Overview
STATE BUDGET
Alaska operates on an annual budget cycle, with the fiscal year beginning July 1 and ending June 30. Agencies submit their budget requests to the Governor in October, with the Governor submitting their proposed budget to the state legislature by December 15. The legislature adopts a budget by a simple majority in April. The governor is required to submit a balanced budget, and the legislature is required to pass a balanced budget
STATE LEGISLATURE
The 40 members of the House of Representatives serve two year terms, and the 20 Senators serve four year terms, staggered so half stand for election every two years. The 60 member combined legislature is the smallest bicameral state legislature in the US. Annual sessions begin in January and are limited by statute to 90 calendar days. Special sessions of 30 calendar days may be convened by a consensus of two-thirds of each chamber. Bills carry over from odd to even numbered years.
KEY RESOURCES
- Alaska State Legislature
- Office of the Attorney General
- Governor of Alaska
- Information on Healthcare Policy in Alaska
2025 LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY
Alaska introduced SB4 which would require insurers to develop an online price comparison tool for different plans, provide annual notices about program availability and report program statistics to the state insuracne director. the act wuld also establish monetary incentives for insurees and employers who choose lower cost healthcare plans. The bill will roll over into 2026.
Alaska Laws
Alaska Stat. § 18.23.400. Disclosure and reporting of health care services, price, and fee information: Electronic Health Information Exchange System – Alaska
Introduced: Status: Enacted
A health care provider shall annually compile a list, including a brief description in plain language that an individual with no medical training can understand, of the 10 health care services most commonly performed by […]
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Alaska Stat. § 21.07.005. Regulations relating to health care insurance policies: Patient Protections Under Health Care Insurance Policies – Alaska
Introduced: Status: Enacted
The director shall adopt regulations to provide standards and criteria for the structure and operation of utilization review and benefit determination processes; the establishment and maintenance of procedures by health care insurers to ensure that […]
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Alaska Stat. § 21.07.010. Patient and health care provider protection: Patient Protections Under Health Care Insurance Policies – Alaska
Introduced: Status: Enacted
Regulates contracts between health care providers and insurers, stating that a contract may not contain a provision that the provider be compensated for medical care services performed at the same rate as the provider has […]
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Alaska Stat. § 21.07.020. Required contract provisions for health care insurance policy: Patient Protections Under Health Care Insurance Policies – Alaska
Introduced: Status: Enacted
A health care insurance policy must contain certain provisions.
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Alaska Stat. § 21.07.030. Choice of health care provider: Patient Protections Under Health Care Insurance Policies – Alaska
Introduced: Status: Enacted
If a health care insurer offers a health care insurance policy that provides for coverage of medical care services only if the services are furnished through a network of health care providers that have entered […]
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