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Florida House Sergeant at Arms Earnie Sumner will Retire

Longtime Florida House Sergeant at Arms and NCSL Officer, Earnest "Earnie" Sumner will be retiring next month after 42 years of legislative service. More

Courteous & Effective Communication:  Social Media & Email 

Formal letters and phone calls were once the norm but times have changed.  Today, email is our primary form of communication, and social media provides an easy outreach tool.  More

State Budget Update:  Spring 2013

As the four-year anniversary of the official end of the Great Recession approaches, no strong indication exists that states are entering a robust recovery phase. More

 
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[Summit 2012] 2012 Legislative Summit Health SessionsMeetings8/9/2012 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=25116251162012 NCSL Legislative Summit Health Sessions, with links to slides and related speaker materials.
Webinar: States Implementing Health Reform: Advancing Health through NursingMultimedia11/17/2010 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=2152821528This webinar will feature Secretary Donna Shalala and Dr. John Rowe presenting the conclusions of the new Institute of Medicine report entitled The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health. The report asserts that a fundamental transformation of the profession of nursing is needed, which will allow nurses to practice to the full extent of their education, enable them to obtain higher levels of education, and encourage them to be full partners with physicians and others in redesigning
[Summit 2010] The Future of Nursing and Primary Care: Implications for StatesMeetings7/27/2010 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=2096320963The Future of Nursing and Primary Care: Implications for States - a Legislative Summit 2010 Session
[Fall Forum 09] Containing Health Costs and Improving Efficiency: Audio + SlidesMultimedia5/15/2010 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=1933319333States are struggling to maintain an array of health programs and payment obligations that cost more than 30 percent of many state budgets. A new NCSL project is evaluating two dozen promising practices that may "bend the cost curve" toward affordability for the long term to see if any might produce immediate savings. Hear from the project's top researchers and preview the first several study papers.
Webinar: States Opting Out -States Checking Up on Health Reform Multimedia5/1/2010 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=1923319233As the great laboratories of democracy, many states have their own ideas for reform. This session will discuss the issues around state authority to accept, modify, or decline to participate in various components of federal health reforms.
Legislative Health Staff Network (LHSN) Preconference: Legislative Summit 2009Meetings7/29/2009 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=1808118081Preconference to NCSL's 2009 Legislative Summit for legislative staff working on health policy issues.
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