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S2592 - Authorizes the executive office of health and human services to establish a program providing coverage for nutritional assistance and medically tailored meals for certain beneficiaries where there is a clinical need.
Victoria Gu, Joshua B. Miller, Samuel D. Zurier
Last updated 7 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE -- WAIVER REQUEST - Authorizes the executive office of health and human services to establish a program providing coverage for nutritional assistance and medically tailored meals for certain beneficiaries where there is a clinical need.
STATUS
Introduced
S2611 - Limits the use by insurers of step therapy, a protocol that establishes a specific sequence in which prescription drugs for a specified medical condition are covered by an insurer, by allowing medical providers to request step therapy exceptions.
Linda L. Ujifusa, Elaine J. Morgan, Louis P. Dipalma
Last updated 7 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
INSURANCE -- BENEFIT DETERMINATION AND UTILIZATION REVIEW ACT - Limits the use by insurers of step therapy, a protocol that establishes a specific sequence in which prescription drugs for a specified medical condition are covered by an insurer, by allowing medical providers to request step therapy exceptions.
STATUS
Introduced
S2519 - Allows municipalities participating in the state prekindergarten program to accept students from outside the municipality under certain conditions and establishes a lottery for enrollment in the program.
Sandra Cano, Hanna M. Gallo, Alana DiMario
Last updated 4 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND PREKINDERGARTEN EDUCATION ACT - Allows municipalities participating in the state prekindergarten program to accept students from outside the municipality under certain conditions and establishes a lottery for enrollment in the program.
STATUS
Engrossed
S2504 - Establishes guidelines for the operation of virtual currency (crypto) kiosks.
Victoria Gu, Louis P. Dipalma, Bridget G. Valverde
Last updated 7 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- CURRENCY TRANSMISSIONS -- VIRTUAL CURRENCY KIOSKS - Establishes guidelines for the operation of virtual currency (crypto) kiosks.
STATUS
Introduced
S2614 - Requires a report to be produced that focuses on prescription drug prior authorizations by January 1, 2025.
Linda L. Ujifusa, Joshua B. Miller, Pamela J. Lauria
Last updated 7 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE RHODE ISLAND HEALTH CARE REFORM ACT OF 2004 -- HEALTH INSURANCE OVERSIGHT - Requires a report to be produced that focuses on prescription drug prior authorizations by January 1, 2025.
STATUS
Introduced
S2653 - Bans the possession, sale, and transfer of assault weapons. Possession of assault weapons owned on the effective date of this act to be "grandfathered". Violations are punishable by a fine or imprisonment.
Louis P. Dipalma, Joshua B. Miller, Dawn Euer
Last updated 7 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- ASSAULT WEAPONS - Bans the possession, sale, and transfer of assault weapons. Possession of assault weapons owned on the effective date of this act to be "grandfathered". Violations are punishable by a fine or imprisonment.
STATUS
Introduced
S2591 - Creates the Rhode Island Student Loan Authority which would allow eligible individual to discharge student loan debt.
Alana DiMario, Joshua B. Miller, Pamela J. Lauria
Last updated 7 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
EDUCATION -- STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM - Creates the Rhode Island Student Loan Authority which would allow eligible individual to discharge student loan debt.
STATUS
Introduced
S2496 - Authorizes the submission of proposals for several bonds to the people of the state at the general election to be held in November, 2024. These bonds relate to capital development and the "green economy."
Louis P. Dipalma, Bridget G. Valverde, John P. Burke
Last updated 7 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
THE CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM - Authorizes the submission of proposals for several bonds to the people of the state at the general election to be held in November, 2024. These bonds relate to capital development and the "green economy."
STATUS
Introduced
S2969 - Directs the Rhode Island turnpike and bridge authority (RITBA) design a safety barrier or netting system on the several bridges within its authority.
Louis P. Dipalma, Frank A. Ciccone, Joshua B. Miller
Last updated 6 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
HIGHWAYS -- RHODE ISLAND TURNPIKE AND BRIDGE AUTHORITY - Directs the Rhode Island turnpike and bridge authority (RITBA) design a safety barrier or netting system on the several bridges within its authority.
STATUS
Introduced
S2963 - Provides state employee public safety professionals with parity to municipal public safety employees in the state/municipal retirement systems eff. 7/1/24 with 10% contribution.
Louis P. Dipalma, Frank A. Ciccone, Virginia Susan Sosnowski
Last updated 6 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS - Provides state employee public safety professionals with parity to municipal public safety employees in the state/municipal retirement systems eff. 7/1/24 with 10% contribution.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Rhode Island district SD-028
COMMITTEES
Rhode Island Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Joshua B. Miller is from the State of West Virginia. He earned his B.A. in Political Science from West Virginia University in 2007. He was elected to the House of Delegates in 2016 to represent West Virginia's 66th district. He currently serves on several committees in the West Virginia Legislature, including Energy, Judiciary, Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse, and Small Business Entrepreneurship and Economic Development. Miller previously served as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney in Morgan County.read less
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Rhode Island Senate from Rhode Island
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