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From YouTube: 4/7/2022 - Nevada Silver Haired Legislative Forum
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A
Members,
please
come
to
order.
Welcome
to
the
first
meeting
of
the
nevada,
silverhead
legislative
forum
of
this
legislative
interim.
We
will
call
the
role
first
for
those
members
attending
virtually.
Would
you
at
least
turn
on
your
cameras
and
respond
and
unmute
yourself
when
you
hear
your
name,
madam
secretary,
please
call
the
roll.
D
C
A
Thank
you
so
much.
Madam
secretary,
dr
yassenda
is
not
attending
the
meeting
today
for
the
record,
my
name
is
patrick
ashton,
and
I
am
a
senior
policy
analyst
with
the
research
division
of
the
legislative
council
bureau
members.
This
is
the
first
time
the
former
has
held
a
meeting
since
the
beginning
of
the
covet
19
pandemic
in
nevada.
A
A
We
will
remember
them
later
during
this
meeting
determined
membership
of
former
forum.
President
john
yasender
expired
as
well
as
the
terms
of
all
other
form
officers.
During
these
last
two
years,
president
jacenda's
unaware
unavailable
for
today's
meeting
and
sadly
vice
president
barbara
altman
passed
away
last
august.
A
The
two
former
facilitators
are
no
longer
members
of
the
forum,
since
the
forum
currently
has
no
forum
officers.
I,
as
non-partisan
staff,
will
share
this
meeting
until
a
new
form
president
has
been
elected
by
you.
The
election
of
forum
officers
is
among
our
first
agenda
items
as
nonpartisan
legislative
staff.
I
cannot
advocate
nor
oppose
any
of
the
proposals
that
may
come
before
you
I'm
here
to
assist
the
future
forum
president
and
the
members
with
any
questions
concerning
the
forum
that
may
arise
before
we
begin.
I
would
like
to
make
several
housekeeping
announcements.
A
A
A
Any
links
or
information
that
you
would
like
to
share
during
your
presentation
should
be
stated
verbally
on
the
record
agenda,
items
may
be
taken
in
a
different
order
than
listed
two
or
more
agenda
items
may
be
combined
for
consideration.
An
item
may
be
removed
from
this
agenda
and
discuss.
Discussion
of
an
item
on
this
agenda
may
be
delayed
at
any
time.
A
A
If
you
wish
to
testify
in
person,
please
sign
in
at
the
table
by
the
door
and
leave
your
business
card.
If
you
do
not
testify,
you
may
also
want
to
sign
in
so
there
is
a
record
of
who
is
interested
in
an
in
a
particular
topic
or
in
the
event,
the
comment
needs
to
contact
you
later
when
testifying
in
person.
Please
turn
the
microphones
on
to
speak
and
off
to
listen.
A
A
A
And
then
pressing
the
pound
sign
when
prompted
for
a
participant
id,
please
press
pound.
Again,
you
can
also
email
comments
to
the
form's,
email
address,
mail,
written
comments
to
the
research
division
or
fax.
Your
comments.
You
can
find
the
phone
and
fax
numbers,
email
and
mailing
address
on
the
agenda
with
that
we
will
move
to
our
next
agenda
item
public
comments
for
public
comment.
We
ask
you
not
to
repeat
what
a
previous
commenter
stated.
An
additional
opportunity
to
make
public
comment
will
be
available
at
towards
the
end
of
the
meeting.
A
Excuse
me,
sir:
this
is
the
public
comment
period
for
members
of
the
public
for
forum.
Members
usually
do
not
testify
under
public
comment,
but
please
also
when
you
speak
turn
on
your
microphone.
So
we
can
hear
you
yeah.
E
All
right,
so
I
think
one
of
the
issues
is
very
important
to
any
community
is
public
school
education
and
I
moved
here
because
the
taxes
were
low.
I
like
that,
however,
our
I
believe
our
schools
are
not
supported
enough.
I
don't
have
any
any
children
or
grandchildren
here,
but
I'm
concerned
about
the
future
of
our
community
and
for
our
state
and
actually
for
our
country.
E
So
the
future
really
is
that
we
need
to
support
public
school
education
and
I
think
our
government-
I
don't
want
to
be
too
partisan,
but
but
I
think
our
governor
supports
that
and
I
think
it's
a
very
important
issue.
They
we've
recently
gotten
some
more
funding
from
mining
companies,
but
I
think
that's
not
enough,
so
I
think
we
need
to
do
more
for
our
public
schools
and
for
education,
so
we
can
have
a
better
educated
workforce
to
diversify
our
community,
which
we
also
need
to
do.
Thank
you.
A
F
Thank
you
very
much
for
the
record.
My
name
is
brett
salmon.
I'm
president
of
the
nevada,
healthcare
association
and
our
associate
association
represents
both
nursing
facilities
and
assisted
living
facilities,
and
I
thought
based
on
your
agenda.
It
would
be
appropriate
for
me
to
come
just
give
you
a
little
bit
of
a
overview
of
what
we've
experienced
the
last
couple
of
years
in
in
those
types
of
communities.
F
All
of
us
have
been
impacted
by
coven
19,
but
not
everyone
has
had
to
fight
covet
19
every
single
day
and
so
we're
very
grateful
for
our
caregivers
and
the
healthcare
heroes
that
they
are
and
they
did
their
very
best
during
this.
This
pandemic,
in
a
really
tough
regulatory
environment,
and,
as
we
all
recall
several
months
into
the
pandemic,
the
federal
government
mandated
the
closing
of
all
nursing
facilities
to
visitors
and
that
all
residents
should
be
quarantined
to
their
rooms.
So
for
almost
a
year
our
residents
were
not
allowed
to
see
family
and
friends.
F
If
you
take
alaska
and
hawaii
out
of
that,
given
their
unique
locations,
the
highest
cover
mortality
rate
of
overall
cova
deaths
in
their
state
was
rhode.
Island
at
33
percent,
the
lowest
mortality
rate
was
arizona
at
4.9
percent
and
nevada
came
in
at
5.6
percent.
So
we
did
a
wonderful
job
here
in
in
protecting
the
residents
in
those
communities
during
the
pandemic.
F
Some
of
the
quality
indicators
actually
improved
for
long-term
care
residents
and
short-term
care
residents,
so
hospitalizations
decreased
15
percent
utis
decreased
8
percent,
catheter
use
decreased
12
percent
and
for
our
short-term
residents,
who
are
going
through
rehab,
their
functional
improvement
actually
increased.
Eight
percent
during
the
pandemic,
so
folks
did
a
really
wonderful
job
caring
for
those
folks.
In
a
unique
time,
during
the
pandemic
nationwide,
there
were
110
infection
control
surveys
done
in
nursing
facilities.
F
72
percent
of
those
surveys
were
deficiency
free
and
to
this
point,
the
latest
data
shows
that
there
were
there
have
been
730
000
residents,
nursing
facility
residents
who
recovered
from
covet
during
the
pandemic,
and
so
we
all
know
that
that
coveted,
uniquely
targets-
you
know
the
senior
population
and
I'm
very
appreciative
of
of
the
work
that
this
forum
will
do
and
focusing
on
the
issues
that
seniors
that
are
impacted
by
seniors
the
most
and
appreciate
your
time.
Thank
you
very
much.
A
A
A
Thank
you
very
much
with
that.
We
will
move
to
our
next
agenda
item
introduction
of
forum
members
and
staff.
I
would
like
to
take
a
few
minutes,
so
members
of
the
forum
and
staff
can
introduce
themselves
as
they
did
earlier.
We
have
many
new
members
so
getting
to
know
each
other
will
be
helpful
members.
I
will
call
each
of
you
up
by
senate
district,
please
introduce
yourselves
and
include
your
nominating
senator
and
your
interest
in
this
forum.
A
A
A
H
I
Yes,
yes,
yes,
I'm
mercedes,
maharas,
proudly
representing
senate
district
3
and
my
nominating
person
senator
now,
commissioner,
was
the
honorable
richard
segerbloom.
I
G
I
See
my
name
is
william
merchant.
My
daddy
called
me
bill
and
you
can,
if
you'd
like
to,
or
you
can
call
me
dr
marchand,
if
you
believe
in
formality,
I
was
appointed
by
joyce
woodhouse
for
the
previous
term.
So
this
is
the
beginning
of
my
second
term
appointed
by
senator
kerry
buck.
I'm
a
retired
family
therapist
and
professor.
A
Thank
you
very
much.
Next
senate
district,
six,
petty
rumford.
C
C
Okay,
joanne
bonjourno,
I
represent
district
7
for
roberta
lang.
I
have
been
here
14
years,
nominated
by
four
different
senators
responsible
or
instrumental
in
the
passing
of
the
silver
alert
bill
which
we're
very
proud
of
sponsored
by
senator
parks.
At
that
time
I
am
a
financial
consultant
proud
to
be
with
this
legislative
group
and
hope,
welcome
all
the
newcomers
and
hope
this
year
our
agenda
will
be
fulfilled.
A
A
E
A
Thank
you
very
much.
We
go
to
senate
district
10
friend,
almares.
J
Good
morning,
I
think
this
is,
I
think,
I've
been
doing
this.
Like
eight
years,
I
was
originally
nominated
by
senator
ivana
kinsella.
She
moved
on
to
work
for
president
biden
and
she
is
now
the
chief
of
staff
for
our
governor.
J
My
current
senator
is
fabian
donate,
I'm
very
happy
to
be
here,
and
I
also
lobby
for
the
forum
in
carson
city
for
many
of
the
bills
that
affect
us
seniors.
Thank
you.
G
Good
morning
to
our
former
membership,
both
old
and
new,
to
our
guests
and
our
community
friends,
my
name
is
marilyn
jordan
and
I
represent
district
11,
senator
dallas
harris
I've
been
a
member
and
serving
since
2016.,
I'm
an
educational
administrator,
past
superintendent
of
schools,
principal
and
financial
analyst,
and
I'm
pleased
to
be
back
in
session
and
once
again
working
on
the
issues,
concerns
choices,
challenges
and
changes,
impacting
our
more
than
four
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
seniors
across
the
state
of
nevada.
G
A
Thank
you
so
much,
dr
jordan
is
peggy
levitt
present
to
introduce
yourself.
Yes,
there
we
go.
J
J
by
profession.
When
I
worked,
I
was
a
social
worker
and
worked
actually
with
dr
marchant
way
back
when
I've
served
on
the
boulder
city
city
council
for
a
couple
of
terms,
I'm
not
serving
in
that
capacity
now.
But
I've
been
very
involved
in
senior
services
in
boulder
city,
so
I'm
very
excited
to
be
serving
on
this
committee,
and
this
is
my
first
year
our
first
time.
A
C
C
My
thoughts
are,
of
course,
with
senior
citizens.
Doing
all
that
I
can
to
promote
up
everything,
that's
good
for
them.
C
A
Thank
you
so
much
next
senate
district,
15,
lisa
laflin.
C
Good
morning,
everyone
and
I'm
excited
to
be
part
of
the
panel.
I
was
nominated
by
senator
heidi
sivers
gansert.
I
am
pretty
much
a
lifelong
nevadan.
I
grew
up
in
las
vegas
and
then
moved
to
reno
to
earn
my
degree
in
journalism
at
the
university
here
and
then
stayed
north.
I
have
a
real
love
for
the
entire
state
of
nevada.
Having
spent
both
my
my
whole
life
here-
and
I
guess
my
particular
interest
is
the
health
care
of
our
our
seniors.
C
I've
had
both
my
mother
and
brother
die
here
in
nevada
and
my
father,
my
brother
and
my
husband
are
all
physicians
and
then
I
also
have
public
relations
experience
working
in
hospitals,
so
I'm
very
concerned
about
communicating
with
our
seniors
also
because
I
think
there
is
a
a
gap
with
all
the
technology.
So
I'm
looking
forward
to
being
part
of
this
committee
and
thank
you
for
welcoming
me
me.
It
is
my
first
year.
A
Thank
you
very
much.
Next,
we
would
have
senate
district
16
and
17,
but
both
forum
seats
are
currently
vacant.
So
we
move
on
to
senate
district
18,
roger
troth.
Please.
C
A
Thank
you
so
much,
sir,
and
I
just
got
a
message
that
laura
levitt
would
be
able
to
introduce
herself
right
now:
senate
district
8.
Please
go
ahead.
Man.
C
A
Thank
you
so
much
next
we
would
have
senate
district
19,
doris
aarons,
but
she
is
not
attending
but
excused
for
from
this
meeting
today.
So
we
move
on
to
senate
district
20,
fred
silver
cross.
C
I
Name
is
fred
solderkraus
I've
been
on
the
silver
haired
forum
now
for
about
seven
years.
It's
been
a
pleasure
all
these
years.
I'm
happy
we're.
Finally,
at
a
point
where
we
can
get
back
and
meet
in
person.
Those
of
us
that
can
show
up
looking
forward
to
the
committee
and
the
forum
being
much
more
active
than
we
have
been
able
to
be
for
the
last
two
years,
so
I
hope
we're
going
to
have
a
full
full
agenda
coming
up
for
the
next
12
months.
C
C
Well,
first
off,
I'm
not
smart
enough
to
turn
on
my
mic:
I'm
a
fourth
generation
nevadan
I've
spent
my
adult
life
working
on
preserving
and
setting
aside
nevada
lands
working
with
state,
legislatures
and
and
federal
legislators.
C
So,
and
I
and
I
appreciate
that
senator
ornshell
has
placed
me
here-
I
hope
I'm
going
to
be
able
to
to
add
to
your
agenda
but
bill
marchant.
We
have
a
common
friend
nancy
gentis
and
I
would
like
to
to
just
let
you
know
that
already
I'm
thrilled,
because
I've
touched
the
hand
that
probably
has
touched
the
hand
many
times
of
cory
booker.
Thank
you.
A
K
Good
morning
forum
members,
my
name
is
ashley
kalina
for
the
record.
I
am
a
senior
policy
analyst
with
the
research
division
of
legislative
council
bureau.
I
have
been
with
the
legislative
council
bureau
for
almost
six
years
and
I
am
excited
to
be
working
with
you.
This
is
my
first
formal
role
as
a
committee
policy
analyst
with
the
forum,
but
I
do
have
some
experience
on
the
constituent
services
side
and
answering
questions
for
forum
members
in
the
past,
so
I
am
here
and
and
looking
forward
to
working
with
you
and
helping
you
in
any
way.
A
I
have
staffed
the
forum
during
the
2017-18
interim
as
well
as
part
of
the
2019
and
20
interim
part
of
my
duties
also
were
to
staff
the
assembly
committee
on
health
and
human
services
last
session
and
the
assembly
committee
on
commerce
and
labor
before
that
in
the
2019
session.
A
Currently,
I'm
staffing,
the
new
committee
on
the
joint
interim
standing
committee
on
health
and
human
services
by
profession,
I'm
actually
a
social
worker.
I
also
have
a
master's
degree
in
political
science,
science
and
public
policy,
and
I
live
in
reno
nevada.
So
I'm
glad
to
be
back
with
the
forum.
It's
good
to
see
you
and
I'm
also
happy
to
see
all
the
new
members,
and
with
that
I
will
briefly
introduce
the
other
staff
attending
this
meeting
today.
A
Eric
robbins
he's
the
forum's
legal
counsel
in
carson
city
today,
since
brian
fernley,
the
legislative
council
of
lcb
and
the
forum's
legal
council
has
to
attend
another
legislative
meeting
today
so
welcome.
Mr
robbins
attending
from
carson
city
are
chan,
bray's,
research
policy,
assistant
and
forum
secretary,
as
well
as
julian
king
assistant
manager
of
the
research
policy
assistance
and
former
former
secretary,
and
finally,
I
would
like
to
mention
the
formidable
staff
from
broadcast
and
production
services
that
we
do
not
see,
but
they
are
behind
the
scenes
he
they
are
assisting
the
forum
during
this
meeting.
A
Thank
you
for
all
you
do.
I
just
received
a
message
that
lucille
adden
has
arrived
in
carson
city.
Ms
adan,
are
you
ready
to
introduce
yourself.
G
A
Thank
you.
Could
you
please
tell
us
briefly,
who
is
your
nominating
senator,
how
long
you've
served
on
the
forum
and
anything
else
that
you
would
like
to
say
please,
okay,.
G
I
drew
your
radi
was
my
senator
and
I
have
been
on.
How
long
have
I
been
on
the
board.
G
G
So
that's
who
I
am
I've
been
in
the
community
since
1962
and
have
been
involved
in
a
lot
of
organizations
and
boards
in
reno
sparks.
A
Thank
you
very
much,
and
this
concludes
our
introductions.
Next,
we
will
move
on
to
the
election
of
form
officers.
Before
I
continue,
I
would
like
to
ask
the
members
and
also
presenters
attending
virtually
over
soon
that
you
please
speak
up
and
be
close
to
your
microphone,
so
we
can
hear
you
better
here
in
las
vegas.
A
Unfortunately,
some
members
that
are
attending
virtually
we
could
barely
hear
you
so
during
the
election,
we
will
ask
you
to
speak
up
and
there
it
will
be
really
important
that
you
have
that
you're
close
to
your
microphone
and
that
you
make
your
vote
and
yeah
that
you
speak
up
during
your
vote.
Okay,
members
in
your
meeting
materials,
you
will
find
an
overview
of
forum
officer
positions.
A
We
also
have
a
vice
president.
You
also
have
a
vice
president,
who,
once
elected,
will
serve
a
one-year
term
and
can
be
re-elected.
There
are
no
term
limits
and
the
vice
president
works
together
with
with
the
president
to
coordinate
and
facilitate
activities
of
the
forum,
including
meetings
and
assist
the
president
to
conduct
these
four
meetings.
If
the
president
is
absent
or
otherwise
unable
to
perform
his
or
her
duties,
and
then
there
are
also
two
facilitator
positions,
one
in
the
north
and
one
in
the
south.
A
Each
facilitator
serves
two-year
terms
and
they
can
be
re-elected
and
facilitators,
gather
information
on
issues
of
importance
to
senior
citizens
and
provide
a
report
at
each
forum
meeting
and
those
members
that
have
been
here
during
the
last
interim
may
remember.
There
were
some
agenda
items
in
the
past
on
each
of
the
meetings
we
had
before
the
pandemic.
That
were
a
report
from
these
facilitators.
A
A
We
will
hold
separate,
separate
elections
for
each
officer
position
and
I
will
ask
you
for
nominations
for
each
one.
If
a
member
is
nominated
for
an
officer
position,
he
or
she
needs
to
accept
the
nomination.
In
order
to
be
considered
for
the
position,
nominees
will
have
the
opportunity
to
deliver
brief
remarks
before
the
vote.
A
A
A
A
If
you
have
a
nomination
and
say
them
on
the
microphone,
please
don't
forget.
Also
after
you
spoke
to
turn
off
your
microphone.
Thank
you.
Okay,.
A
Thank
you
very
much.
Next,
dr
jordan,
I'm
asking
do
you
accept
your
nomination?
Could
you
please
state
that,
on
the
record.
I
A
A
Does
any
one
of
you
have
any
comments
they
would
like
to
make
before
we
take
a
vote?
Ms
amaras,
if
you
want
to
make
a
statement
in
favor
of
your
candidacy
plea,
please
feel
free
to
do
so
at
this
time
as
well.
J
Thank
you,
patrick,
and
thank
you
joanne.
That
was
a
surprise.
Thank
you
for
your
faith.
In
me,
I've
enjoyed
serving
on
this
forum
and
worked
with
dr
yacinta
for
several
years.
I
hope
I
can
fill
his
shoes.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you,
sir.
We
are
still
right
now
on
the
period
to
I'm
asking
for
comments
from
members.
After
that
we
will
actually
call
have
a
roll
call
vote,
because
we
have
members
attending
carson
city
on
the
zoom
and
here
so
we
will
ask
every
member
for
either
a
yes
or
no
vote
for
the
nominee.
A
G
This
is
marilyn
jordan.
I'm
decided
excited
about
the
possibility
of
fran.
Considering
our
leadership,
I
think
we
have
some
wonderful,
wonderful
new
members
and
I
think
we
have
an
opportunity
to
do
some
great
things
on
behalf
of
our
senior
citizens.
So
I
am
very
much
in
support.
A
I
was,
it
seems,
like
miss
maharas.
Do
you
have
a
comment.
A
G
G
C
I
I
E
B
A
C
J
J
A
E
A
A
This
will
so
I
will
close
the
nomination
period
for
vice
president
and
we
will
continue
with
a
roll
call
vote
for
the
only
nominee
we
have
for
the
forum
officer
position,
as
vice
president,
dr
marilyn,
jordan.
A
At
this
point,
madam
secretary,
would
you
would
you
please
please
say
sorry
one?
Second,
if
you
would
please
go
ahead
with
the
wrong
call
vote
members,
if
you
want
to
vote
for
dr
jordan
as
the
vice
president,
please
say
yes
or
if
you
don't
want
to
vote
for
her,
please
say
no
secretary,
please
commence
the
vote
now.
I
C
A
C
G
E
B
Yes,
thank
you
in
the
election
for
forum.
Vice
president,
dr
marilyn,
jordan
received
17,
yes
votes,
mr
ashton,
can
you
please
confirm
these
results.
A
A
A
Members,
members
with
your
at
this
point,
please
announce
your
nominations
for
the
northern
facilitator
and
I
I
did
hear
already
somebody
on
the
microphone.
Who
was
that
please.
C
This
is
jack.
The
enter
I'd
like
to
nominate
lucille,
aidan.
A
D
H
A
C
I
E
A
A
J
I'm
very
honored
to
be
nominated,
but
I'm
so
new
at
this.
I
don't
even
know
what
this
position
does.
So
I
won't
accept
at
this
time.
A
A
Members,
since
only
one
member
was
nominated,
since
only
one
member
is
left
now
for
the
southern
facilitator
position,
we
will
take
a
roll
call
vote
before
taking
the
vote.
I
will
open
it
up
for
discussion.
Does
anyone
have
any
comments
they
would
like
to
make
before
we
take
a
vote
and
miss
tyler?
If
you
want
to
make
a
statement
in
favor
of
your
candidacy,
please
feel
free
to
do
so
at
this
time.
G
Okay,
again,
I'm
honored
to
be
nominated.
I
don't
even
know
what
to
say
other
than
you
know.
What's
going
on
with
senior
citizen
in
my
community
in
our
communities
is
very
important
to
me
and
I'm
honored
to
be
able
to
represent
the
senior
citizen
all
over.
Just
not
my
community
in
all
areas,
healthcare,
economics
and
things
of
that
nature.
I'm
a
retired
healthcare
provider
and
healthcare
for
senior
citizens
is
very
important
to
me.
Based
on
that
said,.
A
I
C
B
C
G
E
B
A
J
J
K
So
to
begin,
I
want
to
go
over
how
the
forum
functions
in
a
hearing
process,
so
the
hearing
serves
a
twofold
purpose,
because
it
is
open
to
the
public.
A
hearing
provides
members
of
the
public
with
valuable
information
about
deliberations
and
actions
of
the
forum
and
because
policy
experts,
lobbyists
and
members
of
the
public
offer
testimony.
K
The
hearing
provides
an
important
educational
opportunity
for
forum
members
to
use
the
information
that
they
learned
from
the
witnesses
and
presentations
in
order
to
improve
legislation,
express
concerns
and
provide
timely
answers
to
constituent
questions,
and
so
this
procedural
information
reflects
the
rules
and
procedures
utilized
by
other
public
bodies,
so
first
the
procedures
for
the
forum
chair.
I
want
to
go
over
this
real
briefly.
The
forum
president
serves
as
the
chair
and
respond
and
is
responsible
for
calling
the
hearing
to
order
conducting
a
hearing
calling
witnesses
and
a
journey
adjourning.
K
K
When
the
chair
opens
the
committee
meeting,
they
will
call
the
meeting
to
order.
We
begin
with
a
call
for
the
role,
and
at
this
point
the
chair
or
president
may
also
make
committee
announcements.
K
The
chair
will
then
begin
the
consideration
of
the
items
on
the
agenda.
The
chair
may
ask
whether
any
of
the
items
need
to
be
taken
out
of
order,
and
they
may
grant
permission
to
do
this,
and
the
chair
will
begin
with
the
first
items
on
the
agenda
during
the
conducting
of
the
hearing.
K
After
all,
testimony
has
been
taken
and
presentations
have
been
made.
The
chair
or
president,
will
ask
if
forum
members
have
any
questions
and
a
forum,
member
with
a
question
or
comment,
really
should
raise
their
hand
in
order
to
get
the
attention
of
the
president
or
one
of
the
staff
members
and
to
indicate
that
you
have
an
interest
in
expressing
comment
or
sharing
a
question.
K
Members
participating
in
a
meeting
virtually
may
indicate
they
have
a
question
or
comment
by
raising
their
voice
and
saying
president.
I
have
a
question
or
comment.
It's
important
for
members
when
they
are
expressing
interest
in
sharing
a
comment
or
question.
It's
important
to
wait
for
the
president
to
recognize
you
and
then
proceed,
and
it's
a
good
idea
to
identify
yourself
so
that
we
have
that
information
available
on
records.
K
K
K
If
the
results
of
the
voice
vote
on
a
on
an
agenda
item
cannot
be
determined,
then
the
chair
can
call
for
a
roll
call
vote
and
then
the
chair
announces
the
results
of
the
vote.
Then,
once
testimony
discussion
and
action
on
an
agenda
item
are
complete,
the
chair
will
move
the
form
to
the
next
item
on
the
agenda.
K
One
thing
that
is
important:
we
are
in
a
virtual
world
very
much
so
now,
so
there
are
some
important
considerations
to
have
when
participating
virtually
in
the
event
that
forum
members
decide
they
want
to
participate
virtually
in
our
meetings.
There
are
some
best
practices
that
are
important
to
be
aware
of
virtual
meeting
participation
requires
good
internet
connection.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
you
are
connected
and
able
to
participate
throughout
the
course
of
the
meetings
so
that
we
do
not
lose
you
and
there
aren't
delays
in
or
that
you
would
miss
any
information.
K
K
It
is
advised
to
reduce
to
a
minimum
any
other
audio
sources
in
the
room
to
prevent
audio
delay.
Issues
during
the
meeting
also
keep
in
mind
for
virtual
participants
to
keep
the
mute,
keep
your
microphone
muted
until
you
are
ready
to
speak
or
participate
or
called
upon.
K
It
is
critical
to
also
remember
that
public
hearings
require
open
deliberation.
Therefore,
content
or
discussions
related
to
agenda
items
cannot
be
shared
in
group
emails
or
in
the
zoom
chat
box.
The
chat
box
is
restricted
to
only
identifying
and
resolving
technical
issues
that
may
arise
during
virtual
meetings.
K
As
mr
ashton
ashton
mentioned
earlier,
we
have
public
comment
portions
at
the
beginning
and
the
end
of
meetings,
and
this
allows
members
of
the
public
or
constituents
to
participate
and
express
their
concerns
or
experiences,
and
the
chair
and
or
and
or
president
may
limit,
the
time
of
such
testimony
for
those
who
decide
to
participate
in
public
comment
it.
The
public
comment
portion,
creates
a
limited
opportunity
in
which
greater
free
speech
protections
apply
for
members
of
the
public
who
wish
to
participate
in
these
meetings.
K
So,
for
example,
if
a
member
of
the
public
decides
to
mention
something
of
interest
or
concern
during
the
public
comment
portion,
members
should
make
note
of
it,
and
then
we
can
schedule
it
for
a
future
meeting
to
have
a
presentation
or
we
can
research
additional
information
for
you.
But
during
public
comment
portion
is
not
when
we
make
any
deliberations
or
decisions.
K
And
then,
if
nothing
is
more
to
come
for
the
before
the
forum,
the
chair
can
adjourn
the
meeting
and
the
chair
does
not
need
a
motion
to
adjourn
the
meeting
during
conducting
the
hearing.
Witness
testimony
and
actions
after
the
chair
has
called
witnesses
to
testify
before
the
forum
and
the
witness
has
completed
testimony
forum.
Members
may
ask
witness
questions
to
make
comments
on
the
testimonies
that
they've
heard
or
presentations
they've
heard.
K
So
the
witnesses
are
members
of
the
public
experts
in
a
particular
field
or
public
officials
or
others
who
testify
before
the
forum
it's
important
to
maintain
formalities
during
the
meetings.
So
when
we
acknowledge
those
who
are
presenting,
we
address
them
as
mr
or
ms
doctor
or,
if
governor
or
senator
or
assembly
member,
it's
important
to
have
those
titles
to
maintain
the
for
the
formality
of
these
meetings,
a
an
important
thing
to
keep
in
keep
in
mind
for
these
meetings
and
that
we
operate
under
open
meeting
law.
K
I
want
to
bring
your
attention
to
this
as
well.
The
forum
is
a
public
body
and
is
subject
to
open
meeting
law
along
with
its
subcommittees
public
bodies
working
on
behalf
of
nevada,
citizens
must
conform
to
statute
statutory
requirements
in
open
meetings
under
an
agenda
that
provides
full
notice
and
disclosure
of
discussion
topics
and
any
possible
action.
K
So
just
as
a
reminder
that
when
we
have
these
meetings,
we
specifically
discuss
those
items
that
are
on
the
agenda
and
we
stick
to
those
items
only
and
don't
bring
up
or
address
other
items.
We
can
schedule
those
at
a
later
date
or
another
meeting,
keep
in
mind.
Action
is
only
to
be
taken
by
the
body
as
a
whole.
Individual
members
do
not
have
decision
making
powers
and
may
only
speak
on
behalf
of
the
body
if
authorized
to
do
so
during
an
open
meeting.
K
However,
I
do
trust
that
this
information
provided
in
the
memo
is
beneficial
to
you.
If
you
do
have
questions
or
concerns
you're,
more
than
welcome
to
contact
me
or
mr
ashton,
and
we
are
happy
to
help
you
with
whatever
you
need
or
any
questions
that
may
arise
so
with
that.
I
am
thanking
you
for
this
opportunity.
If
you
have
any
questions,
I
am
open
to
that
at
this
point,.
E
K
J
Thank
you,
miss
kalina.
We
will
now
move
on
to
the
next
agenda
item.
However,
mr
gold,
if
I
may,
I
would
like
to
call
a
10-minute
recess
so
that
everyone
could
stretch
for
a
minute,
possibly
have
a
restroom
break,
so
please
be
back
at
25
till
and
we
will
continue.
Thank
you.
J
At
this
point
in
the
meeting
we'll
we
will
have
a
presentation
by
mr
mer:
barry
gold,
sorry
very
mumbling,
your
name
there
from
aarp
on
the
2021
legislative
session,
with
focus
on
bills,
passed
pertaining
to
senior
issues.
We
will
take
questions
from
foreign
members
at
the
conclusion
of
the
presentation,
mr
gold.
Please
begin
when
you're
ready.
D
Thank
you.
Madam
president,
members
of
the
forum
for
the
record,
my
name
is:
barry
gold.
I'm
the
director
of
government
relations
for
aarp
nevada.
It
has
been
my
pleasure
to
speak
to
the
forum
pretty
much
every
interim
for
the
last
17
years
since
I
moved
here
so
aarp
enjoys
the
working
relationship.
We
have
with
the
silver
haired
forum.
What
I
will
say
before
the
before
the
pandemic.
D
My
hair
was
dark,
so
the
pandemic
does
remarkable
things.
Isn't
it
you
know
only
my
hairdresser
knows
for
sure,
but
so
the
pandemic
changed
a
lot
of
things.
So
what
I
wanted
to
say
is
I've
worked
for
a
long
time
at
the
nevada
legislature,
I've
put
in
nine
sessions
there.
I
know
patrick
mr
ashen
very
well,
having
testified
in
front
of
a
lot
of
different
committees.
D
D
That's
a
great
thing
and
the
reason
why
I
do
that
is
because
it
really
shows
who
we
are
and
that
we're
out
there
and
we
vote
and
that's
very
important
because
there
you
go
and
those
of
you
who
know
aarp
is
strictly
nonpartisan
we're
a
501,
c
4
and
so
we're
all
out
to
lobby.
But
we
we
lobby
on
issues
affecting
not
just
older
adults,
but
really
everyone
our
founder,
dr
ethel
persingandrus,
said
what
we
do.
We
do
for
all
and
that's
what
we
like
to
do.
D
So
that's
why
they
always
know
that,
and
sometimes
after
I'm
done
testifying,
they
kind
of
lean
in
and
say.
Are
you
gonna
say
it
barry?
Are
you
gonna
say
it,
and
so
I've
said
that
and
it's
that
number
has
grown
and
grown
and
grown
over
the
years.
How
many
members
that
we
have-
and
it's
important
to
do
that
because
aarp
does
not
contribute
support
or
endorse
candidates
ever.
But
what
we
do
is
all
of
our
members
vote
and
you
all
know
that
we
are
the
the
absolute
voters
we
make
decisions.
D
So
I've
worked
with
the
forum,
like
I
said,
for
a
number
of
years,
informing
giving
information
and
also
seeing
if
I
can
get
the
form
to
support
aarp
priority
legislation
and
I've
never
had
a
problem
with
that,
because
it's
all
stuff
that
helps
older
adults.
D
So,
let's
get
on
and
let's
talk
about
legislation
from
2021.
now
this
is
not
an
exhaustive
list.
There
was
a
lot
more
bills
that
probably
affected
older
adults
in
one
way
or
another.
Let
me
tell
you,
I'm
a
busy
guy,
a
popular
guy
in
carson
city.
All
the
lobbyists
came
from
and
said,
barry
can
I
talk
to
you.
I
have
this
bill
that
affects
seniors.
It
may
have
been
whether
it's
about
hoas
or
whether
it's
about
landscaping
or
whether
it's
about
buses
or
whatever.
D
It
is
there's
one
little
part
that
might
affect
older
adults
and
yes,
indeed,
it
was,
but
it
wasn't
on
our
agenda.
So
I
have
to
graciously
say
thank
you
very
much
for
coming
and
talking
to
me,
but
that's
not
on
my
agenda,
so
I
will
not
be
weighing
in
on
your
bill,
but
so
these
are
most
of
most
of
the
bigger
things.
This
is
some
of
the
stuff
that
aarp
engaged
in
either
in
opposing
or
supporting.
D
D
Ab-76
was
a
nice
little
bill,
it's
for
veterans,
adult
daycare,
it
didn't
fund
it
all
it
did.
It
was
an
enabling
legislation
and
it
said
the
veterans
administration
is
allowed
to
investigate
whether
it
would
like
to
open
and
fund
their
own.
Adult
day
cares
for
those
of
you
who
are
not
familiar
with
adult
daycare.
It's
a
place
where
older
adults
go.
Who
need
a
lot
of
help.
Let
me
put
it
that
way:
they're,
not
senior
centers.
These
are
people
who
need
supervision.
They
may
need
help
with
feeding.
D
They
need
a
lot
of
different
things,
so
they
need
a
lot
of
help.
So
right
now,
there's
adult
day
cares
here,
but
sometimes
there's
a
waiting
list,
it's
very
expensive
and
if
you're
on
medicaid
you
can
sometimes
go
and
they'll
pay
for
that.
But
it's
a
limited
amount.
If
the
va
is
able-
and
now
they
are
because
this
bill
has,
they
can
open
their
own
adult
daycares,
they
fund
the
entire
thing.
So
if
vets
want
to
go
there,
it
costs
them
nothing.
The
other
good
thing.
D
If
vets
can
go
there,
they
can
be
around
other
veterans
and
for
those
of
you
who
either
are
vets
or
no
vets,
I'm
not
going
to
say
it's
a
closed
society,
but
they
all
know
each
other
they
all
get
along.
They
have
a
unique
bond
that
they
have
the
other
great
thing
about.
It
is
all
of
a
sudden.
Now,
if
there's
a
waiting
list,
there's
there's
not
enough
spaces
for
people
on
medicaid
to
go
to
an
adult
day
care.
D
D
If
you
think
about
what
it's
going
to
do.
It's
labeling
prescription
drugs.
What
it
says
is
you're
allowed
to
ask
your
pharmacist
to
put
the
how
how
to
take
your
prescription
drugs
on
the
label,
so
that's
take
one
three
times
a
day
or
take
three
twice
a
day.
Okay,
you
think
about
that.
Prescription.
Drugs,
I'm
well
known
for
telling
the
legislature
the
prescription,
drugs,
don't
work.
If
you
can't
afford
them.
Prescription
drugs
also
don't
work
if
you
don't
know
how
to
take
them.
D
D
D
Are
you
looking
at
me
like?
I
should
hurry,
mr
ashton,
a
little
bit
a
little
bit
so
there's
about
340
000,
family,
caregivers
in
our
state,
unpaid,
caregivers,
taking
care
of
family
members.
Okay
about
sixty
percent.
We
did
some
research
and
about
sixty
percent
of
these
family.
Caregivers
are
still
working,
fuller,
part-time.
D
Now,
what
this
bill
does
it
says
if
you
are
an
employee
and
you
work
for
a
company
that
already
gives
you
paid
or
unpaid
sick
time,
you
are
allowed
to
use
a
portion
of
that
sick
time
to
care
for
someone
else.
Now.
Some
of
you
say,
what's
the
big
deal
about
that,
I
work
for
aarp.
I
have
sick
time.
I
can
use
my
sick
time
for
me.
I
can
use
it
for
my
wife.
I
can
use
it
for
my
kids.
D
The
state
of
nevada
lets
their
employees.
Do
that,
but
a
lot
of
businesses,
your
sick
time
is
for
you
and
you
only
so.
What
we
really
want
to
do
is
make
a
more
humane
use
of
sick
leave.
Okay,
you
have
to
do
it
within
company
policy.
If
you
have
to
call
in
beforehand
whatever
you
need
to
do,
according
to
company
policy,
you
still
have
to
do
so.
That's
what
that's
what
this
bill
was.
We
finally
got
it
passed
so
now
in
the
state
of
nevada.
D
If
you
are
an
employee
who
earns
sick
leave,
you
can
use
some
of
that
to
care
for
a
family
member.
I
hate
to
say
the
pandemic,
help
to
get
that
understood,
but
there
were
legislators
who
voted
against
it
beforehand.
That
said,
you
know
all
of
a
sudden
I
had
to
take
care
of
my
mom.
I
had
to
take
care
of
my
dad.
They
had
covet.
It
was
quite
a
chore.
I
needed
to
use
my
sick
time,
so
they
got
it.
They
figured
it
out.
D
D
The
next
bill
is
what
we
call
the
training,
unlicensed
caregivers
and
facilities,
and
this
took
a
few
sessions
too.
What
you
will
notice
is
there's
legislation
that
sometimes
doesn't
pass
the
first
time.
It's
the
old.
Try,
try
again:
okay,
you
don't
want
to
try
too
many
times,
and
then
it's
like
well
there's
that
loser
again
they're
just
trying
to
pass
this
bill.
So
what
this
one
is
is.
What
I
will
tell
you
is
nevada
is
very
good
at
doing
background
checks
and
fingerprinting
for
people
that
work
in
certain
facilities.
D
Now
mister
salmon
who's
back
there
in
nursing
homes,
their
licensed
facilities,
everybody
that
takes
care
of
people
is
licensed,
whether
they're
cnas
or
nurses
dietitians,
and
they
have
specified
strict
training
that
they
have
to
do.
But
some
of
the
group
homes
and
some
of
the
assisted
livings
and
some
of
the
there's
something
called
housing
for
independent
individual
residential
hurts
they're
called
herx
housing
for
individual
residential
care.
D
There's
not
such
strict
training
on
who
those
people
are
okay
and
what
they
need
to
do
and
the
idea
is
we
fingerprint
and
we
background
check
them,
but
if
you
are
going
to
go,
live
in
one
of
those
places
or
go
get
services
in
one
of
those
places
or
you're
going
to
place
a
family
member
there.
You
really
want
to
know
when
you
walk
through
those
front
doors.
The
people
in
there
know
what
they're
doing
and
they've
been
trained,
but
for
a
lot
of
the
facilities
that
wasn't
so
much
the
case.
D
The
facility
made
that
decision
now
the
board
of
health.
With
this
bill,
the
board
of
health
makes
a
decision
on
what
types
of
facilities,
like
I
said:
hospitals,
nursing
homes,
they're
already
covered
those
people
they're
strict
training,
the
things
they
need
to
do,
but
some
of
those
others
that
didn't
decide
what
those
facilities
are
and
what
those
topics
and
issues
they
need
to
get
training
is
and
also
to
find
low
or
no
cost
training
available
on
the
internet.
D
Because
that's
the
problem
is:
are
you
going
to
drive
these
businesses
out
of
out
of
business
because
they
can't
afford
it?
So
it's
a
way
to
make
sure
that
people
get
the
care
giving
they
need.
Ab344
is
a
hospital
transition
program.
It
just
says
that
we're
going
to
develop
more
programming,
including
family
caregivers,
that
we
can
get
people
out
of
the
hospital
transition
to
going
home.
This
is
people
that
are
going
home
to
making
sure
there
are
programs
to
make
sure
they
stay
there
and
they
are
working
on
getting
those
programs
in
place.
D
Ab433
is
one
of
my
favorite
bills
and
that's
the
interim
committee
bill.
What
they
did
is
they
changed
the
structure
big
time
on
the
interim
committees.
There's
always
been
an
interim
health
committee
and
an
intermittent
education
committee
and
a
few
other
committees,
but
now
there's
some
joint
committees
and
a
lot
of
the
littler
committees.
There
was
a
committee
whether
I'm
going
to
make
it
up
a
committee
on
mining
and
a
committee
on
dental
hygiene
and
a
committee
on
something
else.
They
all
went
away.
They
got
rid
of
all
of
them.
Okay,
is
that
good?
D
D
What
I
will
tell
you
is
a
lot
of
the
issues
that
committee
hears
do
not
get
heard.
Very
much
do
not
get
a
lot
of
attention
in
some
of
the
new
joint
standing
committees
or
the
bigger
committees,
so
we
fought
very
hard
with
some
very
strong
testimony
to
get
that
pulled
out
of
this
bill
ab433
and
it
specified
specifically
that
that
committee
would
still
exist.
D
So
I
believe
it
was
two
weeks
ago
that
I
testified
in
front
of
that
committee
with
a
very
similar
presentation
and
that's
the
reason
why
that
committee
still
exists,
and
that
is
a
great
committee
that
does
a
lot
of
different
things
now.
Those
interim
committees
that
you
heard
about
in
the
interim
committees
of
that
one.
They
get
bdrs
bill
draft
resolutions
and
that's
what
turns
into
actual
bills
in
the
legislature.
D
So
from
from
the
senior
committee,
they
now
have
six
bdrs.
That
means
six
pieces
of
legislation
they
can
submit
to
the
legislature
to
be
considered
to
pass
into
law.
In
the
past.
I
have
had
issues
aarp
wanted,
be
those
bdrs
those
pieces
of
legislation
to
get
them
passed.
So
we're
really
excited
about
that
and
to
get
that
done.
In
fact,
that
caregiver
sick
leave
bill
came
from
the
senior
committee.
D
So
these
are
all
the
health
bills.
Like
I
mentioned,
let's
go
over
to
the
senate
side.
Sb5
was
a
telehealth
bill
audio
only
as
we
all
know,
telehealth
exploded
during
the
pandemic,
and
it's
a
good
thing,
because
it
really
helps
a
lot
of
people.
Well,
telehealth
some
to
some
insurance
companies
and
stuff
had
to
be
video
and
audio.
Well,
you
know,
there's
a
lot
of
people
who
are
living
at
home,
there's
a
lot
of
people
that
don't
have
a
computer
that
don't
have
a
smartphone
and
they
couldn't
leave
in
the
early
days
of
the
pandemic.
D
What
did
they
say?
Don't
go
anywhere
right,
they
said
stay
home,
so
this
allowed
audio.
Only
you
could
use
your
telephone.
You
could
use
your
telephone
and
get
telehealth
audio
only,
and
that
was
really
important
and
I
put
database
in
there
because
the
state
has
to
come
up
with
a
database
saying
who
requests
to
use
it
who
uses
telehealth,
and
some
of
them
were
things
like.
Were
things
like
gender,
where
things
like
ethnicity
were
a
lot
of
different
things.
I
testified
strongly.
D
They
should
also
put
caregiving
if
caregivers
access,
telehealth
and
also
age
age
was
not
a
factor
we
want
to
know
is
the
telehealth
being
done
by
people.
60
plus
is
done
by
people
40,
plus
that's
very
important,
so
we
need
to
make
sure
that's
in
there.
Sb19
was
a
background
check
bill
that
allowed
our
federal
system
and
our
state
system
to
talk
to
each
other
better,
like
I
said
to
do
those
background
checks
we're
good
at
that.
We
background
check
people
that
are
going
to
work
with
people
in
facilities
and
we
fingerprint
them
as
well.
D
Then
we
tv
test
them
as
well,
but
now
we
have
training
structure
for
them
too.
Sb
341
is
the
disparities,
training
and
programs.
It
requires
the
state
to
come
up
with
training
for
state
employees
and
also
to
come
up
with
programs
at
dealing
with
disparities
in
certain
health
care
issues
and
different
things
like
that.
It's
a
very
good
bill
that
needs
to
be
done,
and
so
that's
in
there
right
now.
Sb
380
is
the
prescription
drug
cost
transparency
bill
and
what
that
says
is
well
I'll.
D
Do
a
little
background
going
back
to
2017
nevada
was
the
first
state
in
the
country
to
pass
a
transparency
bill
and
it
was
prescription
drugs
for
diabetes
that
go
up
over
a
certain
threshold
in
price.
From
year
to
year,
the
drug
companies
had
to
report
to
the
state.
Why?
What
was
behind
these
increase
in
costs?
D
What
a
concept?
What
a
concept?
So
we
did
that
in
2017
in
2019
we
added
asthma
drugs,
okay,
so
then
they
had
to
report
to
the
state
the
same
thing.
Well
that
wasn't
good
enough
either.
So
in
2021,
now
it's
any
prescription
drug
that
cost
over
40
dollars
for
what's
a
single
cost
of
treatment
and
that's
basically
like
one
month
or
one
one
shot
or
whatever
it
is
over
forty
dollars
because
they
didn't
want.
You
know
the
five
dollar
drug
that
went
to
six
dollars.
D
Okay,
that's
a
pretty
big
increase
percentage-wise,
but
it
really
isn't
what
they
were
talking
about.
So
it's
drugs
are
a
little
more
expensive
that
went
up
over
a
certain
threshold,
either
in
one
year
or
in
two
years
any
drug.
The
drug
companies
now
have
to
report
and
also
the
pharmacy
benefit
managers
or
the
wholesalers,
don't
start
asking
about
prescription
drugs
because
that's
a
long
subject
they
have
to
report
to
the
state.
What's
behind
those
cost
increases
what
a
great
idea
and
then
the
state
can
look
at
that
information
and
make
some
decisions.
D
What
to
do
about
that?
One
of
the
things
some
states
have
done
is
they've
had
drug
pricing
boards
or
drug
drug
boards
that
look
at
some
of
this
information
and
say
well
what
can
we
do
about
that?
There
are
stump
states
that
have
capped
co-pays
on
some
drugs
that
say
certain
drugs.
The
copay
can't
be
more
than
this.
So
that's
something
for
nevada
to
consider.
Looking
forward
the
other
one
sp
396,
we
have
seen
results
already.
D
That's
the
drug
purchasing
pool
that
allows
the
state
of
nevada
to
to
join
larger
interest,
intra-state
interstate
drug
purchasing
pools,
so
the
more
people
that
get
together
to
buy
the
drugs
the
cheaper.
They
are
right.
So
we
recently
joined
the
northwest
drug
consortium
and
the
northwest
drug
consortium
was
oregon
and
washington,
and
you
may
have
read
about
this
recently.
D
We've
recently
joined
that
and
as
soon
as
it's
official
is
anyone
in
the
state
of
nevada
will
be
able
to
sign
up
for
that
and
you
will
be
able
to
buy
drugs
and
it's
any
any
prescription
drug
that
that
is
fda,
approved,
there's
no
formulary
for
cheaper.
Now,
if
you
already
have
insurance,
you
can
use
either
one
you
can
use
your
insurance.
So,
let's
say
through
your
insurance,
the
drug
is
37
or
16
or
92
dollars.
If,
through
this
northwest
drug
consortium,
it's
cheaper,
you
can
buy
it
that
way.
So
it's
it's!
D
It's
open
that
it
lets
you
do
that
you
can't
you
don't
have
to
you
know
pick
one
or
the
other.
You
can
do
either
one.
So
that's
a
great
thing
so
that
just
had
it
and
that's
because
of
sb
396.
sp
420
was
a
very
controversial
bill.
It's
a
public
option,
health
insurance
and
what
it
does.
It
authorizes
the
state,
the
medicaid
division,
to
investigate
and
implement
a
public
option,
health
insurance.
It
requires
all
of
the
managed
care
organizations
that
currently
are
in
medicaid
to
put
a
good
faith.
D
D
Unfortunately,
one
of
the
public
comments
that
I
made
is
I'm
listening
to
the
hospital
association.
I'm
listening
to
the
insurance
company,
make
public
comment,
I'm
listening
to
all
that.
I
don't
hear
the
public
making
these
public
comments
on
what
it's,
what
it's
going
to
look
like
how
it's
going
to
be
built.
I
said
it's
that
old
philosophy
of.
If
you
build
it,
they
will
come
you're.
Not
so
sure.
D
If
you
don't
ask
the
people
who
it's
for,
if
we're
going
to
offer
this
public
option
another
way
for
people
to
buy
insurance,
you
want
to
make
sure
the
people
who
know
what
it
is
and
it's
attractive
to
them
and
they
can
understand
it.
So
that
was
one
of
my
public
comments
on
that.
Like
I
said
that
is
still
in
the
discussion
phase.
Nothing
will
happen
until
2026..
D
Let's
look
at
other
bills.
Besides
health
aerp
gets
involved
in
a
lot
of
health
stuff
ab321
was
the
election
bill
the
election
bill?
What
it
basically
did
is
it
made
permanent
the
changes
to
nevada
elections
that
were
done
during
the
special
session
with
a
bill
called
ab3
and
what
ab3
did
is
it
was
the
mail
ballot
bill
is
the
best
way
where
people
know
what
it
is.
It
says
all
registered.
Voters
would
get
a
mail
ballot.
Well,
ab321
was
a
little
different.
D
It
said
I'll
act
active
registered
voters
which
there's
a
distinction
on
whether
you
voted
recently
whether
you've
updated
your
address.
So
it
gets
rid
of
that
argument
that
you
can
say
well.
People
may
have
moved
and
they're
no
longer
there
and
moved
away.
If
you're
not
an
active
voter,
then
you
won't
get
a
mail
ballot,
but
if
you're
an
active
voter
registered
voter,
you
will
all
get
mail
ballots.
D
There
is
a
way
for
you
to
opt
out
of
that
by
a
certain
date
to
say:
no,
I
don't
want
to
get
a
mail
ballot
now
that
bill
also
said
there
has
to
be
early.
Voting
early
voting
in
person.
Will
still
exist
and
election
day
in
person
will
still
exist.
There
will
be
drop
boxes
in
the
community
that
you
can
go
drop
off
your
mail
ballot
or
you
can
bring
your
mail
ballot
to
either
early
voting
or
to
the
election
day
and
turn
it
in.
D
You
can't
do
both
if
you
mail
your
mail
ballot
in
and
then
you
go
to
show
up
and
vote
again.
They
will
know.
I
believe
there
were
two
people
in
the
state
of
nevada
who
did
that
and
they
caught
them.
Okay
and
you
can
be
punished
pretty
severely
for
that.
That's
fraud.
So
that's
the
election
bill,
so
aarp
is
involved
with
voter
engagement
and
we're
going
to
be
going
out
in
the
community
and
telling
people
make
your
voice
heard.
Make
your
voice,
whether
you
choose
to
do
it
by
mail
or
in
person.
D
Early
voting
is
a
big
deal
here.
A
large
percentage
of
us
are
voting
vote
vote
early
and
that's
a
great
thing
to
do.
Ab
388
is
the
broadband
bill.
We
all
know
there's
a
digital
divide.
What
this
bill
does
it
creates
a
voluntary
fund
to
put
grants
out
to
help
provide
infrastructure
and
other
things
in
some
of
the
rural
areas
of
our
state
where
they
do
not
have
broadband.
They
also
have
to
put
together
a
report
every
year
on
where
broadband
is
available
and
where
it
is
not
what
I
will
say.
D
Because
a
lot
of
us,
I
have
cox,
internet
in
my
house,
and
I
have
a
computer
and
it's
easy
and
I
can
do
a
whole
lot.
We
are
very
fortunate,
the
people
that
don't
it's
very
difficult
for
them,
it's
very
difficult
for
them.
There's
also
a
new
program
called
the
american
connectivity
program,
the
acp,
and
that
is
a
federal
program
where
people
can
get
a
discount.
You
can
get
a
discount
on
internet
in
your
house
and
also
some
funding
to
help
you
buy
a
laptop.
D
I
think
it's
fifty
or
a
hundred
dollars,
but
there's
criteria
for
that
as
well.
If
you're
interested
in
knowing
more
go
to
the
american
connectivity
program
or
the
accessible
connectivity
program-
and
you
can
find
out
more
about
that,
sb
150
was
one
of
my
favorite
little
bills.
It's
the
tiny
house
bill.
Aarp,
believes
in
affordable
housing,
okay,
so
tiny
houses
and
we've
all
seen
them
on
tv
and
they
used
to
be
a
show
about
that.
D
Is
it
enabled
municipalities
to
zone
some
of
their
land
to
put
what's
called
tiny
house
parks
kind
of
like
a
mobile
home
park,
but
for
tiny
houses?
Okay,
so
now
they're
allowed
to
do
that.
So
you
can
have
you
know-
and
I
forget
how
many
six
or
eight
or
twelve
or
whatever,
these
tiny
houses
in
a
little
place.
What
an
interesting
idea!
It's
a
new
kind
of,
affordable
housing,
sb
284,
is
affordable.
D
Housing,
tax
credits,
it's
how
you
get
them,
how
you
use
them
and
how
they
expire-
okay
and
sb
311
was
the
rural
housing
bill
allows
allows
rural
housing
authorities
to
do
different
things
to
do
afford
a
housing,
I'm
not
a
housing
housing
guy.
I
am
a
health
care
guy
when
I
listen
to
the
affordable
housing
tax
credits
and
they
presented
that
bill
that
I
testified
in
support
of.
I
said:
oh
yeah,
I
get
it.
I
know
how
those
work
five
minutes
later
it
was
like
now.
What
did
she
say?
D
It's
one
of
those
things
like
how
how
internal
combustion
engine
works.
Somebody
can
explain
it
to
you
and
when
they're
all
done,
all
you
say
is
well.
I
know
if
I
step
on
the
gas,
it
goes
okay,
but
it's
a
big
deal.
Affordable
housing
is
a
big
deal
here
in
our
state
things
that
didn't
happen.
Things
that
we
need
to
really
make
sure
that
are
happening
is
ab407
was
an
order
of
protection
for
vulnerable
adults.
Okay,
that
is
a
special
order
of
protection.
D
That's
for
or
for
vulnerable
adults.
I
believe,
there's
27
or
37
states.
I
testified
at
the
other
committee
and
I
didn't
write
it
down
on
this
one,
and
that
was
the
committee's
the
this.
Yes,
I
stole
this
powerpoint
from
the
senior
committee.
That's
why
it
says
this
committee's,
be
this
committee's
bdr
they're,
the
one
that
submitted
that
it
didn't
pass
in
the
session
last
time,
because
it
got
released
so
late.
It
didn't
get
released
until
about
the
really
really
late
close
to
it
and
the
language.
D
It
is
a
technical
bill
that
involves
attorneys,
okay,
the
best
way
to
say
it
is
anybody
in
here
an
attorney
attorneys,
never
agree
with
each
other
on
the
language.
Okay,
they
just
don't
okay,
so
there
were
some
things
that
had
to
be
changed
and
some
technicalities
here
and
there
and
the
bill
got
released
so
late.
They
didn't
have
time
to
put
the
fixes
in
there.
I
know
that
aging
and
disability
services
is
working
on
it.
Still.
D
I've
talked
to
their
district
attorney
representative
and
not
district
attorney,
their
attorney
general
representative
and
they're
still
working
on
that,
and
that
is
a
great
thing
that
we
need
here
in
our
state.
Sp
56
was
a
telehealth
bill,
audio
for
behavioral
health
for
do
behavioral
health
and
that
one
didn't
make
it
a
tenants.
Rights
bill
was
very
comprehensive,
saying
what
tenants
rights
were
boy,
there's,
always
a
discussion
between
the
property
owners
and
the
tenants
here
in
our
state,
and
they
could
not
agree
on
that.
D
Another
bill
that
was
very
interesting
is
work
and
save
work
and
save
is
an
aarp
initiative
across
the
country.
What
it
is
it's
an
auto,
401
k
or
an
auto
ira
kind
of
thing.
More
than
50
percent
of
businesses
in
our
state
do
not
offer
any
kind
of
re
retiree
benefits
or
way
to
save
for
retirement
in
their
jobs,
because,
for
whatever
reason,
a
lot
of
them
can't
because
they're
too
small.
So
what
this
is?
It's
a
private
public-private
partnership.
D
It
costs
the
employers,
nothing
okay,
so
a
mom-and-pop
ice
cream
shop
could
offer
their
employees
it's
a
state-based
kind
of
thing.
Public
private
partnership
and
all
they
do
is
offer
it
to
the
employees
and
they
say
yes,
I
want
to
do
it
and
no,
they
don't,
and
then
money
comes
out
of
your
paycheck
gets
put
in
this
ira
401k
kind
of
thing,
and
you
save
for
retirement.
It's
totally
portable.
It's
your
money.
They
don't
have
to
administer
it
the
employers.
D
So
what
are
some
of
the
state
initiatives?
Aerp
is
working
across
the
country
that
work
and
save
bill
just
like.
I
said,
for
people
that
have
no
current
way
to
save
for
retirement,
home
and
community-based
services.
I
talk
about
it
all
the
time
people
it
is
cheaper
for
medicaid
to
take
care
of
people
in
their
homes
and
to
live
in
nursing
homes.
Now
we
we
prefer
people
and-
and
like
I
always
say,
who
would
like
to
go
to
a
nursing
home
when
they
get
older
and
no
hands
ever
go
up.
D
Nursing
homes
are
not
the
horrible
places
that
we
all
grew
up.
Hearing
about,
some
of
them
are
better
than
others.
Absolutely.
I
was
speaking
with
mister
salmon
earlier
and
he
has
the
same
understanding,
but
I
am
the
first
to
say,
even
though
I
push
for
funding
for
home
and
community-based
services
costs
about
four
times
as
much
to
put
someone
in
a
nursing
home
on
state
funds
and
it
does
to
keep
them
in
the
community.
D
There
will
always
be
a
place
for
some
people
who
need
24-hour
skilled
care
and
those
are
nursing
homes,
so
they
always
will
exist,
but
we
always
look
for
the
funding
in
the
services
in
those
home
and
community-based
services.
What
I
will
tell
you
I
was
so
pleased
a
dream
came
true
for
barry
in
this
legislative
session.
Is
they
fund
the
home
and
community-based
services
on
what's
called
a
slot
basis?
A
slot
is
a
person
okay,
so
how
many
people
can
get
it
so
they?
D
Boy
did
I
thank
them,
because
I've
been
asking
for
that
for
a
long
time,
prescription
drugs,
that's
something
else.
A
lot
of
states
are
doing,
like
I
said
rate
setting
boards
capping,
co-pays
the
transparency
importation,
generic
pay
for
delay
a
lot
of
different
things
like
that
basic
things
to
access
to
quality,
affordable
health
care
things
that
we
that
I
talked
about
already
consumer
protection,
stuff,
payday
lending
I
was
involved.
I
sat
at
the
table
for
the
first
payday
lending
bill
that
speaker,
barbara
buckley
had,
and
what
I
will
tell
you
is.
D
There
was
about
eight
people
at
the
table,
ready
to
testify
and
seven
of
them
excuse
me.
Six
of
them
were
against
regulating
payday
loan
bills
and
me,
and
the
general
from
the
military
were
in
favor
of
this
bill
that
was
gonna
was
gonna
slow
down
the
payday
loan
industry,
because
originally
I'll
tell
you
the
military,
you
go
to
a
military
base
and
right
outside
the
military
base.
There's
millions
of
payday
loan
places.
I
testified
way
back
then
that
at
that
time
there
were
more
payday
loan
outlets
in
america
than
mcdonald's.
D
D
What
happens
sometimes
so,
one
of
the
things
we're
still
talking
about
doing
is
putting
together
a
registry,
so
people
can
know
if
you
already
have
a
payday
loan.
People
take
out
an
one
payday
loan
to
pay
for
another,
and
then
they
get
another
one
and
another
one
and
pretty
soon
boy
are
they
in
debt?
D
Where
am
I
consumer
protection,
affordable
housing,
including
adus,
accessory
dwelling
units
or
granny
flats?
I
don't
know
if
that's
going
to
really
happen
at
the
state
level,
it
usually
happens
at
the
municipal
level,
so
let's
say
the
city
of
henderson
or
north
las
vegas.
Some
something
would
allow
those
and
there
can
be
zoning
and
you
can
make
it
be
that
way
or
that
way,
a
big
thing
they're
talking
about
right
now
is
the
airbnbs
right.
Okay,
are
you
in
favor
of
them?
D
Are
you
not
it's
a
good
way
for
older
adults
who
have
property
they're,
not
using
to
make
extra
money,
but
who
wants
a
party
house
next
to
them
in
a
neighborhood?
So
there
are
considerations
that
have
to
be
looked
at,
so
I
think
those
are
all
really
important
things
to
consider
something
else.
I
wanted
to
mention
there's
a
couple
more
things
I
wanted
to
talk
about
before
I'm
done,
and
the
next
people
get
to
go.
If
I
can
find
my
sheet
is
something
I
want
to.
Let
you
all
know
about.
Okay,
that
is
really
important.
D
That
you
be
informed
about.
Is
people
on
medicaid,
okay,
during
the
public
health
emergency,
the
pandemic,
no
one
is
allowed
to
be
disenrolled
from
medicaid.
That's
a
federal
ruling!
Okay.
So
if
you
lost
your
job
and
you
didn't
have
money
and
you
get
on
medicaid
you're
on
medicaid
until
the
public
health
emergency
is
over
okay
now
some
of
those
people
may
have
gotten
jobs
again
and
they're.
Making
money
or
some
situations
have
changed.
They're
no
longer
is
sick.
They
don't
need
medicaid
whatever
it
may
be.
D
So
as
soon
as
the
public
health
emergency
is
over
is
they're
going
to
start
doing,
redeterminations
and
disenrolling
people
from
medicaid.
Now
that's
a
good
thing,
because
not
people
don't
need
it
for
the
rest
of
their
lives,
maybe
maybe
not
especially
maybe
they
got
a
job
and
they're
above
the
income
limit.
Okay,
so
aerp
was
very
concerned
about
that.
We
wrote
a
letter
to
the
governor
and
to
director
whitley
of
health
and
human
services
and
said
hey.
We
need
to
be
really
careful
about
this.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
we
have
everybody's
correct
address.
D
D
Anybody
who
is
disenrolled
because
now
their
income
is
too
high,
will
be
automatically
referred
to
nevada
health
link.
Nevada
health
link
is
that
is
the
exchange
where
people
can
buy
insurance
a
little
bit
cheaper
and
get
subsidies
from
the
government.
So
they
will
do
that.
They're
also
going
to
be
using
other
agencies
and
reaching
out
to
make
sure
everybody's
addresses
right
what
they
need,
something
that
I
just
got
this
week,
I
got
an
email
from
the
medicaid
administrator
who
said
barry.
I
know
you're
interested
in
that.
D
We
now
have
a
website
where
people
can
go
talk
about
what
members
can
go
to
to
find
out
about
this
redetermination
process,
what
they
need
to
do,
how
they
need
to
fulfill
it.
They
need
to
make
sure
we
have
their
address,
and
it
also
has
information
for
providers
and
community
partners
to
spread
this
information
in
the
community.
So
a
lot
of
people
aren't
going
to
get
kicked
off
a
medicaid
that
shouldn't
get
kicked
off
of
medicaid.
D
So
I
wanted
to
inform
you
of
that,
because
that's
an
important
program
that
provides
a
lot
of
health
care
for
a
lot
of
people.
The
last
thing
I
want
to
mention
is
prescription
drugs.
If
you
are
aarp
members
boy,
you
get
email
from
us
and
you
get
stuff
on
prescription
drugs.
Aarp
is
still
they're
fighting
very
hard
for
congress
to
pass
prescription
drug
lower
the
cost,
including
allowing
medicare
to
negotiate.
D
That
is
a
big
deal
that
will
truly
help
lower
the
cost.
We
had
a
virtual
press
conference
on
tuesday
with
senator
rosen
and
senator
cortez
masto,
who
both
said
on
our
virtual
conference
that
we
support
all
those
provisions.
We
want
medicare
to
negotiate.
We
want
to
cap
insulin,
we
want
to
cap
part
d
at
2
000
and
we
want
to
penalize
drug
companies
for
drugs
rising
more
than
inflation.
So
aarp
is
fighting
really
hard
on
that.
D
I
think
that's
really
important
we're
going
to
have
to
tell
the
town
hall
and
do
some
things
letting
people
know
about
that.
So
those
are
some
things.
I
just
wanted
to
inform
you
about
things
affecting
older
adults,
and
the
last
thing
I'm
going
to
mention
is
the
nursing
homes-
and
I
spoke
with
mr
salmon
about
that.
Is
we
sent
something
to
the
governor
and
I'm
working
with
immunized
nevada?
Is
we
did
pretty
good
at
getting
the
initial
shots
in
people's
arms,
both
staff
and
and
residents
the
booster
shots,
not
so
good?
D
Okay,
so
we're
working
on
making
sure
that
the
residents
and
the
staff
get
the
booster
shots
they
need
to
because
these
are
very
vulnerable
people.
So
that's
kind
of
what
I
wanted
to
tell
you
I'm
ready
for
questions
now,
although
in
my
history
of
doing
this
in
front
of
the
legislature,
people
don't
usually
ask
me
a
lot
of
questions
because
they
don't
want
me
to
start
talking
again.
Thank
you
very
much.
D
For
the
record,
barry
gold
with
aarp
nevada-
I
don't
have
a
direct
phone
number,
we're
still
in
the
process
of
filling
out
the
paperwork
to
actually
join
the
northwest
drug
consortium,
so
it
hasn't
happened.
Yet,
if
you
call,
I
would
imagine
if
you
call
nevada
health
and
human
services
and
you
either
ask
the
the
aging
and
disability
services.
Division
might
be
the
one
who
would
know
that,
because
they're
in
the
process,
I
believe,
oh,
I
think
it
was
beth
slamowicz
who's
released
the
public.
She
had
that
the
press
release
on
it.
D
I
don't
want
if
I
knew
her
number.
I
wouldn't
give
it
to
you
all
right
now
anyway,
but
if
the
state
is
working
on
that,
so
it
isn't
a
done
deal
yet
and,
and
they
put
out
a
press
release
said
we're
working
on
it
right
now,
so
I'm
sure
there'll
be
another
announcement
once
it
happened
and
to
be
I'll
be
honest,
that's
the
best.
I
can
tell
you
right
now.
E
Yes,
I'd
just
like
to
make
some
comments.
I
think
that
was
an
excellent
presentation.
Thank
you
very
much
for
that,
sir.
So
my
I
think,
seniors
have
a
one
of
the
top
priorities
is
access
to
health
care,
as
you've
mentioned.
I
really
want
to
amplify
that,
and
some
of
the
things
I
think
we
need
to
do
is
provide
better
access
just
to
health
care,
and
some
of
maybe
we
can,
someone
can
have
more
of
a
private
public
alliance.
E
Maybe
people
could
some
seniors
that
have
time,
perhaps
they
can
volunteer
to
take
people
to
to
their
appointments
like
ongoing
chemotherapy
and
radiation
therapy,
and
those
kind
of
things,
and
also
the
metallic
health
care
is
really
important.
But
I've
heard
that
there's
been
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
fraud
going
on
in
that
area
too.
So
I
think
aapr
should
urge
our
government
to
to
look
at
legislators
to
look
into
that
too,
to
prove
to
try
to
prevent
some
of
that.
I
know.
Blue
cross.
D
For
the
record,
barry
gold,
madam
president,
to
you
and
through
you
to
dr
wand,
that's
protocol,
that's
how
you
testify
at
the
legislature.
Okay,
you!
Never
you
don't
talk
and
then
the
president
can
say
you
can
speak
directly
to
them.
So
if
you
ever
sit
in
a
legislative
meeting,
you'll
hear
that
I
agree
with
you
completely.
One
of
my
other
favorite
phrases
to
say
is
access
to
quality,
affordable
health
care
and
that's
something
we
really
look
at
and
that's
how
we
measure
a
lot
of
things.
Transportation
is
such
a
big
issue.
D
Medicaid
does
some
transportation,
but
if
you're
not
in
medicaid,
to
get
transportation
to
medical
appointments,
you're
kind
of
out
of
luck,
it's
very,
very
expensive.
If
somebody
could
figure
out
the
transportation
problem
for
older
adults
in
this
country
or
even
in
one
states,
you
would
be
a
wealthy
person,
even
though
there's
no
money
in
it.
So
you
wouldn't
make
a
lot
of
money.
I've
seen
transportation
systems
come
and
go
in
my
35
plus
years
working
with
older
adults.
So
I
agree.
These
are
things
that
have
to
happen.
G
Yeah,
I
have
a
question
and
more
of
a
comment
than
a
question.
You
know
all
these
bills
are
great
they're.
You
know
they're
great.
However,
I
hope
my
concern
is
is
all
with
all
these
bills
and
things
of
that
natural
laws
that
come
about.
How
is
this
being
communicated
to
the
community
to
the
people
who
need
it
the
most?
G
If
there's
some
type
of
check
and
balance,
I
mean
with
each
of
the
bills
or
laws
or
whatever
they
exist.
You
know
I
find
a
lot
of
things
already
in
place,
but
there's
no
check
and
balance
because
the
people
who
need
them,
the
most
actually
don't
know
about
them.
So
how
is
aarp
communicating
to
the
people
that
need
it
to
the
community,
or
is
there
a
check
and
balance
system
that
we're
making
sure
that
the
people
that
need
the
services
is
actually
getting
them.
D
For
the
record,
barry
gold,
madam
chair
to
you-
and
through
you
to
ms
tyler-
that
is
such
a
fabulous
question.
I
am
so
glad
you
asked
that
question
we
send
out
newsletters.
We
inform
our
members
like
that.
We
have
telephone
town
halls
or
virtual
meetings
to
talk
about
some
of
these
things,
and
we
do
that.
The
state,
however,
is
hit
and
miss
on
that.
The
state
spends
money
on
programs
and
services,
but
the
state.
D
D
So
sometimes
things
have
happened,
and
then
people
don't
hear
about
it.
Some
things
seems
to
do
a
little
better
about
that
when
you
see
public
service
announcements
and
things
like
that,
the
other
way
that
people
can
find
out
about
things
and
people
don't
know
is
through
some
of
the
community
outreach
that
happens,
but
if
they
don't
know
where
to
look,
they
don't
know
where
to
look
nevada211
or
what's
called
the
care
connection.
Nevada
care
connection
is
a
great
place.
D
D
So
it's
a
great
place
to
go.
Looking
they'll
give
you
information.
211
is
a
telephone,
that's
answered,
I
believe
24
hours
a
day
or
you
can
go
online
to
the
nevada
care
collection,
nevada,
211.
You
can
find
out
about
all
the
things,
but
people
don't
know
what's
out
there,
they
don't
know
what's
available,
and
so
they
get
really
lost,
and
so
that
is
that's
an
issue
and
we
are
always
telling
people
to
let
people
know
just
like
recently,
when
the
administrator
for
medicaid
sent
me
an
email
saying
here's
this
website
about
the
medicaid
redeterminations.
D
Please
help
us
get
this
out
in
the
community.
So
I'm
public
policy,
I'm
a
policy
wonk
okay
is
we
have
community
outreach
person
and
I
gave
it
to
her
and
she
gave
them
the
number
of
the
nye
community
council,
the
lincoln
community
council,
the
mesquite
city
council
and
all
these
places
to
go
talk
to
their
meetings
and
let
them
know
about
stuff.
Let
them
know
this
was
happening
so
you're
right.
That
has
to
happen.
J
We'll
take
maybe
two
more
questions
and
then
we'll
have
to
move
on.
Is
there
anyone
else?
Anyone
on
zoom
or
up
north.
J
Miss
levitt.
You
have
a
question,
madam
chair.
I
don't
know
if
I'm
asking
this
correctly,
but
since
I'm
new
to
this
forum,
I'm
curious
if
we
as
a
forum,
help
in
the
crafting
of
bdrs
or
help
in
the
lobbying
effort
with
the
legislature.
D
I
believe
the
forum
still
has
one
bdr
that
you
can
submit,
and
that
was
a
bill
from
david
parks
once
again,
so
there's
one
bdr
that
you
can
decide
you'd
like
to
submit
the
process
for
doing
a
bdr.
Mr
ashton
can
tell
you
volumes
on
that.
Okay
and
you
can
help
decide
what
that
is.
You
can
help
decide
what
that
is,
but
lcb,
typically
legislative
council
beer
writes
the
language
for
that.
Okay,
but
in
terms
of
lobbying
for
bills.
Yes,
you
can
certainly
do
that.
There
will
be
times.
D
Let's
say,
if
there's
an
ar
priority
piece
of
legislation,
the
caregiver
sick
leave
bill.
I
will
call
mr
ashton,
or
I
will
call
miss
almarez
and
I'd
say
the
hearing
for
ab-190
is
next
week.
We
would
love
it
if
the
if
the
silver-haired
forum
would
come
and
support
the
bill.
Okay,
now
the
forum
has
to
make
a
determination
what
they
would
like
to
support
and
how
they
would
like
to
do
it
and
who's.
D
So
yes
you're
allowed
to
do
that,
but
you
know
what
as
individuals,
miss
woods
and
mr
wand
and
miss
tyler
and
ms
levitt,
mr
silbercross
as
an
individual.
You
can
certainly
say
I
personally
think
this
is
a
great
idea,
so
you
can
still
do
things
as
an
individual,
but
as
a
group
body,
yes,
you
are
allowed
to
do
that.
D
For
the
record,
barry
gold,
madam
president,
to
you
and
through
you,
every
state-
is
involved
in
different
ways.
Aerp
nevada
has
not
gotten
involved
with
that.
I
personally
understand
what
you're
talking
about.
We
get
more
involved
in
what
we
call
working
jobs
and
doing
things
we
have
a
program.
We
have
a
work
search
program
here
in
our
state
to
help
people
get
retools
and
a
small
title
five
program
to
hook
them
into
that.
D
J
Thank
you,
mr
gold.
We
appreciate
your
time
and
insight
into
these
legislative
measures
and
I
want
to
personally
tell
you
thank
you
very
much.
J
L
L
L
L
L
This
is
an
incredible
service
in
the
community
and
it's
kind
of
a
secret
so
utilize
this
service.
They
are
incredibly
talented
ombudsmen
that
work
under
ochen
last
fiscal
year.
They
were
able
to
generate
1.15
million
dollars
in
savings
for
nevadans
through
their
arbitration
and
dispute
resolution.
M
Good
afternoon
my
name
is
marie
ko
and
I'm
the
long-term
care
ombudsman
supervisor
for
northern
nevada,
our
long-term
care
ombudsman
program
we
advocate
for
residents
in
any
long-term
care
setting
such
as
skilled
nursing
facilities,
residential
facilities
or
group
homes.
You
may
hear
them
called
and
homes
for
individual
residential
care.
M
M
One
situation
I'd
like
to
share
with
you
regarding
our
program.
We
were
able
to
provide
advocacy
for
residents
in
long-term
care
settings
and
one
resident
who
was
inappropriately
placed
in
a
locked
facility.
We
advocated
for
the
resident
to
be
reassessed
by
his
physician
regarding
his
care
needs
and
cognition,
as
well
as
obtaining
legal
representation
for
this
resident.
M
L
Next
is
my
position:
it's
a
long
title,
so
I
shorten
it
to
rights
attorney,
but
this
office
was
established
in
1989,
it's
appointed
by
the
governor.
It
was
a
precursor
to
the
ombudsman
program.
L
One
of
the
duties
in
my
position
is
to
act
as
the
state
legal
assistance
developer
and
that's
under
the
older
americans
act.
We
receive
federal
funding
under
the
older
americans
act
and
some
of
that
funding
goes
to
legal
services
for
those
that
are
over
60.
and
I
have
the
privilege
of
having
worked
under
that
grant.
When
I
was
at
legal
aid
and
now
I
oversee
that
grant
statewide,
we
help
seniors
for
free
with
a
myriad
of
legal
issues.
L
M
Thank
you
and
once
again
miss
marie
ko
long-term
care.
Ombudsman
supervisor.
The
next
program
is
adult
protective
services
or
aps.
In
short,
aps
assists
vulnerable
adults,
ages
18
through
59,
in
addition
to
persons,
age,
60
and
older,
who
are
abused,
neglect,
exploited,
isolated
or
abandoned
by
investigating
and
providing
services
to
alleviate
and
prevent
further
maltreatment,
while
safeguarding
their
civil
liberties.
M
M
Aps
has
assisted
many
people
in
the
community
and
one
particular
situation.
A
person
was
they
successfully
worked
on
a
case
with
legal
aid
which
led
to
the
client
receiving
rental
assistance
funds
and
the
landlord
not
pursuing
an
eviction
for
this
person.
As
a
result,
the
client
retained
their
housing
in
the
community.
M
M
M
M
He
had
a
goal
of
returning
to
the
community.
After
several
years
of
residing
at
the
group
home,
he
was
able
to
transition
to
his
own
apartment
and,
through
case
management
services,
the
recipient
was
able
to
secure
housing,
nutrition,
support,
prescription
delivery
and
transportation
for
his
doctor's
appointments.
M
Next
is
the
planning
advocacy
and
community
services
or
the
pac
unit.
They
are
responsible
for
strategic
planning
gap,
analysis
and
coordinating
the
efforts
of
the
state,
local
and
community
partners.
The
pac
unit
plans
implements
and
oversees
a
variety
of
home
and
community-based
services
for
older
adults,
people
with
disabilities
and
family
caregivers.
M
And
for
the
pac
unit,
one
of
the
larger
services
is
the
home
and
delivered
meals
in
congregate.
Meal
settings
that
allow
the
low-income
community
members
to
access
nutritious
food
on
a
regular
basis
and
another
service
is
that
transportation
to
also
allow
seniors
to
attend
doctor's
appointments
and
continue
the
integration
into
the
community.
M
J
Is
there
anyone
on
zoom,
I
can't
see
if
there's
anyone
on
zoom.
L
Jennifer
richards
for
the
record,
madam
chair
to
you
and
through
you,
the
confidentiality
of
the
aps,
records
and
investigation
is
governed
by
nrs
200,
and
so
the
investigation
can
only
be
communicated
directly
with
the
individual
or
the
authorized
persons
in
the
statute.
Typically,
that
does
not
include
the
reporting
party.
G
J
Thank
you.
I
have
a
question
fran
almarez.
Is
this
income
based
for
for
people
to
get
help
and
is
there
any
charges
for
it.
L
Jennifer
richards
for
the
record,
madam
chair,
I'm
not
sure
which
program
you're
referring
to.
For
example,
legal
services
is
not
income
based
and
that's
specifically
stated
in
the
older
american
older
americans
funding
that
it
should
not
be
income
based,
but
some
of
the
home
and
community-based
waiver
services
that
are
federally
funded
are
income
based.
J
L
E
M
J
J
H
H
So
when
we
look
at
the
impact
of
copin
19
on
older
adults
and
really
all
people
in
general,
but
focusing
on
older
adults,
one
of
the
biggest
items
that
we
identify
is
social
isolation
that
had
a
huge
impact
on
older
adults.
In
terms
of
our
community
really
shut
down,
people
were
required
to
stay
at
home.
H
There
was
social
distancing
in
place,
even
when
people
did
start
to
go
out
and
about
a
bit
there
was
still
social
distancing.
People
were
wearing
masks
all
that
impacts,
that
social
isolation
and
people
not
connecting
to
each
other
anymore,
but
in
terms
of
our
community
settings
that
set
that
shut
down
where
older
adults
often
congregate.
H
A
second
factor
in
that
is
that
some
of
those
places
were
actually
locations
where
individuals
obtained
some
services,
so
it
might
have
been
where
a
senior
center
is
where
an
individual
went
to
eat
their
lunch
every
day
that
shut
down.
So
then
there
was
an
impact
in
terms
of
the
nutrition
and
food
for
older
adults
as
well.
H
When
we
look
at
in
the
home,
social
isolation
was
affected
there
as
well.
In
that
again,
people
were
isolating
in
their
home
services,
such
as
personal
care,
services
or
home
health
were
reluctant
to
go
into
homes
or
maybe
couldn't
go
into
homes.
There
were
caregivers
that
were
sick
themselves
with
covid19,
or
maybe
the
the
person
who
was
receiving
care
was
sick
and
they
were
truly
isolated
in
their
home,
so
that
was
very
challenging
and
when
people
weren't
coming
into
the
home,
it
led
to
much
more
social
isolation.
H
That's
the
same
with
family
and
friends,
a
lot
of
us
really
hunkered
down
in
our
homes,
and
we
didn't
see
our
family.
We
didn't
see
our
friends
so
again
that
social
isolation
component
in
our
long-term
care
facilities
in
our
congregate
residential
settings.
We
heard
in
public
comment
from
mr
salmon
at
the
beginning
of
the
meeting
about
the
impact
that
had
to
the
residents
in
the
long-term
care
facilities.
H
The
visitation
changed.
That
was
that
was
ended,
so
we
didn't
even
have
our
long
long
term
care.
Ombudsman
visiting
anymore,
there
was
no
visitation
from
family
and
friends
to
the
long-term
care
facilities
and
within
the
facilities
activities
were
shut
down.
So
you
didn't:
have
the
congregate
meal
setting
you
couldn't
go
to
the
to
the
dining
hall,
dining
room
to
have
your
meals.
H
And
then,
when
we
talk
about
technology,
I
think
that
has
a
factor
in
social
isolation
as
well.
We've
heard
that
some
people
don't
have
internet
access.
We
have
that
digital
divide
here
in
nevada
that
broadband
issue.
H
So
there
wasn't
access
to
the
internet
for
some
people,
some
people
didn't
have
the
actual
technology
or
the
equipment
that
they
might
need
to
be
able
to
utilize
that
to
address
their
social
isolation
and
maybe
facetime
their
son
or
daughter,
or
something
so,
and
then
the
knowledge
and
ability
that
experience
of
using
that
new
technology,
so
even
if
their
son
or
daughter,
might
have
sent
their
their
father
a
brand
new
ipad
so
that
they
can
begin
facetiming.
H
Each
other
was:
was
there
the
information
and
knowledge
of
how
to
use
it
when
they
got
that
so
a
lot
of
factors
that
really
impacted
and
influenced
that
social
isolation
for
older
adults
here
in
nevada
and
really
across
the
country
and
then
another
impact
we
look
at
is
the
health,
safety
and
welfare
of
the
individuals,
the
older
adults
here
in
nevada.
H
We
know
that
healthcare
access
was
limited
in
general
overall
in
nevada
everywhere,
because
we
couldn't
actually
get
to
our
appointments
or
people
were
putting
those
appointments
off,
because
there
was
a
fear
of
getting
to
the
doctor
and
a
fear
of
leaving
your
home
and
and
getting
covered.
So
there
was
limited
access
in
that
way
to
actually
general
health
care.
H
Overall,
there
were
also
the
limited
in-home
services
I
mentioned
that
previously,
so
the
services
such
as
personal
care,
attendance,
home
health
and
things
like
that
physical
therapy,
occupational
therapy,
all
those
necessary
in-home
services
to
assist
people
with
staying
in
their
home,
were
limited
by
again
many
factors,
whether
that
be
the
individual
who
in
the
home
who
had
covet,
or
maybe
some
of
the
care
providers
who
did
or
just
overall
companies
limiting
their
visitations
to
the
home.
H
H
There
was
also
a
result
of
delayed
admissions
to
the
long-term
care
facilities
and
the
congregate
residential
settings
as
well.
So,
with
everything
that
was
going
on,
it
was
a
little
more
challenging
for
people
that
needed
to
enter
a
long-term
care
facility
or
a
residential
setting
to
actually
get
into
that
setting
for
the
care
that
they
needed
and
then
specific
to
the
long-term
care
and
congregate
residential
settings.
H
H
So
that's
when
this
data
was
pulled
and
then
we
can
see
that
some
individuals
who
are
60
and
older,
they
account
for
16
of
our
covid
cases
in
nevada,
and
what
I
really
want
to
point
out
is
on
the
next
slide.
So
when
we
see
here
that
the
largest
percent
is
from
age
under
40
and
the
lowest
percent
is
over
60
of
cases
in
nevada,
we'll
see
here
that
the
death
rate
or
the
deaths
that
occurred,
it's
79
percent
of
the
deaths
in
nevada
are
age,
60
plus.
So
it's
very
skewed.
H
Some
immediate
things
that
we
did.
Our
staff
contacted
all
of
the
older
adults
that
are
clients
within
our
direct
services
and
from
there
we
were
trying
to.
We
were
contacting
them
most
often
by
phone
and
just
trying
to
make
sure
that
they
were
okay.
Did
they
need
anything?
Could
we
refer
them
for
any
services?
What
help
could
be
provided
for
them
and
then
through
those
that
contact?
H
H
And
then
our
adult
protective
services
unit
did
continue
to
conduct
home
visits
and
they
were
created
with
that.
They
did
interviews
taking
safety
into
mind
through
the
pandemic
and
they
did
outdoor
visits
such
as
on
somebody's
porch
through
a
window,
but
they
were
creative
in
that
to
be
able
to
continue
the
vital
services
that
they
provide.
H
H
So
individuals
were
able
to
contact
what
was
called
nevada
can
and
they
could
be
directed
to
the
appropriate
supports
that
they
were
looking
for
our
long-term
care
ombudsman
program.
They
purchase
tablets
for
every
long-term
care
facility
in
the
state
to
increase
communication
again
that
component
of
social
isolation
and
how
we
could
help
with
that
tablets
were
provided
to
every
long-term
care
facility
they
purchased.
I
don't
know
if
anybody
saw
these
or
heard
about
them,
but
purchased
visitation
booths
for
all
of
the
skilled
nursing
facilities
as
well.
H
So
these
were
fantastic
booths,
plexiglas
type
booths
that
kept
people
safe
when
they
were
having
face-to-face
contact
with
a
family
member,
say
to
be
able
to
visit
and
not
be
able
to
spread
the
virus.
So
that
was
wonderful
and
then
the
team
also
made
phone
and
video
calls
to
the
residents
and
staff
and
they
were
again
creative
and
conducted
window
visits
and
outdoor
visits
at
the
facilities
as
well
and
then,
in
terms
of
our
legal
services,
we
were
able
to
fund
some
addition.
H
Have
some
additional
funding
to
respond
to
the
coven
1919
pandemic
for
the
civil
legal
needs
of
individuals
such
as
evictions,
which
we
found
were
really
obviously
increasing
during
this
time
of
covid,
and
there
was
much
more
need
for
assistance
with
those
evictions.
So
there
was
more
funding
available
for
that
as
well
as
other
needs
legal
needs
of
our
older
adults.
H
We've
received
21
federal
awards
since
april
of
2022
from
these
following
acts,
and
I
won't
read
through
all
of
them,
but
in
general
they
relate
to
the
older
americans
act.
So
that's
funding
to
assist
people
who
are
60
and
older,
also
our
no
wrong
door,
aging
and
disability
resource
center
system.
So
that's
a
system
to
help
people
access
services,
receive
information,
navigation
and
case
management
for
services
that
they
need.
H
So
I
think
you
might
have
heard
of
the
cares.
Act,
the
caa
or
consolidated
appropriations
act,
but
this
was
the
type
of
money
that
was
coming
into
aging
and
disability
services
for
us
to
assist
older
adults
here
in
nevada.
Through
the
pandemic,
we
also
have
received
the
american
rescue
plan,
act,
funding,
arpa,
funding
specific
to
the
older
americans,
act
so
age,
again,
60
plus
and
some
public
health
workforce
funding,
so
that
funding
received
to
date
has
totaled
almost
25
million
dollars.
H
So
pretty
significant
amount
of
money
that
we
have
then
sub-awarded
to
community
partners.
Our
community
partner
network
again
has
been
amazing
in
this
pandemic
and
has
really
stepped
up
to
assist
our
older
adults
here
in
nevada,
and
this
part
chart
will
show
you
that
74
percent
of
the
funding
that
we
have
sub-awarded
to
community
partners
has
been
for
food
security,
and
that
will
tell
you
that,
obviously
there
was
a
lot
of
need
for
food
nutrition,
meals
for
older
adults,
and
I
wanted
to
mention
one
number
with
that.
H
So
in
terms
of
that
74
percent,
I
think
it's
a
it's
important
to
know
that
number
999,
000
meals
were
delivered
to
seniors
through
this
funding
and
that
when
I
say
delivered
to
meals,
we
can
talk
about
that
being
a
home
delivered
meal,
a
grocery
delivery
delivery
to
an
individual,
or
maybe
somebody
coming
through
a
drive-through
to
be
able
to
pick
up
a
meal.
That's
a
significant
amount
of
meals
that
were
needed
by
individuals,
so
that
kind
of
breaks
down
the
funding
there.
H
H
Due
to
the
emergency
declaration
that
occurred
from
the
stafford
act
and
in
our
older
americans
act,
something
that
was
really
critical
was
that
the
congregate
meals.
So
when
we
talk
about
congregate
meals
that
somebody
who
maybe
went
to
a
senior
center
to
have
a
meal
with
a
group
of
people,
that's
a
congregate
meal.
Well,
obviously,
that's
shut
down
during
the
pandemic.
So
how
was
that
individual
now
going
to
get
their
meal?
H
Well,
really,
everybody
was
kind
of
homebound
right
at
the
start
of
the
pandemic
for
sure.
So
this
emergency
declaration
allowed
this
funding.
That's
generally
set
aside
for
congregate,
meals
to
actually
be
used
to
deliver
meals
to
an
individual
in
their
home
or
also
allowed
for
drive
through,
which
became
quite
popular
to
be
able
to
pick
up
a
meal
which
generally
does
not
is
not
included
in
the
congregate
meal
funding.
H
The
division
of
healthcare
financing
and
policy
or
medicaid
did
apply
for
an
appendix
k
through
the
federal
government,
and
what
that
allowed
is
some
flexibility
in
what
they
are
able
to
do
through
the
federal
regulations
of
the
centers
for
medicare
and
medicaid
services
in
a
in
an
emergency,
so
something
that
they
put
in
place
with
their
appendix
k
was
adult
day.
Care
was
permitted
to
be
provided
through
services
in
the
home
of
the
individual.
Because,
again,
adult
daycare
is
a
congregate
type
of
a
service
delivery.
People
go
to
the
adult
daycare
for
those
services.
H
H
H
And
then
in
looking
at
the
future,
this
is
somewhat
challenging
our
post-pandemic,
our
new
world.
We
know
that
the
level
of
funding
is
not
going
to
continue
as
it
has
with
this
emergency
funding.
That's
been
coming
into
the
state,
so
we've
been
supporting
a
great
deal
of
services
with
this
emergency
funding.
That,
at
some
point,
is
really
is
not
going
to
be
here
anymore.
H
Or
are
they
going
to
need
these
services
ongoing
so
where
they
just
need
they
the
pandemic,
created
that
need,
and
now
they
will
need
to
continue
receiving
the
services.
We
don't
have
data
on
that
yet,
but
we
feel
that
it
is
going
to
be
something
that
will
be
a
challenge
for
us
in
addressing
the
number
of
adults,
older
adults.
H
When
we
look
at
the
price
of
fuel-
and
you
talk
even
just
about
home,
delivered
meals
or
transportation
for
individuals
that
has
a
significant
impact,
yet
we
don't
have
additional
funding
to
be
able
to
support
that
those
services,
and
then
I
put
in
here
materials
as
well.
We
have
some
amazing
programs,
one
of
those
being
a
home
safety
and
modification
program
and
repairs
for
the
home.
We
look
at
the
price
of
materials
going
up
as
well.
Again.
All
of
this
inflation
impacts.
What
the
funding
we
have
can
do
for
individuals.
H
We
have
the
lack
of
affordable
housing
provider
shortages.
This
goes
across
the
board,
especially
through
healthcare,
anywhere
the
workforce
shortages
and
then
really
a
lack
of
state
infrastructure
to
provide
the
technical
assistance
and
support.
Overall
we
have
a
shortage
in
workforce
as
well
within
the
state,
and
we
do
our
best
to
support
our
community
partners
and
our
providers,
but
that's
challenging
as
well,
and
that's
everything
I've
got
for
you.
So
if
you
have
any
questions,
please
let
me
know.
E
I
have
a
burning
question
here:
you've
talked
you've
been
a
great
talk
about
all
the
ramifications
and
problems,
but
the
major
issue
here,
as
you
talked
about
in
the
beginning,
is
that
culvert
19
is
the
pandemic.
It's
a
health
issue
and
before
when
the
first
started,
we
do
not
have
any
effective
vaccines,
but
the
vaccines
are
proven
to
be
effective.
Not
only
do
they
prevent
illnesses,
but
they
they
bring
hospital
issues
and
they
save
lives.
So
the
first
thing
we
need
to
do
that.
This
is
a
health
care
issue,
not
a
partisan
issue.
E
We
need
to
get
get
people
vaccinated
and
I
don't
care
what
people
say
about
this,
that
they
can.
They
put
any
kind
of
false
news.
They
want
out
for
it,
but
this
is
the
overriding
important
issue
they
need
to
get
vaccinated.
We've
done
mr
gold's
talked
about.
We've
done
a
decent
job
of
getting
some
of
the
older
people
vaccinated,
but
now
they
need
booster
shots
and
for
the
future.
We
need
to
continue
to
fund
for
for
this,
because
it's
not
a
question
of
when
we're
going
to
have
another
pandemic
or
another
outbreak,
it's
when
so.
E
G
In
the
area
of
technology,
you
noted
that
there
were
impactful
concerns,
internet
access,
equipment
and
experience.
I
would
like
to
also
say
in
a
more
positive
vein
that
technology
has
done
a
lot
for
our
seniors.
Many
of
our
seniors,
who
never
even
addressed
anything
that
deals
with
directly
with
technology,
are
now
able
to
deal
with
zoom.
They
know
about
smartphones,
they
know
about
emails
and
it's
become
an
entertaining
way
of
life.
G
So
I
think
that
it
helps
us
all
to
understand
that,
while
we're
looking
while
we're
looking
at
those
things
that
are
negative,
we
also
need
to
look
at
those
things
that
are
positive.
I
have
visited
many
many
centers
where
people
are
looking
at
ipads
and
working
with
ipads
and
playing
games.
You
know-
and
I
think
that's
very
positive,
so
I
think
that
when
we
look
at
the
negative,
we
also
need
to
be
addressing
the
positive.
Thank
you
very
much.
H
Adrian
navarro
for
the
record,
thank
you.
I
couldn't
agree
with
you
more
and
that's
absolutely
been
a
positive.
That's
come
out
of
this.
I
think,
with
our
long-term
care
ombudsman
program
providing
tablets
to
all
of
the
long-term
care
facilities.
That
was
something
huge
as
well,
and
people
learning
to
use
those
tablets
and
being
able
to
communicate
with
their
families.
So
absolutely
thank
you.
C
See
who
it
is
but
go
ahead,
madam
chair,
this
is
lisa
laughlin
for
the
record
and
I'm
curious-
and
I
probably
could
have
asked
anyone
this
question
because
it's
been
burning
across
all
of
the
presentations
and
that
is,
I
think,
we've
figured
out
how
to
how
to
connect
with
people
new
ways
to
connect
with
people
through
the
pandemic.
But
I'm
also
wondering,
if
there's
any
plan
to
look
or
or
maybe
we're
already
doing
it-
connecting
with
trusted
resources
for
seniors
to
connect
them
with
services.
C
And
what
I'm
thinking
about
in
particular,
is
my
83
year
old
mom
who
who
died
during
the
pandemic
and
she
could
use
the
smartphone.
She
could
facetime
us
but
of
course,
she's
also
getting
texts
that
say
this
is
wells
fargo.
We
want
to
talk
to
you
about
your
deposit
and
you
know
so
we're
like
delete
tax
delete
tax.
So
how
do
we
help
our
seniors
or
how
are
we
helping
them?
C
H
C
Although,
but
you
know,
resources
are
always
limited
for
marketing,
but
we
are
also
working
with
unr
on
a
project
where
we
have
been
doing
a
lot
of
outreach
and
education
to
medical
providers
about
nevada
care
connection,
to
increase
the
the
word
and
the
awareness
of
nevada
care
connection,
services
for
individuals
and
nevada.
I
will
say:
nevada
care
connection.
C
Services
are
available
throughout
the
entire
state.
On
top
of
that
for
individuals
that
just
need
the
quick
you
know
a
quick
phone
number
or
for
whatnot.
We
have
nevada
211
that
is
available
throughout
the
state,
but
nevada
care
connection
takes
that
information,
referral
assistance,
a
little
step
farther
and
helps
individuals,
know
all
their
different
options
and
navigate
navigate
to
the
the
various
options.
C
I
believe
in
the
last
legislative
session
there
was
discussion
of
increasing
the
minimum
wage
for
home
care
providers
and
that
I
believe
what
developed
was
some
type
of
committee,
and
can
you
give
us
any
update
on
what
happened
in
that
area
or
that
committee
or,
if
you
can,
provide
it
at
some
point?
Thank
you.
H
This
is
adrian
navarro
for
the
record
and
unfortunately
I
am
not
familiar
with
that
or
don't
have
updates
on
information
about
that,
but
we
could
certainly
look
into
that.
I
think
that
might
have
involved
more
of
the
division
of
healthcare
financing
and
policy
medicaid,
but
we
can
certainly
take
that
back
and
get
information
to
you.
C
J
J
A
A
The
congress's
mission
is
to
advocate
for
national
issues
and
concerns
on
behalf
of
senior
citizens
and
membership
is
patterned.
After
the
the
u.s
senate
and
house
of
representatives,
silver
senators
and
silver
representatives
represent
their
assigned
states
and
may
be
elected
or
appointed
during
the
1997
legislative
session.
Nevada
delegates
of
the
national
silver
head
congress
advocated
for
the
creation
of
a
state-level
silver-haired
forum,
with
a
similar
mission
and
structure
to
the
national
silverhead
congress,
but
with
a
focus
on
senior
issues
specific
to
nevada.
A
Finally,
during
the
2013
legislative
session,
sb178
authorized
the
forum
to
submit
one
build
draft
request
related
to
matters
affecting
seniors
prior
to
the
beginning
of
a
regular
session,
a
regular
legislative
session.
Testimony
indicated
the
firm
wanted
its
own
bdr,
since
previously
it
had
difficulties
finding
a
sponsor
for
its
proposed
legislation.
A
A
The
nevada
silverhead
legislative
forum
is
hereby
created
to
identify
and
act
upon
issues
of
importance
to
aging
persons
in
more
detail.
The
purposes
of
the
forum
include
identifying
priority
concerns
for
nevadans
over
60
years
of
age,
collaborating
to
develop
a
build
draft
request
designed
to
address
those
areas
of
greatest
concern
and
presenting
that
pdr
to
the
nevada
legislature
and
the
governor
as
recommendations
for
state
policy.
A
A
The
form
is
comprised
of
members
equal
to
the
numbers
of
state
senators,
who
nominate
them
for
appointment
by
the
legislative
commission
to
qualify.
A
nominee
must
have
been
a
nevada
resident
for
at
least
five
years
have
been
a
registered
voter
in
the
appointed
senatorial
district
for
at
least
three
years
and
be
at
least
60
years
of
age.
On
the
day
of
appointment,
members
serve
a
two-year
term,
after
which
their
respective
senators
can
nominate
them
for
reappointment
or
choose
to
nominate
a
new
person.
A
A
The
firm
may
also
accept
gifts,
grants
and
donations
and
adopt
procedures
to
conduct
meetings
of
the
forum
and
committees
thereof,
as
alluded
to
earlier.
The
forum
may
request
one
build
draft
request
on
or
before
september,
first
preceding
a
regular
legislative
session,
which
is
every
even
numbered
year.
So,
for
example,
the
forum
may
submit
its
bill
draft
request
to
the
legislature
any
day
before
september,
1st
2022,
the
legislative
commission
may
allow
for
an
extension
of
this
deadline
under
certain
circumstances.
A
A
I
will
not
go
further
into
detail
about
this
section,
but
wanted
to
bring
it
to
your
attention,
as
it
is
part
of
the
law
governing
the
forum,
the
forum
must
comply
with
the
provisions
with
the
provisions
of
the
open
meeting
law.
My
colleague
ashley
kalina
already,
provided
you
with
details
regarding
meeting
guidelines
decorum
and
some
highlights
about
the
open
meeting
law.
A
At
the
last
meeting
before
september
of
an
even
numbered
year,
the
form
usually
has
a
work
session.
That
means
staff
from
the
legislative
council
borough
like
ms
kalina
and
I
prepare
for
you
a
work
session
document
that
consists
of
several
recommendations
based
on
witness
testimony
and
possible
actions
that
you
may
take.
A
A
A
A
Titled
member
contact
information
at
the
first
meeting
of
this
interim
staff
would
like
to
ensure
we
have
the
most
current
contact
information
from
each
one
of
you.
Please
complete
the
form
and
leave
it
on
your
desk,
so
that
form
staff
can
pick
it
up.
After
the
meeting
next
meeting,
we
will
share
the
name,
email
address
and
phone
number
of
each
member.
If
you
do
not
want
to
share
your
contact
information
with
other
members,
please
indicate
that
also
on
the
yellow
form.
A
The
legislative
council
borough
is
sending
forum
related
material
materials
electronically
via
email,
in
an
effort
to
be
environmental,
environmentally
conscious
and
to
communicate
with
you
in
a
timely
manner.
If,
for
some
reason
you
do
not
have
access
to
an
email
account,
please
let
our
staff
know,
so
we
can
contact
you
over
the
phone
and
mail.
A
So
for
the
record,
patrick
ashton,
madam
president,
to
you
through
you
too,
dr
austin
wand,
during
the
work
session,
is
the
usual
time
that
you
will
vote
on
the
recommendations.
But
recommendations
can
be
made
at
any
time
and
usually
the
president
decides
what
will
be
part
of
the
work
session
document
and
what
will
be
the
recommendations
based
on
your
input.
So
I
would
recommend,
if
you
have
any
of
these
recommendations
in
mind,
please
feel
free
to
bring
them
up
to
the
president,
the
former
president,
and
also
at
in
the
past,
the
forum
meetings.
A
J
E
I
hate
to
be
dominating
some
of
these
things,
but
you,
you
know
my
my
concern
here
is:
we've
heard
the
the
impact
of
this
covert
19
pandemic
on
everyone,
and
especially
on
seniors,
and
I
think
I
think
this
is
really
an
important
issue
and
I
will
work
with
my
senator,
but
I
think
we
should
really
be
urging
our
legislators
to
make
sure
that
we
do
as
much
as
we
can
to
vaccinate
people
and
to
get
out
the
word,
the
truth
about
this,
the
vaccinations
and
how
important
this
is
issues
and
it's
an
ongoing
issue,
and
we
need
to
continue
to
to
fund
research
and
development
on
on
this
matter.
I
Yeah
last
session,
we
completed
a
report
that
was
not
submitted,
and
I
would
like
to
ask
that
this
report
be
submitted
as
soon.
I
My
concern
is
the
growing
homelessness,
especially
here
in
las
vegas,
and
I'm
sure
it's
increasing
in
other
areas
and
I'd
like
to
know
if
we
could
have
another
presentation,
like
we
had
last
session,
that
concerned
homeless,
homelessness
and
how
it
was
being
handled
and
what
the
new
statistics
are,
which
are
would
be
very
helpful
to
have
also
that
has
to
do
with
lack
of
housing
for
those
who
are
coming
out
of
prison
and
so
they're
being
kept
in
prison
very
important,
and
this
time
we
are
going
to
honor
those
who
lost
their
lives
during
interim
endemic,
who
were
members
of
this
committee.
I
I
That
took
place
this
week
for
me
as
a
nevada
chaplain.
I
was
totally
devastated
and
I
wondered
why
I
didn't
hear
anything
from
barbara
albright,
because
she
had
invited
me
to
work
on
something
with
her
and
I
thought.
Well,
I
guess
everything
is
on
hold,
but
apparently
that
was
not
the
case,
so
it
would
be
nice
if,
when
one
of
us
dies
that
all
of
us
were
informed
instead
of
getting
it
in
a
bushel
basket,
poured
on
our
heads.
J
I
thank
you
and
patrick,
mr
ashton,
will
address
the
report
that
you
were
referring
to.
A
A
I
just
wanted
to
mention
that
our
staff
at
lcb
worked
very
hard
to
make
sure
that
new
members
are
appointed
to
the
forum
that
we
find
the
meeting
date
and
that
it
is
a
safe
time
to
meet
again
and
it
appears
like
we
are
at
this
point
right
now
and
hope
that
the
forum
will
be
able
to
have
its
work
session
again
final
report
again
and
also
submit
its
pdr
for
the
upcoming
session
next
year.
Thank
you,
madam
president.
J
I
have
a
question.
Excuse
me,
one
second,
dr
marchand
is.
I
I
I
have
given
the
president,
mr
ashton,
a
copy
of
a
bill
that
charlie
got
through
the
washington
legislature
that
affects
caregivers
and
so
on
in
the
state
of
washington.
It
was
also
adopted
in
the
state
of
oregon,
and
I
have
asked
them
to
review
it
to
see
what
redundancies
are
there
in
nevada
and
if
there
are
gems
within
that
submission
that
we
could
use
in
the
context
of
this
forum
and
I'll
talk
to
them.
I
guess
at
the
next
meeting.
A
A
Only
one
bdr
per
session
and
does
not
have
provide
for
contingencies
such
as
the
covid
pandemic,
where
it
wouldn't
allow
for
an
extra
bdr.
Because
of
that.
J
I
I
I
just
worked
so
hard
in
there
and
they
are
not
with
us
any
longer,
and
it
would
certainly
be
a
shame
not
to
honor
their
work
because
they
gave
the
last
part
of
their
lives,
dedicating
themselves
to
our
society
and
our
senior
issues
here
in
nevada.
I
G
A
A
We
have
an
agenda
item
right
now:
their
remembrance
of
forum,
members
and
staff,
which
we
will
address
after
the
this
discussion
of
future
agenda
items
and
possible
meeting
dates
if
the
forum
and
the
form
president
wants
this
could
be
addressed
in
different
ways
in
the
future,
and
I
just
have
to
repeat
myself
here,
unfortunately,
because
of
the
pandemic,
there
was
no
opportunity
to
have
a
public
meeting
of
the
forum
to
share
this
information
with
all
of
you.
A
This
is
the
first
meeting
since
february
2020
that
you
meet
where
we
can
have
this
information
shared
by
by
staff
with
you.
So
there
is
no
other
mechanism
as
of
this
time,
to
share
this
information
with
you,
so
I
just
want
to
leave
it
at
that.
Madam
president,.
G
Thank
you
so
much
one
of
the
things
that,
for
the
record,
maryland
jordan.
One
of
the
things
that
we
want
to
remember
is
that
we
have
a
representative
who
serves
us
and
keeps
us
informed.
G
Unfortunately,
our
past
representative,
who
would
take
the
names
and
numbers
and
who
was
interested
in
how
we
were
doing
in
our
health
and
welfare,
also
passed
away
from
the
pandemic.
So
we
have
to
remember
that
that
individual
was
responsible
and
we
need
to
really
thank
patrick
and
ashley
for
their
presence
today.
I
J
E
Yes,
I
have
a
question
for
future
topics
and
I
want
to
wonder
if
it's
appropriate,
that
we
talk
about
something
that's
of
of
general
interest
as
well
as
of
interest
to
seniors,
of
course,
and
that
issue
is
addressing
climate
change
and
the
problems
that
we
we
have
here
in
the
west
of
of
of
chronic
drought
and
issues
like
that.
So
I'd
like
to
know,
if
that,
if
that's
an
appropriate
topic
or
something
should
we
should
be
more
concentrating
on
issues
more
specific
to
seniors.
C
A
Put
a
record
patrick
ashton,
legislative
council
borough:
the
forum
did
not
decide
last
legislative
interim
on
a
bdr
because
it
did
not
have
a
work
session
and
could
not
vote
on
any
recommendations.
This
is
why
there
is
no
bdr
from
the
legislature
from
last
interim
that
was
considered
last
session.
Does
this
answer
your
question?
Ma'am.
C
A
Thank
you,
madam
president,
for
the
record,
patrick
ashton,
legislative
council
borough
members,
the
past
meetings
that
you
that
the
forum
had
during
this
last
interim,
they
are
all
on
the
legislative
website.
You
can
access
all
the
meeting
materials.
The
minutes
you
can
even
watch
it.
It
can
be
video
streamed.
You
can
watch
it
on
the
legislative
website
itself.
Also,
if
you
require
any
assistance
in
accessing
these
meeting
materials,
our
staff
would
be
absolutely
willing
to
help
you
in
any
way
possible.
J
C
For
consideration
kind
of
back
on
the
question
I
asked
it's,
you
know
developing
trusted
sources
for
seniors
who
we
can
funnel
information
through,
so
they
know
it's
valid
and
real
when
the
state
is
reaching
out
to
them.
I
don't
know
if
it's
possible,
but
it's
like
something
I'd
like
to
consider.
J
So,
yes,
do
you
have
something
miss
lemon?
Madam
chair,
peggy,
levitt
for
the
record.
J
It
sounded
to
me
like
to
the
information
that
we
got
today
that
transportation
for
seniors
is
a
major
issue
everywhere,
and
I
just
think
that
ought
to
be
thrown
in
the
pot.
I
I'm
from
boulder
city
and
we
have
an
organization
that
helps
provide
transportation
for
some
seniors,
just
a
volunteer
organization,
and
we
also
have
silver
rider
and
it's
still
not
enough
and
we're
a
small
community.
So
I
can't
even
imagine
what
it
is
like
in
larger
communities.
So
I
think
it's
worthy
of
a
discussion.
G
Madam
chair
bellewoods,
for
the
record,
I
would
also
like
to
for
us
to
consider
how
to
get
more
resource
information
out
to
our
community
as
listening
to
our
presenters,
a
lot
of
the
stuff
I
didn't
know
about,
so
I'm
sure
there
are
many
others
that
aren't
aware
of
some
of
the
resources
that
are
available
to
them.
So
I
would
like
that
added
as
well.
Please.
J
J
I
would
like
for
us
to
have
a
meeting
in
may.
It
seems
we
have
a
lot
to
discuss
before
we
can
talk
about
what
the
bdr
is
going
to
be,
and
we
must
have
that
no
later
than
august.
31St
so
does
thursday
seem
to
work
for
the
majority
and
would
may
12
or
19
work.
E
I
C
J
So
everyone,
except
the
two
members
may
12th
is
good.
It
seems
like
19
is
not
good,
for
several
people
would
may
12th
work
for
the
majority.
C
C
J
After
speaking
with
mr
ashton,
since
those
are
the
only
two
days
available,
they
will
be
sending
out
an
email
for
you
all
to
say
which
of
those
two
dates
would
work
best,
and
when
you
answer
the
email,
then
we'll
determine
which
date
it
will
be
for
sure,
but
it
will
be
the
12th
or
the
17th,
as
those
are
the
only
two
dates
available
in
may
that
we
can
get
both
of
the
rooms.
J
E
J
Forum
members,
thank
you
for
your
input.
Please
keep
in
mind
that
our
staff
members
can
also
provide
policy
and
research
assistance
to
help
us
help
us
make
informed
decisions
about
the
issues
reviewed
and
studied
by
the
forum
feel
free
to
reach
out
to
mr
aston
or
ms
kalina.
If
you
have
specific
questions
or
if
there
are
presentations,
you
would
like
to
have
scheduled
for
future
meetings.
J
A
A
She
served
for
nine
terms
on
the
forum
and
also
held
the
position
as
form
president.
At
one
point,
the
next
member
who
passed
away
is
barbara
altman.
She
served
as
vice
president
and
she
served
for
five
and
a
half
terms
on
the
forum,
also
rickulmay
passed
away,
and
he
served
on
the
forum
for
five
terms.
A
J
I
Thank
you.
I
felt
a
chilling
effect
as
I
asked
for
the
agenda
to
be
changed
and
instead
of
answering
I
was
referred
well,
the
attorney
contacted
me.
I
understand
that
we
still
have
freedom
of
speech
and.
I
J
I
would
just
like
to
say
that
all
of
these
members
who
passed
were
friends
of
many
of
us
in
this
forum
also
was
marshla.
She
was
with
us
for
many
years
and
it
is
heartbreaking
and
at
this
point
we
weren't
meeting
we
weren't
together,
it's
very
hard
to
find
out
that
so
many
have
passed.
J
I
will
say
that
in
the
future
we
will
check
with
lcb
staff
to
find
out
the
protocol,
and
if
members
can
be
notified,
I
will
say
that
we
are
going
to
be
meeting
more
regularly
and
things
like
so
many
passing,
I
don't
think
will
come
up
again
again.
It's
very
heartbreaking
to
know
that
these
members
have
passed.
J
J
G
J
Think
that
would
probably
I
think
that
might
depend
on
the
individual
nursing
homes.
What
their
policy
is.
Some
of
them,
you
know,
may
have
an
open
door
policy.
Now
some
of
them
may
be
family
only.
I
I'm
guessing
that
might
be
on
an
individual.
J
J
J
C
J
Before
I
adjourn,
I
just
want
to
again
remind
everyone
to
please
fill
out
this
yellow
form
and
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If
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Maybe
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