Rhode Island General Laws 40.1-5.4-9. Authority to lease
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Notwithstanding the provisions of § 42-11-2, the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals may make available, on terms and conditions and for the period it deems proper, facilities under its jurisdiction, or space therein, to affiliating nonprofit agencies, provided that the premises are utilized for direct or supportive services to persons who are mentally ill and their families, and/or for education and training of any discipline concerned with the problems of serious mental illness and/or research directed to the problems of serious mental illness.
History of Section.
P.L. 1994, ch. 247, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 83, § 107; P.L. 1999, ch. 130, § 107.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 40.1-5.4-9
- Department: means the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals. See Rhode Island General Laws 40.1-5.4-7
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Serious mental illness: means an illness which is biologically based, severe in degree, and persistent in duration, which causes a substantially diminished level of functioning in the primary aspects of daily living and an inability to cope with the ordinary demands of life, which may lead to an inability to maintain stable adjustment and independent functioning without long-term treatment and support and which may be of lifetime duration. See Rhode Island General Laws 40.1-5.4-7