04/03/2001 03:03 PM House HES

HB 160-REPORTING OF ABORTIONS                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR DYSON  announced that the  next order of business  would be                                                               
HOUSE BILL  NO. 160, "An  Act requiring the reporting  of induced                                                               
terminations of pregnancies."                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
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DANIELLE  SERINO, Staff  to Representative  John Coghill,  Alaska                                                               
State  Legislature, came  forth on  behalf of  the sponsor  of HB
.  She  explained that the proposed  committee substitute (CS)                                                               
for HB  160 [version  22-LS0457\F, Lauterbach,  4/2/01] addresses                                                               
some of the  concerns that were raised in  the previous committee                                                               
hearing.   She stated that  on page 1, lines  6, and 12  the time                                                               
the  report is  to be  submitted was  changed from  3 days  to 30                                                               
days.   On page 2,  the previous subsection, (e)(2),  was deleted                                                               
in its entirety.                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE COGHILL speaking as the  sponsor of HB 160, stated                                                               
that this is  a change that he  reluctantly made.  He  said he is                                                               
still  looking for  ways to  get specific  reporting information;                                                               
however, that is rather problematic.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
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CHAIR  DYSON asked  if there  was any  objection to  adopting the                                                               
proposed CS  for HB  160, 22-LS0457\F,  Lauterbach, 4/2/01,  as a                                                               
working document.   He announced  that there being  no objection,                                                               
CSHB 160 was before the committee.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE COHGILL  made a motion to  move the CS for  HB 160                                                               
22-LS0457\F, Lauterbach,  4/2/01, from committee  with individual                                                               
recommendations and the attached zero  fiscal note.  He explained                                                               
that his  reasoning behind [the  zero fiscal note] was  that with                                                               
some  of the  things  taken  out [of  the  bill],  he thinks  the                                                               
Department  of Health  and Social  Services  (DHSS) already  does                                                               
much of  what is asked.   He said he  would rather let  the House                                                               
Finance Committee  struggle with  [DHSS] than [the  House Health,                                                               
Education and Social Services Standing Committee].                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
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REPRESENTATIVE WILSON  made a motion  to adopt the  proposed zero                                                               
fiscal note.  There being no  objection, the zero fiscal note was                                                               
adopted.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
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REPRESENTATIVE COGHILL renewed  his motion to move the  CS for HB
   22-LS0457\F,  Lauterbach,   4/2/01,  from   committee  with                                                               
individual  recommendations and  the attached  zero fiscal  note.                                                               
There  being no  objection, CSHB  160(HES) moved  from the  House                                                               
Health, Education and Social Services Standing Committee.