ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
          HOUSE HEALTH, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES                                                                         
                       STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                                     
                       February 18, 2003                                                                                        
                           3:05 p.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Representative Peggy Wilson, Chair                                                                                              
Representative Carl Gatto, Vice Chair                                                                                           
Representative Cheryll Heinze                                                                                                   
Representative Paul Seaton                                                                                                      
Representative Kelly Wolf                                                                                                       
Representative Sharon Cissna                                                                                                    
Representative Mary Kapsner                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
All members present                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
OVERVIEW:  DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
TAPES                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
03-14, SIDE(S) A & B                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  PEGGY WILSON  convened the  meeting of  the House  Health,                                                             
Education  and Social  Services Standing  Committee at  3:05 p.m.                                                               
Present at the call to  order were Representatives Wilson, Gatto,                                                               
Seaton,  Cissna, and  Kapsner.   Representatives Wolf  and Heinze                                                               
arrived as the meeting was in progress.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
OVERVIEW:  DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
KAREN PEARSON, Director, Division of Public Health, Department                                                                  
of Health and Social Services, gave an overview of the divison                                                                  
and answered questions from the committee members.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
There were no announcements.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The committee took no action.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
There being no  further business before the  committee, the House                                                               
Health, Education and Social  Services Standing Committee meeting                                                               
was adjourned at 4:31 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  State Capitol,  Room 3,                                                               
Juneau,  Alaska  99801  (mailing address),  (907)  465-2214,  and                                                               
after  adjournment  of the  second  session  of the  Twenty-Third                                                               
Alaska  State Legislature  this  information may  be obtained  by                                                               
contacting the Legislative Reference Library at (907) 465-3808.