Stay vigilant against covid19 as kids start returning to school. But first, a strike on the horizon contract negotiations between sausalito teachers in the School District have failed. We are there with a live report. From the bay station. Youre watching kron. And news. Thanks for joining us here on kron. 4 news at noon. Im noelle bellow, our top story this afternoon. Contract negotiations between the sausalito districts Teachers Association and the Sausalito Marin city School District have failed. The Teachers Association is asking for better pay and now just 12 days away from the first day of instruction, a strike could be on the horizon. Kron 4 Charles Clifford joining us live from sausalito this afternoon. Charles, i know theyve worked without a contract now for over a year. Yeah, you know, in time is running out before kis are supposed to be back in the classrooms. But it appears that the Teachers Association and the School District, their contract negotiations have hit a wall. Th
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30 eastern. Earlier today, Health Care Experts testified on the benefits of tell medicine technology. And how it can help better manage the care of medicare patients. Thises was held by the Senate Finance committee. Sen. Hatch meeting will come to order. I would like to welcome everyone to this mornings meeting on bipartisan policies to care for patients with chronic conditions. It was almost exactly 2 years ago today we reformed a Bipartisan Working Group cochaired by senators isakson and warner to work on legislation to address these issues. That working group spent many months listening to stakeholders in the health care community, both in person and through more than 850 formally submitted comments. In december 2015, the working Group Released a comprehensive policy options document. In october of last year we issued a legislative discussion draft. Soon after that, cms finalized 4 of our policy proposals in its 2017 medicare schedule role, and 2 positions from our discussion draft
Bipartisan working group. To work on legislation to dress these issues. That working group spent many months listening to stakeholders. In october last year we issued a draft. Soon after that, weve finalized a fee schedule role and two provisions from our discussion draft were included in the 21st century cures act which president obama signed into law this past december. Several of the working Group Policies have already been enacted and we are working to get the rest signed into law. Toward that end, we introduced the latest version of the chronic care act, the bill that encompasses the working group puzzles in april. Legislation currently has 17 bipartisan cosponsors and has been endorsed by numerous entities in the health your community. Today is the latest step in our efforts. The next step will come later ais week, as we noticed marked up for thursday morning. I want to thank my colleague, ranking senator wyden for his matter. This his work has been a driving force behind this ef