Melissa Murray
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Melissa Murray is a Democrat representing District 24 (Woonsocket, North Smithfield) in the Rhode Island Senate. The first openly LGBTQ+ elected official in Woonsocket, Sen. Murray served two terms on the Woonsocket City Council before being elected to the Rhode Island Senate in November 2018. As Chair of the Senate's Committee on Health & Human Services, Sen. Murray has been at the forefront of the Senate's work on healthcare , overseeing passage of legislation to improve access and affordability for patients while providing stability and sustainability for providers. Sen. Murray's work on healthcare also includes sponsoring legislation to protect Rhode Islanders from credit problems resulting from medical debts; create a three-year pilot program prohibiting insurers from requiring prior authorization for medically necessary healthcare services ordered by patients' primary care providers; reduce HIV transmission by making prevention treatments free and accessible to qualifying patients; limit insured patients' costs for inhalers and for supplies and equipment used to monitor or treat diabetes; and create a special legislative commission to study the issue of safe hospital…
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- VerifiedVoted yes on SB 3357: AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CRANSTON TO FINANCE THE ACQUISITION, DEMOLITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, RENOVATION, REPAIR, ALTERATION, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS IN THE CITY BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $2,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR
- VerifiedVoted yes on SB 3363: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION
- VerifiedVoted yes on SB 3354: AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CRANSTON TO FINANCE THE REPAIR, CONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION OF STORM DRAINS AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, AND THE REMEDIATION AND MITIGATION OF DRAINAGE AND FLOODING PROBLEMS, BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $4,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR
- VerifiedVoted yes on SR 3353: JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PAY CERTAIN CLAIMS
- VerifiedVoted yes on SB 3288: AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES
- VerifiedVoted yes on SB 3335: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS -- CITY OF WARWICK
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SB 3357: AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CRANSTON TO FINANCE THE ACQUISITION, DEMOLITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, RENOVATION, REPAIR, ALTERATION, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS IN THE CITY BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $2,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR
SB 3363: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION
SB 3354: AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CRANSTON TO FINANCE THE REPAIR, CONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION OF STORM DRAINS AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, AND THE REMEDIATION AND MITIGATION OF DRAINAGE AND FLOODING PROBLEMS, BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $4,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR
SR 3353: JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PAY CERTAIN CLAIMS
SB 3288: AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES
SB 3335: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS -- CITY OF WARWICK
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