Sentences with phrase «proposed changes address»

The proposed changes address a gap in The Vulnerable Persons Living with a Mental Disability Act that has made it difficult to charge anyone for abuse or neglect of an adult with an intellectual disability.

While the proposed changes address some of the ECJ concerns, critics have argued the proposed changes are not enough to comply with the Court's decision that the definition of «serious crimes» is too broad, and a robust system of independent oversight is still lacking.

In addition to revisions to certain definitions so as to make the regulations «more understandable and less burdensome,» SAMHSA's most significant proposed change addresses the consent section of the regulations.

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A good starting place would be some transparency about the changes that have occurred to the tax system over the past decade and how the measures he is proposing will address both the overall fairness and efficiency of our fiscal system.

The proposed changes will also look to address the practice of «trademark squatting,» where people misuse the system by hanging onto a trademark they have no intention of using themselves, such as an internet domain name, to sell it at a later date for profit.

Americans for Annuity Protection proposes that the final rule's lengthy defense and posturing changes as merely addressing «critics,» is a clear attempt to protect the rule from legislative and legal challenges, as well as protecting 401 (k) plans from the increasing exodus of participants.

«We were particularly encouraged to see fiscal discipline in light of the continued economic uncertainty seen elsewhere in Canada and the world, the establishment of a commission on tax competitiveness to evaluate current taxation instruments like the provincial sales tax, and proposed changes to the property transfer tax to start addressing housing affordability by increasing the exemption threshold and introducing a third tax rate on higher - valued properties.»

That's why a group of prominent Republicans recently proposed a carbon price as one part of its «pro-growth» plan to address climate change.

This Thursday, Canada's Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna published an open letter to B.C. Environment Minister George Heyman outlining the steps that Ottawa has taken to prepare for a potential spill involving the proposed pipeline, and offering scientific collaboration with the province to ensure its concerns are addressed.

As a result of this failure, the Finance Department released a set of proposed tax changes: that were unnecessarily complex; deficient in addressing certain double taxation issues; not well thought through in addressing intergenerational transfers of family businesses; and that were not understanding of the application of the alternative minimum tax to minors in order to access the lifetime capital gains exemptions through the proposed election procedure in 2018.

The changes proposed by the President do not address these concerns.

A proposed new code of conduct may address several issues such as delisting of suppliers, lower payments and other unilateral changes to concluded supply agreements.

ACCC Chairman, Rod Sims has addressed the RBB Economics Conference in Sydney backing competition reforms proposed by the Harper Review Panel - three points were highlighted: (1) need to make a choice about s 46 - clearly preferencing a change to an SLC approach; (2) need to extend the Act to cover more government activities; (3) need to debate and decide the issues around competition advocacy and market studies.

Addressing an industry forum hosted by the Australian Food and Grocery Council in Canberra, Chairman Rod Sims discusses the Food and Grocery Code of Conduct, the ACCC's increased focus on the agricultural sector, proposed changes to country of origin labelling and truth in advertising.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he would sue the federal government over the just - passed tax bill, proposed major changes to the state's criminal justice system and introduced a suite of policies to combat sexual harassment in his annual State of the State address on Wednesday.

«We are reviewing the federal changes and we will propose legislation to address the impacts arising from our coupled tax system and offer new protections from this federal assault.

Cuomo has not directly addressed the proposed changes to the foundation aid formula.

The governor's budget address started with a focus on the possible tax code changes, and it was going smoothly until Cuomo proposed a 3 percent increase in school funding, 1010 WINS» Al Jones reported.

Small businesses - that together employ twelve million people - are concerned that any changes proposed in the forthcoming Pre-Budget Report may stifle their ability to grow instead of addressing concerns about private equity.

As reported this weekend in the New York Times, Governor Andrew Cuomo is set to propose changes to the state's policies on abortion as part of his «Women's Equality Act» introduced during his State of the State Address that include allow health care practitioners, not solely physicians, from performing the procedure.

The process of changing the party funding regime should focus not on whether politicians are all corrupt and self - serving (the vast majority are not), or on whether state funding is less corrupt, but on the challenges that the proposed system presents, or does not address — such as the revolving door.

WHEREAS, in furtherance of a united effort to address the reality and ramifications of climate change, nations of the world assembled in Rio de Janiero in 1992 and proposed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change («UNFCC») in an effort to stabilize concentrations of climate - altering gases in the atmosphere, which UNFCC was adopted in 1994, and has since been ratified by 197 nations, including the United Schange, nations of the world assembled in Rio de Janiero in 1992 and proposed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change («UNFCC») in an effort to stabilize concentrations of climate - altering gases in the atmosphere, which UNFCC was adopted in 1994, and has since been ratified by 197 nations, including the United SChange («UNFCC») in an effort to stabilize concentrations of climate - altering gases in the atmosphere, which UNFCC was adopted in 1994, and has since been ratified by 197 nations, including the United States;

«I'm very concerned about hydrofracking and about climate change and social inequity, and he seems to be the candidate who is most directly addressing that and proposing solutions that are in line with what I'd like to see,» Hoffman said.

The letter is addressed to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, and suggests gaining funding by rejecting Cuomo's proposed corporate tax changes, which include the elimination of the state's dedicated bank tax «as one potential source source for this funding.»

U.S. EPA Region 2 Administrator Judith Enck was in Saratoga Springs where she advocated for proposed regulations to address climate change.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew issued a statement denouncing the proposed education policy changes in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's State of the State address.

On Tuesday, Florida GOP Reps. Carlos CurbeloCarlos Luis CurbeloAnti - Maduro Venezuelans not unlike anti-Castro Cubans of yore Farm bill revolt could fuel Dreamer push Three Republicans join climate change caucus MORE and Ileana Ros - LehtinenIleana Carmen Ros - LehtinenOvernight Defense: Over 500 amendments proposed for defense bill Measures address transgender troops, Yemen war Trump taps acting VA chief as permanent secretary Defense bill amendment would protect open transgender military service Tensions on immigration erupt in the House GOP MORE called on Pruitt to resign or be fired.

Borough President Diaz initial proposed such changes in his «State of the Borough» address this past February.

A divided state Board of Regents on Sept. 16 proposed three changes to the state evaluation system aimed at making the process fairer: an appeals process to address aberrations in growth scores, ensuring that privacy protections to bar the release to the public of individual teachers» growth scores will remain in force and the creation of a hardship waiver for school districts who find it difficult to hire outside evaluators.

Recently, he said: «I don't propose that we immediately stop burning coal, oil, and natural gas to address climate change or other environmental issues.

What is your position on cap - and - trade, carbon taxes, and other policies proposed to address global climate change — and what steps can we take to improve our ability to tackle challenges like climate change that cross national boundaries?

Scientists from the Biogerontology Research Foundation (BGRF), a UK - based charity founded to support aging research and address the challenges of a rapidly aging population, propose a new concept for signalome - wide analysis of changes in intracellular pathways, called OncoFinder, which allows for accurate and robust cross-platform analysis of gene expression data.

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Ohio Governor John Kasich has said climate change is a problem but has not proposed a plan to address it.

In 2016, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the branch of government charged with regulating cellular therapies, took action to address these issues, proposing revised guidelines that could change how stem cells, especially autologous stem cells, are regulated.

Both are addressed by recent developments that include: 1) a novel hyperscanning technology (functional near - infrared spectroscopy, fNIRS) that acquires hemodynamic signals simultaneously between two naturally interacting partners using a spectral absorbance technique that detects changes in hemodynamic signals acquired by surface - mounted optodes, and 2) a recently proposed Interactive Brain Hypothesis that establishes a broad theoretical framework for two - person social neuroscience.

You can even propose questions for a POT SD to address as a conversation starter with you like, «How do you really feel regarding climate change?»

They addressed the funding issue at education questions in the House of Commons and criticised proposed changes to school funding.

As the fiscal impacts of these changes become clearer, legislators proposed a range of adjustments to address concerns that districts have voiced around HB 2242.

In order to address that problem, Governor Dannel Malloy is proposing to dramatically change the way Connecticut funds its state employee pension system.

In this new presentation by Public Impact, nine strategies are proposed to address these Read more about Building Family and Community Demand for Dramatic School Change -LSB-...]

The proposed changes have been welcomed by teaching unions, but many school leaders believe they do not adequately address problems with key stage 2 tests, which last year caused stress and anxiety among pupils and prompted a boycott in several regions.

ASCD supports some of the proposed changes, including the push for stronger family and community engagement, the extended grant period to allow for more planning and pre-implementation activities, efforts to address school climate, and the focus on tying professional development to teacher evaluations.

Rule development workshops were held on August 13, 2013, to address proposed changes to the following Florida Administrative Code (FAC) rules:

While the union proposal frames most of the proposed changes in the spirit of improving overall educational outcomes, the district response was tailored to addressing the potential impact the changes would have on charters by drawing their oversight into collective bargaining.

We discussed some disruptive innovations that are changing the fabric of wealth management, and how some of Canada's leading wealth management thought leaders propose to address them.

An open comment period to address concerns of the proposed rule changes can be found at the Government Regulations site, and the proposed.

Unfortunately that mea culpa only further illustrated just how out of touch the developer is as their proposed changes really do nothing to address the core issues with this game, namely that PvP is in its most broken state in Destiny history largely due to a strive for «balance» that has neutered all weapons useless and that there is no real end game to keep players involved once the story is concluded.

Addressing issues such as the politics of institutionalized care in hospitals and military detention centers, the FDA's ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men, and the challenges posed by medical treatments of cancer and HIV, In the Power of Your Care proposes that health care as a human right can be upheld through community - based efforts and policy change.

What is your position on the following measures that have been proposed to address global climate change — a cap - and - trade system, a carbon tax, increased fuel - economy standards, or research?