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Senate Finance Committee hears proposal to codify Rhode Island integrated data system governance
Summary
The Senate Committee on Finance on March 25 heard testimony on budget provisions to codify a federated Rhode Island integrated data system, adding six FTEs across multiple agencies and opening some deidentified data access to external researchers under MOUs.
The Senate Committee on Finance on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, heard testimony on budget language that would codify governance of a federated Rhode Island integrated data system and provide staff capacity for ongoing integration and operations.
State Budget Officer Joe Kadega told the committee the proposal would place the Executive Office of Health and Human Services— (EOHHS) ecosystem and the Rhode Island Longitudinal Data System (education/workforce data managed by the Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner) under a single co‑chaired board and would fund six full‑time equivalent (FTE) positions across the Department of Administration, EOHHS and the Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner to support migration, security, governance and operations.
Kadega described the change as a codification of governance developed over several years and referenced a November 2023 executive…
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