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S TATE OF RHODE IS L A N D
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023
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J O IN T RESO LU TIO N
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $5,000,000 TO ELEANOR SLATER HOSPITAL,
ZAMBARANO UNIT
Introduced By: Senators de la Cruz, Ruggerio, Ciccone, Rogers, DiPalma, Lombardo,
Gallo, Pearson, Picard, and E Morgan
Date Introduced: March 07, 2023
Referred To: Senate Finance
1 WHEREAS, The Wallum Lake Fire Department, located in Burrillville, provides fire
2 protection, emergency response services, and responds to medical emergencies to the Burrillville
3 community including the Zambarano Unit of the Eleanor Slater Hospital; and
4 WHEREAS, Eleanor Slater Hospital/Zambarano Unit serves as an optimal model for all
5 long-term care facilities that provides outstanding health care services to those Rhode Islanders
6 who are in the greatest need, including geriatric patients, patients with developmental disabilities,
7 patients with Alzheimer's disease, and those with spinal cord injuries; and
8 WHEREAS, The Wallum Lake Fire Station is in critical need of re-building to replace
9 the deteriorating existing structure in order to continue to provide these critically needed services
10 to the community and the Zambarano Unit of the Eleanor Slater Hospital; now, therefore be it
11 RESOLVED, That there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not
12 otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year 2023-2024, the sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000)
13 to the Eleanor Slater Hospital, Zambarano Unit for the purpose of re-building a fire station on
14 Wallum Lake; and the state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his orders upon
15 the general treasurer for the payment of said sum, or so much thereof as may be from time to time
16 required, upon receipt of properly authenticated vouchers.
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 EXPLANATION
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
OF
J O IN T RESO LU TIO N
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $5,000,000 TO ELEANOR SLATER HOSPITAL,
ZAMBARANO UNIT
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1 This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $5,000,000 to Eleanor
2 Slater Hospital, Zambarano Unit for the purpose of re-building a fire station on Wallum Lake.
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