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SB 206                                                                       
The Community and Regional Affairs Committee considered                        
SENATE BILL NO. 206 An Act relating to welfare reform by                       
establishing the Alaska Family Independence Program; repealing the             
aid to families with dependent children and job opportunity and basic          
skills programs; relating to an exemption to Alaska Wage and Hour              
Act for certain work activities of the Alaska Family Independence              
Program; relating to the duty to support children of minor parents;            
relating to certain licenses and applications for a license for persons        
who are not in substantial compliance with orders, judgments, or               
payment schedules for child support; relating to an exemption to the           
state procurement code for certain services for the general relief             
program and Alaska Family Independence Program; relating to                    
eligibility for day care benefits administered by the Department of            
Community and Regional Affairs; authorizing the Department of                  
Health and Social Services to operate a public assistance program              
consistent with the Alaska Family Independence Program under                   
federal waivers and providing certain immunity from liability for              
activities of that program; amending Alaska Rule of Civil Procedure            
90.3; and providing for an effective date and recommended it be                
replaced with                                                                  
                                                                               
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 206(CRA), entitled:                                    
An Act relating to welfare reform by establishing                             
the Alaska family independence program; repealing                              
the aid to families with dependent children and job                            
opportunity and basic skills programs; relating to an                          
exemption to the Alaska Wage and Hour Act for                                  
certain work activities of the Alaska family                                   
independence program; authorizing qualified entities                           

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to contract with the state to administer all or part of                       
the Alaska family independence program; relating to                            
the duty to support children of minor parents;                                 
relating to certain licenses and applications for a                            
license for persons who are not in substantial                                 
compliance with orders, judgments, or payment                                  
schedules for child support; relating to an exemption                          
to the State Procurement Code for certain services                             
for the general relief program and Alaska family                               
independence program; relating to eligibility for day                          
care benefits administered by the Department of                                
Community and Regional Affairs; authorizing the                                
Department of Health and Social Services to operate                            
a public assistance program consistent with the                                
Alaska family independence program under federal                               
waivers and providing certain immunity from                                    
liability for activities of that program; amending                             
Rule 90.3, Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure; and                                
providing for an effective date.                                               
                                                                               
Signing no recommendation:  Senator Torgerson, Chair, Senators                 
Phillips, Zharoff, Hoffman, Kelly.                                             
                                                                               
Previous fiscal notes and zero fiscal notes apply.                             
                                                                               
The bill was referred to the Health, Education and Social Services             
Committee.