02/22/2001 04:04 PM House HES

                   ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                   
         HOUSE HEALTH, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES                                                                          
                     STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                                       
                       February 22, 2001                                                                                        
                           4:04 p.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
OVERVIEW: CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
TAPES                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
01-19, SIDES A & B                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
CALL TO ORDER                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE FRED  DYSON,  Chair, convened  the  House Health,                                                                
Education,  and Social  Services Standing  Committee meeting  at                                                                
4:04 p.m.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
PRESENT                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Committee  members present  were Representatives  Dyson, Wilson,                                                                
Coghill, Cissna, and Stevens.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
NANCY MORGAN, Family Coordinator, Children's Advocacy Center,                                                                   
presented an overview of the Children's Advocacy Center.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
CORY BRYANT, Manager, Children's  Advocacy Center, presented the                                                                
problems  facing  Alaska's  children  and   how  the  center  is                                                                
attempting to address those concerns.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
TERESA  CAIN, Executive  Director,  Western Regional  Children's                                                                
Advocacy  Center,  presented  the problems  facing  the  Western                                                                
Region.                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
ROE  BUBAR,  Consultant,  Native American  Children's  Alliance,                                                                
presented issues facing Alaskan Native Children.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
No announcements were made.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The committee took no action.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE DYSON adjourned the  House Health, Education, and                                                                
Social Services meeting at 5:02 p.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
NOTE:  The  meeting was recorded and  handwritten log notes were                                                                
taken.  A  copy of the tape(s) and log notes  may be obtained by                                                                
contacting the  House Records Office  at State Capitol,  Room 3,                                                                
Juneau, Alaska    99801 (mailing  address), (907)  465-2214, and                                                                
after  adjournment of  the second  session of  the Twenty-Second                                                                
Alaska State  Legislature this  information may  be  obtained by                                                                
contacting the Legislative Reference Library at (907) 465-3808.