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Finance committee adopts CS for HB 110, removes background-check language and other items
Summary
The committee adopted a committee substitute for House Bill 110, narrowing the bill by removing background-check language already captured in HB 173 and deleting the proposed Behavioral Health Transformation Project Advisory Council; sponsor staff described the bill's original intent as a social-work compact to help address workforce need.
The Senate Finance Committee adopted a committee substitute for House Bill 110 (social work compact) and set the bill aside for further consideration.
Liz Harpold explained the CS removes background-check language for various licenses (noting that language also appears in HB 173), deletes scope-of-practice language for occupational therapy that had been in the bill as introduced, and removes the proposed Behavioral Health Transformation Project Advisory Council.
Kyle Johansen, staff to Representative Andrew Gray, said the bill originally sought to create a social-work compact to help address an estimated increase in demand for social workers. "The legislation started off as a social work compact," Johansen said, adding the University of Alaska projected about a 15% increase in need for social workers and that Representative Gray supports the committee version that was adopted.
No questions were asked by committee members during the session; the chair set the bill aside for further consideration by the Finance Committee.
What happens next: HB 110 remains before the committee as the adopted CS; language removed from this CS is referenced as covered by HB 173.
