Legislature(2001 - 2002)

05/08/2002 03:01 PM Senate HES

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                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                    
      SENATE HEALTH, EDUCATION & SOCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE                                                                    
                           May 8, 2002                                                                                          
                            3:01 p.m.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Senator Lyda Green, Chair                                                                                                       
Senator Loren Leman, Vice Chair                                                                                                 
Senator Gary Wilken                                                                                                             
Senator Bettye Davis                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Senator Jerry Ward                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                              
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CONFIRMATION HEARINGS:                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
     Commissioner - Department of Health and Social Services                                                                  
          Jay Livey                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
     Board of Dental Examiners                                                                                                
          Dr. Robert J. Allen - Bethel                                                                                          
          Dr. William L. Gerace - Anchorage                                                                                     
          Dr. Rebecca Neslund - Kodiak                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
     Board of Dispensing Opticians                                                                                            
          David Matthews, Jr. - Kotzebue                                                                                        
          James D. Rothmeyer - Fairbanks                                                                                        
          Cindy Tidd - Wasilla                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
     State Board of Education and Early Development                                                                           
          Roger Chan - Anchorage                                                                                                
          Sally Rue - Juneau                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
     Board of Marital and Family Therapy                                                                                      
          Larry Holman - Anchorage                                                                                              
          Bill Platte - Juneau                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
     State Medical Board                                                                                                      
          Dr. Allan G. Schlict - Juneau                                                                                         
          Thomas H. Wilson - Fairbanks                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
     Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority Board of Trustees                                                                   
          Phil A. Younker, Sr. - Fairbanks                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
     Board of Certified Direct-Entry Midwives                                                                                 
          Martha J. Falkar Linden - Anchorage                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
     Board of Nursing                                                                                                         
          Dr. Nancy L. Sanders - Anchorage                                                                                      
          Barbara Berner                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
     Board of Examiners in Optometry                                                                                          
          Dr. Erik D. Christianson - Ketchikan                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
     Board of Pharmacy                                                                                                        
          Gerry Knasiak - Ketchikan                                                                                             
          Laura Lee Nelson - Juneau                                                                                             
          Margaret Soden - Anchorage                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     State Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Board                                                                    
          Sundi M. Hondl - Wasilla                                                                                              
          Laura McDonough - Anchorage                                                                                           
          Linda Newman - Juneau                                                                                                 
          Dr. George D. Rhyneer - Anchorage                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
     Board of Professional Counselors                                                                                         
          Janet McGillivary - Anchorage                                                                                         
          Dr. Allan A. Morotti - Fairbanks                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
     Professional Teaching Practices Commission                                                                               
          Steven Beardsley - Anchorage                                                                                          
          Vickie L. McCubbin - Anchorage                                                                                        
          Dr. Donna Peterson - Soldotna                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
     Board of Psychologist and Psychological Associate Examiners                                                              
          Dr. Cary S. Edney - Anchorage                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
     University of Alaska Board of Regents                                                                                    
          Mark Begich - Anchorage                                                                                               
          Joseph Hardenbrook - Fairbanks                                                                                        
          Commissioner Marlene A. Johnson - Juneau                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
     Board of Social Work Examiners                                                                                           
          Lorraine M. Jaeger-Kirsch - Douglas                                                                                   
          Denny Patella - Anchorage                                                                                             
          Sammye Pokryfki - Wasilla                                                                                             
     CONFIRMATIONS ADVANCED                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
PREVIOUS SENATE COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
No previous action to record.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
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CHAIRWOMAN  LYDA  GREEN  called the  Senate  Health,  Education  &                                                            
Social Services Committee  meeting to order at  3:01 p.m. Senators                                                              
Leman, Wilken,  Davis and Green  were present. She  announced that                                                              
the resumes of  those people up for confirmation  were distributed                                                              
to members  at an earlier  date and,  unless a member  requests to                                                              
interview one of them, her intent  was to forward the names to the                                                              
full body for a vote.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR LEMAN  noted that  he had reservations  about some  of the                                                              
names on the list  but would not take the matter  up at this time.                                                              
He then  moved to report  the list of names  to the full  body for                                                              
consideration in  a joint session.  There being no  objection, the                                                              
motion carried.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRWOMAN GREEN  announced that the committee would  hear Senator                                                              
Davis's bill on  psychotropic drugs [SB 230] the  following day at                                                              
1:30 p.m. in the Fahrenkamp Room.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
There being no further business to  come before the committee, she                                                              
adjourned the meeting at 3:05 p.m.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                

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