§ 42-12-1. Department of human services. (1) There is hereby established within the executive branch of state government a department which shall be known as the department of human services. The department shall be headed by a director of human services who shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the […]
§ 42-12-1.1. Transfer of functions from the department of education. There are hereby transferred to the director of the department of human services: (1) Those functions formerly administered by the department of education with respect to vocational rehabilitation; (2) All functions of vocational rehabilitation formerly of the department of education and of all other officers, […]
§ 42-12-1.2. Transfer of functions from the former department of social welfare. There are hereby transferred to the director of the department of human services: (1) Those functions of the former department of social welfare which were administered through or with respect to the division of correctional services to include generally and specifically, the correctional […]
§ 42-12-1.3. Transfer of functions from the department of elderly affairs. There is hereby transferred from the department of elderly affairs to the department of human services the following function: to provide and coordinate the “elderly/disabled transportation” program including a passenger cost sharing program as defined and provided for under rules and regulations promulgated by […]
§ 42-12-1.4. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 2010, ch. 23, art. 7, § 3; Repealed by P.L. 2016, ch. 142, art. 4, § 13, effective June 24, 2016.
§ 42-12-1.5. Transfer of functions from the office of energy resources. (a) There is hereby transferred from the office of energy resources to the department of human services the administration, management, all functions and resources associated with: (1) The federal low-income home energy assistance program (LIHEAP), which provides heating assistance to eligible low-income persons and […]
§ 42-12-10. Rehabilitation of disadvantaged persons. The state department of human services is hereby authorized to provide vocational evaluation and work adjustment services to disadvantaged persons who are disabled and other individuals disadvantaged by reason of their youth or advanced age, low educational attainment, ethnic or cultural factors, prison or delinquency records, or other conditions […]
§ 42-12-11. Cooperation in administration of federal statutes. The state department of human services shall cooperate, pursuant to agreements, with the federal government in carrying out the purposes of any federal statutes pertaining to vocational rehabilitation and is authorized to adopt such methods of administration as are found by the federal government to be necessary […]
§ 42-12-12. Appropriations and disbursements. The general assembly shall annually appropriate such sums as it may deem necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter; and 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 […]
§ 42-12-13. Acceptance and use of gifts. The department of human services is hereby authorized and empowered to accept and use gifts made unconditionally by will or otherwise for carrying out the purposes of this chapter. Gifts made under such conditions as in the judgment of the state department of human services are proper and […]
§ 42-12-14. Persons requiring permanent care or not susceptible to rehabilitation. This chapter shall not apply to helpless persons requiring permanent custodial care or to persons who in the judgment of the department of human services may not be susceptible to rehabilitation. History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 395, § 3.
§ 42-12-15. Acceptance of federal vocational rehabilitation act — Custody of funds. The state of Rhode Island hereby accepts the provisions of the act passed by the United States Congress entitled “An Act to Provide for the Promotion of Vocational Rehabilitation of Persons Disabled in Industry or Otherwise, and Their Return to Civil Employment,” approved […]
§ 42-12-16. Acceptance of amendments to federal act — Custody of funds. The state of Rhode Island hereby accepts the provisions of chapter 190, Public Law 113, 78th Congress, which amends the act entitled “An Act to Provide for The Promotion of Vocational Rehabilitation of Persons Disabled in Industry or Otherwise and Their Return to […]
§ 42-12-17. Agreements as to disability determinations — Funds. The department of human services with the approval of the governor is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement on behalf of the state with the secretary of Health, Education and Welfare of the United States to carry out the provisions of the federal Social Security […]
§ 42-12-18. Transfer of powers and functions from department of human services. There are hereby transferred to the department of administration: (1) Those functions of the department of human services which 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, […]
§ 42-12-19. Permanent advisory commission on traumatic brain injuries — Commission established. (a) There is hereby established a permanent advisory commission on traumatic brain injuries. (b) The purpose of the commission shall be to: (1) Report on all matters relating to traumatic brain injury in Rhode Island to the governor and the general assembly. (2) […]
§ 42-12-2. Management of institutions. The department of human services shall have the management, supervision, and control of the adult correctional institutions, training school for boys, training school for girls, Doctor Patrick I. O’Rourke children’s center, and Rhode Island veterans’ home, and such other functions as have been or may be assigned. The department also […]
§ 42-12-20. Responsibility of director — Traumatic brain injury. It shall be the responsibility of the director of the department of human services to provide rehabilitative services for persons with traumatic brain injury including the development of instate comprehensive community-based services. The department of human services, in consultation with the permanent advisory commission on traumatic […]
§ 42-12-21. “Traumatic brain injury” defined. As used in this chapter, “traumatic brain injury” means an injury to the skull, the brain contents or its coverings, not of a degenerative or congenital nature, which may or may not produce an altered state of consciousness or result in temporary or permanent decrease of mental, cognitive, behavioral […]
§ 42-12-22. Confidentiality of personal information — Authorized uses. (a) All personal information contained in the records of the department of human services which is identifiable to an applicant for or recipient of vocational rehabilitation services under this chapter is hereby declared to constitute a confidential matter. Except as expressly provided herein, it shall be […]
