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From YouTube: 1915c Home & Community Based Services Waiver Redesign Task Force (12/15/21)

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um Secretary, please call the roll.

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Senator carroll.

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Senator meredith.

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Senator parrott.

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uh Outside my district.

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Thank you very much.

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President, thank you.

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Representative elliott, I am president remotely from my district. Thank you, representative, kirk mccormick president.

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From my district.

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Thank you, representative stevenson,.

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Senator adams, here representative riley here wonderful.

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Quorum all right great, so um the cabinet for health and family services requested that members disregard their feedback to responses to our findings and recommendations that were sent to members yesterday afternoon.

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um I also want to note that we do also, oh, let me go ahead and get the approval of the minutes from the october 18 2021 meeting to have a motion to approve all right and I'll. Second, all those in favor signify by saying aye any opposed all right. Our minutes are approved.

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um I did print out also that um you know these recommendations have been out there for about a week now, and um I have scoured my email with uh to try to see if there have been any negative feedback on these findings and in fact it's been just the opposite.

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I haven't received any negative feedback and in fact I've gotten a few um letters of support from like the council on developmental disabilities and other groups who have endorsed our recommendations wholeheartedly. So I'm pleased to have um pleased to have that move forward.

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Okay. So this is the final meeting, and uh so we what we are going to do, our first order of business is or I guess second order of business um is to go through each of the recommendations and we're going to take them one by one, and then we will make a motion um to approve.

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So you all will have your copies of your recommendations in front of you, oh and then yeah. They will also be on the powerpoint.

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Okay, so it looks um here we okay, there we go finding number one is up on the uh screen. So do I have a motion in a second to approve the finding number one as written all right? Thank you. Do I have a second all, those in favor signify by saying aye, any opposed all right. Finding number one is approved.

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And I would if there's somebody that wants to um to discuss. um Please speak up, but otherwise, like I said before, I've been through my email, I've connected with members on the committee, and I haven't heard nothing but positive feedback and letters of support on this. So I was just going to go through each one. All right. Finding number two is: uh please reflect that on the screen all right. Finding number two: do we have a motion to approve finding number two?

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I have a motion from senator meredith and a second from uh representative rally, all those in favor signify by saying aye aye, any opposed all right. Finding number uh two is approved.

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Finding number three I'll make a motion all right. I have a motion and I have a second second, all those who say all right. All right you all are before. I am all those favorite signal. I was saying aye and all any opposed all right. Finding number three has been approved.

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Finding number four is on the screen. Now. Do I have a motion.

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All right, I have a motion, a second all, those in favor signify by saying aye aye, all right. Finding number four has been approved next on the screen is finding number five motion in a second all, those in favor signify by saying aye aye, any opposed all right. Finding number five has been approved.

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Finding number six.

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I have a motion in a second all, those in favor signify by saying aye aye, any opposed all right. Finding number six is approved, I kind of feel like a robot right now, but this is good. This is getting we're getting stuff done.

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Okay, and I have now we are at recommendation number one.

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Okay, I have a motion. Do I have a second? All right motion is saying all those in favor signify by saying aye aye, any opposed all right recommendation number one is approved. Recommendation number two. Do I have a motion?

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I have a motion, a second all, those in favor signify by saying I, I any opposed all right recommendation number two is approved.

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I have recommendation number three up on the screen and I have a motion and a second all, those in favor signify by saying aye any christ. Okay recommendation number three is approved.

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Recommendation number four is on the screen. Do I have a motion.

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Second motion: in a second all, those in favor signify by saying aye aye, any opposed all right recommendation number four is approved. Recommendation number five is on the screen. Do I have a motion.

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Do I have a second second, I have a motion in a second all, those in favor signify by saying aye aye, any opposed excellent recommendation. Number five is approved. We're almost to the end folks. Recommendation number six is on the screen. Do I have a motion.

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A second a second all, those in favor signify by saying aye aye, any opposed all right recommendation number six is approved. Recommendation number seven. Do I have a motion.

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I'd like to say, representative mccormick, please make a motion on this.

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Make a motion, emotion. Excellent! Do I have a second all right package? I have a motion, a second all, those in favor signify by saying aye, any opposed all right. Recommendation number seven is approved. Recommendation number eight is now on the screen. So do I have a motion?

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Do you have a second? Second excellent? I have a motion. A second on recommendation number, eight, all those in favor signify by saying aye aye any opposed. Okay recommendation number eight is approved. Recommendation number nine. Do I have a motion motion? Excellent. Do I have a second second? Okay?

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um I have a motion and a second all, those in favor signify by saying aye aye any opposed. Okay recommendation number nine is approved gosh. I thought we were at the end. Okay number 10 number 10 is up on the screen. Do I have a motion motion? I have a motion and a.

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Excellent, I have a motion a second all, those in favor signify by saying aye aye, any opposed all right recommendation number 10 is accepted.

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Recommendation number 11 is now on your screen. Do I have a motion motion make a motion excellent. I have a motion a second all, those in favor signify by saying aye aye, any opposed all right. Recommendation number 11 is approved.

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Recommendation number 12.. Do I have a motion I'll.

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Excellent, I have a motion in a second all, those in favor of recommendation number 12 signify by saying aye aye, any opposed all right recommendation number 12 is approved.

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uh We now have recommendation number 13 up on the screen. Do I have a motion I'll make it.

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Make a motion excellent.

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And a second all, those in favor signify by saying aye, aye.

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All right recommendation number 13 is approved.

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We have recommendation number 14 on the screen, um all those in favor signify by saying aye aye. Oh, I have emote. I need emotion. First, I make a motion all right. I have a motion in a second all, those in favor signify by saying aye, any opposed all right recommendation number 14 is approved, ands recommendation number 15 is on the big screen.

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Do I have a motion? I make a motion. Do I have a second?

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I have a motion a second all, those in favor signify by saying I any opposed all right recommendation number 15 is approved, um so I know that we zipped through that pretty quickly, but we did have really intense and exhaustive conversations through this interim on this task force and, first of all, I would like to thank um co-chair riley for his dedication to this population and to really focusing again on these issues because they do serve our our most vulnerable populations in kentucky.

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So thank you co-chair riley, and I want to also give a shout out to the task force members. This is not easy stuff, and this is in addition to your regular interim committee schedule, so this is kind of above and beyond, and I I do want to say thank you.

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You know senator meredith, you have been there at every single meeting asked asking really some of the most pointed questions for problems that we need to solve, and so thank you. Committee members. You all have really been excellent and I look forward to you know kind of holding hands on a lot of these issues as we um go through the session and try to make progress.

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Is there um anybody like to make a comment? Yeah um senator meredith.

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Ma'am chair, I appreciate your very kind remarks and I appreciate the opportunity to serve on this task force and um in a lot of regards.

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uh Probably the lack of attention of this population should be a source of embarrassment to us, and I hope this was a step, a strong step in the right direction to rectify that, because this is a population that has been overlooked for so many years and, tragically so, but again appreciate the opportunity, appreciate your and representative riley's leadership and look forward to this next session and see what we can do to strengthen this even further. Thank you, madam chair.

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Thank you, representative, kirk mccormick.

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I just want to say it's been an absolute honor to serve on this committee.

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I have worked directly throughout my previous career, with every single aspect of everything that came before this task force, and I personally know how important um all these issues are to the individuals.

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um I mean it's just awesome that we have this in our state to be able to assist those individuals that need those services it's humbling and it is an honor to have served on it. Thank you.

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Thank you representative. Any other members co-chair riley.

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Thank you, madam chair. um I really like to thank senator adams for her leadership in this in this group and and all the members of the committee and uh I'd like to do a special shout out to the staff they worked tirelessly spent a lot of hours to help us uh in this situation.

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uh You know, yes, they were they, they did a great job and we appreciate their efforts and um has everybody said this was a very daunting task uh to try to to do what we can to improve the situations for our most vulnerable population, and- and I appreciate everything- everybody's done on this committee- and it was an honor to be a part of it.

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Any other members: okay. um Well. This concludes our discussion of the findings and recommendations, and now we must approve the memo as a whole, so this does require a roll call vote, and so I need a motion in a second to approve the 1915 c home and community-based services. Waiver redesign task force, findings and recommendations, memo as written in its entirety. Do I have a motion.

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I make a motion.

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Thank you. I have a motion and a second secretary. Please call the role.

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Senator carroll, I senator meredith senator parrott.

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Representative elliott, I representative, kirk mccormick. I representative stevenson.

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Senator adams, aye representative riley.

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All right, so the memo is approved in its entirety. So again, thank you to this task force committee. Members really fantastic work and this concludes our work. So um do I have a motion to adjourn?

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Thank you. We are adjourned.

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