Legislature(1997 - 1998)
05/05/1998 07:30 PM House FIN
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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 11 Creating the Long-Term Care Task Force. MARILYN WILSON, STAFF, SENATOR BERT SHARP, stated that as Alaska's senior community grows, it is necessary that the State plan for the long-term care and needs of these citizens. She continued, while it is the desirable goal of most families to provide home care for their elderly parents, the realty is that most will live in a long-term care facilities. Either way, the costs of providing long-term care is becoming insurmountable to the State and to our private citizens. In an effort to assure our senior citizens are getting the best care possible, the Legislature in 1996, established a working group to analyze long-term care services available in the State and their projected costs. Ms. Wilson stated that SCR 11 would create a long-term care task force. Their mission would be to review the findings of that working group and to develop an equitable plan for providing an actuarially sound and affordable long-term care option for all of Alaska's senior citizens. She urged the Committee to support of the proposed legislation. Representative J. Davies MOVED to report CSSCR 11 (FIN) out of Committee with individual recommendations and with the accompanying fiscal notes. There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. CSSCR 11 (FIN) was reported out of Committee with a "no recommendation" and with fiscal notes by the Department of Commerce and Economic Development dated 3/4/98, the Office of the Governor dated 3/4/98 and the Legislative Finance Division dated 3/4/98.
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