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SB 61                                                                                                                         
SENATE BILL NO. 61 BY SENATORS FRENCH, Ellis, entitled:                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
           "An Act establishing an Alaska health care program                                                                   
           to ensure insurance coverage for essential health                                                                    
           services for residents of the state, the Alaska Health                                                               

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           Care Board to administer the Alaska health care                                                                      
           program and the Alaska health care fund, the Alaska                                                                  
           health care clearinghouse to administer the Alaska                                                                   
           health care program under the direction of the Alaska                                                                
           Health Care Board, and eligibility standards and                                                                     
           premium assistance for health care coverage of                                                                       
           persons with low incomes; creating the Alaska health                                                                 
           care fund; providing for review of actions and                                                                       
           reporting requirements related to the health care                                                                    
           program; and providing for an effective date."                                                                       
           (Prefile released January 16, 2009)                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the Health and Social Services,                                                         
Labor and Commerce and Finance Committees.