2005-04-27                     House Journal                      Page 1304
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 Insert a new bill section to read:                                                                 
   "* Sec. 35.  The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by                         
adding a new section to read:                                                                       
 COMPREHENSIVE STATEWIDE STUDY.  The Division of                                                    
Insurance will conduct a comprehensive statewide study to identify the                              
drivers of the increasing cost of health insurance, including but not                               
limited to the economic effects of cost-shifting in medical care and                                
insurance, and to identify the economic impact of the rising cost of                                
health insurance in Alaska."                                                                        
                                                                                                    
Renumber the following bill sections accordingly.                                                   
                                                                                                    
Representative Cissna moved and asked unanimous consent that                                        
Amendment No. 2 be adopted.                                                                         
                                                                                                    
Representative Rokeberg objected.                                                                   
                                                                                                    
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 2 be adopted?"  The roll                                  
was taken with the following result:                                                                
                                                                                                    
CSHB 147(FIN) am                                                                                    
Second Reading                                                                                      
Amendment No. 2                                                                                     
                                                                                                    
YEAS:  19   NAYS:  19   EXCUSED:  2   ABSENT:  0                                                  
                                                                                                    
Yeas:  Berkowitz, Cissna, Crawford, Croft, Gara, Gardner, Gatto,                                    
Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Joule, Kapsner, Kerttula, LeDoux, Moses,                                     
Neuman, Salmon, Thomas, Weyhrauch, Wilson                                                           
                                                                                                    
Nays:  Anderson, Chenault, Coghill, Dahlstrom, Elkins, Foster, Harris,                              
Hawker, Holm, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, Lynn, McGuire, Meyer, Olson,                                    
Ramras, Rokeberg, Samuels                                                                           
                                                                                                    
Excused:  Seaton, Stoltze                                                                           
                                                                                                    
And so, Amendment No. 2 was not adopted.                                                            
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
Amendment No. 3 (title amendment) was offered by Representative                                     
Berkowitz: