Legislature(1997 - 1998)
05/10/1998 01:58 PM Senate RLS
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SENATE RULES COMMITTEE
May 10, 1998
1:58 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Senator Tim Kelly, Chair
Senator Loren Leman, Vice Chair
Senator Robin Taylor
Senator Jim Duncan
MEMBERS ABSENT
Senator John Torgerson
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
HOUSE BILL NO. 11
"An Act relating to driver's licensing; and providing for an
effective date."
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 375(FIN) am(reengrossed)
"An Act relating to children-in-need-of-aid matters and
proceedings; relating to child abuse and neglect; relating to
kidnapping and the crime of endangering the welfare of a child;
relating to sentencing for certain crimes; relating to the state
medical examiner and reviews of child fatalities; relating to
modification of child support orders by the child support
enforcement agency; relating to access to, confidentiality of, and
release of certain information concerning children, child abuse and
neglect, and child fatalities; authorizing the Department of Health
and Social Services to enter into an interstate compact concerning
adoption and medical assistance for certain children with special
needs; relating to the review of cases involving certain children
who are in the custody of the state; authorizing the establishment
of multidisciplinary child protection teams and relating to their
duties; relating to persons required to report suspected child
abuse or neglect; relating to foster care and foster parents;
relating to access to certain criminal justice information and
licensure of certain child care facilities; amending Rule 218,
Alaska Rules of Appellate Procedure; and amending Rules 3, 7, 10,
15, 18, 19, and 22, Alaska Child in Need of Aid Rules."
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 272(FIN)
"An Act relating to allowing the commissioner of corrections to
allow a prisoner to serve a term of imprisonment or period of
temporary commitment by electronic monitoring; and relating to the
crime of escape."
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 406(FIN) am(efd fld)
"An Act authorizing the Board of Fisheries and the Board of Game to
identify fish and game that are taken for subsistence and to
identify subsistence and nonsubsistence areas; relating to the
establishment of preferences for and to regulation of subsistence
fishing and hunting; relating to advisory committees."
CS FOR HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 35(STA)
Establishing a Joint Task Force on the Census and Redistricting.
HOUSE BILL NO. 242
"An Act relating to unpaid, underpaid, and overpaid royalty and net
profit share payments due on leases of state land and to the
collection and payment of interest on those payments."
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 405(FIN)
"An Act relating to failing to stop a vehicle when directed to do
so by a peace officer."
SENATE BILL NO. 354
"An Act relating to wills, intestacy, nonprobate transfers, and
trusts; and amending Rule 24, Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure."
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 252(FIN)
"An Act relating to criminal records; relating to notice about and
registration of sex offenders and child kidnappers; and amending
Rules 11(c) and 32(c), Alaska Rules of Criminal Procedure; and
providing for an effective date."
SENATE BILL NO. 359
"An Act relating to insurance premium taxes."
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 459(FIN) am
"An Act establishing new eligibility for medical assistance for
certain disabled persons and giving their eligibility for services
the highest priority among optional services and groups under the
medical assistance program; amending the definition of 'personal
care services in a recipient's home' as used in the medical
assistance program; moving midwife services from being the first to
being the 14th service eliminated under the medical assistance
program when there is insufficient funding; and adjusting the
priority of optional services and optional eligible groups under
the medical assistance program in order to reflect the new
priorities given to the newly-eligible disabled persons and to
midwife services but without otherwise changing the relative order
of the other optional services and optional groups."
PREVIOUS SENATE COMMITTEE ACTION
HB 11 - See Senate Transportation minutes dated 5/6/97 and Senate
Judiciary minutes dated 5/8/97.
Finance report 5/2/98.
Rules minutes dated 5/4/98.
HB 375 - See Judiciary minutes dated 5/7/98.
Finance report 5/9/98.
HB 272 - Finance report 5/9/98.
HB 406 - See Judiciary minutes dated 4/25/98, 5/1/98, 5/4/98,
5/5/98 and 5/6/98.
Finance report 5/9/98.
HCR 35 - See State Affairs minutes dated 5/7/98.
HB 242 - Finance report 5/9/98.
HB 405 - Finance report 5/9/98.
SB 354 - See Labor and Commerce Committee minutes dated 4/28/98.
HB 252 - See Judiciary minutes dated 5/5/98.
Finance report 5/9/98.
SB 359 - See Labor and Commerce Committee minutes dated 5/9/98.
HB 459 - See HESS minutes dated 4/15/98.
Finance report 5/8/98.
Rules minutes dated 5/9/98.
WITNESS REGISTER
Ms. Juanita Hensley, Administrator
Division of Motor Vehicles
Department of Administration
P.O. Box 110200
Juneau, AK 99811-0200
POSITION STATEMENT: Offered information on SCS HB 11(RLS)
ACTION NARRATIVE
TAPE 98-6, SIDE A
CHAIRMAN KELLY called the Senate Rules Committee meeting to order
at 1:58 p.m., and noted the presence of Senators Leman, Taylor,
Duncan and Kelly.
CHAIRMAN KELLY announced, for the committee's information, that
Representative Bunde and Senator Parnell were working on a Senate
committee substitute for Representative Bunde's Medicaid
legislation, which, he said, is an effort to address the problem of
funding on general relief medical. He added that the bill would
most likely be before the Rules Committee later in the day.
CHAIRMAN KELLY also announced HB 116 - WORKERS COMPENSATION SELF-
INSURANCE GROUP would be before the committee for a hearing the
following day, and the committee would be looking at several
amendments that were defeated in the Senate Finance Committee on a
3-3 vote.
CHAIRMAN KELLY reviewed the committee calendar and requested
calendaring motions on the following legislation.
SENATOR LEMAN moved and asked unanimous consent CSHB 375(FIN) am -
CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN/FOSTER CARE be approved for calendaring at
the discretion of the Chair. Hearing no objection, it was so
ordered.
SENATOR LEMAN moved and asked unanimous consent CSHB 272(FIN) - DO
JAIL TIME BY ELECTRONIC MONITORING be approved for calendaring at
the discretion of the Chair. Hearing no objection, it was so
ordered.
SENATOR LEMAN moved and asked unanimous consent CSHB 406(FIN) am -
SUBSISTENCE USES OF FISH AND GAME be approved for calendaring at
the discretion of the Chair. Hearing no objection, it was so
ordered.
SENATOR LEMAN moved and asked unanimous consent CSHCR 35(STA) -
ESTAB JT. TASK FORCE CENSUS/REDISTRICTING be approved for
calendaring at the discretion of the Chair. Hearing no objection,
it was so ordered.
SENATOR LEMAN moved and asked unanimous consent HB 242 -
ROYALTY/NET PROFIT SHARE PAYMENT be approved for calendaring at the
discretion of the Chair. Hearing no objection, it was so ordered.
SENATOR LEMAN moved and asked unanimous consent CSHB 405(FIN) -
FLEEING OR EVADING A PEACE OFFICER be approved for calendaring at
the discretion of the Chair. Hearing no objection, it was so
ordered.
SENATOR LEMAN moved and asked unanimous consent SB 354 - WILLS,
TRUSTS, & OTHER TRANSFERS be approved for calendaring at the
discretion of the Chair. Hearing no objection, it was so ordered.
SENATOR LEMAN moved and asked unanimous consent CSHB 252(FIN) -
CRIMINAL RECORDS & OFFENDER REGISTRATION be approved for
calendaring at the discretion of the Chair. Hearing no objection,
it was so ordered.
SENATOR LEMAN moved and asked unanimous consent SB 359 - INSURANCE
PREMIUM TAX be approved for calendaring at the discretion of the
Chair. Hearing no objection, it was so ordered.
CHAIRMAN KELLY brought HB 11 - DRIVERS LICENSE REQUIREMENTS FOR
MINORS before the committee as the next order of business, and
directed attention to a proposed Rules SCS.
JUANITA HENSLEY, Division of Motor Vehicles, Department of
Administration, noted that Sections 4 through 14 are were the new
sections in the Rules SCS. She said several years ago when minor
consuming was decriminalized, it basically took away the ability
for the court to order in an individual into alcohol treatment if
he or she was determined to have an alcohol problem. The new
provisions in the Rules SCS will allow the individual to be sent to
an alcohol screening, and, if there is a problem, then complete a
course through the Alcohol Safety Action Program, which is run
through the Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse in the Department
of Health and Social Services. It also allows those courses to
approved and designated for those individuals who are under the age
of 21. Currently, the Division of Motor Vehicles approves alcohol
information schools, however, they do not have the expertise to be
approving these types of courses. If an individual receives a
drivers' license revocation under the use it, lose it provisions of
the minor consuming, then before the individual can get the
drivers' license back, he or she must go through a screening,
evaluation and treatment.
SENATOR TAYLOR commented this is something they have been trying to
accomplish for a long time, and he expressed his appreciation for
all the work done on this issue by Loren Jones, Director of the
Division of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, and Don Dapcevich, Executive
Director of the Governor's Advisory Board on Alcoholism and Drug
Abuse.
SENATOR LEMAN moved the adoption of SCS HB 11(RLS), and hearing no
objection, CHAIRMAN KELLY stated the motion carried.
SENATOR LEMAN moved and asked unanimous consent SCS HB 11(RLS) be
approved for calendaring at the discretion of the Chair. Hearing
no objection, it was so ordered.
CHAIRMAN KELLY brought CSHB 459(FIN) am - MEDICAL ASSISTANCE:
DISABLED & OTHERS before the committee as the final order of
business. He stated there was a new Rules SCS being circulated,
and the legislation would be back before the committee later in the
day.
There being no further business to come before the committee, the
meeting adjourned at 2:05 p.m.
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