**National Council on Disability**

**Council Meeting Agenda**

**Thursday, October 7, 202112:00 PM – 4:00 PM, EST**

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**12:00 – 12:05 PM		Welcome and Call to Order**

· Roll Call

· Acceptance of Agenda

· July minutes 

**VOTE 1 – Acceptance of the meeting agenda**

**VOTE 2 – Acceptance of the draft minutes of the July 22, 2021 Council Meeting**

**12:05 PM – 12:50 PM 	Policy Project Updates, FY22**

· Presentation and Q&A:

· IDD Medicaid-Dental Reimbursement Project

Speakers:

· Dr. Heather Koball, Co-Director, National Center for Children in Poverty, Bank Street Graduate School of Education, New York City

· Suma Setty, Senior Research Associate and Project Director, National Center for Children in Poverty

· Chelsea Fosse, Dentist; Senior Health Policy Analyst, Health Policy Institute (HPI), American Dental Association

· Updates:

· HCBS project / congregate settings

· 2021 Progress Report (COVID–19)

· Disparate Treatment of Puerto Rican Residents with Disabilities Report

· State Use of QALYs Project

· Employee Misclassification Project

· Voting Rights Project

· Employment Program Inventory 

· 2022 Progress Report (Climate Change)

**12:50 – 1:00 PM		Chairman’s Report**

**1:00 – 1:10 PM		Executive Director Report**

**1:10 – 1:30 PM		Executive Committee Report**

· Governance Representative Report 

· Finance Representative Report

· FY21 status of funds

· FY22 budget proposal

· Presentation of FY23 budget

**VOTE 3 – Approve the spend plan as of August 31, 2021**

**VOTE 4 – Acceptance of financial report on status of funds (August 31, 2021)**

**VOTE 5 – Approve the proposed FY22 Budget**

**VOTE 6 – Acceptance of policy project budget allocation as follows: $100,000 for Medicaid reimbursement follow-up report, focusing on data; $100,000 for employee misclassification / tax policy project; $185,000 for 2022 progress report on the impact of extreme weather events on people with disabilities**

**1:30 – 2:05 PM	State Advocacy Highlight:**Roads to Freedom Center for Independent Living of North Central Pennsylvania

Speakers:

· Misty Deon, CEO, Roads to Freedom Center for Independent Living of North Central Pennsylvania

· Marcie Roth, Executive Director and CEO, World Institute on Disability

· Shaylin Sluzalis, Co-Executive Director of The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies

· Germán Parodi, Co-Executive Director of The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies

· Ebony Payne

**2:05 – 2:40 PM		Updates on Themes Projects**

· Health Equity / Medically Underserved Population Designation & Disability Cultural Competency Curriculum 

· Use of Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) as a Barrier to Health Care Access 

· Rationing and Denying Health Care to People with Disabilities 

· Medicaid Portability   

· Fostering Job Growth for People with Disabilities through the Small Business Administration 8(a) Business Development Program  

· Pursuing Better Data and Federal Guidance Regarding Sexual Assault of Students with Disabilities

**2:40 – 3:00 PM		Legislative and Public Affairs Report Out**

· National Down Syndrome Society CEO Summit, Neil Romano

· Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program (CAP) Virtual Joint Disability and Reasonable Accommodations Summit, David D’Arcangelo

· Legislative and Public Affairs staff report

**3:00 – 3:30 PM 	Public Comment**

Via “Hand Raise” on Zoom; Review of Written Submissions

**3:30 – 4:00 PM	NCD Training for Council Members on Special Government Employee Pay Policy**

**4:00 PM	Adjourn**

**VOTE 7 – Adjourn**

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