2002-05-13                     House Journal                      Page 3612
SB 345                                                                                            
A message dated May 12, 2002, was read stating the Senate has failed                                
to concur in the House amendment to:                                                                
                                                                                                    
    SENATE BILL NO. 345                                                                             
    "An Act relating to medical assistance for rehabilitative services                              
    for certain children with disabilities; relating to agreements to pay                           
    medical assistance for covered services paid for or furnished to                                
    eligible children with disabilities by a school district; and                                   
    providing for an effective date."                                                               
                                                                                                    
namely:                                                                                             
                                                                                                    
    HOUSE CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 345(RLS)                                                           
    "An Act relating to questionnaires and surveys administered in the                              
    public schools; relating to statewide school district                                           
    correspondence study and to centralized correspondence study;                                   
    relating to the delay of the reduction of supplementary public                                  
    school funding; relating to funding the Alaska Challenge Youth                                  
    Academy program; relating to medical assistance for rehabilitative                              
    services for certain children with disabilities; relating to                                    
    agreements to pay medical assistance for covered services paid for                              
    or furnished to eligible children with disabilities by a school                                 
    district; and providing for an effective date."                                                 
                                                                                                    
    (HCR 35 - title change resolution)                                                              
                                                                                                    
and respectfully requests the House to recede from its amendment.                                   
                                                                                                    
In the event the House fails to recede, the President appointed the                                 
following members to a Conference Committee to meet with the like                                   
committee from the House to consider the bills:                                                     
                                                                                                    
 Senator Green, Chair                                                                               
 Senator Therriault                                                                                 
 Senator Davis                                                                                      
                                                                                                    
**The presence of Representative Kott was noted.                                                    
                                                                                                    
Representative James moved that the House recede from its                                           
amendment to SB 345, namely HCS SB 345(RLS), and recommended                                        
that the members vote no.                                                                           

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The question being:  "Shall the House recede from its amendment to                                  
SB 345?"  The roll was taken with the following result:                                             
                                                                                                    
HCS SB 345(RLS)                                                                                     
Recede                                                                                              
                                                                                                    
YEAS:  0   NAYS:  35   EXCUSED:  1   ABSENT:  4                                                   
                                                                                                    
Nays:  Berkowitz, Bunde, Chenault, Cissna, Coghill, Crawford, Croft,                                
Davies, Dyson, Fate, Green, Guess, Harris, Hayes, Hudson, James,                                    
Kapsner, Kerttula, Kohring, Kookesh, Kott, Lancaster, Masek,                                        
McGuire, Meyer, Morgan, Moses, Murkowski, Porter, Rokeberg,                                         
Scalzi, Stevens, Whitaker, Williams, Wilson                                                         
                                                                                                    
Excused:  Ogan                                                                                      
                                                                                                    
Absent:  Foster, Halcro, Joule, Mulder                                                              
                                                                                                    
And so, the House failed to recede.                                                                 
                                                                                                    
The Speaker appointed the following members to a Conference                                         
Committee to meet with the like committee from the Senate to                                        
consider the above bills:                                                                           
                                                                                                    
 Representative James                                                                               
 Representative Bunde                                                                               
 Representative Guess                                                                               
                                                                                                    
The Chief Clerk was instructed to so notify the Senate.