00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 215                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to program receipts; and relating to fees for services provided by the                                 
02 Department of Health and Social Services."                                                                              
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 37.05.146(c) is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:                                         
05                 (90)  fees collected by the Department of Health and Social Services                                    
06       for the administration of public health programs under AS 18.05.010.                                              
07    * Sec. 2. AS 44.29.022(a) is amended to read:                                                                      
08            (a)  The commissioner of health and social services may establish by                                         
09       regulation a schedule of reasonable fees for services provided by the Department of                               
10 Health and Social Services under AS 44.29.020(a)(1) - (8), AS 47.10, AS 47.12,                                          
11 AS 47.14, AS 47.30.655 - 47.30.910, [AND] AS 47.80.100 - 47.80.170, and for the                                     
12 administration of public health programs under AS 18.05.010. The fee established                                    
13 for a service may not exceed the actual cost of providing the service. The                                              
14 commissioner may define or establish the "actual cost of providing a service" by                                        

01       regulation. The Department of Health and Social Services shall charge and collect the                             
02       fees established under this subsection. The department may waive collection of a fee                              
03       upon a finding that collection is not economically feasible or in the public interest.