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SB 56                                                                                                                         
The Health and Social Services Committee considered SENATE BILL                                                                 
NO. 56 "An Act extending the January 15, 2021, governor's                                                                       
declaration of a public health disaster emergency in response to the                                                            
novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic; providing for a                                                                  
financing plan; making temporary changes to state law in response to                                                            
the COVID-19 outbreak in the following areas: occupational and                                                                  
professional licensing, practice, and billing; telehealth; fingerprinting                                                       
requirements for health care providers; charitable gaming and online                                                            
ticket sales; access to federal stabilization funds; wills; unfair or                                                           
deceptive trade practices; and meetings of shareholders; and providing                                                          
for an effective date" and recommended it be replaced with                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
          CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 56(HSS) "An Act                                                                                
          extending the January 15, 2021, governor's                                                                            
          declaration of a public health disaster emergency in                                                                  
          response to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-                                                                     
          19) pandemic; providing for a financing plan; making                                                                  
          temporary changes to state law in response to the                                                                     
          COVID-19 outbreak in the following areas:                                                                             
          occupational and professional licensing, practice, and                                                                
          billing; telehealth; fingerprinting requirements for                                                                  
          health care providers; charitable gaming and online                                                                   
          ticket sales; access to federal stabilization funds;                                                                  
          wills; unfair or deceptive trade practices; and                                                                       
          meetings of shareholders; relating to informed                                                                        
          consent for COVID-19 vaccines; relating to personal                                                                   
          objections to the administration of COVID-19                                                                          
          vaccines; and providing for an effective date."                                                                       
                                                                                                                                

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Signing do pass: Senator Wilson, Chair. Signing do not pass: Senator                                                            
Reinbold. Signing no recommendation: Senators Costello, Hughes.                                                                 
Signing amend: Senator Begich.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal information was published today:                                                                           
     Fiscal Note No. 5, indeterminate, Department of Revenue                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
The following previously published fiscal information applies:                                                                  
     Fiscal Note No. 1, zero, Department of Commerce, Community,                                                                
      and Economic Development                                                                                                  
     Fiscal Note No. 2, zero, Department of Health and Social Services                                                          
         Fiscal Note No. 3, indeterminate, Department of Military and                                                          
      Veterans’ Affairs                                                                                                         
     Fiscal Note No. 4, zero, Department of Public Safety                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
The bill was referred to the Labor and Commerce Committee.