--- type: "Bill" title: "An Act relating to medical assistance demonstration projects established by the Department of Health; and relating to medical assistance coverage for rehabilitative, mandatory, and optional services furnished or paid for by a school district on behalf of certain children; relating to the supplemental nutrition assistance program; and providing for an effective date." description: "An Act relating to medical assistance demonstration projects established by the Department of Health; and relating to medical assistance coverage for rehabilitative, mandatory, and optional services furnished or paid for by a school district on behalf of certain children; relating to the supplemental nutrition assistance program; and providing for an effective date." jurisdiction: "us/states/ak" legislature: "Alaska Legislature" session: "33" identifier: "HB 344" citation: "Alaska HB 344 (33)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["FEDERAL AID", "FOOD", "GRANTS", "HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES", "HOUSING", "INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS", "MEDICAL CARE", "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: [] version_count: 3 action_count: 56 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2024-02-20" last_action: "2024-10-09" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa0c8c61-d337-4054-a995-a175cd78f534" source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/33?Root=HB344" source_hash: "8651dc5a55187761f3da607ed93ce1550a95188652fde48c9620813b99dce38f" vintage: "2026-07-01" source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump" retrieved_at: "2026-07-06" confidence: "reported" tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ak"] --- # Alaska HB 344 (33) — An Act relating to medical assistance demonstration projects established by the Department of Health; and relating to medical assistance coverage for rehabilitative, mandatory, and optional services furnished or paid for by a school district on behalf of certain children; relating to the supplemental nutrition assistance program; and providing for an effective date. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **Enrolled HB 344** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0344Z) 2. **HB 344** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0344A) 3. **HB 344 am S(efd add S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0344B) ## Votes - (S) AM NO 2 ADOPTED Y14 N6 # 2710 — **14–6** (pass) · upper - (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) ADOPTED Y39 N1 #3310 — **39–1** (pass) · lower - (H) CONCURRED AM OF (S) Y26 N14 #3310 — **26–14** (pass) · lower - (H) PASSED Y38 N1 E1 #1849 — **38–1** (pass) · lower - (S) PASSED Y20 N- #2712 — **20–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - House Rules — primary (organization) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-02-20** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1` - **2024-02-20** (H) HSS - **2024-02-20** (H) FN1: ZERO(DOH) - **2024-02-20** (H) GOVERNOR'S TRANSMITTAL LETTER - **2024-02-29** (H) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:00 PM DAVIS 106 - **2024-02-29** (H) Heard & Held - **2024-02-29** (H) Minutes (HHSS) - **2024-03-05** (H) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:00 PM DAVIS 106 - **2024-03-05** (H) Moved HB 344 Out of Committee - **2024-03-05** (H) Minutes (HHSS) - **2024-03-06** (H) HSS RPT 7DP - **2024-03-06** (H) DP: FIELDS, SUMNER, RUFFRIDGE, MCCORMICK, SADDLER, MINA, PRAX - **2024-03-06** (H) FN1: ZERO(DOH) - **2024-03-14** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 3/14/2024 - **2024-03-14** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2` - **2024-03-14** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 3/18 CALENDAR `reading-3` - **2024-03-18** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HB 344 `reading-3` - **2024-03-18** (H) PASSED Y38 N1 E1 `passage` - **2024-03-18** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage` - **2024-03-18** (H) VERSION: HB 344 - **2024-03-19** (S) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205 - **2024-03-19** (S) - **2024-03-19** (S) Minutes (SHSS) - **2024-03-20** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1` - **2024-03-20** (S) HSS - **2024-04-02** (S) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205 - **2024-04-02** (S) Moved HB 344 Out of Committee - **2024-04-02** (S) Minutes (SHSS) - **2024-04-03** (S) HSS RPT 3DP 1NR - **2024-04-03** (S) DP: WILSON, GIESSEL, DUNBAR - **2024-04-03** (S) NR: KAUFMAN - **2024-04-03** (S) FN1: ZERO(DOH) - **2024-05-13** (S) RULES TO FIRST SUP CALENDAR 5/13/2024 - **2024-05-13** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2` - **2024-05-13** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/14 CAL `reading-3` - **2024-05-14** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME HB 344 `reading-3` - **2024-05-14** (S) RETURN TO SECOND FOR AMS UC - **2024-05-14** (S) AM NO 1 ADOPTED UC `amendment-passage` - **2024-05-14** (S) ...CHANGES TITLE OF LEGISLATION - **2024-05-14** (S) AM NO 2 ADOPTED Y14 N6 `amendment-passage` - **2024-05-14** (S) ...CHANGES TITLE OF LEGISLATION - **2024-05-14** (S) AM NO 3 OFFERED AND WITHDRAWN - **2024-05-14** (S) AUTOMATICALLY IN THIRD READING `reading-3` - **2024-05-14** (S) PASSED Y20 N- `passage` - **2024-05-14** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE - **2024-05-14** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED `passage` - **2024-05-14** (S) VERSION: HB 344 AM S(EFD ADD S) - **2024-05-15** (H) CONCUR READ AND HELD - **2024-05-15** (H) CONCUR TAKEN UP - **2024-05-15** (H) TITLE CHANGE: SCR 27 - **2024-05-15** (H) CONCURRED AM OF (S) Y26 N14 - **2024-05-15** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) ADOPTED Y39 N1 - **2024-10-09** (H) 2:30 P.M. 8/8/24 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2024-10-09** (H) MANIFEST ERROR(S) - **2024-10-09** (H) LAW W/O GOV SIGNATURE 8/30 CH 49 SLA 24 `became-law` - **2024-10-09** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTER `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa0c8c61-d337-4054-a995-a175cd78f534`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).