03/22/2005 03:00 PM House HES

                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
 HOUSE HEALTH, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES STANDING COMMITTEE                                                               
                      SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING                                                                                    
                         March 22, 2005                                                                                         
                           3:00 p.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 53                                                                                        
"An  Act relating  to child-in-need-of-aid  proceedings; amending                                                               
the construction  of statutes pertaining  to children in  need of                                                               
aid; relating  to a  duty and  standard of  care for  services to                                                               
children and families, to  the confidentiality of investigations,                                                               
court  hearings, and  public agency  records  and information  in                                                               
child-in-need-of-aid   matters  and   certain  child   protection                                                               
matters,  to  immunity  regarding disclosure  of  information  in                                                               
child-in-  need-of-aid  matters   and  certain  child  protection                                                               
matters, to the retention of certain  privileges of a parent in a                                                               
relinquishment   and   termination   of  a   parent   and   child                                                               
relationship  proceeding,  to   eligibility  for  permanent  fund                                                               
dividends for certain  children in the custody of  the state, and                                                               
to juvenile delinquency  proceedings and placements; establishing                                                               
a right  to a  trial by  jury in  termination of  parental rights                                                               
proceedings;  reestablishing  and  relating  to  state  citizens'                                                               
review panels  for certain child protection  and custody matters;                                                               
amending the duty  to disclose information pertaining  to a child                                                               
in need of aid; authorizing  additional family members to consent                                                               
to  disclosure of  confidential or  privileged information  about                                                               
children and  families involved  with children's  services within                                                               
the Department  of Health  and Social  Services to  officials for                                                               
review  or use  in official  capacities; relating  to reports  of                                                               
harm and  to adoptions  and foster  care; mandating  reporting of                                                               
the  medication of  children in  state  custody; prescribing  the                                                               
rights of grandparents related  to child-in-need-of-aid cases and                                                               
establishing  a  grandparent  priority for  adoption  in  certain                                                               
child-in-need-of-aid  cases;  modifying  adoption  and  placement                                                               
procedures  in   certain  child-in-need-of-aid   cases;  amending                                                               
treatment service requirements for  parents involved in child-in-                                                               
need-of-aid  proceedings;   amending  Rules  9  and   13,  Alaska                                                               
Adoption Rules;  amending Rules  3, 18, and  22, Alaska  Child in                                                               
Need of  Aid Rules of  Procedure; and providing for  an effective                                                               
date."                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
HOUSE BILL NO. 13                                                                                                               
"An Act relating to reimbursement of municipal bonds for school                                                                 
construction; and providing for an effective date."                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
NOTE:  This subcommittee meeting was not recorded.