04/14/1993 03:00 PM House HES

  HCR 17:  KENAI PENINSULA INSURANCE POOL                                      
                                                                               
  Number 455                                                                   
                                                                               
  REP. G. DAVIS said that the CS for HCR 17 addressed the                      
  concerns raised by the committee during the previous day's                   
  discussion of the resolution.  He said that the change on                    
  page 1, line 4, changed the language to "a significant                       
  number of residents" instead of nearly 90,000 residents.  He                 
  said page 3, lines 9-12, changed the language to reflect                     
  more generic language instead of the detailed aspects of the                 
  Kenai Peninsula Borough's (KPB) proposed plan.  He said                      
  there had been concern expressed the day before over the                     
  zero fiscal note which included a request for financial                      
  support.  He said that language on page 3, line 14, of the                   
  original resolution had been changed to request the governor                 
  and commissioner of Health and Social Services to offer                      
  support and assistance to the Kenai council, instead of                      
  financial support.  However, he said he hoped that such                      
  support might include some degree of financial support.  He                  
  said the Division of Insurance had raised questions                          
  concerning the resolution, but he said they were not                         
  relevant to the insurance investigation.  He said it was up                  
  to the council to make sure they met state statutes in                       
  working on the program.                                                      
                                                                               
  Number 493                                                                   
                                                                               
  (Rep. Brice departed at 3:42 p.m.)                                           
                                                                               
  KEN SYKES, INSURANCE ANALYST FOR THE DIVISION OF INSURANCE                   
  IN THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,                      
  asked Rep. G. Davis what was meant on page 3, line 17, of                    
  CSHCR 17 which mentioned a "modified Health Maintenance                      
  Organization" (HMO).                                                         
                                                                               
  REP. G. DAVIS answered that the Kenai Peninsula Borough Task                 
  Force (KPBTF) was proposing an organization that they did                    
  not feel was a true HMO and so coined the term "modified                     
  HMO" to describe an element of its proposal.                                 
                                                                               
  Number 511                                                                   
                                                                               
  REP. TOOHEY thanked Rep. G. Davis for making elements of                     
  HCR 17 less precise, and said she did not believe the state                  
  should be held to anything in the resolution.  She said she                  
  believed the KPBTF health plan was imperfect, as were                        
  others.  She said for the record that HCR 17 merely                          
  encouraged the KPB, upon a vote by the people, to try out a                  
  system.  She asserted that the resolution created no                         
  obligation on anyone.                                                        
                                                                               
  REP. G. DAVIS agreed with Rep. Toohey.  He said it had been                  
  overlooked during the prior day's discussion that page 3,                    
  line 9, of the resolution included a "resolved" clause that                  
  made the plan subject to a referendum vote by borough                        
  residents.                                                                   
                                                                               
  REP. TOOHEY said she appreciated that, and she wished the                    
  residents of the KPB great luck with the plan.                               
                                                                               
  Number 528                                                                   
                                                                               
  CHAIR BUNDE closed public testimony on the resolution, but                   
  continued committee discussion of the resolution.                            
                                                                               
  REP. KOTT said he could not recall spending so much time on                  
  a simple concurrent resolution.  However, he said that he                    
  would be more comfortable with the original language which                   
  was replaced by the words "significant number of residents"                  
  on page 1, line 4.  However, he said his discomfort would                    
  not force him to vote against the resolution.                                
                                                                               
  Number 541                                                                   
                                                                               
  CHAIR BUNDE said that significant was a statistical measure,                 
  meaning enough so that it mattered.                                          
                                                                               
  REP. KOTT said that it must therefore be necessary to                        
  address the confidence level of the statistical analysis.                    
                                                                               
  CHAIR BUNDE indicated that he was duly impressed and one-                    
  upped by the statistical knowledge demonstrated by his                       
  colleague.                                                                   
                                                                               
  Number 548                                                                   
                                                                               
  REP. OLBERG commented, "If this resolution was a horse, we'd                 
  all be in jail for animal abuse.  Unless someone else wants                  
  to beat this thing to death, I would be prepared to make a                   
  motion if the chair would be so inclined."                                   
                                                                               
  CHAIR BUNDE invited him to do so.                                            
                                                                               
  REP. OLBERG MOVED PASSAGE OF CSHCR 17 WITH INDIVIDUAL                        
  RECOMMENDATIONS.                                                             
                                                                               
  REP. B. DAVIS asked if the committee had yet adopted the CS.                 
  REP. OLBERG amended his motion to include adopting the CS.                   
                                                                               
  Number 553                                                                   
                                                                               
  CHAIR BUNDE repeated the motion to adopt the CS to HCR 17,                   
  and to pass it from the committee with individual                            
  recommendations.  Hearing no objections, he declared CSHCR
(HES) PASSED WITH INDIVIDUAL RECOMMENDATIONS.                              
                                                                               
  CHAIR BUNDE then brought to the table the confirmation                       
  hearings for two appointees to the Board of Psychologist and                 
  Psychological Associate Examiners.