JOINT MEETING                                              
     HOUSE HEALTH, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES                               
                  STANDING COMMITTEE                                           
     SENATE HEALTH, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES                              
                  STANDING COMMITTEE                                           
                    March 18, 1998                                             
                      3:43 p.m.                                                
                                                                               
                                                                               
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                             
                                                                               
PRESENTATION:  BUILDING BRIDGES CAMPAIGN PRESENTATION:  HOW MENTAL             
               HEALTH SERVICES DELIVERED ARE IMPACTING CONSUMERS'              
               LIVES AND LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.                               
                                                                               
TAPE                                                                           
                                                                               
98-25, SIDE A                                                                  
                                                                               
CALL TO ORDER                                                                  
                                                                               
SENATOR GARY WILKEN convened the joint meeting of the Senate and               
House Health, Education and Social Services Standing Committees at             
3:43 p.m.                                                                      
                                                                               
PRESENT                                                                        
                                                                               
Senate Committee members present were Senators Johnny Ellis, Lydia             
Green and Gary Wilken.                                                         
                                                                               
House Committee members present were Representatives Con Bunde and             
Tom Brice.                                                                     
                                                                               
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                         
                                                                               
The following individuals presented testimony:                                 
                                                                               
     Peter Barnes, Dillingham/Bristol Bay                                      
     Sylvia Matthews, Anchorage                                                
     Beth LaCrosse, Ketchikan                                                  
     Jeri Lanier, Fairbanks                                                    
     Loran Guilbeau, Soldotna                                                  
     Karen Tullis, Anchorage                                                   
     Roseanne Smith, Fairbanks                                                 
     Theresa Hopper, Kenai                                                     
     Calaya Williams, Fairbanks                                                
     Dona J. Rule, Fairbanks                                                   
     Darryl Bingaman, Anchorage                                                
     Connie Wilkinson, Anchorage                                               
     Patricia Arnold, Homer                                                    
     DeAnn Heidi, Anchorage                                                    
     Ken Marvin, Sitka                                                         
     Dawn Nadeau, Fairbanks                                                    
     PJ King, Peters Creek                                                     
     Roy Savin, Juneau                                                         
     Crystal Choate, Soldotna                                                  
     Lennier Innerchild, Anchorage                                             
     Judy Edwards, Eagle River                                                 
     Alexandria Lockwood, Anchorage                                            
     Cheryl Rankin                                                             
                                                                               
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                               
                                                                               
The committees took no action.                                                 
                                                                               
ADJOURNMENT                                                                    
                                                                               
The meeting was adjourned at 5:11 p.m.                                         
                                                                               
NOTE:                                                                          
                                                                               
The meeting was recorded and handwritten log notes were taken.  A              
copy of the tape(s) and log notes may be obtained by contacting the            
House Records Office at 130 Seward Street, Suite 211, Juneau,                  
Alaska  99801-1182, (907) 465-2214, and after adjournment of the               
second session of the Twentieth Alaska State Legislature, in the               
Legislative Reference Library.