Legislature(2013 - 2014)BARNES 124
02/03/2014 03:15 PM House LABOR & COMMERCE
| Audio | Topic |
|---|---|
| Start | |
| HB234 | |
| HB242 | |
| HB141 | |
| Adjourn |
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
| *+ | HB 234 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| *+ | HB 242 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| *+ | HB 141 | TELECONFERENCED | |
HB 242-EXTEND PT & OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY BOARD
4:10:20 PM
CHAIR OLSON announced that the next order of business would be
HOUSE BILL NO. 243, "An Act disapproving all recommendations of
the State Officers Compensation Commission relating to the
salaries of state officers; and providing for an effective
date."
4:10:37 PM
CRYSTAL KOENEMAN, Staff, Representative Lora Reinbold, Alaska
State Legislature, stated that HB 242 would extend the state
Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Board and the
Legislative Audit Division recommended full eight-year extension
until June 30, 2022. The audit determined that the Physical
Therapy and Occupational Therapy Board is operating in the
public's interest by licensing and regulating physical
therapists, physical therapy assistants, occupational
therapists, and occupational therapy assistants. The audit
recommended that the Division of Corporations, Business &
Professional Licensing within the Department of Commerce,
Community & Economic Development (DCCED) continue efforts to
improve the integrity and confidentiality of the division's
investigative case management system.
4:11:41 PM
KRIS CURTIS, Legislative Auditor, Legislative Audit Division,
Legislative Agencies and Offices, reported that the division
conducted a sunset audit of the State Physical Therapy and
Occupational Therapy Board [Audit Control Number 08-20083-13]
dated June 17, 2013. Ms. Koeneman accurately summarized the
results of the audit. The legislative audit made one
recommendation, that the Division of Corporations, Business &
Professional Licensing (DCBPL) within the Department of
Commerce, Community & Economic Development (DCCED) continue
efforts to improve the integrity and confidentiality of the
division's investigative case management system and the
division's investigative support to the board. She acknowledged
that the system has some problems; however, the DCBPL has been
working at addressing them. She related that the division has
made the same recommendation to all five occupational sunset
audits conducted in 2013.
4:13:11 PM
LEANNE CARROTHERS, President, Alaska Physical Therapy
Association, said she would like to testify in support of the
bill and the extension of the State Physical Therapy and
Occupational Therapy Board, which serves efficiently and
effectively in its role of providing public protection.
4:14:17 PM
KATHLEEN LIND, Chair, State Physical Therapy and Occupational
Therapy Board, thanked the audit team for the fairness of its
audit. She concluded by saying she appreciated the auditor's
recommendation.
4:15:05 PM
CHAIR OLSON, after first determining no one else wished to
testify, closed public testimony on HB 242.
REPRESENTATIVE REINBOLD moved to report HB 242 out of committee
with individual recommendations and the accompanying fiscal
notes. There being no objection, HB 242 was reported from the
House Labor and Commerce Standing Committee.