(a)  Matchable funds are those dollars received, whether through a grant by a center for the general provision of mental health services, excluding funds for capital expenditures, and received from one or more of the following:

(1)  Individual or business charitable gifts;

(2)  Community fund raising net dollars;

(3)  Unrestricted donations;

(4)  A participating municipality.

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 40.1-8.5-3

  • Center: means the community mental health center which is a local, nonprofit entity organized and incorporated pursuant to the laws of the state, governed by a board, and recognized by the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals as the community mental health center for a designated mental health service area. See Rhode Island General Laws 40.1-8.5-2
  • Director: means the director of the state department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals. See Rhode Island General Laws 40.1-8.5-2
  • Mental health services: means those services provided to mentally disabled children and adults and shall include, but not be limited to, psychiatric, medical, nursing, psychological, social, rehabilitative, and support services provided in the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of mental disabilities, and in addition, may include those services designed to prevent mental disabilities or be of a consultative, informational, or educational nature about mental disabilities. See Rhode Island General Laws 40.1-8.5-2
  • service area: means the geographical area within the boundaries of cities and towns, as designated by the director. See Rhode Island General Laws 40.1-8.5-2

(b)  The director may authorize a center to include as matchable funds those federal funds the center received directly from the federal government for the provision of mental health services when:

(1)  The director determines that without the inclusion of federal funds provided, mental health services to the uninsured or to high-risk populations in the center’s service area will be seriously deficient or disrupted; and

(2)  The federal funds are not subject to statutory or regulatory restrictions or requirements that would prevent their use as matchable funds.

History of Section.
P.L. 1993, ch. 390, § 2.