Provides that the $5,500,000 appropriation to the infrastructure bank from the 2023 budget act be allocated for eligible municipal infrastructure grant program projects.
Requires that the department of human services and the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals provide forecasted costs reflecting the recommended rate review on a monthly basis.
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $20,000,000 FOR THE HOUSING DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $20,000,000 to support the Down Payment Assistance program.)
Changes the name of The College Crusade Scholarship to the Onward We Learn Scholarship and provide that those scholarships would not be considered federal or financial aid with regard to the Promise Scholarship or Hope Scholarship Pilot Program.
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $6,000,000 TO ONWARD WE LEARN IN RI (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $6,000,000 to Onward We Learn in RI.)
Establishes the Rhode Island purchasing cooperative for procurement of public service and municipal vehicles for all state and municipal agencies to participate in procurement opportunities of zero-emission vehicles.
Allows for a one-time two percent (2%) supplemental cost of living adjustment for plan year 2025 to the public pension benefits administered by the ERSRI, and allows for those benefits to be deducted from the taxpayer's adjusted gross income.
Authorizes the executive office of health and human services to establish a program providing coverage for nutritional assistance and medically tailored meals for certain beneficiaries where there is a clinical need.
Requires that any government owned vehicle that is to be replaced, be replaced with a zero-emission vehicle, defined as a vehicle which produces no emissions from the on-board source of power.
Provides for an appropriation by the general assembly in the amount of two million dollars ($2,000,000) to the various school districts and municipalities to employ additional social workers.