{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-40-8.15-15","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 40-8.15-15","heading":"Other duties of the executive office for health and human services.","body":"(a)(1) The secretary shall determine by regulation whether and to what extent individual providers selected by personal choice participants to provide self-directed personal care are required to complete an orientation, pursuant to the secretary’s authority under § 40-8.14-4(c)(2). The secretary shall determine by regulation the specific types of education, experience, or training that may be required for an individual provider to be included on a registry of persons qualified to be self-directed individual providers.\n(2) The subjects of this section shall be collectively bargained with the provider representative. Nothing in this act prohibits a personal choice participant from requiring an individual provider to complete more training or education than is minimally required by the secretary.\n(b) The secretary shall maintain a registry for individual providers pursuant to its authority under § 40-8.14-4(c)(4) and shall collaborate with the provider representative to maintain this registry.\n(c) The provisions of this section shall take effect on the date of implementation, as provided in § 40-8.15-16(c).","path":["Title 40 Human Services","Chapter 8.15 Individual Providers of Direct-Support Services"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE40/40-8.15/40-8.15-15.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:59:28Z","sha256":"e7d0143be90039dfd939e0cb5d4a18df81027e1c98c63d92406b4683b250681b","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-40-8.15-14","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-40-8.15-16"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}