JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $500,000 TO THRIVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, INC. TO SUPPORT THE HILLSGROVE CLUBHOUSE PROGRAM (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) to Thrive Behavioral Health, Inc. to support the Hillsgrove Clubhouse Program.)

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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 $500,000 TO THRIVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, INC.
TO SUPPORT THE HILLSGROVE CLUBHOUSE PROGRAM

Introduced By:
Representatives Bennett, Edwards, Shallcross Smith, Fogarty, Hull, J.
Lombardi, and Donovan

Date Introduced:
April 08, 2026

Referred To:
House Finance
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WHEREAS, Thrive Behavioral Health, Inc. operates the Hillsgrove Clubhouse Program
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in Warwick, Rhode Island, a community-based psychiatric rehabilitation program serving
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individuals living with serious mental illness; and
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WHEREAS, The Hillsgrove Clubhouse utilizes the internationally recognized,
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evidenced-based, clubhouse model, which supports recovery through meaningful work, peer
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engagement, and community integration; and
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WHEREAS, The Hillsgrove Clubhouse Program is the only accredited program of its
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kind in the State of Rhode Island, providing a unique and essential component of the state’s
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behavioral health continuum of care; and
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WHEREAS, The program serves more than one hundred sixty-five (165) individuals
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statewide, offering services that promote employment, education, housing stability, and long-term
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recovery outcomes; and
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WHEREAS, Thrive Behavioral Health, Inc., recently received notice from the Executive
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Office of Health and Human Services that it can no longer bill the State Medicaid Program for
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services provided within the Hillsgrove Clubhouse Program and said notice did not include any
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alternative billing mechanisms leaving the Program’s status in financial jeopardy
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WHEREAS, Investment in community-based behavioral health programs reduces
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reliance on higher-cost services, including hospitalization and emergency care, while improving
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quality of life for Rhode Island residents; 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 five hundred thousand dollars
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($500,000); that the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities, and
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hospitals (BHDDH) is hereby authorized and directed to disburse these funds to Thrive
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Behavioral Health, Inc. to support the operation and expansion of the Hillsgrove Clubhouse
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Program; and that the state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw orders upon the
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general treasurer for the payment of said sum.
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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 $500,000 TO THRIVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, INC.
TO SUPPORT THE HILLSGROVE CLUBHOUSE PROGRAM
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This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of five hundred thousand
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dollars ($500,000) to Thrive Behavioral Health, Inc. to support the Hillsgrove Clubhouse
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Program.
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