central Management
85-499	General Revenues 797,214 (8,772) 788,442
85-500	Federal Funds 361,940 35,219 397,159
85-501	Total - Central Management 1,159,154 26,447 1,185,601
85-502	Hospital and Community System Support
85-503	General Revenues 2,527,114 (235,307) 2,291,807
85-504	Restricted Receipts 505,624 (54,972) 450,652
85-505	Other Funds
85-506	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
85-507	Medical Center Rehabilitation 1,000,000 0 1,000,000
85-508	Community Facilities Fire Code 750,000 252,939 1,002,939
85-509	Other Funds Total 1,750,000 252,939 2,002,939
86-510	Total - Hospital and Community System
86-511	Support 4,782,738 (37,340) 4,745,398
86-512	Services for the Developmentally Disabled
86-513	General Revenues 105,259,461 599,124 105,858,585
86-514	Federal Funds 114,862,371 (238,397) 114,623,974
86-515	Restricted Receipts 1,776,017 0 1,776,017
86-516	Other Funds
86-517	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
86-518	DD Private Waiver 761,351 (552,334) 209,017
86-519	Regional Center Repair/Rehabilitation 750,000 (250,000) 500,000
86-520	MR Community Facilities/Access to
86-521	Independence 1,000,000 (500,000) 500,000
86-522	Other Funds Total 2,511,351 (1,302,334) 1,209,017
86-523	Total - Services for the Developmentally
86-524	Disabled 224,409,200 (941,607) 223,467,593
86-525	Behavioral Healthcare Services
86-526	General Revenues 34,859,214 (2,304,217) 32,554,997
86-527	Federal Funds
86-528	Federal Funds 74,430,048 (13,680,964) 60,749,084
86-529	Federal Funds – Stimulus 35,000 205,000 240,000
86-530	Federal Funds Total 74,465,048 (13,475,964) 60,989,084
86-531	Restricted Receipts 125,000 0 125,000
86-532	Other Funds
86-533	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
86-534	MH Community Facilities Repair 300,000 235,143 535,143
86-535	MH Housing Development-Thresholds 800,000 0 800,000
86-536	MH Residence Furniture 32,000 0 32,000
86-537	Substance Abuse Asset Production 300,000 (200,000) 100,000
86-538	Other Funds Total 1,432,000 35,143 1,467,143
86-539	Total – Behavioral Healthcare Services 110,881,262 (15,745,038) 95,136,224
86-540	Hospital and Community Rehabilitative Services
86-541	General Revenues 49,694,992 2,045,877 51,740,869
86-542	Federal Funds 44,436,605 3,032,891 47,469,496
86-543	Restricted Receipts 4,782,193 43,504 4,825,697
87-544	Other Funds
87-545	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
87-546	Zambarano Buildings and Utilities 225,000 (75,000) 150,000
87-547	Hospital Consolidation 2,000,000 (1,000,000) 1,000,000
87-548	BHDDH Administrative Buildings 2,000,000 (1,000,000) 1,000,000
87-549	MR Community Facilities 1,300,000 (400,000) 900,000
87-550	Other Funds Total 5,525,000 (2,475,000) 3,050,000
87-551	Total - Hospital and Community
87-552	Rehabilitative Services 104,438,790 2,647,272 107,086,062
87-553	Grand Total – General Revenue 193,137,995 96,705 193,234,700
87-554	Grand Total – Behavioral Health,
87-555	Developmental Disabilities, and Hospitals 445,671,144 (14,050,266) 431,620,878
87-556	Office of the Child Advocate
87-557	General Revenues 611,469 (20,805) 590,664
87-558	Federal Funds 46,103 (35) 46,068
87-559	Grand Total – Office of the Child Advocate 657,572 (20,840) 636,732
87-560	Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
87-561	General Revenues 390,251 (8,550) 381,701
87-562	Grand Total – Com on Deaf and Hard of
87-563	Hearing 390,251 (8,550) 381,701
87-564	Governor's Commission on Disabilities
87-565	General Revenues 371,096 (13,598) 357,498
87-566	Federal Funds 120,649 61,642 182,291
87-567	Restricted Receipts 9,694 (480) 9,214
87-568	Other Funds
87-569	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
87-570	Facility Renovation – Handicapped
87-571	Access 250,000 (14,535) 235,465
87-572	Facility Renovation – Access to
87-573	Disability Service Providers 0 50,000 50,000
87-574	Other Funds Total 250,000 35,465 285,465
87-575	Grand Total - Governor's Commission on
87-576	Disabilities 751,439 83,029 834,468
87-577	Office of the Mental Health Advocate
88-578	General Revenues 447,119 (86,912) 360,207
88-579	Grand Total – Office of the Mental Health
88-580	Advocate 447,119 (86,912) 360,207
88-581	Elementary and Secondary Education
88-582	Administration of the Comprehensive Education Strategy
88-583	General Revenues 18,967,968 (138,994) 18,828,974
88-584	Federal Funds
88-585	Federal Funds 190,397,563 5,050,611 195,448,174
88-586	Federal Funds – Stimulus 20,796,439 (382,634) 20,413,805
88-587	Education Jobs Fund 2,390,623 (565,947) 1,824,676
88-588	RTTT LEA Share 15,534,615 2,530,636 18,065,251
88-589	Federal Funds Total 229,119,240 6,632,666 235,751,906
88-590	Restricted Receipts
88-591	Restricted Receipts 1,305,190 (98,211) 1,206,979
88-592	HRIC Adult Education Grants 3,500,000 0 3,500,000
88-593	Restricted Receipts Total 4,805,190 (98,211) 4,706,979
88-594	Other Funds
88-595	Statewide Transportation – RIPTA Grant 47,000 (47,000) 0
88-596	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
88-597	Cranston Career and Technical 350,000 1,577,417 1,927,417
88-598	Newport Career and Technical 256,638 0 256,638
88-599	Warwick Career and Technical 230,000 458,036 688,036
88-600	Woonsocket Career and
88-601	Technical 275,000 670,038 945,038
88-602	Other Funds Total 1,158,638 2,658,491 3,817,129
88-603	Total – Administration of the Comprehensive
88-604	Education Strategy 254,051,036 9,053,952 263,104,988
88-605	Davies Career and Technical School
88-606	General Revenues 13,381,539 (53,246) 13,328,293
88-607	Federal Funds
88-608	Federal Funds 1,304,633 80,799 1,385,432
88-609	Federal Funds – Stimulus 65,636 293,924 359,560
88-610	Federal Funds Total 1,370,269 374,723 1,744,992
88-611	Restricted Receipts 1,785,901 695,495 2,481,396
89-612	Other Funds
89-613	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
89-614	Davies Roof Repair 0 582,247 582,247
89-615	Davies HVAC 250,628 463,101 713,729
89-616	Davies Asset Protection 425,000 899,652 1,324,652
89-617	Other Funds Total 675,628 1,945,000 2,620,628
89-618	Total - Davies Career and Technical School 17,213,337 2,961,972 20,175,309
89-619	RI School for the Deaf
89-620	General Revenues 6,244,881 (58,057) 6,186,824
89-621	Federal Funds
89-622	Federal Funds 266,503 44,226 310,729
89-623	Federal Funds – Stimulus 4,194 180,308 184,502
89-624	Federal Funds Total 270,697 224,534 495,231
89-625	Restricted Receipts 482,261 (182,261) 300,000
89-626	Total - RI School for the Deaf 6,997,839 (15,784) 6,982,055
89-627	Metropolitan Career and Technical School
89-628	General Revenues 11,648,256 0 11,648,256
89-629	Other Funds
89-630	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
89-631	MET School East Bay 3,600,000 1,973,988 5,573,988
89-632	MET Asset Protection 0 200,000 200,000
89-633	MET School HVAC 833,333 0 833,333
89-634	Other Funds Total 4,433,333 2,173,988 6,607,321
89-635	Total – Metropolitan Career and Technical
89-636	School 16,081,589 2,173,988 18,255,577
89-637	Education Aid
89-638	General Revenues 691,078,185 466,367 691,544,552
89-639	Restricted Receipts 18,570,516 525,130 19,095,646
89-640	Other Funds
89-641	Permanent School Fund – Education Aid 183,624 116,376 300,000
89-642	Other Funds Total 183,624 116,376 300,000
89-643	Total – Education Aid 709,832,325 1,107,873 710,940,198
89-644	Central Falls School District
89-645	General Revenues 39,705,879 0 39,705,879
90-646	Total – Central Falls School District 39,705,879 0 39,705,879
90-647	Housing Aid
90-648	General Revenues 74,568,906 (2,510,282) 72,058,624
90-649	Total – Housing Aid 74,568,906 (2,510,282) 72,058,624
90-650	Teachers' Retirement
90-651	General Revenues 79,768,447 (2,856,448) 76,911,999
90-652	Total – Teachers’ Retirement 79,768,447 (2,856,448) 76,911,999
90-653	Grand Total – General Revenue 935,364,061 (5,150,660) 930,213,401
90-654	Grand Total - Elementary and Secondary
90-655	Education 1,198,219,358 9,915,271 1,208,134,629
90-656	Public Higher Education
90-657	Board of Governors/Office of Higher Education
90-658	General Revenues 5,860,952 (9,043) 5,851,909
90-659	Federal Funds 4,852,615 374,034 5,226,649
90-660	Total - Board of Governors/Office of
90-661	Higher Education 10,713,567 364,991 11,078,558
90-662	University of Rhode Island
90-663	General Revenues
90-664	General Revenues 58,133,747 (130,030) 58,003,717
90-665	State Crime Lab 858,820 (3,161) 855,659
90-666	Debt Service 19,160,529 560,474 19,721,003
90-667	General Revenues Total 78,153,096 427,283 78,580,379
90-668	Other Funds
90-669	University and College Funds 603,410,734 (294,359) 603,116,375
90-670	Debt – Dining Services 1,140,806 22,001 1,162,807
90-671	Debt – Education and General 3,273,434 36,483 3,309,917
90-672	Debt – Health Services 149,892 3,001 152,893
90-673	Debt – Housing Loan Funds 11,155,852 (787,376) 10,368,476
90-674	Debt – Memorial Union 121,514 3,001 124,515
90-675	Debt – Ryan Center 2,801,358 (4,907) 2,796,451
90-676	Debt – Alton Jones Services 114,650 812 115,462
90-677	Debt - Parking Authority 1,017,799 23,848 1,041,647
90-678	Debt – Sponsored Research 99,667 1 99,668
90-679	Debt – URI Energy Conservation 2,283,588 0 2,283,588
91-680	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
91-681	Asset Protection 7,200,000 2,204,000 9,404,000
91-682	Fire and Safety Protection 0 1,100,000 1,100,000
91-683	New Chemistry Building 1,000,000 0 1,000,000
91-684	URI Biotechnology Center 0 1,890,899 1,890,899
91-685	Fine Arts Center Advance 0 400,000 400,000
91-686	Other Funds Total 633,769,294 4,597,404 638,366,698
91-687	Total – University of Rhode Island 711,922,390 5,024,687 716,947,077
91-688	Notwithstanding the provisions of section 35-3-15 of the general laws, all unexpended or
91-689	unencumbered balances as of June 30, 2013 relating to the University of Rhode Island are hereby
91-690	reappropriated to fiscal year 2014.
91-691	Rhode Island College
91-692	General Revenues
91-693	General Revenues 38,609,975 (127,549) 38,482,426
91-694	Debt Service 3,049,029 122,237 3,171,266
91-695	General Revenue Total 41,659,004 (5,312) 41,653,692
91-696	Other Funds
91-697	University and College Funds 113,236,144 (3,920,892) 109,315,252
91-698	Debt – Education and General 892,644 0 892,644
91-699	Debt – Housing 2,042,304 0 2,042,304
91-700	Debt – Student Center and Dining 172,392 0 172,392
91-701	Debt – Student Union 232,944 0 232,944
91-702	Debt – G.O. Debt Service 1,630,317 0 1,630,317
91-703	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
91-704	Asset Protection 3,075,000 975,965 4,050,965
91-705	Infrastructure Modernization 1,000,000 0 1,000,000
91-706	New Art Center Advanced Planning 0 597,157 597,157
91-707	Other Funds Total 122,281,745 (2,347,770) 119,933,975
91-708	Total – Rhode Island College 163,940,749 (2,353,082) 161,587,667
91-709	Notwithstanding the provisions of section 35-3-15 of the general laws, all unexpended or
91-710	unencumbered balances as of June 30, 2013 relating to Rhode Island College are hereby
91-711	reappropriated to fiscal year 2014.
91-712	Community College of Rhode Island
91-713	General Revenues
92-714	General Revenues 44,318,962 (148,982) 44,169,980
92-715	Debt Service 2,464,156 (23,886) 2,440,270
92-716	General Revenue Total 46,783,118 (172,868) 46,610,250
92-717	Restricted Receipts 702,583 0 702,583
92-718	University and College Funds 94,726,694 1,461,099 96,187,793
92-719	Debt – Bookstore 29,193 0 29,193
92-720	CCRI Debt Service – Energy Conservation 808,025 0 808,025
92-721	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
92-722	Asset Protection 2,050,000 763,941 2,813,941
92-723	Fire Code and & HVAC 0 211,255 211,255
92-724	Other Funds Total 97,613,912 2,436,295 100,050,207
92-725	Total – Community College of RI 145,099,613 2,263,427 147,363,040
92-726	Notwithstanding the provisions of section 35-3-15 of the general laws, all unexpended or
92-727	unencumbered balances as of June 30, 2013 relating to the Community College of Rhode Island are
92-728	hereby reappropriated to fiscal year 2014.
92-729	Grand Total – General Revenue
92-730	Funds 172,456,170 240,060 172,696,230
92-731	Grand Total – Public Higher
92-732	Education 1,031,676,319 5,300,023 1,036,976,342
92-733	RI State Council on the Arts
92-734	General Revenues
92-735	Operating Support 404,156 0 404,156
92-736	Grants 1,161,657 0 1,161,657
92-737	General Revenue Total 1,565,813 0 1,565,813
92-738	Federal Funds 998,794 (244,603) 754,191
92-739	Other Funds
92-740	Arts for Public Facilities 843,500 743,992 1,587,492
92-741	Other Funds Total 843,500 743,992 1,587,492
92-742	Grand Total - RI State Council on the Arts 3,408,107 499,389 3,907,496
92-743	RI Atomic Energy Commission
92-744	General Revenues 876,213 (9,463) 866,750
92-745	Federal Funds 267,616 (572) 267,044
92-746	Other Funds
92-747	URI Sponsored Research 283,122 (52,651) 230,471
93-748	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
93-749	RINSC Asset Protection 50,000 13,171 63,171
93-750	Other Funds Total 333,122 (39,480) 293,642
93-751	Grand Total - RI Atomic Energy Commission 1,476,951 (49,515) 1,427,436
93-752	RI Higher Education Assistance Authority
93-753	General Revenues
93-754	Needs Based Grants and Work Opportunities 5,014,003 142,000 5,156,003
93-755	Authority Operations and Other Grants 603,061 (65,397) 537,664
93-756	General Revenue Total 5,617,064 76,603 5,693,667
93-757	Federal Funds 13,346,283 (531,800) 12,814,483
93-758	Other Funds
93-759	Tuition Savings Pgm. –
93-760	Needs Based Grants &
93-761	Work 8,758,802 (222,973) 8,535,829
93-762	Other Funds Total 8,785,802 (222,973) 8,535,829
93-763	Grand Total – RI Higher Education
93-764	Assistance Authority 27,722,149 (678,170) 27,043,979
93-765	RI Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission
93-766	General Revenues 1,361,801 (96,384) 1,265,417
93-767	Federal Funds 836,139 (246,860) 589,279
93-768	Restricted Receipts 456,037 (1,846) 454,191
93-769	Rhode Island Capital Funds
93-770	RIDOT – Project Review 0 41,606 41,606
93-771	Eisenhower House Asset Protection 75,000 100,000 175,000
93-772	Other Funds Total 75,000 141,606 216,606
93-773	Grand Total – RI Historical Preservation
93-774	and Heritage Commission 2,728,977 (203,484) 2,525,493
93-775	RI Public Telecommunications Authority
93-776	General Revenues 799,077 (3,591) 795,486
93-777	Other Funds
93-778	Corporation for Public Broadcasting 701,895 (701,895) 0
93-779	Other Funds Total 701,895 (701,895) 0
93-780	Grand Total – RI Public Telecommunications
93-781	Authority 1,500,972 (705,486) 795,486
94-782	Attorney General
94-783	Criminal
94-784	General Revenues 14,269,909 (101,450) 14,168,459
94-785	Federal Funds
94-786	Federal Funds 1,458,574 992,323 2,450,897
94-787	Federal Funds – Stimulus 0 104,000 104,000
94-788	Federal Funds Total 1,458,574 1,096,323 2,554,897
94-789	Restricted Receipts 367,509 2,062,790 2,430,299
94-790	Total – Criminal 16,095,992 3,057,663 19,153,655
94-791	Civil
94-792	General Revenues 4,888,477 (4,420) 4,884,057
94-793	Restricted Receipts 4,795,001 (3,985,691) 809,310
94-794	Total – Civil 9,683,478 (3,990,111) 5,693,367
94-795	Bureau of Criminal Identification
94-796	General Revenues 1,209,375 100,766 1,310,141
94-797	Federal Funds 25,030 64,520 89,550
94-798	Total - Bureau of Criminal Identification 1,234,405 165,286 1,399,691
94-799	General
94-800	General Revenues 2,708,563 (83,849) 2,624,714
94-801	Other Funds
94-802	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
94-803	Building Renovations and Repairs 287,500 312,500 600,000
94-804	Other Funds Total 287,500 312,500 600,000
94-805	Total – General 2,996,063 228,651 3,224,714
94-806	Grand Total – General Revenue 23,076,324 (88,953) 22,987,371
94-807	Grand Total - Attorney General 30,009,938 (538,511) 29,471,427
94-808	Corrections
94-809	Central Management
94-810	General Revenues 9,261,703 (897,147) 8,364,556
94-811	Federal Funds
94-812	Federal Funds 22,246 804,024 826,270
94-813	Federal Funds – Stimulus 0 49,598 49,598
94-814	Federal Funds Total 22,246 853,622 875,868
94-815	Total – Central Management 9,283,949 (43,525) 9,240,424
95-816	Parole Board
95-817	General Revenues 1,331,469 (37,066) 1,294,403
95-818	Federal Funds 36,850 4,368 41,218
95-819	Total – Parole Board 1,368,319 (32,698) 1,335,621
95-820	Custody and Security
95-821	General Revenues 115,077,455 2,999,664 118,077,119
95-822	Federal Funds 700,125 59,062 759,187
95-823	Restricted Receipts 29,758 (29,758) 0
95-824	Total – Custody and Security 115,807,338 3,028,968 118,836,306
95-825	Institutional Support
95-826	General Revenues 15,735,909 (400,507) 15,335,402
95-827	Other Funds
95-828	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
95-829	Asset Protection 4,000,000 1,906,014 5,906,014
95-830	Maximum – General Renovations 1,100,000 (300,000) 800,000
95-831	General Renovations - Women 1,850,000 (1,150,000) 700,000
95-832	Bernadette Guay Roof 600,000 (565,000) 35,000
95-833	Women’s Bath Renovations 1,235,000 (109,184) 1,125,816
95-834	ISC Exterior Envelope and HVAC 1,400,000 (820,000) 580,000
95-835	Minimum Security Kitchen Expansion 214,600 0 214,600
95-836	Medium Infrastructure 1,000,000 (900,000) 100,000
95-837	Reintegration Center 0 261,760 261,760
95-838	Other Funds Total 11,399,600 (1,676,410) 9,723,190
95-839	Total - Institutional Support 27,135,509 (2,076,917) 25,058,592
95-840	Institutional Based Rehab./Population Management
95-841	General Revenues 8,878,408 (145,808) 8,732,600
95-842	Federal Funds
95-843	Federal Funds 968,461 3,741 972,202
95-844	Federal Funds – Stimulus 114,818 100,657 215,475
95-845	Federal Funds Total 1,083,279 104,398 1,187,677
95-846	Restricted Receipts 0 29,758 29,758
95-847	Total – Institutional Based Rehab/
95-848	Population Management 9,961,687 (11,652) 9,950,035
95-849	Healthcare Services
96-850	General Revenue 18,476,246 (285,919) 18,190,327
96-851	Total – Healthcare Services 18,476,246 (285,919) 18,190,327
96-852	Community Corrections
96-853	General Revenues 14,532,087 20,263 14,552,350
96-854	Federal Funds 153,088 17,902 170,990
96-855	Restricted Receipts 31,639 11,965 43,604
96-856	Total – Community Corrections 14,716,814 50,130 14,766,944
96-857	Grand Total – General Revenue Funds 183,293,277 1,253,480 184,546,757
96-858	Grand Total – Corrections 196,749,862 628,387 197,378,249
96-859	Judiciary
96-860	Supreme Court
96-861	General Revenues
96-862	General Revenues 25,969,098 (522,121) 25,446,977
96-863	Defense of Indigents 3,562,240 0 3,562,240
96-864	General Revenue Total 29,531,338 (522,121) 29,009,217
96-865	Federal Funds 220,021 49,644 269,665
96-866	Restricted Receipts 1,417,495 1,533,581 2,951,076
96-867	Other Funds
96-868	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
96-869	Judicial HVAC 550,000 1,265,959 1,815,959
96-870	Judicial Complexes Asset Protection 625,000 953,598 1,578,598
96-871	Licht Judicial Complex Restoration 500,000 0 500,000
96-872	Murray Judicial Complex Cell Block 0 480,000 480,000
96-873	Other Funds Total 1,675,000 2,699,557 4,374,557
96-874	Total - Supreme Court 32,843,854 3,760,661 36,604,515
96-875	Judicial Tenure and Discipline
96-876	General Revenues 113,609 (282) 113,327
96-877	Total – Judicial Tenure and Discipline 113,609 (282) 113,327
96-878	Superior Court
96-879	General Revenues 21,932,328 (445,008) 21,487,320
96-880	Federal Funds 175,025 (31,763) 143,262
96-881	Restricted Receipts 508,174 (201,451) 306,723
96-882	Total - Superior Court 22,615,527 (678,222) 21,937,305
96-883	Family Court
97-884	General Revenues 18,044,955 (14,251) 18,030,704
97-885	Federal Funds 2,156,933 133,646 2,290,579
97-886	Restricted Receipts 704,529 (704,529) 0
97-887	Total - Family Court 20,906,417 (585,134) 20,321,283
97-888	District Court
97-889	General Revenues 11,435,878 (138,593) 11,297,285
97-890	Federal Funds 130,128 (73,431) 56,697
97-891	Restricted Receipts 285,916 3,193 289,109
97-892	Total - District Court 11,851,922 (208,831) 11,643,091
97-893	Traffic Tribunal
97-894	General Revenues 8,191,888 (258,305) 7,933,583
97-895	Total – Traffic Tribunal 8,191,888 (258,305) 7,933,583
97-896	Workers' Compensation Court
97-897	Restricted Receipts 7,725,081 (31,752) 7,693,329
97-898	Total – Workers’ Compensation Court 7,725,081 (31,752) 7,693,329
97-899	Grand Total – General Revenue Funds 89,249,996 (1,378,560) 87,871,436
97-900	Grand Total – Judiciary 104,248,298 1,998,135 106,246,433
97-901	Military Staff
97-902	National Guard
97-903	General Revenues 1,516,835 13,505 1,530,340
97-904	Federal Funds 12,107,308 2,421,395 14,528,703
97-905	Restricted Receipts 300,000 0 300,000
97-906	Other Funds
97-907	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
97-908	Armory of Mounted Command
97-909	Roof Replacement 2,400,000 (620,000) 1,780,000
97-910	State Armories Fire Code Compliance 20,250 0 20,250
97-911	Federal Armories Fire Code Compliance 20,250 0 20,250
97-912	Asset Protection 650,000 443,504 1,093,504
97-913	Logistics/Maintenance Facilities Fire
97-914	Code Comp. 12,500 0 12,500
97-915	Command Readiness Center Addition 850,000 18,491 868,491
97-916	Burrillville Regional Training Institute 125,000 0 125,000
97-917	Camp Fogarty Amory Roof 375,000 0 375,000
98-918	Emergency Management Agency 125,000 0 125,000
98-919	Hurricane Sandy Cleanup 0 3,000,000 3,000,000
98-920	Other Funds Total 4,578,000 2,841,995 7,419,995
98-921	Total - National Guard 18,502,143 5,276,895 23,779,038
98-922	Emergency Management
98-923	General Revenues 2,031,940 (21,205) 2,010,735
98-924	Federal Funds 21,734,766 11,761,309 33,496,075
98-925	Restricted Receipts 181,278 35,612 216,890
98-926	Total - Emergency Management 23,947,984 11,775,716 35,723,700
98-927	Grand Total – General Revenue 3,548,775 (7,700) 3,541,075
98-928	Grand Total - Military Staff 42,450,127 17,052,611 59,502,738
98-929	Public Safety
98-930	Central Management
98-931	General Revenues 1,172,630 1,354 1,173,984
98-932	Federal Funds
98-933	Federal Funds 4,073,486 470,191 4,543,677
98-934	Federal Funds – Stimulus 250,174 1,040 251,214
98-935	Federal Funds Total 4,323,660 471,231 4,794,891
98-936	Restricted Receipts 850 0 850
98-937	Total – Central Management 5,497,140 472,585 5,969,725
98-938	E-911 Emergency Telephone System
98-939	General Revenues 5,262,243 (49,885) 5,212,358
98-940	Total–E-911 Emergency Telephone System 5,262,243 (49,885) 5,212,358
98-941	State Fire Marshal
98-942	General Revenues 2,684,019 15,237 2,699,256
98-943	Federal Funds 102,717 694,000 796,717
98-944	Restricted Receipts 286,698 (12,692) 274,006
98-945	Other Funds
98-946	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
98-947	Fire Academy 1,500,000 (800,000) 700,000
98-948	Quonset Development Corp 53,458 162 53,620
98-949	Other Funds – Total 1,553,458 (799,838) 753,620
98-950	Total - State Fire Marshal 4,626,892 (103,293) 4,523,599
98-951	Security Services
99-952	General Revenues 21,485,773 (267,856) 21,217,917
99-953	Total – Security Services 21,485,773 (267,856) 21,217,917
99-954	Municipal Police Training Academy
99-955	General Revenues 356,811 (93,375) 263,436
99-956	Federal Funds
99-957	Federal Funds 214,167 70,000 284,167
99-958	Federal Funds – Stimulus 0 30,000 30,000
99-959	Federal Funds Total 214,167 100,000 314,167
99-960	Total - Municipal Police Training Academy 570,978 6,625 577,603
99-961	State Police
99-962	General Revenues 63,828,563 (2,939,973) 60,888,590
99-963	Federal Funds
99-964	Federal Funds 1,983,721 2,154,400 4,138,121
99-965	Federal Funds – Stimulus 315,886 0 315,886
99-966	Federal Funds Total 2,299,607 2,154,400 4,454,007
99-967	Restricted Receipts 12,400,000 0 12,400,000
99-968	Other Funds
99-969	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
99-970	Barracks and Training 1,785,000 (285,000) 1,500,000
99-971	State Police New Headquarters 0 198,362 198,362
99-972	Headquarters Repairs/Rehabilitation 100,000 271,500 371,500
99-973	State Microwave Upgrade 500,000 520,600 1,020,600
99-974	Parking Area Improvements 0 450,000 450,000
99-975	HQ Expansion (NG Facilities) 500,000 (250,000) 250,000
99-976	Traffic Enforcement - Municipal Training 130,150 0 130,150
99-977	Lottery Commission Assistance 217,861 427,980 645,841
99-978	Airport Corporation 217,861 10,504 228,365
99-979	Road Construction Reimbursement 3,078,000 0 3,078,000
99-980	Other Funds Total 6,528,872 1,343,946 7,872,818
99-981	Total - State Police 85,057,042 558,373 85,615,415
99-982	Grand Total –General Revenue Funds 94,790,039 (3,334,498) 91,455,541
99-983	Grand Total – Public Safety 122,500,068 616,549 123,116,617
99-984	Office of Public Defender
99-985	General Revenues 10,791,226 (33,812) 10,757,414
100-986	Federal Funds 421,898 (129,902) 291,996
100-987	Grand Total - Office of Public Defender 11,213,124 (163,714) 11,049,410
100-988	Environmental Management
100-989	Office of the Director
100-990	General Revenues
100-991	General Revenues 4,678,852 (7,170) 4,671,682
100-992	Permit Streamlining 88,414 (55,000) 33,414
100-993	General Revenue Total 4,767,266 (62,170) 4,705,096
100-994	Federal Funds
100-995	Federal Funds 493,000 62,000 555,000
100-996	Federal Funds - Stimulus 0 305,000 305,000
100-997	Federal Funds Total 493,000 367,000 860,000
100-998	Restricted Receipts 2,942,066 248,222 3,190,288
100-999	Total – Office of the Director 8,202,332 553,052 8,755,384
100-1000	Natural Resources
100-1001	General Revenues 18,222,547 (52,754) 18,169,793
100-1002	Federal Funds 22,593,023 (74,786) 22,518,237
100-1003	Restricted Receipts 3,591,941 271,090 3,863,031
100-1004	Other Funds
100-1005	DOT Recreational Projects 26,417 899,011 925,428
100-1006	Blackstone Bikepath Design 1,069,133 1,207,976 2,277,109
100-1007	Transportation MOU 78,579 0 78,579
100-1008	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
100-1009	Dam Repair 1,000,000 627 1,000,627
100-1010	Fort Adams Rehabilitation 500,000 2,735 502,735
100-1011	Fort Adams America’s Cup 3,108,704 (1,161,831) 1,946,873
100-1012	Recreational Facilities Improvements 1,590,000 (642,892) 947,108
100-1013	Galilee Piers Upgrade 1,990,000 (310,000) 1,680,000
100-1014	Newport Piers 75,000 0 75,000
100-1015	World War II Facility 2,200,000 (2,200,000) 0
100-1016	Blackstone Valley Bike Path 500,000 123,425 623,425
100-1017	Natural Resources Office/Visitor’s Center 0 250,000 250,000
100-1018	Other Funds Total 12,137,833 (1,830,949) 10,306,884
100-1019	Total - Natural Resources 56,545,344 (1,687,399) 54,857,945
101-1020	Environmental Protection
101-1021	General Revenues 11,556,487 (167,752) 11,388,735
101-1022	Federal Funds 11,911,528 1,388,863 13,300,391
101-1023	Restricted Receipts 7,775,935 531,205 8,307,140
101-1024	Other Funds
101-1025	Transportation MOU 85,885 79,115 165,000
101-1026	Retrofit Heavy-Duty Diesel Vehicles 2,760,000 0 2,760,000
101-1027	Other Funds Total 2,845,885 79,115 2,925,000
101-1028	Total - Environmental Protection 34,089,835 1,831,431 35,921,266
101-1029	Grand Total – General Revenue 34,546,300 (282,676) 34,263,624
101-1030	Grand Total - Environmental Management 98,837,511 697,084 99,534,595
101-1031	Coastal Resources Management Council
101-1032	General Revenues 2,264,841 (24,580) 2,240,261
101-1033	Federal Funds
101-1034	Federal Funds 1,677,977 357,186 2,035,163
101-1035	Federal Funds – Stimulus 0 150,000 150,000
101-1036	Total Federal Funds 1,677,977 507,186 2,185,163
101-1037	Restricted Receipts 250,000 0 250,000
101-1038	Other Funds
101-1039	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
101-1040	Providence River Dredging 0 222,281 222,281
101-1041	South Coast Restoration Project 850,000 (400,000) 450,000
101-1042	Secure Facility Area 50,000 0 50,000
101-1043	Other Funds Total 900,000 (177,719) 722,281
101-1044	Grand Total - Coastal Resources Mgmt.
101-1045	Council 5,092,818 304,887 5,397,705
101-1046	Transportation
101-1047	Central Management
101-1048	Federal Funds 10,515,473 1,492,500 12,007,973
101-1049	Other Funds
101-1050	Gasoline Tax 1,353,338 147,936 1,501,274
101-1051	Other Funds Total 1,353,338 147,936 1,501,274
101-1052	Total - Central Management 11,868,811 1,640,436 13,509,247
101-1053	Management and Budget
102-1054	Other Funds
102-1055	Gasoline Tax 1,937,648 (498,579) 1,439,069
102-1056	Other Funds Total 1,937,648 (498,579) 1,439,069
102-1057	Total - Management and Budget 1,937,648 (498,579) 1,439,069
102-1058	Infrastructure Engineering- GARVEE/Motor Fuel Tax Bonds
102-1059	Federal Funds
102-1060	Federal Funds 342,944,533 (45,504,558) 297,439,975
102-1061	Federal Funds – Stimulus 8,880,580 (1,867,411) 7,013,169
102-1062	Federal Funds Total 351,825,113 (47,371,969) 304,453,144
102-1063	Restricted Receipts 998,758 11,497 1,010,255
102-1064	Other Funds
102-1065	Gasoline Tax 54,201,232 (1,443,867) 52,757,365
102-1066	Motor Fuel Tax Residuals 4,076,029 (1,417,386) 2,658,643
102-1067	Land Sale Revenue 22,354,473 1,869,214 24,223,687
102-1068	Rhode Island Capital Funds
102-1069	RIPTA - Land and Buildings 70,000 68,101 138,101
102-1070	Pawtucket – CF Train Station 0 40,267 40,267
102-1071	Highway Improvement Program 20,000,000 0 20,000,000
102-1072	Other Funds Total 100,701,734 (883,671) 99,818,063
102-1073	Total - Infrastructure Engineering –
102-1074	GARVEE/Motor Fuel Tax Bonds 453,525,605 (48,244,143) 405,281,462
102-1075	Infrastructure Maintenance
102-1076	Other Funds
102-1077	Gasoline Tax 39,566,987 841,881 40,408,868
102-1078	Non-Land Surplus Property 10,000 40,000 50,000
102-1079	Outdoor Advertising 100,000 25,000 125,000
102-1080	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
102-1081	Cherry Hill/Lincoln Facility 777,050 186,865 963,915
102-1082	Maintenance Facility Improvements 400,000 366,453 766,453
102-1083	East Providence Facility 0 346,575 346,575
102-1084	Salt Storage Facilities 2,000,000 60,314 2,060,314
102-1085	Maintenance Facility Fire Alarms 0 52,438 52,438
102-1086	Portsmouth Facility 1,435,000 (935,000) 500,000
102-1087	Maint. – Capital Equipment
103-1088	Replacement 0 1,000,000 1,000,000
103-1089	Elmwood Expansion 0 121,448 121,448
103-1090	Newport Heating Units/Roof Replacement 0 102,800 102,800
103-1091	High Speed Fueling and Fluid Monitoring 0 226,000 226,000
103-1092	Cash Room Security Project 0 216,700 216,700
103-1093	Fixed Route and Paratransit Cameras 0 168,500 168,500
103-1094	Other Funds Total 44,289,037 2,819,974 47,109,011
103-1095	Total - Infrastructure Maintenance 44,289,037 2,819,974 47,109,011
103-1096	Grand Total – Transportation 511,621,101 (44,282,312) 467,338,789
103-1097	Statewide Totals
103-1098	General Revenues 3,295,836,490 (28,175,819) 3,267,660,671
103-1099	Federal Funds 2,676,350,399 (17,258,152) 2,659,092,247
103-1100	Restricted Receipts 232,511,115 37,658,651 270,169,766
103-1101	Other Funds 1,895,158,380 (12,385,865) 1,882,772,515
103-1102	Statewide Grand Total 8,099,856,384 (20,161,185) 8,079,695,199
103-1103	SECTION 2. Each line appearing in Section 1 of this article shall constitute an appropriation.
103-1104	SECTION 3. The general assembly authorizes the state controller to establish the internal
103-1105	service accounts shown below, and no other, to finance and account for the operations of state
103-1106	agencies that provide services to other agencies, institutions and other governmental units on a cost
103-1107	reimbursed basis. The purpose of these accounts is to ensure that certain activities are managed in a
103-1108	businesslike manner, promote efficient use of services by making agencies pay the full costs
103-1109	associated with providing the services, and allocate the costs of central administrative services across
103-1110	all fund types, so that federal and other non-general fund programs share in the costs of general
103-1111	government support. The controller is authorized to reimburse these accounts for the cost of work or
103-1112	services performed for any other department or agency subject to the following expenditure
103-1113	limitations:
103-1114	FY 2013 FY 2013 FY 2013
103-1115	Account Enacted Change Final
103-1116	State Assessed Fringe Benefit Internal Service Fund 32,106,713 627,469 32,734,182
103-1117	Administration Central Utilities Internal Service Fund 20,227,492 (2,880) 20,224,612
103-1118	State Central Mail Internal Service Fund 5,613,323 (434,698) 5,178,625
103-1119	State Telecommunications Internal Service Fund 2,881,461 968,553 3,850,014
103-1120	State Automotive Fleet Internal Service Fund 13,953,031 (356,707) 13,596,324
103-1121	Capital Police Internal Service Fund 828,732 8,658 837,390
104-1122	Surplus Property Internal Service Fund 2,500 0 2,500
104-1123	Health Insurance Internal Service Fund 304,145,139 0 304,145,139
104-1124	Health Insurance – State Police Internal Service Fund 2,123,495 0 2,123,495
104-1125	Other Post-Employment Benefits Fund 0 213,678 213,678
104-1126	Central Distribution Center Internal Service Fund 7,434,689 (292,561) 7,142,128
104-1127	Correctional Industries Internal Service Fund 7,353,215 885,608 8,238,823
104-1128	Secretary of State Record Center Internal Service Fund 897,072 (40,612) 856,460
104-1129	SECTION 4. Departments and agencies listed below may not exceed the number of full-time
104-1130	equivalent (FTE) positions shown below in any pay period. Full-time equivalent positions do not
104-1131	include seasonal or intermittent positions whose scheduled period of employment does not exceed
104-1132	twenty-six consecutive weeks or whose scheduled hours do not exceed nine hundred and twenty-five
104-1133	(925) hours, excluding overtime, in a one-year period. Nor do they include individuals engaged in
104-1134	training, the completion of which is a prerequisite of employment. Provided, however, that the
104-1135	Governor or designee, Speaker of the House of Representatives or designee, and President of the
104-1136	Senate or designee may authorize an adjustment to any limitation. Prior to the authorization, the State
104-1137	Budget Officer shall make a detailed written recommendation to the Governor, the Speaker of the
104-1138	House, and the President of the Senate. A copy of the recommendation and authorization to adjust
104-1139	shall be transmitted to the chairman of the House Finance Committee, the chairman of the Senate
104-1140	Finance Committee, the House Fiscal Advisor and the Senate Fiscal Advisor.
104-1141	~~No agency or department may employ contracted employees or employee services where the~~
104-1142	~~contracted employees would work under state employee supervisors without determination of need~~
104-1143	~~by the Director of Administration acting upon positive recommendations of the Budget Officer and~~
104-1144	~~the Personnel Administrator and 15 days after a public hearing.~~
104-1145	~~Nor may any agency or department contract for services replacing work done by state~~
104-1146	~~employees at that time without determination of need by the Director of Administration acting upon~~
104-1147	~~the positive recommendations of the Budget Officer and the Personnel Administrator and 30 days~~
104-1148	~~after a public hearing.~~
104-1149	State employees whose funding is from non-state general revenue funds that are time limited
104-1150	shall receive limited term appointment with the term limited to the availability of non-state general
104-1151	revenue funding source.
104-1152	FY 2013 FTE POSITION AUTHORIZATION
104-1153	Departments and Agencies Full-Time Equivalent
104-1154	Administration ~~687.2~~ 723.7
104-1155	Business Regulation ~~94.0~~ 95.0
105-1156	Labor and Training ~~462.5~~ 423.0
105-1157	Revenue ~~458.0~~ 489.0
105-1158	Legislature 298.5
105-1159	Office of the Lieutenant Governor 8.0
105-1160	Office of the Secretary of State 57.0
105-1161	Office of the General Treasurer 82.0
105-1162	Board of Elections 11.0
105-1163	Rhode Island Ethics Commission 12.0
105-1164	Office of the Governor 45.0
105-1165	Commission for Human Rights 14.5
105-1166	Public Utilities Commission ~~47.0~~ 48.0
105-1167	Office of Health and Human Services ~~168.0~~ 169.0
105-1168	Children, Youth, and Families ~~665.5~~ 671.5
105-1169	Health ~~497.3~~ 498.0
105-1170	Human Services ~~940.7~~ 946.6
105-1171	Behavioral Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Hospitals ~~1,383.2~~ 1,424.4
105-1172	Office of the Child Advocate 5.8
105-1173	Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing 3.0
105-1174	Governor's Commission on Disabilities 4.0
105-1175	Office of the Mental Health Advocate 3.7
105-1176	Elementary and Secondary Education ~~169.4~~ 171.4
105-1177	School for the Deaf 60.0
105-1178	Davies Career and Technical School 126.0
105-1179	Office of Higher Education 16.8
105-1180	Provided that 1.0 of the total authorization would be available only for positions that are
105-1181	supported by third-party funds.
105-1182	University of Rhode Island 2,450.5
105-1183	Provided that 593.2 of the total authorization would be available only for positions that are
105-1184	supported by third-party funds.
105-1185	Rhode Island College 919.6
105-1186	Provided that 82.0 of the total authorization would be available only for positions that are
105-1187	supported by third-party funds.
105-1188	Community College of Rhode Island 854.1
105-1189	Provided that 100.0 of the total authorization would be available only for positions that are
105-1190	Provided that 100.0 of the total authorization would be available only for positions that are supported
106-1	by third-party funds.
106-2	Rhode Island State Council on the Arts 6.0
106-3	RI Atomic Energy Commission 8.6
106-4	Higher Education Assistance Authority ~~38.6~~ 36.0
106-5	Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission 16.6
106-6	Public Telecommunications Authority 14.0
106-7	Office of the Attorney General 233.1
106-8	Corrections 1,419.0
106-9	Judicial 723.3
106-10	Military Staff 112.0
106-11	Public Safety 609.2
106-12	Office of the Public Defender 93.0
106-13	Environmental Management ~~407.0~~ 399.0
106-14	Coastal Resources Management Council 29.0
106-15	Transportation 772.6
106-16	Total ~~15,026.3~~ 15,102.5
106-17	SECTION 5. This article shall take effect upon passage.
106-18	ARTICLE 11
106-19	RELATING TO MUNICIPAL INCENTIVE AID
106-20	SECTION 1. Title 45 of the General Laws entitled "TOWNS AND CITIES" is hereby
106-21	amended by adding thereto the following chapter:
106-22	CHAPTER 13.2
106-23	MUNICIPAL INCENTIVE AID
106-24	45-13.2-1. Short title. -- This chapter shall be known as the "Municipal Incentive Aid Act".
106-25	45-13.2-2. Legislative Findings. -- It is hereby found and declared as follows:
106-26	(a) The fiscal health of its municipalities is of paramount importance to the state of Rhode
106-27	Island;
106-28	(b) Local municipalities in Rhode Island are facing ever-increasing costs for retirement
106-29	related expenses;
106-30	(c) Retirement plans represent significant cost drivers for municipal budgets;
106-31	(d) Many municipalities currently have significantly under-funded retirement plans;
106-32	(e) These unfunded liabilities either jeopardize or threaten to jeopardize the fiscal stability of
106-33	municipalities;
107-34	(f) Fiscal instability in a municipality adversely affects the state’s financial interests; and
107-35	(g) Local municipalities should be encouraged to improve the sustainability of their
107-36	retirement plans by reducing the unfunded liabilities thereunder and by funding the plans in a fiscally
107-37	responsible manner.
107-38	45-13.2-3. Definitions. -- For purposes of this chapter "municipality" means any city or town
107-39	of the state.
107-40	45-13.2-4. State Aid Incentive Program Appropriated. -- There are hereby appropriated
107-41	funds for a state aid program entitled "Municipal Incentive Aid Program." For fiscal year 2014 the
107-42	amount of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) shall be appropriated, and an amount of ten million
107-43	dollars ($10,000,000) will be requested for appropriation for fiscal year 2015 and for fiscal year
107-44	2016. Municipal Incentive Aid shall be administered and managed by the division of municipal
107-45	finance within the department of revenue.
107-46	45-13.2-5. Purpose of the Municipal Incentive Aid Program. -- The purpose of this
107-47	Municipal Incentive Aid program, shall be to encourage municipalities to improve the sustainability
107-48	of their retirement plans and to reduce unfunded liabilities thereunder, by providing additional state
107-49	aid to those municipalities that comply with the requirements and provisions of this chapter.
107-50	45-13.2-6. Distributions. -- (a) Municipal Incentive Aid described in this chapter shall be
107-51	distributed to eligible municipalities on the basis of the most recent population estimate for each
107-52	municipality as a share of the total state population reported by the U.S. Department of Commerce,
107-53	Bureau of the Census. Such payments shall be made to eligible communities in March 2014, March
107-54	2015, and March 2016.
107-55	(b) For fiscal year 2014, municipalities shall be eligible to receive aid under this chapter if:
107-56	(1) the municipality has no locally-administered pension; or (2) the municipality submitted to the
107-57	state’s department of revenue a Funding Improvement Plan ("FIP"), pursuant to chapter 45-65, for
107-58	every locally-administered pension plan in that municipality, and each FIP had been approved by the
107-59	plan sponsor and the local governing body no later than May 1, 2013; or (3) there existed a locally-
107-60	administered pension plan(s) in that municipality, but no FIP was required pursuant to chapter 45-65.
107-61	(c) For fiscal years 2015 and 2016, municipalities shall be eligible to receive aid under this
107-62	chapter, if: (1) all locally-administered pension plans are in the state- administered Municipal
107-63	Employee Retirement System ("MERS"); or (2) the municipality has transitioned all locally-
107-64	administered pension plans into MERS by June 30, 2014; or (3) the municipality had submitted to
107-65	the state’s department of revenue a FIP, pursuant to chapter 45-65, for every locally-administered
107-66	pension plan and a submitted FIP meets the guidelines of the Study Commission on Locally-
107-67	Administered Pension Plans or otherwise applicable guidelines or regulations; the municipality has
107-68	implemented the original recommended FIP or an amended FIP pursuant to chapter 45-65; and the
108-1	FIPs are approved by the plan sponsor and the local governing body by June 1, 2014; or (4) if there
108-2	existed a locally-administered pension plan in that municipality, but no FIP was required, pursuant to
108-3	chapter 45-65, and the municipality is funding one hundred percent (100%) of its Annually Required
108-4	Contribution (ARC).
108-5	(d) In any fiscal year that a municipality does not receive an appropriation under this chapter,
108-6	the amount that would have been allocated to the municipality will be distributed among the other
108-7	eligible municipalities for that fiscal year, on the basis of the most recent population estimate for
108-8	each municipality as a share of the total state population reported by the U.S. Department of
108-9	Commerce, Bureau of the Census.
108-10	SECTION 2. This article shall take effect upon passage.
108-11	ARTICLE 12
108-12	RELATING TO HOSPITAL UNCOMPENSATED CARE
108-13	SECTION 1. Sections 40-8.3-2 and 40-8.3-3 of the General Laws in Chapter 40-8.3 entitled
108-14	"Uncompensated Care" are hereby amended to read as follows:
108-15	40-8.3-2. Definitions. -- As used in this chapter:
108-16	(1) "Base year" means for the purpose of calculating a disproportionate share payment for
108-17	any fiscal year ending after September 30, ~~2011~~ 2012, the period from October 1, ~~2009~~ 2010 through
108-18	September 30, ~~2010~~ 2011, and for any fiscal year ending after September 30, ~~2012~~ 2013, the period
108-19	from October 1, 2010 through September 30, 2011.
108-20	(2) "Medical assistance inpatient utilization rate for a hospital" means a fraction (expressed
108-21	as a percentage) the numerator of which is the hospital's number of inpatient days during the base
108-22	year attributable to patients who were eligible for medical assistance during the base year and the
108-23	denominator of which is the total number of the hospital's inpatient days in the base year.
108-24	(3) "Participating hospital" means any nongovernment and nonpsychiatric hospital that: (i)
108-25	was licensed as a hospital in accordance with chapter 17 of title 23 during the base year; (ii) achieved
108-26	a medical assistance inpatient utilization rate of at least one percent (1%) during the base year; and
108-27	(iii) continues to be licensed as a hospital in accordance with chapter 17 of title 23 during the
108-28	payment year.
108-29	(4) "Uncompensated care costs" means, as to any hospital, the sum of: (i) the cost incurred
108-30	by such hospital during the base year for inpatient or outpatient services attributable to charity care
108-31	(free care and bad debts) for which the patient has no health insurance or other third-party coverage
108-32	less payments, if any, received directly from such patients; and (ii) the cost incurred by such hospital
108-33	during the base year for inpatient or out-patient services attributable to Medicaid beneficiaries less
108-34	any Medicaid reimbursement received therefor; multiplied by the uncompensated care index.
109-1	(5) "Uncompensated care index" means the annual percentage increase for hospitals
109-2	established pursuant to § 27-19-14 for each year after the base year, up to and including the payment
109-3	year, provided, however, that the uncompensated care index for the payment year ending September
109-4	30, 2007 shall be deemed to be five and thirty-eight hundredths percent (5.38%), and that the
109-5	uncompensated care index for the payment year ending September 30, 2008 shall be deemed to be
109-6	five and forty-seven hundredths percent (5.47%), and that the uncompensated care index for the
109-7	payment year ending September 30, 2009 shall be deemed to be five and thirty-eight hundredths
109-8	percent (5.38%), and that the uncompensated care index for the payment years ending September 30,
109-9	2010, September 30, 2011, September 30, 2012 ~~and,~~ September 30, 2013 and September 30, 2014
109-10	shall be deemed to be five and thirty hundredths percent (5.30%).
109-11	40-8.3-3. Implementation. -- ~~(a) For the fiscal year commencing on October 1, 2010 and~~
109-12	~~ending September 30, 2011, the department of human services shall submit to the Secretary of the~~
109-13	~~U.S. Department of Health and Human Services a state plan amendment to the Rhode Island~~
109-14	~~Medicaid state plan for disproportionate share hospital payments (DSH Plan) to provide:~~
109-15	~~(1) That the disproportionate share hospital payments to all participating hospitals not to~~
109-16	~~exceed an aggregate limit of $125.4 million, to be allocated by the department to the Pool A, Pool C~~
109-17	~~and Pool D components of the DSH Plan;~~
109-18	~~(2) That the Pool D allotment shall be distributed among the participating hospitals in direct~~
109-19	~~proportion to the individual participating hospital's uncompensated care costs for the base year,~~
109-20	~~inflated by the uncompensated care index to the total uncompensated care costs for the base year~~
109-21	~~inflated by uncompensated care index for all participating hospitals. The disproportionate share~~
109-22	~~payments shall be made on or before July 18, 2011 and are expressly conditioned upon approval on~~
109-23	~~or before July 11, 2011 by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, or~~
109-24	~~his or her authorized representative, of all Medicaid state plan amendments necessary to secure for~~
109-25	~~the state the benefit of federal financial participation in federal fiscal year 2011 for the~~
109-26	~~disproportionate share payments.~~
109-27	~~(b)~~(a) For the fiscal year commencing on October 1, 2011 and ending September 30, 2012,
109-28	the executive office of health and human services shall submit to the Secretary of the U.S.
109-29	Department of Health and Human Services a state plan amendment to the Rhode Island Medicaid
109-30	state plan for disproportionate share hospital payments (DSH Plan) to provide:
109-31	(1) That the disproportionate share hospital payments to all participating hospitals, not to
109-32	exceed an aggregate limit of $126.2 million, shall be allocated by the executive office of health and
109-33	human services to the Pool A, Pool C and Pool D components of the DSH Plan; and,
110-34	(2) That the Pool D allotment shall be distributed among the participating hospitals in direct
110-35	proportion to the individual participating hospital's uncompensated care costs for the base year,
110-36	inflated by the uncompensated care index to the total uncompensated care costs for the base year
110-37	inflated by uncompensated care index for all participating hospitals. The disproportionate share
110-38	payments shall be made on or before July 16, 2012 and are expressly conditioned upon approval on
110-39	or before July 9, 2012 by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, or his
110-40	or her authorized representative, of all Medicaid state plan amendments necessary to secure for the
110-41	state the benefit of federal financial participation in federal fiscal year 2012 for the disproportionate
110-42	share payments.
110-43	~~(c)~~(b) For federal fiscal year 2013, commencing on October 1, 2012 and ending September
110-44	30, 2013, the executive office of health and human services shall submit to the Secretary of the U.S.
110-45	Department of Health and Human Services a state plan amendment to the Rhode Island Medicaid
110-46	state plan for disproportionate share hospital payments (DSH Plan) to provide:
110-47	(1) That the disproportionate share hospital payments to all participating hospitals, not to
110-48	exceed an aggregate limit of $128.3 million, shall be allocated by the executive office of health and
110-49	human services to the Pool A, Pool C and Pool D components of the DSH Plan; and,
110-50	(2) That the Pool D allotment shall be distributed among the participating hospitals in direct
110-51	proportion to the individual participating hospital's uncompensated care costs for the base year,
110-52	inflated by the uncompensated care index to the total uncompensated care costs for the base year
110-53	inflated by uncompensated care index for all participating hospitals. The disproportionate share
110-54	payments shall be made on or before July 15, 2013 and are expressly conditioned upon approval on
110-55	or before July 8, 2013 by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, or his
110-56	or her authorized representative, of all Medicaid state plan amendments necessary to secure for the
110-57	state the benefit of federal financial participation in federal fiscal year 2013 for the disproportionate
110-58	share payments.
110-59	(c) For federal fiscal year 2014, commencing on October 1, 2013 and ending September 30,
110-60	2014, the executive office of health and human services shall submit to the Secretary of the U.S.
110-61	Department of Health and Human Services a state plan amendment to the Rhode Island Medicaid
110-62	state plan for disproportionate share hospital payments (DSH Plan) to provide:
110-63	(1) That the disproportionate share hospital payments to all participating hospitals, not to
110-64	exceed an aggregate limit of one hundred twenty-eight million three thousand dollars ($128.3) , shall
110-65	be allocated by the executive office of health and human services to the Pool A, Pool C and Pool D
110-66	components of the DSH Plan; and,
110-67	(2) That the Pool D allotment shall be distributed among the participating hospitals in direct
110-68	proportion to the individual participating hospital's uncompensated care costs for the base year,
111-1	inflated by the uncompensated care index to the total uncompensated care costs for the base year
111-2	inflated by uncompensated care index for all participating hospitals. The disproportionate share
111-3	payments shall be made on or before July 14, 2014 and are expressly conditioned upon approval on
111-4	or before July 7, 2014 by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, or his
111-5	or her authorized representative, of all Medicaid state plan amendments necessary to secure for the
111-6	state the benefit of federal financial participation in federal fiscal year 2014 for the disproportionate
111-7	share payments.
111-8	(d) No provision is made pursuant to this chapter for disproportionate share hospital
111-9	payments to participating hospitals for uncompensated care costs related to graduate medical
111-10	education programs.
111-11	SECTION 2. This article shall take effect upon passage.
111-12	ARTICLE 13
111-13	RELATING TO LICENSING OF HOSPITAL FACILITIES
111-14	SECTION 1. Section 23-17-38.1 of the General Laws in Chapter 23-17 entitled "Licensing
111-15	of Health Care Facilities" is hereby amended to read as follows:
111-16	23-17-38.1. Hospitals – Licensing fee. -- ~~(a) There is imposed a hospital licensing fee at the~~
111-17	~~rate of five and forty-three hundredths percent (5.43%) upon the net patient services revenue of every~~
111-18	~~hospital for the hospital's first fiscal year ending on or after January 1, 2010. This licensing fee shall~~
111-19	~~be administered and collected by the tax administrator, division of taxation within the department of~~
111-20	~~administration, and all the administration, collection and other provisions of chapters 50 and 51 of~~
111-21	~~title 44 shall apply. Every hospital shall pay the licensing fee to the tax administrator on or before~~
111-22	~~July 16, 2012 and payments shall be made by electronic transfer of monies to the general treasurer~~
111-23	~~and deposited to the general fund in accordance with § 44-50-11 [repealed]. Every hospital shall, on~~
111-24	~~or before June 18, 2012, make a return to the tax administrator containing the correct computation of~~
111-25	~~net patient services revenue for the hospital fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and the licensing~~
111-26	~~fee due upon that amount. All returns shall be signed by the hospital's authorized representative,~~
111-27	~~subject to the pains and penalties of perjury.~~
111-28	~~(b)~~(a) There is ~~also~~ imposed a hospital licensing fee at the rate of five and thirty-five
111-29	hundredths percent (5.35%) upon the net patient services revenue of every hospital for the hospital's
111-30	first fiscal year ending on or after January 1, 2011, except that the license fee for all hospitals located
111-31	in Washington County, Rhode Island shall be discounted by thirty-seven percent (37%). The
111-32	discount for Washington County hospitals is subject to approval by the Secretary of the US
111-33	Department of Health and Human Services of a state plan amendment submitted by the Executive
111-34	Office of Health and Human Services for the purpose of pursuing a waiver of the uniformity
112-1	requirement for the hospital license fee. This licensing fee shall be administered and collected by the
112-2	tax administrator, division of taxation within the department of revenue, and all the administration,
112-3	collection and other provisions of 51 of title 44 shall apply. Every hospital shall pay the licensing fee
112-4	to the tax administrator on or before July 15, 2013 and payments shall be made by electronic transfer
112-5	of monies to the general treasurer and deposited to the general fund. Every hospital shall, on or
112-6	before June 17, 2013, make a return to the tax administrator containing the correct computation of
112-7	net patient services revenue for the hospital fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, and the licensing
112-8	fee due upon that amount. All returns shall be signed by the hospital's authorized representative,
112-9	subject to the pains and penalties of perjury.
112-10	(b) There is also imposed a hospital licensing fee at the rate of five and thirty-five hundredths
112-11	percent (5.35%) upon the net patient services revenue of every hospital for the hospital's first fiscal
112-12	year ending on or after January 1, 2011, except that the license fee for all hospitals located in
112-13	Washington County, Rhode Island shall be discounted by thirty-seven percent (37%). The discount
112-14	for Washington County hospitals is subject to approval by the Secretary of the US Department of
112-15	Health and Human Services of a state plan amendment submitted by the Executive Office of Health
112-16	and Human Services for the purpose of pursuing a waiver of the uniformity requirement for the
112-17	hospital license fee. This licensing fee shall be administered and collected by the tax administrator,
112-18	division of taxation within the department of revenue, and all the administration, collection and other
112-19	provisions of 51 of title 44 shall apply. Every hospital shall pay the licensing fee to the tax
112-20	administrator on or before July 14, 2014 and payments shall be made by electronic transfer of monies
112-21	to the general treasurer and deposited to the general fund. Every hospital shall, on or before June 16,
112-22	2014, make a return to the tax administrator containing the correct computation of net patient
112-23	services revenue for the hospital fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, and the licensing fee due
112-24	upon that amount. All returns shall be signed by the hospital's authorized representative, subject to
112-25	the pains and penalties of perjury.
112-26	(c) For purposes of this section the following words and phrases have the following
112-27	meanings:
112-28	(1) "Hospital" means a person or governmental unit duly licensed in accordance with this
112-29	chapter to establish, maintain, and operate a hospital, except a hospital whose primary service and
112-30	primary bed inventory are psychiatric.
112-31	(2) "Gross patient services revenue" means the gross revenue related to patient care services.
112-32	(3) "Net patient services revenue" means the charges related to patient care services less (i)
112-33	charges attributable to charity care, (ii) bad debt expenses, and (iii) contractual allowances.
113-34	(d) The tax administrator shall make and promulgate any rules, regulations, and procedures
113-35	not inconsistent with state law and fiscal procedures that he or she deems necessary for the proper
113-36	administration of this section and to carry out the provisions, policy and purposes of this section.
113-37	(e) The licensing fee imposed by this section shall apply to hospitals as defined herein which
113-38	are duly licensed on July 1, ~~2012~~ 2013, and shall be in addition to the inspection fee imposed by §
113-39	23-17-38 and to any licensing fees previously imposed in accordance with § 23-17-38.1.
113-40	SECTION 2. This article shall take effect as of July 1, 2013.
113-41	ARTICLE 14
113-42	RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY JOB DEVELOPMENT FUND ASSESSMENT
113-43	SECTION 1. Section 28-42-84 of the General Laws in Chapter 28-42 entitled "Employment
113-44	Security – General Provisions" is hereby amended to read as follows:
113-45	28-42-84. Job development fund – Disbursements – Unexpended balance. -- (a) The
113-46	moneys in the job development fund shall be used for the following purposes:
113-47	(1) To reimburse the department of labor and training for the loss of any federal funds
113-48	resulting from the collection and maintenance of the fund by the department;
113-49	(2) To make refunds of contributions erroneously collected and deposited in the fund;
113-50	(3) To pay any administrative expenses incurred by the department of labor and training
113-51	associated with the collection of the contributions for employers paid pursuant to § 28-43-8.5, and
113-52	any other administrative expenses associated with the maintenance of the fund, including the
113-53	payment of all premiums upon bonds required pursuant to § 28-42-85;
113-54	(4) To provide for job training, counseling and assessment services, and other related
113-55	activities and services. Services will include, but are not limited to, research, development,
113-56	coordination, and training activities to promote workforce development and business development as
113-57	established by the human resource investment council;
113-58	(5) To support the state's job training for economic development;
113-59	(6) Beginning January 1, 2001, two hundredths of one percent (0.02%) out of the twenty-one
113-60	hundredths of one percent (0.21%) job development assessment paid pursuant to § 28-43-8.5 shall be
113-61	used to support necessary core services in the unemployment insurance and employment services
113-62	programs operated by the department of labor and training; and
113-63	(ii) Beginning January 1, 2011, two hundredths of one percent (0.02%) out of the fifty- one
113-64	hundredths of one percent (0.51%) job development assessment paid pursuant to § 28-43-8.5 shall be
113-65	used to support necessary core services in the unemployment insurance and employment services
113-66	programs operated by the department of labor and training; and
113-67	(7)(i) Beginning January 1, 2011, three tenths of one percent (0.3%) out of the fifty-one
113-68	hundredths of one percent (0.51%) job development assessment paid pursuant to § 28-43.8.5 shall be
114-1	deposited into a restricted receipt account to be used ~~solely~~ to pay the principal and/or interest due on
114-2	Title XII advances received from the federal government in accordance with the provisions of
114-3	Section 1201 of the Social Security Act; provided, however, that if the federal Title XII loans are
114-4	repaid through a state revenue bond or other financing mechanism, then these funds may also be used
114-5	to pay the principal and/or interest that accrues on that debt.
114-6	(ii) Beginning January 1, 2014, twenty five hundredths of one percent (0.25%), out of the
114-7	forty six hundredths of one percent (0.46%) job development assessment paid pursuant to section 28-
114-8	43.8.5, shall be deposited into a restricted receipt account to be used solely to pay the principal
114-9	and/or interest due on title XII advances received from the federal government in accordance with the
114-10	provisions of section 1201 of the social security act; provided, however, that if the federal title XII
114-11	loans are repaid through a state revenue bond or other financing mechanism, then these funds may
114-12	also be used to pay the principal and/or interest that accrues on that debt.
114-13	(iii) For tax year 2013, if the director determines that there are funds available in this
114-14	restricted receipt account that are not needed to pay interest on title XII advances in that year, up to
114-15	two million dollars ($2,000,000) may be transferred to a sub-account, referred to as the information
114-16	technology sub-account, or the IT sub-account. The funds in the information technology sub-account
114-17	shall be used to pay for the development and implementation of a new computer processing system
114-18	for the Unemployment Insurance (UI) tax and benefit program.
114-19	(iv) For tax year 2014, if the director determines that there are funds available in this
114-20	restricted receipt account that are not needed to pay interest on title XII advances in that year, up to
114-21	three million dollars ($3,000,000) may be transferred to the information technology sub-account.
114-22	(v) For tax year 2015, if the director determines that there are funds available in this
114-23	restricted receipt account that are not needed to pay interest on Title XII advances in the current year,
114-24	up to three million dollars ($3,000,000) may be transferred to the information technology sub-
114-25	account.
114-26	(vi) For tax year 2016 and subsequent tax years, whenever the director determines that the
114-27	amount in the restricted receipt account established by subsection (ii) of this section is sufficient to
114-28	pay any outstanding principal and/or interest due in the current calendar year on title XII advances
114-29	received from the federal government in accordance with the provisions of section 1201 of the social
114-30	security act, including any principal and/or interest that accrues on debt from a state revenue bond or
114-31	other financing mechanism used to repay the title XII advances, then the additional twenty five
114-32	hundredths of one percent (0.25%) shall not be paid that tax year. Any remaining funds in the
114-33	restricted receipt account, after the outstanding principal and interest due has been paid, shall be
114-34	transferred to the employment security fund for the payment of benefits.
115-1	(b) The general treasurer shall pay all vouchers duly drawn by the council upon the fund, in
115-2	any amounts and in any manner that the council may prescribe. Vouchers so drawn upon the fund
115-3	shall be referred to the controller within the department of administration. Upon receipt of those
115-4	vouchers, the controller shall immediately record and sign them and shall promptly transfer those
115-5	signed vouchers to the general treasurer. Those expenditures shall be used solely for the purposes
115-6	specified in this section and its balance shall not lapse at any time but shall remain continuously
115-7	available for expenditures consistent with this section. The general assembly shall annually
115-8	appropriate the funds contained in the fund for the use of the human resource investment council and,
115-9	in addition, for the use of the department of labor and training effective July 1, 2000, and for the
115-10	payment of the principal and interest due on federal Title XII loans beginning July 1, 2011; provided,
115-11	however, that if the federal Title XII loans are repaid through a state revenue bond or other financing
115-12	mechanism, then the funds may also be used to pay the principal and/or interest that accrues on that
115-13	debt.
115-14	SECTION 2. Section 28-43-8.5 of the General Laws in Chapter 28-43 entitled "Employment
115-15	Security – Contributions" is hereby amended to read as follows:
115-16	28-43-8.5. Job development assessment. -- For the tax ~~year~~ years 2011, 2012 and 2013 ~~and~~
115-17	subsequent tax years each employer subject to this chapter shall be required to pay a job development
115-18	assessment of fifty-one hundredths of one percent (0.51%) of that employer's taxable payroll, in
115-19	addition to any other payment which that employer is required to make under any other provision of
115-20	this chapter; provided, that the assessment shall not be considered as part of the individual employer's
115-21	contribution rate for the purpose of determining the individual employer's balancing charge pursuant
115-22	to § 28-43-9. The tax rate for all employers subject to the contribution provisions of chapters 42 – 44
115-23	of this title shall be reduced by twenty-one hundredths of one percent (0.21%). For tax year 2014 and
115-24	subsequent tax years each employer subject to this chapter shall be required to pay a job development
115-25	assessment of forty six hundredths of one percent (0.46%) of that employer's taxable payroll, in
115-26	addition to any other payment which that employer is required to make under any other provision of
115-27	this chapter; provided, however, that the assessment shall not be considered as part of the individual
115-28	employer's contribution rate for the purpose of determining the individual employer's balancing
115-29	charge pursuant to section 28-43-9. The tax rate for all employers subject to the contribution
115-30	provisions of chapters 42 - 44 of this title shall be reduced by twenty-one hundredths of one percent
115-31	(0.21%). For tax year 2016 and subsequent tax years, whenever the director determines that the
115-32	amount in the restricted receipt account established by 28-42-84(a)(7)(ii) is sufficient to pay any
115-33	outstanding principal and/or interest due in the current calendar year on title XII advances received
115-34	from the federal government in accordance with the provisions of section 1201 of the social security
116-1	act, including any principal and/or interest that accrues on debt from a state revenue bond or other
116-2	financing mechanism used to repay the title XII advances, then the job development assessment shall
116-3	be reduced to twenty-one hundredths of one percent (0.21%) for that tax year.
116-4	SECTION 3. This article shall take effect upon passage.
116-5	ARTICLE 15
116-6	RELATING TO HUMAN RESOURCE INVESTMENT COUNCIL
116-7	SECTION 1. Chapter 42-102 of the General Laws entitled "Rhode Island Human Resource
116-8	Investment Council" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:
116-9	42-102-11. State Work Immersion Program. -- (a)(1) The council shall develop a state
116-10	work immersion program and a non-trade apprenticeship program. For the purposes of this section
116-11	work immersion shall mean a temporary, paid work experience that provides a meaningful learning
116-12	opportunity and increases the employability of the participant. The programs shall be designed in
116-13	order to provide post-secondary school students and unemployed adults with a meaningful work
116-14	experience, and to assist businesses by training individuals for potential employment.
116-15	(2) Funding for the work immersion program will be allocated from the job development
116-16	fund account and/or from funds appropriated in the annual appropriations act. Appropriated funds
116-17	will match investments made by businesses in providing meaningful work immersion positions and
116-18	non-trade apprenticeships.
116-19	(b) For each participant in the work immersion program, the program shall reimburse eligible
116-20	businesses up to fifty percent (50%) of the cost of not more than two hundred (200) hours of work
116-21	experience and during a period of ten (10) weeks. If an eligible business hires a program participant
116-22	at the completion of such a program, the state may provide reimbursement for a total of seventy-five
116-23	percent (75%) of the cost of the work immersion position.
116-24	(c) The council shall create a non-trade apprenticeship program and annually award funding
116-25	on a competitive basis to at least one (1) new initiative proposed and operated by the Governor’s
116-26	Workforce Board Industry Partnerships. This program shall meet the standards of apprenticeship
116-27	programs defined pursuant to section 28-45-9 of the general laws. The council shall present the
116-28	program to the State Apprenticeship Council, established pursuant to chapter 28-45 of the general
116-29	laws, for review and consideration.
116-30	(d) An eligible participant in programs established in subsections (b) and (c) must be at least
116-31	eighteen (18) years of age and must be a Rhode Island resident. Provided, however, any non-Rhode
116-32	Island resident, who is enrolled in a college or university located in Rhode Island, is eligible to
116-33	participate while enrolled at the college or university.
117-34	(e) In order to fully implement the provisions of this section, the council is authorized to
117-35	promulgate rules and regulations. In developing rules and regulations, the council shall consult with
117-36	the Governor’s Workforce Board. The rules and regulations shall define eligible businesses that can
117-37	participate in the programs created by this section.
117-38	SECTION 2. This article shall take effect upon passage.
117-39	ARTICLE 16
117-40	RELATING TO RESTRICTED RECEIPT ACCOUNTS
117-41	SECTION 1. Section 35-4-27 of the General Laws in Chapter 35-4 entitled "State Funds" is
117-42	hereby amended to read as follows:
117-43	35-4-27. Indirect cost recoveries on restricted receipt accounts. -- Indirect cost
117-44	recoveries of ten percent (10%) of cash receipts shall be transferred from all restricted receipt
117-45	accounts, to be recorded as general revenues in the general fund. However, there shall be no transfer
117-46	from cash receipts with restrictions received exclusively: (1) from contributions from non-profit
117-47	charitable organizations; (2) from the assessment of indirect cost recovery rates on federal grant
117-48	funds; or (3) through transfers from state agencies to the department of administration for the
117-49	payment of debt service. These indirect cost recoveries shall be applied to all accounts, unless
117-50	prohibited by federal law or regulation, court order, or court settlement. The following restricted
117-51	receipt accounts shall not be subject to the provisions of this section:
117-52	Department of Human Services
117-53	Veterans' home – Restricted account
117-54	Veterans' home – Resident benefits
117-55	Demand Side Management Grants
117-56	Organ transplant fund
117-57	Veteran's Cemetery Memorial Fund
117-58	Department of Health
117-59	Providence Water Lead Grant
117-60	Pandemic medications and equipment account
117-61	Department of Mental Health, Retardation and Hospitals
117-62	Eleanor Slater non-Medicaid third-party payor account
117-63	Hospital Medicare Part D Receipts
117-64	RICLAS Group Home Operations
117-65	Vigneron Memorial Fund Grant
117-66	Commission of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
117-67	Emergency and public communications access account
118-68	Department of Environmental Management
118-69	National heritage revolving fund
118-70	Environmental response fund II
118-71	Underground storage tanks registration fees
118-72	Rhode Island Council on the Arts
118-73	Art for public facilities fund
118-74	Rhode Island Foundation Grant
118-75	Rhode Island Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission
118-76	Historic preservation revolving loan fund
118-77	Historic Preservation loan fund – Interest revenue
118-78	Department of Public Safety
118-79	Forfeited property – Retained
118-80	Forfeitures – Federal
118-81	Public Safety Forfeitures Funds – Google Settlement
118-82	Forfeited property – Gambling
118-83	Donation – Polygraph and Law Enforcement Training
118-84	Rhode Island State Firefighter's League Training Account
118-85	Fire Academy Training Fees Account
118-86	Attorney General
118-87	Forfeiture of property
118-88	Federal forfeitures
118-89	AG Forfeiture Funds – Google Settlement
118-90	Attorney General multi-state account
118-91	Department of Administration
118-92	Office of Management and Budget
118-93	Information Technology Investment Fund
118-94	Restore and replacement – Insurance coverage
118-95	Convention Center Authority rental payments
118-96	Investment Receipts – TANS
118-97	Car Rental Tax/Surcharge-Warwick Share
118-98	OPEB System Restricted Receipt Account
118-99	~~ARRA Administrative Expenses - Bureau of Audits~~
118-100	ARRA Administrative Expenses – Purchasing
118-101	Renewable Energy Development Fund
119-102	Legislature
119-103	Audit of federal assisted programs
119-104	Department of Elderly Affairs
119-105	Pharmaceutical Rebates Account
119-106	Department of Children Youth and Families
119-107	Children's Trust Accounts – SSI
119-108	Military Staff
119-109	RI Military Family Relief Fund
119-110	RI National Guard Counterdrug Program
119-111	Military Staff Forfeiture Funds (Google Settlement)
119-112	Treasury
119-113	Admin. Expenses – State Retirement System
119-114	Retirement – Treasury Investment Options
119-115	Violent Crimes Compensation – Refunds
119-116	Business Regulation
119-117	Banking Division Reimbursement Account
119-118	Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner Reimbursement Account
119-119	Securities Division Reimbursement Account
119-120	Commercial Licensing and Racing and Athletics Division Reimbursement Account
119-121	Insurance Division Reimbursement Account
119-122	Historic Preservation Tax Credit Account.
119-123	Judiciary
119-124	Arbitration Fund Restricted Receipt Account
119-125	Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
119-126	Statewide Student Transportation Services Account
119-127	School for the Deaf Fee for Service Account
119-128	Davies Career and Technical School Local Education Aid Account
119-129	Early Childhood Grant Program Account
119-130	Office of the Governor
119-131	ARRA Administrative Expenses – Office of Economic Recovery and Reinvestment
119-132	Department of Labor and Training
119-133	Job Development Fund – Title XII loans principal and interest
119-134	SECTION 2. This article shall take effect upon passage.
119-135	ARTICLE 17
120-136	RELATING TO EMERGENCY AND PUBLIC COMMUNICATION ACCESS FUND
120-137	SECTION 1. Section 39-1-42 of the General Laws in Chapter 39-1 entitled "Public Utilities
120-138	Commission" is hereby amended to read as follows:
120-139	39-1-42. Access to telephone information services for persons with disabilities. -- (a) The
120-140	public utilities commission shall establish, administer and promote an information accessibility
120-141	service that includes:
120-142	(1) A statewide telephone relay service and, through the competitive bidding process,
120-143	contract for the administration and operation of such a relay system for utilization of the
120-144	telecommunications network by deaf, hard of hearing and speech impaired persons;
120-145	(2) The adaptive telephone equipment loan program capable of servicing the needs of
120-146	persons who are deaf, hard of hearing, severely speech impaired, or those with neuromuscular
120-147	impairments for use with a single party telephone line, to any subscriber who is certified as deaf,
120-148	hard of hearing, severely speech impaired, or with neuromuscular impairments by a licensed
120-149	physician, audiologist, speech pathologist, or a qualified state agency, pursuant to chapter 23 of this
120-150	title; and
120-151	(3) A telephone access to the text of newspaper programs to residents who are blind, deaf or
120-152	blind, visually impaired, or reading impaired with a single party telephone line.
120-153	(b) The commission shall establish, by rule or regulation, an appropriate funding mechanism
120-154	to recover the costs of providing this service from each residence and business telephone access line
120-155	or trunk in the state, including PBX trunks and centrex equivalent trunks and each service line or
120-156	trunk, and upon each user interface number or extension number or similarly identifiable line, trunk,
120-157	or path to or from a digital network. Notwithstanding the foregoing, there shall not be any additional
120-158	funding mechanism used to charge each residence and business telephone access line or truck in the
120-159	state, including PBX trunks and centrex equivalent trunks and each service line or trunk, or upon
120-160	each user interface number or extension number or similarly identifiable line, trunk or path to or from
120-161	a digital network, to recover the costs of providing the services outlined in subsections (a)(1), (2) or
120-162	(3) above.
120-163	(c) The commission, with the assistance of the state commission on the deaf and hard of
120-164	hearing, shall also develop the appropriate rules, regulations and service standards necessary to
120-165	implement the provisions of subsection (a)(1) of this section. At a minimum, however, the
120-166	commission shall require, under the terms of the contract, that the relay service provider:
120-167	(1) Offer its relay services seven (7) days a week, twenty-four (24) hours a day, including
120-168	holidays;
120-169	(2) Hire only qualified salaried operators with deaf language skills; and
121-170	(3) Maintain the confidentiality of all communications.
121-171	~~(e)~~ (d) The commission shall collect from the telecommunications service providers the
121-172	amounts of the surcharge collected from their subscribers and remit to the department of
121-173	human services an additional ten thousand dollars ($10,000) annually commencing in fiscal year
121-174	2005 for the adaptive telephone equipment loan program and forty thousand dollars ($40,000) to the
121-175	department of human services for the establishment of a new telephone access to the text of
121-176	newspaper programs. In addition, eighty thousand dollars ($80,000) shall annually be remitted to the
121-177	Rhode Island Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing for an emergency and public
121-178	communication access program, pursuant to section 23-1.8-4 of the Rhode Island general laws, as
121-179	amended. The surcharge referenced hereunder shall be generated from existing funding mechanisms
121-180	and shall not be generated as a result of any new funding mechanisms charged to each residence and
121-181	business telephone access line or trunk in the state, including PBX trunks and centrex equivalent
121-182	trunks and each service line or trunk, or upon each user interface number or extension number or
121-183	similarly identifiable line, trunk or path to or from a digital network.
121-184	SECTION 2. Chapter 23-1.8 of the General Laws entitled "Commission on the Deaf and
121-185	Hard of Hearing" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:
121-186	23-1.8-4. Emergency and public communication access account. -- (a) There is
121-187	established within the general fund the emergency and public communication access account, which
121-188	shall be referred to as the EPCA account. This purpose of this account is to create emergency
121-189	communication and enhance public communication access for deaf and hard of hearing people, in
121-190	accordance with subsection 39-1-42(e) of the Rhode Island general laws, as amended. In addition, the
121-191	account shall be used to enhance emergency communication systems to alert deaf and hard of hearing
121-192	people to any type of emergencies within the state.
121-193	(b) The fund shall purchase and install public communication access equipment and products
121-194	at public sites for deaf and hard of hearing citizens.
121-195	(c) The commission is authorized to establish, administer and promote its emergency and
121-196	public communication access program.
121-197	(d) The commission is authorized to make purchases specifically for the EPCA program and
121-198	empowered to receive donations and grants from sources including, but not limited to, the federal
121-199	government, governmental and private foundations, and corporate and individual donors; these
121-200	donations and grants to be deposited in the EPCA account.
121-201	(e) The commission is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations that will set forth how
121-202	the commission shall utilize the EPCA account. In preparing rules and regulations regarding
121-203	emergency communications, the Commission shall confer with applicable departments and agencies.
122-204	SECTION 3. This article shall take effect upon passage.
122-205	ARTICLE 18
122-206	RELATING TO RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY
122-207	SECTION 1. Chapter 16-61 of the General Laws entitled "Public Telecommunications
122-208	Authority" is hereby repealed in its entirety:
122-209	~~16-61-1. Definitions. --~~ ~~For the purposes of this chapter, unless indicated by the~~
122-210	~~context, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings:~~
122-211	~~(1) "Advisory commission" means the Rhode Island advisory commission on public~~
122-212	~~telecommunications.~~
122-213	~~(2) "Authority" means the Rhode Island public telecommunications authority.~~
122-214	~~(3) "Commission" means the Rhode Island advisory commission on public~~
122-215	~~telecommunications.~~
122-216	~~(4) "Fiscal year" shall coincide with that period utilized by the state, i.e. from July 1 to~~
122-217	~~the next succeeding June 30.~~
122-218	~~(5) "Public broadcasting" includes all aspects of noncommercial radio and television,~~
122-219	~~open and closed circuit, including the production and dissemination of public and community~~
122-220	~~affairs, civil defense, educational, cultural, and instructional information to the public at large~~
122-221	~~within the state.~~
122-222	~~(6) "Public broadcasting telecommunications" includes all public broadcasting services~~
122-223	~~relating to public broadcasting including intercommunications, closed circuit instructional~~
122-224	~~television fixed service (ITFS), and other services requiring federal communications commission~~
122-225	~~spectrum allocations for transmission of electrical impulses that specifically and integrally relate~~
122-226	~~to Rhode Island public broadcasting. Facilities typical for application of these services would~~
122-227	~~encompass microwave interconnection, aural and video TV transmission, multiplexing, laser~~
122-228	~~beam utilization, satellite interconnection systems, cable systems, and other appropriate~~
122-229	~~technological devices.~~
122-230	~~16-61-2. Authority established. --~~ ~~(a) There is created a public telecommunications~~
122-231	~~authority, sometimes referred to as the "authority", which shall be and is constituted a public~~
122-232	~~corporation, empowered to sue and be sued in its own name, to have a corporate seal, and to~~
122-233	~~exercise all the powers, in addition to those specifically enumerated in this chapter, usually~~
122-234	~~appertaining to public corporations entrusted with control of public telecommunications property~~
122-235	~~and functions. The authority shall exercise the authority previously vested in the board of regents~~
122-236	~~for education with relation to educational television. The authority shall be protected from sudden~~
122-237	~~changes in membership and reversal of policy by having staggered terms for its public members.~~
122-238	~~Upon its organization the authority shall be invested with the legal title (in trust for the state) to~~
123-1	~~all licenses and property, real and personal, now owned by and/or under the control or in custody~~
123-2	~~of the board of regents for education for the use of publicly owned educational television.~~
123-3	~~(b) The authority is empowered to hold and operate that property in trust for the state, and~~
123-4	~~to acquire, hold, and dispose of that property and other like property as deemed necessary for the~~
123-5	~~execution of its corporate purposes. The authority is made successor to all powers, rights, duties,~~
123-6	~~and privileges formerly belonging to the board of regents for education pertaining to publicly~~
123-7	~~owned educational television.~~
123-8	~~16-61-3. Membership of authority. --~~ ~~(a) The authority shall consist of nine (9)~~
123-9	~~members as follows: seven (7) public members appointed pursuant to the terms of § 16-61-4, the~~
123-10	~~chairperson of the board of regents for elementary and secondary education or his or her designee~~
123-11	~~who shall serve as a non-voting ex-officio member, and the chairperson of the board of governors~~
123-12	~~for higher education or his or her designee who shall serve as a non-voting ex-officio member.~~
123-13	~~The governor shall designate one of the public members as chairperson of the authority.~~
123-14	~~(b) Four (4) voting members of the committee shall constitute a quorum. A majority vote~~
123-15	~~of those present and voting shall be required for action.~~
123-16	~~(c) No one shall be eligible for appointment unless he or she is a resident of this state.~~
123-17	~~16-61-4. Appointment of public members – Renewal. --~~ ~~(a) The governor shall with~~
123-18	~~the advice and consent of the senate establish the authority by appointing seven (7) members to~~
123-19	~~serve staggered terms. The appointments shall be made for terms of three (3) years commencing~~
123-20	~~on February lst in the year of appointment and ending on January 31st in the third (3rd) year after~~
123-21	~~this. Any vacancy among the public members of the authority shall be filled by appointment of~~
123-22	~~the governor, subject to the advice and consent of the senate, for the remainder of the unexpired~~
123-23	~~term. In the selection and appointment of members of the authority, the governor shall seek~~
123-24	~~persons who best serve the entire needs of the state. Public members shall not be appointed for~~
123-25	~~more than two (2) successive three (3) year terms each; provided, that this limitation shall not~~
123-26	~~apply to that person designated as chairperson by the governor who may be a member so long as~~
123-27	~~he or she shall serve as chairperson. The authority may elect from among its members such other~~
123-28	~~officers as they deem necessary.~~
123-29	~~(b) Members of the board shall be removable by the governor pursuant to the provisions~~
123-30	~~of § 36-1-7 of the general laws and for cause only, and removal solely for partisan or personal~~
123-31	~~reasons unrelated to capacity or fitness for the office shall be unlawful.~~
123-32	~~16-61-5. Removal of public members. --~~ ~~Public members of the authority shall be~~
123-33	~~removable by the governor for cause only, and removal solely for partisan or personal reasons~~
123-34	~~unrelated to capacity or fitness for the office shall be unlawful. No removal shall be made for any~~
124-1	~~cause except after ten (10) days' notice in writing of specific charges, with opportunity for the~~
124-2	~~member to be present in person and with counsel at a public hearing before the governor, to~~
124-3	~~introduce witnesses and documentary evidence in his or her own defense, and to confront and~~
124-4	~~cross-examine adversary witnesses; and appeal shall lie to the superior court from the governor's~~
124-5	~~determination.~~
124-6	~~16-61-6. Powers and duties of authority. --~~ ~~(a) The authority shall be empowered to:~~
124-7	~~(1) Adopt and amend and repeal suitable bylaws for the management of its affairs;~~
124-8	~~(2) Adopt and use the official seal and alter it at its pleasure;~~
124-9	~~(3) Maintain an office at any place or places within the state that it may designate;~~
124-10	~~(4) Establish, own, and operate noncommercial educational television or radio~~
124-11	~~broadcasting stations, one or more public broadcasting and public broadcasting~~
124-12	~~telecommunications networks or systems, and interconnection and program production facilities;~~
124-13	~~(5) Apply for, receive, and hold any authorizations and licenses and assignments and~~
124-14	~~reassignments of channels from the federal communications commission (FCC) as may be~~
124-15	~~necessary to conduct its operations; and prepare and file and prosecute before the FCC all~~
124-16	~~applications, reports, or other documents or requests for authorization of any type necessary or~~
124-17	~~appropriate to achieve the authorized purposes of the authority;~~
124-18	~~(6) Provide coordination and information on matters relating to public broadcasting~~
124-19	~~telecommunications among the agencies of the state government, all facets of Rhode Island~~
124-20	~~public education and individual associations, and institutions working in these fields both within~~
124-21	~~and without the state;~~
124-22	~~(7) Establish state wide equipment compatibility policies and determine the method of~~
124-23	~~interconnection to be employed within the state's public broadcasting system;~~
124-24	~~(8) Assume responsibility for establishing broad programming philosophy which will~~
124-25	~~encourage diversity, quality, and excellence of programming which is released via its facilities.~~
124-26	~~The general manager shall be responsible for implementing programming policy in accordance~~
124-27	~~with the rules and regulations of the federal communications commission;~~
124-28	~~(9) Provide appropriate advisory assistance to other agencies of the state and local and~~
124-29	~~regional groups regarding public broadcasting techniques, planning, budgeting, and related~~
124-30	~~issues;~~
124-31	~~(10) Make to the governor and the legislature any recommendations that the authority~~
124-32	~~deems necessary with regard to appropriations relating to public broadcasting and public~~
124-33	~~broadcasting telecommunications equipment and facilities;~~
125-34	~~(11) Subject to the approval of the governor, receive and administer gifts, contributions,~~
125-35	~~and funds from public and private sources to be expended for public broadcasting and public~~
125-36	~~broadcasting telecommunications operations, facilities, and programming consistent with~~
125-37	~~furthering the purposes of the authority;~~
125-38	~~(12) Cooperate with federal agencies for the purpose of obtaining matching and other~~
125-39	~~federal funds and providing public broadcasting and public broadcasting telecommunications~~
125-40	~~facilities throughout the state and to make any reports that may be required of the state. The~~
125-41	~~authority shall provide appropriate advisory assistance to local school districts and others on these~~
125-42	~~matters;~~
125-43	~~(13) Contract with program production organizations, individuals, and noncommercial~~
125-44	~~educational television and radio stations within and without the state to produce or to procure~~
125-45	~~educational television or radio programs for use by noncommercial stations within the state;~~
125-46	~~(14) Establish and maintain a library and archives of educational television and radio~~
125-47	~~programs and related materials, disseminate information about those programs and make suitable~~
125-48	~~arrangements for the use of the programs and materials by colleges, universities, schools, and~~
125-49	~~noncommercial television and radio stations;~~
125-50	~~(15) Conduct explorations, research, demonstrations, or training in matters related to~~
125-51	~~public broadcasting and public broadcasting telecommunications in the state, directly or through~~
125-52	~~contracts with appropriate agencies, organizations, or individuals, or by grants to nonprofit,~~
125-53	~~noncommercial organizations such as colleges, universities, schools, and noncommercial~~
125-54	~~television and radio stations;~~
125-55	~~(16) Acquire, subject to the provisions of the general laws, through lease, purchase, or other~~
125-56	~~means, real and other property and to hold and use this property for public broadcasting and~~
125-57	~~public broadcasting telecommunications purposes;~~
125-58	~~(17) Contract, subject to the provisions of the general laws, for the construction, repair,~~
125-59	~~maintenance, and operations of public broadcasting and public broadcasting telecommunications~~
125-60	~~facilities including program production center, stations, and interconnection facilities;~~
125-61	~~(18) Make arrangements, where appropriate, with companies or other agencies and~~
125-62	~~institutions operating suitable interconnection facilities (e.g., landlines or satellites);~~
125-63	~~(19) Be empowered to set and collect reasonable fees for services provided through~~
125-64	~~contracts with agencies, companies, organizations, and individuals;~~
125-65	~~(20) Make reasonable rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this chapter.~~
125-66	~~(21) Manage and operate public, education and government (PEG) access studios in~~
125-67	~~compliance with rules promulgated by the division of public utilities and carriers.~~
126-68	~~(22) To conduct a training course for newly appointed and qualified members within six~~
126-69	~~(6) months of their qualification or designation. The course shall be developed by the chair of the~~
126-70	~~authority, approved by the authority, and conducted by the chair of the authority. The authority~~
126-71	~~may approve the use of any authority or staff members or other individuals to assist with training.~~
126-72	~~The training course shall include instruction in the following areas: the provisions of chapters 42-~~
126-73	~~46, 36-14, and 38-2; and the committee's rules and regulations. The director of the department of~~
126-74	~~administration shall, within ninety (90) days of the effective date of this act [March 29, 2006],~~
126-75	~~prepare and disseminate training materials relating to the provisions of chapters 42-46, 36-14, and~~
126-76	~~38-2.~~
126-77	~~(b) In carrying out its powers and duties under this section, the authority shall be~~
126-78	~~empowered to enter into contracts or agreements with any nonprofit entity for the operations in~~
126-79	~~whole or in part of the public telecommunications functions assigned to it by this chapter.~~
126-80	~~16-61-6.2. Acquisition of public education and government television studios and~~
126-81	~~equipment. --~~ ~~(a) No later than December 31, 2006, the division of public utilities and carriers~~
126-82	~~(the Division) shall promulgate rules to allow the transition of management of PEG access~~
126-83	~~television including responsibility for programming the three (3) statewide interconnect channels,~~
126-84	~~and managing interconnect playback in conjunction with its management of PEG playback, from~~
126-85	~~current cable television certificate holders to the Rhode Island public telecommunications~~
126-86	~~authority or its designee.~~
126-87	~~(b) Existing certificate holders may transfer to the Rhode Island public~~
126-88	~~telecommunications authority or its designee the ownership of PEG access studio and playback~~
126-89	~~equipment, and statewide interconnect playback equipment, currently in existing public access~~
126-90	~~studios and playback facilities.~~
126-91	~~(c) The Rhode Island public telecommunications authority or its designee may purchase~~
126-92	~~this equipment from existing certificate holders for the book value of the equipment based on the~~
126-93	~~effective date of the transition.~~
126-94	~~(d) The Rhode Island public telecommunications authority or its designee may assume~~
126-95	~~the leases for public access studios in those facilities where existing certificate holders currently~~
126-96	~~lease space. Studios in buildings owned by existing certificate holders shall be leased by the~~
126-97	~~Rhode Island public telecommunications authority or its designee at fair market value subject to~~
126-98	~~the approval of the division. Employees of existing certificate holders working in public access~~
126-99	~~facilities shall become employees of the Rhode Island public telecommunications authority or its~~
126-100	~~designee on the effective date of the transition.~~
126-101	~~(e) An existing cable television certificate holder may, at its sole discretion, elect to~~
126-102	~~continue to manage PEG access studios within its service area. If an existing cable television~~
127-1	~~certificate holder does elect to continue to operate and manage PEG access studios, it may at any~~
127-2	~~time subsequently elect not to operate PEG access studios and implement the provisions of this~~
127-3	~~section.~~
127-4	~~16-61-7. General manager. --~~ ~~The authority may appoint and determine the~~
127-5	~~compensation of a general manager. The general manager shall devote his or her entire time to~~
127-6	~~the performance of his or her duties and shall hold office at the pleasure of the authority.~~
127-7	~~16-61-8. Duties of the general manager. –~~ ~~The general manager shall have any duties~~
127-8	~~that are defined in this section and in this title and any other additional duties that may be~~
127-9	~~determined by the authority, and shall perform any other duties that may be vested in the general~~
127-10	~~manager by law. In addition to the general supervision of public telecommunications, it shall be~~
127-11	~~the duty of the general manager to:~~
127-12	~~(1) Serve as secretary of the authority and maintain custody of its official seal.~~
127-13	~~(2) Subject to the approval of the authority, appoint any assistants and employees as the~~
127-14	~~authority shall deem necessary, and prescribe their powers and duties.~~
127-15	~~(3) Present annually to the authority for their approval or modification a budget~~
127-16	~~encompassing both operating and capital development areas.~~
127-17	~~(4) Assist the authority in preparing and maintaining a master plan for public~~
127-18	~~telecommunications in the state.~~
127-19	~~16-61-8.1. Longevity payments – Nonclassified employees. --~~ ~~(a) Non-classified~~
127-20	~~employees of the Rhode Island public telecommunications authority, except for non-classified~~
127-21	~~employees already receiving longevity increases, shall be entitled to a longevity payment in the~~
127-22	~~amount of five percent (5%) of base salary after ten (10) years of service and increasing in a total~~
127-23	~~of ten percent (10%) of base salary after twenty (20) years of service. The provisions of this~~
127-24	~~section shall apply only to employees under the grade of nineteen (19). The longevity payments~~
127-25	~~shall not be included in base salary.~~
127-26	~~(b) The telecommunications authority is authorized to promulgate regulations~~
127-27	~~implementing the provisions of this section.~~
127-28	~~(c) Beginning on July 1, 2011, notwithstanding any rule, regulation, or provision of the~~
127-29	~~public laws or general laws to the contrary, there shall be no further longevity increases for~~
127-30	~~employees of the Rhode Island public telecommunications authority; provided, however, for~~
127-31	~~employees with longevity provisions pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement in effect on~~
127-32	~~June 1, 2011, longevity increases shall cease beginning on July 1, 2011 or beginning upon the~~
127-33	~~expiration of the applicable collective bargaining agreement, whichever occurs later. To the~~
127-34	~~extent an employee has previously accrued longevity payments, the amount of the longevity~~
128-1	~~payment earned by the employee for the last pay period in June, 2011 shall be added to the~~
128-2	~~employee's base salary as of June 30, 2011, or in the case of an employee with longevity~~
128-3	~~provisions pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement in effect on June 1, 2011, the amount of~~
128-4	~~the longevity payment earned by the employee for the latter of the last pay period in June or the~~
128-5	~~last pay period prior to the expiration of the applicable collective bargaining agreement shall be~~
128-6	~~added to the employee's base salary as of June 30, 2011 or upon the expiration of the applicable~~
128-7	~~collective bargaining agreement, whichever occurs later.~~
128-8	~~16-61-9. Meaning of terms in existing law. --~~ ~~When in any law, resolution, document,~~
128-9	~~record, instrument, proceeding or other place the words "board of education," "state board of~~
128-10	~~education," or "board of regents for education" as they shall apply to educational television shall~~
128-11	~~appear, they shall be construed to mean the Rhode Island public telecommunications authority.~~
128-12	~~16-61-10. Encumbering of assets. --~~ ~~The authority shall have no power to issue bonds,~~
128-13	~~notes, or other obligations, or to mortgage, pledge, or encumber the assets of the authority or any~~
128-14	~~of its income; and no part of the income or the assets of the authority shall inure to the benefit of~~
128-15	~~any director, officer, employee, or any other individual, except as may be provided as salary or~~
128-16	~~reasonable compensation for services.~~
128-17	~~16-61-11. Political activities prohibited. --~~ ~~The authority shall be prohibited from~~
128-18	~~supporting or opposing any political party or candidate for public office, elective or otherwise,~~
128-19	~~and from attempting to influence the enactment of legislation. The authority shall not be~~
128-20	~~precluded from promoting full discussions of public issues pursuant to rules and regulations that~~
128-21	~~the authority may promulgate.~~
128-22	~~16-61-12. Annual report. --~~ ~~Within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year,~~
128-23	~~the authority shall approve and submit an annual report to the governor, the speaker of the house~~
128-24	~~of representatives, the president of the senate, and secretary of state of its activities during that~~
128-25	~~fiscal year. The report shall provide: an operating statement summarizing meetings or hearings~~
128-26	~~held, including meeting minutes, subjects addressed, decisions rendered, rules or regulations~~
128-27	~~promulgated, studies conducted, policies and plans developed, approved or modified, and~~
128-28	~~programs administered or initiated; a consolidated financial statement of all funds received and~~
128-29	~~expended including the source of the funds, a listing of any staff supported by these funds and a~~
128-30	~~summary of any clerical, administrative or technical support received; a summary of performance~~
128-31	~~during the previous fiscal year including accomplishments, shortcomings and remedies; a~~
128-32	~~synopsis of hearings, complaints, suspensions or other legal matters related to the authority; a~~
128-33	~~summary of any training courses held pursuant to the provisions of this chapter; a briefing on~~
128-34	~~anticipated activities in the upcoming fiscal year; and findings and recommendations for~~
129-1	~~improvements. The authority shall cause an audit of its books and accounts, including the records~~
129-2	~~pertaining to any entity created at the direction and/or under the auspices of the authority, to be~~
129-3	~~made at least once each fiscal year by the auditor general. The report shall be posted~~
129-4	~~electronically on the general assembly's and secretary of state's websites as prescribed in § 42-20-~~
129-5	~~8.2. The director of the department of administration shall be responsible for the enforcement of~~
129-6	~~this provision.~~
129-7	~~16-61-13. Annual appropriation. --~~ ~~The general assembly shall annually appropriate~~
129-8	~~any sums as it deems necessary for the support and maintenance of public telecommunications in~~
129-9	~~the state, and the state controller is authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the~~
129-10	~~general treasurer for the payment of those appropriations or so much of this sum as may be~~
129-11	~~necessary for the purposes appropriated, upon the receipt by the controller of properly~~
129-12	~~authenticated vouchers, as the authority may by rule provide.~~
129-13	~~16-61-14. Liberal construction of chapter required. --~~ ~~This chapter shall be construed~~
129-14	~~liberally in aid of its declared purposes.~~
129-15	~~16-61-15. Severability. --~~ ~~If any provision of this chapter or of any rule or regulation~~
129-16	~~made under this chapter, or its application to any person or circumstance, is held invalid by a~~
129-17	~~court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of the chapter, rule, or regulation and the~~
129-18	~~application of that provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected by the~~
129-19	~~invalidity. The invalidity of any section or sections or parts of any section or sections shall not~~
129-20	~~affect the validity of the remainder of the chapter.~~
129-21	SECTION 66. Sections 16-28-4, 16-28-5 and 16-28-6 of the General Laws in Chapter 16-
129-22	28 entitled "Educational Television" are hereby repealed.
129-23	~~16-28-4. Advisory commission – Appointment and qualification of members. --~~ ~~(a)~~
129-24	~~There is created for the purposes of this chapter the Rhode Island advisory commission on public~~
129-25	~~telecommunications consisting of not less than twenty-five (25) members who shall be appointed~~
129-26	~~by the governor as provided in this section. The members of the commission shall serve three (3)~~
129-27	~~year terms or until their successors have been appointed and duly qualified; provided, upon the~~
129-28	~~initial appointment of members to the commission and upon any expansion of the membership of~~
129-29	~~the commission, the governor shall appoint one third (1/3) of the members to one year terms, one~~
129-30	~~third (1/3) of the members to two (2) year terms, and the remainder of the members to three (3)~~
129-31	~~year terms.~~
129-32	~~(b) The governor shall appoint the chairperson of the commission who shall serve at the~~
129-33	~~governor's pleasure.~~
130-34	~~(2) Appointment shall be made in February of each year by the governor.~~
130-35	~~(c) Vacancies on the commission may be filled by the governor at any time and shall be~~
130-36	~~for the remainder of the unexpired term of the vacancy.~~
130-37	~~(d) The membership of the commission shall include one member of each of the counties~~
130-38	~~of the state and insofar as possible be broadly representative of the different educational, cultural,~~
130-39	~~professional, religious, and social interests of the state.~~
130-40	~~(e) The advisory commission, among other matters as may be appropriate, is authorized~~
130-41	~~and empowered:~~
130-42	~~(1) To advise the general manager respecting his powers pursuant to § 16-61-7, if the~~
130-43	~~Rhode Island public telecommunications authority has appointed a general manager; if the~~
130-44	~~authority has entered into a contract or agreement with a nonprofit entity for the operation of~~
130-45	~~public telecommunications functions pursuant to § 16-61-6, then the advisory committee shall~~
130-46	~~advise the entity concerning educational television programming.~~
130-47	~~(2) To do any other things as may be necessary to assist the general manager in carrying~~
130-48	~~out the powers expressly provided for in § 16-61-7.~~
130-49	~~(f) Additionally, the advisory commission shall:~~
130-50	~~(1) Maintain minutes of all meetings;~~
130-51	~~(2) Delineate its goals and responsibilities;~~
130-52	~~(3) Provide forums at state educational institutions on educational television;~~
130-53	~~(4) Provide for promotional activities in educational television;~~
130-54	~~(5) Have media publicity on educational television;~~
130-55	~~(6) Continue efforts to obtain funding both public and private and establishment of a~~
130-56	~~transmitter needed for the operation of the station;~~
130-57	~~(7) Provide twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per meeting up to three hundred dollars ($300),~~
130-58	~~annually, as compensation for public members for attendance at meetings and travel expenses;~~
130-59	~~(8) Provide a written annual report to the Rhode Island public telecommunications~~
130-60	~~authority of its activities.~~
130-61	~~16-28-5. Organization and functions of advisory commission – Expenses. --~~ ~~(a) The~~
130-62	~~governor shall designate one of the members of the advisory commission as chairperson. The~~
130-63	~~commission shall adopt rules for its own procedure and appoint any other officers from its~~
130-64	~~members as it deems fit.~~
130-65	~~(b) The commission shall have no administrative power but shall confer at regular~~
130-66	~~intervals and cooperate with, advise, and make recommendations to the board of regents for~~
130-67	~~elementary and secondary education in the administration of this chapter.~~
131-68	~~(c) It shall be the duty of the board to consult with the advisory commission on matters~~
131-69	~~relating to the operation of the educational television station, providing, that ultimate policy~~
131-70	~~decisions shall rest with the board.~~
131-71	~~(d) The members of the commission shall serve without compensation, but shall be~~
131-72	~~entitled to receive reimbursement for reasonable actual and necessary expenses incurred in~~
131-73	~~performance of their duties.~~
131-74	~~16-28-6. Appropriations and disbursements. --~~ ~~The general assembly shall annually~~
131-75	~~appropriate a sum sufficient to carry out the purposes of this chapter; and the state controller is~~
131-76	~~authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of the~~
131-77	~~sum, or so much of a sum as may be required, from time to time, upon the receipt by the~~
131-78	~~controller of properly authenticated vouchers.~~
131-79	SECTION 2. Section 17-23-18 of the General Laws in Chapter 17-23 entitled "Election
131-80	Offenses" is hereby amended to read as follows:
131-81	17-23-18. Political advertising from official budgets prohibited. -- (a) No elected
131-82	official shall permit the expenditure of public funds from any official budget under his or her
131-83	authority for any publication, advertisement, broadcast, or telecast of his or her photograph,
131-84	voice, or other likeness to be broadcast or distributed to the public during the one hundred and
131-85	twenty (120) days preceding any primary or general election in which he or she is a candidate.
131-86	(b) This section shall not be construed to prohibit an official from appearing on regular
131-87	capitol television programming operated by the general assembly or on television stations
131-88	operated by ~~the Rhode Island public telecommunications authority~~ the Rhode Island PBS Foundation
131-89	during the period of time or programming of regular or special meetings of city or town councils or
131-90	any local governmental board, agency or other entity.
131-91	SECTION 3. Section 17-25-30 of the General Laws in Chapter 17-25 entitled "Rhode
131-92	Island Campaign Contributions and Expenditures Reporting" is hereby amended to read as
131-93	follows:
131-94	17-25-30. Public financing of election campaigns – Compliance benefits. -- Entitled
131-95	to an additional benefit of free time on community antenna television to be allocated pursuant to
131-96	rules determined by the administrator for the division of public utilities. During all allocated free
131-97	time, the candidate shall personally appear and present the message of the advertisement;
131-98	provided, however, the content of all television time shall include captioning for the deaf and
131-99	hard of hearing and the content of all radio time must be available in a written or text format at
131-100	the time of request; and
131-101	(2) Entitled to an additional benefit of free time on any public broadcasting station
131-102	operating under the jurisdiction of the Rhode Island ~~public telecommunications authority~~ PBS
132-1	foundation pursuant to rules determined by the ~~authority~~ federal communications commission (FCC).
132-2	During all allocated free time, the candidate shall personally appear and personally present the
132-3	message of the advertisement; provided, however, the content of all television time shall include
132-4	captioning for the deaf and hard of hearing and the content of all radio time must be available in a
132-5	written or text format at the time of request.
132-6	SECTION 4. Section 22-13-9 of the General Laws in Chapter 22-13 entitled
132-7	"Auditor General" is hereby amended to read as follows:
132-8	22-13-9. Access to executive sessions of a public agency – Access to records –
132-9	Disclosure by the auditor general. -- (a) Whenever a public agency goes into executive session,
132-10	the auditor general or his or her designated representative shall be permitted to attend the
132-11	executive session or if the auditor general or his or her designee is not in attendance at the
132-12	executive session, the auditor general or his or her designee, upon written request, shall be
132-13	furnished with copies of all data or materials furnished to the members of the public agency at the
132-14	executive session. If the auditor general or his or her designee attends the executive session, the
132-15	auditor general shall be furnished the same data in the same form and at the same time as
132-16	members of the public agency.
132-17	(b) Within three (3) working days of a written request by the auditor general, the public
132-18	agency shall furnish a copy, whether approved by the agency or not, of the minutes of any
132-19	meeting, including any executive session of the public agency.
132-20	(c) The auditor general shall have full and unlimited access to any and all records of any
132-21	public agency, in whatever form or mode the records may be, unless the auditor general's access
132-22	to the records is specifically prohibited or limited by federal or state law. In no case shall any
132-23	confidentiality provisions of state law be construed to restrict the auditor general's access to the
132-24	records; provided, the auditor general's access to any confidential data shall not in any way
132-25	change the confidential nature of the data obtained. Where an audit or investigative finding
132-26	emanates from confidential data, specific confidential information will not be made public. The
132-27	records shall include those in the immediate possession of a public agency as well as records
132-28	which the agency itself has a right to. In the event of a dispute between the agency involved and
132-29	the auditor general as to whether or not the data involved are confidential by law, the matter will
132-30	be referred to the attorney general for resolution.
132-31	(d) If in the course of an executive session any fact comes to the attention of the auditor
132-32	general or his or her designated representative, which in his or her judgment constitutes an
132-33	impropriety, irregularity, or illegal transaction, or points to the onset of an impropriety or illegal
132-34	transaction, then the auditor general shall disclose that information to the joint committee on
133-1	legislative services, the director of administration, and the chairperson of the public agency
133-2	involved. Where the facts or the data upon which the facts are based are deemed confidential
133-3	pursuant to the provisions of federal or state law, the auditor general's access to the information
133-4	shall not in any way change the confidential nature of the data obtained.
133-5	(2) In the event of a dispute between the agency involved and the auditor general as to
133-6	whether or not the data involved are confidential by law, the matter will be referred to the
133-7	attorney general for resolution.
133-8	(e) The auditor general or his or her designated representative shall be immune from any
133-9	liability to any party for claims arising out of disclosure authorized by this section.
133-10	(f) For the purposes of this section, the phrase "public agency" shall include the
133-11	following: the Rhode Island industrial building authority, the Rhode Island recreational building
133-12	authority, the Rhode Island economic development corporation, the Rhode Island industrial
133-13	facilities corporation, the Rhode Island refunding bond authority, the Rhode Island housing and
133-14	mortgage finance corporation, the Rhode Island resource recovery corporation, the Rhode Island
133-15	public transit authority, the Rhode Island student loan authority, the water resources board, the
133-16	Rhode Island health and educational building corporation, the Rhode Island higher education
133-17	assistance authority, the Rhode Island turnpike and bridge authority, the Narragansett Bay
133-18	commission, ~~Rhode Island public telecommunications authority~~, the convention center authority,
133-19	~~channel 36 foundation,~~ their successors and assigns, and any other body corporate and politic which
133-20	has been or which is subsequently created or established within this state.
133-21	SECTION 5. Chapter 39-19 of the General Laws entitled "Community Antenna Television
133-22	Systems" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:
133-23	39-19-6.1. Public education and government television studios and equipment. -- (a)
133-24	The division shall be empowered to manage and operate public, education and government (PEG)
133-25	access television in Rhode Island; provided, however, that an existing cable television certificate
133-26	holder may, at its sole discretion, and for as long as it desires to do so, elect to continue to manage a
133-27	PEG access studio within its service area.
133-28	(b) In carrying out the purposes of this section, the division may designate another entity,
133-29	whether public or private, to actually manage the day-to-day operations of any PEG access studios
133-30	not being actively managed and operated by an existing cable television certificate holder. These
133-31	day-to-day operations shall include the responsibility of programming statewide interconnect
133-32	channels, and managing interconnect playback in conjunction with the management of PEG
133-33	playback.
134-34	(c) The division shall fund the operations authorized under this section through PEG access
134-35	and interconnect fees, which shall be established by the division following public hearing and notice
134-36	to the state’s cable television certificate holders. Such fees shall be paid by the state’s cable television
134-37	certificate holders, who may in turn pass through such expenses to their respective subscribers in
134-38	accordance with federal law.
134-39	(d) In furtherance of exercising this authority, the division shall promulgate such reasonable
134-40	rules and regulations that the division deems necessary to carry out its responsibilities.
134-41	SECTION 6. This article shall take effect as of July 1, 2013.
134-42	ARTICLE 19
134-43	RELATING TO MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
134-44	SECTION 1. Sections 40-8-13.4 and 40-8-19 of the General Laws in Chapter 40-8 entitled
134-45	"Medical Assistance" are hereby amended to read as follows:
134-46	40-8-13.4. Rate methodology for payment for in state and out of state hospital services.-
134-47	- (a) The ~~department~~ executive office of health and human services shall implement a new
134-48	methodology for payment for in state and out of state hospital services in order to ensure access to
134-49	and the provision of high quality and cost-effective hospital care to its eligible recipients.
134-50	(b) In order to improve efficiency and cost effectiveness, the ~~department~~ executive office of
134-51	health and human services shall:
134-52	(1) With respect to inpatient services for persons in fee for service Medicaid, which is non-
134-53	managed care, implement a new payment methodology for inpatient services utilizing the Diagnosis
134-54	Related Groups (DRG) method of payment, which is, a patient classification method which provides
134-55	a means of relating payment to the hospitals to the type of patients cared for by the hospitals. It is
134-56	understood that a payment method based on Diagnosis Related Groups may include cost outlier
134-57	payments and other specific exceptions. The ~~department~~ executive office will review the DRG
134-58	payment method and the DRG base price annually, making adjustments as appropriate in
134-59	consideration of such elements as trends in hospital input costs, patterns in hospital coding,
134-60	beneficiary access to care, and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services national CMS
134-61	Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Hospital Input Price index.
134-62	(B) With respect to inpatient services, (i) it is required as of January 1, 2011 until December
134-63	31, 2011, that the Medicaid managed care payment rates between each hospital and health plan shall
134-64	not exceed ninety and one tenth percent (90.1%) of the rate in effect as of June 30, 2010. Negotiated
134-65	increases in inpatient hospital payments for each annual twelve (12) month period beginning January
134-66	1, 2012 may not exceed the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services national CMS Prospective
134-67	Payment System (IPPS) Hospital Input Price index for the applicable period; (ii) provided, however,
134-68	for the twelve (12) month period beginning July 1, 2013 the Medicaid managed care payment rates
135-1	between each hospital and health plan shall not exceed the payment rates in effect as of January 1,
135-2	2013; (iii) negotiated increases in inpatient hospital payments for each annual twelve (12) month
135-3	period beginning July 1, 2014 may not exceed the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
135-4	national CMS Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Hospital Input Price Index, less Productivity
135-5	Adjustment, for the applicable period; (iv) The Rhode Island ~~department~~ executive office of health
135-6	and human services will develop an audit methodology and process to assure that savings associated
135-7	with the payment reductions will accrue directly to the Rhode Island Medicaid program through
135-8	reduced managed care plan payments and shall not be retained by the managed care plans; ~~(iii)~~ (v)
135-9	All hospitals licensed in Rhode Island shall accept such payment rates as payment in full; and ~~(iv)~~
135-10	(vi) for all such hospitals, compliance with the provisions of this section shall be a condition of
135-11	participation in the Rhode Island Medicaid program.
135-12	(2) With respect to outpatient services and notwithstanding any provisions of the law to the
135-13	contrary, for persons enrolled in fee for service Medicaid, the ~~department~~ executive office will
135-14	reimburse hospitals for outpatient services using a rate methodology determined by the ~~department~~
135-15	executive office and in accordance with federal regulations. Fee-for-service outpatient rates shall
135-16	align with Medicare payments for similar services. ~~Changes~~ Notwithstanding the above, there shall
135-17	be no increase in the Medicaid fee-for-service outpatient rates effective July 1, 2013. Thereafter,
135-18	changes to outpatient rates will be implemented on July 1 each year and shall align with Medicare
135-19	payments for similar services from the prior federal fiscal year. With respect to the outpatient rate, (i)
135-20	it is required as of January 1, 2011 until December 31, 2011, that the Medicaid managed care
135-21	payment rates between each hospital and health plan shall not exceed one hundred percent (100%) of
135-22	the rate in effect as of June 30, 2010. Negotiated increases in hospital outpatient payments for each
135-23	annual twelve (12) month period beginning January 1, 2012 may not exceed the Centers for
135-24	Medicare and Medicaid Services national CMS Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)
135-25	hospital price index for the applicable period.; (ii) provided, however, for the twelve (12) month
135-26	period beginning July 1, 2013 the Medicaid managed care outpatient payment rates between each
135-27	hospital and health plan shall not exceed the payment rates in effect as of January 1, 2013; (iii)
135-28	negotiated increases in outpatient hospital payments for each annual twelve (12) month period
135-29	beginning July 1, 2014 may not exceed the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services national
135-30	CMS Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) Hospital Input Price Index, less Productivity
135-31	Adjustment, for the applicable period.
135-32	(c) It is intended that payment utilizing the Diagnosis Related Groups method shall reward
135-33	hospitals for providing the most efficient care, and provide the department executive office the
135-34	opportunity to conduct value based purchasing of inpatient care.
136-1	(d) The ~~director~~ secretary of the ~~department~~ executive office of health and human services
136-2	~~and/or the secretary of executive office of health and human services~~ is hereby authorized to
136-3	promulgate such rules and regulations consistent with this chapter, and to establish fiscal procedures
136-4	he or she deems necessary for the proper implementation and administration of this chapter in order
136-5	to provide payment to hospitals using the Diagnosis Related Group payment methodology.
136-6	Furthermore, amendment of the Rhode Island state plan for medical assistance (Medicaid) pursuant
136-7	to Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act is hereby authorized to provide for payment to
136-8	hospitals for services provided to eligible recipients in accordance with this chapter.
136-9	(e) The ~~department~~ executive office shall comply with all public notice requirements
136-10	necessary to implement these rate changes.
136-11	(f) As a condition of participation in the DRG methodology for payment of hospital services,
136-12	every hospital shall submit year-end settlement reports to the ~~department~~ executive office within one
136-13	year from the close of a hospital’s fiscal year. Should a participating hospital fail to timely submit a
136-14	year-end settlement report as required by this section, the ~~department~~ executive office shall withhold
136-15	financial cycle payments due by any state agency with respect to this hospital by not more than ten
136-16	percent (10%) until said report is submitted. For hospital fiscal year 2010 and all subsequent fiscal
136-17	years, hospitals will not be required to submit year-end settlement reports on payments for outpatient
136-18	services. For hospital fiscal year 2011 and all subsequent fiscal years, hospitals will not be required
136-19	to submit year-end settlement reports on claims for hospital inpatient services. Further, for hospital
136-20	fiscal year 2010, hospital inpatient claims subject to settlement shall include only those claims
136-21	received between October 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010.
136-22	(g) The provisions of this section shall be effective upon implementation of the amendments
136-23	and new payment methodology pursuant to this section and § 40-8-13.3, which shall in any event be
136-24	no later than March 30, 2010, at which time the provisions of §§ 40-8-13.2, 27-19-14, 27-19-15, and
136-25	27-19-16 shall be repealed in their entirety.
136-26	~~(h) The director of the Department of Human Services shall establish an independent study~~
136-27	~~commission comprised of representatives of the hospital network, representatives from the~~
136-28	~~communities the hospitals serve, state and local policy makers and any other stakeholders or~~
136-29	~~consumers interested in improving the access and affordability of hospital care.~~
136-30	~~The study commission shall assist the director in identifying: issues of concern and priorities~~
136-31	~~in the community hospital system, the delivery of services and rate structures, including graduate~~
136-32	~~medical education and training programs; and opportunities for building sustainable and effective~~
136-33	~~pubic-private partnerships that support the missions of the department and the state’s community~~
136-34	~~hospitals.~~
137-1	~~The director of the Department of Human Services shall report to the chairpersons of the~~
137-2	~~House and Senate Finance Committees the findings and recommendations of the study commission~~
137-3	~~by December 31, 2010.~~
137-4	40-8-19. Rates of payment to nursing facilities. -- (a) Rate reform. (1) The rates to be paid
137-5	by the state to nursing facilities licensed pursuant to chapter 17 of title 23, and certified to participate
137-6	in the Title XIX Medicaid program for services rendered to Medicaid-eligible residents, shall be
137-7	reasonable and adequate to meet the costs which must be incurred by efficiently and economically
137-8	operated facilities in accordance with 42 U.S.C. § 1396a(a)(13). The executive office of health and
137-9	human services shall promulgate or modify the principles of reimbursement for nursing facilities in
137-10	effect as of July 1, 2011 to be consistent with the provisions of this section and Title XIX, 42 U.S.C.
137-11	§ 1396 et seq., of the Social Security Act.
137-12	(2) The executive office of health and human services (“Executive Office”) shall review the
137-13	current methodology for providing Medicaid payments to nursing facilities, including other long-
137-14	term care services providers, and is authorized to modify the principles of reimbursement to replace
137-15	the current cost based methodology rates with rates based on a price based methodology to be paid to
137-16	all facilities with recognition of the acuity of patients and the relative Medicaid occupancy, and to
137-17	include the following elements to be developed by the executive office:
137-18	(i) A direct care rate adjusted for resident acuity;
137-19	(ii) An indirect care rate comprised of a base per diem for all facilities;
137-20	(iii) A rearray of costs for all facilities every three (3) years beginning October, 2015, which
137-21	may or may not result in automatic per diem revisions;
137-22	(iv) Application of a fair rental value system;
137-23	(v) Application of a pass-through system; and
137-24	(vi) Adjustment of rates by the change in a recognized national nursing home inflation index
137-25	to be applied on October 1st of each year, beginning October 1, 2012. This adjustment will not occur
137-26	on October 1, 2013, but will resume on October 1, 2014. Said inflation index shall be applied without
137-27	regard for the transition factor in subsection (b)(2) below.
137-28	(b) Transition to full implementation of rate reform. For no less than four (4) years after the
137-29	initial application of the price-based methodology described in subdivision (a)(2) to payment rates,
137-30	the ~~department~~ executive office of health and human services shall implement a transition plan to
137-31	moderate the impact of the rate reform on individual nursing facilities. Said transition shall include
137-32	the following components:
137-33	(1) No nursing facility shall receive reimbursement for direct care costs that is less than the
137-34	rate of reimbursement for direct care costs received under the methodology in effect at the time of
138-1	passage of this act; and
138-2	(2) No facility shall lose or gain more than five dollars ($5.00) in its total per diem rate the
138-3	first year of the transition. The adjustment to the per diem loss or gain may be phased out by twenty-
138-4	five percent (25%) each year; and
138-5	(3) The transition plan and/or period may be modified upon full implementation of facility
138-6	per diem rate increases for quality of care related measures. Said modifications shall be submitted in
138-7	a report to the general assembly at least six (6) months prior to implementation.
138-8	SECTION 2. Title 40 of the General Laws entitled "HUMAN SERVICES" is hereby
138-9	amended by adding thereto the following chapter:
138-10	CHAPTER 40-8.11
138-11	HEALTH CARE FOR ADULTS
138-12	40-8.11-1. Purpose. -- Pursuant to section 42-12.3-2, it is the intent of the general assembly
138-13	to create access to comprehensive health care for uninsured Rhode Islanders. The Rhode Island
138-14	Medicaid program has become an important source of insurance coverage for low income pregnant
138-15	women, families with children, elders, and persons with disabilities who might not be able otherwise
138-16	to obtain or afford health care. Under the U.S. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of
138-17	2010, all Americans will be required to have health insurance, with some exceptions, beginning in
138-18	2014. Federal funding is available with ACA implementation to help pay for health insurance for low
138-19	income adults, ages nineteen (19) to sixty-four (64), who do not qualify for Medicaid eligibility
138-20	under Rhode Island general and public laws. It is the intent of the general assembly, therefore, to
138-21	implement the Medicaid expansion for childless adults authorized by the ACA, to extend health
138-22	insurance coverage to these Rhode Islanders and further the goal established in section 42-12.3-2
138-23	in1993.
138-24	40-8.11-2. Eligibility.-- (a) Medicaid coverage for non-pregnant adults without children.
138-25	There is hereby established, effective January 1, 2014, a category of Medicaid eligibility pursuant to
138-26	Title XIX of the Social Security Act, as amended by the U.S. Patient Protection and Affordable Care
138-27	Act (ACA) of 2010, 42 U.S.C. section 1396u-1, for adults ages nineteen (19) to sixty-four (64) who
138-28	do not have children and do not qualify for Medicaid under Rhode Island general laws applying to
138-29	families with children and adults who are blind, aged or living with a disability. The executive office
138-30	of health and human services is directed to make any amendments to the Medicaid state plan and
138-31	waiver authorities established under title XIX necessary to implement this expansion in eligibility
138-32	and assure the maximum federal contribution for health insurance coverage provided pursuant to this
138-33	chapter.
139-34	(b) Income. The secretary of the executive office of health and human services is authorized
139-35	and directed to amend the Medicaid Title XIX state plan and, as deemed necessary, any waiver
139-36	authority to effectuate this expansion of coverage to any Rhode Islander who qualifies for Medicaid
139-37	eligibility under this chapter with income at or below one hundred and thirty-eight percent (138%)
139-38	the federal poverty level, based on modified adjusted gross income.
139-39	(c) Delivery system. The executive office of health and human services is authorized and
139-40	directed to apply for and obtain any waiver authorities necessary to provide persons eligible under
139-41	this chapter with managed, coordinated health care coverage consistent with the principles set forth
139-42	in section 42-12.4, pertaining to a health care home.
139-43	SECTION 3. Section 42-12.4-8 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-12.4 entitled "The Rhode
139-44	Island Medicaid Reform Act of 2008" is hereby amended to read as follows:
139-45	42-12.4-8. ~~Demonstration termination. --~~ Demonstration expiration or termination.- In
139-46	the event the demonstration is suspended or terminated for any reason, or in the event that the
139-47	demonstration expires, ~~the department of human services, in conjunction with~~ the executive office of
139-48	health and human services, is directed and authorized to apply for ~~and obtain all waivers~~ an
139-49	extension or renewal of the section 1115 research and demonstration waiver or any new waiver(s)
139-50	that, at a minimum, ensure continuation of the waiver authorities in existence prior to the acceptance
139-51	of the demonstration. The office shall ensure that any such actions are conducted in accordance with
139-52	applicable federal guidelines pertaining to section 1115 demonstration waiver renewals, extensions,
139-53	suspensions or terminations. The ~~department of human services and the~~ executive office of health
139-54	and human services to the extent possible shall ensure that said ~~waivers~~ waiver authorities are
139-55	reinstated prior to any suspension, termination, or expiration of the demonstration.
139-56	SECTION 4. This article shall take effect upon passage.
139-57	ARTICLE 20
139-58	RELATING TO MEDICAID REFORM ACT OF 2008
139-59	SECTION 1. Rhode Island Medicaid Reform Act of 2008.
139-60	WHEREAS, the General Assembly enacted Chapter 12.4 of Title 42 entitled “The Rhode
139-61	Island Medicaid Reform Act of 2008”; and
139-62	WHEREAS, a Joint Resolution is required pursuant to Rhode Island General Laws § 42-
139-63	12.4-1, et seq.; and
139-64	WHEREAS, Rhode Island General Law § 42-12.4-7 provides that any change that requires
139-65	the implementation of a rule or regulation or modification of a rule or regulation in existence prior to
139-66	the implementation of the global consumer choice section 1115 demonstration (“the demonstration”)
139-67	shall require prior approval of the general assembly; and further provides that any category II change
139-68	or category III change as defined in the demonstration shall also require prior approval by the general
140-1	assembly; and
140-2	WHEREAS, Rhode Island General Law § 42-7.2-5 provides that the Secretary of the Office
140-3	of Health and Human Services is responsible for the “review and coordination of any Global
140-4	Consumer Choice Compact Waiver requests and renewals as well as any initiatives and proposals
140-5	requiring amendments to the Medicaid state plan or category II or III changes” as described in the
140-6	demonstration, with “the potential to affect the scope, amount, or duration of publicly-funded health
140-7	care services, provider payments or reimbursements, or access to or the availability of benefits and
140-8	services as provided by Rhode Island general and public laws”; and
140-9	WHEREAS, in pursuit of a more cost-effective consumer choice system of care that is
140-10	fiscally sound and sustainable, the secretary requests general assembly approval of the following
140-11	proposals to amend the demonstration:
140-12	(a) Nursing Facility Payment Rates – Eliminate Rate Increase. The Medicaid agency
140-13	proposes to eliminate the projected nursing facility rate increase and associated hospice rate increase
140-14	that would otherwise become effective during state fiscal year 2014. A Category II change is
140-15	required to implement this proposal under the terms and conditions of the Global Consumer Choice
140-16	Compact Waiver. Further, this change may also require the adoption of new or amended rules,
140-17	regulations and procedures.
140-18	(b) Medicaid Hospital Payment Rates – Eliminate Adjustments. The Medicaid single state
140-19	agency proposes to reduce hospital payments by eliminating the projected inpatient and outpatient
140-20	hospital rate increase for state fiscal year 2014. A Category II change is required to implement this
140-21	proposal under the terms and conditions of the Global Consumer Choice Compact Waiver. Further,
140-22	this change may also require the adoption of new or amended rules, regulations and procedures.
140-23	(c) Integrated Care Initiative – Implementation Phase-in. The Medicaid single state agency
140-24	proposes to continue implementation of the Medicaid Integrated Care Initiative for Adults authorized
140-25	under the Rhode Island Medicaid Reform Act of 2008, as amended in 2011. Moving the initiative
140-26	forward may require Category II changes under the terms and conditions of the Global Consumer
140-27	Choice Compact Waiver and the adoption of new or amended rules, regulations and procedures.
140-28	(d) BHDDH System Reforms – Implementation of Employment First and Housing First
140-29	Initiative. As part of ongoing reforms promoting rehabilitation services that enhance a person’s
140-30	dignity, self-worth and connection to the community, the Department of Behavioral Healthcare,
140-31	Developmental Disabilities, and Hospitals proposes to change Medicaid financing to support the
140-32	Employment First and Housing First initiatives. Both initiatives use reductions in Medicaid payments
140-33	to provide incentives for service alternatives that optimize health and independence. The resulting
140-34	changes in payment rates may require Category II changes under the terms and conditions of the
141-1	Global Consumer Choice Compact Waiver and the adoption of new or amended rules, regulations
141-2	and procedures.
141-3	(e) Costs Not Otherwise Matchable (CNOM) Federal Funding. Implementation of the U.S.
141-4	Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 will render it unnecessary for the Medicaid
141-5	agency to continue to pursue federal CNOM funding for services to certain newly Medicaid eligible
141-6	populations served by the Executive Office of Health and Human Services, the Department of
141-7	Human Services and the Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and
141-8	Hospitals. Category II changes may be necessary under the terms and conditions of the Global
141-9	Consumer Choice Compact Waiver to facilitate the transition of the affected people and services to
141-10	full Medicaid coverage.
141-11	(f) Medicaid Requirements and Opportunities under the U.S. Patient Protection and
141-12	Affordable Care Act of 2010. The Medicaid agency proposes to pursue any requirements and/or
141-13	opportunities established under the U.S. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 that may
141-14	warrant a Category II or III change under the terms and conditions of the Global Consumer Choice
141-15	Compact Waiver. Any such actions the Medicaid agency takes shall not have an adverse impact on
141-16	beneficiaries or cause there to be an increase in expenditures beyond the amount appropriated for
141-17	state fiscal year 2014.
141-18	Now, therefore, be it
141-19	RESOLVED, that the general assembly hereby approves proposals (a) through (f) listed
141-20	above to amend the demonstration; and be it further
141-21	RESOLVED, that the secretary of the office of health and human services is authorized to
141-22	pursue and implement any waiver amendments, category II or category III changes, state plan
141-23	amendments and/or changes to the applicable department’s rules, regulations and procedures
141-24	approved herein and as authorized by § 42-12.4-7.
141-25	SECTION 2. This article shall take effect upon passage.
141-26	ARTICLE 21
141-27	RELATING TO RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY
141-28	SECTION 1. Section 42-11-2.4 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-11 entitled "Department
141-29	of Administration" is hereby amended to read as follows:
141-30	42-11-2.4. State Fleet Replacement Revolving Loan Fund. -- (a) There is hereby created
141-31	as a separate fund within the treasury to be known as the state fleet replacement revolving loan fund
141-32	which shall be administered by the general treasurer in accordance with the same laws and fiscal
141-33	procedures as the general funds of the state. This fund, hereafter referred to as the "revolving loan
141-34	fund", shall consist of such sums as the state may from time to time appropriate, as well as money
142-1	received from the disposal of used vehicles, loan, interest and service charge payments from
142-2	benefiting state agencies, as well as interest earnings, money received from the federal government,
142-3	gifts, bequests, donations, or otherwise from any public or private source.
142-4	(b) This fund shall be used for the purpose of acquiring motor vehicles, both new and used,
142-5	and vehicle-related equipment and attachments for state departments and agencies.
142-6	(c) The proceeds from the repayment of any loans made for the purposes authorized under
142-7	this chapter shall be deposited in and returned to the revolving loan fund in order to constitute a
142-8	continuing revolving fund for the purposes listed above.
142-9	(d) The office of state fleet operations of the Rhode Island department of administration shall
142-10	adopt rules and regulations consistent with the purposes of this chapter and chapter 35 of title 42, in
142-11	order to provide for the orderly and equitable disbursement and repayment of funds from the
142-12	revolving loan fund.
142-13	(e) Provided; however, a total of four million two hundred thousand dollars ($4,200,000)
142-14	shall be made available as a direct grant from the revolving loan fund for the required twenty percent
142-15	(20%) match for the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority to obtain federal funds to purchase buses
142-16	through FY 2017. Any such sums need not be repaid to the revolving loan fund.
142-17	SECTION 2. This article shall take effect upon passage.
142-18	ARTICLE 22
142-19	RELATING TO DEBT MANAGEMENT ACT JOINT RESOLUTION
142-20	SECTION 1. Historic Preservation Tax Credit Fund
142-21	WHEREAS, the General Assembly finds that the State of Rhode Island tax credits earned
142-22	pursuant to Rhode Island General Laws sections 44-33.2-1 et seq. (the "Historic Tax Credits") have
142-23	had and continue to have the desired effect of stimulating, promoting and encouraging the
142-24	redevelopment and reuse of historic structures by modern commercial, residential and manufacturing
142-25	enterprises in order to foster civic beauty, promote public education, pleasure and welfare and
142-26	otherwise generally improve and enhance the long-term economic well-being of the citizens and
142-27	municipalities of the State of Rhode Island; and
142-28	WHEREAS, the 2008 General Assembly authorized Rhode Island Economic Development
142-29	Corporation (the "RIEDC") to issue not more than three hundred fifty-six million two hundred
142-30	thousand dollars ($356.2 million) of Revenue Bonds – Historic Structures Tax Credit Financing
142-31	Taxable Series to assist in the future cost of the Historic Structures Tax Credit Program; and
142-32	WHEREAS, this than three hundred fifty-six million two hundred thousand dollars ($356.2
142-33	million) authorization included two hundred ninety-nine million nine hundred thousand dollars
142-34	($299.9 million) to be deposited into the project fund, and the balance was authorized for a debt
143-1	service reserve fund and cost of issuance; and
143-2	WHEREAS, since 2008, 15 projects have abandoned more than twenty five million ($25.0
143-3	million) in tax credits, a portion of which could be reallocated or reissued; and
143-4	WHEREAS, there is a potential for additional abandoned projects should projects fail to
143-5	meet substantial construction requirements on or before May 15, 2013; and
143-6	WHEREAS, allowing the abandoned tax credits to be reissued would stimulate and
143-7	encourage the redevelopment and reuse of historic structures by modern commercial, residential and
143-8	manufacturing enterprises in order to foster civic beauty, promote public education, pleasure and
143-9	welfare and otherwise generally improve and further enhance the long-term economic well-being of
143-10	the citizens and municipalities of the State of Rhode Island; now, therefore, be it
143-11	RESOLVED, that the RIEDC is authorized to continue with the financing as detailed in the
143-12	2008 Joint Resolution and the General Assembly hereby reaffirms the RIEDC’s issuance of not more
143-13	than $356.2 million in Bonds; and be it further
143-14	RESOLVED, that the original amount of bonds authorized to be issued for deposit in the
143-15	project fund of $299.9 million shall be the maximum amount that can be issued to pay processing
143-16	fee reimbursements on abandoned projects and to reimburse the State of Rhode Island for tax credits
143-17	issued on original or replacement projects, recognizing that savings from currently abandoned
143-18	projects have primarily offset the lower interest earnings on bond proceeds and the processing fees
143-19	originally anticipated in 2008; and be it further
143-20	RESOLVED, that the RIEDC is authorized to use the Bond proceeds to pay processing fee
143-21	reimbursements on abandoned projects and to reimburse the State of Rhode Island for Historic Tax
143-22	Credits approved in accordance with Rhode Island General Laws chapter 44-33.2 as well as any
143-23	replacement project approved on or after July 1, 2012; and be it further
143-24	RESOLVED, that the RIEDC shall continue to request the Governor to include in each of the
143-25	fiscal years following the issuance of the Bonds by the RIEDC an amount equal to the debt service of
143-26	the Bonds pursuant to the terms set forth in this Resolution; and be it further
143-27	RESOLVED, that neither the Bonds nor the Payment Agreement shall constitute
143-28	indebtedness of the State or any of its subdivisions or a debt for which the full faith and credit of the
143-29	State or any of its subdivisions is pledged, except to the extent that the State appropriates funds for
143-30	the Bonds or the Payment Agreement subject to annual budget appropriations.
143-31	SECTION 2. This article shall take effect upon passage.
143-32	ARTICLE 23
143-33	RELATING TO HISTORIC STRUCTURES – TAX CREDIT
144-34	SECTION 1. Section 44-33.2-2 of the General Laws in Chapter 44-33.2 entitled "Historic
144-35	Structures – Tax Credit" is hereby amended to read as follows:
144-36	44-33.2-2. Definitions. -- As used in this chapter:
144-37	(1) "Abandoned Project" means a certified rehabilitation approved as of May 15, 2008 that
144-38	has voluntarily withdrawn and forfeited any rights to tax credits under this chapter or a certified
144-39	rehabilitation approved as of May 15, 2008 that has not met substantial construction on or before
144-40	May 15, 2013.
144-41	~~(1)~~(2) “Certified historic structure” means a property which is located in the state of Rhode
144-42	Island and is:
144-43	(i) Listed individually on the National Register of Historic Places; or
144-44	(ii) Listed individually in the state register of historic places; or
144-45	(iii) Located in a registered historic district and certified by either the commission or
144-46	Secretary of the Interior as being of historic significance to the district.
144-47	~~(2)~~(3) “Certified rehabilitation” means any rehabilitation of a certified historic structure
144-48	consistent with the historic character of such property or the district in which the property is located
144-49	as determined by the commission guidelines.
144-50	~~(3)~~(4) “Commission” means the Rhode Island historical preservation and heritage
144-51	commission created pursuant to Chapter 44-3-3.
144-52	(5) "Economic Development Corporation" means the Rhode Island economic development
144-53	corporation created pursuant to chapter 42-64.
144-54	~~(4)~~(6) “Exempt from real property tax” means, with respect to any certified historic structure,
144-55	that the structure is exempt from taxation pursuant to Chapter 44-3-3.
144-56	~~(5)~~(7)“Holding period” means twenty-four (24) months after the commission issues a
144-57	certificate of completed work to the owner. In the case of a rehabilitation which may reasonably be
144-58	expected to be completed in phases as described in subdivision (10) of this section, “holding period”
144-59	shall be extended to include a period of time beginning on the date of issuance of a certificate of
144-60	completed work for the first phase or phases for which a certificate of completed work is issued for
144-61	the last phase.
144-62	~~(6)~~(8) “Placed in service” means that substantial rehabilitation work has been completed
144-63	which would allow for occupancy of the entire structure or some identifiable portion of the structure,
144-64	or the owner has commenced depreciation of the qualified rehabilitation expenditures, whichever
144-65	occurs first.
144-66	~~(7)~~(9)“Principal residence” means the principal residence of the owner within the meaning of
144-67	§ 121 of the Internal Revenue Code [26 U.S.C § 121] or any successor provision.
145-68	~~(8)~~(10) “Qualified rehabilitation expenditures” means any amounts expended in the
145-69	rehabilitation of a certified historic structure properly capitalized to the building and either: (i)
145-70	depreciable under the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C § 1 et seq., or (ii) made with respect to
145-71	property (other than the principal residence of the owner) held for sale by the owner. Fees pursuant to
145-72	§ 44-33.2-4(d) are not qualified rehabilitation expenditures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, except in
145-73	the case of a nonprofit corporation, there will be deducted from qualified rehabilitation expenditures
145-74	for the purposes of calculating the tax credit any funds made available to the person (including any
145-75	entity specified in § 44-33.2.-3(a)) incurring the qualified rehabilitation expenditures in the form of a
145-76	direct grant from a federal, state or local governmental entity or agency or instrumentality of
145-77	government. Qualified rehabilitation expenditures shall be limited on replacement projects to
145-78	qualified expenditures incurred and actually paid.
145-79	~~(9)~~(11) “Registered historic district” means any district listed in the National Register of
145-80	Historic Places, or the state register of historic places.
145-81	(12) "Replacement Project" means any certified historic structure project approved after July
145-82	1, 2012 pursuant to section 44-33.2-3.1.
145-83	(13) "Scattered Site Development" means a development project for which the developer
145-84	seeks unified financing to rehabilitate dwelling units in two (2) or more buildings located in an area
145-85	that is defined by a neighborhood revitalization plan and is not more than one mile in diameter.
145-86	(14) "Substantial Construction" means that: (i) the owner of a certified historic structure has
145-87	entered into a contract with the division of taxation and paid the processing fee; (ii) the commission
145-88	has certified that the certified historic structure’s rehabilitation will be consistent with the standards
145-89	set forth in section 44-33.2-4 and (iii) the owner has expended ten percent (10%) of its qualified
145-90	rehabilitation expenditures, estimated in the contract entered into with the division of taxation for the
145-91	project or its first phase of a phased project, or has amended the contract to provide for abandonment
145-92	of a portion of credits due to a change in the scope of the project.
145-93	~~(10)~~(15) “Substantial rehabilitation” means, with respect to a certified historic structure, that
145-94	the qualified rehabilitation expenses of the building during the twenty-four (24) month period
145-95	selected by the taxpayer ending with or within the taxable year exceed fifty (50%) of the adjusted
145-96	basis in such building and its structural components as of the beginning of such period. In the case of
145-97	rehabilitation, which may reasonably be expected to be completed in phases set forth in architectural
145-98	plans and specifications competed before the rehabilitation begins, the above definition shall be
145-99	applied by substituting “sixty (60) month period” for “twenty-four (24) month period”.
145-100	SECTION 2. Chapter 44-33.2 of the General Laws entitled "Historic Structures – Tax
145-101	Credit" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:
146-102	44-33.2-3.1. Replacement Projects. -- (a) The tax administrator shall make available to the
146-103	economic development corporation, the department of labor and training, and the commission any
146-104	information and/or data that the administrator may consider necessary to administer this chapter.
146-105	(b) On July 1, 2013, and every month thereafter, the division of taxation shall report to the
146-106	economic development corporation, the commission, the state budget officer, the house fiscal advisor
146-107	and the senate fiscal advisor on all abandoned projects along with the estimated tax credits for said
146-108	projects. The division of taxation shall also report the cumulative investment earnings and processing
146-109	fees received and processing fees reimbursed, in order to provide the economic development
146-110	corporation and the commission with the maximum limit of replacement projects that can be
146-111	awarded.
146-112	(c) The economic development corporation and the commission shall solicit and accept
146-113	applications for replacement projects, which shall be processed and approved in accordance with the
146-114	terms and provisions of chapter 44-33.2 and the rules and regulations promulgated and amended
146-115	from time to time in accordance with this chapter. These replacement project(s) shall be entitled to
146-116	tax credits under this chapter, the total amount of which can not exceed the amount reported in
146-117	subsection 44-33.2-3.1(b). The economic development corporation and commission shall award
146-118	replacement projects based on the following criteria:
146-119	(1) Replacement projects shall meet all requirements for a certified historic structure under
146-120	this chapter;
146-121	(2) Replacement projects shall not be a social club or club defined under Internal Revenue
146-122	Code section 501(c)(7);
146-123	(3) Replacement projects shall not consist of a single family home or a property that contains
146-124	less than four (4) residential apartments or condominiums, provided however a scattered site
146-125	development with five (5) or more residential units in the aggregate but no more than thirty percent
146-126	(30%) of the total project, which may include single family homes, shall be eligible for the tax credit;
146-127	(4) Replacement projects that are immediately ready for commencement and completion
146-128	within twenty four (24) months after approval shall receive preference;
146-129	(5) Replacement projects that address qualified historic tax structures and projects located in
146-130	cities and towns that are eligible for the distressed communities relief fund, as defined in section 45-
146-131	13-12, shall receive preference.
146-132	(d) Within ninety (90) days of receiving notification of being awarded a replacement project,
146-133	the person, firm, partnership, trust, estate, limited liability company, corporation (whether profit or
146-134	non-profit) or other business entity that incurs qualified rehabilitation expenditures shall pay a
146-135	nonrefundable fee to the division of taxation in the amount of three percent (3%) of the qualified
146-136	rehabilitation expenditures.
147-1	(e) Upon payment of the fees as set forth in this section, the division of taxation shall, on
147-2	behalf of the state of Rhode Island guaranty, through a contract with persons, firms, partnerships,
147-3	trusts, estates, limited liability companies, corporations (whether for profit or non-profit) or other
147-4	business entities that will incur qualified rehabilitation expenditures for the substantial rehabilitation
147-5	of a certified historic structure, the delivery of one hundred percent (100%) of the tax credit, which
147-6	shall not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the qualified rehabilitation expenditures.
147-7	(f) For purposes of replacement projects, substantial construction must be met within one (1)
147-8	year from the date of approval.
147-9	(g) Replacement projects, where such substantial rehabilitation of a certified historic
147-10	structure pursuant to this chapter includes qualified rehabilitation expenditures that exceed ten
147-11	million dollars ($10,000,000), shall only utilize contractors that participate in a Class A
147-12	Apprenticeship Program that is registered with and approved by the U.S. Department of Labor or the
147-13	department of labor and training, as required pursuant to chapter 28-45, and has graduated
147-14	apprentices to journeyperson status within three of the past five (5) years for each separate trade or
147-15	classification which it employs craft employees.
147-16	(1) The tax administrator shall request verification from the department of labor and training
147-17	of origination of the apprenticeship program seeking to be verified.
147-18	(2) The department of labor and training shall provide written verification regarding the
147-19	registration and approval of apprenticeship programs to the tax administrator no later than thirty (30)
147-20	days from receipt of the request.
147-21	(3) The tax administrator may disqualify those qualified rehabilitation expenditures related
147-22	only to the expenditures, for which an approved apprenticeship program was not verified by the
147-23	department of labor and training.
147-24	(h) The tax credit for replacement projects under this subsection shall be administered
147-25	consistent with all other provisions of this chapter.
147-26	(i) The commission, in consultation with the economic development corporation and division
147-27	of taxation, shall promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the intent and
147-28	purpose of this chapter.
147-29	SECTION 3. This article shall take effect upon passage.
147-30	ARTICLE 24
147-31	RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY – ATTORNEY’S FEES
147-32	SECTION 1. Section 28-44-57 of the General Laws in Chapter 28-44 entitled "Employment
147-33	Security – Benefits" is hereby amended to read as follows:
148-34	28-44-57. Fees and costs chargeable. -- (a) No individual claiming benefits shall be charged
148-35	fees of any kind by the director or his or her representative, or by the board of review or its
148-36	representatives, in any proceeding under chapters 42 – 44 of this title. Any individual claiming
148-37	benefits in any proceeding or court action may be represented by counsel or other duly authorized
148-38	agent. The director shall have the authority to fix the fees of that counsel or other duly authorized
148-39	agent, but no counsel or agent shall together be allowed to charge or receive for those services more
148-40	than ten percent (10%) of the maximum benefits at issue in that proceeding or court action but not
148-41	less than fifty dollars ($50.00) except as specifically allowed by the superior court.
148-42	(b) In any case in which either an employer appeals from a determination in favor of the
148-43	claimant or a claimant successfully appeals ~~from~~ a decision unfavorable to the claimant to an appeals
148-44	body other than a court of law and the claimant retains an attorney-at-law to represent him or her, the
148-45	attorney shall be entitled to a counsel fee of ~~fifteen percent (15%)~~ ten percent (10%) of the amount of
148-46	benefits at issue before the appeals body but not less than fifty dollars ($50.00), which shall be paid
148-47	by the director out of the employment security administrative funds, within thirty (30) days of the
148-48	date of his or her appearance.
148-49	(c) An attorney-at-law who represents an individual claiming benefits on an appeal to the
148-50	courts shall be entitled to counsel fees upon final disposition of the case and necessary court costs
148-51	and printing disbursements as fixed by the court.
148-52	(2) The director shall pay those counsel fees, costs, and disbursements, out of the
148-53	employment security administrative funds in each of the following cases:
148-54	(i) Any court appeal taken by a party other than the claimant from an administrative or
148-55	judicial decision favorable in whole or in part to the claimant;
148-56	(ii) Any court appeal by a claimant from a decision denying or reducing benefits awarded
148-57	under a prior administrative or judicial decision;
148-58	(iii) Any court appeal as a result of which the claimant is awarded benefits.
148-59	SECTION 2. This article shall take effect upon passage.
148-60	ARTICLE 25
148-61	RELATING TO EFFECTIVE DATE
148-62	SECTION 1. This act shall take effect as of July 1, 2013, except as otherwise provided
148-63	herein.
148-64	SECTION 2. This article shall take effect upon passage.

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