Gov. Bill Walker hands Sen. Pete Kelly, R-Fairbanks, the pen he used to sign Senate Bill 74 into law at the SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium’s Ethel Lund Medical Center on Tuesday. The bill is expected to save the state more than $365 million in the first six years in the state’s Medicaid program. Also appearing from left: John Morris, SEARHC boardmember, Jon Sherwood, Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Health and Social Services, Sana Efird, Assistant Commissioner of the Department of Health and Social Services, Kimberley Strong, Chairman of the Board for SEARHC, Heather Shadduck, staff to Sen.Pete Kelly, Sen. Kelly, Charles Clement, President/CEO of SEARHC, and Carlton Smith, trustee of the Mental Health Trust.
Gov. Bill Walker hands Sen. Pete Kelly, R-Fairbanks, the pen he used to sign Senate Bill 74 into law at the SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium's Ethel Lund Medical Center on Tuesday. The bill is expected to save the state more than $365 million in the first six years in the state's Medicaid program. Also appearing from left: John Morris, SEARHC boardmember, Jon Sherwood, Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Health and Social Services, Sana Efird, Assistant Commissioner of the Department of Health and Social Services, Kimberley Strong, Chairman of the Board for SEARHC, Heather Shadduck, staff to Sen.Pete Kelly, Sen. Kelly, Charles Clement, President/CEO of SEARHC, and Carlton Smith, trustee of the Mental Health Trust.
