Peach Tree Times

State Representative Katie Dempsey (R-Rome), chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Human Resources, recently attended the National Conference of State Legislature’s (NCSL) 2024 Health Policy Seminar in Washington, D.C. Rep. Dempsey was nominated by House leadership to attend this seminar, which is designed for state legislators and legislative staff who are experienced or emerging leaders in health to expand their knowledge through convening with other state leaders and experts from across the country.

“I am grateful to our House leadership for nominating me to attend this important and timely seminar,” said Rep. Dempsey. “As legislators, our duty is to recommend legislation based on our continued learning and knowledge of issues facing our constituents. This seminar was a great opportunity to continue my education on current challenges to our healthcare systems and to the health of Georgians. I look forward to taking the valuable lessons learned during the seminar and recommending beneficial health policy legislation when we return to the Capitol in January.”

NCSL’s Health Policy Seminar sought to help lawmakers and legislative staff better understand evidence-informed policy options, promising practices, noteworthy innovations, and state policy considerations. The objectives of the seminar included increasing knowledge about state roles in health and policy to improve populations’ health and health systems, learning about the most recent evidence-based strategies related to public health topics, as well as networking and information sharing. This year’s seminar topics included healthcare costs and prices, public health and healthcare workforce, substance use disorder, infectious disease, disease forecasting and outbreak analytics, immunization, oral health, supporting older adults and aging in place among other topics.

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