Legislature(1997 - 1998)

1998-04-27 House Journal

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HB 375                                                                       
The Judiciary Committee has considered:                                        
                                                                               

1998-04-27                     House Journal                      Page 3276
HB 375                                                                       
HOUSE BILL NO. 375                                                            
"An Act relating to children in need of aid matters and                       
proceedings; relating to murder of children, criminally negligent              
homicide, kidnapping, criminal nonsupport, the crime of indecent               
exposure, and the crime of endangering the welfare of a child;                 
relating to registration of certain sex offenders; relating to                 
sentencing for certain crimes involving child victims; relating to             
the state medical examiner and reviews of child fatalities; relating           
to teacher certification and convictions of crimes involving child             
victims; relating to access, confidentiality, and release of certain           
information concerning the care of 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; authorizing the establishment of a multidisciplinary child              
protection team to review reports of child abuse or neglect;                   
relating to immunity from liability for certain state actions                  
concerning matters involving child protection and fatality reviews             
and children in need of aid; relating to persons required to report            
suspected child abuse or neglect; relating to foster care placement            
and to payment for children in foster and other care and the waiver            
of certain foster care requirements; relating to the access to certain         
criminal justice information and licensure of certain child care               
facilities; amending Rule 218, Alaska Rules of Appellate                       
Procedure; amending Rules 1, 3, 15, 18, and 19, Alaska Child in                
Need of Aid Rules; and providing for an effective date."                       
                                                                               
and recommends it be replaced with:                                            
                                                                               
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 375(JUD)                                                
"An Act relating to children-in-need-of-aid matters and                       
proceedings; relating to child abuse and neglect; relating to murder           
of children, kidnapping, the crime of indecent exposure, and the               
crime of endangering the welfare of a child; relating to sentencing            
for certain crimes involving a child; relating to the state medical            
examiner and reviews of child fatalities; relating to teacher                  
certification and convictions of crimes involving child victims;               
relating to access, confidentiality, and release of certain                    
information  concerning  the  care  of  children, child abuse and              

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HB 375                                                                       
 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 placement and foster care                  
licensing; relating to access to certain criminal justice information          
and licensure of certain child care facilities; relating to                    
determinations of child custody and visitation in situations                   
involving domestic violence; amending Rule 218, Alaska Rules of                
Appellate Procedure; amending the Alaska Child in Need of Aid                  
Rules; and providing for an effective date."                                   
                                                                               
The report was signed by Representative Green, Chair, with the                 
following individual recommendations:                                          
                                                                               
Do pass (1):  Porter                                                           
                                                                               
No recommendation (1):  Berkowitz                                              
                                                                               
Amend (2):  Green, Rokeberg                                                    
                                                                               
The following fiscal notes apply to CSHB 375(JUD):                             
                                                                               
Fiscal note, Dept. of Health & Social Services, 4/7/98                         
Fiscal note, Alaska Court System, 4/7/98                                       
Fiscal note, Dept. of Corrections, 4/7/98                                      
Indeterminate fiscal note, Office of the Governor/Various Depts.,              
2/2/98                                                                         
                                                                               
HB 375 was referred to the Finance Committee.