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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022
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AN ACT
MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE STATE FOR THE FISCAL
YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2023
Introduced By: Representative Marvin L. Abney
Date Introduced: January 20, 2022
Referred To: House Finance
(Governor)
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
1 ARTICLE 1 RELATING TO MAKING APPROPRIATIONS IN SUPPORT OF FY 2023
2 ARTICLE 2 RELATING TO STATE FUNDS
3 ARTICLE 3 RELATING TO GOVERNMENT REFORM AND REORGANIZATION
4 ARTICLE 4 RELATING TO DEBT MANAGEMENT ACT JOINT RESOLUTIONS
5 ARTICLE 5 RELATING TO CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
6 ARTICLE 6 RELATING TO TAXES AND REVENUES
7 ARTICLE 7 RELATING TO MAKING REVISED APPROPRIATIONS IN SUPPORT OF
8 FY 2022
9 ARTICLE 8 RELATING TO LEASE AGREEMENTS FOR LEASED OFFICE AND
10 OPERATING SPACE
11 ARTICLE 9 RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
12 ARTICLE 10 RELATING TO EDUCATION
13 ARTICLE 11 RELATING TO COURTS AND STATE HOSPITALS
14 ARTICLE 12 RELATING TO MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
15 ARTICLE 13 RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES
16 ARTICLE 14 RELATING TO EFFECTIVE DATE
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1 ARTICLE 1 AS AMENDED
2 RELATING TO MAKING APPROPRIATIONS IN SUPPORT OF FY 2023
3 SECTION 1. Subject to the conditions, limitations and restrictions hereinafter contained in
4 this act, the following general revenue amounts are hereby appropriated out of any money in the
5 treasury not otherwise appropriated to be expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023.
6 The amounts identified for federal funds and restricted receipts shall be made available pursuant to
7 section 35-4-22 and Chapter 41 of Title 42 of the Rhode Island General Laws. For the purposes
8 and functions hereinafter mentioned, the state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw
9 his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of such sums or such portions thereof
10 as may be required from time to time upon receipt by him or her of properly authenticated vouchers.
11 Administration
12 Central Management
13 General Revenues 4,896,389
14 Provided that $2,000,000 shall be allocated to support a state workforce compensation and
15 classification study, of which all unexpended or unencumbered balances, at the end of the fiscal
16 year, shall be reappropriated to the ensuing fiscal year and made immediately available for the same
17 purposes.
18 Federal Funds 108,998,500
19 Federal Funds - State Fiscal Recovery Fund
20 Nonprofit Assistance 20,000,000
21 Public Health Response Warehouse Support 2,000,000
22 Health Care Facilities 77,500,000
23 Ongoing COVID-19 Response 73,000,000
24 Total - Central Management 286,394,889
25 Legal Services
26 General Revenues 2,374,193
27 Accounts and Control
28 General Revenues 5,211,103
29 Federal Funds
30 Federal Funds - Capital Projects Fund
 1 CPF Administration 349,497
2 Federal Funds - State Fiscal Recovery Fund
3 Pandemic Recovery Office 4,948,839
4 Restricted Receipts - OPEB Board Administration 137,905
5 Restricted Receipts - Grants Management Administration 2,130,371
6 Total - Accounts and Control 12,777,715
7 Office of Management and Budget
8 General Revenues 8,354,324
9 Federal Funds 101,250
10 Restricted Receipts 300,000
11 Other Funds 1,228,111
12 Total - Office of Management and Budget 9,983,685
13 Purchasing
14 General Revenues 3,830,668
15 Restricted Receipts 381,474
16 Other Funds 550,989
17 Total - Purchasing 4,763,131
18 Human Resources
19 General Revenues 755,922
20 Personnel Appeal Board
21 General Revenues 143,059
22 Information Technology
23 General Revenues 721,340
24 Restricted Receipts 54,589,160
25 Provided that of the total available in the Information Technology Investment Fund as of
26 July 1, 2022, $22.4 million shall be made available for the development and implementation of an
27 electronic medical records system for the state hospitals, $19.4 million for the replacement and
28 modernization of the legacy department of labor and training mainframe system, $6.7 million for
29 RIBridges Mobile and Childcare Tracking, $2.5 million for Blockchain Digital Identity, $2.2
30 million to support implementation of the Enterprise Resource Planning System, $5.8 million for
31 the department of environmental management’s online permit and licensing systems for fish and
32 wildlife, commercial fishing, and boating registrations, $3.3 million for Wi-Fi and Technology at
33 the Adult Correctional Institutions, and $2.3 million for the tax modernization system.
34 Total - Information Technology 55,310,500
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 1 Library and Information Services
2 General Revenues 1,796,514
3 Federal Funds 2,088,205
4 Restricted Receipts 6,990
5 Total - Library and Information Services 3,891,709
6 Planning
7 General Revenues 840,855
8 Federal Funds 3,050
9 Other Funds
10 Air Quality Modeling 24,000
11 Federal Highway - PL Systems Planning 3,813,016
12 State Transportation Planning Match 592,033
13 FTA - Metro Planning Grant 1,340,126
14 Total - Planning 6,613,080
15 General
16 General Revenues
17 Miscellaneous Grants/Payments 130,000
18 Provided that this amount be allocated to City Year for the Whole School Whole Child
19 Program, which provides individualized support to at-risk students.
20 Torts - Courts/Awards 675,000
21 Resource Sharing and State Library Aid 10,991,049
22 Library Construction Aid 1,859,673
23 Historic Tax Credits 28,000,000
24 RICAP Transfer 15,000,000
25 Federal Funds
26 Federal Funds - State Fiscal Recovery Fund
27 Aid to the Convention Center 5,000,000
28 Federal Funds - Capital Projects Fund
29 Municipal and Higher Ed Matching Grant Program 23,360,095
30 RIC Student Services Center 5,000,000
31 Restricted Receipts 700,000
32 Other Funds
33 Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
34 Security Measures State Buildings 500,000
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 1 Energy Efficiency Improvements 1,250,000
2 Cranston Street Armory 750,000
3 State House Renovations 2,083,000
4 Zambarano Buildings and Campus 6,070,000
5 Replacement of Fueling Tanks 680,000
6 Environmental Compliance 400,000
7 Big River Management Area 427,000
8 Shepard Building Upgrades 1,500,000
9 RI Convention Center Authority 7,350,000
10 Accessibility - Facility Renovations 1,000,000
11 DoIT Enterprise Operations Center 3,300,000
12 BHDDH MH & Community Facilities - Asset Protection 750,000
13 BHDDH DD & Community Homes - Fire Code 325,000
14 BHDDH DD Regional Facilities - Asset Protection 1,700,000
15 BHDDH Substance Abuse Asset Protection 500,000
16 BHDDH Group Homes 1,250,000
17 Statewide Facility Master Plan 1,700,000
18 Cannon Building 1,150,000
19 Old State House 100,000
20 State Office Building 100,000
21 State Office Reorganization & Relocation 250,000
22 William Powers Building 2,700,000
23 Pastore Center Non-Hospital Buildings Asset Protection 6,250,000
24 Washington County Government Center 500,000
25 Chapin Health Laboratory 500,000
26 560 Jefferson Blvd Asset Protection 150,000
27 Arrigan Center 825,000
28 Dunkin Donuts Center 8,150,000
29 Pastore Center Building Demolition 1,000,000
30 Veterans Auditorium 765,000
31 Pastore Center Hospital Buildings Asset Protection 500,000
32 Pastore Campus Infrastructure 11,050,000
33 Community Facilities Asset Protection 450,000
34 Zambarano LTAC Hospital 1,177,542
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 1 Medical Examiners New Facility 4,500,000
2 Total - General 162,368,359
3 Debt Service Payments
4 General Revenues 153,991,095
5 Out of the general revenue appropriations for debt service, the General Treasurer is
6 authorized to make payments for the I-195 Redevelopment District Commission loan up to the
7 maximum debt service due in accordance with the loan agreement.
8 Other Funds
9 Transportation Debt Service 40,548,738
10 Investment Receipts - Bond Funds 100,000
11 Total - Debt Service Payments 194,639,833
12 Energy Resources
13 Federal Funds
14 Federal Funds 981,791
15 Federal Funds - State Fiscal Recovery Fund
16 Electric Heat Pump Grant Program 5,000,000
17 Restricted Receipts 14,779,659
18 Total - Energy Resources 20,761,450
19 Rhode Island Health Benefits Exchange
20 General Revenues 4,077,880
21 Federal Funds
22 Federal Funds 12,392,493
23 Federal Funds - State Fiscal Recovery Fund
24 Auto-Enrollment Program 1,288,710
25 Restricted Receipts 15,010,294
26 Total - Rhode Island Health Benefits Exchange 32,769,377
27 Office of Diversity, Equity & Opportunity
28 General Revenues 1,508,606
29 Other Funds 119,807
30 Total - Office of Diversity, Equity & Opportunity 1,628,413
31 Capital Asset Management and Maintenance
32 General Revenues 9,810,315
33 Statewide Personnel and Operations
34 General Revenues
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 1 FEMA Contingency Reserve 15,000,000
2 General Officer Transition Costs 350,000
3 Total - Statewide Personnel and Operations 15,350,000
4 Grand Total - Administration 820,335,630
5 Business Regulation
6 Central Management
7 General Revenues 3,801,190
8 Banking Regulation
9 General Revenues 1,942,687
10 Restricted Receipts 63,000
11 Total - Banking Regulation 2,005,687
12 Securities Regulation
13 General Revenues 863,630
14 Restricted Receipts 15,000
15 Total - Securities Regulation 878,630
16 Insurance Regulation
17 General Revenues 4,419,316
18 Restricted Receipts 2,041,662
19 Total - Insurance Regulation 6,460,978
20 Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner
21 General Revenues 3,777,735
22 Provided that $1,500,000 is used to conduct a comprehensive analysis of all state licensed
23 and contracted social and human service providers, to include review of rates, eligibility, utilization,
24 and accountability standards pursuant to Rhode Island General Law, Section 42-14.5-3(t).
25 Federal Funds 372,887
26 Restricted Receipts 532,817
27 Total - Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner 4,683,439
28 Board of Accountancy
29 General Revenues 5,490
30 Commercial Licensing and Gaming and Athletics Licensing
31 General Revenues 1,167,550
32 Restricted Receipts 914,932
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