Legislature(2019 - 2020)BUTROVICH 205

02/12/2020 01:30 PM Senate HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES

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01:32:01 PM Start
01:32:22 PM Presentation: Coronavirus: Alaska's Response and Preparedness
02:05:33 PM HB96
02:54:13 PM Adjourn
* first hearing in first committee of referral
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+ Presentation: TELECONFERENCED
"Coronavirus: Alaska's Response & Preparedness"
by Dr. Anne Zink, Department of Health & Social
Services, Chief Medical Officer
+= HB 96 PIONEERS' HOME AND VETERANS' HOME RATES TELECONFERENCED
Moved CSHB 96(FIN) Out of Committee
-Invited Testimony Followed by Public Testimony-
<Time Limit May Be Set>
+ Bills Previously Heard/Scheduled TELECONFERENCED
         HB 96-PIONEERS' HOME AND VETERANS' HOME RATES                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
2:05:33 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR WILSON  reconvened the meeting announced  the consideration                                                               
of  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE  FOR  HOUSE BILL  NO.  96(FIN), "An  Act                                                               
relating  to  Alaska Pioneers'  Home  and  Alaska Veterans'  Home                                                               
payments, rates, and services."                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
He noted  that the  committee heard  an overview  of the  bill on                                                               
January  27  and  he  planned to  continue  public  testimony  at                                                               
today's hearing.                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
2:06:24 PM                                                                                                                    
CLINTON  LASLEY, Acting  Deputy Commissioner,  Family, Community,                                                               
and  Integrated Services,  Director, Division  of Alaska  Pioneer                                                               
Homes, Department  of Health and Social  Services (DHSS), Juneau,                                                               
Alaska, said he would give an  overview of how the rate increases                                                               
enacted in  September affected the  Pioneer Home system  and what                                                               
the revenue projection looks like.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
MR.  LASLEY said  the graph  on slide  2, FY2019-FY2020  Revenue,                                                               
shows  revenues from  2019  compared to  the  projections for  FY                                                               
2020. Because  of the  rate increases,  the Department  of Health                                                               
and  Social   Services  (DHSS)  is   projecting  $7   million  in                                                               
additional  general fund  program  receipt revenue  for FY  2020.                                                               
Last year the projection for  the rate increase was $5.5 million.                                                               
One increase of  $350,000 on the chart is  federal revenue coming                                                               
from  the Veterans  Affairs (VA)  because 14  beds at  the Palmer                                                               
Pioneer  Home became  eligible for  the  higher VA  reimbursement                                                               
rate.                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
MR. LASLEY  displayed slide 3,  Long Term Care  Cost Comparison--                                                               
2019 Genworth. He noted that  he used the [Pacific] Northwest for                                                               
cost  comparisons. Genworth  surveys providers  to find  out what                                                               
providers  are charging  in different  markets. A  website allows                                                               
users to  select regions for  doing comparisons. The  chart looks                                                               
at  prices for  assisted  living and  nursing  homes in  Seattle,                                                               
Portland,  Anchorage, Alaska,  and the  Pioneer Homes.  Many have                                                               
asked him  why he looks at  nursing homes when the  Pioneer Homes                                                               
are  assisted  living  facilities,  but the  Pioneer  Homes  have                                                               
played a  unique role  in Alaska  as there  have not  been enough                                                               
nursing home  facilities in the  state. The Pioneer Homes  do not                                                               
provide  every  level of  care  but  pride themselves  in  having                                                               
elders move in and age in  place in their final home. The average                                                               
rate for nursing homes in Anchorage  and Alaska is about the same                                                               
at $30,000  per month.  The average rate  for assisted  living is                                                               
$6,000 per month.  Some facilities in Anchorage have  a base rate                                                               
with add-ons  for additional services, such  as nursing services.                                                               
The Pioneer Home  system has 24-hour nurses  unlike many assisted                                                               
living homes,  especially the  smaller ones.  For this  chart, he                                                               
averaged  the rates  for  Levels I,  II, and  III  to create  the                                                               
average rate of $7,126 for  assisted living in the Pioneer Homes.                                                               
He used  the rate  for Level  IV, the highest  level of  care for                                                               
Pioneer Homes, for the nursing  home rate of $14,167. The Pioneer                                                               
Homes  have  implemented  Level  V  in  regulation  but  are  not                                                               
utilizing that  level yet. DHSS  has received capital  funding to                                                               
build  out  a  complex  behavior neighborhood  in  the  Anchorage                                                               
Pioneer  Home.  That  project  went   out  to  bid  a  week  ago.                                                               
Hopefully, DHSS  will be  able to  stand up  that complex  in the                                                               
next few months.                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
2:12:22 PM                                                                                                                    
MR. LASLEY  described slide  4, Pioneer  Home Rates  with Medical                                                               
CPI Urban,  as the most  important slide in the  presentation. He                                                               
said he  used the  2005 Pioneer  Home rates to  look at  what the                                                               
rate increases  should have been  to stay  up with what  it truly                                                               
cost  to  provide  services.  The rates  that  went  into  effect                                                               
September 2019  are what  it truly cost  to provide  services. In                                                               
2005, the  Level I rate was  $2,240 and Level III,  which was the                                                               
highest  level of  care  at  that time,  was  $5,880. He  applied                                                               
medical  CPI to  the 2005  rates.  The table  shows that  today's                                                               
Pioneer Home  rates are very close  to what the 2005  rates would                                                               
be today with medical CPI. The  cost of providing services at the                                                               
Pioneer  Homes has  been increasing  at a  rate close  to medical                                                               
CPI. Part of the problem is  that the Pioneer Home rate increases                                                               
have been  sporadic. A methodology  is needed to avoid  this huge                                                               
gap between the rates and the cost of services.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
MR.  LASLEY  noted that  last  year  some  people asked  for  the                                                               
justification for  using medical CPI  when the Pioneer  Homes are                                                               
not  hospitals, but  the previous  slides show  that the  cost of                                                               
doing business is much closer to medical CPI.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
He  said slide  5,  Additional  Cost in  FY2020,  shows just  one                                                               
example of an  additional cost to the system of  $2,850,400 in FY                                                               
2020. This  slide shows only non-UGF  [unrestricted general fund]                                                               
and only some  personnel services. This increase  of $2.8 million                                                               
for  FY 2020  is for  furlough  reversals and  increased pay  for                                                               
nurses  to be  equal  to  the private  market.  The Pioneer  Home                                                               
system had  to absorb  that $2.8  million, which  is an  almost 5                                                               
percent increase  (including $900,000  in general funds  added to                                                               
the  Pioneer Homes  budget) for  the Pioneer  Home budget  of $60                                                               
million.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
MR.  LASLEY  said  slide  6,  Alaska  Pioneer  Homes  Admissions,                                                               
Discharge, and  Death Statistics,  provides discharge  data since                                                               
the rate increase  went into effect. Since August  1 from January                                                               
13, there were 57 admissions,  46 deaths, and 21 discharges. From                                                               
their surveys,  the Pioneer  Homes know  that 16  discharges were                                                               
for individuals who moved because of the rate increases.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
MR.  LASLEY presented  slide  7,  Occupancy-Waitlist Data,  which                                                               
shows 176  people are on  the active  waitlist as of  December 31                                                               
and 5,448  people are on  the inactive waitlist. Slide  8, Levels                                                               
of Care, shows the number of residents in each level of care.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
He said  slide 9, Payer  Source, shows  the number of  people for                                                               
different  payer  sources--Medicaid waiver,  payment  assistance,                                                               
and private pay--between 2018 and 2019.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
2:19:07 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR WILSON opened public testimony on HB 96.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
2:19:26 PM                                                                                                                    
LAURA MARTINSON,  representing self, Juneau, Alaska,  said she is                                                               
in favor  of keeping Pioneer  Homes as affordable as  possible to                                                               
allow families like hers to  stay more connected. Her grandfather                                                               
is  a Korean  War veteran.  He was  completely independent  until                                                               
about  a  year  ago  when  he broke  his  hip  snow  blowing  his                                                               
neighbor's driveway at age 86. Moving  him to a care facility was                                                               
one  of  the  hardest  decisions  her family  has  had  to  make.                                                               
Ultimately,  he chose  to  stay  in Alaska  to  be  close to  his                                                               
family,  most  of  whom  are  in  Juneau.  There  are  many  more                                                               
affordable   options   outside   of  Alaska   that   allow   more                                                               
independence but  he wanted  to be close  to his  family. Shortly                                                               
after he  moved to the Sitka  Pioneer Home, the cost  of his care                                                               
increased by more  than $20,000 for the year and  he had a 30-day                                                               
warning for  that. The size of  the increase would be  massive to                                                               
anyone, but  for someone  who has  worked his  entire life  to be                                                               
self-sufficient in  his older years  is insurmountable. He  is so                                                               
proud that he  has saved enough to take care  of himself and that                                                               
is crumbling out  from beneath him. The fiscal  priorities of the                                                               
state  reflect   who  Alaskans  are   as  a  people.   She  knows                                                               
legislators are  facing challenges, but  a priority should  be to                                                               
take care of the state's elders and keep them close.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
2:22:07 PM                                                                                                                    
KARI  SPENCER, representing  self, Juneau,  Alaska, said  her 87-                                                               
year-old father  is in the  Sitka Pioneer  Home. He is  trying to                                                               
move to  Juneau but he  is on the waiting  list. He has  lived in                                                               
Juneau many years, volunteered at  the St. Vincent de Paul store,                                                               
and  picked  up  trash  while  he walked  two  miles  every  day.                                                               
Everyone called him the can man.  He was given less than 30-days'                                                               
notice about  the rate increase  from $4,692 to $6,596,  which is                                                               
an increase of 40 percent. He  saved his whole life for this, and                                                               
he can self-pay at the Level  II rate. She just saw him yesterday                                                               
in Sitka  and told him  that she  would testify today.  He wanted                                                               
everyone to know  that he is very  sad. If he runs  out of money,                                                               
the  state   will  liquidate  his  assets,   including  his  life                                                               
insurance  policies at  the cash  out  rate instead  of the  full                                                               
rate. That  would include his  U.S. Navy military  life insurance                                                               
that he bought at  age 19. He is a Korean  War veteran. He wanted                                                               
his voice to be heard  supporting this bill because it represents                                                               
a moderate amount between the two rates.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
2:24:33 PM                                                                                                                    
LYNN WILLIS, representing self, Eagle  River, Alaska, said he was                                                               
representing himself and his friend of  45 years who lives in the                                                               
Palmer  VA/Pioneer  Home. Mr.  Willis  said  he heard  the  state                                                               
representative say there  was a methodology to  the rate increase                                                               
and if  ever there  was a methodology  that needed  careful state                                                               
legislative oversight,  it was  this. The only  word for  this is                                                               
cruel. It scared his friend. He  thought he would be evicted, and                                                               
Mr. Willis told  him apparently that is not going  to happen. His                                                               
friend has  Parkinson's and can't  talk or  write well. He  is at                                                               
the Level III of care and  probably will advance to Level IV. The                                                               
state  made him  sign  a  care contract  for  Level  IV, truly  a                                                               
Hobson's choice. His friend doesn't want  to become a ward of the                                                               
state.  Mr. Willis  was not  encouraged to  read the  bill has  a                                                               
50/50  chance.  Every  day that  the  legislature  delays  taking                                                               
action to  bring justice  to these people,  these fees  move them                                                               
closer to financial ruin. He urged  the committee to bring a fair                                                               
solution to these most vulnerable of Alaskans.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
2:26:51 PM                                                                                                                    
KAY  ANDREW,  President,  Pioneers  of   Alaska  Igloo  16  &  7,                                                               
Ketchikan, Alaska, said she is  a lifelong resident of Ketchikan.                                                               
Her 200  local members  of the Pioneers  of Alaska  are concerned                                                               
about the new  price structure for the Pioneer  Homes. The prices                                                               
are completely out of reason  and not affordable to the residents                                                               
and  future residents  who  need  the security  and  care of  the                                                               
homes. This could  cost the state more in the  end when residents                                                               
run out  of money. These residents  choose to stay in  the state,                                                               
raise  their families  here, and  support  their communities  and                                                               
state. These  residents also  hope to remain  in Alaska  in their                                                               
old age  and to be able  to afford to  go to the Pioneer  Home to                                                               
live out their lives  and not have to go out  of state because of                                                               
cost.  The Pioneers  of Alaska  played  an integral  role in  the                                                               
establishment of the Pioneer Homes.  The original Pioneer Home in                                                               
Ketchikan  was  a  four-unit apartment  building  built  on  land                                                               
donated  by a  member of  Igloo  7. Igloo  16 and  7 continue  to                                                               
support  the Ketchikan  Pioneer Home  and hold  several events  a                                                               
year there, plus bring birthday  cakes every month. She urged the                                                               
committee to pass the bill to  continue to give a secure and safe                                                               
place for the state's elders.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
2:29:10 PM                                                                                                                    
ED ZASTROW, member,  Pioneers of Alaska Igloo 16  & 7, Ketchikan,                                                               
Alaska,  said he  is a  65-year resident  of Alaska.  He was  the                                                               
chair  of the  Pioneer Homes  Advisory Board  for many  years. He                                                               
signed  up for  admission to  the  Pioneer Homes  many years  ago                                                               
hoping  to live  out his  remaining years  in Ketchikan  with the                                                               
assistance of  the Pioneer  Home system.  Today with  these price                                                               
increases  he has  concerns.  A more  reasonable  cost should  be                                                               
considered.  Much   of  the  testimony  has   been  about  people                                                               
concerned  about  running  out  of  money.  He  reminded  elected                                                               
officials in Juneau that the  Pioneer Homes were committed to the                                                               
senior population in the state of Alaska.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
2:30:43 PM                                                                                                                    
AVES  THOMPSON, representing  self, Anchorage,  Alaska, said  his                                                               
wife was  in the memory care  unit at the Anchorage  Pioneer Home                                                               
until August  31, 2019. Her monthly  cost for Level III  care was                                                               
$6,795 a  month. On  September 1, 2019,  the Division  of Pioneer                                                               
increased the  rate to $13,333  per month, an annual  increase of                                                               
over $78,000  a year,  a 96.2  percent increase.  These residents                                                               
were private payers funded by  their retirement income, long-term                                                               
care  insurance, and  personal savings.  This increase  drove his                                                               
wife out of the pioneer  home. Her replacement, more than likely,                                                               
will be receiving  a state or federal subsidy to  pay the bill as                                                               
those are the  only ones who can afford the  pioneer home. In the                                                               
long run this means that all,  if not most, of the residents will                                                               
be subsidized. Alaskans  have often talked about a  glide path to                                                               
a soft landing  to minimize the effect of  revenue reductions and                                                               
budget  cuts. Late  last summer  HB 96  passed the  House with  a                                                               
substantial bipartisan majority. The Senate  did not have time to                                                               
deal   with  this   important  bill   and  disappointingly,   the                                                               
administration  still enacted  the  rate increase.  While he  can                                                               
appreciate the effort to make the  user pay for the service, this                                                               
action is  not consistent with  the discussions  and negotiations                                                               
of   other  state   agencies  that   received   the  benefit   of                                                               
restorations or portions thereof  of their budgets. The residents                                                               
of the Pioneer  Homes can live with a more  moderate increase and                                                               
further  increases can  be done  incrementally, not  in one  fell                                                               
swoop.                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
2:33:30 PM                                                                                                                    
MALAN  PAQUETTE,  representing  self,   Kenai,  Alaska,  did  not                                                               
testify on HB 96.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
2:35:47 PM                                                                                                                    
DEBBIE TILSWORTH, representing self,  Fairbanks, Alaska, said her                                                               
94-year-old mother has  been a resident at  the Fairbanks Pioneer                                                               
Home  for two-and-a-half  years.  She said  she  listened to  Mr.                                                               
Lasley's presentation last year about  the 40 to 140 percent rate                                                               
increase.  The residents  opposed those  rates and  described the                                                               
hardships those  rates would cause. At  every legislative hearing                                                               
she  participated  in,  there  was  overwhelming  testimony  from                                                               
people all over  the state opposing such  dramatic increases. She                                                               
sent  a  letter  to  Mr.  Lasley May  15,  2019,  signed  by  103                                                               
residents of the  Pioneer Homes and their  families, opposing the                                                               
new   rates.   After  HB   96   passed   the  House,   about   20                                                               
representatives wrote  to the administration asking  the governor                                                               
to postpone  the increases because this  legislation was pending.                                                               
The  administration  ignored all  the  public  testimony and  the                                                               
request of  the representatives  and imposed increases  anyway on                                                               
September 1, 2019.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
MS. TILSWORTH  said she is at  the Pioneer Home six  days a week,                                                               
and she sees the culture  has changed. "I've heard residents tell                                                               
each  other, 'If  you need  help, don't  let the  nurses or  CNAs                                                               
know. Come to  me. I'll stand outside your  bathroom while you're                                                               
showering and  make sure you  don't fall.  If they know  you need                                                               
help,  they'll bump  you  up to  the next  level  and charge  you                                                               
outrageous rates.'" She  has heard residents talk  about how they                                                               
are going  to run  out of  money in months  instead of  years and                                                               
have to  go on state assistance.  She has heard them  saying they                                                               
are paying  more and getting  less. There are three  vacant rooms                                                               
in what  she calls the  high-rent neighborhood where the  rate is                                                               
currently  $13,333 a  month. Not  surprisingly, these  rooms have                                                               
been vacant ever  since the new rates went into  effect. A friend                                                               
who was  going to move  her mother  to the Pioneer  Home canceled                                                               
the  admission when  she  learned  the rate  would  be $13,333  a                                                               
month.  She moved  her mother  to the  Washington area  where she                                                               
found a beautiful  home with assisted living for  $4,500 a month.                                                               
Ms. Tilsworth asked the committee  to support the more reasonable                                                               
rates  of HB  96.  The  current rates  need  to  be repealed  and                                                               
refunds   made.  An   apology   is  also   in   order  from   the                                                               
administration who  caused such  grief, hardship, and  stress for                                                               
residents and their families.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
2:38:53 PM                                                                                                                    
NORMAN  BEAN, representing  self,  Palmer, Alaska,  said he  sold                                                               
everything to move  into the Palmer Veterans Home.  At some point                                                               
the Pioneer Home  was going to close and  the community supported                                                               
the home. Residents  thought it would quiet  down. Then increases                                                               
created  stress. He  is 91.  He can't  take too  much stress.  He                                                               
signed a  contract with the  Pioneer Home that  he was to  pay so                                                               
much. He  figured that if he  were careful, he might  have enough                                                               
money.   He  doesn't   understand  the   people  in   Juneau.  He                                                               
understands Trump  saying it's nothing  but a swamp.  That's what                                                               
is in  Juneau now. He  is a strong  Republican. When he  signed a                                                               
contract to  buy a house, a  car, property, the contract  did not                                                               
change until  it was paid for.  This should not change  until the                                                               
rites are read and he is under the ground.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
2:42:01 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR GIESSEL said  the members of this  committee support this                                                               
bill and  are eager to  move it on to  the next committee,  so it                                                               
will hopefully cross  the finish line this year.  She thanked him                                                               
for his testimony.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
2:42:26 PM                                                                                                                    
DOROTHY DITTMAN, representing self,  Palmer, Alaska, said she was                                                               
born in  Fairbanks and  joined the military  while in  Alaska and                                                               
then  came  back home.  She  moved  to  the Palmer  Veterans  and                                                               
Pioneer Home  on June 10, 2015,  when she could afford  the rate.                                                               
This September  rates went up  and she was allotted  the courtesy                                                               
by the state to go on  the assistance payment program. She cannot                                                               
afford to live  there even though she loves it,  but she has been                                                               
told  that she  has been  grandfathered in.  She asked  where she                                                               
could  go  if anything  unforeseen  were  to happen.  She  cannot                                                               
afford  to live  anywhere else.  All  the seniors  she talked  to                                                               
greatly feel this monetary crunch. HB 96 will be a godsend.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
2:45:09 PM                                                                                                                    
BILL BROKAW, representing self, Palmer,  Alaska, said he is a 60-                                                               
year-resident of Alaska.  He has been in the  Palmer Pioneer Home                                                               
for a  year-and-a-half. His 81-year-old wife  has Alzheimer's. He                                                               
is 84  himself and it became  impossible to handle the  24/7 care                                                               
that  she needed.  As veterans,  Mr.  Brokaw, and  his wife  both                                                               
qualified for  the Palmer Veterans  home. The couple moved  in in                                                               
June 2018. His  wife has a room in the  Alzheimer's section while                                                               
he is in the independent  living area. Through his insistence, he                                                               
qualified his  wife for the  Medicaid waiver, VA help,  and long-                                                               
term care  help. The  financial help of  these agencies  paid all                                                               
but $600.  Last September the  home made huge increases  in rent.                                                               
Because of agency help and the  Medicaid waiver, his wife did not                                                               
have  increased charges,  but his  monthly charge  increased over                                                               
$1,000 a month. He was not  informed of this increase when making                                                               
the  decision  to  move  into  the  pioneer  home.  Their  living                                                               
expenses exceed  their income and there  is no money for  some of                                                               
the fun things  associated with senior living. He  was hoping the                                                               
Senate  would pass  HB  96  to rescind  the  huge increases  from                                                               
September of  2019. The extravagant  September increase  would be                                                               
replaced by a  much smaller increase based on  the Consumer Price                                                               
Index  for  the  urban  wage  earners  and  clerical  workers  in                                                               
Anchorage.  He would  hope for  a  refund for  himself and  other                                                               
residents  who   have  suffered   financially  because   of  this                                                               
unwarranted increase. Financial help  to financially strapped old                                                               
folks is desperately needed.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
2:48:05 PM                                                                                                                    
DAVE BROWN,  representing self, Palmer,  Alaska, said  he retired                                                               
after 23  years of service  in the U.S.  Army. He retired  out of                                                               
Fort Richardson  in 1976 and has  lived in Alaska ever  since. He                                                               
was able to enter the Palmer  Veterans and Pioneer Home two years                                                               
ago because  of veteran  preference. His wife  could not  come at                                                               
the  time. While  waiting for  his  wife to  join, she  developed                                                               
Alzheimer's and went into assisted  living, which cost him $4,000                                                               
a month.  He sold his house  and car and everything  that he had.                                                               
He made  a special  fund to  take care  of her.  The VA  helps to                                                               
subsidize him  at the  Palmer home.  His wife  never got  to join                                                               
him. She  passed away a year  ago this month. She  was never able                                                               
to join  him under the  same roof. When  he brought her  ashes to                                                               
the Pioneer Home after she was  cremated, that was the first time                                                               
in  two-and-a-half years  that  the couple  were  under the  same                                                               
roof.  The  spouse of  a  service  member  should be  allowed  in                                                               
automatically. It  is too  late for him,  but the  Palmer Pioneer                                                               
Home is a  wonderful home. He doesn't want anything  to happen to                                                               
disturb that. He strongly encouraged the passing of HB 96.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
2:50:46 PM                                                                                                                    
CRIS EICHENLAUB, representing self,  Eagle River, Alaska, said he                                                               
wanted  to see  real solutions,  not Band-Aids,  for the  state's                                                               
challenges affecting  things like  ferry service,  Pioneer Homes,                                                               
and education. People are trying to  hit the easy button by going                                                               
for money, money,  money and want to  subsidize everything. There                                                               
are ways to  be more efficient, such as using  interns and church                                                               
organizations.  The state  must  reorganize. There  is  a pot  of                                                               
money with not enough in it.  The legislature does not have to go                                                               
after people's permanent  fund dividends. The state  needs to see                                                               
how  it can  be  cheaper. These  people do  not  feel that  their                                                               
expenses are being subsidized. There  must be ways to make $4,000                                                               
a month work for someone.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
2:53:03 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR WILSON  closed public  testimony on HB  96 and  solicited a                                                               
motion.                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
2:53:42 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR VON IMHOF  moved to report the  committee substitute (CS)                                                               
for HB  96, version 31-LS0646\S,  from committee  with individual                                                               
recommendations and updated fiscal notes.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
2:53:54 PM                                                                                                                    
There  being no  objection, CSHB  96(FIN) was  reported from  the                                                               
Senate Health and Social Services Standing Committee.                                                                           

Document Name Date/Time Subjects
HB096 Bill Version A 3.25.19.PDF HHSS 4/9/2019 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/23/2019 3:00:00 PM
HSTA 3/26/2019 3:00:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
HB096 Sponsor Statement 3.25.19.pdf HHSS 4/9/2019 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/23/2019 3:00:00 PM
HSTA 3/26/2019 3:00:00 PM
SFIN 3/9/2020 9:00:00 AM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
HB096 Sectional Analysis 3.25.19.pdf HHSS 4/9/2019 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/23/2019 3:00:00 PM
HSTA 3/26/2019 3:00:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
HB096 Fiscal Note DHSS-APHPA 3.25.19.pdf HHSS 4/9/2019 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/23/2019 3:00:00 PM
HSTA 3/26/2019 3:00:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
HB096 Supporting Document Alaska Pioneer Homes Advisory Board Report 2018 3.25.19.pdf HHSS 4/9/2019 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/23/2019 3:00:00 PM
HSTA 3/26/2019 3:00:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
HB096 Supporting Document Consumer Price Index in AK Statutes 3.25.19.pdf HHSS 4/9/2019 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/23/2019 3:00:00 PM
HSTA 3/26/2019 3:00:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
HB096 Supporting Document-PPT Presentation 3.5.19 HSS Finance Subcommittee, 3.25.19.pdf HHSS 4/9/2019 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/23/2019 3:00:00 PM
HSTA 3/26/2019 3:00:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
HB096 Letters of Support 3.25.19.pdf HHSS 4/9/2019 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/23/2019 3:00:00 PM
HSTA 3/26/2019 3:00:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
HB096 Supporting Document AK Dept of Labor Consumer Price Index 2018 3.25.19.pdf HHSS 4/9/2019 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/23/2019 3:00:00 PM
HSTA 3/26/2019 3:00:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
HB096 Fiscal Note DHSS-PH 3.26.19.pdf HHSS 4/9/2019 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/23/2019 3:00:00 PM
HSTA 3/26/2019 3:00:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
HB096 Supporting Document DHSS Budget Subcommittee Amendment No. 1 PASSED 3.26.19.pdf HHSS 4/9/2019 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/23/2019 3:00:00 PM
HSTA 3/26/2019 3:00:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
HB096 Letter of Support #11 3.27.19.pdf HHSS 4/23/2019 3:00:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
HB096 Letter of Support #12 3.27.19.pdf HHSS 4/23/2019 3:00:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
HB096 Letters of Support Redacted 3.27.19.pdf HHSS 4/23/2019 3:00:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
HB096 ver U Sectional Analysis 3.28.19.pdf HHSS 4/23/2019 3:00:00 PM
HSTA 3/28/2019 3:00:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
HB096 Summary of Changes Version M to Version U 3.28.19.pdf HHSS 4/9/2019 3:00:00 PM
HSTA 3/28/2019 3:00:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
HB096 CS ver U 3.28.19.pdf HSTA 3/28/2019 3:00:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
HB096 Fiscal Note ver U PHPA-HSTA 4.3.19.pdf HHSS 4/23/2019 3:00:00 PM
HSTA 4/2/2019 4:00:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
HB096 Fiscal Note ver U PH-HSTA 4.3.19.pdf HHSS 4/9/2019 3:00:00 PM
HSTA 4/2/2019 4:00:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
HB096 Supporting Document - AKARA Letter of Support 3.28.19.pdf HHSS 4/9/2019 3:00:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
HB096 Opposing Document - Letter of Opposition 3.28.19.pdf HHSS 4/9/2019 3:00:00 PM
HHSS 4/23/2019 3:00:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
HB096 Supporting Document - Letter of Support 3.28.19.pdf HHSS 4/23/2019 3:00:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
HB096 Supporting Document - Letter of Support 3.29.19.pdf SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
HB096 Supporting Document - Letter of Support 3.27.19.pdf SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
HB096 Opposing Document - Letter of Opposition 3.28.19 #2.pdf SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
HB096 Supporting Document - Letter of Support 3.28.19 #2.pdf SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
CSHB 96 Sponsor Statement 4.3.19.pdf HHSS 4/9/2019 3:00:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
CSHB 96 Summary of Changes Version M to Version U 4.3.19.pdf HHSS 4/9/2019 3:00:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
CSHB 96 Sectional Analysis Version U 4.3.19.pdf HHSS 4/9/2019 3:00:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
CSHB 96 Fiscal Note Payment Assistance Allocation 4.3.19.pdf HHSS 4/9/2019 3:00:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
CSHB 96 Fiscal Note Pioneer Home Allocation 4.3.19.pdf HHSS 4/9/2019 3:00:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
CSHB 96 Sectional Analysis Version M 4.3.19.pdf HHSS 4/9/2019 3:00:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
CSHB 96 Supporting Document Combined Letters of Support 4.8.19.pdf HHSS 4/9/2019 3:00:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
CSHB 96 Sponsor Statement 4.3.19.pdf HHSS 4/23/2019 3:00:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
CSHB 96 Sectional Analysis Version U 4.3.19.pdf SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
CSHB 96 Summary of Changes Version M to Version U 4.3.19.pdf HHSS 4/23/2019 3:00:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
CSHB 96 Supporting Document Combined Letters of Support 4.8.19.pdf HHSS 4/23/2019 3:00:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
CSHB 96 Version U 4.3.19.pdf HHSS 4/23/2019 3:00:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
HB0096 Bill Version M 4.3.19.PDF HHSS 4/23/2019 3:00:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
CSHB 96 Fiscal Note Payment Assistance Allocation 4.3.19.pdf HHSS 4/23/2019 3:00:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
CSHB 96 Fiscal Note Pioneer Home Allocation 4.3.19.pdf HHSS 4/23/2019 3:00:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
CSHB 96 Sectional Analysis Version M 4.3.19.pdf HHSS 4/23/2019 3:00:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
CSHB 96 Supporting Document PPT Presentation 4.24.19.pptx SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
CSHB 96 Sectional Analysis Version M 4.24.19.pdf HFIN 4/29/2019 1:30:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
CSHB 96 Sponsor Statement 4.24.19.pdf HFIN 4/29/2019 1:30:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
CSHB 96 Summary of Changes Version M to Version U 4.24.19.pdf HFIN 4/29/2019 1:30:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
CSHB 96 Supporting Document Combined Letters of Support 4.24.19.pdf HFIN 4/29/2019 1:30:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
HB 96 Supporting Doc. Support .pdf HFIN 4/29/2019 1:30:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
HB 96 NEW FN DHSS PH 5.2.19.pdf HFIN 5/2/2019 1:30:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
HB 96 Supporting Doc Testimony.pdf HFIN 5/2/2019 1:30:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
HB 96 Supporting Doc DHSS PH costs.pdf HFIN 5/2/2019 1:30:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
HB 96 Amendment 2 Wilson .pdf HFIN 5/3/2019 1:30:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
HB 96 Amendment 1 Josephson.pdf HFIN 5/3/2019 1:30:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
HB 96 Amendment 3 Knopp.pdf HFIN 5/3/2019 1:30:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
HB 96 Supporting Doc Petition of Support.pdf HFIN 4/29/2019 1:30:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
1 CSHB 96 Sponsor Statement 5.12.19.pdf SHSS 1/27/2020 1:30:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
2 CSHB 96 House Finance Committee Substitute Version S 5.12.19.PDF SHSS 1/27/2020 1:30:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
3 CSHB 96 Supporting Document Sectional Analysis Version S 5.12.19.pdf SFIN 3/9/2020 9:00:00 AM
SHSS 1/27/2020 1:30:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
4 CSHB96 Version S Payment Assistance Allocation Fiscal Note 5.12.19.pdf SHSS 1/27/2020 1:30:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
5 CSHB96 Version S Pioneer Homes Allocation Fiscal Note 5.12.19.pdf SHSS 1/27/2020 1:30:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
6 CSHB 96 Summary of Changes Version M to Version S 5.12.19.pdf SFIN 3/9/2020 9:00:00 AM
SHSS 1/27/2020 1:30:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
7 HB 96 Supporting Document Combined Letters of Support 4.18.19.pdf SHSS 1/27/2020 1:30:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
8 CSHB 96 Supporting Doc Petition of Support 5.12.19.pdf SHSS 1/27/2020 1:30:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
9 CSHB 96 Supporting Document-Agnew Beck Study 5.12.19.pdf SHSS 1/27/2020 1:30:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
10 CSHB 96 Supporting Document-Pioneer Home Advisory Board Report 5.12.19.pdf SHSS 1/27/2020 1:30:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
11 CSHB 96 Supporting Document PPT Presentation 5.12.19.pdf SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
12 HB 96 Supporting Doc DHSS PH costs 5.12.19.pdf SHSS 1/27/2020 1:30:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
CSHB 96 Supporting Document PPT Presentation 1.22.2020.pdf SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
CSHB96 Supporting Document-2019 AFN Resolution 1.23.2020.pdf SHSS 1/27/2020 1:30:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
HB 96 FN DHSS AK Pioneer Home.pdf SHSS 1/27/2020 1:30:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
HB96 FN DHSS APH Payment Assistance.pdf SHSS 1/27/2020 1:30:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
CSHB96
HB 96
CSHB 96 Supporting Document PPT Presentation 1.27.2020.pdf SHSS 1/27/2020 1:30:00 PM
SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
AKPH update SHSS 02-12-20.pdf SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
HB 96
novel Coronavirus (nCoV) Feb 12 2020.pdf SHSS 2/12/2020 1:30:00 PM
DHSS Update on the Coronavirus by Dr. Anne Zink, Chief Medical Officer