Rhode Island General Laws Title 42. State Affairs and Government § 42-7.2-6.1. Transfer of powers and functions

(1) Fiscal services including budget preparation and review, financial management, purchasing and accounting and any related functions and duties deemed necessary by the secretary;

(2) Legal services including applying and interpreting the law, oversight to the rulemaking process, and administrative adjudication duties and any related functions and duties deemed necessary by the secretary;

(3) Communications including those functions and services related to government relations, public education and outreach and media relations and any related functions and duties deemed necessary by the secretary;

(4) Policy analysis and planning including those functions and services related to the policy development, planning and evaluation and any related functions and duties deemed necessary by the secretary;

(5) Information systems and data management including the financing, development and maintenance of all data-bases and information systems and platforms as well as any related operations deemed necessary by the secretary;

(6) Assessment and coordination for long-term care including those functions related to determining level of care or need for services, development of individual service/care plans and planning, identification of service options, the pricing of service options and choice counseling; and

(7) Program integrity, quality control and collection and recovery functions including any that detect fraud and abuse or assure that beneficiaries, providers, and third-parties pay their fair share of the cost of services, as well as any that promote alternatives to publicly financed services, such as the long-term care health insurance partnership.

(8) Protective services including any such services provided to children, elders and adults with developmental and other disabilities;

(9) [Deleted by P.L. 2010, ch. 23, art. 7, § 1].

(10) The HIV/AIDS care and treatment programs.

(1) Minimal disruption of services to consumers;

(2) Elimination of duplication of functions and operations;

(3) Services are coordinated and functions are consolidated where appropriate;

(4) Clear lines of authority are delineated and followed;

(5) Cost-savings are achieved whenever feasible;

(6) Program application and eligibility determination processes are coordinated and, where feasible, integrated; and

(7) State and federal funds available to the office and the entities therein are allocated and utilized for service delivery to the fullest extent possible.