The bill amends Chapter 30-15 of the General Laws, titled "Emergency Management," by introducing a new section, 30-15-46, which requires the General Assembly to make an annual appropriation of not less than eighty thousand dollars ($80,000) to the Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency within the executive department. This funding is designated to assist with emergency communications during major or multiple emergency incidents or when a community has exhausted its emergency resources and has requested assistance from the control centers under their mutual aid agreement.

The bill also outlines the distribution of these funds, specifying that an amount of not less than twelve thousand five hundred dollars ($12,500) shall be allocated to the communities designated as metro control, east bay control, northern control, and southern control, and an amount of not less than seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) shall be allocated to the communities designated as back-up control centers. The act is set to take effect upon passage.