HOUSE HEALTH, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL                                                                                     
            SERVICES STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                                         
                  January 18, 2000                                                                                              
                     3:08 p.m.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
DENALI KIDCARE REPORT                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
TAPES                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
00-1, SIDE A & B                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
CALL TO ORDER                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRMAN DYSON convened the House Health, Education and Social                                                                  
Services Standing Committee meeting at 3:08 p.m.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
PRESENT                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Committee members present were Representatives Dyson, Coghill,                                                                  
Kemplen and Brice.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
JAY LIVEY, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Health and Social                                                                 
Services, presented a report on the Denali KidCare program.  He                                                                 
also responded to questions asked by committee members.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
DEBORAH SMITH, Chidren's Health Insurance Program Coordinator,                                                                  
Office of the Commissioner, Department of Health and Social                                                                     
Services, presented a report on the Denali KidCare program.  She                                                                
also responded to questions asked by committee members.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The committee took no action                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRMAN DYSON recessed the meeting to the call of the chair to                                                                 
gather members from another meeting in order to hear HB 253.                                                                    
[The minutes for HB 253 are found in the 4:10 p.m. minutes for                                                                  
the same date.]                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
NOTE:  The meeting was recorded and handwritten log notes were                                                                  
taken.  A copy of the tape and log notes may be obtained by                                                                     
contacting the House Records Office at 129 6th Street, Suite 229,                                                               
Juneau, Alaska  99801-2197, (907) 465-2214, and after adjournment                                                               
of the second session of the Twenty-first Alaska State                                                                          
Legislature this information may be obtained by contacting the                                                                  
Legislative Reference Library at 129 6th Street, Suite 102, (907)                                                               
465-3808.