HB 133-JUVENILES: JUSTICE,FACILITES,TREATMENT  1:51:27 PM CHAIR CLAMAN announced that the first order of business would be HOUSE BILL NO. 133, "An Act relating to care of juveniles and to juvenile justice; relating to employment of juvenile probation officers by the Department of Health and Social Services; relating to terms used in juvenile justice; relating to mandatory reporters of child abuse or neglect; relating to sexual assault in the third degree; relating to sexual assault in the fourth degree; repealing a requirement for administrative revocation of a minor's driver's license, permit, privilege to drive, or privilege to obtain a license for consumption or possession of alcohol or drugs; and providing for an effective date." 1:51:47 PM CHAIR CLAMAN stated that the bill sponsor's office shared a memo [hard copy included in committee packet] that was circulated to the committee, correcting two items which were incorrectly described for the public record during the last House Judiciary Standing Committee meeting on 2/5/20. 1:52:35 PM REPRESENTATIVE EASTMAN remarked that he recalls hearing some horror stories, from the previous year, of out-of-state juvenile facilities where children from Alaska were housed; he had read that these children were administered excessive dosages of medication and were subject to extended periods of isolation. He asked whether this bill was an attempt to address that issue. 1:53:28 PM REPRESENTATIVE IVY SPOHNHOLZ, Alaska State Legislature, remarked that it is not the bill sponsor's intention to resolve that issue with HB 133. 1:53:51 PM TRACY DOMPELING, Director, Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ), Department of Health and Social Services, asked Representative Eastman to repeat the second half of his question. 1:54:01 PM REPRESENTATIVE EASTMAN reiterated that he recalled hearing some concerns raised last year about some out-of-state facilities; therefore, he expressed that he is particularly interested in how HB 133 would impact out-of-state facilities. He referenced Section 12 and remarked that the definition for health care facilities could be very broad and might include out of state facilities. 1:54:25 PM MS. DOMPELING answered that there would not be any impact on facilities outside of Alaska; the DJJ would not have the ability to control what out-of-state facilities do. She stated that the out-of-state facilities, which qualify for Medicaid eligible placements, have guidelines that they are required to follow, but as the bill sponsor had stated, HB 133 would not have any impact on this. 1:54:54 PM REPRESENTATIVE EASTMAN remarked that he was glad to hear the intention of the bill itself but asked whether Alaska can send juveniles who are unable to receive appropriate care in state to an out-of-state facility. 1:55:14 PM MS. DOMPELING replied that Alaska does have the option to send juveniles to out-of-state facilities after it has exhausted all in-state options or the in-state options are not appropriate for the juvenile's situation. She stated that these out-of-state facilities must be licensed, and Medicaid approved. In response to a follow up question, she replied that HB 133 would not impact the placement practices of the DJJ. 1:56:42 PM The committee took an at-ease from 1:56 p.m. to 1:57 p.m. 1:57:07 PM REPRESENTATIVE STUTES moved to report HB 133 out of committee with individual recommendations and the accompanying fiscal notes. There being no objection, HB 133 was reported from the House Judiciary Standing Committee.