Legislature(2001 - 2002)
05/05/2001 02:45 PM Senate RLS
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ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
SENATE RULES COMMITTEE
May 5, 2001
2:45 p.m.
DRAFT
MEMBERS PRESENT
Senator Drue Pearce, Chair
Senator John Cowdery, Vice Chair
Senator Randy Phillips
Senator Johnny Ellis
Senator Gene Therriault
MEMBERS ABSENT
All members present
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 65(HES)
"An Act relating to a new optional group of persons eligible for
medical assistance who require treatment for breast or cervical
cancer; and providing for an effective date."
APPROVED FOR CALENDARING
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 101(FIN)
"An Act relating to charter schools; and providing for an effective
date."
APPROVED FOR CALENDARING
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 142(HES)
"An Act relating to the Alaska temporary assistance program; and
providing for an effective date."
APPROVED FOR CALENDARING
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 193(FIN)
"An Act relating to the primary election and to the nomination of
candidates for the general election; and providing for an effective
date."
APPROVED FOR CALENDARING
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 242(FIN)
"An Act relating to reemployment of and medical benefits for
retired members of the teachers' retirement system and public
employees' retirement system; relating to the inclusion of cost-of-
living differentials on compensation and benefits under the public
employees' retirement system; and providing for an effective date."
APPROVED FOR CALENDARING
CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 23(STA)
Advocating the retention of the electoral college system in its
present form.
APPROVED FOR CALENDARING
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION
HB 65 - See HESS minutes dated 4/30/01 and Finance Report dated
5/5/01.
HB 101 - See HESS minutes dated 4/28/01 and Finance Report dated
5/4/01.
HB 142 - See HESS minutes dated 4/30/01 and Finance Report dated
5/4/01.
HB 193 - See Judiciary minutes dated 4/27/01 and 4/30/01 and
Finance Report dated 5/5/01.
HB 242 - See Finance Report dated 5/5/01.
HJR 23 - No previous Senate committee action.
WITNESS REGISTER
Mr. Elmer Lindstrom
Department of Health &
Social Services
PO Box 110601
Juneau, AK 99801-0601
POSITION STATEMENT: Explained proposed Amendment 2 to SCS CSHB
65(HES).
ACTION NARRATIVE
TAPE 01-10, SIDE A
Number 001
CHAIRWOMAN DRUE PEARCE called the Senate Rules Committee meeting to
order at 2:45 p.m. Members present were Senators Cowdery,
Phillips, Ellis and Pearce.
CHAIRWOMAN PEARCE announced the first order of business to be HB
65-MEDICAL ASSISTANCE:BREAST/CERVICAL CANCER.
SENATOR ELLIS stated he has three proposed amendments to HB 65. He
will not offer one of them because he understands that Senator
Leman plans to offer an amendment on the Senate floor that
addresses the same concerns about the report to the legislature.
SENATOR ELLIS moved to adopt Amendment 1, which repeals Section 3
of SCS CSHB 65(HES). Amendment 1 would remove the two-year
limitation on the state's participation in the program and renumber
the remaining sections accordingly.
SENATOR PHILLIPS objected.
The motion to adopt Amendment 1 failed with Senators Ellis and
Pearce voting "yea," and Senators Cowdery, Phillips and Therriault
voting "nay."
SENATOR ELLIS clarified that he would propose an amendment on the
Senate floor to make the reporting requirements in the bill more
acceptable. His third concern is the tight control on the amount
of money that can be expended per individual in SCS CSHB 65(HES).
He proposed (Amendment 2) using the language from HB 65 on the
subject of cost-per-patient coverage. He asked Mr. Elmer Lindstrom
to address that issue.
MR. ELMER LINDSTROM, Special Assistant to Commissioner Perdue in
the Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS), said he
believes Senator Ellis is speaking to the intent relative to the
funding of the program. Amendment 2 would delete lines 11-14 on
page 1.
SENATOR ELLIS asked Mr. Lindstrom to speak to the merits of
Amendment 2.
MR. LINDSTROM explained the amounts shown in SCS CSHB 65(HES) are
consistent with the DHSS fiscal note, but those amounts are
estimates. If this bill becomes law, DHSS will pay the bills as
they are submitted, as this is an entitlement for those clients.
SENATOR ELLIS moved to adopt Amendment 2.
SENATOR COWDERY objected.
The motion to adopt Amendment 2 failed with Senators Ellis and
Pearce voting "yea," and Senators Phillips, Therriault and Cowdery
voting "nay."
SENATOR COWDERY moved to calendar SCS CSHB 65(HES). There being no
objection, the motion carried.
SENATOR PHILLIPS moved to calendar all Senate versions of HB 101-
CHARTER SCHOOLS. There being no objection, the motion carried.
SENATOR PHILLIPS moved to calendar all Senate versions of HB 142-AK
TEMP. ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AMENDMENTS. There being no objection, the
motion carried.
CHAIRWOMAN PEARCE informed committee members that it is her
understanding that the Senate Finance Committee adopted the
contents of the Senate State Affairs version of the bill, rather
than the Senate Judiciary version.
SENATOR COWDERY moved to calendar all Senate versions of HB 193-
MODIFIED BLANKET PRIMARY ELECTION.
SENATOR ELLIS objected.
The motion to calendar all Senate versions of HB 193 carried with
Senators Phillips, Cowdery and Pearce voting "yea," and Senator
Ellis voting "nay."
SENATOR COWDERY moved to calendar all Senate versions of HB 242-TRS
& PERS REEMPLOY & MED BENEFITS; COLA. There being no objection,
the motion carried.
SENATOR PHILLIPS moved to calendar HJR 23. There being no
objection, the motion carried.
There being no further business to come before the committee,
CHAIRWOMAN PEARCE recessed the meeting to a call of the Chair.
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