1998-04-30                     Senate Journal                      Page 3619
SB 272                                                                       
The Health, Education and Social Services Committee considered                 
SENATE BILL NO. 272 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 recommended it be replaced with                      
                                                                               
                                                                               

1998-04-30                     Senate Journal                      Page 3620
SB 272                                                                       
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 272(HES) 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 involving a child; relating to the state medical examiner and           
reviews of child fatalities; 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; relating to the review of cases involving certain               
children who are in the custody of the state; authorizing the                  
establishment of multidisciplinary child protection teams and relating         
to their duties; relating to persons required to report suspected child        
abuse or neglect; relating to foster care placement and foster care            
licensing; relating to access to certain criminal justice information          
and licensure of certain child care facilities; relating to                    
determinations of child custody and visitation in situations involving         
domestic violence; amending Rule 218, Alaska Rules of Appellate                
Procedure; amending the Alaska Child in Need of Aid Rules; and                 
providing for an effective date.                                               
                                                                               
Signing no recommendation: Senator Wilken, Chair. Signing do pass:             
Senator Ellis. Signing do not pass: Senator Ward. Signing amend:               
Senator Leman.                                                                 
                                                                               
Previous indeterminate fiscal note applies to the committee substitute.        
                                                                               
The bill was referred to the Judiciary Committee.