02/10/2016 01:30 PM Senate HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES
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ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
SENATE HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES STANDING COMMITTEE
February 10, 2016
1:30 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Senator Bert Stedman, Chair
Senator Cathy Giessel, Vice Chair
Senator Bill Stoltze
MEMBERS ABSENT
Senator Pete Kelly
Senator Johnny Ellis
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
SENATE BILL NO. 151
"An Act relating to criminal and civil history requirements for
individuals and entities licensed or certified by the Department
of Health and Social Services; relating to the centralized
registry for certain individuals or entities that are licensed
or certified by the Department of Health and Social Services or
are eligible to receive payment from certain programs of the
department; and providing for an effective date."
- MOVED SB 151 OUT OF COMMITTEE
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION
BILL: SB 151
SHORT TITLE: DHSS CENT. REGISTRY; LICNSE; BCKGROUND CHK
SPONSOR(s): RULES BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR
01/21/16 (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
01/21/16 (S) HSS, JUD
02/01/16 (S) HSS AT 1:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
02/01/16 (S) Heard & Held
02/01/16 (S) MINUTE (HSS)
02/10/16 (S) HSS AT 1:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
WITNESS REGISTER
STACIE KRALY, Chief Assistant Attorney General
Human Services Section
Department of Law
Juneau, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: Reviewed SB 151.
ACTION NARRATIVE
1:30:31 PM
CHAIR BERT STEDMAN called the Senate Health and Social Services
Standing Committee meeting to order at 1:30 p.m. Present at the
call to order were Senators Giessel, Stoltze, and Chair Stedman.
SB 151-DHSS CENT. REGISTRY; LICNSE; BCKGROUND CHK
1:30:52 PM
CHAIR STEDMAN announced the consideration of SB 151. He noted
the bill was previously heard on February 1, 2016.
1:31:52 PM
STACIE KRALY, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Human Services
Section, Department of Law, reviewed SB 151. She explained that
the bill cleans up and fixes gaps, overlaps, and redundancies
that currently exist in Alaska statute governing criminal
background checks and centralized registry provisions found in
AS 47.05.310 through AS 47.05.390. The bill also removes a
number of redundancies under criminal background check
provisions and clarifies and provides a better structure for the
central registry provisions related to civil findings of an
individual.
She said the third part of the bill contains technical changes
to provisions found under AS 47.32, which relate to centralized
licensing statutes for the Department of Health and Social
Services (DHSS). Those changes allow for collaboration with Law
Enforcement when there is a joint investigation of a licensed
facility. The changes enable information to be shared with Law
Enforcement and they provide a better pathway for sharing of
information within the department.
1:33:38 PM
SENATOR STOLTZE noted concerns expressed by the Department of
Law regarding HB 11 with changes to public access to records. He
said there is uncertainty of the impact SB 11 might have on SB
151. He suggested those concerns can be discussed in the Senate
Judiciary Committee, the next committee of referral.
CHAIR STEDMAN said there have been no concerns raised by the
public on SB 151.
1:35:02 PM
SENATOR GIESSEL moved to report SB 151, labeled 29-GS2013\A,
from committee with individual recommendations and attached zero
fiscal note. There being no objection, it was so ordered.
1:35:50 PM
There being no further business to come before the committee,
Chair Stedman adjourned the Senate Health and Social Services
Standing Committee at 1:35 p.m.
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