JOINT LONG-TERM CARE TASK FORCE                                                                               
                         Anchorage, Alaska                                                                                      
                          August 26, 1999                                                                                       
                             8:33 a.m.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
TAPE(S)                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
99-1, SIDES A & B                                                                                                               
99-2, SIDES A & B                                                                                                               
99-3, SIDE A                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CALL TO ORDER                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Senator Wilken, Chairman, convened the Long-Term Care Task Force                                                                
meeting at 8:33 a.m.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
PRESENT                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Committee members present at the call to order were Senators Wilken                                                             
and Ellis and Representatives Coghill and Croft.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Introduction of Task Force Members                                                                                              
Summary of Activities:  Long-Term Care Task Force of 1998                                                                       
Public Comment                                                                                                                  
Update on Quality Long-Term Care:  Recommendations 1-10                                                                         
Update on Access to Long-Term Care:  Recommendations 11-17                                                                      
Update on Long-Term Care Delivery System:  Recommendations 18-22                                                                
Update on Government Funding for Long-Term Care:                                                                                
     Recommendations 23-27                                                                                                      
Update on Private Funding for Long-Term Care:                                                                                   
     Recommendations 28-30                                                                                                      
Concerns of Task Force Members                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The committee took no action.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
NOTE:                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
The meeting was recorded.   A copy of the tape(s) 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 Twenty-first  Alaska State                                                            
Legislature, in the Legislative Reference Library.