§ 40.1-1-3.1. New title for department.
(a) Wherever in the general or public laws, or any rule or regulation, any reference to the “department of mental health, retardation and hospitals” or to “department” shall appear, it shall be deemed to mean and shall mean “the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals.”
(b) Wherever in the general or public laws, or any rule or regulation, there appears any reference to “mental retardation” or “retardation” as it relates to developmental disabilities, said reference shall be deemed to mean and shall mean “developmental disabilities,” and shall upon enactment of this section be referred to as “developmental disabilities.”
History of Section.P.L. 2010, ch. 101, § 2; P.L. 2010, ch. 105, § 2; P.L. 2013, ch. 396, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals
Chapter 40.1-1 - Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals
Section 40.1-1-1 - — 40.1-1-3. [Repealed.]
Section 40.1-1-3.1. - New title for department.
Section 40.1-1-4. - Organization of department.
Section 40.1-1-5. - Reorganizations within department.
Section 40.1-1-6. - Offices of department.
Section 40.1-1-7. - Appointment of employees.
Section 40.1-1-8.1. - “Developmental disability” defined.
Section 40.1-1-9. - State council on developmental disabilities.
Section 40.1-1-10. - Parent deinstitutionalization subsidy aid program.
Section 40.1-1-10.1. - Subsidy aid for parent deinstitutionalization program.
Section 40.1-1-11. - Housing for traumatically brain injured persons.
Section 40.1-1-12. - Permanent legislative oversight commission.
Section 40.1-1-13. - Powers and duties of the office.
Section 40.1-1-14. - Transfer determination.
Section 40.1-1-15. - Continuity of administrative function.
Section 40.1-1-16. - Division of substance abuse services — Establishment.
Section 40.1-1-17. - Law revision.
Section 40.1-1-18. - Liberal construction.
Section 40.1-1-19. - Problem gambling — Program.