SENATE BILL NO. 53                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act relating to advanced practice registered                                                                           
     nursing;   relating   to    certified   direct-   entry                                                                    
     midwifery; and providing for an effective date."                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
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SENATOR CATHY GIESSEL, SPONSOR,  briefly addressed the bill.                                                                    
She  reminded  the  committee that  the  legislation  merely                                                                    
updated the titles for advanced  practice nurses and did not                                                                    
expand the scope of practice.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHRIS  LOGAN,   CERTIFIED  REGISTERED   NURSES  ASSOCIATION,                                                                    
ANCHORAGE  (via teleconference),  spoke  in  support of  the                                                                    
bill. She related that she  was a certified registered nurse                                                                    
anesthetist,  previous President  of the  Alaska Association                                                                    
of  Nurse Anesthetist,  and past  Co-Chair  of the  Advanced                                                                    
Practice Registered  Nurse (APRN) Alliance. She  thanked the                                                                    
Senator for her work on the legislation.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
CARRIE  DOYLE,  CHAIR,   ALASKA  CLINICAL  NURSE  SPECIALIST                                                                    
ASSOCIATION,  ANCHORAGE  (via teleconference),  favored  the                                                                    
bill  and   thanked  the  Senator   for  her  work   on  the                                                                    
legislation and urged the committee to support SB 53.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
JULIE GILLETTE,  CHAIR, ALASKA STATE  BOARD OF  NURSING (via                                                                    
teleconference),  supported  of  the bill  and  thanked  the                                                                    
Senator for her work.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Thompson CLOSED public testimony.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Vice-Chair Saddler  addressed the  fiscal note.  He reported                                                                    
that  a new  fiscal  note for  the  Department of  Commerce,                                                                    
Community and  Economic Development appropriated  the amount                                                                    
of $7.5 thousand from receipt services.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Representative   Wilson  asked   whether  the   fiscal  note                                                                    
expended  general funds.  Co-Chair Thompson  replied in  the                                                                    
negative.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Neuman  MOVED to  REPORT  HCS  SB 53(L&C)  out  of                                                                    
committee   with   individual    recommendations   and   the                                                                    
accompanying fiscal  note. There being NO  OBJECTION, it was                                                                    
so ordered.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
HCS  SB 53(L&C)  was REPORTED  out of  committee with  a "do                                                                    
pass"  recommendation and  with one  new fiscal  impact note                                                                    
from  the Department  of  Commerce,  Community and  Economic                                                                    
Development.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
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