02/07/1998 01:00 PM House MSC

                MISCELLANEOUS MEETING                                          
                   February 7, 1998                                            
                      1:00 p.m.                                                
                                                                               
                                                                               
CALENDAR:  DIVISION OF FAMILY AND YOUTH SERVICES INFORMATIONAL                 
           BRIEFING.                                                           
                                                                               
TAPE 98-1, SIDE A and B                                                        
     98-2, SIDE A and B                                                        
                                                                               
The Department of Family and Youth Services presented an                       
informational briefing on the administrative processes of the                  
department.  The briefing was available to all legislators and to              
the public.                                                                    
                                                                               
SPEAKERS:                                                                      
                                                                               
RUSS WEBB, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Health and Social                
Services.                                                                      
TESESA TANOURI, Division of Family and Youth Services, Department              
of Health and Social Services.                                                 
SUSAN WIBKER, Office of the Attorney General, Department of Law.               
DEL SMITH, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Public Safety.                   
BRANT McGEE, Public Advocate, Office of Public Advocacy, Department            
of Administration.                                                             
BLAIRE McCUNE, Deputy Director, Public Defender Agency, Department             
of Administration.                                                             
DEBRA DOWNS, Social Worker, Division of Family and Youth Services,             
Department of Health and Social Services.                                      
ELLEN REITZMAN, Social Worker, Division of Family and Youth                    
Services, Department of Health and Social Services.                            
                                                                               
COMMENTS BY:                                                                   
                                                                               
KAREN PERDUE, Commissioner, Department of Health and Social                    
Services.                                                                      
                                                                               
LEGISLATORS PRESENT:                                                           
                                                                               
Representative Ethan Berkowitz                                                 
Representative Con Bunde                                                       
Representative Fred Dyson                                                      
Representative Joe Green                                                       
Representative Jeannette James                                                 
Representative Pete Kelly                                                      
Representative Brian Porter                                                    
Representative Norman Rokeberg                                                 
Representative Al Vezey                                                        
Senator Lyda Green                                                             
                                                                               
NOTE:  The meeting was recorded and a copy of the tapes 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 Twentieth Alaska                
State Legislature, in the Legislative Reference Library.