HB 102 AM-MEDICAL LICENSE: APPLICATION/FOREIGN GRAD                                                                   
                                                                                                                              
CHAIR CON BUNDE announced HB 102 AM to be up for consideration.                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
BEN MULLIGAN,  staff to Representative Stoltze,  briefly recapped                                                               
the main  points of the  bill saying that allowing  licensure for                                                               
foreign  medical  school graduates  to  practice  in Alaska  will                                                               
allow the state to fill some needed positions.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
     Also, we're not looking to lower standards in any way,                                                                     
        shape or form. We're going to maintain the same                                                                         
     standards we have for doctors right now.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
1:37:16 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR  SEEKINS moved  to pass  HB  102 AM  from committee  with                                                               
individual  recommendations and  attached  fiscal note.  Senators                                                               
Seekins, Ellis  and Chair Bunde  voted yea;  and HB 102  AM moved                                                               
from committee.