§ 42-7.2-1 Statement of intent
§ 42-7.2-2 Executive office of health and human services
§ 42-7.2-3 Secretary of health and human services – Appointment
§ 42-7.2-4 Responsibilities of the secretary
§ 42-7.2-5 Duties of the secretary
§ 42-7.2-6 Departments assigned to the executive office – Powers and duties
§ 42-7.2-6.1 Transfer of powers and functions
§ 42-7.2-7 Independent advisory council – Purposes
§ 42-7.2-8 Assignment and reassignment of advisory bodies
§ 42-7.2-9 Appointment of employees
§ 42-7.2-10 Appropriations and disbursements
§ 42-7.2-11 Rules and regulations
§ 42-7.2-13 Severability
§ 42-7.2-14 Cooperation of other state executive branch agencies
§ 42-7.2-15 Applicability
§ 42-7.2-16 Medicaid System Reform 2008
§ 42-7.2-16.1 Reinventing Medicaid Act of 2015
§ 42-7.2-17 Statutory reference to the office of health and human services
§ 42-7.2-18 Program integrity division
§ 42-7.2-18.1 Professional responsibility – Criminal records check for high-risk providers
§ 42-7.2-18.2 Professional responsibility – Criminal records check disqualifying information for high-risk providers
§ 42-7.2-18.3 Professional responsibility – Criminal records check for personal care aides
§ 42-7.2-18.4 Professional responsibility – Criminal records check disqualifying information for personal care aides
§ 42-7.2-19 HIV Care Grant rebate account
§ 42-7.2-20.1 ABLE accounts
§ 42-7.2-20.2 Definitions
§ 42-7.2-20.3 Creation of program
§ 42-7.2-20.4 Contributions to be held in trust
§ 42-7.2-20.5 Rules and regulations
§ 42-7.2-20.6 Tax-exempt earnings
§ 42-7.2-20.7 State and local means-tested programs
§ 42-7.2-20.8 Creditors
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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 42-7.2 - Office of Health and Human Services

  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Embezzlement: In most states, embezzlement is defined as theft/larceny of assets (money or property) by a person in a position of trust or responsibility over those assets. Embezzlement typically occurs in the employment and corporate settings. Source: OCC
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
  • in writing: include printing, engraving, lithographing, and photo-lithographing, and all other representations of words in letters of the usual form. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-16
  • Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • town: may be construed to include city; the words "town council" include city council; the words "town clerk" include city clerk; the words "ward clerk" include clerk of election district; the words "town treasurer" include city treasurer; and the words "town sergeant" include city sergeant. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-9
  • United States: include the several states and the territories of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-8