2024 -- H 8311 | |
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LC005970 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2024 | |
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H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N | |
PROCLAIMING MAY 23, 2024, AS "RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER | |
DAY" | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Giraldo, Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Chippendale, Stewart, | |
Date Introduced: May 23, 2024 | |
Referred To: House read and passed | |
1 | WHEREAS, For over fifty years, Rhode Island’s Community Health Centers have |
2 | provided high-quality, affordable, comprehensive primary medical, dental, and behavioral health |
3 | care; and |
4 | WHEREAS, Qualified Rhode Island Community Health Centers provide care to more |
5 | than 200,000 Rhode Islanders, regardless of a person’s age or ability to pay; and |
6 | WHEREAS, In addition, some Centers offer language interpretation and translation, as |
7 | well as transportation and case management; and |
8 | WHEREAS, Community Health Centers employ more than 2,000 physicians, nurse |
9 | practitioners, physician assistants, dentists, behavioral health providers, and support staff; and |
10 | WHEREAS, In 2021, Community Health Centers created 3,408 jobs and generated |
11 | $545,695,190 in total economic activity; and |
12 | WHEREAS, The eight Community Health Centers providing services in all five Rhode |
13 | Island counties are: |
14 | • Blackstone Valley Community Health Care Inc.; |
15 | • East Bay Community Action Program; |
16 | • Providence Community Health Centers; |
17 | • Thundermist Health Center; |
18 | • Comprehensive Community Action Program; |
19 | • Tri-Town Community Action Agency; |
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1 | • WellOne Primary Medical & Dental Care; and |
2 | • Wood River Health; and |
3 | WHEREAS, Community Health Centers are governed by patient-majority boards, |
4 | ensuring the health centers hear and meet the needs of the patients and communities they serve; |
5 | and |
6 | WHEREAS, May 23, 2024, is a day to celebrate the legacy of Rhode Island’s |
7 | Community Health Centers, and their vital role in shaping the past, present, and future of Rhode |
8 | Island’s health care system; now, therefore be it |
9 | RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby |
10 | proclaims May 23, 2024, as “Rhode Island Community Health Center Day”; and be it further |
11 | RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
12 | transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to Blackstone Valley Community Health Care |
13 | Inc., East Bay Community Action Program, Providence Community Health Centers, Thundermist |
14 | Health Center, Comprehensive Community Action Program, Tri-Town Community Action |
15 | Agency, WellOne Primary Medical & Dental Care, and Wood River Health. |
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