1998-05-06                     House Journal                      Page 3552
HB 344                                                                       
HB 344 was referred to the Rules Committee for placement on the                
calendar.                                                                      
                                                                               
HB 375                                                                       
The Finance Committee has considered:                                          
                                                                               
HOUSE BILL NO. 375                                                            
"An Act relating to children in need of aid matters and                       
proceedings; relating to murder of children, criminally negligent              
homicide, kidnapping, criminal nonsupport, the crime of indecent               
exposure, and the crime of endangering the welfare of a child;                 
relating to registration of certain sex offenders; relating to                 
sentencing for certain crimes involving child victims; relating to             
the state medical examiner and reviews of child fatalities; relating           
to teacher certification and convictions of crimes involving child             
victims; relating to access, confidentiality, and release of certain           
information concerning the care of children, child abuse and                   
neglect, and child fatalities; authorizing the Department of Health            
and Social Services to enter into an interstate compact concerning             
adoption and medical assistance for certain children with special              
needs; authorizing the establishment of a multidisciplinary child              
protection team to review reports of child abuse or neglect;                   
relating to immunity from liability for certain state actions                  
concerning matters involving child protection and fatality reviews             
and children in need of aid; relating to persons required to report            
suspected child abuse or neglect; relating to foster care placement            
and to payment for children in foster and other care and the waiver            
of certain foster care requirements; relating to the access to certain         
criminal justice information and licensure of certain child care               
facilities; amending Rule 218, Alaska Rules of Appellate                       
Procedure; amending Rules 1, 3, 15, 18, and 19, Alaska Child in                
Need of Aid Rules; and providing for an effective date."                       
                                                                               
and recommends it be replaced with:                                            
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 375(FIN)                                                
"An Act relating to children-in-need-of-aid matters and                       
proceedings; relating to child abuse and neglect; relating to                  
kidnapping and the crime of endangering the welfare of a child;                
relating  to  sentencing  for  certain  crimes; relating  to  the  state