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(i) Identify strategies to better serve the health care needs of 1 an aging population and people with disabilities to promote healthy 2 living and palliative care planning; 3 (ii) Identify strategies and policy options to create financing 4 mechanisms for long-term service and supports that allow individuals 5 and families to meet their needs for service; 6 (iii) Identify policies to promote financial security in 7 retirement, support people who wish to stay in the workplace longer, 8 and expand the availability of workplace retirement savings plans; 9 (iv) Identify ways to promote advance planning and advance care 10 directives and implementation strategies for the Bree collaborative 11 palliative care and related guidelines; 12 (v) Identify ways to meet the needs of the aging demographic 13 impacted by reduced federal support; 14 (vi) Identify ways to protect the rights of vulnerable adults 15 through assisted decision-making and guardianship and other relevant 16 vulnerable adult protections; 17 (vii) Identify options for promoting client safety through 18 residential care services and consider methods of protecting older 19 people and people with disabilities from physical abuse and financial 20 exploitation; and 21 (viii) Identify other policy options and recommendations to help 22 communities adapt to the aging demographic in planning for housing, 23 land use, and transportation. 24 (c) Staff support for the committee shall be provided by the 25 office of program research, senate committee services, the office of 26 financial management, and the department of social and health 27 services. 28 (d) Within existing appropriations, the cost of meetings must be 29 paid jointly by the senate, house of representatives, and the office 30 of financial management. Joint committee expenditures and meetings 31 are subject to approval by the senate facilities and operations 32 committee and the house of representatives executive rules committee, 33 or their successor committees. Meetings of the task force must be 34 scheduled and conducted in accordance with the rules of both the 35 senate and the house of representatives. The joint committee members 36 may be reimbursed for travel expenses as authorized under RCW 37 43.03.050 and 43.03.060, and chapter 44.04 RCW as appropriate. 38 Advisory committee members may not receive compensation or 39 reimbursement for travel and expenses. 40 p. 183 ESSB 5187.SL