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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to medical review organizations; relating to the definitions of 'health care provider' and 'review organization'; and relating to the duties of the chief medical officer in the Department of Health."
description: "An Act relating to medical review organizations; relating to the definitions of 'health care provider' and 'review organization'; and relating to the duties of the chief medical officer in the Department of Health."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "33"
identifier: "HB 371"
citation: "Alaska HB 371 (33)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DENTISTS", "DISCLOSURE", "HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES", "HOSPITALS", "MEDICAL CARE", "MENTAL HEALTH", "NURSES", "PHARMACISTS", "PHYSICIANS", "PSYCHOLOGISTS", "WITNESSES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ruffridge"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 48
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-20"
last_action: "2024-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6fc59066-06b4-4eaf-a6fd-1acedbc950f7"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/33?Root=HB371"
source_hash: "a4dd6b116f3344910d48139094287355ec3e666a0781c0e8dbe8dba8f2f5184d"
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 371 (33) — An Act relating to medical review organizations; relating to the definitions of 'health care provider' and 'review organization'; and relating to the duties of the chief medical officer in the Department of Health.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Enrolled HB 371** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0371Z)
2. **HB 371** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0371A)
## Votes
- (H) AM NO 1 FAILED Y3 N37 # 1910 — **337** (fail) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y18 N- E1 A1 #2576**180** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y33 N7 #1988**337** (pass) · lower
- (H) AM NO 2 FAILED Y1 N39 # 1911 — **139** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Ruffridge — primary (person)
## 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
- **2024-02-29** (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 371 Out of Committee
- **2024-03-05** (H) Minutes (HHSS)
- **2024-03-06** (H) HSS RPT 4DP 1DNP 2NR
- **2024-03-06** (H) DP: FIELDS, RUFFRIDGE, MINA, PRAX
- **2024-03-06** (H) DNP: SUMNER
- **2024-03-06** (H) NR: MCCORMICK, SADDLER
- **2024-03-06** (H) FN1: ZERO(DOH)
- **2024-03-20** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 3/20/2024
- **2024-03-20** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2024-03-20** (H) AM NO 1 FAILED Y3 N37 `amendment-failure`
- **2024-03-20** (H) AM NO 2 FAILED Y1 N39 `amendment-failure`
- **2024-03-20** (H) AM NO 3 NOT OFFERED
- **2024-03-20** (H) AM NO 4 OFFERED AND WITHDRAWN
- **2024-03-20** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 3/21 CALENDAR `reading-3`
- **2024-03-21** (H) HELD TO 3/22 CALENDAR
- **2024-03-22** (H) HELD TO 3/25 CALENDAR
- **2024-03-25** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HB 371 `reading-3`
- **2024-03-25** (H) PASSED Y33 N7 `passage`
- **2024-03-25** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2024-03-25** (H) VERSION: HB 371
- **2024-03-27** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2024-03-27** (S) HSS
- **2024-04-11** (S) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2024-04-11** (S) Heard & Held
- **2024-04-11** (S) Minutes (SHSS)
- **2024-04-23** (S) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2024-04-23** (S) Moved HB 371 Out of Committee
- **2024-04-23** (S) Minutes (SHSS)
- **2024-04-24** (S) HSS RPT 4DP 1NR
- **2024-04-24** (S) DP: WILSON, GIESSEL, DUNBAR, KAUFMAN
- **2024-04-24** (S) NR: TOBIN
- **2024-04-24** (S) FN1: ZERO(DOH)
- **2024-05-09** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/9/2024
- **2024-05-09** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2024-05-09** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/10 CAL `reading-3`
- **2024-05-10** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME HB 371 `reading-3`
- **2024-05-10** (S) PASSED Y18 N- E1 A1 `passage`
- **2024-05-10** (S) RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2024-05-10** (S) VERSION: HB 371
- **2024-10-09** (H) 12:00 P.M. 8/5/24 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-09** (H) LAW W/O GOV SIGNATURE 8/28 CH 38 SLA 24 `became-law`
- **2024-10-09** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 11/26/24 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6fc59066-06b4-4eaf-a6fd-1acedbc950f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).