Rhode Island § 42-18-5 § 42-18-5. Transfer of powers and functions from department of health.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 42-18-5 — § 42-18-5. Transfer of powers and functions from department of health.

Rhode Island § 42-18-5

Title 42State Affairs and Government

Ch. 42-18Department of Health

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Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-18-5 (2026).

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§ 42-18-5. Transfer of powers and functions from department of health.
(a) There are hereby transferred to the department of administration:
         
(1) Those functions of the department of health that were administered through or with
            respect to departmental programs in the performance of strategic planning as defined
            in § 42-11-10(c);
         
(2) All officers, employees, agencies, advisory councils, committees, commissions, and
            task forces of the department of health who or that were performing strategic planning
            functions as defined in § 42-11-10(c); and
         
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§ 42-18-5. Transfer of powers and functions from department of health.

(a) There are hereby transferred to the department of administration:

(1) Those functions of the department of health that were administered through or with respect to departmental programs in the performance of strategic planning as defined in § 42-11-10(c);

(2) All officers, employees, agencies, advisory councils, committees, commissions, and task forces of the department of health who or that were performing strategic planning functions as defined in § 42-11-10(c); and

(3) So much of other functions, or parts of functions, and employees and resources, physical and funded, related thereto of the director of health as are incidental to, and necessary for, the performance of the functions transferred by subsections (a)(1) and (a)(2).

(b) [Deleted by P.L. 2016, ch. 142, art. 4, § 14.]

(c) There is hereby transferred to the executive office of health and human services the HIV/AIDS care and treatment programs and all functions and resources associated therewith. The department of health shall retain the HIV surveillance and prevention programs and all functions and resources associated therewith.

Legislative History

P.L. 1985, ch. 181, art. 29, § 3; P.L. 2010, ch. 23, art. 7, § 2; P.L. 2011, ch. 151, art. 9, § 7; P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 18, § 3; P.L. 2016, ch. 142, art. 4, § 14.