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HB 53                                                                                             
Representative Kelly added his name as cosponsor to:                                                
                                                                                                    
    HOUSE BILL NO. 53                                                                               
    "An Act relating to child-in-need-of-aid proceedings; amending                                  
    the construction of statutes pertaining to children in need of aid;                             
    relating to a duty and standard of care for services to children and                            
    families; amending court hearing procedures to allow public                                     
    attendance at child-in-need-of-aid proceedings; establishing a                                  
    right to a trial by jury in termination of parental rights                                      
    proceedings; reestablishing and relating to state and local citizens'                           

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    review panels for certain child custody matters; amending the duty                              
    to disclose information pertaining to a child in need of aid;                                   
    establishing a distribution age for permanent fund dividends held                               
    in trust for a child committed to the custody of the Department of                              
    Health and Social Services; mandating reporting of the medication                               
    of children in state custody; prescribing the rights of grandparents                            
    related to child-in-need-of-aid cases and establishing a                                        
    grandparent priority for adoption in certain child-in-need-of-aid                               
    cases; modifying adoption and placement procedures in certain                                   
    child-in-need-of-aid cases; amending treatment service                                          
    requirements for parents involved in child-in-need-of-aid                                       
    proceedings; amending Rules 3 and 18, Alaska Child in Need of                                   
     Aid Rules of Procedure; and providing for an effective date."