Legislature(2003 - 2004)

02/04/2003 03:02 PM House HES

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                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
                         JOINT MEETING                                                                                        
          HOUSE HEALTH, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES                                                                         
                       STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                                     
    HOUSE FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES                                                                  
                        February 4, 2003                                                                                        
                           3:02 p.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
HOUSE HEALTH, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
 Representative Peggy Wilson, Chair                                                                                             
 Representative Carl Gatto, Vice Chair                                                                                          
 Representative Cheryll Heinze                                                                                                  
 Representative Paul Seaton                                                                                                     
 Representative Kelly Wolf                                                                                                      
 Representative Sharon Cissna                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
HOUSE FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
 Representative Peggy Wilson                                                                                                    
 Representative Sharon Cissna                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
HOUSE HEALTH, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
 Representative Mary Kapsner                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
HOUSE FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
 Representative Mike Hawker, Chair                                                                                              
 Representative Mike Chenault                                                                                                   
 Representative John Coghill                                                                                                    
 Representative Bruce Weyhrauch                                                                                                 
 Representative Reggie Joule                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
OVERVIEW:  DIVISION OF FAMILY AND YOUTH SERVICES                                                                                
OVERVIEW:  DIVISON OF JUVENILE JUSTICE                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
TAPES                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
03-7, SIDE(S) A & B [HOUSE HES TAPES]                                                                                           
03-8, SIDE(S) A                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  PEGGY  WILSON convened  the  joint  meeting of  the  House                                                             
Health, Education and Social Services  Standing Committee and the                                                               
House Finance Subcommittee on Health  and Social Services at 3:02                                                               
p.m.   Present  at  the  call to  order  from  the House  Health,                                                               
Education   and   Social   Services   Standing   Committee   were                                                               
Representatives    Wilson,     Gatto,    Seaton,     and    Wolf.                                                               
Representatives Cissna, and Heinze arrived  as the meeting was in                                                               
progress.   Present at the call  to order from the  House Finance                                                               
Subcommittee  on Health  and Social  Services was  Representative                                                               
Wilson.   Representative  Cissna arrived  as the  meeting was  in                                                               
progress.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
OVERVIEW:  DIVISION OF FAMILY & YOUTH SERVICES                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
TOM  CHERIAN,  Acting  Director,  Division of  Family  and  Youth                                                               
Services, Department of Health and  Social Services, presented an                                                               
overview  of  the  division  and   answered  questions  from  the                                                               
committee members.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
JOANNE  GIBBENS, Program  Administrator, Division  of Family  and                                                               
Youth Services,  Department of Health  and Social  Services, also                                                               
presented  an overview  of the  division  and answered  questions                                                               
from  the  committee  members.     A  written/slide  presentation                                                               
entitled:   "Protecting Alaska's  Children from Abuse  & Neglect"                                                               
was handed out.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
OVERVIEW:  DIVISION OF JUVENILE JUSTICE                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
PATTY  WARE,  Acting  Director,  Division  of  Juvenile  Justice,                                                               
Department of  Health and Social Services,  presented an overview                                                               
of  the  division  and  answered  questions  from  the  committee                                                               
members.   Ms. Ware  presented a handout  entitled:   "We Realize                                                               
Our Mission  Through: Probation Services, Juvenile  Detention and                                                               
Treatment Facilities, and Community Based Programs."                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                              
There were no announcements.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The committee took no action.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
There being no  further business before the  committee, the joint                                                               
meeting between  the House Health, Education  and Social Services                                                               
Standing Committee  and the House Finance  Subcommittee on Health                                                               
and Social Services was adjourned at 4:44 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-Third                                                               
Alaska  State Legislature  this  information may  be obtained  by                                                               
contacting the Legislative Reference Library at (907) 465-3808.                                                                 

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