The House considered more than a dozen amendments to the bill in a contentious three-hour floor debate.
The entrance to the House of Representatives Chamber at the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau on February 26, 2024.
Direct health care agreements allow patients to pay a monthly subscription fee to access specified medical care. It has been described as both an alternative to traditional health insurance and as a service that can improve access to care for people with high-deductible insurance plans or difficulty accessing certain medical services through their insurance.
The House considered more than a dozen amendments to the bill during a contentious three-hour floor session Friday. Lawmakers also voted down, in a 20-17 split, an amendment proposed by Rep. Jennie Armstrong, an Anchorage Democrat, that would have explicitly banned providers from discriminating against patients in the provision of direct agreements on the basis of “sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression.”
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