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H8255 • 2026

JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $200,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND FREE CLINIC (Appropriates the sum of $200,000 to the Rhode Island Free Clinic.)

JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $200,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND FREE CLINIC (Appropriates the sum of $200,000 to the Rhode Island Free Clinic.)

Budget Healthcare
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Diaz, Slater
Last action
2026-05-14
Official status
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $200,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND FREE CLINIC (Appropriates the sum of $200,000 to the Rhode Island Free Clinic.)

JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $200,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND FREE CLINIC (Appropriates the sum of $200,000 to the Rhode Island Free Clinic.)

What This Bill Does

  • JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $200,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND FREE CLINIC (Appropriates the sum of $200,000 to the Rhode Island Free Clinic.)

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-14 Committee

    Committee recommended measure be held for further study

  2. 2026-05-08 Rhode Island General Assembly

    Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/14/2026)

  3. 2026-03-06 Rhode Island General Assembly

    Introduced, referred to House Finance

Official Summary Text

JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $200,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND FREE CLINIC (Appropriates the sum of $200,000 to the Rhode Island Free Clinic.)

Current Bill Text

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H8255

2026 -- H 8255
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LC005997
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026
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J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $200,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND FREE CLINIC

Introduced By:
Representatives Diaz, and Slater

Date Introduced:
March 06, 2026

Referred To:
House Finance
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WHEREAS, The Rhode Island Free Clinic was founded in 1998, with the mission “to
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provide free, comprehensive medical care and preventive health services to adults who have no
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health insurance and cannot afford those services; and to serve as an educational training site for
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aspiring healthcare professionals”; now, therefore be it
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RESOLVED, That there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not
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otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year 2026-2027, the sum of two hundred thousand dollars
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($200,000) to the Rhode Island Free Clinic; and the state controller is hereby authorized and
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directed to draw their orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of said sum, or so much
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thereof as may be from time to time required, upon receipt of properly authenticated vouchers.
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EXPLANATION
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
OF
J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $200,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND FREE CLINIC
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This resolution would appropriate the sum of $200,000 to the Rhode Island Free Clinic.
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