03/11/2010 08:00 AM House STATE AFFAIRS

           HB 349-SUICIDE PREVENTION COUNCIL MEETINGS                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
[Contains discussion of HB 123.]                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
8:18:15 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR LYNN  announced that the  next order of business  was HOUSE                                                               
BILL  NO.  349,  "An  Act   relating  to  the  Statewide  Suicide                                                               
Prevention Council."                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
8:18:26 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CRYSTAL KOENEMAN,  Staff, Representative Anna  Fairclough, Alaska                                                               
State  Legislature,   testifying  on  behalf   of  Representative                                                               
Fairclough, sponsor  of HB  349, reminded  the committee  that HB
,  [introduced by  Representative Fairclough  and passed  into                                                               
law  in  2009], added  more  members  to the  Suicide  Prevention                                                               
Council  and  prolonged  its  existence  by  extending  a  sunset                                                               
provision.  Since then, she  said, the council members have found                                                               
it  more  difficult   to  establish  a  quorum.     The  proposed                                                               
legislation,  HB  349,  would  give the  council  the  option  to                                                               
establish a quorum by means of teleconference, when necessary.                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
8:19:34 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR LYNN, after  ascertaining that there was no  one who wished                                                               
to testify, closed public testimony.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
8:20:06 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON  moved to report  HB 349 out  of committee                                                               
with  individual  recommendations  and  the  accompanying  fiscal                                                               
notes.  There being no objection,  HB 349 was reported out of the                                                               
House State Affairs Standing Committee.