Secretary badasow is present. Please note that were going to table the nominating committee and could we have approval of the agenda with that change. So moved. Second. Its been moved and seconded that we approve the agenda as printed except item 3 the nominating committee report. All in favor . Aye. Ayes have it. Next item approval of the Consent Agenda. So moved. Second. Its been moved and seconded that we approve the Consent Agenda as printed. All in favor say aye . Aye. Opposes . The motion is carried. Can we have approval of the march 4 Meeting Minutes except that we have a change there commissioner katie loo had a change in the minutes which says in. Should be congresswoman. Okay. Could i have a motion to approve the march 4 Meeting Minutes with that correction. So moved. Second. Its been moved and seconded that we approve the march 4 Meeting Minutes with the correction. All in favor say aye . Aye. Opposes . The ayes have it and the motion is carried. Public comment. You have thr
Secretary badasow is present. Please note that were going to table the nominating committee and could we have approval of the agenda with that change. So moved. Second. Its been moved and seconded that we approve the agenda as printed except item 3 the nominating committee report. All in favor . Aye. Ayes have it. Next item approval of the Consent Agenda. So moved. Second. Its been moved and seconded that we approve the Consent Agenda as printed. All in favor say aye . Aye. Opposes . The motion is carried. Can we have approval of the march 4 Meeting Minutes except that we have a change there commissioner katie loo had a change in the minutes which says in. Should be congresswoman. Okay. Could i have a motion to approve the march 4 Meeting Minutes with that correction. So moved. Second. Its been moved and seconded that we approve the march 4 Meeting Minutes with the correction. All in favor say aye . Aye. Opposes . The ayes have it and the motion is carried. Public comment. You have thr
Of transition occurred of the Task Force Recommendations under the longterm coordinating council and the longterm coordinating council happily voted to create a Palliative Care work group and committee and now moving the recommendations forward and already we have met i think at least three times, had three meetings. The committee again looking carefully at those recommendations trying to figure out which ones we should be addressing most aggressively for the short of run but trying to Pay Attention to all of the recommendations including the longterm recommendations so were very excited this has transpired and grateful for the support we received from the department of aging and Adult Services and Public Health and enthusiastic what it will mean for improving quality of all right for our citizens with serious illness and april 16 is National Health care decision day and if you havent had the opportunity to tell someone you love what is important to you about your treatment decisions p
Is making sure that the providers are educated and having the competencies to provide and offer good Palliative Care services and those services are across the continuum and not limited to hos hospice alone but wherever theyre experiencing the service and around the state legislation that is encouraging providers to be more explicit when someone has a terminal illness and know what their Treatment Options are including Palliative Care. That has become particularly relevant around the issue of dementia and alzheimers disease and when they are diagnosed with alzheimers disease arent told its a progressive condition and i think there are opportunities when we get into the nittygritty supporting our legislature to more thoughtfully integrate Palliative Care services into the health care community, and then finally i think there are opportunities from the standpoint of reimbursement to encourage interprofessional care in a way that currently isnt supported in most spheres and theyre in a di
Will hand it over to you and have you walk the commission and the audience through the process and the recommendations. Thank you. [inaudible] i cannot hear you. Is it on . Can you hear me now . Yes thank you. Thank you to president james and to the commission for giving us this opportunity to tell you a little bit about the proceedings of the task force. It was really an amazing and productive time that we had together and as you heard from anne this was a program or issue that was cosponsored by the department of Public Health and the department of aging and Adult Services and it was really in response to this recognition that there are opportunities in our community to improve access to Palliative Care and improve the conversation around care for people who have serious illness so sort of with that back drop to get everybody on the same page about what the definition is for Palliative Care because as a Palliative Care provider i can say many people have different perspectives or und