CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 52(HSS) am                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
     "An  Act relating  to the  rights of  minors undergoing                                                                    
     evaluation  or   inpatient  treatment   at  psychiatric                                                                    
     hospitals;  relating   to  the  use  of   seclusion  or                                                                    
     restraint of minors  at psychiatric hospitals; relating                                                                    
     to  a report  published  by the  Department of  Health;                                                                    
     relating to inspections by the  Department of Health of                                                                    
     certain  psychiatric hospitals;  and  providing for  an                                                                    
     effective date."                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
1:38:09 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Senator Kiehl  MOVED to ADOPT  the committee  substitute for                                                                    
CSHB   52(HSS)am,  Work   Draft   34-LS0399\T  (A   Radford,                                                                    
5/12/26).                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Hoffman OBJECTED for discussion.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
1:38:35 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
LIZ  HARPOLD,  STAFF, SENATOR  DONNY  OLSON,  read from  the                                                                    
Explanation of Changes (copy on file):                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
     Sections  2   and  4:  Removes  added   language  about                                                                    
     generating  a report  and  notification practices  that                                                                    
     are   contradictory  to   confidentiality  requirements                                                                    
     established under AS 47.17.040.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     Section 6: Updates definition of chemical restraint.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
    Section 7: Updates effective date to July 1, 2027.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Hoffman WITHDREW  his  OBJECTION.  There being  NO                                                                    
OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Senator  Kiehl  MOVED  to  REPORT   SCS  CSHB  52(FIN)  from                                                                    
committee  with  individual   recommendations  and  attached                                                                    
fiscal notes. There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                      
SCS CSHB 52(FIN) was REPORTED  out of committee with two "do                                                                    
pass"  recommendation, four  "no recommendations",  and with                                                                    
three  previously  published  fiscal notes:  FN  4(DFC),  FN                                                                    
5(DFC), and FN 6(DOH).