2018 NCSL Southern States Fiscal Leaders Meeting Agenda and Resource Page

9/17/2018

Contacts

This page hosts the agenda and resources for the 2018 NCSL Southern States Fiscal Leaders Meeting, Sept. 13-14 in New Orleans.

The 2018 NCSL Southern States Fiscal Leaders Meeting has been specifically designed for legislative fiscal leaders and senior legislative fiscal staff. This meeting will provide attendees a special opportunity to communicate and collaborate with one another regarding budget realities throughout the South. The meeting is made possible through the generous support of The Pew Charitable Trusts.

Southern States Fact Sheet Fiscal 50

Wednesday, Sept. 12
Time	Sessions
5:30-7 p.m. Royal Salon Hotel Monteleone 214 Royal St. New Orleans, La. 70130	Welcome reception

thursday, sept. 13
8-9 a.m. Queen Anne Parlor Mezzanine Hotel Monteleone 214 Royal St. New Orleans, La. 70130	Breakfast
9 a.m. Hotel Monteleone 214 Royal St. New Orleans, La. 70130	Meet in lobby to go on tour
9:30-11 a.m.	New Orleans Flood Protection Authority tour of the Permanent Canal Closures and Pumps (PCCP). Click here for a detailed overvew of the PCCP.
11 a.m.	Return to hotel
11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Queen Anne Parlor Mezzanine Hotel Monteleone 214 Royal St. New Orleans, La. 70130	Buffet lunch served
12:15-12:30 p.m. Queen Anne Ballroom Mezzanine Hotel Monteleone 214 Royal St. New Orleans, La. 70130	Welcome and Introductions
12:30-1:30 p.m.	State Responses to a Changing Tax Landscape Speaker Joe Crosby, CEO & principal, Multistate Associates, District of Columbia Presentation PowerPoint \| PDF
1:30-2:30 p.m.	Shoring up State Pensions: Planning for the Next Recession Moderator Luke Martel, group director, employment, labor and retirement program, National Conference of State Legislatures, Colorado Speaker David Draine, senior officer, research and policy, strengthening public sector retirement systems, The Pew Charitable Trusts, District of Columbia Presentation PowerPoint \| PDF
2:30-2:50 p.m.	Break
2:50-3:40 p.m.	Disaster Planning and Mitigation Speaker Keith Porter, vice-chair, National Institute of Building Sciences' Multi-Hazard Mitigation Council, Colorado Presentation PowerPoint \| PDF
3:40-4 p.m.	Snack break
4-5 p.m.	State Fiscal Roundtable Discussion Discussion Leader Arturo Pérez, group director, fiscal affairs program, National Conference of State Legislatures, Colorado
6:10 p.m.	Meet in lobby of hotel to go to dinner
6:30-9:30 p.m. 945 Magazine St, New Orleans, La. 70130	Reception and dinner at The National WWII Museum

friday, sept. 14
7:45-8:30 a.m. Queen Anne Parlor Mezzanine Hotel Monteleone 214 Royal St. New Orleans, La. 70130	Breakfast
8:30-9:30 a.m. Queen Anne Ballroom Mezzanine Hotel Monteleone 214 Royal St. New Orleans, La. 70130	Medicaid Waivers: Sharing State Experiences Moderator Samantha Scotti, policy specialist, National Conference of State Legislatures, Colorado Presentation PowerPoint \| PDF Speaker Joe Thompson, M.D., president and CEO, Arkansas Center for Health Improvement Arkansas All Payer-Claims Database \| Arkansas Works Updates Fact Sheet Presentation PowerPoint \| PDF
9:30-9:45 a.m.	Break
9:45-10:45 a.m.	Are Sin Taxes Healthy for State Budgets? Handout \| PDF Moderator Adam Levin, senior associate, The Pew Charitable Trusts, District of Columbia Presentation PowerPoint \| PDF Speakers Delegate Shawn Fluharty (D-W.V.) James A. Richardson, John Rhea alumni professor of economics and public administration, E.J. College of Business Administration, Louisiana State University Darrin Webb, Ph.D., state economist and director for University Research Center, MIssissippi Insitutions of Higher Learning
10:45-11 a.m.	Break
11 a.m. to noon	Transportation Funding: Looking Beyond the Gas Tax Moderator Doug Shinkle, program director, environment, energy and transportation program, National Conference of State Legislatures, Colorado Presentation PowerPoint \| PDF Speaker Ed Regan, senior vice president, CDM Smith, Florida Presentation PowerPoint \| PDF
Noon	Meeting adjourns