03/20/2001 04:25 PM House HES

                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
         HOUSE HEALTH, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES                                                                          
                      STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                                      
                         March 20, 2001                                                                                         
                           4:25 p.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
OVERVIEW: AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR FULL EMPLOYMENT                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
TAPES                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
01-32, SIDE A                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CALL TO ORDER                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE FRED  DYSON, Chair,  reconvened the  House Health,                                                               
Education  and  Social  Services   Standing  Committee  at  4:25.                                                               
[Minutes for  HB 115  and HB 113  can be found  in the  3:02 p.m.                                                               
minutes for  the same date.   Minutes for the  American Institute                                                               
for Full Employment overview can be  found in the 4:25 p.m. cover                                                               
sheet for the same date.]                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
PRESENT                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Committee  members present  were Representatives  Dyson, Coghill,                                                               
Wilson, Stevens, and Kohring.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
TED  ABRAM, President,  American Institute  for Full  Employment,                                                               
presented an overview of the Oregon model for welfare changes.                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
SANDIE   HOBACK,   Consultant,   American  Institute   for   Full                                                               
Employment,  presented  how  the  Oregon  model  was  implemented                                                               
successfully in twelve other states.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
JONATHON  R.  HOBBS,  American  Institute  for  Full  Employment,                                                               
explained  how the  assessment of  the States  Welfare system  is                                                               
accomplished.                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
No announcements were made.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The committee took no action.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Representative Dyson  adjourned the  House Health,  Education and                                                               
Social Services Standing Committee at 5:10 p.m.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
NOTE:  The  meeting was recorded.   A copy of the  tape(s) 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.