2008-02-06                     Senate Journal                      Page 1784
SB 196                                                                                                                        
The Labor and Commerce Committee considered SENATE BILL NO.                                                                     
196 "An Act relating to establishing a controlled substance                                                                     
prescription database" and recommended it be replaced with                                                                      

2008-02-06                     Senate Journal                      Page 1785
          CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 196(L&C)                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
and further recommended the adoption of the following Labor and                                                                 
Commerce Letter of Intent:                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
                               Letter of Intent                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
          It is the intent of the Legislature that the Alaska                                                                   
          Prescription Drug Monitoring Program be funded                                                                        
          with federal grants and state appropriations. It is not                                                               
          the intent of the Legislature that the professional                                                                   
          users of the database absorb the costs of managing                                                                    
          this public program through their license fees or other                                                               
          fee structure.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Signing do pass: Senator Ellis, Chair; Senators Davis, Hoffman,                                                                 
Stevens. Signing no recommendation: Senator Bunde.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal information was published today:                                                                           
 Fiscal Note No. 1, Department of Commerce, Community and                                                                       
      Economic Development                                                                                                      
 Fiscal Note No. 2, Department of Health and Social Services                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
The bill was referred to the Finance Committee.