Alaska

FASD State Coordinator

L. Diane Casto, MPA
Manager
Prevention and Early Intervention Services
State of Alaska, Division of Behavioral Health
PO Box 110620
Juneau, AK 99811-0620
907-465-1188
907-465-1189 Fax
diane.casto@alaska.gov

FASD State Web site

http://health.hss.state.ak.us/fas/

FASD State Resources

FASD Diagnostic Team Network, with a state provider agreement payment system. Once approved as a state provider of FASD diagnostic services, providers are reimbursed $3,000 per diagnosis completed. http://www.hss.state.ak.us/fas/teams/default.htm
Services are available to families through the Stone Soup Group, an advocacy and service agency in Anchorage providing training, referrals, parent navigator services and education related to FASD. For more information visit www.stonesoupgroup.org or contact Cheri Scott at 907-561-3701 or 1-877-786-7327 toll free.
FASD 101 and FASD 201 Trainings. FASD curricula: available across the state for service providers, families, employers and others as well as certified trainers. For more information visit www.stonesoupgroup.org or contact Cheri Scott at 907-561-3701 or 1-877-786-7327 toll free.

Legislative Information:

Bill Number	Category	Introduced	Description	Status
HB300 SB267 SB252	Requirements for Professionals	2008	Section 1. AS 08.64 is amended by adding a new section to article 3 to read: Sec. 08.64.364. health care professionals to document an infant’s prenatal exposure to alcohol. (a) For the purpose of screening for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, a person licensed under this chapter attending or making a postnatal examination of a mother and infant shall document the infant’s prenatal exposure to alcohol in the infant’s medical file, if the mother provides her consent to the inclusion of the information in the infant’s medical file. The documentation must be in the form required by the department. (b) Information received under this section may not be used except for the purposes of providing medical diagnosis, treatment, or care. (c) In this section, “infant” means a child who is less than 12 months of age.	HB300: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce 01/15/2008 SB267: Referred to Committee on Health, Education, and Social Services 02/13/2008 SB252: Referred to Committee on Health, Education, and Social Services 01/28/2008
HB239	Prevention	2007	The department shall grant a priority to a proposed program or project if the proposed program or project provides prompt substance abuse treatment for a pregnant woman by advancing the woman on a waiting list for the program or project and by streamlining paperwork for admission of the woman to the program.	Referred to the Health, Education and Social Services and Finance Committees 04/17/2007
HB312	Involuntary Commitment	2006	An act relating to pregnant women; requiring hospitals, schools, and alcohol licensees and permittees to distribute information about fetal alcohol effects and fetal alcohol syndrome; relating to the consumption of alcoholic beverages by and the sale or service of alcoholic beverages to a pregnant woman; requiring involuntary commitment of a pregnant woman who has consumed alcohol; creating a fund for the prevention and treatment of fetal alcohol syndrome and fetal alcohol effects; relating to fines and to the taking of permanent fund dividends for selling or serving alcoholic beverages to pregnant women; and increasing taxes on sales of alcoholic beverages to fund treatment and education related to fetal alcohol syndrome and fetal alcohol effects.	Referred to Finance Committee 01/16/2008
HJR31	Prevention	2006	Be it resolved by the Alaska State Legislature that September 9, 2006, be designated as Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day; and be it…further resolved that the people of the state observe a moment of reflection on the ninth hour of September 9, 2006, to remember that during the nine months of pregnancy a woman should not consume alcohol.	Legislation resolved 08/30/2006 Permanently filed 09/15/2006
HB408	Criminalization	2006	Sec. 8 AS 47.17 is amended by adding a new section to read: Sec. 47.17.024. Duties of practitioners of the healing arts. (a) A practitioner of the healing arts involved in the delivery or care of a child who the practitioner determines has been adversely affected by, or who is withdrawing from exposure to, a controlled substance or alcohol shall immediately notify the nearest office of the department of the child’s condition.	Signed into law 05/03/2006
HB67	Funding	2005	The Department of Health and Social Services will establish specific “evidence based” prevention programs at the community level through a competitive Request for Proposal (RFP). The department will also develop a clear plan for evaluation and program outcomes to better document the successes of Alaska's prevention efforts. The Plan must be presented to the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee prior to the beginning of the 2006 legislative session, or to the House and Senate Finance Committees by February 1, 2006 for approval. Upon approval of the Plan, up to $2,000,000 in TANF Bonus award funding may be made available for alcohol and drug program expansion. The amount of the funding will be prorated based on timing and realistic use of funds. AK Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Program $6,424,400	Passed on 05/24/2005