Legislature(2019 - 2020)CAPITOL 106
04/16/2019 03:00 PM House HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES
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| Audio | Topic |
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| Start | |
| HB89 | |
| HB114 | |
| Confirmation Hearing(s):|| Mental Health Trust Authority Board of Trustees | |
| Commissioner, Department of Health and Social Services | |
| Adjourn |
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
| += | HB 89 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | HB 114 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | TELECONFERENCED | ||
| + | TELECONFERENCED |
HB 114-MEDICAL PROVIDER INCENTIVES/LOAN REPAYM'T
3:21:25 PM
CO-CHAIR SPOHNHOLZ announced that the next order of business
would be HOUSE BILL NO. 114, "An Act relating to a workforce
enhancement program for health care professionals employed in
the state; and providing for an effective date."
3:21:37 PM
BERNICE NISBETT, Staff, Representative Ivy Spohnholz, Alaska
State Legislature, reviewed HB 114 on behalf of Representative
Spohnholz, sponsor. She said HB 114, also known as "SHARP-3,"
would establish the Health Care Professionals Workforce
Enhancement Program to address the shortage of health care
professionals in Alaska. These professionals will work with
eligible employers for three years in areas where health care
shortages are occurring and can choose to do the loan repayment
route, the direct incentives route, or both. Employers will
fully fund SHARP-3 without any state general funds. SHARP-2
will sunset June 30, 2019, and SHARP-3 would proceed and take
effect July 1, 2019.
3:22:40 PM
CO-CHAIR ZULKOSKY moved to report HB 114 out of committee with
individual recommendations and attached fiscal notes. There
being no objection, HB 114 was reported from the House Health
and Social Services Standing Committee.
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