01/29/2026 03:30 PM Senate HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES

Alaska Senate Health and Social Services Committee · January 29, 2026

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Call to order and attendance

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Chair Dunbar called the committee to order (quorum present) and listed members present: Senators Myers, Klayman, Tobin, Vice Chair Giesel and Chair Dunbar. He acknowledged staff (Mary Gwen Kawakami, Kyla Tupo) and noted Representative Mina from the House Health and Social Services Committee in attendance.

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The Alaska Senate Health and Social Services Committee heard a Department of Health briefing on the Rural Health Transformation Program, a one-time five-year federal grant designed to transform rural health delivery. Committee members pressed officials on legislative commitments tied to the application, oversight and reporting, allowable uses and restrictions, administrative capacity, and application timelines.

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