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SB 74                                                                                                                         
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 74(FIN) am by the Senate Finance                                                                         
Committee, entitled:                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
    "An Act relating to diagnosis, treatment, and prescription of drugs                                                         
    without a physical examination by a physician; relating to the                                                              
    delivery of services by a licensed professional counselor, marriage                                                         
    and family therapist, psychologist, psychological associate, and                                                            
    social worker by audio, video, or data communications; relating to                                                          
    the duties of the State Medical Board; relating to limitations of                                                           
    actions; establishing the Alaska Medical Assistance False Claim                                                             
    and Reporting Act; relating to medical assistance programs                                                                  
    administered by the Department of Health and Social Services;                                                               
    relating to the controlled substance prescription database; relating                                                        
    to the duties of the Board of Pharmacy; relating to the duties of                                                           
    the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic                                                                         
    Development; relating to accounting for program receipts; relating                                                          
    to public record status of records related to the Alaska Medical                                                            
    Assistance False Claim and Reporting Act; establishing a                                                                    
    telemedicine business registry; relating to competitive bidding for                                                         
    medical assistance products and services; relating to verification                                                          
    of eligibility for public assistance programs administered by the                                                           
    Department of Health and Social Services; relating to annual                                                                
    audits of state medical assistance providers; relating to reporting                                                         
    overpayments of medical assistance payments; establishing                                                                   
    authority to assess civil penalties for violations of medical                                                               
    assistance program requirements; relating to seizure and forfeiture                                                         
    of property for medical assistance fraud; relating to the duties of                                                         
    the Department of Health and Social Services; establishing                                                                  
    medical assistance demonstration projects; relating to Alaska                                                               
    Pioneers' Homes and Alaska Veterans' Homes; relating to the                                                                 
    duties of the Department of Administration; relating to the Alaska                                                          
    Mental Health Trust Authority; relating to feasibility studies for                                                          
    the provision of specified state services; amending Rules 4, 5, 7,                                                          
    12, 24, 26, 27, 41, 77, 79, 82, and 89, Alaska Rules of Civil                                                               
    Procedure, and Rule 37, Alaska Rules of Criminal Procedure; and                                                             
    providing for an effective date."                                                                                           

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was read the first time and referred to the Finance Committee.