Gov. Dunleavy’s sweeping proposal to divide Alaska’s massive health department into two agencies via executive order appears poised to go into effect this summer unless the Legislature makes a last-minute decision to meet in joint session.
” within a prior executive order. The order also drew concerns from some community and tribal organizations.they would meet in joint session on the governor’s new order.urged their counterparts in the Senate to “take the actions necessary to disapprove” the executive order.
Asked Tuesday if there was going to be a hearing, committee chair Sen. David Wilson, R-Wasilla, immediately answered, “No.” “They’re just fearful and I think that it’s understandable fear,” he said. “But I think that you have enough legislators that are looking at this that will hopefully pay close attention to see how the direct impact to the service providers or the patients or clients is going to transform over the next year. And we were told that the end user should not see a difference.”
A disappointed Rep. Tiffany Zulkosky, the Bethel Democrat who co-chairs the House Health & Social Services Committee, said Wednesday that the governor’s order adds millions in new spending without any evidence that reorganization will address the department’s chronic problems.
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