Legislature(2003 - 2004)
04/20/2004 03:22 PM House HES
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ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
HOUSE HEALTH, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES
STANDING COMMITTEE
April 20, 2004
3:22 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Representative Peggy Wilson, Chair
Representative Carl Gatto, Vice Chair
Representative John Coghill
Representative Paul Seaton
Representative Kelly Wolf
Representative Sharon Cissna
MEMBERS ABSENT
Representative Mary Kapsner
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
PRESENTATION BY FAITH-BASED AND COMMUNITY INITIATIVES TASK FORCE
TAPES
04-35, SIDE(S) A & B
CHAIR PEGGY WILSON convened the meeting of the House Health,
Education and Social Services Standing Committee at 3:22 p.m.
Representatives Wilson, Coghill, Cissna, Gatto, Seaton, and Wolf
were present.
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR LOREN LEMAN provided a general introduction
and overview of the Faith-Based and Community Initiative Task
Force. He described the composition of the task force, and also
what the task force has been doing to date. Lieutenant Governor
Leman introduced Scott Merriner, Chairman of the Faith-Based and
Community Initiatives Task Force and resident of Anchorage.
SCOTT MERRINER, Chairman, Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
Task Force, took questions from the committee and then discussed
briefly the legality of the task force, and how the task force
does not violate the separation of church and state. He further
described how the relevant law has been changing in favor of
organizations like the task force in recent years. Mr. Merriner
discussed how the task force has been working and where it would
like to go in the future. He gave examples of how the members
of the task force are able to provide services that the
government could provide, but which the task force members are
able to provide cheaper and with a higher level of personal
service.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
There were no announcements.
COMMITTEE ACTION
The committee took no action.
ADJOURNMENT
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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