04/09/1996 01:35 PM Senate L&C

                                                                               
             SB 316 HEALTH INSURANCE NOMENCLATURE                            
                                                                               
 Number 285                                                                    
                                                                               
 CHAIRMAN KELLY brought up SB 316 as the next order of business                
 before the Senate Labor & Commerce Committee.  He called Ms. Burke            
 to testify.                                                                   
                                                                               
 MARIANNE BURKE, Director, Division of Insurance, Department of                
 Commerce & Economic Development, stated SB 316 is a housekeeping              
 bill.  Throughout Alaska Statutes, the word "disability" is used in           
 an obsolete context relating to health insurance.  We want to bring           
 Alaska Statutes into the present day usage of the term "health".              
 Alaska is one of the few states left that still uses the term                 
 "disability" in statute to mean "health".                                     
                                                                               
 Number 305                                                                    
                                                                               
 SENATOR TORGERSON made a motion to discharge SB 316 from the Senate           
 Labor & Commerce Committee with individual recommendations.                   
                                                                               
 CHAIRMAN KELLY, hearing no objection, stated SB 316 was discharged            
 from committee with individual recommendations.