00                            SENATE BILL NO. 112                                                                         
01 "An Act placing certain employees of the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority in the                                    
02 exempt service; establishing a minimum salary for the long term care ombudsman; and                                     
03 providing for an effective date."                                                                                       
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1.  AS 39.25.110 is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:                                           
06                 (34)  the chief executive officer and employees of the Alaska Mental                                    
07       Health Trust Authority employed under AS 47.30.026(b).                                                            
08    * Sec. 2.  AS 47.30.026 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                             
09            (d)  The chief executive officer and employees hired under this section are in                               
10       the exempt service under AS 39.25.110.                                                                            
11    * Sec. 3.  AS 47.62.010(b), enacted by Executive Order 102, is amended to read:                                    
12            (b)  The ombudsman shall be hired by the authority.  A member of the                                         
13       authority who has a financial interest in a long term care facility in the state, or who                          
14       has any other conflict of interest, may not participate in the hiring of the ombudsman.                           

01       The ombudsman is a full-time position in the classified service.  The ombudsman                               
02       shall be compensated at no less than Range 21 of the pay plan for state employees                             
03       under AS 39.27.011.                                                                                           
04    * Sec. 4.  The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                         
05 read:                                                                                                                   
06       CONDITIONAL EFFECT.  This Act takes effect only if Executive Order 102 takes                                      
07 effect.                                                                                                                 
08    * Sec. 5.  If this Act takes effect under sec. 4 of this Act, it takes effect immediately under                    
09 AS 01.10.070(c).