NCSL Legislative Video Resource Center

Learn about the challenges military installations and the states in which they operate are facing due to changing environmental conditions. Speakers include Kristin Thomasgard, U.S. Department of Defense, Ann C. Phillips, rear admiral, U.S. Navy (ret.), special assistant to the Governor for Coastal Adaptation and Protection, Commonwealth of Virginia, and Benjamin J. McFarlane, Hampton Roads Planning District Commission.

Maximizing the use of pharmacists is among several state strategies to meet the unique health care needs of populations, especially those living in rural and underserved areas. Examine policy options to leverage pharmacists as part of the health care delivery system, including national trends in pharmacist scope of practice, including prescribing certain medications and administering vaccines, among others. Speakers include Emily Hawes, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Stefanie Ferreri, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy Division of Practice Advancement and Clinical Education, Senator Elizabeth Steiner Hayward (D-Ore.) and Senator Evan Vickers (R-Utah).

Learn how states are leveraging cost-sharing features to add stability and predictability to public pensions during a period of economic volatility.

Information as of October 2020.

Speakers include Don Boyd, State University of New York, David Draine and Corryn Hall, The Pew Charitable Trusts, and Doug Fiddler, South Dakota Retirement System.