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-SB 123: "An Act relating to citizen review panels for certain children in state custody; reestablishing the Citizens' Review Panel for Permanency Planning; and providing for an effective date."
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-00 SENATE BILL NO. 123
-01 "An Act relating to citizen review panels for certain children in state custody;
-02 reestablishing the Citizens' Review Panel for Permanency Planning; and providing for
-03 an effective date."
-04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
-05 * Section 1. AS 44.66.010(a) is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:
-06 (17) Citizens' Review Panel for Permanency Planning (AS 47.10.401)
-07 - June 30, 2032.
-08 * Sec. 2. AS 47.10.080 is amended by adding new subsections to read:
-09 (z) Within 60 days after the date the department removes a child from the
-10 child's home, the department shall notify the appropriate local citizen out-of-home
-11 care review panel established under AS 47.10.421.
-12 (aa) Within 60 days after a court orders a child committed to the department
-13 under (c) of this section, and at a permanency hearing or review under (f) or (l) of this
-14 section, the department shall inform the parties about the local citizen out-of-home
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-01 care review panel established under AS 47.10.421.
-02 * Sec. 3. AS 47.10.093(b) is amended to read:
-03 (b) A state or municipal agency or employee shall disclose appropriate
-04 confidential information regarding a case to
-05 (1) a guardian ad litem appointed by the court;
-06 (2) a person or an agency requested by the department or the child's
-07 legal custodian to provide consultation or services for a child who is subject to the
-08 jurisdiction of the court under AS 47.10.010 as necessary to enable the provision of
-09 the consultation or services;
-10 (3) an out-of-home care provider as necessary to enable the out-of-
-11 home care provider to provide appropriate care to the child, to protect the safety of the
-12 child, and to protect the safety and property of family members and visitors of the out-
-13 of-home care provider;
-14 (4) a school official as necessary to enable the school to provide
-15 appropriate counseling and support services to a child who is the subject of the case, to
-16 protect the safety of the child, and to protect the safety of school students and staff;
-17 (5) a governmental agency as necessary to obtain that agency's
-18 assistance for the department in its investigation or to obtain physical custody of a
-19 child;
-20 (6) a law enforcement agency of this state or another jurisdiction as
-21 necessary for the protection of any child or for actions by that agency to protect the
-22 public safety;
-23 (7) a member of a multidisciplinary child protection team created
-24 under AS 47.14.300 as necessary for the performance of the member's duties;
-25 (8) the state medical examiner under AS 12.65 as necessary for the
-26 performance of the duties of the state medical examiner;
-27 (9) a person who has made a report of harm as required by
-28 AS 47.17.020 to inform the person that the investigation was completed and of action
-29 taken to protect the child who was the subject of the report;
-30 (10) the child support services agency established in AS 25.27.010 as
-31 necessary to establish and collect child support for a child who is a child in need of aid
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-01 under this chapter;
-02 (11) a parent, guardian, or caregiver of a child or an entity responsible
-03 for ensuring the safety of children as necessary to protect the safety of a child;
-04 (12) a review panel, including a variance committee established under
-05 AS 47.05.360, established by the department for the purpose of reviewing the actions
-06 taken by the department in a specific case;
-07 (13) the University of Alaska under the Alaska education savings
-08 program for children established under AS 47.14.400, but only to the extent that the
-09 information is necessary to support the program and only if the information released is
-10 maintained as a confidential record by the University of Alaska;
-11 (14) a child placement agency licensed under AS 47.32 as necessary to
-12 provide services for a child who is the subject of the case;
-13 (15) a state or municipal agency of this state or another jurisdiction
-14 that is responsible for delinquent minors, as may be necessary for the administration of
-15 services, protection, rehabilitation, or supervision of a child or for actions by the
-16 agency to protect the public safety; however, a court may review an objection made to
-17 a disclosure under this paragraph; the person objecting to the disclosure bears the
-18 burden of establishing by a preponderance of the evidence that disclosure is not in the
-19 child's best interest; [AND]
-20 (16) a sibling of a child who is the subject of the case to allow the
-21 siblings to contact each other if it is in the best interests of the child to maintain
-22 contact; in this paragraph, "sibling" means an adult or minor who is related to the child
-23 who is the subject of the case by blood, adoption, or marriage as a child of one or both
-24 of the parents of the child who is the subject of the case; a sibling who is adopted by a
-25 person other than the parent of the child who is the subject of the case remains a
-26 sibling of the child; and
-27 (17) a local citizen out-of-home care review panel established
-28 under AS 47.10.421.
-29 * Sec. 4. AS 47.10.142 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
-30 (j) Within 60 days after a court orders a child committed to the department
-31 under this section, the department shall inform the parties about the local citizen out-
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-01 of-home care review panel established under AS 47.10.421.
-02 * Sec. 5. AS 47.10 is amended by adding new sections to read:
-03 Article 3A. Citizens' Review Panel for Permanency Planning.
-04 Sec. 47.10.401. Citizens' Review Panel for Permanency Planning. (a) The
-05 Citizens' Review Panel for Permanency Planning is created in the Department of
-06 Administration. The state panel consists of five voting members appointed by the
-07 governor from among present members of local panels established under
-08 AS 47.10.421. The governor shall appoint at least one voting state panel member from
-09 each judicial district. The governor may not appoint a person who has committed a
-10 felony or violated AS 11.51.130 or a law with substantially similar elements in this or
-11 another jurisdiction. The state panel also includes the following five nonvoting
-12 members, or their designees, who serve ex officio: the commissioner of family and
-13 community services, the director of the office of public advocacy, the attorney general,
-14 the public defender appointed under AS 18.85.030, and the chief justice of the Alaska
-15 Supreme Court.
-16 (b) The voting members of the state panel serve at the pleasure of the governor
-17 for staggered terms of three years or until successors are appointed.
-18 (c) The voting members of the state panel shall elect from among the voting
-19 members a chair who shall serve for one year. Three voting members of the state panel
-20 constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The state panel may not take
-21 official action without the affirmative vote of at least three of its members.
-22 (d) Members of the state panel are entitled to reimbursement for actual
-23 expenses necessary to perform the duties of state panel members. The reimbursement
-24 may not exceed the amount of per diem and expenses authorized for boards and
-25 commissions under AS 39.20.180.
-26 (e) The state panel shall meet at least twice annually. Meetings may take place
-27 electronically.
-28 (f) The state panel may employ a program coordinator who shall serve at the
-29 pleasure of the state panel. The program coordinator shall employ staff as necessary to
-30 carry out the program coordinator's duties under state panel directives and to provide
-31 clerical assistance to local panels.
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-01 Sec. 47.10.411. Duties of state panel. The state panel shall
-02 (1) by regulation, adopt policies and procedures to carry out its duties
-03 and to govern the performance of the duties of the local panels established under
-04 AS 47.10.421;
-05 (2) ensure that local panel members receive at least the minimum level
-06 of training necessary to effectively carry out their duties;
-07 (3) coordinate and review the activities of the local panels and make
-08 recommendations to the governor on appointments to the local panels;
-09 (4) report annually to the legislature, by the 10th day of each regular
-10 session, concerning the activities of the state panel and local panels during the
-11 previous fiscal year; the panel shall submit a written report to the senate secretary and
-12 the chief clerk of the house of representatives and notify the legislature that the report
-13 is available; the report must include the number of cases reviewed by each local panel,
-14 a description of the characteristics of the children whose cases were reviewed by the
-15 panels, the number of children reunited with their families, the number of children
-16 placed in other permanent homes, and recommendations and justifications for program
-17 improvement, including recommendations relating to state agencies and to the panel
-18 review system; the report may contain other information on the experience of the local
-19 panels.
-20 Sec. 47.10.421. Appointment of local panels. (a) The governor shall appoint
-21 for each judicial district a local citizen out-of-home care review panel composed of
-22 five members and two alternates who are residents of the judicial district. Members
-23 shall serve three-year terms. Alternates shall be appointed to three-year terms.
-24 Alternates may attend any meeting of the local panel and may review any material
-25 reviewed by the local panel.
-26 (b) The governor shall appoint to a local panel persons who have training,
-27 experience, special knowledge, or a demonstrated interest in the welfare of children.
-28 An out-of-home care provider or a person employed by the court system, the
-29 department, the office of public advocacy, the Public Defender Agency, or the
-30 Department of Law may not serve as a member or alternate member of a local panel.
-31 The governor may not appoint a person who has committed a felony or violated
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-01 AS 11.51.130 or a law with substantially similar elements in this or another
-02 jurisdiction.
-03 (c) The governor shall ensure that appointments to a local panel are reasonably
-04 representative of the various social, economic, racial, ethnic, and cultural groups of the
-05 district from which the members are appointed, as determined by regulations adopted
-06 by the department.
-07 (d) If the state panel determines that additional local panels are necessary in a
-08 judicial district because of excessively large or complex caseloads for review or
-09 because of the demographics of cases or determines that a local panel is not necessary
-10 because of a reduced caseload, the governor may create or dissolve a local panel. The
-11 governor may not reduce the number of local panels in a judicial district to less than
-12 one. Appointments to a local panel established under this subsection are governed by
-13 (a) - (c) of this section.
-14 (e) When a person is appointed to serve on a local panel, the person shall
-15 swear or affirm to keep confidential all information that comes before the local panel
-16 except for nonidentifying case information included in a report to the state panel, for
-17 information for reports required under AS 47.17, or as required by court order for
-18 good cause shown. A local panel member may share confidential information with
-19 other members of the local panel and staff who serve the local panel.
-20 (f) If a member of a local panel is unable to participate in a proceeding, the
-21 chair shall designate an alternate appointed under (a) of this section to participate in
-22 place of the regular member at the proceeding, and the alternate shall participate for
-23 the duration of that proceeding unless the alternate is unable to participate. A member
-24 or alternate member may be excused from participation in a proceeding if
-25 (1) the member has a scheduling conflict; or
-26 (2) the local panel will consider a case involving a material decision
-27 made by an immediate family member of the member; in this paragraph, "immediate
-28 family" has the meaning given in AS 24.60.990(a).
-29 Sec. 47.10.431. Meetings; expenses. (a) A local panel may conduct meetings
-30 in person or by electronic means. In-person meetings must be held in the judicial
-31 district in which the panel members reside. The chair may permit a member to
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-01 participate in an in-person meeting by electronic means.
-02 (b) A local panel shall elect one of its members to serve as chair for a term of
-03 one year.
-04 (c) A majority of the members of a local panel constitute a quorum. A local
-05 panel may not take official action without the affirmative vote of at least three of its
-06 members.
-07 (d) A local panel member is not eligible for travel expenses, per diem, or other
-08 expenses for service on the local panel unless the state panel requires the local panel
-09 member to travel to attend a meeting. If the state panel requires a local panel member
-10 to travel to attend a meeting, the local panel member is entitled to reimbursement for
-11 actual expenses incurred by the member in attending the meeting, except that the
-12 reimbursement may not exceed the amount of per diem and expenses authorized for
-13 boards and commissions under AS 39.20.180.
-14 Sec. 47.10.441. Duties of local panels. (a) A local panel shall review the case
-15 plan of each child in the custody of the department who is in a placement other than
-16 the child's own home under AS 47.10.080(c)(1) or (3), 47.10.142, or 47.14.100(c) if
-17 the case is under the jurisdiction of a court, including a tribal court, in the judicial
-18 district served by the panel. A local panel may request a local panel in another judicial
-19 district conduct a review and make a report if that local panel is more convenient for
-20 the child and other persons involved.
-21 (b) At least 30 days before beginning a review, a local panel shall provide
-22 written notice to the following persons that a review will be conducted and that each
-23 person notified may participate in the review:
-24 (1) the department;
-25 (2) the child or the child's legal representative;
-26 (3) the child's parents;
-27 (4) the child's guardian;
-28 (5) the child's guardian ad litem;
-29 (6) the child's out-of-home care provider; and
-30 (7) if the case is governed by 25 U.S.C. 1901 - 1963 (Indian Child
-31 Welfare Act),
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-01 (A) the child's Indian custodian; and
-02 (B) the designated representative of the child's Indian tribe if
-03 the tribe has intervened in the case.
-04 (c) In reviewing a case, a local panel shall consider the case plan and any
-05 progress report of the department or the child's guardian ad litem, court records, and
-06 other relevant information about the child and the child's family. The local panel shall
-07 also provide to the following persons an opportunity to be interviewed by the local
-08 panel in person or by telephone or to provide written material to the panel:
-09 (1) the child whose case is being reviewed if the child is 10 years of
-10 age or older;
-11 (2) the parents, custodians, or other relatives of the child;
-12 (3) the child's out-of-home care provider;
-13 (4) the child's guardian;
-14 (5) the child's guardian ad litem;
-15 (6) the case worker or social worker assigned to the case;
-16 (7) if the case is governed by 25 U.S.C. 1901 - 1963 (Indian Child
-17 Welfare Act),
-18 (A) the child's Indian custodian; and
-19 (B) the designated representative of the child's Indian tribe if
-20 the tribe has intervened in the case; and
-21 (8) other persons with a close personal knowledge of the case.
-22 (d) At the discretion of the child's guardian ad litem or, if the child does not
-23 have a guardian ad litem, at the discretion of the child's parent or guardian, a child
-24 under 10 years of age whose case is being reviewed may be present at interviews
-25 conducted under (c) of this section and during review by the local panel or may be
-26 interviewed. At the child's request, the local panel shall allow a child who is 10 years
-27 of age or older to be present at interviews or a review of the local panel that concerns
-28 the child's case, unless the local panel determines that for good cause the child's
-29 presence would be contrary to the best interests of the child or finds other good cause
-30 for denying the child's request.
-31 (e) During a review under (a) of this section, a local panel shall
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-01 (1) determine whether the child has a case plan designed to achieve
-02 placement in the least restrictive, most family-like setting available in close proximity
-03 to the home of the child's parents that is consistent with the best interests, special
-04 needs, and circumstances of the child;
-05 (2) evaluate the continuing necessity and appropriateness of the child's
-06 placement, the extent of the parties' compliance with the child's case plan, and the
-07 extent of progress that has been made toward mitigating the causes that necessitated
-08 placement away from the child's parents;
-09 (3) ascertain the date by which the child is likely to be returned to the
-10 home or placed for adoption or legal guardianship;
-11 (4) determine whether the parties have complied with applicable
-12 provisions of 25 U.S.C. 1901 - 1963 (Indian Child Welfare Act) and other applicable
-13 state and federal laws; and
-14 (5) determine whether the requirements of AS 47.10.080(f) and (l) and
-15 47.10.142(h) have been met.
-16 (f) A local panel shall, within 30 days after reviewing a case, submit a written
-17 report to the persons listed in (b) of this section. The report must make advisory
-18 recommendations based on the health and safety of the child and must include
-19 notification of the right to apply for a permanency hearing under AS 47.10.080(f). If
-20 the court has scheduled the case for review, the local panel shall submit its report at
-21 least 20 days before the hearing.
-22 (g) A local panel shall report to the state panel information needed by the state
-23 panel to prepare the report required under AS 47.10.411(4).
-24 Sec. 47.10.451. Cooperation with state and local panels. The department,
-25 Department of Law, public defender, office of public advocacy, and court system shall
-26 cooperate with the state panel and the local panels to facilitate timely review of plans
-27 for children whose cases are under the jurisdiction of the panels.
-28 Sec. 47.10.461. Records; communications. (a) At the request of a local panel,
-29 the department, the child's guardian ad litem, and the court shall furnish to the local
-30 panel relevant records concerning a child and the child's family who are the subjects of
-31 the local panel review. At the conclusion of a review, or, if necessary for the
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-01 preparation of the reports required under AS 47.10.441(f) and (g), upon completion of
-02 the reports, a local panel shall destroy all records received by the local panel.
-03 Notwithstanding AS 44.62.310, records and reports of a local panel, testimony before
-04 a local panel, and deliberations of a local panel are privileged under AS 47.10.093.
-05 (b) A local panel member may not reveal to another person, other than another
-06 member of the local panel or the staff serving the local panel, a communication made
-07 to the member while performing the member's duties under AS 47.10.401 - 47.10.491,
-08 except as required under AS 47.17 or as required by court order for good cause shown.
-09 A local panel member may share with the state panel communications made during the
-10 local panel member's performance of official duties if the local panel member omits
-11 identifying information.
-12 (c) A local panel proceeding is not governed by AS 44.62.310.
-13 Sec. 47.10.471. Court review of report. (a) When a report is admissible under
-14 court rules, the court may consider the report of a local panel in its review under
-15 AS 47.10.080(f) and at other disposition hearings other than hearings related to
-16 delinquency proceedings.
-17 (b) If the department, the child, or the child's parents, guardian, or guardian ad
-18 litem applies for a permanency hearing under AS 47.10.080(f), the court may refer the
-19 case to a local panel for review.
-20 Sec. 47.10.481. Indemnification of panel members. The state shall indemnify
-21 a state panel member or local panel member against civil liability for a negligent act or
-22 omission by the panel member that occurs in the performance of the member's duties
-23 under AS 47.10.401 - 47.10.491 unless the civil liability results from the panel
-24 member's violation of
-25 (1) AS 47.10.461(b); or
-26 (2) the oath or affirmation required under AS 47.10.421(e).
-27 Sec. 47.10.491. Definitions. In AS 47.10.401 - 47.10.491,
-28 (1) "local panel" means a local citizen out-of-home care review panel
-29 appointed under AS 47.10.421;
-30 (2) "out-of-home care provider" means an agency or a person, other
-31 than the child's legal parents, with whom a child who is in the custody of the state
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-01 under AS 47.10.080(c)(1) or (3), 47.10.142, or 47.14.100(c) is currently placed,
-02 including a foster parent, a relative other than a parent, a person who has petitioned for
-03 adoption of the child, or a residential child care facility;
-04 (3) "state panel" means the Citizens' Review Panel for Permanency
-05 Planning established under AS 47.10.401.
-06 * Sec. 6. AS 44.66.010(a)(17); AS 47.10.080(z), 47.10.080(aa), 47.10.093(b)(17),
-07 47.10.142(j), 47.10.401, 47.10.411, 47.10.421, 47.10.431, 47.10.441, 47.10.451, 47.10.461,
-08 47.10.471, 47.10.481, and 47.10.491 are repealed.
-09 * Sec. 7. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to
-10 read:
-11 CITIZENS' REVIEW PANEL FOR PERMANENCY PLANNING; INITIAL
-12 TERMS; STAGGERED TERMS. (a) Notwithstanding AS 47.10.401, enacted by sec. 5 of
-13 this Act, the governor shall appoint the initial voting members of the Citizens' Review Panel
-14 for Permanency Planning so that one member serves a one-year term, two members serve
-15 two-year terms, and two members serve three-year terms.
-16 (b) Notwithstanding AS 47.10.401(a), enacted by sec. 5 of this Act, the initial voting
-17 members of the Citizens' Review Panel for Permanency Planning do not need to be members
-18 of local citizen out-of-home care review panels established under AS 47.10.421, enacted by
-19 sec. 5 of this Act. The governor shall appoint initial voting members who have training,
-20 experience, special knowledge, or a demonstrated interest in the welfare of children.
-21 * Sec. 8. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to
-22 read:
-23 LOCAL CITIZEN OUT-OF-HOME CARE REVIEW PANEL; STAGGERED
-24 TERMS. Notwithstanding AS 47.10.421, enacted by sec. 5 of this Act, the governor shall
-25 appoint the initial members of a local citizen out-of-home care review panel so that one
-26 member serves a one-year term, two members serve two-year terms, and two members serve
-27 three-year terms.
-28 * Sec. 9. Section 6 of this Act takes effect June 30, 2032.
-29 * Sec. 10. Except as provided in sec. 9 of this Act, this Act takes effect January 1, 2026.
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+ By: Lance Roberts 1
+ Introduced: 12/11/2014 2
+ Adopted: 12/11/2014 3
+ 4
+FAIRBANKS NORTH STAR BOROUGH 5
+ 6
+RESOLUTION NO. 2014- 51 7
+ 8
+A RESOLUTION URGING MEMBERS OF THE ALASKA LEGISLATURE TO 9
+INTRODUCE AND SUPPORT LEGISLATION REENACTING AND IMPLEMENTING 10
+CH. 117, SLA 1990, AN ACT RELATING TO CITIZEN REVIEW PANELS FOR 11
+CERTAIN CHILDREN IN STATE CUSTODY; COURT REVIEW OF CASES RELATING 12
+TO CHILDREN; ESTABLISHING THE CITIZENS’ REVIEW PANEL FOR 13
+PERMANENCY PLANNING; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE 14
+ 15
+ WHEREAS, an obvious and clear historical context for public concerns 16
+about both perceived and actual harm to children in state custody is amply 17
+demonstrated and noticed in our community, not least by The Alaska Senate Family 18
+Law Review Task Force proceedings contemporaneous with ch. 117, SLA 1990; and, 19
+ 20
+ WHEREAS, notwithstanding any claim of state agent mistreatment of 21
+children and families, adults and public officials in civilized societies are responsible to 22
+act to assure the best obtainable results in all cases of children in state custody; and, 23
+ 24
+ WHEREAS, appearances of impropriety through efforts to conceal, deny, 25
+obstruct or pursue unreasonable litigati on to prevail against possible citizen complaints, 26
+under the color of law, are counterproductive because any actual such efforts are 27
+improper, inhumane, unnecessary, and wasteful of public resources; and, 28
+ 29
+ WHEREAS, citizen complaints against state agents , as well as useful 30
+commentary of any kind, including that from state agents themselves, whether 31
+substantial or frivolous, should be readily and vigorously acknowledged, examined, 32
+corrected, or contradicted, as necessary, but never disregarded, in any case of a child 33
+in state custody; and, 34
+ 35
+ WHEREAS, a significantly diminished “Citizen Review” program under 36
+current statutes offering numerous perspectives of administrative staff and replacing the 37
+prior act of ch. 117, SLA 1990, has shown that the more thorough original review 38
+program involving ordinary people with ordinary questions would be unlikely to interfere 39
+with proper input of state agents or adjacent experts; and, 40
+ 41
+ WHEREAS, the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly has adopted 42
+some six other resolutions on this specific subject during the past eighteen years, and 43
+aggrieved citizens have properly acted to memorialize the failure to implement c h. 117, 44
+SLA 1990 and numerous unreconciled grievances, into perpetuity; and, 45
+ 46
+Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska RESOLUTION NO. 2014 - 51
+ Page 1 of 2
+ WHEREAS, Ch. 117, SL A 1990 required a comprehensive empirical 47
+methodology to review each case of a child in state custody for any reason, through the 48
+specific case plan for that child every six months; did not require unnecessarily 49
+complex, duplicative, or disruptive activity; would h ave afforded a confidential 50
+opportunity for parties to individual cases a brief hearing as to whether written plans are 51
+congruent with actual circumstances; and result in a meaningful report of useful 52
+statistical information for future planning or other public purposes. 53
+ 54
+ NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Assembly of t he 55
+Fairbanks North Star Borough respectfully urges members of the Alaska Legislature, 56
+especially the Interior Delegation, to introduce and support legislati on reenacting and 57
+implementing ch. 117, SLA 1990 in a substantially similar form as the original act with 58
+only minor necessary textual changes improving scrutiny of st ate agencies, or to 59
+update. 60
+ 61
+ BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Assembly urges and asks the 62
+Governor of Alaska to support legislation through legislative committees and in any 63
+available venue if necessary, to reenact and implement in very substantially similar form 64
+ch. 117, SLA 1990. 65
+ 66
+ BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Assembly requests and urg es 67
+Alaska’s Congressional Delegation to cooperate and collaborate to ensure that Alaska’s 68
+Citizen Review Panel for Permanency P lanning--originally created by ch. 117, SLA 69
+1990--is fully recognized to be in compliance with all applicable federal requirement s 70
+and exists as an appropriate example for other states and localities. 71
+ 72
+ BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution shall be sent to 73
+those officials mentioned above, as well as to any other interested parties upon 74
+reasonable request. 75
+ 76
+ PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 11th DAY OF DECEMBER, 2014. 77
+ 78
+Ayes: Lawrence, Roberts, Golub, Hutchison, Quist, Dodge, Davies, Kassel 79
+Noes: None 80
+Excused: Sattley 81
+Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska RESOLUTION NO. 2014 - 51
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