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| 5 | 5 | | 2025 -- S 0049 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC000470 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 15 | 15 | | MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $250,000 TO THE SUBSTANCE USE AND MENTAL |
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| 16 | 16 | | HEALTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL OF RI (SUMHLC) |
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| 17 | 17 | | Introduced By: Senators Tikoian, LaMountain, DiPalma, Gallo, Felag, Ciccone, Urso, |
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| 18 | 18 | | Murray, Britto, and Vargas |
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| 19 | 19 | | Date Introduced: January 23, 2025 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Referred To: Senate Finance |
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| 23 | 23 | | WHEREAS, The mission of the Substance Use and Mental Health Leadership Council of 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | RI “is to promote a collaborative, coordinated system of high quality, comprehensive community-2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | based mental health and substance use prevention and treatment services; and 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | WHEREAS, Addiction is a disease that affects 13.21 percent of Rhode Island’s 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | population, a rate that is the second highest among the states; and 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | WHEREAS, Achieving and maintaining abstinence from substance abuse and achieving 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | mental health requires focus and continuity of readily available services; now, therefore be it 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | RESOLVED, That there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year 2025-2026, the sum of two hundred fifty thousand 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | dollars ($250,000) to the Substance Use and Mental Health Leadership Council of RI; and the 10 |
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| 33 | 33 | | state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his orders upon the general treasurer for 11 |
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| 34 | 34 | | the payment of said sum, upon receipt of properly authenticated vouchers. 12 |
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| 36 | 36 | | LC000470 |
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| 40 | 40 | | LC000470 - Page 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 42 | 42 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 43 | 43 | | OF |
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| 44 | 44 | | J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 45 | 45 | | MAKING AN APPROPRIAT ION OF $250,000 TO THE SUBSTANCE USE AND MENTAL |
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| 46 | 46 | | HEALTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL OF RI (SUMHLC) |
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| 47 | 47 | | *** |
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| 48 | 48 | | This resolution would authorize an appropriation of the sum of $250,000 to the Substance 1 |
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| 49 | 49 | | Use and Mental Health Leadership Council of RI. 2 |
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| 51 | 51 | | LC000470 |
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