03/30/2010 03:00 PM House HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES

            HB 361-CPR TRAINING FOR 911 DISPATCHERS                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
4:06:29 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR KELLER announced that the  final order of business would                                                               
be HOUSE  BILL NO. 361, "An  Act requiring 911 dispatchers  to be                                                               
trained in  cardiopulmonary resuscitation;  and providing  for an                                                               
effective  date."    [Before  the   committee  was  the  proposed                                                               
committee    substitute   (CS)    for   HB    361,   26-LS1478\R,                                                               
Luckhaupt/Mischel,  3/11/10,  which  had   been  adopted  as  the                                                               
working draft on 3/25/10.]                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
4:06:41 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  T. WILSON  moved that  the committee  rescind its                                                               
action in adopting the proposed  committee substitute (CS) for HB
, 26-LS1478\R, Luckhaupt/Mischel, 3/11/10,  as the work draft,                                                               
and adopt the original HB 361, 26-LS1478\A as the working draft.                                                                
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR KELLER objected for discussion.   [Later in the meeting,                                                               
although the  objection was not withdrawn,  the committee treated                                                               
the motion as having passed.]                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
4:07:28 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE ANNA FAIRCLOUGH, Alaska  State Legislature, as the                                                               
prime sponsor of  HB 361, explained that the purpose  of the bill                                                               
was   to  require   911  dispatchers   to  have   Cardiopulmonary                                                               
Resuscitation (CPR)  training.   She explained the  bill history,                                                               
and noted  that the  committee substitute  currently in  front of                                                               
the committee  had established that  the position  be facilitated                                                               
by the Department  of Public Safety (DPS) instead  of its current                                                               
position  with the  Department of  Military  & Veterans'  Affairs                                                               
(DMVA).   She directed attention  to the not yet  received fiscal                                                               
note  from  DPS, and  questioned  the  funding source  to  either                                                               
department  for  the 911  coordinator  position.   She  stated  a                                                               
position  of neutrality  for either  version  of the  bill.   She                                                               
offered  her belief  that  it was  "a natural  fit  that the  911                                                               
coordinator should be housed in  the DPS," but she questioned the                                                               
need for a fiscal note.                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
4:09:50 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CRYSTAL  KOENEMAN,  Staff   to  Representative  Anna  Fairclough,                                                               
Alaska   State   Legislature,   said    that   she   spoke   with                                                               
representatives  of both  DMVA  and  DPS to  inform  them of  the                                                               
return to the original HB 361, 26-LS1478\A.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR  KELLER agreed  to return  to the  original HB  361, 26-                                                               
LS1478\A, as  the proposed committee substitute  had moved beyond                                                               
the intent of the sponsor.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE HOLMES concurred and  expressed her neutrality for                                                               
which  department   housed  the   position.    She   offered  her                                                               
understanding  that a  move  to DPS  would  entail a  significant                                                               
increase to the program cost.   She stated her agreement with the                                                               
sponsor's concerns.                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
4:12:20 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  HERRON also  concurred.   He noted  his agreement                                                               
with the  health policy intent of  the bill and he  surmised that                                                               
the  fiscal  note  would  be   addressed  by  the  House  Finance                                                               
Committee.   He stated his  support to move  Version A on  to the                                                               
next committee.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  T.  WILSON  offered   her  belief  that  the  911                                                               
dispatcher  position  should remain  in  DMVA.   She  voiced  her                                                               
support for Version A.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE SEATON  pointed out  that the HB  361, 26-LS1478\A                                                               
was not referred to the House Finance Committee.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
4:14:18 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MS. KOENEMAN  clarified that there  was a fiscal note  for $2,000                                                               
from  DPS  attached to  Version  A,  which  had resulted  in  the                                                               
referral to the House Finance Committee.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
4:14:55 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE T. WILSON moved to  report HB 361, 26-LS1478\A out                                                               
of   committee   with    individual   recommendations   and   the                                                               
accompanying fiscal note.   There being no objection,  HB 361 was                                                               
reported from the House Health and Social Services Standing                                                                     
Committee.