04/26/1994 01:40 PM Senate L&C

 SENATOR KELLY said they would set aside HB 277 and announced  HB 468     8    
 FOSTER CARE REVIEW PANEL) to be up for consideration.                         
                                                                               
 REPRESENTATIVE CYNTHIA TOOHEY, Sponsor, said last fall the Division           
 of Legislative Audit did an audit regarding the upcoming sunset               
 date of the Citizens' Review Panel for Permanency Planning.  The              
 recommendation was to extend the sunset date to 1997.  This bill              
 has the support of the Alaska Chapter of the National Association             
 of Social Workers, The Alaska Foster Parent Association, and the              
 National Association of Foster Parents Reviewers.  There is a $0              
 fiscal note.                                                                  
                                                                               
 SENATOR RIEGER moved to pass HB 468 from committee with individual            
 recommendations.  There were no objections and it was so ordered.