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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022 | |
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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N | |
HONORING LINDA KATZ, J.D., CO-FOUNDER AND POLICY DIRECTOR OF THE | |
ECONOMIC PROGRESS INSTITUTE, ON THE OCCASION OF HER RETIREMENT | |
AFTER FORTY-FIVE YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC | |
JUSTICE | |
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Introduced By: Senator Melissa A. Murray | |
Date Introduced: June 21, 2022 | |
Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration | |
1 | WHEREAS, For the past forty-five years, Linda Katz has lent her time, talents, and |
2 | tremendous work ethic to finding and creating policies, training, and programs for affordable |
3 | housing, proper health care, and necessary legal aid for disadvantaged families, seniors, and |
4 | disabled adults in Rhode Island; and |
5 | WHEREAS, Upon earning her Juris Doctor, Ms. Katz began her career in 1978 as a |
6 | Community Education Specialist and Staff Attorney for Rhode Island Legal Services, helping |
7 | low-income individuals on a panoply of issues and developing training and a series of guides |
8 | relating to various programs to assist low-income individuals; and |
9 | WHEREAS, From 1988 through 1992, Ms. Katz served as Executive Director of the |
10 | Rhode Island Disability Center and in 1992, she returned to Rhode Island Legal Services as a |
11 | staff attorney. In 1995, she continued her efforts on behalf of Rhode Island's most vulnerable as |
12 | Health Policy Director for the Rhode Island Health Center Association, where she analyzed |
13 | federal and state laws affecting health centers and their patients in order to create and improve |
14 | policies governing patient care access to health centers and health insurance; and |
15 | WHEREAS, In 2001, Ms. Katz co-founded the Economic Progress Institute where she |
16 | has served as Policy Director for more than two decades. Under her direction, the Institute has |
17 | assisted in establishing statutory and regulatory provisions to help low- and moderate-income |
18 | Rhode Islanders with cash and food assistance, health care and child care. In addition, the |
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1 | Institute provides input and insights to Department of Human Services on the RIte Care health |
2 | insurance program, and offers training to State agency staff members and the community on |
3 | various available benefit options; and |
4 | WHEREAS, Throughout the course of her career, Ms. Katz has been honored with |
5 | myriad awards and accolades for her dedication and ability to find consensus, provide actionable |
6 | policies, and produce positive outcomes. She received the 2012 President’s Award for |
7 | Excellence, the 2009 Profile in Change Award, the 2009 Healthcare Policy Heroes Award, the |
8 | 2005 Nancy H. Gewirtz Social Action Award, and was named the 2004 Raymond J. Pettine Civil |
9 | Libertarian of the Year, to name but a few of her many recognitions; and |
10 | WHEREAS, Linda Katz's commitment to low-income and disadvantaged Rhode |
11 | Islanders is renowned, unwavering, and heartfelt, and her efforts have surely distinguished her as |
12 | a person worthy of our utmost admiration and gratitude; now, therefore be it |
13 | RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island hereby honors Linda Katz for |
14 | more than forty-five years of conscientious and passionate service to social and economic justice |
15 | for Rhode Islanders. We furthermore wish her continued health, happiness, and well deserved |
16 | time for life's pleasures as she begins a new chapter in her life; and be it further |
17 | RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and direct to |
18 | transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Linda Katz, J.D. |
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