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including state budget and policy options, and may conduct, but are 1 not limited to, the following tasks: 2 (i) Identify strategies to better serve the health care needs of 3 an aging population and people with disabilities to promote healthy 4 living and palliative care planning; 5 (ii) Identify strategies and policy options to create financing 6 mechanisms for long-term service and supports that allow individuals 7 and families to meet their needs for service; 8 (iii) Identify policies to promote financial security in 9 retirement, support people who wish to stay in the workplace longer, 10 and expand the availability of workplace retirement savings plans; 11 (iv) Identify ways to promote advance planning and advance care 12 directives and implementation strategies for the Bree collaborative 13 palliative care and related guidelines; 14 (v) Identify ways to meet the needs of the aging demographic 15 impacted by reduced federal support; 16 (vi) Identify ways to protect the rights of vulnerable adults 17 through assisted decision-making and guardianship and other relevant 18 vulnerable adult protections; 19 (vii) Identify options for promoting client safety through 20 residential care services and consider methods of protecting older 21 people and people with disabilities from physical abuse and financial 22 exploitation; and 23 (viii) Identify other policy options and recommendations to help 24 communities adapt to the aging demographic in planning for housing, 25 land use, and transportation. 26 (c) Staff support for the committee shall be provided by the 27 office of program research, senate committee services, the office of 28 financial management, and the department of social and health 29 services. 30 (d) Within existing appropriations, the cost of meetings must be 31 paid jointly by the senate, house of representatives, and the office 32 of financial management. Joint committee expenditures and meetings 33 are subject to approval by the senate facilities and operations 34 committee and the house of representatives executive rules committee, 35 or their successor committees. Meetings of the task force must be 36 scheduled and conducted in accordance with the rules of both the 37 senate and the house of representatives. The joint committee members 38 may be reimbursed for travel expenses as authorized under RCW 39 43.03.050 and 43.03.060, and chapter 44.04 RCW as appropriate. 40 p. 920 ESSB 5187.SL