01/18/2001 03:07 PM House HES

                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
         HOUSE HEALTH, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES                                                                          
                      STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                                      
                        January 18, 2001                                                                                        
                           3:07 p.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
OVERVIEW OF MEDICAL ISSUES IN  ALASKA, CONTINUATION OF DISCUSSION                                                               
OF  THE  DIVISION  OF  PUBLIC  HEALTH  ISSUES,  OVERVIEW  OF  THE                                                               
DIVISION OF  MEDICAL ASSISTANCE, PROBLEMS IN  ALASKA AND SOLUTION                                                               
THE STATE IS APPLYING.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
TAPES                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
01-03, SIDES A & B                                                                                                              

01-04, SIDES A & B                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
CALL TO ORDER                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  FRED DYSON,  Chair,  convened  the House  Health,                                                               
Education and Social Services Standing  Committee meeting at 3:07                                                               
p.m.                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
PRESENT                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Committee  members present  were  Representatives Dyson,  Wilson,                                                               
Coghill, Stevens, Kohring, Cissna, and Joule.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
DR. PETER LAWRASON, President,  Alaska State Medical Association,                                                               
presented an overview  of the Division of  Medical Assistance and                                                               
introduced Dr. Palmisano.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
DR.  DONALD PALMISANO,  President, American  Medical Association,                                                               
presented an  overview of the  Medicaid program and HR  1304, the                                                               
Campbell Antitrust Bill.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
MARK  JOHNSON,  Chief,  Community Health  and  Emergency  Medical                                                               
Services,  Division of  Public Health,  Department of  Health and                                                               
Social Services,  presented an overview  on community  health and                                                               
emergency medical services.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
DR.  BOB   LABBE,  Director,  Division  of   Medical  Assistance,                                                               
Department of  Health and Social  Services presented  an overview                                                               
of medical  assistance needs and  Alaska and how the  division is                                                               
attempting to meet those needs.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
No announcements were made.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The committee took no action.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE COGHILL adjourned the  House Health, Education and                                                               
Social Services meeting at 5:35 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  State Capitol,  Room 3,                                                               
Juneau,  Alaska   99801 (mailing  address),  (907) 465-2214,  and                                                               
after  adjournment of  the second  session  of the  Twenty-Second                                                               
Alaska  State Legislature  this  information may  be obtained  by                                                               
contacting the Legislative Reference Library at (907) 465-3808.