1996-01-08                     Senate Journal                      Page 2065
SB 206                                                                       
An Act relating to welfare reform by establishing the Alaska Family            
Independence Program; repealing the aid to families with dependent             
children and job opportunity and basic skills programs; relating to an         
exemption to Alaska Wage and Hour Act for certain work activities              
of the Alaska Family Independence Program; relating to the duty to             
support children of minor parents; relating to certain licenses and            
applications for a license for persons who are not in substantial              
compliance with orders, judgments, or payment schedules for child              
support; relating to an exemption to the state procurement code for            
certain services for the general relief program and Alaska Family              
Independence Program; relating to eligibility for day care benefits            
administered by the Department of Community and Regional Affairs;              
authorizing the Department of Health and Social Services to operate            
a public assistance program consistent with the Alaska Family                  
Independence Program under federal waivers and providing certain               
immunity from liability for activities of that program; amending               
Alaska Rule of Civil Procedure 90.3; and providing for an effective            
date.                                                                          
                                                                               
was read the first time and referred to the Community and Regional             
Affairs, Health, Education and Social Services, Judiciary and Finance          
Committees.                                                                    
                                                                               
Fiscal notes published today from Department of Health and Social              
Services (5), Department of Commerce and Economic Development                  
(3), Department of Revenue, Department of Labor (2), Department                
of Education, Department of Public Safety.  Zero fiscal notes                  
published today from Department of Law, Department of Health and               
Social Services, Department of Administration, Department of Fish              
and Game, Department of Community and Regional Affairs,                        
Department of Labor, Department of Environmental Conservation,                 
Department of Public Safety.                                                   
                                                                               
Governors transmittal letter dated January 8:                                  
                                                                               
Dear President Pearce:                                                         
                                                                               
Under the authority of art. III, sec. 18, of the Alaska Constitution,          
I am transmitting a bill designed to reform our welfare system, move           
more Alaskans into jobs, and save the state millions of dollars over           
the next five years.