03/27/2001 03:37 PM House HES

HB 77-APPROP: REPLACEMENT OF API                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR DYSON announced that the  committee would hear testimony on                                                               
SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE  FOR HOUSE  BILL NO. 77,  "An Act  relating to                                                               
appropriations for  the design and construction  of a replacement                                                               
facility or  facilities for the Alaska  Psychiatric Institute and                                                               
for a grant  to study the feasibility of  locating certain health                                                               
programs at  the site  of the  Alaska Psychiatric  Institute; and                                                               
providing for an effective date."                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Number 1444                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE   NORMAN  ROKEBERG,   Alaska  State   Legislature,                                                               
Sponsor, stated that HB 77 is  a companion bill [to HB 76], which                                                               
provides $200,000  in appropriations.   This  will allow  for the                                                               
Department  of   Community  &  Economic  Development,   with  the                                                               
Department  of Health  & Social  Services and  the University  of                                                               
Alaska, to work  on a consolidated site plan and  facility in the                                                               
UMed  (University  Medical)  district  for  the  Municipality  of                                                               
Anchorage.   He stated that  there is  a good deal  of discussion                                                               
within the entire community as to  what the highest and best uses                                                               
of the remaining  land or the land to be  redeveloped in the UMed                                                               
district are.                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Number 1364                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  COGHILL  made  a  motion to  adopt  the  proposed                                                               
committee  substitute  (CS)  for SSHB  77,  version  22-LS0350\J,                                                               
Utermohle, 3/14/01, as  a work draft.  There  being no objection,                                                               
proposed CSSSHB 77, Version J, was before the committee.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Number 1334                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE COGHILL made  a motion to move  CSSSHB 77, version                                                               
22-LS0350\J, Utermohle,  3/14/01, from committee  with individual                                                               
recommendations and the  attached zero fiscal note.   There being                                                               
no  objection,  CSSSHB  77(HES)  moved  from  the  House  Health,                                                               
Education and Social Services Standing Committee.