JUNEAU – Yesterday, the Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan effort led by Rep. Liz Snyder to help tackle the issues surrounding food security in Alaska.
JUNEAU – By a vote of 33-5, the House passed legislation yesterday by Rep. Liz Snyder which would update and define the patient care services that pharmacists and pharmacy support staff can independently provide.
JUNEAU – A bipartisan effort led by Representative Liz Snyder to help tackle the issues surrounding food security in Alaska passed the House today with a vote
of 29-2.
JUNEAU – Rep. Andy Josephson’s bill, which would provide greater assistance to the families of Alaska’s workers permanently injured or killed on the job, passed the House today in a vote of 29-10.
JUNEAU – The Co-Chairs of the House Health and Social Services Committee, along with other members of the Alaska House Coalition, urged caution before rubberstamping Governor Dunleavy’s Executive Order 121.
ANCHORAGE – This morning, a group of legislators sent a letter to the Dunleavy Administration and Department of Health and Social Services requesting an update on federal funding issued during the pandemic whose distribution is being held up by the State.
Representatives Tiffany Zulkosky (D-Bethel) and Liz Snyder (D-Anchorage) invite Alaskans to join them, during the week of October 17-23, in recognizing and thanking frontline healthcare workers across the state for their continued service to Alaska throughout the ongoing pandemic.
JUNEAU — The State of Alaska today announced a plan that attempts to import hundreds of medical personnel as our state experiences the highest levels of COVID-19 at any point in the pandemic and grapples with the worst infection rates in the nation.
ANCHORAGE — Following the amendment that the House Minority tacked on to Senate Bill 3006, legislators heard from healthcare workers and the Department of Health and Social Services, who advise that the bill in its current form is more detrimental than beneficial in enabling hospitals to address the COVID emergency. On that advice, the bill will not be sent back to the floor.
JUNEAU — Following the introduction of the Governor’s bill S.B. 3006, House Health and Social Services Co-Chairs Rep. Tiffany Zulkosky (D-Bethel) and Rep. Liz Snyder (D-Anchorage) released the following joint statement:
