SB 55-EXTND BDS: MEDICAL, DIRECT-ENTRY MIDWIVES                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
3:17:12 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SUMNER announced that the  first order of business would be                                                               
CS  FOR   SENATE  BILL  NO.   55(FIN),  "An  Act   extending  the                                                               
termination  date   of  the   Board  of   Certified  Direct-Entry                                                               
Midwives;  extending the  termination date  of the  State Medical                                                               
Board; and providing for an effective date."                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
3:17:18 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  SUMNER   opened  public  testimony   on  SB  55.     After                                                               
ascertaining there  was no one  who wished to testify,  he closed                                                               
public testimony.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
3:18:11 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
The committee took a brief at-ease.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
3:18:24 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  RUFFRIDGE moved  to  report CSSB  55(FIN) out  of                                                               
committee  with individual  recommendations and  the accompanying                                                               
fiscal  notes.    There  being no  objection,  CSSB  55(FIN)  was                                                               
reported from the House Labor and Commerce Standing Committee.