02/23/2010 02:00 PM Senate LABOR & COMMERCE
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| SB248 | |
| Adjourn |
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ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
SENATE LABOR AND COMMERCE STANDING COMMITTEE
February 23, 2010
2:02 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Senator Joe Paskvan, Chair
Senator Joe Thomas, Vice Chair
Senator Bettye Davis
Senator Kevin Meyer
Senator Con Bunde
MEMBERS ABSENT
All members present
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
SENATE BILL NO. 247
"An Act extending the termination date of the Board of Pharmacy;
and providing for an effective date."
- MOVED CSSB 247(L&C) OUT OF COMMITTEE
SENATE BILL NO. 248
"An Act extending the termination date of the Board of Marital
and Family Therapy; and providing for an effective date."
- MOVED CSSB 248(L&C) OUT OF COMMITTEE
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION
BILL: SB 247
SHORT TITLE: EXTENDING BOARD OF PHARMACY
SPONSOR(s): SENATOR(s) OLSON
01/29/10 (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
01/29/10 (S) L&C, FIN
02/09/10 (S) L&C AT 2:00 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
02/09/10 (S) Heard & Held
02/09/10 (S) MINUTE(L&C)
BILL: SB 248
SHORT TITLE: EXTEND BD OF MARITAL & FAMILY THERAPY
SPONSOR(s): SENATOR(s) OLSON
01/29/10 (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
01/29/10 (S) L&C, FIN
02/09/10 (S) L&C AT 2:00 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
02/09/10 (S) Heard & Held
02/09/10 (S) MINUTE(L&C)
WITNESS REGISTER
TIM BENINTENDI
Staff to Senator Olson
Alaska State Legislature
Juneau, AK
POSITION STATEMENT: Commented on SB 247 and SB 248 for the
sponsor.
JENNIFER STRIKLER, Operations Manager
Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing
Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development
(DCCED)
POSITION STATEMENT: Answered questions on SB 248.
ACTION NARRATIVE
2:02:26 PM
CHAIR JOE PASKVAN called the Senate Labor and Commerce Standing
Committee meeting to order at 2:02 p.m. Present at the call to
order were Senators Bunde, Thomas, Davis, and Paskvan.
SB 247-EXTENDING BOARD OF PHARMACY
2:04:07 PM
CHAIR PASKVAN announced SB 247 to be up for consideration. He
said that no opposition had been heard on either bill (SB 247
and SB 248) since the first hearing, and the auditor recommended
extending both boards. However, he said, SB 247 requires a
simple committee substitute (CS) which makes the sunset bill
compliant with the recommendation of the audit.
2:04:12 PM
SENATOR MEYER joined the committee.
2:04:22 PM
TIM BENINTENDI, Staff to Senator Olson, sponsor of SB 247, said
they would entertain a change to the bill that would extend the
board to 2018 as opposed to 2015, the original term.
2:05:16 PM
SENATOR BUNDE moved to adopt CSSB 247(L&C) as the working
document.
SENATOR MEYER objected for an explanation.
MR. BENINTENDI explained that the CS would simply extend the
Board of Pharmacy to June 30, 2018 instead of June 30, 2015. He
said the audit gave high marks to the board, although it had a
few criticisms for the administration that didn't impact it
directly in a substantive way.
SENATOR MEYER removed his objection.
2:06:07 PM
CHAIR PASKVAN closed the public hearing.
SENATOR THOMAS moved to report CSSB 247(L&C) from committee with
individual recommendations and no attached fiscal note(s). There
were no objections and it was so ordered.
2:07:56 PM
At ease
2:09:40 PM
Back to order
SB 248-EXTEND BD OF MARITAL & FAMILY THERAPY
2:09:48 PM
CHAIR PASKVAN announced SB 248 to be up for consideration.
SENATOR THOMAS moved to bring CSSB 248(L&C) before the
committee.
SENATOR MEYER objected for discussion purposes.
2:09:53 PM
TIM BENINTENDI, Staff to Senator Olson, sponsor of SB 248,
testified that the audit found that revenues from licensing fees
from the Board of Marital and Family Therapy don't cover the
cost of regulatory changes, an issue from previous years. The
audit recommended the board be extended to 2014, but SB 248 was
originally drafted to sunset in 2015. The sponsor agreed with
auditor's sunset recommendation as well as the findings, one of
which was to address some administrative issues in the
department.
SENATOR BUNDE said he has heard frequent concerns about price of
license versus actual cost, and state regulation says they
should equal each other. In this case they do not, and he wanted
to know how far out of balance they are.
MR. BENINTENDI answered that the board had closed the deficit
substantially in the last several years and it is down to less
than $30,000 (from around $100,000 eight or nine years ago). The
problem is that the pool of licensees is real small. The board
actually chose to keep working at reducing their deficit as
opposed to paying to have regulations processed that should be
in place. He suspected the audit had found that the regulations
that had not been advanced weren't fatal to the mission of the
board. It hasn't jeopardized the public.
SENATOR BUNDE asked if the deficit would be cured by the next
sunset.
MR. BENINTENDI said he hadn't heard that at a public discussion.
SENATOR DAVIS said she wanted that question answered.
2:13:57 PM
JENNIFER STRIKLER, Operations Manager, Division of Corporations,
Business and Professional Licensing, Department of Commerce,
Community and Economic Development (DCCED), said as of this
month, the board's deficit is down to $2,000 and it should be
take care of by the next renewal cycle unless an investigation
comes forward that is usually the one item that drives expenses
up.
SENATOR MEYER removed his objection.
CHAIR PASKVAN closed public testimony.
SENATOR THOMAS moved to report CSSB 248(L&C) from committee with
individual recommendations and attached fiscal note(s). There
were no objections and it was so ordered.
2:17:10 PM
CHAIR PASKVAN, finding no further business, adjourned the
meeting at 2:17 p.m.
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