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.)

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2026 -- S 2377
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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:
Senators Quezada, Tikoian, Ciccone, Bissaillon, Urso, Acosta, Zurier,
Pearson, Vargas, and DiMario

Date Introduced:
January 30, 2026

Referred To:
Senate 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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