02/11/1999 03:11 PM House HES

         HOUSE HEALTH, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL                                                                                     
            SERVICES STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                                         
                 February 11, 1999                                                                                              
                     3:11 p.m.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
ALASKA NATIVE HEALTH BOARD REPORT                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
TAPE 99-6, SIDE A & B                                                                                                           
TAPE 99-7, SIDE A                                                                                                               
Number 0001                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CALL TO ORDER                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIRMAN COGHILL called the House Health, Education and Social                                                               
Services Standing Committee meeting to order at 3:15 p.m.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
PRESENT                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Members present for the report were Representative Dyson, Coghill,                                                              
Whitaker, Green, Morgan, and Kemplen.  Representative Brice arrived                                                             
at 3:40.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
LINCOLN BEAN, Chairman, Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium                                                             
Board, At-Large Member, Alaska Native Health Board, introduced                                                                  
himself with his Tlingit name, Lone Crying Wolf.  He spoke in favor                                                             
of the Alaska Native Health Board Legislative Priority of creating                                                              
an Inhalant Abuse Treatment and Prevention Program.  He also                                                                    
introduced Robert Singyke, Sherrel Calhoon, Leo Morgan, and Cynthia                                                             
Navarrette.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
ROBERT SINGYKE, Vice Chair, Southcentral Foundation Board, Member,                                                              
Joint Operating Board Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, and                                                               
Member, Alaska Native Health Board, spoke in support of the "Rural                                                              
Sanitation 2005 Action Plan," which is an Alaska Native Health                                                                  
Board Legislative Priority.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
SHERREL CALHOON, Alternate, Alaska Native Health Board for                                                                      
Chugachmiut, spoke in support of legislation Improving the Well-                                                                
Being of Children and Families.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
LEO MORGAN, President/CEO, Alaska Native Health Board, testified.                                                               
                                                                                                                                
CYNTHIA NAVARRETTE, Deputy Director, Alaska Native Health Board,                                                                
testified.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
MYRA MUNSON, Attorney, Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Miller, & Munson                                                              
representing the Alaska Native Health Board, answered questions                                                                 
regarding funding and involvement in foster care recruitment.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
DAN EASTON, Director, Division of Facility Construction &                                                                       
Operation, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, was                                                                 
present but did not testify.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The committee took no action.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIRMAN COGHILL adjourned the meeting at 4:35 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.