Legislature(1999 - 2000)
02/04/1999 03:02 PM House HES
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HOUSE HEALTH, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL
SERVICES STANDING COMMITTEE
February 4, 1999
3:02 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Representative Fred Dyson, Co-Chair
Representative John Coghill, Co-Chair
Representative Jim Whitaker
Representative Carl Morgan
Representative Tom Brice
Representative Allen Kemplen
MEMBERS ABSENT
Representative Joe Green
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
HOUSE BILL NO. 27
"An Act relating to graduate student loans; and providing for an
effective date."
- MOVED CSHB 27(HES) OUT OF COMMITTEE
(* First public hearing)
PREVIOUS ACTION
BILL: HB 27
SHORT TITLE: GRADUATE STUDENT LOANS
SPONSOR(S): REPRESENTATIVES(S) MULDER
Jrn-Date Jrn-Page Action
1/19/99 25 (H) PREFILE RELEASED 1/8/99
1/19/99 25 (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRAL(S)
1/19/99 25 (H) HES, FINANCE
2/02/99 (H) HES AT 3:00 PM CAPITOL 106
2/02/99 (H) HEARD AND HELD
2/04/99 (H) HES AT 3:00 PM CAPITOL 106
WITNESS REGISTER
REPRESENTATIVE ELDON MULDER
Alaska State Legislature
Capitol Building, Room 507
Juneau, Alaska 99801
Telephone: (907) 465-2647
POSITION STATEMENT: Testified as sponsor of HB 27.
DIANE BARRANS, Executive Director
Postsecondary Education Commission
Department of Education
3030 Vintage Boulevard
Juneau, Alaska 99801
Telephone: (907) 465-6740
POSITION STATEMENT: Testified in support of HB 27.
TERESA WILLIAMS Assistant Attorney General
Fair Business Practices
Civil Division (Anchorage)
Department of Law
1031 West 4th Avenue
Anchorage, Alaska 99501-1994
Telephone: (907) 269-5100
POSITION STATEMENT: Commented on HB 27.
ACTION NARRATIVE
TAPE 99-2, SIDE A
Number 0001
CO-CHAIRMAN FRED DYSON called the House Health, Education and
Social Services Standing Committee meeting to order at 3:02 p.m.
Members present at the call to order were Representatives Dyson,
Coghill, Whitaker, Morgan and Kemplen. Representative Brice
joined the meeting at 3:07 p.m. Representative Green was not
present.
HB 27-GRADUATE STUDENT LOANS
CO-CHAIRMAN DYSON introduced the first order of business as HB
27, "An Act relating to graduate student loans; and providing for
an effective date."
REPRESENTATIVE ELDON MULDER, Alaska State Legislature, sponsor of
HB 27, presented a proposed committee substitute for HB 27 which
took care of the technical and housekeeping items. Sections 1, 2
and 3 of the proposed committee substitute pertain to the
technical corrections relating to the Washington, Alaska,
Montana, Idaho Medical Education Program (WAMI) discussed
earlier. The changes to the original bill are on page 4,
sections 4, 5 and 6.
DIANE BARRANS, Executive Director, Postsecondary Education
Commission, Department of Education, explained the changes on the
work draft, which removes the WAMI Program from the Western
Interstate Commission on Higher Education (WICHE) Compact
statute, where it didn't belong. Section 2 allows for the
relocation of that language to the Scholarship, Loans and Grant
section of AS 14.43. Section 3 provides the regulatory authority
needed by the commission.
REPRESENTATIVE MULDER pointed out page 4 of the work draft, where
the drafters reworded it to alleviate prior concern over
terminology. Section 5, Applicability, specifies that it applies
to WICHE on or after July 1, 1999. Section 6, Transition
Regulations states that "the Alaska Commission on Postsecondary
Education may immediately proceed to adopt regulations necessary
to implement this Act" once this passes.
Number 391
TERESA WILLIAMS, Assistant Attorney General, Fair Business
Practices, Civil Division (Anchorage), Department of Law,
commented that she hadn't actually seen the committee substitute
but assumed the draft is comparable to what she sent to Mike
Ford.
REPRESENTATIVE MULDER acknowledged that information she sent was
put into bill form.
REPRESENTATIVE WHITAKER made a motion to adopt the proposed
committee substitute (CS) for HB 27, version 1-LSO207\D, Ford,
2/4/99, as a work draft. There being no objection, it was
adopted.
REPRESENTATIVE KEMPLEN made a motion to move CSHB 27, version
1-LS0207\D, Ford, 2/4/99, from committee with individual
recommendations. There being no objection, CSHB 27(HES) moved
from the House Health, Education and Social Services Standing
Committee.
Number 554
CO-CHAIRMAN DYSON called for an at-ease at 3:10 p.m. in order to
hear the Child Protection System Report. [The minutes for the
Child Protection System Report are found in the 3:20 p.m. cover
sheet for the same date.]
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