Rhode Island General Laws 40.1-5.4-10. Appropriations
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The general assembly shall annually appropriate such sum as it deems necessary to enable the director of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals to provide or secure services for adults with serious mental illness; and the state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of the sum or sums or so much thereof as may be required, from time to time, upon the receipt by him or her of vouchers properly authenticated.
History of Section.
P.L. 1994, ch. 247, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 40.1-5.4-10
- Serious mental illness: means an illness which is biologically based, severe in degree, and persistent in duration, which causes a substantially diminished level of functioning in the primary aspects of daily living and an inability to cope with the ordinary demands of life, which may lead to an inability to maintain stable adjustment and independent functioning without long-term treatment and support and which may be of lifetime duration. See Rhode Island General Laws 40.1-5.4-7