04/04/2011 09:00 AM Senate FINANCE

SENATE BILL NO. 92                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
    "An Act relating to dental hygienists, dentists, dental                                                                     
    assistants, dental hygiene, and dentistry."                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
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Co-Chair Hoffman  proposed committee substitute,  work draft                                                                    
27-LS0403\E.  Co-Chair  Stedman   OBJECTED  for  purpose  of                                                                    
discussion.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
DANA  OWEN, STAFF,  SENATOR EGAN,  explained the  changes in                                                                    
the work draft CSSB 92. He  pointed out page 9, lines 16 and                                                                    
17,  which was  a  correction of  the  federal agency:  "The                                                                    
United States  Indian Health Service." He  stated that lines                                                                    
23 through  28 corrected  the sites to  the federal  law. He                                                                    
explained  that  page  16  showed   a  new  section  31.  He                                                                    
explained  that   the  language  in  the   bill  for  dental                                                                    
hygienists also applied  to dentists. He looked  at page 19,                                                                    
and noted that the language was corrected.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Stedman WITHDREW  his  OBJECTION.  There being  NO                                                                    
OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Stedman explained the fiscal notes.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Senator  Olson  wondered if  there  was  input from  medical                                                                    
corporations,  whose dental  programs would  be affected  by                                                                    
the bill.   Mr. Owen  replied that the Alaska  Native Tribal                                                                    
Health Consortium expressed support of the bill.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Senator Olson specifically wondered  if the private practice                                                                    
medical  providers  in rural  Alaska  had  commented on  the                                                                    
bill. Mr.  Owen replied  that there  had been  no individual                                                                    
response  from private  providers, and  only heard  response                                                                    
from the Dental Society.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Hoffman  MOVED to report  CSSB 92 out  of Committee                                                                    
with individual recommendations  and the accompanying fiscal                                                                    
note. There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
CSSB  92 was  REPORTED out  of  Committee with  a "do  pass"                                                                    
recommendation  and  with   accompanying  fiscal  note  from                                                                    
Senate Finance Committee-Department  of Commerce, Community,                                                                    
and Economic Development.