Legislature(2003 - 2004)
05/07/2004 04:20 PM Senate HES
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HB 443-TEACHERS AND NURSES HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM
The committee took up HB 443.
MS. JULI LUCKY, Staff to Representative Beth Kerttula, sponsor
of HB 443, explained that this bill would add licensed practical
nurses to an existing no down-payment home loan program that was
put in place last year in SB 25 by Senator Wilken.
CHAIR DYSON asked if the effect of deleting "registered" from
page 2 would make this program more available to [licensed
practical] nurses.
SENATOR WILKEN asked what defines "nurses" on line 6 as a
"licensed practical nurse."
MS. LUCKY referred to page 2, and said the way [SB 25] was
written last year it included AS 08.68.230 (a), "registered
nurses," whereas (b) includes "licensed practical nurse" or
"licensed vocational nurse." She noted there are no vocational
nurses in the state at this time, and there are 834 licensed
practical nurses under this section.
MS. LUCKY clarified that the desire was not to make no-down-
payment housing loans available to temporary nurses because of
wanting to make sure the nurses were licensed and going to stay
in the state.
SENATOR WILKEN asked if it applies to (a) or (b) and no others.
MS. LUCKY confirmed this was correct.
SENATOR BETTYE DAVIS moved to report HB 443 out of committee
with individual recommendations and attached fiscal note.
CHAIR DYSON asked if there was any objection. There being none,
it was so ordered.
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