SB  56 - HOME HEALTH AGENCIES/HOSPITALS/HOSPICES                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
VICE-CHAIRMAN KELLY brought up the draft CS to SB 56 with changes                                                               
recommended by Deputy Commissioner Lindstrom, and decided the                                                                   
committee wouldn't adopt the work draft today. Instead, HESS would                                                              
take testimony on SB 56 and the other bills.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
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MR. JAY LIVEY, Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Health &                                                                
Social Services, remarked that Shelby Larson is on-line to testify                                                              
from Anchorage.  He  recalled the issue in the CS for SB 56 is                                                                  
whether or not the authority in the previous draft of the bill was                                                              
in the proper section of the statute.  The suggestion was to move                                                               
the language to AS 18.18.  Mr. Livey stated the CS does not change                                                              
any of the bill's functions.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
VICE-CHAIRMAN KELLY asked if Mr. Livey wanted to testify on the                                                                 
bill, and he responded he would answer questions.  Ms. Alison Elgee                                                             
and Ms. Jane Demmert were present to answer questions along with                                                                
two staff from the Division of Senior Services, Ms. Burrows and Mr.                                                             
Dwight Becker, on-line in Anchorage.