Legislature(2023 - 2024)DAVIS 106
03/28/2024 03:00 PM House HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES
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HB 309-DELEGATION OF ROUTINE OPTOMETRY SERVICES 3:07:28 PM CHAIR PRAX announced that the first order of business would be HOUSE BILL NO. 309, "An Act relating to the practice of optometry; and relating to the delegation of routine services of optometry." 3:08:10 PM JAMES "BUD" SEXTON, Staff, Representative Justin Ruffridge, Alaska State Legislature, on behalf of Representative Ruffridge, prime sponsor, presented HB 309. He began his testimony by giving a quick overview of the proposed legislation and its policies. He explained that it would allow optometrists in Alaska to delegate routine tasks to staff in optometrists' offices and detailed how the bill would further "clean up" Alaska statute to be clearer in its intent. 3:09:38 PM REPRESENTATIVE MINA cited a letter of opposition and concern from the American Academy of Ophthalmologists and asked the bill sponsor if he had a response to it. REPRESENTATIVE RUFFRIDGE, as prime sponsor, responded that the letter seemed to be in opposition to HB 309, though the issues it covered as inadequate are already addressed in the bill. He provided specific examples and explained that HB 309 was a framework bill that would give the Alaska Board of Optometry the framework to draft any given provisions related to the delegation of services. REPRESENTATIVE MINA noted that Sylvan Robb had penned the aforementioned letter and said she would like to hear from Ms. Robb regarding her thoughts related to HB 309. 3:13:09 PM MR. SEXTON suggested that a better comparison of statutory language would be Alaska's existing ophthalmology statutes, of which he cited Alaska Statute (AS) 8.64.106. 3:14:59 PM SYLVAN ROBB, Director, Division of Corporations, Business, and Professional Licensing (DCBPL), Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development (DCCED), explained that she would need to read the statutory language regarding dentistry referred to by Representative Mina and said that the type of delegation language proposed under HB 309 is quite common and generally preferable, because it would allow the statutory entity to set its own regulations and not have to refer to the Alaska State Legislature each time an entity would like to change a regulation. 3:16:09 PM BRADLEY CROSS, Chair, Alaska Board of Optometry, explained that establishing the guardrails that would be set up under HB 309 via proposed regulation process is the typical way to accomplish the goals that the proposed legislation aims to achieve. 3:17:15 PM CHAIR PRAX inquired whether individuals who are delegated the authority to do routine tasks have to be licensed specifically. MS. ROBB responded that the licensee is responsible for the practices performed by that person to whom they are delegating. 3:19:02 PM REPRESENTATIVE RUFFRIDGE moved to report HB 309 out of committee with individual recommendations and the accompanying fiscal notes. There being no objection, HB 309 was reported out of the House Health and Social Services Standing Committee.
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HB 309 Block of Support Letters.pdf |
HHSS 3/28/2024 3:00:00 PM |
HB 309 |
HB 309 Opthalmology Acad. Opposition.pdf |
HHSS 3/28/2024 3:00:00 PM |
HB 309 |
HB 283 Fiscal Note DOH-COA.pdf |
HHSS 3/28/2024 3:00:00 PM |
HB 283 |
HB 309 Lamigo Support.pdf |
HHSS 3/28/2024 3:00:00 PM |
HB 309 |
HB 309 Karpik Support.pdf |
HHSS 3/28/2024 3:00:00 PM |
HB 309 |
HB 309 Walgenbach Support.pdf |
HHSS 3/28/2024 3:00:00 PM |
HB 309 |
HB 309 Delaney Support.pdf |
HHSS 3/28/2024 3:00:00 PM |
HB 309 |
HB 309 Charlton Support.pdf |
HHSS 3/28/2024 3:00:00 PM |
HB 309 |
HB 309 (HSS)Follow-Up from DCCED-CBPL.pdf |
HHSS 3/28/2024 3:00:00 PM |
HB 309 |