05/13/2025 03:15 PM House HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES

           SJR 16-FEDERAL ENSURING LASTING SMILES ACT                                                                       
           HJR 17-FEDERAL ENSURING LASTING SMILES ACT                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
3:23:14 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR MINA  announced that the  first order of business  would be                                                               
SENATE  JOINT  RESOLUTION  NO.   16,  Urging  the  United  States                                                               
Congress  to pass  the Ensuring  Lasting Smiles  Act; and  urging                                                               
lawmakers  to  advocate  for policies  that  guarantee  equitable                                                               
access to  vital healthcare  and HOUSE  JOINT RESOLUTION  NO. 17,                                                               
Urging the  United States Congress  to pass the  Ensuring Lasting                                                               
Smiles Act;  and urging lawmakers  to advocate for  policies that                                                               
guarantee equitable access to vital healthcare.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
3:23:39 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  ELVI GRAY-JACKSON,  Alaska State  Legislature, as  prime                                                               
sponsor,  presented SJR  16.     She  thanked  the committee  for                                                               
supporting the resolution.   She stated that  the resolution will                                                               
provide   support   for   those  with   [congenital]   anomalies,                                                               
referencing  both  the costs  of  care  for such  conditions  and                                                               
witness testimony during earlier committee sessions.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
3:24:58 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  MEARS moved  to report  SJR 16  out of  committee                                                               
with  individual  recommendations  and  the  accompanying  fiscal                                                               
notes.  There being no objection,  SJR 16 was reported out of the                                                               
House Health and Social Services Standing Committee.