Rhode Island General Laws 40.1-22-21. State support of poor or indigent clients
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The director may maintain without charge or defray the expense of care and treatment of such poor or indigent persons as are developmentally disabled clients under treatment in accordance with the provisions of this chapter who are residents of this state and proper subjects of state aid, who may have been admitted to any facility under the provisions hereof, and are not eligible for any other federal and/or state financial assistance.
History of Section.
P.L. 1970, ch. 324, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-43.1-21; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 122, § 2.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 40.1-22-21
- Director: means the director of the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals or the director's designees. See Rhode Island General Laws 40.1-22-3
- Facility: means any public or private facility, inpatient rehabilitation center, hospital, institution, or other domiciliary facility, the office of developmental disabilities or any part thereof, equipped to habilitate, on a residential basis, persons who are intellectually or developmentally disabled and in need of residential care. See Rhode Island General Laws 40.1-22-3