2018-04-09                     Senate Journal                      Page 2547
adding a new section to read:                                                                                                   
     MEDICAID STATE PLAN INSTRUCTIONS; NOTICE TO                                                                                
REVISOR OF STATUTES. The Department of Health and Social                                                                        
Services shall immediately amend and submit for federal approval a                                                              
state plan for medical assistance coverage consistent with                                                                      
AS 47.07.065(b) - (d), added by sec. 4 of this Act. The Department of                                                           
Health and Social Services shall apply to the United States Department                                                          
of Health and Human Services for any waivers necessary to implement                                                             
AS 47.07.065(b) - (d), added by sec. 4 of this Act. The commissioner                                                            
of health and social services shall notify the revisor of statutes in                                                           
writing if the United States Department of Health and Human Services                                                            
approves the provisions of AS 47.07.065(b) - (d), added by sec. 4 of                                                            
this Act.                                                                                                                       
   * Sec. 8. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by                                                          
adding a new section to read:                                                                                                   
     CONDITIONAL EFFECT. AS 47.07.065(b) - (d), added by sec. 4                                                                 
of this Act, take effect only if the commissioner of health and social                                                          
services notifies the revisor of statutes in writing under sec. 7 of this                                                       
Act, on or before January 1, 2019, that the provisions of                                                                       
AS 47.07.065(b) - (d), added by sec. 4 of this Act, have been approved                                                          
by the United States Department of Health and Human Services.                                                                   
   * Sec. 9. If AS 47.07.065(b) - (d), added by sec. 4 of this Act, take                                                      
effect, they take effect on the day after the date the commissioner of                                                          
health and social services makes a certification to the revisor of                                                              
statutes under secs. 7 and 8 of this Act.                                                                                       
   * Sec. 10.  Except as provided in sec. 9 of this Act, sections 1 - 4 and                                                   
8 of this Act take effect January 1, 2019."                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Senator Gardner moved for the adoption of Amendment No. 1.                                                                      
Senator Micciche objected. Senator Gardner moved and asked                                                                      
unanimous consent to withdraw Amendment No. 1. Without objection,                                                               
Amendment No. 1 was withdrawn.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
SENATE BILL NO. 198 "An Act relating to a study of the                                                                          
effectiveness and cost of providing long-acting reversible                                                                      
contraception to women with substance abuse disorders" was                                                                      
automatically in third reading.