SENATE RESOLUTION RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

This Senate resolution asks the Rhode Island Executive Office of Health and Human Services to study creating a new, separate Department of Hospitals. The request is based on a 2022 legislative commission recommendation that splitting hospital services from behavioral health and developmental disability agencies would allow for more specialized leadership. The bill directs the state agency to review this structural change and submit its findings and recommendations to the Senate by September 1, 2024.