Bill > S0869

This bill creates a new full-time position of dementia services coordinator within the Rhode Island Department of Health, tasked with comprehensively addressing Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia. The coordinator will have ten key responsibilities, including coordinating public awareness and prevention efforts, overseeing the state's Alzheimer's disease plan, analyzing dementia-related data, evaluating state-funded dementia services, supporting dementia-specific training programs, establishing collaborative relationships with agencies and providers, recommending strategies to improve service coordination, identifying grant opportunities to expand services, and carrying out additional duties to support individuals with dementia and their caregivers. The coordinator will work in conjunction with the existing advisory council on Alzheimer's disease and related disorders, and the position will be a classified state government role. The bill will take effect immediately upon passage, aiming to create a centralized and strategic approach to managing dementia-related services and support in Rhode Island.

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