Legislature(2023 - 2024)BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)

05/03/2024 01:30 PM Senate LABOR & COMMERCE

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* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+= SB 225 OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING FEES TELECONFERENCED
Moved SB 225 Out of Committee
-- Public Testimony <Time Limit May Be Set> --
+ Bills Previously Heard/Scheduled: TELECONFERENCED
+= HB 253 FEDERALLY DESIGNATED REFRIGERANTS TELECONFERENCED
Moved HB 253 Out of Committee
-- Public Testimony <Time Limit May Be Set> --
+= HB 17 CONTRACEPTIVES COVERAGE:INSURE;MED ASSIST TELECONFERENCED
Moved SCS CSHB 17(HSS) Out of Committee
-- Public Testimony <Time Limit May Be Set> --
+= HB 237 TEMPORARY PERMIT FOR LAPSED NURSE LICENSE TELECONFERENCED
Moved HB 237 Out of Committee
-- Public Testimony <Time Limit May Be Set> --
+= HB 309 DELEGATION OF ROUTINE OPTOMETRY SERVICES TELECONFERENCED
Moved HB 309 Out of Committee
-- Public Testimony <Time Limit May Be Set> --
+= HB 254 BLOCK PORNOGRAPHY TO MINORS; SOCIAL MEDIA TELECONFERENCED
Moved SCS CSHB 254(L&C) Out of Committee
-- Public Testimony <Time Limit May Be Set> --
**Streamed live on AKL.tv**
        HB 237-TEMPORARY PERMIT FOR LAPSED NURSE LICENSE                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
1:53:06 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR  BJORKMAN   reconvened  the   meeting  and   announced  the                                                               
consideration  of  HOUSE  BILL  NO.   237  "An  Act  relating  to                                                               
temporary permits for nurses with lapsed licenses."                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
1:53:48 PM                                                                                                                    
RILEY  NYE,   Staff,  Representative  Mike  Prax,   Alaska  State                                                               
Legislature, Juneau, Alaska, said the  idea for HB 237 came about                                                               
when  a returning  Alaskan nurse  contacted the  Representative's                                                               
office  with  her concerns.  She  was  seeking to  reinstate  her                                                               
Alaska  nursing license  and  learned that  the  Alaska Board  of                                                               
Nursing  was  unable to  issue  a  temporary  permit for  her  to                                                               
practice while  she was waiting  for a license to  be reinstated.                                                               
She  didn't  understand why  she  could  not obtain  a  temporary                                                               
permit to practice, yet a  nurse applying for their first license                                                               
could.  The Alaska  Board of  Nursing is  statutorily limited  in                                                               
issuing temporary  permits only to  those people seeking  a first                                                               
time Alaska nursing  license. HB 237 would solve  this problem by                                                               
amending AS O8.68.010,  to allow the Board of Nursing  to issue a                                                               
temporary  permit to  a person  applying for  reinstatement of  a                                                               
lapsed  license,   as  long   as  the   person  meets   the  same                                                               
requirements as a  person applying for a  license by examination.                                                               
He  emphasized  that with  Alaska's  medical  providers facing  a                                                               
[nurse] vacancy rate  of 20 to 30 percent, it's  vital to address                                                               
this problem from every angle.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
1:55:29 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR BJORKMAN opened  public testimony on HB  237; finding none,                                                               
he closed public testimony.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
1:55:52 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR BJORKMAN solicited the will of the committee.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
1:55:55 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR  GRAY-JACKSON moved  to  report HB  237,  work order  33-                                                               
LS1098\A,  from  committee  with individual  recommendations  and                                                               
attached fiscal note(s).                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
1:56:09 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR BJORKMAN  found no objection  and HB 237 was  reported from                                                               
the Senate Labor and Commerce Standing Committee.