02/04/1999 03:20 PM House HES

         HOUSE HEALTH, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL                                                                                     
            SERVICES STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                                         
                  February 4, 1999                                                                                              
                     3:20 p.m.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
CHILD PROTECTION SYSTEM REPORT                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
TAPES                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
99-3, SIDE A & B                                                                                                                
99-4, SIDE A & B                                                                                                                
99-5, SIDE A                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CALL TO ORDER                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIRMAN DYSON reconvened the House Health, Education and                                                                    
Social Services Standing Committee at 3:20 p.m. to hear the Child                                                               
Protection System Report.  [The hearing on HB 27 is included in                                                                 
3:02 p.m. minutes for this same date.]                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
PRESENT                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Members present for the report were Representatives Dyson,                                                                      
Coghill, Whitaker, Green, Morgan, Brice and Kemplen.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
The following individuals described the responsibilities of the                                                                 
agencies they represent in the Child Protection System; the needs                                                               
they have to continue to do an adequate job; and how they work                                                                  
together with the other agencies represented:                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
KAREN PERDUE, Commissioner, Department of Health and Social                                                                     
Services.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
RUSS WEBB, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Health and Social                                                                 
Services.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
THERESA TANOURY, Administrator, Family Services, Division of                                                                    
Family & Youth Services, Department of Health and Social                                                                        
Services.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
CHRIS STOCKARD, Captain, Alaska State Troopers, Department of                                                                   
Public Safety.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
LISA NELSON, Assistant Attorney General, Human Services Section,                                                                
Civil Section (Anchorage), Department of Law.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
MARSHALL "CURREY" COOK, Assistant Public Advocate, Office of                                                                    
Public Advocacy (Anchorage), Department of Administration.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
BLAIR MCCUNE, Deputy Director, Public Defender Agency, Department                                                               
of Administration.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
DOUG WOOLIVER, Administrative Attorney, Office of the                                                                           
Administrative Director, Alaska Court System.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The committee took no action.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
The meeting was adjourned at 6:15 p.m.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
NOTE:  The meeting was recorded and handwritten log notes were                                                                  
taken.  A copy of the tapes 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 Twenty-first Alaska                                                                    
State Legislature, in the Legislative Reference Library.