02/16/2012 09:00 AM Senate STATE AFFAIRS

         SB 179-MISSING VULNERABLE ADULT RESPONSE PLAN                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
9:30:30 AM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR WIELECHOWSKI  announced the consideration of  SB 179, which                                                               
would  create  a   new  statewide  alert  system   to  help  find                                                               
vulnerable  missing   adults.  Last  week  the   committee  heard                                                               
testimony from  the Alaska State Troopers,  Alaska Association of                                                               
Retired  People, Alaska  Commission on  Aging, the  Department of                                                               
Military  and Veteran's  Affairs, Division  of Homeland  Security                                                               
and Emergency  Management, and several  Alzheimer's Associations,                                                               
among others.  No negative testimony  was received. The  bill has                                                               
three  zero  fiscal notes:  two  from  the Department  of  Public                                                               
Safety  and one  from the  Department of  Military and  Veteran's                                                               
Affairs.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR BETTYE DAVIS, sponsor, thanked  the committee for hearing                                                               
the  bill in  a timely  manner. She  said SB  179 would  be quite                                                               
helpful to Alaskan citizens.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  WIELECHOWSKI requested  a  motion to  move  the bill  from                                                               
committee.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  MEYER moved  to  report  SB 179  out  of committee  with                                                               
individual recommendations and the attached fiscal notes.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  WIELECHOWSKI  announced  that without  objection,  SB  179                                                               
moved from the Senate State Affairs Standing Committee.