Legislature(2011 - 2012)BUTROVICH 205
03/30/2011 01:30 PM Senate HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES
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SB22 | |
SB74 | |
Adjourn |
* first hearing in first committee of referral
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+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
*+ | SCR 7 | TELECONFERENCED | |
*+ | SB 22 | TELECONFERENCED | |
*+ | SB 74 | TELECONFERENCED | |
+ | TELECONFERENCED |
SCR 7-FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS DAY 1:34:35 PM CHAIR DAVIS announced the first order of business would be SCR 7, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day. SENATOR KEVIN MEYER, sponsor of SCR 7, said this bill proclaims September 9, 2011, as Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Awareness Day. The date is a reminder on the ninth day of the ninth month that during the nine months of pregnancy a woman should abstain from alcohol. He has had the opportunity of participating in FASD awareness events over the past few years. Unfortunately, Alaska has the highest known rate of FASD in the United States. This is caused by prenatal exposure to alcohol; FASD can result in permanent brain damage, learning difficulties, behavior problems, birth defects, and the loss of individual potential. Lifetime costs of services for affected individuals are in the millions of dollars. FASD is totally preventable. This resolution supports an effort to bring attention to the condition that has been devastating our state. If we keep working at it long enough and hard enough, people will get the message and we will see a change in behavior. 1:37:03 PM SENATOR DYSON commended the sponsor for introducing the bill. He said FASD is totally preventable, and some progress has been made in the past twelve years with laws requiring warnings to be posted. Six years ago the state was spending about $1 million on each child with FASD by age 18. 1:38:04 PM DEB EVENSEN, representing herself, said SCR 7 was a really good idea. This is an inexpensive way to deal with a gigantic problem. Helping mothers not drink when they are pregnant will decrease suicide rates, crime rates, school failures, and reduce the prison population. Over the last 25 years she has worked in almost every village and town in the state and almost every school district. In some communities there is a third generation of children being born with FASD. Many people still don't know that a glass of wine during pregnancy destroys 10,000 cells in the developing fetal brain. We can help turn this problem around. 1:40:32 PM K.J. METCALFE, speaking for himself, said he had been the chair for the last two FASD regional conferences here in Southeast Alaska. They are having a workshop this coming Tuesday on FASD and sexuality. This bill goes to the heart of the issue. He would like to say that prevention is the key, but support services are also needed. For example, he knows of two women in town who are chronic alcoholics, probably their mothers were also. Between them they had 20 children who all became wards of the state. Now those children are becoming sexually active, and they are all affected. Twenty children, two adults, probably more being created as we speak; that is a huge amount of money that if we had taken care of those two women they could have raised a healthy baby and we could cut down the FASD rate. Education is the key. 1:43:31 PM CHAIR DAVIS thanked Senator Meyer and asked if the day was always September 9. SENATOR MEYER answered yes, it is always the ninth day of the ninth month. CHAIR DAVIS noted there is a way where this would not have to be passed each year. SENATOR EGAN moved to report SCR 7 from committee with individual recommendations and attached fiscal note(s). There being no objection, SCR 7 moved from the Senate Health and Social Services Standing Committee.
Document Name | Date/Time | Subjects |
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SCR 7 Sponsor Statement.pdf |
SHSS 3/30/2011 1:30:00 PM |
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SCR 7 Bill Text.pdf |
SHSS 3/30/2011 1:30:00 PM |
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SCR7 10 Things You Should Know About FAS.pdf |
SHSS 3/30/2011 1:30:00 PM |
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SCR7 FASD Economic Cost pgs 34-37.pdf |
SHSS 3/30/2011 1:30:00 PM |
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SB 22_Version A.pdf |
SHSS 3/30/2011 1:30:00 PM |
SB 22 |
SB 22 Sectional Analysis Version A.pdf |
SHSS 3/30/2011 1:30:00 PM |
SB 22 |
SB22 CS Version B.pdf |
SHSS 3/30/2011 1:30:00 PM |
SB 22 |
SB 22 Summary of Changes Version B.pdf |
SHSS 3/30/2011 1:30:00 PM |
SB 22 |
SB 22 Youth Concussion Ed Pack.pdf |
SHSS 3/30/2011 1:30:00 PM |
SB 22 |
SB 22 State Legislatures Article.pdf |
SHSS 3/30/2011 1:30:00 PM |
SB 22 |
SB 22 NPR Story.pdf |
SHSS 3/30/2011 1:30:00 PM |
SB 22 |
SB 22 LetterOfSupport ABIN.pdf |
SHSS 3/30/2011 1:30:00 PM |
SB 22 |
SB 22 Brain Injury Association of WA.pdf |
SHSS 3/30/2011 1:30:00 PM |
SB 22 |
SB 22 Boston Univ Article.pdf |
SHSS 3/30/2011 1:30:00 PM |
SB 22 |
SB 22 AATA Letter of Support.pdf |
SHSS 3/30/2011 1:30:00 PM |
SB 22 |
SB 74 Bill.pdf |
SHSS 3/30/2011 1:30:00 PM |
SB 74 |
SB 74 Sectional Analysis.pdf |
SHSS 3/30/2011 1:30:00 PM |
SB 74 |
AK HB 79- SB 74 Actuarial Cost Analysis 3 4 2011 FINAL.pdf |
SHSS 3/30/2011 1:30:00 PM |
HB 79 SB 74 |
SB 74 Autism Plan Progress.pdf |
SHSS 3/30/2011 1:30:00 PM |
SB 74 |
SB74 Breaking Through.pdf |
SHSS 3/30/2011 1:30:00 PM |
SB 74 |
SB74 Ganz Article on Societal Costs.pdf |
SHSS 3/30/2011 1:30:00 PM |
SB 74 |
SB74 Stone Soup Group.pdf |
SHSS 3/30/2011 1:30:00 PM |
SB 74 |
SB74 Trust Letter.pdf |
SHSS 3/30/2011 1:30:00 PM |
SB 74 |