2005-05-06                     House Journal                      Page 1663
Yeas:  Berkowitz, Cissna, Crawford, Croft, Dahlstrom, Gara, Gardner,                                
Gatto, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Harris, Joule, Kapsner, Kerttula, Kott,                               
LeDoux, Lynn, Salmon, Seaton, Weyhrauch                                                             
                                                                                                    
Nays:  Anderson, Chenault, Coghill, Elkins, Foster, Hawker, Holm,                                   
Kelly, Kohring, McGuire, Meyer, Moses, Neuman, Olson, Ramras,                                       
Rokeberg, Samuels, Stoltze, Thomas, Wilson                                                          
                                                                                                    
And so, Amendment No. 9 was not adopted.                                                            
                                                                                                    
Representative Coghill moved and asked unanimous consent that                                       
Representatives Joule and Weyhrauch be excused to 1:00 p.m., today.                                 
There being no objection, it was so ordered.                                                        
                                                                                                    
Representative Berkowitz moved and asked unanimous consent that                                     
HCS CSSB 67(FIN) am H be returned to second reading for the                                         
specific purpose of considering Amendment No. 10.  There being no                                   
objection, it was so ordered.                                                                       
                                                                                                    
Amendment No. 10 was offered  by Representative Berkowitz:                                           
                                                                                                    
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 Insert a new subsection read:                                                                      
     "(h) The provisions of this bill shall sunset on January 1,                                    
    2010, unless the Alaska Division of Insurance determines this                                   
    legislation has made medical malpractice insurance more                                         
    affordable, or more widely available.  The Division shall prepare a                             
    report addressing these issues by December 1, 2010, and that                                    
    report shall address and answer each of the following questions:                               
      (1) Have any of the provisions of Senate Bill 67 had an                                       
    impact making medical malpractice insurance more affordable                                     
    than it would have been without this legislation?                                               
      (2) Have any of the provisions of Senate Bill 67 had an                                       
    impact making medical malpractice insurance more widely                                         
    available than it would have been without this legislation?"                                    
                                                                                                    
Reletter the following subsections accordingly.                                                     
                                                                                                    
Representative Berkowitz moved and asked unanimous consent that                                     
Amendment No. 10 be adopted.