Rhode Island General Laws 21-28.10-10. Creation of opioid stewardship fund
(a) There is hereby established, in the custody of the executive office, a restricted-receipt account to be known as the “opioid stewardship fund.”
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 21-28.10-10
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
(b) Monies in the opioid stewardship fund shall be kept separate and shall not be commingled with any other monies in the custody of the executive office.
(c) The opioid stewardship fund shall consist of monies appropriated for the purpose of such account; monies transferred to such account pursuant to law; contributions consisting of promises or grants of any money or property of any kind or value, or any other thing of value, including grants or other financial assistance from any agency of government; and monies required by the provisions of this chapter or any other law to be paid into or credited to this account.
(d) Monies of the opioid stewardship fund shall be available to provide opioid treatment, recovery, prevention, education services, and other related programs, subject to appropriation by the general assembly.
(e) The budget officer is hereby authorized to create restricted receipt accounts entitled “opioid stewardship fund allocation” in any department or agency of state government wherein monies from the opioid stewardship fund are appropriated by the general assembly for the programmatic purposes set forth in subsection (d) of this section.
History of Section.
P.L. 2019, ch. 88, art. 13, § 17; P.L. 2021, ch. 162, art. 2, § 2, effective July 6, 2021; P.L. 2022, ch. 231, art. 3, § 8, effective June 27, 2022.