Legislature(1999 - 2000)
05/13/1999 03:06 PM House HES
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HOUSE HEALTH, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL
SERVICES STANDING COMMITTEE
May 13, 1999
3:06 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Representative Fred Dyson, Co-Chair
Representative John Coghill, Co-Chair
Representative Joe Green
Representative Carl Morgan
Representative Allen Kemplen
MEMBERS ABSENT
Representative Jim Whitaker
Representative Tom Brice
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 8
Creating the Long-Term Care Task Force of 1999.
- MOVED SCR 8 OUT OF COMMITTEE
(* First public hearing)
PREVIOUS ACTION
BILL: SCR 8
SHORT TITLE: LONG-TERM CARE TASK FORCE OF 1999
SPONSOR(S): SENATOR(S) WILKEN
Jrn-Date Jrn-Page Action
4/09/99 846 (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRAL(S)
4/09/99 847 (S) HES, FIN
4/19/99 (S) HES AT 1:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
4/19/99 (S) MOVED OUT OF COMMITTEE
4/19/99 (S) MINUTE(HES)
4/21/99 981 (S) HES RPT 4DP 1NR
4/21/99 981 (S) DP: MILLER, WILKEN, ELTON, PETE KELLY
4/21/99 981 (S) NR: PEARCE
4/21/99 981 (S) FISCAL NOTE (LAA)
5/04/99 (S) FIN AT 9:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
5/04/99 (S) MOVED OUT OF COMMITTEE
5/04/99 (S) MINUTE(FIN)
5/04/99 1219 (S) FIN RPT 5DP 3NR
5/04/99 1219 (S) DP: TORGERSON, ADAMS, DONLEY,
5/04/99 1219 (S) PETE KELLY, WILKEN; NR: PARNELL,
5/04/99 1219 (S) PHILLIPS, GREEN
5/04/99 1219 (S) PREVIOUS FN (LAA)
5/05/99 (S) RLS AT 12:50 PM FAHRENKAMP 203
5/05/99 (S) MINUTE(RLS)
5/06/99 1271 (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/6/99
5/06/99 1273 (S) READ THE SECOND TIME
5/06/99 1274 (S) PASSED Y20 N-
5/06/99 1281 (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H)
5/07/99 1221 (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRAL(S)
5/07/99 1221 (H) HES, FIN
5/12/99 (S) MINUTE(RLS)
5/13/99 (H) HES AT 3:00 PM CAPITOL 106
WITNESS REGISTER
SENATOR GARY WILKEN
Alaska State Legislature
Capitol Building, Room 514
Juneau, Alaska 99801
Telephone: (907) 465-3709
POSITION STATEMENT: Presented SCR 8 as sponsor.
PEGGY MULLIGAN
Capital City Task Force
American Association of Retired Persons
P.O. Box 240335
Douglas, Alaska 99824
Telephone: (907) 364-3144
POSITION STATEMENT: Testified in support of SCR 8.
MARIE DARLIN
National Association of Retired Federal Employees (NARFE)
415 Willoughby, Number 506
Juneau, Alaska 99801
Telephone: (907) 586-3637
POSITION STATEMENT: Testified in support of SCR 8.
ACTION NARRATIVE
TAPE 99-56, SIDE A
Number 0001
CO-CHAIRMAN COGHILL called the House Health, Education and Social
Services Standing Committee meeting to order at 3:06 p.m. Members
present at the call to order were Representatives Dyson, Coghill,
Green and Morgan. Representative Kemplen joined the meeting at
3:10 p.m.
SCR 8 - LONG-TERM CARE TASK FORCE OF 1999
Number 0034
CO-CHAIRMAN COGHILL announced the first order of business as Senate
Concurrent Resolution No. 8, Creating the Long-Term Care Task Force
of 1999.
SENATOR GARY WILKEN, Alaska State Legislature, sponsor, came
forward to present SCR 8. He explained that last year the
Long-Term Care Task Force met and came up with 31 recommendations,
and today the governor signed the vulnerable adult legislation and
the licensing legislation. They would like to reconstitute the
Long-Term Care Task Force and give some means to the legislature,
the administration and the public to continue the momentum that has
addressed long-term care. Long-term care is going to overwhelm the
next generation, and Alaska should be as prepared as they can be.
There is a $15,000 fiscal note, but that will be taken care of by
the reappropriations in the capital budget, so there will be no
general fund money for this.
SENATOR WILKEN said he doesn't expect to spend that much; last year
they had $20,700 appropriated for the Long-Term Care Task Force,
and they had $15,791 left over. They did that effort with $5,000.
He asked the committee to consider and approve SCR 8. He expects
the task force to meet once or twice.
Number 0294
CO-CHAIRMAN DYSON told Senator Wilken that the House Health,
Education and Social Services (HES) Committee will meeting over the
interim, and he asked Senator Wilken to notify him of the task
force meetings. The committee would enjoy being able to observe
the process and maybe participate.
SENATOR WILKEN indicated that when this passes he intends to ask
someone from the HES committee to serve as one of the legislators
on the task force.
Number 0346
CO-CHAIRMAN DYSON noted that they are not finished dealing with the
existing problems for seniors.
Number 0382
REPRESENTATIVE GREEN expressed his appreciation to Senator Wilken
for a masterful piece of work.
SENATOR WILKEN thanked him for his comments and as much as he would
like to take credit, all he claims is being able to hire really
great staff. Sheila Peterson did 90 percent of that work.
Number 0446
REPRESENTATIVE GREEN made a motion to move SCR 8 from committee but
then withdrew it to hear further testimony.
Number 0499
PEGGY MULLIGAN, Capital City Task Force, American Association of
Retired Persons, came forward to testify. She commended Senator
Wilken for an excellent report done on short notice. She left a
copy of the association's position on long-term care with the
committee.
Number 0570
MARIE DARLIN, National Association of Retired Federal Employees
(NARFE), came forward to testify. She informed the committee that
at their recent convention they passed a resolution supporting SCR
8. They urged the committee to continue the good work the task
force had done. There are several organizations that are looking
at this report as something that they can be helpful in working on
to further some of these concerns and needs and getting more
information out. There are a lot of people waiting for the next
step, and she urged them to pass SCR 8.
Number 0659
REPRESENTATIVE GREEN made a motion to move SCR 8 from the committee
with individual recommendations and attached fiscal note. There
being no objection, SCR 8 moved from the House Health, Education
and Social Services Standing Committee.
ADJOURNMENT
Number 0736
There being no further business before the committee, the House
Health, Education and Social Services Standing Committee meeting
was adjourned at 3:17 p.m.
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