02/02/2001 01:05 PM House JUD

                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
                        JOINT MEETING                                                                                         
         HOUSE HEALTH, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES                                                                          
                      STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                                      
             HOUSE JUDICIARY STANDING COMMITTEES                                                                              
                        February 2, 2001                                                                                        
                           1:05 p.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
OVERVIEW:  WELLNESS COURTS                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
TAPES                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
01-09, SIDES A & B                                                                                                              

01-10, SIDE A                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
[HOUSE HES TAPES]                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
CALL TO ORDER                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE ROKEBERG, Chair, convened  the Joint House Health,                                                               
Education and  Social Services and Judiciary  Standing Committees                                                               
meeting at 1:05 p.m.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
PRESENT                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Committee members  present were Representatives  Rokeberg, Dyson,                                                               
James, Coghill, Cissna, Joule, Myers, Stevens, and Berkowski.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
ELAINE   ANDREWS,  Presiding   Judge,  Third   Judicial  District                                                               
Anchorage,  Superior Court,  Alaska  Court  System, gave  opening                                                               
remarks and an overview of wellness courts.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
JAMES  N. WANAMAKER,  Judge, Third  Judicial District  Anchorage,                                                               
District  Court, Alaska  Court System,  presented an  overview of                                                               
wellness courts.                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
DEAN GUANELI,  Chief Assistant  Attorney General,  Legal Services                                                               
Section-Juneau, Criminal  Division, Department of  Law, presented                                                               
an  overview  of wellness  courts  from  the perspective  of  the                                                               
Department of Law.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
BARBARA BRINK,  Director, Public  Defender Agency,  Department of                                                               
Administration,  presented an  overview of  wellness courts  from                                                               
the department's perspective.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
JANET   MCCABE,  President,   Partners  for   Downtown  Progress,                                                               
presented an overview on wellness courts from their perspective.                                                                
                                                                                                                                
ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
No announcements were made.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The committee took no action.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR ROKEBERG  adjourned the Joint  House Health,  Education and                                                               
Social  Services and  Judiciary  Standing  Committees meeting  at                                                               
3:30 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.