(Media release from the Georgia House of Representatives):
State Representative Katie Dempsey (R-Rome), chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Human Resources, recently attended the National Conference of State Legislature’s (NCSL) 2024 Health Policy Seminar in Washington, D.C. Rep. Dempsey was nominated by House leadership to attend this seminar, which is designed for state legislators and legislative staff who are experienced or emerging leaders in health to expand their knowledge through convening with other state leaders and experts from across the country.
“I am grateful to our House leadership for nominating me to attend this important and timely seminar,” said Rep. Dempsey. “As legislators, our duty is to recommend legislation based on our continued learning and knowledge of issues facing our constituents. This seminar was a great opportunity to continue my education on current challenges to our healthcare systems and to the health of Georgians. I look forward to taking the valuable lessons learned during the seminar and recommending beneficial health policy legislation when we return to the Capitol in January.”
NCSL’s Health Policy Seminar sought to help lawmakers and legislative staff better understand evidence–informed policy options, promising practices, noteworthy innovations and state policy considerations. The objectives of the seminar included increasing knowledge about state roles in health and policy to improve populations’ health and health systems, learning about the most recent and evidence-based strategies related to public health topics, as well as networking and information sharing. This year’s seminar topics included healthcare costs and prices, public health and healthcare workforce, substance use disorder, infectious disease, disease forecasting and outbreak analytics, immunization, oral health, and supporting older adults and aging in place, among other topics.
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Representative Katie Dempsey represents the citizens of District 13, which includes portions of Floyd County. She was elected to the House of Representatives in 2006 and currently serves as Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Human Resources. She also serves on the Special Committee on Healthcare and the Economic Development & Tourism, Energy, Utilities & Telecommunications, Higher Education, Public Health, Rules and Transportation committees.
