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Priming Yourself for the 2024 Primaries

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Priming Yourself for the 2024 Primaries

Join NCSL’s Wendy Underhill and Ben Williams in this short webinar to learn the “primary” things to know ahead of the 2024 primaries, including who can participate, requirements to get on the ballot, the role of parties versus the state and much more.

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Preventing Despair: Understanding Behavioral Health Issues

Opioid misuse, suicide and other behavioral health challenges claim the lives of thousands of Americans each year. Learn about the complexities state legislators face in addressing these issues and the strategies states have implemented to overcome them. Speakers inlcude NCSL’s Tammy Jo Hill, Haley Nicholson and Charlie Severance-Medaris.

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Insights Into Insurance: Your Private Health Coverage Crash Course

Most Americans have some form of health coverage through a private insurer, and state governments play a significant role when it comes to health insurance oversight, regulation and innovation. State legislators have several legislative levers when examining coverage under marketplace exchanges, state employee health plans or employer-sponsored plans. Learn about the private health insurance landscape in the U.S. and the state and federal roles in health plan regulation, cost containment and coverage innovations. Speakers include Samantha Scotti, NCSL, and Joel Ario, Manatt Health Strategies.

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Improving Access to Health Care: Medicaid, Telehealth and the Health Workforce

State policymakers play an important role in improving access to quality, affordable health care through multiple avenues—including coverage, services, timeliness and workforce—while also containing costs to the state. Medicaid provides coverage to 1 in 5 Americans and is a major driver of state expenditures, accounting for nearly 20% of state spending. Learn about various strategies to improve access to care through Medicaid, telehealth and health workforce development, including national trends and state examples. Speakers are Emily Blanford and Sydne Enlund, NCSL.

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Increasing Access to Rural Behavioral Health

Behavioral health disorders can be challenging to identify, screen for and treat, especially in rural communities. Learn about state policy options to increase access to rural behavioral health services including crisis hotline upgrades, opioid use disorder treatment, scope of practice and licensing for behavioral health professionals and more. Speakers include Kelly Hughes, Charlie Severance-Medaris and Sydne Enlund, NCSL, Shawnda Schroeder and Andrew J. McLean, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences.

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State Strategies to Reduce Costs and Provide Quality Care for Older Adults and People with Disabilities

Long-term services and supports (LTSS) provide daily assistance to millions of older adults and people with disabilities, and are also primarily paid for by Medicaid, which takes up a substantial portion of states’ budgets. Explore state strategies to both reduce costs and provide quality care for older adults and people with disabilities. Speakers include Gretchen Alkema, The SCAN Foundation, Curtis Cunningham, Wisconsin Department of Health Services and Representative Eileen Cody (D-Wash.)

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