02/07/2002 03:08 PM House HES

                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
             HEALTH, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES                                                                            
                       STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                                     
                        February 7, 2002                                                                                        
                           3:08 p.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                              
OVERVIEW:  STATE INDEPENDENT LIVING COUNCIL                                                                                     
OVERVIEW:  SOUTHCENTRAL FOUNDATION                                                                                            
                                                                                                                              
TAPES                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
02-07, SIDE A                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CALL TO ORDER                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  FRED DYSON,  Chair,  convened  the House  Health,                                                               
Education and Social Services Standing Committee at 3:08 p.m.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
PRESENT                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Committee  members present  were Representatives  Dyson, Coghill,                                                               
Wilson,  Stevens, Cissna,  and Kohring.   Representative  Stevens                                                               
joined the hearing shortly after it convened.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
RUTH LHOMMEDIEU, Chair, State  Independent Living Council (SILC),                                                               
presented an  overview of  this organization  and its  service to                                                               
people with disabilities.  She  also highlighted several bills in                                                               
the legislature that her organization  supports, and several they                                                               
oppose.                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
BETH  EDMANDS, Governor's  Council  on  Disabilities and  Special                                                               
Education, discussed  the importance  of Medicaid to  people with                                                               
disabilities  and highlighted  how Medicaid  issues affect  these                                                               
people.                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
ELAINE  MANNING,  State   Independent  Living  Council,  provided                                                               
personal  testimony  and  thanked legislators  for  her  Medicaid                                                               
waiver and the benefits received therein.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
KATHERINE GOTTLIEB, President,  Southcentral Foundation, provided                                                               
an  overview of  the  Family Wellness  Warriors Initiative  which                                                               
addresses domestic  violence, abuse,  and neglect in  Alaska from                                                               
an approach that serves the entire family.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
No announcements were made.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  DYSON adjourned  the House  Health,  Education and  Social                                                               
Services Standing Committee meeting at 3:38 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.