1998-05-06                     House Journal                      Page 3552
HB 375                                                                       
The Finance Committee has considered:                                          
                                                                               
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(FIN)                                                
"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       

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HB 375                                                                       
medical examiner and reviews of child fatalities; relating to                 
teacher certification and convictions of crimes involving child                
victims; 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."                                        
                                                                               
The report was signed by Representative Mulder, Vice Chair, with the           
following individual recommendations:                                          
                                                                               
Do pass (2): Davies, Grussendorf                                               
                                                                               
Do not pass (1):  Kohring                                                      
                                                                               
No recommendation (4):  Mulder, Moses, Davis, Kelly                            
                                                                               
The following fiscal notes apply to CSHB 375(FIN):                             
                                                                               
Fiscal note, Dept. of Health & Social Services, 4/7/98                         
Fiscal note, Dept. of Corrections, 4/7/98                                      
Fiscal note, Alaska Court System, 4/7/98                                       
Indeterminate fiscal note, Office of the Governor/Various Depts.,              
2/2/98                                                                         
                                                                               
HB 375 is on today's calendar.