§ 40.1-1-3.1 New title for department
§ 40.1-1-4 Organization of department
§ 40.1-1-5 Reorganizations within department
§ 40.1-1-6 Offices of department
§ 40.1-1-7 Appointment of employees
§ 40.1-1-8 Federal funds for planning, advocacy, monitoring, evaluation, review, and comment of all state plans regarding individuals with developmental disabilities
§ 40.1-1-8.1 “Developmental disability” defined
§ 40.1-1-9 State council on developmental disabilities
§ 40.1-1-10 Parent deinstitutionalization subsidy aid program
§ 40.1-1-10.1 Subsidy aid for parent deinstitutionalization program
§ 40.1-1-11 Housing for traumatically brain injured persons
§ 40.1-1-12 Permanent legislative oversight commission
§ 40.1-1-13 Powers and duties of the office
§ 40.1-1-14 Transfer determination
§ 40.1-1-15 Continuity of administrative function
§ 40.1-1-16 Division of substance abuse services – Establishment
§ 40.1-1-17 Law revision
§ 40.1-1-18 Liberal construction
§ 40.1-1-19 Problem gambling – Program
§ 40.1-1-20 Problem gambling programs
§ 40.1-1-21 Restricted receipts

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 40.1-1 - Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • United States: include the several states and the territories of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-8