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HB 53                                                                                             
The Finance Committee has considered:                                                               
                                                                                                    
     SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 53                                                       
     "An Act relating to child-in-need-of-aid proceedings; amending                                 
     the construction of statutes pertaining to children in need of aid;                            
     relating to a duty and standard of care for services to children and                           
     families, to the confidentiality of investigations, court hearings,                            
     and public agency records and information in child-in-need-of-aid                              
     matters and certain child protection matters, to immunity                                      
     regarding disclosure of information in child-in-need-of-aid matters                            
     and certain child protection matters, to the retention of certain                              
     privileges of a parent in a relinquishment and termination of a                                
     parent and child relationship proceeding, to eligibility for                                   
     permanent fund dividends for certain children in the custody of                                
     the state, and to juvenile delinquency proceedings and placements;                             
     establishing a right to a trial by jury in termination of parental                             
     rights proceedings; reestablishing and relating to state citizens'                             
     review panels for certain child protection and custody matters;                                
     amending the duty to disclose information pertaining to a child in                             
     need of aid; authorizing additional family members to consent to                               
     disclosure of confidential or privileged information about children                            
     and families involved with children's services within the                                      
     Department of Health and Social Services to officials for review                               

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     or use in official capacities; relating to reports of harm and to                              
     adoptions and foster care; mandating reporting of the medication                               
     of children in state custody; prescribing the rights of grandparents                           
     related to child-in-need-of-aid cases and establishing a                                       
     grandparent priority for adoption in certain child-in-need-of-aid                              
     cases; modifying adoption and placement procedures in certain                                  
     child-in-need-of-aid cases; amending treatment service                                         
     requirements for parents involved in child-in-need-of-aid                                      
     proceedings; amending Rules 9 and 13, Alaska Adoption Rules;                                   
     amending Rules 3, 18, and 22, Alaska Child in Need of Aid Rules                                
     of Procedure; and providing for an effective date."                                            
                                                                                                    
and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                 
                                                                                                    
     CS FOR SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO.                                                   
     53(FIN)                                                                                        
     "An Act relating to child-in-need-of-aid proceedings; amending                                 
     the construction of statutes pertaining to children in need of aid;                            
     relating to guardianships; relating to the confidentiality of                                  
     investigations, court hearings, court records, and public agency                               
     records and information in child-in-need-of-aid matters and                                    
     certain child protection matters, to immunity regarding disclosure                             
     of information in child-in-need-of-aid matters and certain child                               
     protection matters, to proceedings regarding voluntary                                         
     relinquishment and termination of a parent and child relationship,                             
     to eligibility for permanent fund dividends for certain children in                            
     the custody of the state, and to juvenile delinquency proceedings                              
     and placements; reestablishing and relating to a state citizens'                               
     review panel; amending the obligation of a public agency to                                    
     disclose agency information pertaining to a child in need of aid;                              
     relating to disclosure of confidential or privileged information                               
     about children and families involved with children's services                                  
     within the Department of Health and Social Services to officials                               
     for review or use in official capacities; relating to reports of harm                          
     and to adoptions and foster care; relating to consent for the                                  
     medication of children in state custody; prescribing the rights of                             
     family members related to child-in-need-of-aid cases and                                       
     establishing a familial priority for adoption; modifying adoption                              
     and placement procedures in certain child-in-need-of-aid cases;                                
     amending Rules 9 and 13, Alaska Adoption Rules, Rules 3, 17.2,                                 

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     18, and 22, Alaska Child in Need of Aid Rules of Procedure, and                                
     Rules 14 and 15, Alaska Rules of Probate Procedure; and                                        
     providing for an effective date."                                                              
                                                                                                    
The report was signed by Representatives Meyer and Chenault, Co-                                    
chairs, with the following individual recommendations:                                              
                                                                                                    
Do pass (4):  Hawker, Foster, Croft, Chenault                                                       
                                                                                                    
No recommendation (6):  Joule, Moses, Weyhrauch, Holm, Kelly,                                       
Meyer                                                                                               
                                                                                                    
The following fiscal note(s) apply to CSSSHB 53(FIN):                                               
                                                                                                    
12.  Fiscal, Dept. of Administration                                                                
13.  Fiscal, Dept. of Administration                                                                
14.  Fiscal, Alaska Court System                                                                    
15.  Fiscal, Dept. of Health & Social Services                                                      
16.  Fiscal, Dept. of Health & Social Services                                                      
17.  Fiscal, Dept. of Law                                                                           
                                                                                                    
SSHB 53 is on today's calendar.