02/19/1998 03:04 PM House HES

          HOUSE HEALTH, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL                                   
             SERVICES STANDING COMMITTEE                                       
                  February 19, 1998                                            
                      3:04 p.m.                                                
                                                                               
                                                                               
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                             
                                                                               
PRESENTATIONS:  ALASKA NATIVE HEALTH BOARD                                     
                                                                               
                UPDATE ON THE ALASKA PUBLIC HEALTH IMPROVEMENT                 
                PLAN                                                           
                                                                               
TAPE 98-10, SIDE A                                                             
                                                                               
CALL TO ORDER                                                                  
                                                                               
CHAIRMAN CON BUNDE called the House Health, Education and Social               
Services Standing Committee meeting to order at 3:04 p.m.  Chairman            
Bunde called an at-ease at 3:08 p.m. due to a teleconference                   
malfunction.  He reconvened the meeting at 3:13 p.m.                           
                                                                               
PRESENT                                                                        
                                                                               
Committee members present at the call to order were Representatives            
Bunde, Green, Porter and Dyson.  Representative Kemplen arrived as             
the meeting was in progress.                                                   
                                                                               
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                         
                                                                               
PAUL SHERRY, Acting President and Chief Executive Officer, Alaska              
Native Health Board, outlined the FY 99 legislative priorities of              
the Alaska Native Health Board.  Their priorities include                      
implementation of the rural sanitation 2005 action plan, enhancing             
health and social services for Alaska's children and youth,                    
including supporting the Governor's proposal "Smart Start for                  
Alaska's Families", and substance abuse services and regulation.               
                                                                               
PETER NAKAMURA, MD, MPH, Director of the Division of Public Health,            
Department of Social Services discussed the importance of a public             
health plan in Alaska, the need for participation in that plan at              
the community level, and a legislative partnership in the                      
development of that plan.                                                      
                                                                               
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                               
                                                                               
The committee took no action.                                                  
                                                                               
ADJOURNMENT                                                                    
                                                                               
The meeting recessed at 3:47 p.m.                                              
                                                                               
NOTE:  The meeting was recorded and handwritten log notes were                 
taken.  A copy of the tape(s) and log notes may be obtained by                 
contacting the House Records Office at 130 Seward Street, Suite                
211, Juneau, Alaska  99801-1182, (907) 465-2214, and after                     
adjournment of the second session of the Twentieth Alaska State                
Legislature, in the Legislative Reference Library.