04/26/2005 03:00 PM House HEALTH, EDUCATION & SOCIAL SERVICES
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| University of Alaska Board of Regents | |
| HCR11 | |
| HJR20 | |
| HB114 | |
| Adjourn |
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| *+ | HCR 11 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| *+ | HJR 20 | TELECONFERENCED | |
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ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
HOUSE HEALTH, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES STANDING COMMITTEE
April 26, 2005
3:33 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Representative Peggy Wilson, Chair
Representative Tom Anderson
Representative Lesil McGuire
Representative Sharon Cissna
Representative Berta Gardner
MEMBERS ABSENT
Representative Paul Seaton, Vice Chair
Representative Vic Kohring
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
CONFIRMATION HEARING(S)
University of Alaska Board of Regents
Jacob S. Gondek - Anchorage
- CONFIRMATION(S) ADVANCED
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 11
Proclaiming July 24, 2005, as Parents' Day.
- MOVED HCR 11 OUT OF COMMITTEE
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 20
Urging the United States Congress and the United States Food and
Drug Administration to assist in the prompt approval of new drug
applications for the treatment of prostate cancer.
- MOVED HJR 20 OUT OF COMMITTEE
HOUSE BILL NO. 114
"An Act relating to the retaining of certain privileges of a
parent in a relinquishment and termination of a parent and child
relationship proceeding; relating to eligibility for permanent
fund dividends for certain children in the custody of the state;
relating to child in need of aid proceedings and juvenile
delinquency proceedings; and providing for an effective date."
- HEARD AND HELD
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION
BILL: HCR 11
SHORT TITLE: PARENTS' DAY
SPONSOR(S): REPRESENTATIVE(S) CISSNA
04/22/05 (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
04/22/05 (H) HES
04/26/05 (H) HES AT 3:00 PM CAPITOL 106
BILL: HJR 20
SHORT TITLE: PROSTATE CANCER DRUGS
SPONSOR(S): REPRESENTATIVE(S) GATTO
04/21/05 (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
04/21/05 (H) HES
04/26/05 (H) HES AT 3:00 PM CAPITOL 106
BILL: HB 114
SHORT TITLE: TERM. PARENTAL RTS/CINA/DELINQUENCY CASES
SPONSOR(S): RULES BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR
01/26/05 (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
01/26/05 (H) STA, HES, JUD
03/01/05 (H) STA AT 8:00 AM CAPITOL 106
03/01/05 (H) Heard & Held
03/01/05 (H) MINUTE(STA)
03/05/05 (H) STA AT 8:30 AM CAPITOL 106
03/05/05 (H) <Subcommittee Meeting>
03/05/05 (H) STA AT 9:30 AM CAPITOL 106
03/05/05 (H) Heard & Held
03/05/05 (H) MINUTE(STA)
03/15/05 (H) STA AT 8:00 AM CAPITOL 106
03/15/05 (H) Scheduled But Not Heard
03/19/05 (H) STA AT 9:00 AM CAPITOL 106
03/19/05 (H) <Subcommittee Meeting>
03/19/05 (H) STA AT 9:30 AM CAPITOL 106
03/19/05 (H) Scheduled But Not Heard
03/22/05 (H) STA AT 7:45 AM CAPITOL 106
03/22/05 (H) <Subcommittee Meeting>
03/22/05 (H) STA AT 8:00 AM CAPITOL 106
03/22/05 (H) Moved CSHB 114(STA) Out of Committee
03/22/05 (H) MINUTE(STA)
03/23/05 (H) STA RPT CS(STA) NT 5DP 2NR
03/23/05 (H) DP: GARDNER, GATTO, ELKINS, GRUENBERG,
SEATON;
03/23/05 (H) NR: LYNN, RAMRAS
04/22/05 (H) MINUTE(HES)
04/26/05 (H) HES AT 3:00 PM CAPITOL 106
WITNESS REGISTER
JACOB S. GONDEK, Appointee
to the University of Alaska Board of Regents
Anchorage, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: Testified as appointee to the University of
Alaska Board of Regents.
EUGENE HARNETT, Staff
to Representative Tom Anderson
Alaska State Legislature
Juneau, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: During discussion of HCR 11, provided
comments as chairman of the "Alaska Parents' Day Committee."
REPRESENTATIVE CARL GATTO
Alaska State Legislature
Juneau, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: Sponsor of HJR 20.
DALE SNELSON, Chapter Leader
Us TOO Mat-Su Valley;
Regional Director
Us TOO International, Inc.
Palmer, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: Provided comments during discussion of
HJR 20.
MARK MOYAD, M.D., Director
Phillip Jenkins Endowment
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
POSITION STATEMENT: During discussion of HJR 20, provided
comments and responded to questions.
STEVEN P. ASHMAN, Director
Division of Senior and Disabilities Services
Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS)
Juneau, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: Provided comments and responded to
questions during discussion of HB 114.
ACTION NARRATIVE
CHAIR PEGGY WILSON called the House Health, Education and Social
Services Standing Committee meeting to order at 3:33:52 PM.
Representatives Wilson, Anderson, Cissna, and Gardner were
present at the call to order. Representatives McGuire arrived
as the meeting was in progress.
^CONFIRMATION HEARING(S)
^University of Alaska Board of Regents
CHAIR WILSON announced that the committee would first consider
the appointment of Jacob S. Gondek to the University of Alaska
Board of Regents.
3:35:04 PM
JACOB S. GONDEK, Appointee to the University of Alaska Board of
Regents, in response to the question of why he feels he is
qualified for an appointment to the University of Alaska Board
of Regents, relayed that he has served in several leadership
positions at the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) over the
last few of years. [Much of his testimony was indiscernible due
to problems with the teleconference system.] He relayed that he
currently holds the position of Student Ombudsman at UAA, and
has sat on the UAA Chancellor Search Committee.
CHAIR WILSON characterized Mr. Gondek's community and public
service record as impressive.
REPRESENTATIVE GARDNER concurred, and asked Mr. Gondek what he
would like to see the University of Alaska Board of Regents
accomplish in the next few years.
MR. GONDEK said that giving consideration to the "master plans"
of each campus in the university system would be his key focus.
REPRESENTATIVE CISSNA said she has concerns about the UAA campus
and about how all of the campuses work together. She made
mention of the science facility at the UAA, the region's various
health facilities, and the issues of sustainability and
job/career placement.
3:40:14 PM
MR. GONDEK characterized the science laboratory as an excellent
building, and opined that it is very important to keep students
involved in local community activities.
REPRESENTATIVE GARDNER offered her belief that a growing number
of youths are staying in Alaska for their college education, and
asked Mr. Gondek whether he had any ideas for furthering this
trend.
MR. GONDEK characterized the expansion of the engineering
program as a huge boost to the economy, particularly given the
huge demand in the state for engineering services, and said that
scholarships provide great opportunities for Alaskans to stay in
Alaska while getting their college education, though the
increase in tuition rates does have an impact. He mentioned
that expanding public awareness of what the UAA has to offer
those just getting out of high school could also further that
trend.
3:43:27 PM
REPRESENTATIVE GARDNER made a motion to advance from committee
the nomination of Jacob S. Gondek to the University of Alaska
Board of Regents.
REPRESENTATIVE GARDNER then withdrew the motion for the purpose
of awaiting the formation of a quorum.
The committee took an at-ease from 3:45 p.m. to 3:52 p.m.
3:52:05 PM
REPRESENTATIVE GARDNER restated the motion to advance from
committee the nomination of Jacob S. Gondek to the University of
Alaska Board of Regents. There being no objection, the
confirmation was advanced from the House Health, Education and
Social Services Standing Committee.
HCR 11 - PARENTS' DAY
CHAIR WILSON announced that the next order of business would be
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 11, Proclaiming July 24, 2005,
as Parents' Day.
3:53:25 PM
REPRESENTATIVE CISSNA, speaking as the sponsor, explained that
HCR 11 proclaims July 24, 2005, to be Parents' Day. She then
spoke of the importance of parents, of the fact that Parents'
Day would be a public celebration within Alaskan communities,
and of the existence of a group in Alaska that seeks out
nominations for Parent of the Year.
3:56:26 PM
EUGENE HARNETT, Staff to Representative Tom Anderson, Alaska
State Legislature, relayed that he serves [and would be
speaking] as chairman of the "Alaska Parents' Day Committee."
He went on to say:
This is our 11th year. [The] Parents' Day Committee
has been sponsoring public celebration of parents in
Anchorage, and we have a big outdoor barbeque; the
mayor comes, [the] governor comes, public officials
come, members of the legislature [come].
Representative Cissna ... has supported it and
participated in it for the last several years. ...
Each year our committee chooses Alaska Parents of the
Year, and we also choose awardees for excellence in
parenting, and of course we honor all those parents
that are nominated. We give them a congressional
certificate signed by ... Congressman Don Young. ...
It's becoming bigger and bigger, as a public event,
each year which is one reason why I think this
resolution is so pertinent. First of all, I want to
especially thank Representative Cissna for introducing
this resolution, and also ... Representative Anderson
for letting me work on it, and those who have signed
it as co-sponsors - thank you very much. This really
tells that the legislature of Alaska ... recognizes
the role parents play in the public life. And
ultimately, in developing public policy, I believe
parents play a big role because they inculcate the
values that we as adults live by.
And parents operate behind the scenes, unnoticed, ...
and this is an opportunity to say ..., "We recognize
parents all the time, fundamentally, and it's
important to note that." This is a holiday much like
Mother's Day and Father's Day, but it is more, as
Representative Cissna alluded to; Parents' Day is not
just a time to celebrate, but also to make a statement
that underscores the vital role parents play in the
lives of our children, and really in the stability of
our society. So this holiday, Parents' Day, was
originally established by Congress in 1994 as [a]
reoccurring holiday. I remember when it was first
discussed; I walked into Don Young's office here in
Anchorage, and his secretary ... said, "Oh, no,
they're not making any more new holidays."
MR. HARNETT continued:
Well this holiday did get passed unanimously by
Congress and signed by the President, and it was
bipartisan. I think that's one of the things that has
struck me over the years, that honoring parents is not
a political issue - this is really refreshing. And
I'm so glad that the state of Alaska [is], at this
time, officially recognizing this with a resolution.
We've had proclamations from the governor every year,
but this is really better, from the legislature, and I
understand it's only for this year. Maybe in the
future, ... we [would] certainly like to see this
established as a permanent holiday, but thank you
again for doing this to honor Parents' Day in Alaska.
I think it's a well-placed effort.
REPRESENTATIVE GARDNER sought confirmation that the sponsor only
intended to have the resolution apply to this year.
REPRESENTATIVE CISSNA confirmed that that is her intention.
REPRESENTATIVE ANDERSON surmised that a statutory change would
be required in order to have Parents' Day automatically
recognized yearly.
REPRESENTATIVE GARDNER moved to report HCR 11 out of committee
[with individual recommendations and the accompanying fiscal
note]. There being no objection, HCR 11 was reported out of the
House Health, Education and Social Services Standing Committee.
HJR 20 - PROSTATE CANCER DRUGS
CHAIR WILSON announced that the next order of business would be
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 20, Urging the United States Congress
and the United States Food and Drug Administration to assist in
the prompt approval of new drug applications for the treatment
of prostate cancer.
4:01:03 PM
REPRESENTATIVE CARL GATTO, Alaska State Legislature, sponsor of
HJR 20, stated that as a survivor [of prostate cancer] he
sponsored this resolution because of the complete absence of
drugs available. He said he is interested in the management and
identification of cancer, and commented that there are few, if
any, drugs used in the treatment of prostate cancer. He
mentioned that there are certain drugs that are being studied
that could aid in treating prostate cancer, and this legislation
may serve to encourage the federal government to make more drugs
available [for prostate cancer patients]. He offered his
understanding that 5 people a day in Alaska contract cancer, and
that 25 people die every year from prostate cancer.
4:04:13 PM
REPRESENTATIVE GARDNER noted that the sponsor statement appears
to have a discrepancy.
REPRESENTATIVE GATTO relayed that he'd meant the sponsor
statement to indicate that this year, the expectation is that 5
people will die every day from cancer, and that 25 of those
people will die specifically from prostate cancer.
REPRESENTATIVE GARDNER commented that according to her
understanding, if men live long enough, most will develop
prostate cancer.
REPRESENTATIVE GATTO concurred, and said that when autopsies are
performed on victims of car accidents, all the men are found to
have [prostate cancer]. He made mention of various methods of
treatment currently available.
CHAIR WILSON commented that she was shocked to read the
"Whereas" clause on page 1, lines 13-14, which claims that $16.9
billion in productivity is lost every year due to prostate
cancer.
4:06:29 PM
DALE SNELSON, Chapter Leader, Us TOO Mat-Su Valley; Regional
Director, Us TOO International, Inc., first related the story of
his discovery of having developed prostate cancer and opting to
have his prostate removed. He said:
We don't really have the drugs to fight it. ... It's a
deadly disease, it's the most solid tumor that the
human body can conceive. ... About 75 percent of it is
very slow moving. For ... example, [for men] 65 years
old, ... 65 percent of the men will have [prostate
cancer] ... but not die from it. [For men] 80 years
old, 82 percent will have and not die from it. But
then on the flip [side], we have the 20 percent, and
I'm in that 20 percent group. If I would have not
[had a] prostatectomy a year ago March, I would have
been gone - dead - by now. ...
Worldwide, research and development on prostate cancer
is just going like wildfire. ... Prostate cancer is a
silent killer ..., and it's amazing how many men don't
even know what a prostate is - it is very, very
deadly. ... If you catch it early ..., they can do a
lot of things and you will live. ... Alaskans [are]
really hard to penetrate as far as [spreading
awareness of] ... prostate cancer, and ... [so] we're
really working on awareness programs now; we are going
to start soliciting our blue magnetic ribbon - ...
when people see those they'll say, "prostate." ...
MR. SNELSON commented on the reluctance of a man to go to the
doctor, and on how it often ends up being his wife that insists
he visit the doctor. He detailed some of the history of Us TOO
International, Inc., and Alaska's chapters.
4:11:15 PM
MARK MOYAD, M.D., Director, Phillip Jenkins Endowment,
University of Michigan, said that he thinks he has a unique
relationship with the people in Alaska because he recently
visited Juneau and spoke at the Men's Health Fair, and has gone
to Anchorage each year for almost the last ten years in a row
and spoken before [Anchorage's] "prostate group." During the
past year, he relayed, one of the leaders of the prostate group,
a man in his early fifties, passed away from prostate cancer.
Dr. Moyad went on to say that the main problem currently is a
lack of access to promising treatments. He relayed that he'd
promised the aforementioned gentleman's widow that he would get
involved in the process of trying to educate men with regard to
what is likely to be an issue for them and to how they should be
giving serious consideration to the issue of prostate cancer.
DR. MOYAD noted that although the "early access program" - or
"compassionate use program" - is available in cases involving
breast cancer or colorectal cancer, it is not available in cases
involving prostate cancer. He said "we" would love it if people
around the world could have access to new targeted therapies,
therapies that could potentially help advanced patients while
having a low rate of side effects. He made mention of one
promising drug for which the biggest side effects appears to be
a runny nose or headache. Unfortunately, younger prostate
cancer patients are also affected by not having access to
targeted therapies, and although prostate cancer has developed
the reputation of having more people die with it than from it,
the problem with that line of thinking is that it belittles the
facts that it is the second leading cause of cancer death in
men, that about 28,000 to 30,000 men still continue to die from
prostate cancer in this country alone, and that a lot of those
men are younger.
DR. MOYAD reiterated that getting access to promising treatments
is a real problem, adding that he doesn't know of any other
cancer that has more of a problem with regard to accessing
treatment.
CHAIR WILSON asked why the rate [of prostate cancer] is
increasing.
DR. MOYAD surmised that age, race, lifestyle, and genetics
increase the risk factors significantly. He noted that if one
looks at countries that have low rates of prostate cancer, when
people from those counties move to the United States, within one
generation they experience the same increasing levels of risk as
Americans. And while a lot of people have used that statistic
to say that the increased risk is due to the American
environment, the American diet, and the American lifestyle, he
also thinks that part of the problem can be traced back to a
genetic factor, particularly since it's not unusual to see
prostate cancer in two or three generations of a family.
4:17:33 PM
DR. MOYAD, in response to the question of why he thinks early
access programs or compassionate use programs are not available
for prostate cancer drugs, surmised that it could in part be due
to the fact that there hasn't yet been a large-scale, passionate
movement to address the issues and educate people about the
issues associated with this type of cancer, whereas there have
been such efforts made regarding breast cancer, colorectal
cancer, and cancers associated with human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). He said he
sees that state of affair changing, though, and relayed that
Betty Ford once told him: "I do believe in my heart that ...
when I was diagnosed with breast cancer in the early '70s, there
was no real movement and there were no real educational
materials, and ... look what's happened in 30 years. ... I know
you get frustrated with prostate cancer sometimes but I think
you'll see that change."
DR. MOYAD said he now sees more support groups, more people
getting involved politically, and more people getting involved
in asking for more research dollars, though it's been a slow
transition and there is still a great deal more to be
accomplished scientifically as well as politically.
4:20:35 PM
DR. MOYAD, in response to further comments and questions,
pointed out that there are many similarities between breast and
prostate cancers in terms of genetics and treatment; for
example, primary treatment for both cancers involve hormone
therapy. He suggested that one difference in drug development
for the two types of cancers might be that the average age for
the diagnosis of prostate cancer has been a few years higher
than for breast cancer, and there is already an awareness that
breast cancer can be a younger person's disease. He added that
he is excited by the fact that the development of breast cancer
drugs will aid the development of prostate cancer drugs.
MR. SNELSON concurred with Dr. Moyad's comments, added that more
and more young men - men in their 30s and 40s - are falling
victim to prostate cancer, and emphasized the need for early
detection of prostate cancer.
4:25:23 PM
REPRESENTATIVE GATTO asked Dr. Moyad to comment on two new drug
therapies that he's recently become aware of - "Xinlay" and
"Provenge."
DR. MOYAD said that Provenge is a vaccine and is given three
times as an injection. He opined that the benefits [of
Provenge] outweigh the risks and that it may be the first
vaccine that could actually allow cancer patients to live
longer. He said that as new drugs are developed to help
patients with more advanced stages of the disease, one of the
questions that arises is what would happen if some of the more
benign treatments were tried early on - would doing such result
in avoiding harsher treatments or perhaps even in preventing the
disease to begin with? He went on to mention some of the
possible side effects of [Provenge and Xinlay] treatment. He
spoke of his frustration regarding the amount of time it is
taking for HJR 20 to move through the process, but also
expressed his belief that the resolution is doing a lot to raise
awareness of the issue of prostate cancer and its treatments.
4:27:39 PM
REPRESENTATIVE ANDERSON moved to report HJR 20 out of committee
with individual recommendations and the accompanying fiscal
note. There being no objection, HJR 20 was reported from the
House Health, Education and Social Services Standing Committee.
HB 114 - TERM. PARENTAL RTS/CINA/DELINQUENCY CASES
[Contains mention of HB 193.]
CHAIR WILSON announced that the next order of business would be
HOUSE BILL NO. 114 "An Act relating to the retaining of certain
privileges of a parent in a relinquishment and termination of a
parent and child relationship proceeding; relating to
eligibility for permanent fund dividends for certain children in
the custody of the state; relating to child in need of aid
proceedings and juvenile delinquency proceedings; and providing
for an effective date." [Before the committee was CSHB
114(STA).]
[Although the House Health, Education and Social Services
Standing Committee heard, amended, and reported HB 114 out of
committee on 4/22/05, the bill had not been noticed for a
hearing.]
4:28:59 PM
CHAIR WILSON explained that although the committee had decided
to insert certain language into [CSHB 114(STA)] last week, she
has since been notified by Legislative Legal and Research
Services that the title of the bill precludes the insertion of
that language. Therefore, she is having Legislative Legal and
Research Services draft a new bill, which will be introduced as
a committee bill and which will contain the language the
committee agreed upon last week.
REPRESENTATIVE ANDERSON referred to proposed language
authorizing the Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS)
to promulgate emergency regulations pertaining to the personal
allowance of those residing in assisted living homes. He
surmised that that proposed language would be included in the
forthcoming new committee bill.
CHAIR WILSON offered her belief that that proposed language was
instead included in HB 193.
AN UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER said, "No."
REPRESENTATIVE ANDERSON relayed his understanding that the DHSS
preferred to address that issue via budgetary authorization, and
that the DHSS recently presented the Senate Finance Committee
with an $18 million supplemental budget request "and the request
for Medicaid under the Division of Senior and Disabilities
Services." He questioned why the DHSS didn't simply amend its
request to cover any additional needs and thereby bypass the
need to promulgate emergency regulations on the aforementioned
issue.
The committee took an at-ease from 4:33 p.m. to 4:38 p.m.
CHAIR WILSON, in response to further comments, offered her
understanding that the DHSS felt it couldn't amend its
supplemental budget unless either more money was put into [its]
budget or funds were taken from some other program.
4:39:45 PM
STEVEN P. ASHMAN, Director, Division of Senior and Disabilities
Services, Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS),
offered his understanding that the supplemental budget request
wasn't increased because the DHSS hadn't yet had the opportunity
to talk to the Office of Management & Budget (OMB) about it. He
said that [the DHSS] wants to "fix this" via the most
expeditious mechanism, whether that ends up being via the
operating budget or via some other legislation.
REPRESENTATIVE CISSNA surmised that the legislature was simply
not aware until just very recently of how bad the situations
regarding assisted living homes and personal care attendants
(PCAs) have become. She suggested that the committee ought to
address legislation pertaining to this issue in a slow and
deliberate manner.
4:43:27 PM
CHAIR WILSON indicated that because the aforementioned new
committee bill is not yet before them, the committee would not
be taking public testimony on it yet.
REPRESENTATIVE GARDNER asked whether the Department of Health
and Social Services could simply add the money necessary to
cover the personal needs allowance for assisted living homes, or
whether such had to be done via legislation.
MR. ASHMAN said that the DHSS will attempt to [obtain the funds]
through the supplemental budget.
REPRESENTATIVE GARDNER asked whether, if that attempt succeeds,
a "legislative fix" would then even be necessary.
REPRESENTATIVE ANDERSON remarked upon the shortness of time left
in the session.
CHAIR WILSON concurred.
REPRESENTATIVE ANDERSON expressed a preference for the DHSS to
obtain the necessary funds via the supplemental budget.
4:45:52 PM
MR. ASHMAN said he would pass that information on to the
commissioner, adding that the idea behind including a mechanism
[for funding] in HB 114 was to simply provide for an option
should one be needed.
REPRESENTATIVE GARDNER surmised, then, that providing a funding
mechanism via HB 114 is not absolutely necessary; rather, the
money could simply be obtained via the supplemental budget.
MR. ASHMAN said that what is necessary is for the DHSS to obtain
the necessary funding, and, in response to an additional
comment, that the supplemental budget would address the
situation for this fiscal year (FY).
REPRESENTATIVE CISSNA said she is assuming that it will be
difficult to get a [new] piece of legislation through the
process before the end of session.
CHAIR WILSON surmised that the likelihood of new legislation
making through the process before the end of session would
depend on the number of committee referrals a bill receives.
She relayed her belief that "our best bet is a supplemental
[budget request]," and explained that she is having some intent
language and guidelines for PCAs included in the forthcoming new
committee bill.
4:47:43 PM
REPRESENTATIVE ANDERSON again remarked on the shortness of time
left in the session, and suggested that efforts should be made
to encourage the speaker to assign the forthcoming new committee
bill to only the House Health, Education and Social Services
Standing Committee and the House Finance Committee.
CHAIR WILSON said her concern is that the committee has not yet
had a good discussion on [the aspects that will be included in
the forthcoming new committee bill].
REPRESENTATIVE ANDERSON opined that there has been sufficient
discussion on the assisted living home issue, and again
suggested that efforts should be made to encourage the speaker
to assign the forthcoming new committee bill to only the House
Health, Education and Social Services Standing Committee and the
House Finance Committee.
CHAIR WILSON said she would try to do that.
REPRESENTATIVE CISSNA said her hope is that "these two issues"
could be looked at in greater depth by the committee, and
mentioned that she would be doing that herself over the interim.
CHAIR WILSON indicated a willingness to have the committee do
everything it can.
[HB 114 was held over.]
ADJOURNMENT
The House Health, Education and Social Services Standing
Committee was recessed at 4:50 p.m. to a call of the chair.
[The meeting was never reconvened.]
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