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HB 53                                                                                             
The Judiciary Committee has considered:                                                             
                                                                                                    
    SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR 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, to the confidentiality of investigations, court hearings,                             
    and public agency records and information in child-in-need-of-aid                               
    matters and certain child protection matters, to immunity                                       
    regarding disclosure of information in child-in-need-of-aid matters                             
    and certain child protection matters, to the retention of certain                               
    privileges of a parent in a relinquishment and termination of a                                 

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    parent and child relationship proceeding, to eligibility for                                    
    permanent fund dividends for certain children in the custody of                                 
    the state, and to juvenile delinquency proceedings and placements;                              
    establishing a right to a trial by jury in termination of parental                              
    rights proceedings; reestablishing and relating to state citizens'                              
    review panels for certain child protection and custody matters;                                 
    amending the duty to disclose information pertaining to a child in                              
    need of aid; authorizing additional family members to consent to                                
    disclosure of confidential or privileged information about children                             
    and families involved with children's services within the                                       
    Department of Health and Social Services to officials for review                                
    or use in official capacities; relating to reports of harm and to                               
    adoptions and foster care; 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 9 and 13, Alaska Adoption Rules;                                    
    amending Rules 3, 18, and 22, Alaska Child in Need of Aid Rules                                 
    of Procedure; and providing for an effective date."                                             
                                                                                                    
and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                 
                                                                                                    
    CS FOR SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO.                                                    
    53(JUD)                                                                                         
    "An Act relating to child-in-need-of-aid proceedings; amending                                  
    the construction of statutes pertaining to children in need of aid;                             
    relating to guardianships; relating to the confidentiality of                                   
    investigations, court hearings, and public agency records and                                   
    information in child-in-need-of-aid matters and certain child                                   
    protection matters, to immunity regarding disclosure of                                         
    information in child-in-need-of-aid matters and certain child                                   
    protection matters, to proceedings regarding voluntary                                          
    relinquishment and termination of a parent and child relationship,                              
    to eligibility for permanent fund dividends for certain children in                             
    the custody of the state, and to juvenile delinquency proceedings                               
    and placements; reestablishing and relating to a state citizens'                                
    review panel; amending the duty to disclose information                                         

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    pertaining to a child in need of aid; relating to disclosure of                                 
    confidential or privileged information about children and families                              
    involved with children's services within the Department of Health                               
    and Social Services to officials for review or use in official                                  
    capacities; relating to reports of harm and to adoptions and foster                             
    care; relating to consent for the medication of children in state                               
    custody; prescribing the rights of family members related to child-                             
    in-need-of-aid cases and establishing a familial 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 Rules 9 and 13, Alaska Adoption Rules, Rules 3, 17.2,                                  
    18, and 22, Alaska Child in Need of Aid Rules of Procedure, and                                 
    Rules 14 and 15, Alaska Rules of Probate Procedure; and                                         
    providing for an effective date."                                                               
                                                                                                    
The report was signed by Representative McGuire, Chair, with the                                    
following individual recommendations:                                                               
                                                                                                    
Do pass (5):  Kott, Anderson, Dahlstrom, Coghill, McGuire                                           
                                                                                                    
No recommendation (2):  Gara, Gruenberg                                                             
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
The following fiscal note(s) apply to CSSSHB 53(JUD):                                               
                                                                                                    
6.   Fiscal, Dept. of Administration                                                                
7.   Fiscal, Dept. of Health & Social Services                                                      
8.   Fiscal, Dept. of Health & Social Services                                                      
9.   Fiscal, Dept. of Health & Social Services                                                      
10. Fiscal, Dept. of Health & Social Services                                                       
11. Fiscal, Dept. of Health & Social Services                                                       
                                                                                                    
SSHB 53 was referred to the Finance Committee.