Committee. Live coverage on cspan2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. Before we began i now, i know speak for anyone here when i wish our Ranking Member a belated happy birthday yesterday. And lets have some cake later so lets celebrate. But late happy birthday. We appreciate serving with you. Thank you, commissioner werfel, for appearing before the ways and Means Committee a little earlier than usual this year. We have a lot to go over with use appreciate you answering the request of our members to come before the Committee Early this year. First, as it pertains to the current 2023 tax Filing Season i want to thank you and your team for the Technical Work to ensure the quick and without delay implementation of provisions of the tax relief for American Families and workers act. We particularly appreciate the steps the agency is taken right now to be ready to immediately implement the legislation once the Sena
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Elders, and relatives of the Ramaytush Ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. Okay. 2. Proposed action approval of the minutes of the Health Commission meeting of september 5, 2023. Commissioners you had the minutes upon reviewing them, no amendments make a motion. Make a motion. Second. And if i may offer a motion im hoping you can include a provision from commissioner chow on the uptodate i incremental said he gave the update that was commissioner green that gave that. That amendment a first and the segmented. All right. Any other amendments if none any Public Comment. I have a script to read. For the process didnt allow questions for answered or the public to engage with the commissioners any members of the public when discussing an item please note each individual has one opportunity to speak to an agenda item. Where i know sent to the Health Commission meeting will also be broadcast on sfgovtv. Everyone attending the meeting in person is encoura
Joanne we are about ready for the panelists if people will take their seats. I want to add a few tiny additional notes to the bios. Jeremy is working on a book about medical waste. It is called the working title is called syringe ties. It does have a jersey shore angle. Jody i also wanted to mention the work she is doing at yale. She serves on the National Academy of medicine collaborative on decarbonization. She is plugged in to the nexus of where an awful lot of people are an awful lot of things are happening. When diana talks about caregivers, she means the doctors and nurses. I really wanted a nurse on this panel because nurses are doing in Health Sectors in Health Systems i have visited nurses are doing a lot of the work on the ground. We have a lot of control over what is used and in some cases what is bought and how to do how to throughout less stuff. Thank you for including us. Joanne student nurses too. Medical students and residents come a lot of things are bubbling up from t
Elders, and relatives of the Ramaytush Ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. Okay. 2. Proposed action approval of the minutes of the Health Commission meeting of september 5, 2023. Commissioners you had the minutes upon reviewing them, no amendments make a motion. Make a motion. Second. And if i may offer a motion im hoping you can include a provision from commissioner chow on the uptodate i incremental said he gave the update that was commissioner green that gave that. That amendment a first and the segmented. All right. Any other amendments if none any Public Comment. I have a script to read. For the process didnt allow questions for answered or the public to engage with the commissioners any members of the public when discussing an item please note each individual has one opportunity to speak to an agenda item. Where i know sent to the Health Commission meeting will also be broadcast on sfgovtv. Everyone attending the meeting in person is encoura