03/27/2025 03:30 PM Senate HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES

          SCR  2-SUPPORT CRISIS CARE & MEDICAID REFORM                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
4:11:05 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR  DUNBAR announced  the consideration  of SENATE  CONCURRENT                                                               
RESOLUTION  NO. 2  Supporting an  all-payer  crisis continuum  of                                                               
care and Medicaid  reform; and urging the Governor  to direct the                                                               
Department of  Health and  the division  of insurance  to develop                                                               
recommendations for an all-payer model for crisis care.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
4:11:33 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR DUNBAR opened  public testimony on SCR 2;  finding none, he                                                               
closed public testimony.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
4:11:49 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR DUNBAR  explained that  Anchorage has  worked for  years on                                                               
developing a  crisis response continuum, including  mobile crisis                                                               
teams,  but  emphasized  that   these  teams  require  supporting                                                               
services and  facilities to function  effectively. He  noted that                                                               
providers  are  attempting to  open  crisis  facilities but  face                                                               
billing  challenges, and  expressed hope  for unified  support to                                                               
advance Crisis Now and the broader continuum of care statewide.                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
4:13:07 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR  CLAMAN  expressed  support for  the  resolution,  noting                                                               
prior  legislative   work  on   related  crisis   care  measures,                                                               
including  Senate Bill  120 and  House Bill  172, and  views this                                                               
resolution as a continuation of those important efforts.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
4:13:53 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR DUNBAR solicited the will of the committee.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
4:13:54 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR GIESSEL  moved to report  SCR 2, work  order 34-LS0644\A,                                                               
from  committee  with  individual  recommendations  and  attached                                                               
fiscal note(s).                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
4:14:10 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR DUNBAR found  no objection and SCR 2 was  reported from the                                                               
Senate Health and Social Services Standing Committee.