Monday, January 12, 2009

Monday Quick HIts: Hot Policy Topics for This Week

North Carolina:

Governor Bev Perdue starts her first day as our state's executive today. First up is the swearing in of her cabinet followed by a series of executive orders. Her first term will start as our state is dealing with serious budget concerns and as the federal government is debating a comprehensive economic stimulus package.

Here are some suggestions for what our state may want to look at in that economic stimulus package: increase in Medicaid through FMAP, increase in IDEA to ensure a high quality educational experience for students with disabilities, job incentives for businesses to hire people with disabilities and get us back to work, and more support for affordable housing options.

The General Assembly is also back at work. There are a series of meetings this week including on Wednesday another Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, Substance Abuse Legislative Oversight Committee meeting.

Here they are:

Monday, Jan. 12
10 a.m. | The Child Fatality Task Force meets, 1228 LB.
2 p.m. | The Joint Legislative Commission on Seafood and Aquaculture meets, 544 LOB.

Tuesday, Jan. 13
10 a.m. | The Joint Legislative Corrections, Crime Control and Juvenile Justice Oversight Committee meets, 643 LOB.
10 a.m. | The Legislative Commission on Global Climate Change meets, 1228 LB.
10 a.m. | The Joint Select Committee on Economic Development Incentives meets, 544 LOB.
12:30 p.m.| The Joint Select Committee on Capital Trial, Sentencing, and Post Conviction Procedures for Persons Who Suffer Severe Mental Disabilities Committee meets 421 LOB.

Wednesday, Jan. 14
9 a.m. | The Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee meets, 544 LOB.
10 a.m. | The Legislative Study Commission on Children and Youth meets, 643 LOB.
10 a.m. | The Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse meets, 643 LOB.
1 p.m. | The House Select Committee on a Comprehensive Rail Service Plan for NC meets, 1228 LB.

Thursday, Jan. 15
9:30 a.m. | The Environmental Review Commission meets, 643 LOB.
10 a.m. | The Joint Select Committee on Mandatory Boating Safety Education meets, 415 LOB.
10 a.m. | The House Study Committee on Unbanked and Underbanked Consumers meets, 1425 LB.
10 a.m. | The North Carolina Study Commission on Aging meets, 544 LOB.
1 p.m. | The North Carolina National Guard Pension Fund Study Commission meets, 1425 LB.
2 p.m. | The Joint Select Committee on Capital Trial, Sentencing, and Post Conviction Procedures for Persons Who Suffer Severe Mental Disabilities Committee meets 421 LOB.

Friday, Jan. 16
10 a.m. | The Legislative Study Commission on Poverty Reduction and Economic Recovery meets, 643 LOB.

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