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     ARTICLE 1

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RELATING TO MAKING APPROPRIATIONS IN SUPPORT OF FY 2027

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     SECTION 1. Subject to the conditions, limitations and restrictions hereinafter contained in

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this act, the following general revenue amounts are hereby appropriated out of any money in the

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treasury not otherwise appropriated to be expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027.

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The amounts identified for federal funds and restricted receipts shall be made available pursuant to

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§ 35-4-22 and chapter 41 of title 42. For the purposes and functions hereinafter mentioned, the state

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controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw the state controller’s orders upon the general

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treasurer for the payment of such sums or such portions thereof as may be required from time to

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time upon receipt by the state controller of properly authenticated vouchers.

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Administration

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Central Management

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General Revenues 4,006,929

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Restricted Receipts 853,701

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     Total - Central Management 4,860,630

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Legal Services

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General Revenues 2,998,750

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Accounts and Control

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General Revenues 650,061

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Restricted Receipts

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     OPEB Board Administration 100,000

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     Grants Management Administration 1,726,550

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     Total - Accounts and Control 2,476,611

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Office of Management and Budget

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General Revenues 11,156,879

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Federal Funds

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Federal Funds 151,778

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Federal Funds – Capital Projects Fund

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     CPF Administration 669,389

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Federal Funds – State Fiscal Recovery Fund

 

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     Pandemic Recovery Office 682,668

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Restricted Receipts 300,000

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Other Funds 1,191,363

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     Total - Office of Management and Budget 14,152,077

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Purchasing

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General Revenues 1,911,346

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Restricted Receipts 3,680,152

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Other Funds 670,572

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     Total - Purchasing 6,262,070

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Human Resources

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General Revenues 701,698

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Personnel Appeal Board

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General Revenues 152,228

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Information Technology

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General Revenues 998,042

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Restricted Receipts 1,124,485

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     Total - Information Technology 2,122,527

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Library and Information Services

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General Revenues 2,214,102

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Federal Funds 1,639,564

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Restricted Receipts 6,990

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     Total - Library and Information Services 3,860,656

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Planning

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General Revenues 1,126,048

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Restricted Receipts 50,000

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Other Funds

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     Air Quality Modeling 24,000

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     Federal Highway - PL Systems Planning 3,851,173

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     State Transportation Planning Match 670,918

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     FTA - Metro Planning Grant 1,571,094

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     Total - Planning 7,293,233

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General

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General Revenues

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     Miscellaneous Grants/Payments 3,980,821

 

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     Torts Court Awards 1,850,000

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     Wrongful Conviction Awards 900,000

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     Resource Sharing and State Library Aid 12,545,904

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     Library Construction Aid 2,097,515

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Restricted Receipts 700,000

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Other Funds

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     Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds

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     Security Measures State Buildings 950,000

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     Cranston Street Armory 100,000

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     State House Renovations 17,379,000

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     Zambarano Buildings and Campus 2,300,000

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     Replacement of Fueling Tanks 620,000

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     Environmental Compliance 225,000

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     Big River Management Area - Watershed 153,000

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     Shepard Building Upgrades 3,920,000

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     RI Convention Center Authority 2,825,000

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     Pastore Center Power Plant 3,500,000

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     DoIT Enterprise Operations Center 6,700,000

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     Cannon Building 3,925,000

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     Old State House 600,000

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     State Office Building 975,000

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     State Office Reorganization & Relocation 250,000

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     William Powers Building 2,600,000

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     Pastore Center Non-Hospital Buildings Asset Protection 6,250,000

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     Washington County Government Center 200,000

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     Chapin Health Laboratory 300,000

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     560 Jefferson Blvd Asset Protection 50,000

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     Arrigan Center 100,000

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     Civic Center 1,250,000

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     Veterans Auditorium 275,000

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     Pastore Center Hospital Buildings Asset Protection 1,750,000

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     Pastore Campus Infrastructure 20,000,000

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     Community Facilities Asset Protection 2,025,043

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     Medical Examiners Office 1,050,000

 

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     Group Home Replacement & Rehabilitation 5,000,000

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     Zambarano LTAC Hospital 2,000,000

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     Total - General 109,346,283

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Debt Service Payments

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General Revenues 174,878,354

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Other Funds

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     Transportation Debt Service 27,630,704

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     Investment Receipts - Bond Funds 100,000

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     Total - Debt Service Payments 202,609,058

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Rhode Island Health Benefits Exchange

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General Revenues

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     General Revenues 1,389,227

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     Individual Market Affordability 18,994,393

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Federal Funds 12,244,211

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Restricted Receipts 18,863,602

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     Total - Rhode Island Health Benefits Exchange 51,491,433

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Division of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

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General Revenues 2,198,317

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Other Funds 116,324

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     Total - Division of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion 2,314,641

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Capital Asset Management and Maintenance

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General Revenues 12,140,265

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Statewide Personnel and Operations

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General Revenues

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General Officer Transition Costs 464,000

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     Grand Total - Administration 423,246,160

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Office of Energy Resources

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Federal Funds 32,548,662

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Restricted Receipts 38,536,799

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Other Funds

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     National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program 14,570,364

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     Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds

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     Energy Efficiency Improvements 1,000,000

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     Grand Total - Office of Energy Resources 86,655,825

 

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Business Regulation

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Central Management

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General Revenues 4,138,236

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Restricted Receipts 39,014

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     Total - Central Management 4,177,250

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Banking Regulation

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General Revenues 2,038,094

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Restricted Receipts 100,000

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     Total - Banking Regulation 2,138,094

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Securities Regulation

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General Revenues 1,031,168

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Insurance Regulation

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General Revenues 5,406,581

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Restricted Receipts 2,417,538

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     Total - Insurance Regulation 7,824,119

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Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner

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General Revenues 3,179,163

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Federal Funds

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     Federal Funds 547,446

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     Rural Health Transformation Program 21,373,640

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Restricted Receipts 612,142

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     Total - Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner 25,712,391

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Board of Accountancy

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General Revenues 5,490

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Commercial Licensing and Gaming and Athletics Licensing

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General Revenues 1,301,739

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Restricted Receipts 1,277,843

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Total - Commercial Licensing and Gaming and Athletics Licensing 2,579,582

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Building, Design and Fire Professionals

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General Revenues 9,490,874

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Federal Funds 344,288

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Restricted Receipts 2,763,579

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Other Funds

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     Quonset Development Corporation 68,580

 

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     Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds

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     Fire Academy Expansion 962,000

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     Total - Building, Design and Fire Professionals 13,629,321

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     Grand Total - Business Regulation 57,097,415

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RI Cannabis Control Commission

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Restricted Receipts 7,619,341

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Executive Office of Commerce

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Central Management

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General Revenues 1,917,540

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Quasi-Public Appropriations

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General Revenues

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     Rhode Island Commerce Corporation 8,506,041

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     Airport Impact Aid 1,010,036

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     Sixty percent (60%) of the first $1,000,000 appropriated for airport impact aid shall be

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distributed to each airport serving more than 1,000,000 passengers based upon its percentage of the

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total passengers served by all airports serving more than 1,000,000 passengers. Forty percent (40%)

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of the first $1,000,000 shall be distributed based on the share of landings during calendar year 2026

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at North Central Airport, Newport-Middletown Airport, Block Island Airport, Quonset Airport,

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T.F. Green International Airport and Westerly Airport, respectively. The Rhode Island commerce

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corporation shall make an impact payment to the towns or cities in which the airport is located

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based on this calculation. Each community upon which any part of the above airports is located

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shall receive at least $25,000.

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     STAC Research Alliance 900,000

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     I-195 Redevelopment District Commission 1,245,050

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     Polaris Manufacturing Grant 500,000

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     East Providence Waterfront Commission 50,000

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     Urban Ventures 140,000

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     Chafee Center at Bryant 476,200

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     Blackstone Valley Visitor Center 75,000

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     Industrial Recreational Building Authority Obligations 105,094

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Other Funds

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     Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds

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     I-195 Redevelopment District Commission 1,000,000

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     I-195 Park Improvements 500,000

 

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     Quonset Infrastructure 2,500,000

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     Total - Quasi-Public Appropriations 17,007,421

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Economic Development Initiatives Fund

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General Revenues

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     Rebuild RI Tax Credit Fund 6,100,000

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     Destination Marketing 1,500,000

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     Innovation Initiative 1,000,000

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Federal Funds 21,292,601

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     Total - Economic Development Initiatives Fund 29,892,601

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Commerce Programs

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General Revenues

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     Wavemaker Fellowship 1,016,621

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     Air Service Development Fund 2,728,800

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     Main Street RI Streetscape Improvement Fund 1,000,000

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     Provided that $150,000 shall support the Main Street Rhode Island program.

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     Total - Commerce Programs 4,745,421

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     Grand Total - Executive Office of Commerce 53,562,983

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Housing

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General Revenues 7,333,617

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     Provided that $200,000 shall support Sojourner House’s supportive housing and rapid

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rehousing activities.

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Federal Funds 19,300,731

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Restricted Receipts 24,348,954

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Other Funds

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     Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds

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     Housing Asset Protection 1,700,000

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     Grand Total - Housing 52,683,302

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Labor and Training

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Central Management

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General Revenues 1,457,908

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Restricted Receipts 423,851

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     Total - Central Management 1,881,759

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Workforce Development Services

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General Revenues 884,194

 

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Federal Funds 17,651,272

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     Total - Workforce Development Services 18,535,466

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Workforce Regulation and Safety

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General Revenues 5,558,728

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Income Support

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General Revenues 3,733,778

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Federal Funds 24,274,004

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Restricted Receipts 5,047,984

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Other Funds

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     Temporary Disability Insurance Fund 299,751,826

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     Employment Security Fund 296,100,000

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     Total - Income Support 628,907,592

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Injured Workers Services

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Restricted Receipts 12,566,297

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Labor Relations Board

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General Revenues 647,572

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Governor’s Workforce Board

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General Revenues 6,050,000

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     Provided that $600,000 of these funds shall be used for enhanced training for direct care

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and support services staff to improve resident quality of care and address the changing health care

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needs of nursing facility residents due to higher acuity and increased cognitive impairments

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pursuant to § 23-17.5-36.

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Federal Funds

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     Rural Health Transformation Program 7,033,505

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Restricted Receipts 18,984,326

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     Provided that at least $150,000 of these funds shall be used to provide hospitality industry

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workforce training grants including, but not limited to, certified food and alcohol safety training

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programs offered in multiple languages.

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     Total - Governor’s Workforce Board 32,067,831

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     Grand Total - Labor and Training 700,165,245

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Department of Revenue

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Director of Revenue

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General Revenues 2,929,554

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Office of Revenue Analysis

 

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General Revenues 1,203,684

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Lottery Division

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Other Funds 433,759,131

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Municipal Finance

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General Revenues 2,068,751

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Taxation

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General Revenues 39,387,176

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Restricted Receipts 3,293,102

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Other Funds

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     Motor Fuel Tax Evasion 175,000

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     Total - Taxation 42,855,278

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Registry of Motor Vehicles

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General Revenues 36,068,291

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Federal Funds 300,000

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Restricted Receipts 5,629,330

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     Total - Registry of Motor Vehicles 41,997,621

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State Aid

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General Revenues

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     Distressed Communities Relief Fund 15,825,029

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     Payment in Lieu of Tax Exempt Properties 49,049,142

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     Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Payments 244,341,241

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     Property Revaluation Program 826,038

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     Tangible Tax Exemption Program 25,908,469

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Restricted Receipts 1,125,000

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     Total - State Aid 337,074,919

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Collections

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General Revenues 1,134,318

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     Grand Total - Revenue 863,023,256

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Legislature

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General Revenues 59,980,709

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Restricted Receipts 2,785,548

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     Grand Total - Legislature 62,766,257

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Lieutenant Governor

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General Revenues 1,574,369

 

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Secretary of State

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Administration

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General Revenues 6,097,668

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     Provided that $100,000 be allocated to support the Rhode Island Council for the

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Humanities for grant making to civic and cultural organizations, and $50,000 to support Rhode

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Island’s participation in the We the People Civics Challenge.

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Corporations

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General Revenues 2,794,958

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State Archives

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General Revenues 475,184

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Restricted Receipts 393,474

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     Total - State Archives 868,658

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Elections and Civics

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General Revenues 3,238,148

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Federal Funds 2,000,000

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     Total - Elections and Civics 5,238,148

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State Library

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General Revenues 680,710

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     Provided that $125,000 be allocated to support the Rhode Island Historical Society and

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$18,000 be allocated to support the Newport Historical Society, pursuant to §§ 29-2-1 and 29-2-2,

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and $25,000 be allocated to support the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society.

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Office of Public Information

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General Revenues 674,705

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Receipted Receipts 25,000

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     Total - Office of Public Information 699,705

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     Grand Total - Secretary of State 16,379,847

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General Treasurer

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Treasury

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General Revenues 3,465,294

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Federal Funds 365,991

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Other Funds

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     Temporary Disability Insurance Fund 252,905

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     Tuition Savings Program - Administration 377,716

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     Total - Treasury 4,461,906

 

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State Retirement System

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Restricted Receipts

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     Admin Expenses - State Retirement System 13,397,239

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     Retirement - Treasury Investment Operations 3,108,665

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     Defined Contribution - Administration 263,124

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     Total - State Retirement System 16,769,028

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Unclaimed Property

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Restricted Receipts 3,437,867

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Crime Victim Compensation

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General Revenues 952,526

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Federal Funds 467,993

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Restricted Receipts 228,827

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     Total - Crime Victim Compensation 1,649,346

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     Grand Total - General Treasurer 26,318,147

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Board of Elections

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General Revenues 9,147,157

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Rhode Island Ethics Commission

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General Revenues 2,556,898

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Office of Governor

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General Revenues

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     General Revenues 9,480,312

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     Contingency Fund 150,000

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     Grand Total - Office of Governor 9,630,312

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Commission for Human Rights

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General Revenues 2,358,433

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Federal Funds 443,446

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     Grand Total - Commission for Human Rights 2,801,879

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Public Utilities Commission

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Federal Funds 759,025

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Restricted Receipts 15,258,327

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     Grand Total - Public Utilities Commission 16,017,352

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Office of Inspector General

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General Revenues 1,300,000

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Executive Office of Health and Human Services

 

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Central Management

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General Revenues

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     General Revenues 39,226,230

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     Provided that of this amount, $900,000 will be for mobile response and stabilization

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services for uninsured and underinsured child and youth and cover services and costs not otherwise

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reimbursed; and $1,600,000 is for the Newport Birthing Center.

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     All-Payer Claims Database 816,215

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     Health System Planning and Oversight 818,170

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     Medicaid Enterprise System 7,378,282

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     Medicaid Management Information System 7,815,983

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     Unified Health Infrastructure Project 38,651,742

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Federal Funds

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     Federal Funds 77,644,743

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     All-Payer Claims Database 7,799,870

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     Health System Planning and Oversight 900,000

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     Medicaid Enterprise System 66,404,541

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     Medicaid Management Information System 28,514,366

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     Rural Health Transformation Program 68,846,651

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     Unified Health Infrastructure Project 73,628,976

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Restricted Receipts

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     Restricted Receipts 7,173,162

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     Unified Health Infrastructure Project 150,000

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     Total - Central Management 425,768,931

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Medical Assistance

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General Revenues

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     Managed Care 477,869,128

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     Hospitals 147,687,861

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     Nursing Facilities 204,470,267

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     Home and Community Based Services 144,331,557

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     Other Services 134,942,412

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     Pharmacy 96,744,239

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     Rhody Health 278,954,745

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Federal Funds

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     Managed Care 695,945,166

 

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     Hospitals 304,928,738

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     Nursing Facilities 279,255,418

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     Home and Community Based Services 195,784,539

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     Other Services 766,672,938

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     Pharmacy 355,761

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     Rhody Health 398,191,232

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     Other Programs 45,400,000

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Restricted Receipts 10,939,274

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     Total - Medical Assistance 4,182,473,275

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     Grand Total – Executive Office of Health and Human Services 4,608,242,206

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Children, Youth and Families

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Central Management

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General Revenues 22,380,243

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     Provided that $2.0 million of this amount shall be used solely for infrastructure and

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capacity building activities necessary to comply with Medicaid transformation requirements. The

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department shall establish a methodology to award funds based on demonstrated need and

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documented costs, and shall utilize federal match for these expenses to the greatest extent possible.

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Any unexpended or unencumbered balances as of June 30, 2027, are hereby reappropriated to the

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following fiscal year.

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Federal Funds 12,182,602

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     Total - Central Management 34,562,845

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Children's Behavioral Health Services

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General Revenues 9,152,509

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Federal Funds 8,693,793

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     Total - Children's Behavioral Health Services 17,846,302

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Youth Development Services

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General Revenues 27,165,270

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Federal Funds 308,087

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Other Funds

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     Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds

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     Training School Asset Protection 250,000

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     Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility Modifications 21,725,187

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     Total - Youth Development Services 49,448,544

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Child Welfare

 

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General Revenues 217,664,953

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Federal Funds 90,225,437

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Restricted Receipts 61,261

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     Total - Child Welfare 307,951,651

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Higher Education Incentive Grants

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General Revenues 200,000

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     Provided that these funds and any unexpended or unencumbered previous years’ funding

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are to be used exclusively to fund awards to eligible youth.

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     Grand Total - Children, Youth and Families 410,009,342

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Health

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Central Management

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General Revenues

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     General Revenues 2,175,312

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     Of this amount, $50,000 is to support the Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Resource

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Foundation and the organization’s new survivorship and well-being center in Lincoln, RI.

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     Psychiatry Resource Network 1,200,278

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Federal Funds 4,545,892

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Restricted Receipts 21,700,832

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     Total - Central Management 29,622,314

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Community Health and Equity

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General Revenues 2,452,952

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Federal Funds 89,157,519

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Restricted Receipts 63,187,377

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     Total - Community Health and Equity 154,797,848

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Environmental Health

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General Revenues 7,058,661

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Federal Funds 14,034,394

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Restricted Receipts 1,011,757

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     Total - Environmental Health 22,104,812

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Health Laboratories

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General Revenues 10,704,871

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Federal Funds 2,627,831

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Other Funds

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     Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds

 

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     Health Laboratories & Medical Examiner Equipment 400,000

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     Total - Health Laboratories 13,732,702

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State Medical Examiners

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General Revenues 4,559,163

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Federal Funds 67,325

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     Total - State Medical Examiners 4,626,488

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Healthcare Quality and Safety

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General Revenues 10,298,205

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Federal Funds 7,592,019

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Restricted Receipts 1,160,202

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     Total - Healthcare Quality and Safety 19,050,426

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Policy, Information and Communications

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General Revenues 3,019,000

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     Provided that $400,000 of this amount and its corresponding federal match is used for loan

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repayment assistance specifically for primary care physicians and pediatricians through the Health

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Professional Loan Repayment Program authorized by § 23-14.1.

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Federal Funds

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     Federal Funds 5,606,211

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     Rural Health Transformation Program 26,301,377

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Restricted Receipts 839,044

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     Total - Policy, Information and Communications 35,765,632

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Emergency Preparedness and Infectious Disease

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General Revenues 2,425,829

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Federal Funds 17,782,327

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     Total - Emergency Preparedness and Infectious Disease 20,208,156

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COVID-19

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Federal Funds 7,519,108

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     Grand Total - Health 307,427,486

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Human Services

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Central Management

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General Revenues 8,084,531

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     Of this amount, $400,000 is to support the domestic violence prevention fund to provide

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direct services through the Coalition Against Domestic Violence, $25,000 is for the Center for

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Southeast Asians, $450,000 is to support Project Reach activities provided by the RI Alliance of

 

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Boys and Girls Clubs, $300,000 is for outreach and supportive services through Day One,

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$1,950,000 is for food collection and distribution through the Rhode Island Community Food Bank

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of which $250,000 will be utilized to provide sub awards to other community food organizations,

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$500,000 is for services provided to the homeless at Crossroads Rhode Island, $600,000 is for the

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Community Action Fund, $250,000 is for the Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence’s

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Reduction Strategy, $300,000 is to provide operational support to the United Way’s 211 system,

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$150,000 is to support services provided to the immigrant and refugee population through Higher

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Ground International, $50,000 is for services provided to refugees through the Refugee Dream

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Center, $150,000 is for the Substance Use and Mental Health Leadership Council of RI, $25,000

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is for services provided by Oasis International, $25,000 is for services provided by New Bridges

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for Haitian Success and $200,000 is for Farm Fresh Rhode Island’s Bonus Bucks program.

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Federal Funds 8,020,512

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     Of this amount, $3.0 million is to sustain Early Head Start and Head Start programs.

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Restricted Receipts 470,000

15

     Total - Central Management 16,575,043

16

Child Support Enforcement

17

General Revenues 4,616,756

18

Federal Funds 9,447,431

19

Restricted Receipts 4,107,870

20

     Total - Child Support Enforcement 18,172,057

21

Individual and Family Support

22

General Revenues 45,895,483

23

Federal Funds 118,750,234

24

Restricted Receipts 115,000

25

Other Funds

26

Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds

27

     Blind Vending Facilities 165,000

28

     Total - Individual and Family Support 164,925,717

29

Office of Veterans Services

30

General Revenues 37,094,041

31

     Of this amount, $200,000 is to provide support services through veterans’ organizations,

32

$50,000 is to support Operation Stand Down, and $100,000 is to support the Veterans Services

33

Officers (VSO) program through the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

34

Federal Funds 15,980,199

 

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Restricted Receipts 1,410,115

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Other Funds

3

     Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds

4

     Veterans Home Asset Protection 977,240

5

     Veterans Memorial Cemetery Asset Protection 260,000

6

     Total - Office of Veterans Services 55,721,595

7

Health Care Eligibility

8

General Revenues 12,476,503

9

Federal Funds 18,943,937

10

     Total - Health Care Eligibility 31,420,440

11

Supplemental Security Income Program

12

General Revenues 16,752,300

13

Rhode Island Works

14

General Revenues 9,784,221

15

Federal Funds 89,509,493

16

     Total - Rhode Island Works 99,293,714

17

Other Programs

18

General Revenues 6,076,792

19

Federal Funds 338,010,465

20

Restricted Receipts 8,000

21

     Total - Other Programs 344,095,257

22

Office of Healthy Aging

23

General Revenues 17,291,725

24

     Of this amount, $325,000 is to provide elder services, including respite, through the

25

Diocese of Providence; $100,000 is for ombudsman services provided by the Alliance for Long

26

Term Care in accordance with chapter 66.7 of title 42; and $1,800,000 is for Senior Services

27

Support and $730,000 is for elderly nutrition, of which $680,000 is for Meals on Wheels.

28

Federal Funds 19,861,555

29

Restricted Receipt 266,979

30

Other Funds

31

     Intermodal Surface Transportation Fund 4,651,722

32

     The Office shall reimburse the Rhode Island public transit authority for the elderly/disabled

33

transportation program expenses no later than fifteen (15) days of the authority’s submission of a

34

request for payment.

 

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     Total - Office of Healthy Aging 42,071,981

2

     Grand Total - Human Services 789,028,104

3

Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals

4

Central Management

5

General Revenues 10,757,305

6

Federal Funds 1,858,106

7

Restricted Receipts 1,836,349

8

Other Funds

9

     Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds

10

     Group Home Maintenance 5,000,000

11

     Total - Central Management 19,451,760

12

Services for the Developmentally Disabled

13

General Revenues 241,044,033

14

Federal Funds 319,530,323

15

Restricted Receipts 1,300,866

16

Other Funds

17

     Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds

18

     DD Residential Support 100,000

19

     Total - Services for the Developmentally Disabled 561,975,222

20

Behavioral Healthcare Services

21

General Revenues 6,415,175

22

Federal Funds

23

Federal Funds 27,480,137

24

     Provided that $250,000 from Social Services Block Grant funds is awarded to The

25

Providence Center to coordinate with Oasis Wellness and Recovery Center for its support and

26

services program offered to individuals with behavioral health issues.

27

Rural Health Transformation Program 4,052,934

28

Restricted Receipts 4,358,875

29

     Provided that $500,000 from the opioid stewardship fund is distributed equally to the seven

30

regional substance abuse prevention task forces to fund priorities determined by each task force.

31

     Total - Behavioral Healthcare Services 42,307,121

32

Hospital and Community Rehabilitative Services

33

General Revenues 49,203,513

34

     The department shall report monthly on the hospital census by campus and the number of

 

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patients. The report shall include the total number of patients with coverage through Medicaid,

2

Medicare, commercial or private pay, with each group reported separately. The report shall also

3

include total funding collected from each source, including Medicare, private pay, and/or other

4

third-party sources.

5

Federal Funds 67,782,760

6

Restricted Receipts 4,817,874

7

Other Funds

8

     Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds

9

     Hospital Equipment 300,000

10

     Total - Hospital and Community Rehabilitative Services 122,104,147

11

State of RI Psychiatric Hospital

12

General Revenues 34,884,686

13

Restricted Receipts 144,000

14

Other Funds

15

     Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds

16

     RISPH Equipment 100,000

17

     Total - State of RI Psychiatric Hospital 35,128,686

18

     Grand Total - Behavioral Healthcare,

19

     Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals 780,966,936

20

Office of the Child Advocate

21

General Revenues 2,405,487

22

Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

23

General Revenues 835,904

24

Restricted Receipts 118,177

25

     Grand Total - Comm. On Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing 954,081

26

Governor’s Commission on Disabilities

27

General Revenues

28

     General Revenues 908,716

29

     Livable Home Modification Grant Program 515,278

30

     Provided that this will be used for home modification and accessibility enhancements to

31

construct, retrofit, and/or renovate residences to allow individuals to remain in community settings.

32

This will be in consultation with the executive office of health and human services. All unexpended

33

or unencumbered balances, at the end of the fiscal year, shall be reappropriated to the ensuing fiscal

34

year, and made immediately available for the same purpose.

 

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Federal Funds 340,092

2

Restricted Receipts 67,190

3

     Grand Total - Governor’s Commission on Disabilities 1,831,276

4

Office of the Mental Health Advocate

5

General Revenues 1,111,709

6

Elementary and Secondary Education

7

Administration of the Comprehensive Education Strategy

8

General Revenues 36,688,221

9

     Provided that $90,000 be allocated to support the hospital school at Hasbro Children’s

10

Hospital pursuant to § 16-7-20; $395,000 be allocated to support child opportunity zones through

11

agreements with the department of elementary and secondary education to strengthen education,

12

health and social services for students and their families as a strategy to accelerate student

13

achievement; $450,000 and 3.0 full-time equivalent positions be allocated to support a special

14

education function to facilitate individualized education program (IEP) and 504 services; and

15

further provided that $130,000 be allocated to City Year for the Whole School Whole Child

16

Program, which provides individualized support to at-risk students.

17

     Provided further that $2,000,000 shall be allocated for the Learn365RI program, of which

18

$100,000 shall be allocated to the Rhode Island Afterschool Network; $100,000 shall be allocated

19

to Teach for America Ignite; and $100,000 shall be allocated to Onward We Learn.

20

     Provided further that $684,000 shall be allocated to the Paul V. Sherlock Center on

21

Disabilities to support the Rhode Island Vision Education and Services Program.

22

Federal Funds

23

     Federal Funds 258,048,406

24

     Rural Health Transformation Program 4,838,988

25

Restricted Receipts

26

     Restricted Receipts 1,839,203

27

     HRIC Adult Education Grants 3,500,000

28

Other Funds

29

     Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds

30

     Norwell Academy Facility Feasibility Study 150,000

31

     Total - Admin. of the Comprehensive Ed. Strategy 305,064,818

32

Davies Career and Technical School

33

General Revenues 21,093,905

34

Federal Funds 954,525

 

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Restricted Receipts 4,932,231

2

Other Funds

3

     Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds

4

     Davies School HVAC 1,100,000

5

     Davies School Asset Protection 750,000

6

     Davies School Wing Renovation 23,500,000

7

     Total - Davies Career and Technical School 52,330,661

8

RI School for the Deaf

9

General Revenues 9,039,339

10

Federal Funds 225,365

11

Restricted Receipts 1,597,000

12

Other Funds

13

     Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds

14

     School for the Deaf Asset Protection 968,691

15

     Total - RI School for the Deaf 11,830,395

16

Metropolitan Career and Technical School

17

General Revenues 14,998,564

18

Other Funds

19

     Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds

20

     MET School Asset Protection 250,000

21

     Total - Metropolitan Career and Technical School 15,248,564

22

Education Aid

23

General Revenues 1,315,077,322

24

     Provided that the criteria for the allocation of early childhood funds shall prioritize pre-

25

kindergarten seats and classrooms for four-year-olds whose family income is at or below one

26

hundred eighty-five percent (185%) of federal poverty guidelines and who reside in communities

27

with higher concentrations of low performing schools.

28

Restricted Receipts 49,781,920

29

     Total - Education Aid 1,364,859,242

30

Central Falls School District

31

General Revenues 55,246,303

32

School Construction Aid

33

General Revenues 122,128,556

34

Teachers' Retirement

 

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General Revenues 130,236,201

2

     Grand Total - Elementary and Secondary Education 2,056,944,740

3

Public Higher Education

4

Office of Postsecondary Commissioner

5

General Revenues 36,251,979

6

     Provided that $455,000 shall be allocated to Onward We Learn pursuant to § 16-70-5,

7

$75,000 shall be allocated to Best Buddies Rhode Island to support its programs for children with

8

developmental and intellectual disabilities. It is also provided that $8,141,437 shall be allocated to

9

the Rhode Island promise scholarship program, $151,410 shall be used to support Rhode Island’s

10

membership in the New England Board of Higher Education, $7,062,826 shall be allocated to the

11

Rhode Island hope scholarship program, and $100,000 shall be allocated to the Rhode Island

12

School for Progressive Education to support access to higher education opportunities for teachers

13

of color.

14

Federal Funds 6,877,602

15

Restricted Receipts

16

     Restricted Receipts 8,358,299

17

     Tuition Savings Program - Scholarships and Grants 3,460,000

18

Other Funds

19

     Nursing Education Center - Operating 3,494,558

20

     Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds

21

     WEC Expansion - Annex Site 160,000

22

     Total - Office of Postsecondary Commissioner 58,602,438

23

University of Rhode Island

24

General Revenues

25

     General Revenues 119,498,120

26

     Provided that in order to leverage federal funding and support economic development,

27

$700,000 shall be allocated to the small business development center, $155,000 shall be allocated

28

to the Institute for Labor Studies & Research, and $50,000 shall be allocated to Special Olympics

29

Rhode Island to support its mission of providing athletic opportunities for individuals with

30

intellectual and developmental disabilities.

31

     Debt Service 32,853,856

32

     RI State Forensics Laboratory 2,436,958

33

     URI Medical School Planning 5,000,000

34

Other Funds

 

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     University and College Funds 860,035,628

2

     Debt - Dining Services 744,557

3

     Debt - Education and General 7,824,231

4

     Debt - Health Services 6,148

5

     Debt - Housing Loan Funds 14,186,125

6

     Debt - Memorial Union 291,069

7

     Debt - Ryan Center 2,363,789

8

     Debt - Parking Authority 1,408,483

9

     URI Restricted Debt Service - Energy Conservation 369,780

10

     URI Debt Service - Energy Conservation 1,349,620

11

     Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds

12

     Asset Protection 15,236,863

13

     Mechanical, Electric, and Plumbing Improvements 6,217,170

14

     Fire Protection Academic Buildings 1,323,475

15

     Bay Campus 16,853,278

16

     Athletics Complex 21,361,818

17

     Provided that total Rhode Island capital plan funds provide no more than 80.0 percent of

18

the total project.

19

     Stormwater Management 1,437,519

20

     PFAS Removal Water Treatment Plant 8,197,664

21

     Campus Accessibility 1,700,000

22

     Campus Access Control 1,575,000

23

     Building Envelope Improvements 3,000,000

24

     Total - University of Rhode Island 1,125,271,151

25

     Notwithstanding the provisions of § 35-3-15, all unexpended or unencumbered balances as

26

of June 30, 2027 relating to the university of Rhode Island are hereby reappropriated to fiscal year

27

2028.

28

Rhode Island College

29

General Revenues

30

     General Revenues 72,723,265

31

     Debt Service 9,159,563

32

     Rhode Island Vision Education and Services Program 1,800,000

33

     Other Funds

34

     University and College Funds 135,027,602

 

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     Debt - Education and General 715,825

2

     Debt - Student Union 212,025

3

     Debt - Energy Conservation 785,625

4

     Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds

5

     Asset Protection 6,500,000

6

     Infrastructure Modernization 5,675,000

7

     Total - Rhode Island College 232,598,905

8

     Notwithstanding the provisions of § 35-3-15, all unexpended or unencumbered balances as

9

of June 30, 2027, relating to Rhode Island college are hereby reappropriated to fiscal year 2028.

10

Community College of Rhode Island

11

General Revenues

12

     General Revenues 65,696,149

13

     Debt Service 934,564

14

Restricted Receipts 998,534

15

Other Funds

16

     University and College Funds 127,734,928

17

     Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds

18

     Asset Protection 3,369,452

19

     Data, Cabling, and Power Infrastructure 5,500,000

20

     Flanagan Campus Renovations 300,000

21

     CCRI Renovation and Modernization Phase I 12,500,000

22

     CCRI Renovation and Modernization Phase II - IV 2,440,000

23

     CCRI Accessibility Improvements 125,000

24

     Total - Community College of RI 219,598,627

25

     Notwithstanding the provisions of § 35-3-15, all unexpended or unencumbered balances as

26

of June 30, 2027, relating to the community college of Rhode Island are hereby reappropriated to

27

fiscal year 2028.

28

     Grand Total - Public Higher Education 1,636,071,121

29

RI State Council on the Arts

30

General Revenues

31

     Operating Support 1,370,565

32

     Grants 1,240,000

33

     Provided that $400,000 be provided to support the operational costs of WaterFire

34

Providence art installations.

 

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Federal Funds 1,160,576

2

Other Funds

3

     Art for Public Facilities 742,000

4

     Grand Total - RI State Council on the Arts 4,513,141

5

RI Atomic Energy Commission

6

General Revenues 1,316,004

7

Restricted Receipts 25,036

8

Other Funds

9

     URI Sponsored Research 335,818

10

     Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds

11

     Asset Protection 50,000

12

     Grand Total - RI Atomic Energy Commission 1,726,858

13

RI Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission

14

General Revenues 1,856,433

15

     Provided that $30,000 support the operational costs of the Fort Adams Trust’s restoration

16

activities and that $25,000 shall be allocated to Rhode Island Slave History Medallions.

17

Federal Funds 893,987

18

Restricted Receipts 511,827

19

Other Funds

20

     RIDOT Project Review 148,449

21

     Grand Total - RI Historical Preservation and Heritage Comm. 3,410,696

22

Attorney General

23

Criminal

24

General Revenues 24,153,594

25

Federal Funds 3,089,426

26

Restricted Receipts 1,821,874

27

     Total - Criminal 29,064,894

28

Civil

29

General Revenues 6,672,679

30

Federal Funds 132,429

31

Restricted Receipts 4,939,129

32

     Total - Civil 11,744,237

33

Bureau of Criminal Identification

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General Revenues 2,563,440

 

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Restricted Receipts 1,344,780

2

     Total - Bureau of Criminal Identification 3,908,220

3

General

4

General Revenues 5,979,584

5

Other Funds

6

     Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds

7

     Building Renovations and Repairs 2,675,000

8

     Total - General 8,654,584

9

     Grand Total - Attorney General 53,371,935

10

Corrections

11

Central Management

12

General Revenues 26,874,592

13

Parole Board

14

General Revenues 1,668,186

15

Custody and Security

16

General Revenues 187,294,597

17

Federal Funds 1,067,867

18

Other Funds

19

     Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds

20

     Intake Service Center HVAC 19,800,000

21

     Total - Custody and Security 208,162,464

22

Institutional Support

23

General Revenues 39,460,059

24

Other Funds

25

     Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds

26

     Asset Protection 6,200,000

27

     Total - Institutional Support 45,660,059

28

Institutional Based Rehab/Population Management

29

General Revenues 15,076,622

30

     Provided that $1,050,000 be allocated to Crossroads Rhode Island for sex offender

31

discharge planning.

32

     The director of the department of corrections shall provide to the speaker of the house and

33

president of the senate at least every ninety (90) days beginning September 1, 2022, a report on

34

efforts to modernize the correctional industries program. The report shall, at minimum, provide

 

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data on the past ninety (90) days regarding program participation; changes made in programming

2

to more closely align with industry needs; new or terminated partnerships with employers,

3

nonprofits, and advocacy groups; current program expenses and revenues; and the employment

4

status of all persons on the day of discharge from department care who participated in the

5

correctional industries program.

6

Federal Funds 449,585

7

Restricted Receipts 1,250,000

8

     Total - Institutional Based Rehab/Population Mgt. 16,776,207

9

Healthcare Services

10

General Revenues 40,978,629

11

Community Corrections

12

General Revenues 23,288,620

13

Restricted Receipts 3,091

14

     Total - Community Corrections 23,291,711

15

     Grand Total - Corrections 363,411,848

16

Judiciary

17

Supreme Court

18

General Revenues

19

     General Revenues 40,098,334

20

     Provided however, that no more than $1,393,545 in combined total shall be offset to the

21

public defender’s office, the attorney general’s office, the department of corrections, the department

22

of children, youth and families, and the department of public safety for square-footage occupancy

23

costs in public courthouses and further provided that $500,000 be allocated to the Rhode Island

24

Coalition Against Domestic Violence for the domestic abuse court advocacy project pursuant to §

25

12-29-7 and that $90,000 be allocated to Rhode Island Legal Services, Inc. to provide housing and

26

eviction defense to indigent individuals.

27

     Defense of Indigents 7,875,432

28

Federal Funds 133,368

29

Restricted Receipts 4,296,657

30

Other Funds

31

     Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds

32

     Judicial Complexes - HVAC 500,000

33

     Judicial Complexes Asset Protection 1,500,000

34

     Judicial Complexes Fan Coil Unit Replacements 750,000

 

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     Garrahy Courthouse Restoration 1,125,000

2

     Total - Supreme Court 56,278,791

3

Judicial Tenure and Discipline

4

General Revenues 190,901

5

Superior Court

6

General Revenues 31,703,969

7

Restricted Receipts 325,000

8

     Total - Superior Court 32,028,969

9

Family Court

10

General Revenues 29,964,439

11

Federal Funds 5,061,224

12

     Total - Family Court 35,025,663

13

District Court

14

General Revenues 18,246,180

15

Federal Funds 223,404

16

Restricted Receipts 60,000

17

     Total - District Court 18,529,584

18

Traffic Tribunal

19

General Revenues 12,022,509

20

Workers' Compensation Court

21

Restricted Receipts 12,073,439

22

     Grand Total - Judiciary 166,149,856

23

Military Staff

24

General Revenues 3,634,593

25

Federal Funds 48,998,537

26

Restricted Receipts

27

     RI Military Family Relief Fund 55,000

28

     RING Counterdrug Program 11,000

29

Other Funds

30

     Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds

31

     Aviation Readiness Center 7,603,990

32

     Asset Protection 3,492,912

33

     Grand Total - Military Staff 63,796,032

34

Public Safety

 

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Central Management

2

General Revenues 2,858,706

3

     Provided that $760,000 shall be allocated to support the Family Service of Rhode Island’s

4

GO Team program of on-scene support to children who are victims of violence and other traumas.

5

Federal Funds

6

Federal Funds 9,707,021

7

     Federal Funds – State Fiscal Recovery Fund

8

     Support for Survivors of Domestic Violence 64,786

9

Restricted Receipts 849,625

10

     Total - Central Management 13,480,138

11

E-911 Emergency Telephone System

12

Restricted Receipts 10,527,015

13

Security Services

14

General Revenues 33,957,887

15

Municipal Police Training Academy

16

General Revenues 418,234

17

     Provided that of this amount $75,000 shall be for administrative, information technology,

18

and operating expenses incurred by the Rhode Island Police Officers Commission on Standards

19

and Training (POST).

20

Federal Funds 191,992

21

     Total - Municipal Police Training Academy 610,226

22

State Police

23

General Revenues 101,293,356

24

Federal Funds 6,268,585

25

Restricted Receipts 3,336,961

26

Other Funds

27

     Airport Corporation Assistance 157,117

28

     Road Construction Reimbursement 4,355,100

29

     Weight and Measurement Reimbursement 655,646

30

     Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds

31

     DPS Asset Protection 1,345,000

32

     Training Academy Upgrades 670,000

33

     Total - State Police 118,081,765

34

     Grand Total - Public Safety 176,657,031

 

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Office of Public Defender

2

General Revenues 18,839,259

3

Federal Funds 85,035

4

     Grand Total - Office of Public Defender 18,924,294

5

Emergency Management Agency

6

General Revenues 8,375,436

7

Federal Funds 52,235,300

8

Restricted Receipts 417,066

9

Other Funds

10

     Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds

11

     RI Statewide Communications Infrastructure 330,000

12

     Mobile Command Post 3,218,908

13

     Grand Total - Emergency Management Agency 64,576,710

14

Environmental Management

15

Office of the Director

16

General Revenues 10,627,948

17

     Of this general revenue amount, $180,000 is appropriated to the conservation districts and

18

$100,000 is appropriated to the Wildlife Rehabilitators Association of Rhode Island for a

19

veterinarian at the Wildlife Clinic of Rhode Island.

20

Federal Funds 376,495

21

Restricted Receipts 7,343,683

22

     Total - Office of the Director 18,348,126

23

Natural Resources

24

General Revenues 32,864,994

25

     Provided that of this general revenue amount, $150,000 is to be used for marine mammal

26

response activities in conjunction with matching federal funds.

27

Federal Funds 37,410,677

28

Restricted Receipts 6,962,400

29

Other Funds

30

     DOT Recreational Projects 789,122

31

     Blackstone Bike Path Design 1,000,000

32

     Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds

33

     Dam Repair 5,593,450

34

     Fort Adams Rehabilitation 500,000

 

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     Port of Galilee 10,693,637

2

     Newport Pier Upgrades 500,000

3

     Recreation Facilities Asset Protection 750,000

4

     Big River Management Area 593,000

5

     Recreational Facilities Improvements 4,586,260

6

     Natural Resources Office and Visitor's Center 2,586,709

7

     Fish & Wildlife Maintenance Facilities 200,000

8

     Marine Infrastructure/Pier Development 500,000

9

     Total - Natural Resources 105,530,249

10

Environmental Protection

11

General Revenues 17,290,819

12

Federal Funds 13,416,965

13

Restricted Receipts 12,981,563

14

Other Funds

15

     Transportation MOU 61,877

16

     Total - Environmental Protection 43,751,224

17

     Grand Total - Environmental Management 167,629,599

18

Coastal Resources Management Council

19

General Revenues 4,374,771

20

Federal Funds 3,151,314

21

Restricted Receipts 335,811

22

Other Funds

23

     Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds

24

     Confined Aquatic Dredged Material Disposal Cells 11,380,000

25

     Grand Total - Coastal Resources Mgmt. Council 19,241,896

26

Transportation

27

Central Management

28

Federal Funds 13,891,263

29

Other Funds

30

     Gasoline Tax 8,591,864

31

     Total - Central Management 22,483,127

32

Management and Budget

33

Other Funds

34

     Gasoline Tax 5,768,852

 

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Infrastructure Engineering

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Federal Funds

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Federal Funds 765,084,339

4

Federal Funds – State Fiscal Recovery Fund

5

     Washington Bridge Project 74,583

6

Restricted Receipts 4,459,559

7

Other Funds

8

     Gasoline Tax 79,261,623

9

     Provided that of this amount, $10,000,000 is appropriated to the Municipal Roads Grant

10

Program known as RhodeRestore to provide funding to municipalities for the construction and

11

maintenance of roads, sidewalks, and bridges. Provided that twenty-five percent (25%) of the funds

12

shall be distributed equally to each city and town, and seventy-five percent (75%) shall be allocated

13

proportionally based on each municipality’s share of municipally maintained road miles, as

14

determined by the most recent data available from the Rhode Island department of transportation.

15

Provided further that each municipality is required to provide a sixty-seven percent (67%) match.

16

Provided further that, at the discretion of the department, a portion of these funds may be used for

17

state sidewalk projects identified by the municipality and prioritized in collaboration with the

18

department, subject to a matching requirement to be established by the department.

19

     Provided further that of this amount, sufficient funds from the Rhode Island public transit

20

authority’s share of gasoline tax proceeds shall be allocated to the state paratransit program,

21

including the expansion pilot program known as ride anywhere to ensure statewide paratransit

22

services are maintained.

23

     Land Sale Revenue 6,113,850

24

     Tolling Revenue 20,000,000

25

     Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds

26

     Highway Improvement Program 46,250,000

27

     RIPTA - Kingston Station Mobility Hub 840,000

28

     RIPTA - Pawtucket Bus Hub 63,428

29

     RIPTA - Bus Shelter Renovation and Replacement 3,000,000

30

     Bike Path Asset Protection 400,000

31

     RIPTA - Land and Buildings 1,590,125

32

     Total - Infrastructure Engineering 927,137,507

33

Infrastructure Maintenance

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Other Funds

 

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     Gasoline Tax 54,501,743

2

     The department of transportation will establish a municipal roadway database, which will

3

include information concerning the name, condition, length, roadway infrastructure, and pedestrian

4

features of each municipal roadway, updated annually by municipalities. The database will serve

5

as a comprehensive and transparent list of municipal roadway conditions.

6

     Rhode Island Highway Maintenance Account 129,125,003

7

     Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds

8

     Maintenance Capital Equipment Replacement 1,800,000

9

     Maintenance Facilities Improvements 500,000

10

     Welcome Center 150,000

11

     Salt Storage Facilities 1,150,000

12

     Train Station Asset Protection 3,750,000

13

     Total - Infrastructure Maintenance 190,976,746

14

     Grand Total - Transportation 1,146,366,232

15

Statewide Totals

16

General Revenues 6,073,163,638

17

Federal Funds 5,734,688,897

18

Restricted Receipts 464,730,558

19

Other Funds 2,964,731,268

20

     Statewide Grand Total 15,237,314,361

21

     SECTION 2. Each line appearing in section 1 of this article shall constitute an

22

appropriation.

23

     SECTION 3. Upon the transfer of any function of a department or agency to another

24

department or agency, the governor is hereby authorized by means of executive order to transfer or

25

reallocate, in whole or in part, the appropriations and the full-time equivalent limits affected

26

thereby; provided, however, in accordance with § 42-6-5, when the duties or administrative

27

functions of government are designated by law to be performed within a particular department or

28

agency, no transfer of duties or functions and no re-allocation, in whole or part, or appropriations

29

and full-time equivalent positions to any other department or agency shall be authorized.

30

     SECTION 4. From the appropriation for contingency shall be paid such sums as may be

31

required at the discretion of the governor to fund expenditures for which appropriations may not

32

exist. Such contingency funds may also be used for expenditures in the several departments and

33

agencies where appropriations are insufficient, or where such requirements are due to unforeseen

34

conditions or are non-recurring items of an unusual nature. Said appropriations may also be used

 

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for the payment of bills incurred due to emergencies or to any offense against public peace and

2

property, in accordance with the provisions of titles 11 and 45, as amended. All expenditures and

3

transfers from this account shall be approved by the governor.

4

     SECTION 5. The general assembly authorizes the state controller to establish the internal

5

service accounts shown below, and no other, to finance and account for the operations of state

6

agencies that provide services to other agencies, institutions and other governmental units on a cost

7

reimbursed basis. The purpose of these accounts is to ensure that certain activities are managed in

8

a businesslike manner; promote efficient use of services by making agencies pay the full costs

9

associated with providing the services; and allocate the costs of central administrative services

10

across all fund types, so that federal and other non-general fund programs share in the costs of

11

general government support. The controller is authorized to reimburse these accounts for the cost

12

of work or services performed for any other department or agency subject to the following

13

expenditure limitations:

14

     Account Expenditure Limit

15

     Accounts and Control Internal Service Fund 17,696,064

16

     State Assessed Fringe Benefit Internal Service Fund 37,347,585

17

     Administration Central Utilities Internal Service Fund 30,366,642

18

     State Central Mail Internal Service Fund 9,226,608

19

     State Telecommunications Internal Service Fund 3,489,512

20

     State Automotive Fleet Internal Service Fund 21,689,836

21

     Surplus Property Internal Service Fund 44,789

22

     Health Insurance Internal Service Fund 377,363,571

23

     Other Post-Employment Benefits Fund 41,748,856

24

     Capitol Police Internal Service Fund 1,894,861

25

     Corrections Central Distribution Center Internal Service Fund 8,819,385

26

     Correctional Industries Internal Service Fund 8,587,104

27

     Secretary of State Record Center Internal Service Fund 1,167,703

28

     Human Resources Internal Service Fund 14,804,445

29

     DCAMM Facilities Internal Service Fund 41,508,177

30

     Information Technology Internal Service Fund 64,137,258

31

     SECTION 6. The director of the department of administration shall exercise his powers

32

under chapter 11 of title 42 to centralize state fleet operations under the department as it relates to

33

light and medium duty vehicle management, in accordance with best practices.

34

     SECTION 7. Legislative Intent - The general assembly may provide a written "statement

 

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of legislative intent" signed by the chairperson of the house finance committee and by the

2

chairperson of the senate finance committee to show the intended purpose of the appropriations

3

contained in section 1 of this article. The statement of legislative intent shall be kept on file in the

4

house finance committee and in the senate finance committee.

5

     At least twenty (20) days prior to the issuance of a grant or the release of funds, which

6

grant or funds are listed on the legislative letter of intent, all department, agency, and corporation

7

directors shall notify in writing the chairperson of the house finance committee and the chairperson

8

of the senate finance committee of the approximate date when the funds are to be released or

9

granted.

10

     SECTION 8. Appropriation of Temporary Disability Insurance Funds -- There is hereby

11

appropriated pursuant to §§ 28-39-5 and 28-39-8 all funds required to be disbursed for the benefit

12

payments from the temporary disability insurance fund and temporary disability insurance reserve

13

fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027.

14

     SECTION 9. Appropriation of Employment Security Funds -- There is hereby appropriated

15

pursuant to § 28-42-19 all funds required to be disbursed for benefit payments from the employment

16

security fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027.

17

     SECTION 10. Appropriation of Lottery Division Funds -- There is hereby appropriated to

18

the lottery division any funds required to be disbursed by the lottery division for the purposes of

19

paying commissions or transfers to the prize fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027.

20

     SECTION 11. Appropriation of CollegeBoundSaver Funds - There is hereby appropriated

21

to the office of the general treasurer designated funds received under the collegeboundsaver

22

program for transfer to the division of higher education assistance within the office of the

23

postsecondary commissioner to support student financial aid for the fiscal year ending June 30,

24

2027.

25

     SECTION 12. Departments and agencies listed below may not exceed the number of full-

26

time equivalent (FTE) positions shown below in any pay period. Full-time equivalent positions do

27

not include limited period positions or, seasonal or intermittent positions whose scheduled period

28

of employment does not exceed twenty-six consecutive weeks or whose scheduled hours do not

29

exceed nine hundred and twenty-five (925) hours, excluding overtime, in a one-year period. Nor

30

do they include individuals engaged in training, the completion of which is a prerequisite of

31

employment. Provided, however, that the governor or designee, speaker of the house of

32

representatives or designee, and the president of the senate or designee may authorize an adjustment

33

to any limitation. Prior to the authorization, the state budget officer shall make a detailed written

34

recommendation to the governor, the speaker of the house, and the president of the senate. A copy

 

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of the recommendation and authorization to adjust shall be transmitted to the chairman of the house

2

finance committee, senate finance committee, the house fiscal advisor, and the senate fiscal advisor.

3

     State employees whose funding is from non-state general revenue funds that are time

4

limited shall receive limited term appointment with the term limited to the availability of non-state

5

general revenue funding source.

6

FY 2027 FTE POSITION AUTHORIZATION

7

     Departments and Agencies Full-Time Equivalent

8

     Administration 657.6

9

     Provided that no more than 442.1 of the total authorization would be limited to positions

10

that support internal service fund programs.

11

     Office of Energy Resources 21.0

12

     Business Regulation 159.0

13

     Rhode Island Cannabis Control Commission 26.0

14

     Executive Office of Commerce 5.0

15

     Housing 31.0

16

     Labor and Training 441.7

17

     Revenue 605.5

18

     Legislature 298.5

19

     Office of the Lieutenant Governor 8.0

20

     Office of the Secretary of State 63.0

21

     Office of the General Treasurer 93.0

22

     Board of Elections 13.0

23

     Rhode Island Ethics Commission 12.0

24

     Office of the Governor 45.0

25

     Commission for Human Rights 15.0

26

     Public Utilities Commission 57.0

27

     Office of Inspector General 12.0

28

     Executive Office of Health and Human Services 257.0

29

     Children, Youth and Families 719.5

30

     Health 572.6

31

     Human Services 804.0

32

     Office of Veterans Services 291.0

33

     Office of Healthy Aging 33.0

34

     Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals 1,225.4

 

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     Provided that 18.0 of the total authorization would be limited to independent facilitator

2

positions to comply with the Consent Decree Addendum.

3

     Office of the Child Advocate 13.0

4

     Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing 4.0

5

     Governor’s Commission on Disabilities 5.0

6

     Office of the Mental Health Advocate 6.0

7

     Elementary and Secondary Education 156.1

8

     Provided that 3.0 of the total authorization would be available only for positions that are

9

supported by the healthy environments advance learning grant at the school building authority.

10

     School for the Deaf 61.0

11

     Davies Career and Technical School 125.0

12

     Office of Postsecondary Commissioner 48.0

13

     Provided that 1.0 of the total authorization would be available only for positions that are

14

supported by third-party funds, 12.0 would be available only for positions at the state’s higher

15

education centers located in Woonsocket and Westerly, 10.0 would be available only for positions

16

at the nursing education center, and 9.0 would be available for the longitudinal data systems

17

program.

18

     University of Rhode Island 2,871.0

19

     Provided that 378.8 of the total authorization would be available only for positions that are

20

supported by third-party funds, and 450.0 would be available only for positions that support

21

auxiliary operations.

22

     Rhode Island College 899.2

23

     Provided that 76.0 of the total authorization would be available only for positions that are

24

supported by third-party funds.

25

     Community College of Rhode Island 809.1

26

     Provided that 89.0 of the total authorization would be available only for positions that are

27

supported by third-party funds.

28

     Rhode Island State Council on the Arts 10.0

29

     RI Atomic Energy Commission 8.6

30

     Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission 14.0

31

     Office of the Attorney General 268.1

32

     Corrections 1,411.0

33

     Judicial 752.3

34

     Military Staff 93.0

 

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     Emergency Management Agency 38.0

2

     Public Safety 638.0

3

     Office of the Public Defender 105.0

4

     Environmental Management 440.0

5

     Coastal Resources Management Council 32.0

6

     Transportation 722.0

7

     Total 15,995.2

8

     No agency or department may employ contracted employee services where contract

9

employees would work under state employee supervisors without determination of need by the

10

director of administration acting upon positive recommendations by the budget officer and the

11

personnel administrator and fifteen (15) days after a public hearing.

12

     Nor may any agency or department contract for services replacing work done by state

13

employees at that time without determination of need by the director of administration acting upon

14

the positive recommendations of the state budget officer and the personnel administrator and thirty

15

(30) days after a public hearing.

16

     SECTION 13. The amounts reflected in this article include the appropriation of Rhode

17

Island capital plan funds for fiscal year 2027 and supersede appropriations provided for FY 2027

18

within Pub. L. 2025, ch. 278, art. 1, § 13.

19

     The following amounts are hereby appropriated out of any money in the State’s Rhode

20

Island capital plan fund not otherwise appropriated to be expended during the fiscal years ending

21

June 30, 2028, June 30, 2029, June 30, 2030, and June 30, 2031. These amounts supersede

22

appropriations provided within Pub. L. 2025, ch. 278, art. 1, § 13.

23

     For the purposes and functions hereinafter mentioned, the state controller is hereby

24

authorized and directed to draw the controller's orders upon the general treasurer for the payment

25

of such sums and such portions thereof as may be required by the controller upon receipt of properly

26

authenticated vouchers.

27

      FY Ending FY Ending FY Ending FY Ending

28

Project 06/30/2028 06/30/2029 06/30/2030 06/30/2031

29

DOA – Civic Center 1,075,000 1,500,000 1,475,000 1,500,000

30

DOA – DoIT Enterprise Operations Center 5,200,000 200,000 200,000 200,000

31

DOA – Pastore Campus Infrastructure 20,000,000 20,000,000 20,000,000 20,000,000

32

DOA – Pastore Hospital Buildings

33

Asset Protection 8,250,000 500,000 500,000 500,000

34

DOA – Pastore Center Non-Hospital Buildings

 

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Asset Protection 5,250,000 5,250,000 5,250,000 8,950,000

2

DOA – RI Convention Center Authority 2,500,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 2,500,000

3

DOA – Shepard Building Upgrades 5,325,000 3,135,000 2,250,000 2,250,000

4

DOA – State House Renovations 36,159,000 35,029,000 8,309,000 4,309,000

5

DOA – William Powers Building 3,850,000 1,700,000 200,000 200,000

6

DOA – Zambarano LTAC Hospital 24,427,656 24,155,740 26,065,740 21,804,439

7

EOC – I-195 Redevelopment Commission 400,000 0 0 0

8

SOS – Rhode Island Archives and History

9

Center 4,500,000 0 0 0

10

ELSEC – Davies School Wing Renovation 16,527,194 0 0 0

11

URI – Asset Protection 15,528,074 15,885,220 16,250,580 16,738,097

12

URI – Academic MEP Improvements 7,150,000 818,723 0 0

13

URI – Athletics Complex 982,053 0 0 0

14

URI – PFAS Removal Water Treatment Plant 8,000,000 0 0 0

15

URI – Building Envelope Improvements 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000

16

URI – Campus Accessibility 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000

17

RIC – Asset Protection 6,632,000 6,850,000 6,850,000 7,055,500

18

RIC – Infrastructure Modernization 5,925,000 5,925,000 6,061,275 6,243,113

19

CCRI – Asset Protection 2,780,000 2,870,000 2,936,010 3,024,090

20

CCRI – Accessibility Improvements 720,000 590,000 230,000 200,000

21

CCRI – Data, Cabling, and Power Infrastructure 4,500,000 3,700,000 3,365,980 0

22

CCRI – Flanagan Campus Renovations 5,250,000 2,683,954 300,505 0

23

CCRI – Renovation and Modernization Phase I 6,500,000 6,500,000 547,530 0

24

CCRI – Renovation and Modernization

25

Phase II 4,090,000 2,670,000 3,200,000 750,000

26

DOC – Asset Protection 4,100,000 4,100,000 4,100,000 4,100,000

27

DOC – HVAC 5,900,000 0 0 0

28

Military Staff – Asset Protection 1,120,000 2,220,831 3,253,820 3,548,675

29

Military Staff – Aviation Readiness Center 7,000,000 0 0 0

30

DPS – Training Academy Upgrades 690,000 975,000 600,000 150,000

31

DEM – Dam Repair 7,456,500 5,619,739 1,826,341 1,015,000

32

DEM – Natural Resources Offices and

33

Visitor's Center 1,300,000 100,000 100,000 100,000

34

DEM – Port of Galilee 5,375,000 6,600,000 8,800,000 5,146,499

 

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DEM – Recreational Facilities Improvements 3,500,000 3,500,000 3,500,000 3,000,000

2

DOT – Highway Improvement Program 22,200,000 22,200,000 22,200,000 22,200,000

3

DOT – Bike Path Asset Protection 400,000 400,000 400,000 400,000

4

DOT – Maintenance Capital Equipment

5

Replacement 1,800,000 1,800,000 1,800,000 1,800,000

6

DOT – Salt Storage Facilities 1,500,000 1,500,000 1,500,000 1,500,000

7

DOT – RIPTA - Bus Shelter Renovation and

8

Replacement 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000

9

DOT – RIPTA - Land and Buildings 1,310,125 560,000 500,000 500,000

10

     SECTION 14. Reappropriation of Funding for Rhode Island capital plan fund projects.

11

Any unexpended and unencumbered funds from Rhode Island capital plan fund project

12

appropriations shall be reappropriated in the ensuing fiscal year and made available for the same

13

purpose. However, any such reappropriations are subject to final approval by the general assembly

14

as part of the supplemental appropriations act. Any unexpended funds of less than five hundred

15

dollars ($500) shall be reappropriated at the discretion of the state budget officer.

16

     SECTION 15. For the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2027, the Rhode Island housing and

17

mortgage finance corporation shall provide from its resources such sums as appropriate in support

18

of the Neighborhood Opportunities Program. The corporation shall provide a report detailing the

19

amount of funding provided to this program, as well as information on the number of units of

20

housing provided as a result to the director of administration, the secretary of housing, the chair of

21

the house finance committee, the chair of the senate finance committee, and the state budget officer.

22

     SECTION 16. Appropriation of Economic Activity Taxes in accordance with the city of

23

Pawtucket downtown redevelopment statute -- There is hereby appropriated for the fiscal year

24

ending June 30, 2027, all state economic activity taxes to be collected pursuant to § 45-33.4-4, as

25

amended (including, but not limited to, the amount of tax revenues certified by the commerce

26

corporation in accordance with § 45-33.4-1(13)), for the purposes of paying debt service on bonds,

27

funding debt service reserves; paying costs of infrastructure improvements in and around the

28

ballpark district, arts district, and the growth center district; funding future debt service on bonds;

29

and funding a redevelopment revolving fund established in accordance with § 45-33-1.

30

     SECTION 17. The appropriations from federal funds contained in section 1 shall not be

31

construed to mean any federal funds or assistance appropriated, authorized, allocated or

32

apportioned to the State of Rhode Island from the state fiscal recovery fund and capital projects

33

fund enacted pursuant to the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, P.L. 117-2 for fiscal year 2027

34

except for those instances specifically designated.

 

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     The State fiscal recovery fund and capital projects fund appropriations herein shall be made

2

in support of the following projects:

3

     Federal Funds - State Fiscal Recovery Fund

4

     Department of Administration (DOA)

5

     DOA- Pandemic Recovery Office. These funds shall be allocated to finance the pandemic

6

recovery office established within the department of administration.

7

     Department of Public Safety (DPS)

8

     DPS – Support for Survivors of Domestic Violence. These funds shall be allocated to invest

9

in the nonprofit community to provide additional housing, clinical and mental health services to

10

victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. This includes increased investments for therapy

11

and counseling, housing assistance, job training, relocation aid and case management.

12

     Department of Transportation (DOT)

13

     DOT - Washington Bridge Project. These funds shall support the non-federal share or

14

matching requirement on federal funds for priority transportation projects, including but not limited

15

to the Washington Bridge project.

16

     Federal Funds - Capital Projects Fund

17

     Department of Administration (DOA)

18

     DOA - CPF Administration. These funds shall be allocated to the department of

19

administration to oversee the implementation of the capital projects fund award from the American

20

Rescue Plan Act.

21

     SECTION 18. Reappropriation of Funding for State Fiscal Recovery Fund and Capital

22

Projects Fund. Notwithstanding any provision of general law, any unexpended and unencumbered

23

federal funds from the state fiscal recovery fund and capital projects fund shall be reappropriated

24

in the ensuing fiscal year and made available for the same purposes. However, any such

25

reappropriations are subject to final approval by the general assembly as part of the supplemental

26

appropriations act.

27

     SECTION 19. The pandemic recovery office shall monitor the progress and performance

28

of all programs financed by the state fiscal recovery fund and the capital projects fund. On or before

29

October 31, 2023 through April 30, 2025, the office shall provide a report to the speaker of the

30

house and senate president, with copies to the chairpersons of the house and senate finance

31

committees, on a quarterly basis and biannually thereafter until and including October 31, 2026,

32

identifying programs that are at risk of significant underspending or noncompliance with federal or

33

state requirements. The report, at a minimum must include an assessment of how programs that are

34

at risk can be remedied. In the event that any state fiscal recovery fund program underspends its

 

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appropriation or receives program income as defined by U.S. Treasury and would put the state at

2

risk of forfeiture of federal funds, the governor may propose to reclassify unspent funds or program

3

income from the at-risk program to other eligible uses as determined by U.S. Treasury. This

4

proposal shall be referred to the general assembly. For a state fiscal recovery fund program, if the

5

amount of the underspend or receipt of program income is less than or equal to one million dollars

6

($1,000,000) and less than or equal to twenty percent (20%) of its total appropriation, the

7

governor’s proposed reclassification shall take effect immediately. For a state fiscal recovery fund

8

program, if the amount of the underspend or receipt of program income is greater than one million

9

dollars ($1,000,000) or greater than twenty percent (20%) of its total appropriation, the governor’s

10

proposed reclassification shall go into effect thirty (30) days after its referral to the general

11

assembly by the governor, unless rejected by formal action of the house and senate acting

12

concurrently within that time.

13

     SECTION 20. The executive office of health and human services shall report on programs

14

supported by Rural Health Transformation program federal funds. Starting January 1, 2027, the

15

executive office shall provide a report to the speaker of the house and the president of the senate,

16

with copies to the chairpersons of the house and senate finance committees, on a quarterly basis

17

identifying the separate programs, progress made towards reaching the program goals, and

18

identifying any that are at risk of significant underspending or noncompliance with federal

19

requirements.

20

     SECTION 21. This article shall take effect as of July 1, 2026, except as otherwise provided

21

herein.

 

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