R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-72-18: Transfer of functions from department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals.

There are transferred to the director of the department of children, youth and families:

(1) Those children and youth functions and services of the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals administered through or with respect to the division of curative services excluding the pediatric unit of Zambarano Hospital but including generally and specifically components within the institute of mental health and “services for emotionally disturbed children” in chapter 7 of title 40.1, services for emotionally disturbed children and of all officers, employees, agencies, advisory councils, committees, and commissions relating to children and youth services of the division of curative services; provided, further, that the director shall establish a task force to determine the feasibility of transferring to the department of children, youth and families, those functions relating to children within the division of developmental disabilities; and

(2) So much of other functions or parts of functions and employees and resources, physical and funded, related thereto, of the director of the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals as are incidental to and necessary for the performance of subsection (1).