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06/28/2023 01:00 PM House LEGISLATIVE BUDGET & AUDIT
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| Audio | Topic |
|---|---|
| Start | |
| Approval of Minutes | |
| Rpl 16-2024-0130 | |
| Board of Chiropractic Examiners Audit | |
| Executive Session | |
| Fy 22 Single Audit Release | |
| Adjourn |
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET AND AUDIT COMMITTEE
Anchorage, Alaska
June 28, 2023
1:03 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Representative Ben Carpenter, Chair
Senator Bert Stedman, Vice Chair
Representative DeLena Johnson
Representative Frank Tomaszewski
Senator Bill Wielechowski
Senator Lyman Hoffman
Senator James Kaufman
Senator Scott Kawasaki
MEMBERS ABSENT
Representative Sarah Vance
Representative Andy Josephson
Representative Mike Cronk (alternate)
Senator Click Bishop (alternate)
OTHER LEGISLATORS PRESENT
Senator Jesse Kiehl
Representative Dan Ortiz
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
RPL 16-2024-0130
BOARD OF CHIROPRACTIC EXAMINERS AUDIT
EXECUTIVE SESSION
FY 22 SINGLE AUDIT RELEASE
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION
No previous action to record
WITNESS REGISTER
ALEXEI PAINTER, Director
Legislative Finance Division
Juneau, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: Presented RPL 16-2024-0130.
KRIS CURTIS, Legislative Auditor
Legislative Audit Division
Legislative Affairs Agency
Juneau, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: Presented a memo following the Board of
Chiropractic Examiners audit.
ACTION NARRATIVE
1:03:40 PM
CHAIR BEN CARPENTER called the Legislative Budget and Audit
Committee meeting to order at 1:03 p.m. Senators Wielechowski
(via teleconference), Hoffman, Kaufman, Kawasaki, and Stedman
(via teleconference) and Representatives D. Johnson (via
teleconference), Tomaszewski (via teleconference), and Carpenter
were present at the call to order. Senator Kiehl (via
teleconference) and Representative Ortiz were also present.
^Approval of Minutes
Approval of Minutes
1:05:46 PM
CHAIR CARPENTER announced that the first order of business would
be the approval of minutes.
1:05:55 PM
SENATOR KAUFMAN moved that the Legislative Budget and Audit
Committee approve the minutes for the May 18, 2023, meetings as
presented. There being no objection, the minutes were approved.
^RPL 16-2024-0130
RPL 16-2024-0130
1:06:22 PM
CHAIR CARPENTER announced that the next order of business would
be the presentation of RPL 16-2024-0130.
1:06:38 PM
The committee took a brief at-ease.
1:07:20 PM
ALEXEI PAINTER, Director, Legislative Finance Division,
presented RPL 16-2024-0130 from the Department of Health (DOH).
He stated that the RPL amounted to $460,000 of statutorily
designated program receipts (SDPR) in 2024 expanding the
authority granted in HB 39. He explained that Alaska was party
to a $26 billion settlement with a manufacturer and three
distributors of opioids. Alaska was set to receive $58.5
million over the next 18 years, he said, having already received
$9 million of that amount. The settlement allowed funds to be
used by states and local governments on abatement of the opioid
epidemic. In Alaska, the governor signed Administrative Order
No. 324 (AO324), establishing the Governor's Advisory Council on
Opioid Remediation (GACOR) tasked with determining the use of
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the settlement funds. Legislation submitted in the 33
legislative session based on GACOR's recommendations - SB 133
and HB 171 - proposed placing the funds into a special account
with a 5 percent of market value (POMV) draw, essentially
turning the $58.5 million into a perpetual fund used for opioid
remediation indefinitely. He indicated that the amount of
$460,000 in RPL 16-2024-0130 matched the first year POMV draw
proposed under SB 133. He noted that Legislative Finance
Division (LFD) foresaw no technical, legal, or fiscal issues
with the RPL. He flagged several policy questions, such as
determining whether the use of the settlement funds issue was
appropriate for the RPL process or whether it was a larger
policy discussion to be had by the full legislature. He noted
that there was some flexibility with the funds within the
broader framework of abating the opioid epidemic.
1:12:39 PM
The committee took a brief at-ease.
1:12:54 PM
SENATOR KAUFMAN moved that the Legislative Budget and Audit
Committee approve the RPL 16-2024-0130 as presented.
CHAIR CARPENTER objected for the purpose of discussion; seeing
none, he removed his objection to the adoption of the RPL.
There being no further objection, RPL 16-2024-0130 was approved.
^Board of Chiropractic Examiners Audit
Board of Chiropractic Examiners Audit
1:13:44 PM
CHAIR CARPENTER announced that the next order of business would
be the presentation of a memo following the Board of
Chiropractic Examiners audit.
1:14:03 PM
KRIS CURTIS, Legislative Auditor, Legislative Audit Division,
Legislative Affairs Agency (LAA), explained that the memo
[included in the committee packet] followed the recommendations
made in the 2021 sunset audit of the Board of Chiropractic
Examiners. She directed attention to page 2 of the memo, which
offered a summary of the recommendations, highlighting the
"resolved" status of each.
^Executive Session
Executive Session
1:15:38 PM
CHAIR CARPENTER announced that the next order of business would
be executive session.
1:16:07 PM
SENATOR KAUFMAN moved that the Legislative Budget and Audit
Committee go into Executive Session under Uniform Rule 22(b)(3),
for discussion of matters that may, by law, be required to be
confidential. There being no objection, it was so ordered.
CHAIR CARPENTER asked that the following people remain in the
room or on the phone lines: the legislative auditor and
necessary staff; any legislators not on the committee; and
legislative staff to members of the committee.
1:16:47 PM
The committee took an at-ease from 1:16 p.m. to 2:23 p.m. for
the purpose of executive session.
2:23:56 PM
CHAIR CARPENTER called the Legislative Budget and Audit
Committee meeting back to order at 2:23 p.m. Senators Hoffman,
Kaufman, and Kawasaki, and Representatives D. Johnson (via
teleconference), Tomaszewski (via teleconference), and
Carpenter, were present at the call back to order. Senator
Kiehl (via teleconference) and Representative Ortiz were also
present.
2:25:19 PM
The committee took a brief at-ease.
^FY 22 Single Audit Release
FY 22 Single Audit Release
2:25:47 PM
CHAIR CARPENTER announced that the final order of business would
be approval of the FY 22 single audit release.
CHAIR CAPRENTER stated that during the executive session, the
committee discussed the audit release of the FY 22 single audit
and procurement for the Office of Children's Services (OCS)
audit. He expressed his hope that a contract would be ready for
review and authorization at the next committee meeting.
2:26:40 PM
SENATOR KAUFMAN moved that the Legislative Budget and Audit
Committee release the FY 22 single audit. There being no
objection, the audit was released.
2:27:58 PM
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business before the committee, the
Legislative Budget and Audit Committee meeting was adjourned at
2:27 p.m.
| Document Name | Date/Time | Subjects |
|---|---|---|
| LEGIQ 316 Memo.pdf |
JBUD 6/28/2023 1:00:00 PM |
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| RPL 16-2024-0130 DOH Opiod.pdf |
JBUD 6/28/2023 1:00:00 PM |