HOUSE LABOR AND COMMERCE STANDING COMMITTEE                               
                  February 19, 1997                                            
                      3:34 p.m.                                                
                                                                               
                                                                               
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                             
                                                                               
OVERVIEW:  KASSENBAUM/KENNEDY HEALTH CARE INSURANCE BILL                       
                                                                               
TAPE(S)                                                                        
                                                                               
97-12, SIDES A & B                                                             
                                                                               
CALL TO ORDER                                                                  
                                                                               
Representative Rokeberg, Chairman, convened the House Labor and                
Commerce Committee meeting at 3:34 p.m.                                        
                                                                               
PRESENT                                                                        
                                                                               
Committee members present at the call to order were Representatives            
Rokeberg, Cowdery, Brice and Sanders.  Representative Ryan arrived             
as the meeting was in progress.                                                
                                                                               
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                         
                                                                               
MARIANNE BURKE, Director, Division of Insurance, Department of                 
Commerce and Economic Development, presented an overview of the                
Kassenbaum/Kennedy federal legislation.                                        
                                                                               
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                               
                                                                               
The committee took no action.                                                  
                                                                               
ADJOURNMENT                                                                    
                                                                               
The meeting was adjourned at 4:48 p.m.                                         
                                                                               
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 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.