2018 NCSL Western States Fiscal Leaders Meeting Agenda and Resources

6/5/2018

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This page hosts the agenda and resources for the 2018 NCSL Western States Fiscal Leaders Meeting, June 7-8 at the Hyatt Olive 8 in Seattle.

The 2018 NCSL Western 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 West. The meeting is made possible through the generous support of The Pew Charitable Trusts.

Wednesday, June 6
5:30-7 p.m. Azure Room, 3rd Floor Hyatt at Olive 8 1635 8th Ave. Seattle, Wash. 98101	Welcome Reception

Thursday, June 7
8-9 a.m. Azure Room, 3rd Floor Hyatt at Olive 8 1635 8th Ave. Seattle, Wash. 98101	Breakfast
9 a.m. Hyatt at Olive 8 1635 8th Ave. Seattle, Wash. 98101	Meet in lobby to go on Amazon tour
9:30-11 a.m. Amazon Day 1 Building 2121 7th Ave. Seattle, Wash. 98121	Tour of Amazon (optional)
11 a.m.	Return to hotel
11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Azure Room, 3rd Floor Hyatt at Olive 8	Buffet lunch served
12:15-12:30 p.m. Ballroom DE, 3rd Floor Hyatt at Olive 8	Welcome and Introductions Bill Pound, executive director, National Conference of State Legislatures, Colorado
12:30-1:30 p.m.	What Does the Changing Economy Mean for State Revenues? Speaker Mark Haggerty, economic geographer, Headwaters Economics, Montana Presentation PowerPoint \| PDF
1:30-2:30 p.m.	Exploring the Role of State Legislators in International Trade Speaker Martin Wurm, Ph.D., assistant director, economist, Moody's Analytics, Washington Presentation PowerPoint \| PDF
2:30-3:30 p.m.	Federal Tax Reform and the Impact on States Moderator Max Behlke, director, federal budget and tax policy division, National Conference of State Legislatures, District of Columbia Speaker Harley Duncan, tax managing director, state and local tax, KPMG, District of Columbia Presentation PowerPoint \| PDF
3:30-3:45 p.m.	Snack break
3:45-4:15 p.m.	Supreme Court Updates Sports Betting Speaker Jackson Brainerd, policy associate, fiscal affairs program, National Conference of State Legislatures, Colorado Presentation PowerPoint \| PDF Remote Sales Tax Collection Speaker Deb Peters, state senator, South Dakota
4:15-5 p.m.	State Fiscal Roundtable Discussion Discussion Leader Arturo Pérez, group director, fiscal affairs program, National Conference of State Legislatures, Colorado
6:15 p.m.	Meet in lobby of hotel to walk to dinner
6:30-9 p.m. Blueacre Seafood 1700 7th Ave. Seattle, Wash. 98101	Reception and Dinner

Friday, June 8
8-8:30 a.m. Azure Room, 3rd Floor Hyatt at Olive 8	Breakfast
8:30-9:15 a.m. Ballroom DE, 3rd Floor Hyatt at Olive 8	Stress Testing State Budgets and Developing a Toolkit Speakers Jonathan Ball, director, legislative fiscal analyst office, Utah Stress Testing Worksheet Utah Budget Amy Carlson, director, legislative fiscal division, Montana Presentation PowerPoint \| PDF
9:15-9:45 a.m..	Breakout groups to discuss individual state toolkits
9:45-10 a.m.	Break
10-11 a.m.	Medicaid Waivers: Sharing State Experiences Moderator/Speaker Robin Rudowitz, associate director, program on medicaid and the underinsured, Henry Kaiser Family Foundation (HKFF), District of Columbia Presentation PowerPoint \| PDF Speakers Joe Thompson, M.D., president and ceo, Arkansas Center for Health Improvement (ACHI) Arkansas All Payer Claims Database Arkansas Works Updates Fact Sheet Marc Provence, director, office of medicaid transformation, Washington State Health Care Authority
11 a.m.-noon	Transportation Funding: Looking Beyond the Gas Tax Moderator Doug Shinkle, program director, environment, energy and transportation program, National Conference of State Legislatures, Colorado Speakers Austin Brown, Ph.D., executive director, University of California Davis Policy Institute for Energy, Environment, and the Economy Alan Jenn, Ph.D., postdoctoral researcher, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California Davis Presentation PowerPoint \| PDF
Noon	Meeting Adjourns