04/10/2018 03:15 PM House STATE AFFAIRS

        SB 204-DISABLED VET PLATES:CHIROPRACTORS CERTIFY                                                                    
                                                                                                                              
4:05:31 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR KREISS-TOMKINS  announced that  the next order  of business                                                               
would  be  SENATE BILL  NO.  204,  "An  Act relating  to  special                                                               
registration  plates   for  vehicles   owned  by   veterans  with                                                               
disabilities."                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
4:05:52 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
PETER   NAOROZ,  Staff,   Senator  Dennis   Egan,  Alaska   State                                                               
Legislature,  advised   that  SB   204  was  drafted   to  return                                                               
chiropractors to the  list of people who  can authorize qualified                                                               
individuals  with   disabilities  to  receive   handicap  parking                                                               
placards  and  license plates.    The  Alaska Division  of  Motor                                                               
Vehicles offers several types of  disability parking placards and                                                               
license plates,  temporary and permanent,  which are  depicted on                                                               
the license  itself.  Until  2016, the DMV's process  allowed for                                                               
chiropractors  to be  among those  who qualified  individuals for                                                               
those plates and  permits.  In 2016, the  attorney general, after                                                               
reviewing  the  statutes   and  authorizations,  determined  that                                                               
chiropractors were not specifically  mentioned.  This legislation                                                               
rectifies  that  issue  in Section  1,  [AS  28.10.181(d)]  which                                                               
specifies the  types of chiropractors  listed in  accordance with                                                               
AS  08.20.   The sponsor  believes this  is a  good bill  for the                                                               
public-at-large,  he advised,  and individuals  with disabilities                                                               
who are  already under  treatment by  a chiropractor,  should not                                                               
have to pay for an additional visit to a medical doctor.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
[SB 204 was held over.]