02/17/2026 03:45 PM House HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES

Alaska House Finance Health Subcommittee · February 17, 2026

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Call to order and attendance

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Chair Josephson called the House Finance Health Subcommittee meeting to order at 3:51 p.m. and recorded present members (Reps. Schwanke, Ruffridge, Meares, Mina, Fields, Gray, Prox) and staff from the Legislative Information Office and Legislative Finance Division.

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House Finance Health Subcommittee heard Division of Behavioral Health and Health Care Services budget presentations on Feb. 17, 2026, focusing on crisis contact center funding, shifts from grants to Medicaid (Section 1115), rate-setting work, tribal Medicaid reclaiming, and operational improvements in licensing and staffing.

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