04/23/2007 01:30 PM Senate HEALTH, EDUCATION & SOCIAL SERVICES
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| SB8 | |
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| Adjourn |
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ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
SENATE HEALTH, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES STANDING COMMITTEE
April 23, 2007
1:33 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Senator Bettye Davis, Chair
Senator Joe Thomas, Vice Chair
Senator John Cowdery
Senator Kim Elton
Senator Fred Dyson
MEMBERS ABSENT
All members present
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 136(FIN)(title am)
"An Act relating to the supervision of dental hygienists by
dentists, establishing a restorative function license
endorsement for dental hygienists and allowing collaborative
agreements between licensed dentists and dental hygienists."
MOVED CSHB 136(FIN)(title am) OUT OF COMMITTEE
SENATE BILL NO. 8
"An Act relating to a mental health patient's right to choose
the gender of hospital staff providing intimate care to the
mental health patient and to the duties of hospital staff in
caring for patients receiving mental health treatment."
MOVED SB 8 OUT OF COMMITTEE
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION
BILL: HB 136
SHORT TITLE: DENTAL HYGIENISTS
SPONSOR(s): REPRESENTATIVE(s) STOLTZE
02/14/07 (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
02/14/07 (H) HES, L&C
03/06/07 (H) HES AT 3:00 PM CAPITOL 106
03/06/07 (H) Moved Out of Committee
03/06/07 (H) MINUTE(HES)
03/07/07 (H) HES RPT 5DP
03/07/07 (H) DP: CISSNA, FAIRCLOUGH, GARDNER, ROSES,
WILSON
03/07/07 (H) FIN REFERRAL ADDED AFTER L&C
03/19/07 (H) L&C AT 3:00 PM CAPITOL 17
03/19/07 (H) Moved Out of Committee
03/19/07 (H) MINUTE(L&C)
03/21/07 (H) L&C RPT 7DP
03/21/07 (H) DP: GARDNER, NEUMAN, BUCH, LEDOUX,
GATTO, RAMRAS, OLSON
03/27/07 (H) FIN AT 1:30 PM HOUSE FINANCE 519
03/27/07 (H) Moved CSHB 136(FIN) Out of Committee
03/27/07 (H) MINUTE(FIN)
03/28/07 (H) FIN RPT CS(FIN) 5DP 6NR
03/28/07 (H) DP: FOSTER, NELSON, STOLTZE, KELLY,
MEYER
03/28/07 (H) NR: GARA, CRAWFORD, HAWKER, JOULE,
THOMAS, CHENAULT
04/11/07 (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S)
04/11/07 (H) VERSION: CSHB 136(FIN)(TITLE AM)
04/13/07 (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
04/13/07 (S) HES, L&C, FIN
04/23/07 (S) HES AT 1:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
BILL: SB 8
SHORT TITLE: MENTAL HEALTH PATIENT RIGHTS:STAFF GENDER
SPONSOR(s): SENATOR(s) DAVIS
01/16/07 (S) PREFILE RELEASED 1/5/07
01/16/07 (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
01/16/07 (S) HES, JUD, FIN
04/18/07 (S) HES AT 2:00 PM BELTZ 211
04/18/07 (S) Heard & Held
04/18/07 (S) MINUTE(HES)
04/23/07 (S) HES AT 1:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
WITNESS REGISTER
Jim Towle, Executive Director
Alaska Dental Association
Anchorage, AK
POSITION STATEMENT: Commented on HB 136
ACTION NARRATIVE
CHAIR BETTYE DAVIS called the Senate Health, Education and
Social Services Standing Committee meeting to order at 1:33:25
PM. All members were present at the call to order.
HB 136-DENTAL HYGIENISTS
CHAIR DAVIS announced HB 136 to be up for consideration. [Before
the committee was CSHB 136(FIN)(title am).] She added that there
was no opposition on the bill and no one signed up to testify,
and so asked for a motion from the committee.
1:34:23 PM
SENATOR COWDERY moved to report CSHB 136(FIN)(title am) from
committee with individual recommendations and attached fiscal
note(s). There being no objection, the motion carried.
SB 8-MENTAL HEALTH PATIENT RIGHTS:STAFF GENDER
CHAIR DAVIS announced SB 8 to be under consideration. She said
that there were no testifiers signed up, and that her desire was
to move the bill from committee.
1:35:30 PM
SENATOR COWDERY made a motion to move SB 8 from committee with
individual recommendations and attached fiscal note(s). There
being no objection, the motion carried.
CHAIR DAVIS said that there were no other bills to come before
the committee, and asked if anyone in the audience had anything
to say. [Discussion on HB 136 ensued.]
1:36:44 PM
JIM TOWLE, Executive Director of the Alaska Dental Society
(ADS), said he was prepared to comment on HB 136 but he
understands the committee already did its due diligence and
passed it from committee.
CHAIR DAVIS apologized and explained that public testimony had
been taken at a previous hearing. She asked if he would like to
send testimony to the committee.
MR. TOWLE replied he wanted to tell the committee that the ADS
has concerns about the bill in its current form. "Having done
that, I've done my duty," he said.
CHAIR DAVIS asked if he said he is opposed to the bill because
she understood that ADS supported it.
MR. TOWLE replied ADS is not opposed to the bill but it has
concerns with certain provisions.
CHAIR DAVIS explained that amendments had been considered but
the sponsor and the people who proposed the amendments decided
they were not needed. The lobbyists also said they would not
seek amendments at this time.
MR. TOWLE said he appreciates that he simply wanted it on the
record that ADS supports the basic tenets of the bill but it had
reservations about certain portions. "We'll seek to take
appropriate steps as it moves forward," he said.
There being no further business to come before the committee,
Chair Davis adjourned the meeting at 1:39:20 PM.
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