§ 42-7.2-10. Appropriations and disbursements.
(a) The general assembly shall annually appropriate such sums as it may deem necessary
for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter. The state controller
is hereby authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer
for the payment of such sum or sums, or so much thereof as may from time to time be
required, upon receipt by him or her of proper vouchers approved by the secretary
of the executive office of health and human services, or the secretary's designee.
(b) For the purpose of recording federal financial participation associated with qualifying
healthcare workforce development activities at the state's public institutions of
higher education, and pursuant to the Rhode Island designated state health programs
(DSHP), as approved by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMC) October
20, 2016, in the 11-W-00242/1 amendment to Rhode Island's section 1115 Demonstration
Waiver, there is hereby established a restricted receipt account entitled "Health
System Transformation Project� in the general fund of the state and included in the
budget of the office of health and human services.
(c) There are hereby created within the general fund of the state and housed within the
budget of the office of health and human services two restricted receipt accounts,
respectively entitled "HCBS Support-ARPA� and "HCBS Admin Support-ARPA�. Amounts deposited
into these accounts are equivalent to the general revenue savings generated by the
enhanced federal match received on eligible home and community-based services between
April 1, 2021, and March 31, 2022, allowable under Section 9817 of the American Rescue
Plan Act of 2021, Pub. L. No. 117-2. Funds deposited into the "HCBS Support-ARPA�
account will be used to finance the state share of newly eligible Medicaid expenditures
by the office of health and human services and its sister agencies, including the
department of children, youth and families, the department of health, and the department
of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals. Funds deposited
into the "HCBS Admin Support-ARPA� account will be used to finance the state share
of allowable administrative expenditures attendant to the implementation of these
newly eligible Medicaid expenditures. The accounts created under this subsection shall
be exempt from the indirect cost recovery provisions of § 35-4-27.
(d) There is hereby created within the general fund of the state and housed within the
budget of the office of health and human services a restricted receipt account entitled
"Rhode Island Statewide Opioid Abatement Account� for the purpose of receiving and
expending monies from settlement agreements with opioid manufacturers, pharmaceutical
distributors, pharmacies, or their affiliates, as well as monies resulting from bankruptcy
proceedings of the same entities. The executive office of health and human services
shall deposit any revenues from such sources that are designated for opioid abatement
purposes into the restricted receipt account. Funds from this account shall only be
used for forward-looking opioid abatement efforts as defined and limited by any settlement
agreements, state-city and town agreements, or court orders pertaining to the use
of such funds. By January 1 of each calendar year, the secretary of health and human
services shall report to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives,
the president of the senate, and the attorney general on the expenditures that were
funded using monies from the Rhode Island statewide opioid abatement account and the
amount of funds spent. The account created under this subsection shall be exempt from
the indirect cost recovery provisions of § 35-4-27. No governmental entity has the authority to assert a claim against the entities
with which the attorney general has entered into settlement agreements concerning
the manufacturing, marketing, distributing, or selling of opioids that are the subject
of the Rhode Island Memorandum of Understanding Between the State and Cities and Towns
Receiving Opioid Settlement Funds executed by every city and town and the attorney
general and wherein every city and town agreed to release all such claims against
these settling entities, and any amendment thereto. Governmental entity means any
state or local governmental entity or sub-entity and includes, but is not limited
to, school districts, fire districts, and any other such districts. The claims that
shall not be asserted are the released claims, as that term is defined in the settlement
agreements executed by the attorney general, or, if not defined therein, the claims
sought to be released in such settlement agreements.
(e) There is hereby created within the general fund of the state and housed within the
budget of the executive office of health and human services a restricted receipt account,
respectively entitled "Minimum Staffing Level Compliance and Enforcement�. Funds deposited
into the account will be used for workforce development and compliance assistance
programs as included in § 23-17.5-33.