{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-40.1-8.5-3","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 40.1-8.5-3","heading":"Matchable funds.","body":"(a) Matchable funds are those dollars received, whether through a grant by a center for the general provision of mental health services, excluding funds for capital expenditures, and received from one or more of the following:\n(1) Individual or business charitable gifts;\n(2) Community fund raising net dollars;\n(3) Unrestricted donations;\n(4) A participating municipality.\n(b) The director may authorize a center to include as matchable funds those federal funds the center received directly from the federal government for the provision of mental health services when:\n(1) The director determines that without the inclusion of federal funds provided, mental health services to the uninsured or to high-risk populations in the center’s service area will be seriously deficient or disrupted; and\n(2) The federal funds are not subject to statutory or regulatory restrictions or requirements that would prevent their use as matchable funds.","path":["Title 40.1 Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals","Chapter 8.5 Community Mental Health Services"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE40.1/40.1-8.5/40.1-8.5-3.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:59:32Z","sha256":"6aa304256e0a5b007d8920fb6a4419af605153c0cf891df998e3fc6bb6836c44","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-40.1-8.5-2","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-40.1-8.5-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}