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B E S T- S E L L I N G A U T H O R J . D . VA N C E K ICKS OFF CSG 2018 N AT ION A L CONFERENCE ing portrait of the lives of the white working class, providing timely perspective on the rise of political populism and the growing concerns of many Americans. Vance’s gripping examination of his upbringing strikes a chord with audiences as he shares the personal impact of a social, regional, and economic decline. Ron Howard and Brian Grazer of Imagine Entertainment have announced plans to produce a movie based on Vance’s book.
Author J.D. Vance will deliver the keynote address at the CSG 2018 National Conference opening session and luncheon today, Dec. 7, at noon. The address will be followed by a Q&A and book signing opportunity. Vance is an investor and innovator as well as the author of the #1 New York Times best-seller Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis. Hillbilly Elegy was inspired by Vance’s childhood in the Rust Belt city of Middletown, Ohio, and the Appalachian town of Jackson, Kentucky. Described by the National Review as a “brilliant book” and by The Economist as “one of the most important” reads of 2016, Hillbilly Elegy is a sear-
Friday, Dec. 7 CSG Registration & Information Desk Open 7 a.m. – 5 p.m. | Madison Lobby
Buffet Breakfast
7 – 8 a.m | Ballroom BC
Wake Up with WIG!
7 – 8 a.m. | Meeting Room 4, 5
Using Technology to Create and Inform Your Opioid Strategy 8 – 9 a.m. | Meeting Room 3
The Future of Electrification: Impact on Grid Infrastructure
A veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and Operation Iraqi Freedom and a graduate of Yale Law School, Vance followed a stint at a large corporate law firm with a venture capital career, becoming a principal at Mithril Capital, cofounded by Peter Thiel and Ajay Royan. As an investor, Vance focuses on innovative and transformative sectors of the economy. In early 2017, he joined as a partner in AOL founder Steve Case’s venture capital company, Revolution LLC, which concentrates on bolstering entrepreneurship and disruptive, high-growth companies outside of the sphere of Silicon Valley. Vance also returned home to Ohio in 2017 to found Our Ohio Renewal, a nonprofit organization dedicated to addressing the state’s opioid crisis and bringing high-quality employment and educational opportunities to Ohioans.
8 – 9:30 a.m. | Meeting Room 9, 10
A contributor to The New York Times and a regular political and public policy commentator, Vance has appeared on ABC, CBS, and FOX News, and currently serves as a contributor on CNN.
Transforming Tobacco to Harness Innovation for Public Good and Economic Growth
Copies of Hillbilly Elegy will be available for purchase from 10 a.m-noon in the Madison Lobby.
Growing Green: Marijuana Policy Impacts on State Budgets 8 – 9:30 a.m. | Meeting Room 6, 7
CSG Finance Committee
8 – 9:30 a.m. | Meeting Room 8
CSG National Center for Interstate Compacts (NCIC) Summit of the States: A Tested Solution to Today’s Policy Issues 8 – 9:30 a.m. | Riverview Room, Marriott, Lobby Floor
Understanding Gene Replacement Therapy
9 – 10 a.m. | Meeting Room 3
Coffee Service
9:30 – 10 a.m. | Meeting Room Lobby & Madison Lobby
10 – 11 a.m. | Meeting Room 3
Working Families and the Struggle to Find Early Care and Education 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Meeting Room 9, 10
State Impacts of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Meeting Room 6, 7
CSG Associates Advisory Committee
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MainStrasse Holiday Village Friday, Dec. 7 | 6 p.m. Join us in this 19th century German village for a holiday-themed soiree featuring a German band and a dinner selection from six local restaurants, including a whole hog pig roast and seafood bar.
10 – 11:30 a.m. | Meeting Room 8
NCIC Summit of the States: How State Collaboration Can Strengthen the Workforce 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Riverview Room, Marriott, Lobby Floor
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WHEN INFRASTRUCTURE MEETS INNOVATION
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Public- and private-sector representatives gathered during the Policy Academy titled The Intersection of Innovation and Infrastructure on Thursday to discuss how technology advancements are informing infrastructure and travel.
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Steve Boyd, founder and vice president of external affairs for Peloton Technology, talked about the benefits of truck platooning, including better fuel efficiency, and shared videos of two trucks connecting with each other on a highway, emergency braking and working together as other vehicles on the road moved around and between them. Ross Froat, director of engineering and information technology for the American Trucking Associations, said the fuel efficiency in truck platooning is key for states, and the safety features continue to advance. In addition, he addressed a job shortage caused in part by high school students who are not interested in trucking as a career. “It’s not sexy and people perceive it as an older type of job,” Froat said. “But it’s really not. There’s so much technology on board these
trucks right now. Every new driver that I speak to is excited about driving a truck.” Brian Barnard, director of governmental affairs, policy and strategic planning for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, said the Department of Transportation recently launched a study with the Department of Labor to look at workforce impacts of automated vehicle technology. He said the findings would be used to inform states and policymakers. Craig Orlan, senior state relations specialist for Honda North America, said state-level automated vehicle policy should begin with a task force that brings together all the stakeholders. Orlan recommended that legislation address highly automated vehicle technology and focus on testing rather than deployment. He said Honda also encourages states to enact legislation that pre-empts localities from taking a position on automated technology because a patchwork of policies across cities, counties and states becomes problematic.
USING SCIENCE TO PROTECT CONSUMERS AND THE ENVIRONMENT CSG held a day-long policy academy on Thursday, titled Using Science to Inform State Policymaking, to guide policymakers in using science-based data to better understand the issues they are legislating around and make the most informed decisions possible. Using the development of consumer products as a case study, experts discussed the scientific basis from which product development decisions are made, and the theories and practices employed to ensure safe consumer products. One of the fundamentals of consumer product safety is using the correct amount of an ingredient so it is beneficial without being dangerous—or determining what is called the “safe range,” said Scott Heid of Procter & Gamble. “Water is a great example,” Heid said. “If you get too little water you will be dehydrated. You can also have too much water and have water intoxication and shut your kidneys down. Even with something as benign as water, you can have too much, too little and the just right amount.” One example of the value of determining and communicating safe ranges is the public distrust of parabens, one of the most common preservatives in the world, frequently used in personal care products. About 15 years ago, parabens were shown to interfere with estrogen receptors at high concentrations in
laboratory studies, raising concerns among consumers. However, the amounts used in personal care products are much lower than those used in the lab and additional studies done in the context of real-world use showed the effects seen in the lab were not seen in the real world. Yet among some groups of consumers the concern over parabens remains. During a working lunch, the group discussed CSG’s A State Official’s Guide to Science-Based Decision-Making, a resource that includes recommendations and helpful tools for policymakers to confidently assess the assumptions, conclusions, and results that accompany scientific studies and testimonies. “There is a premium on coming up with risk evaluations when it comes to making good policy, which is laid out in the handbook. There’s a need to understand use and exposure. There’s no such thing as a safe or unsafe chemical; it’s all about how it is used,” said Karyn Schmidt, senior director of regulatory and technical affairs at the American Chemistry Council. The State Official’s Guide is available at www.csg.org.
10 a.m. – Noon | Madison Lobby
The Best Policy Tool for Sustainability – Building Energy Codes 11 a.m. – Noon | Meeting Room 3
Opening Session and Luncheon Keynote: J.D. Vance Noon – 2 p.m. | Ballroom BC
Guest and Spouse Activity: New Riff Distilling 1:30 – 4 p.m. | Madison Street
Book Signing: J.D. Vance 2 – 2:30 p.m. | Madison Lobby
Coffee & Soda Service
2 – 2:30 p.m. | Meeting Room Lobby & Madison Lobby
Cybersecurity Preparedness for State Policymakers 2 – 3 p.m. | Meeting Room 3
NCIC Summit of the States: Over Here – States Work Together to Increase Opportunities for Military Families and Members
2:30 – 3:40 p.m. | Riverview Room, Marriott, Lobby Floor
Leading the Way in the Logistics Economy 2:30 – 5 p.m. | Madison Street
CSG Election Cybersecurity Communications Mapping Initiative 2:30 – 5 p.m. | Meeting Room 6, 7
Opioid Crisis: How States Have Financed Treatment 2:30 – 5 p.m. | Meeting Room 9, 10
CSG Henry Toll Fellow Alumni Event 2:30 – 5 p.m. | Madison Street
NCIC Summit of the States: The Nuts and Bolts – Administering Interstate Occupational Licensure Compacts 3:45 – 4:45 p.m. | Riverview Room, Marriott, Lobby Floor
NCIC Summit of the States: Legal Roundtable – The Year in Interstate Compact Law 4:55 – 5:30 p.m. | Riverview Room, Marriott, Lobby Floor
CSG Executive Committee Reception 5 – 6 p.m. | Meeting Room 4, 5
CSG Henry Toll Fellow Alumni Reception 5 – 6 p.m. | Meeting Room 1, 2
Evening Event: MainStrasse Holiday Village 6 p.m.
SGAC Reception
8 – 10 p.m. | Gameworks
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POLICYMAKERS BET ON SPORTS WAGERING CSG convened a day-long series of panels designed to help policymakers navigate the policy implications of legalized sports betting during the States Place Their Bets Policy Academy on Wednesday. The Supreme Court’s decision in May to overturn the prohibition on sports betting has unleashed a torrent of activity at the state level leading up to the opening of 2019 legislative sessions. In Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, the Supreme Court struck down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992, or PASPA, a federal law that bars states from legalizing sports betting. PASPA was challenged in 2012 when New Jersey passed a law that legalized sports betting, which was ruled by federal courts to be in violation of PASPA. In 2014, New Jersey repealed some existing bans on sports betting, which was then challenged by the NCAA. The Supreme Court ruled that PASPA violated the anti-commandeering principle, the idea that Congress does not hold the power to issue orders directly to the states.
“Telling a state that they must keep their laws as they are today is essentially the same thing as telling them what laws to make, which violates the anti-commandeering principle,” said Rick Simpson of Wiley Rein, during the Policy Academy. The Policy Academy also addressed legal obstacles policymakers face as they seek to legalize sports betting in their states. Ali Bartlett Miranda of Bingham Greenebaum Doll said the considerations for states as they craft their sports betting legislation and regulations include defining sports betting, determining what entities can offer sports betting, minimum age requirements, what events can be bet on, royalties to leagues, tax rates, and online and mobile wagering options. Miranda said when making decisions around sports betting, state legislators should consider how to put policies in place that can do the most effective job in channeling betters away from the black market. “The more defined we get in legislation, the more there is an opportunity to bet on things in the black market,” she said. The afternoon panels examined states that have moved forward with authorizing sports wagering and discussed best practices for regulation and implementation, impacts to state budgets and social costs. “We used to have a saying in budgets, ‘the most important million is the last million.’ States don’t consider sports betting to be a big windfall, but we want to recognize the increases where available and expand our tax base where possible,” said John Hicks, executive director of the National Association of State Budget Officers.
OFFICIALS SWAP PERSONAL STORIES AND STATE STRATEGIES FOR FIGHTING ADDICTION Legislators and other state officials shared personal stories about opioid abuse and strategies being explored to combat the problem during Wednesday’s CSG Policy Academy, titled Promising Approaches for America’s Addiction Crisis. Nebraska state Sen. Sara Howard’s sister, Carrie, died from an overdose in 2009. The senator said she keeps her sister’s pill bottles in her office as a reminder about the number of medications Carrie was prescribed before she died. Howard described the prescription drug-monitoring program in Nebraska as one of the most robust programs in the country. She said the program was completely revamped a couple of years ago, and last year Nebraska was one of few states that saw a decline in opioid deaths. Minnesota state Rep. Dave Baker, who lost his son to an opioid overdose, said his state is working with doctors on addiction issues and showing them how their prescription practices compare with other doctors. Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers, the CSG 2018 national chair, said the addiction problem touches almost every division or cabinet of state governments,
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including education, law enforcement and economic development. “This is not a problem, this is the problem in our state,” Stivers said. Circuit Judge Duane Slone of Dandridge, Tennessee, adopted a 6-month-old boy about seven years ago who had neonatal abstinence syndrome. Going through withdrawal, the boy suffered from night terrors and other issues such as light sensitivity. Slone said his son, Joseph, is the reason he continues to learn about addiction and help fight it in his state. “Neonatal abstinence syndrome ultimately caused me to take a deep dive in,” Slone said. A panel of West Virginia officials presented about the innovative solutions that have been implemented in their state. Lily’s Place, for example, opened in 2014 and was the first center of its kind to open in the United States, said Olivia Mead, director of development at the center. Babies with neonatal abstinence syndrome are brought there to recover because their withdrawal symptoms need care and attention that differs from care often provided in hospitals and neonatal intensive care units. In addition, Lily’s Place recently added a program to educate biological and foster families about how to care for these infants when they return home. Mead said it’s important not to judge people struggling with addiction, especially new mothers. Instead, she tries to help them move forward. Huntington Police Chief Hank Dial said his department has a treatment and recovery liaison specialist who finds the customers of drug suppliers after a drug raid and talks to those individuals with substance abuse disorders about treatment options.
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The National Center for Interstate Compacts will convene its annual Summit of the States today, Friday, Dec. 7, in conjunction with the CSG National Conference. This year the summit will focus on state occupational licensure and means of achieving professional licensure mobility chiefly through interstate occupational licensure compacts. The summit will begin with an overview of
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interstate compacts and a look at the history and use of interstate compacts as a vehicle for achieving interstate cooperation. The program will then feature a panel discussion on forms of licensure mobility. Over 41 states have passed a least one of the existing six occupational licensure compacts for nurses, physicians, psychologists, emergency medical technicians and physical therapists. However, other means of achieving interstate mobility exist. Architects and accountants have spent decades creating a regime of interstate agreements to regulate interstate practice. This panel will explore these various forms of licensure portability mechanisms and discuss the pros, cons and best practices and offer practical advice for attendees. On average, military families move to a new post every three years. Recognizing this, states recently have created a number of policy initiatives to aid military families during these transitions. Are there lessons in these new laws that can inform workforce and education policy for the general public? This will be the focus of our third panel of the day. With interstate occupational licensure compacts becoming more prevalent, our afternoon program will take a close look at how state licensing boards interact with licensure compacts. This panel will review best practices and lessons learned for imposing discipline, tracking practitioners, conducting investigations, and ensuring professionals Kentucky is a leading state for logistics—the transport of goods from point of origin to point of consumption. With the growth of e-commerce as well as the expansion of Kentucky’s auto industry and other economic sectors, the state has been able to parlay its infrastructure assets and prime location into billions of dollars in investments. Paul Looney, the deputy secretary of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, said a number of economic shifts, Kentucky’s recent economic development successes and changing transportation needs are factors that need to be accounted for in the state’s transportation planning.
LEADING THE WAY IN THE LOGISTICS ECONOMY
“The rise in e-commerce is unquestionably changing freight patterns and this trend isn’t slowing down,” said Looney, who this year serves as vice chair of the CSG Transportation & Infrastructure Public Policy Committee and who is among the speakers at the CSG National Conference. “With this rise comes more warehouses, with increased truck traffic and employee trips, in our urban areas where mobility is already challenging. And personal vehicles are being used more and more regularly for deliveries. We are monitoring these trends and will need to adjust our planning and travel demand modeling approaches to more accurately predict future system conditions and needs.” The future of logistics has already had an impact
comply with the rules for practice in compact member states. The day will end with a review of important court cases decided in 2018 that impact interstate compacts. CSG National Center for Interstate Compacts (NCIC) Summit of the States Schedule Friday, Dec. 7 A Tested Solution to Today’s Policy Issues 8 – 9:30 a.m. Riverview Room, Marriott, Lobby Floor How State Collaboration Can Strengthen the Workforce 10 – 11:30 a.m. Riverview Room, Marriott, Lobby Floor Over Here – States Work Together to Increase Opportunities for Military Families and Members 2:30 – 3:40 p.m. Riverview Ballroom, Marriott, Lobby Floor The Nuts and Bolts – Administering Interstate Occupational Licensure Compacts 3:45 – 4:45 p.m. Riverview Room, Marriott, Lobby Floor Legal Roundtable – The Year in Interstate Compact Law 4:55 – 5:30 p.m. Riverview Room, Marriott, Lobby Floor
in shaping some transportation projects in Kentucky. Looney pointed to a $67.5 million federal grant the cabinet was recently awarded to help build an I-71/I-75 interchange project in Northern Kentucky, which he said will help alleviate congestion in a rapidly growing area where Amazon has pledged to invest $1.49 billion to build a Prime Air Shipping Hub at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG). The Leading the Way in the Logistics Economy session, presented by the CSG Transportation & Infrastructure Public Policy Committee, will take place Friday, Dec. 7. Another key logistics player with operations in Northern Kentucky—UPS—will then host the transportation committee for a meeting Friday. The UPS Global and Distribution Campus in Hebron is a 23-year-old, 2-million-square-foot facility that provides warehousing, distribution and e-commerce expertise to support a variety of industry clients, including sectors of retail/ consumer goods, high-tech and health care. Following the committee meeting attendees will receive a tour of the UPS facility. CSG will provide bus transportation to UPS. The bus will leave promptly at 2:30 p.m. from the Madison Street side of the Northern Kentucky Convention Center. Pre-registration is required. Please visit the CSG Registration and Information Desk for additional information.
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CSG Campaign Against Hunger Service Project According to Feeding America, 1 in 6 people are struggling with hunger in Kentucky. CSG will continue our tradition of hosting a Campaign Against Hunger event at our annual conference. Please join us as we pack meals to benefit people struggling with hunger in our host state of Kentucky.