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Speaker B
12:56 - 13:41
"even after we removed the requirement last year for liability insurance, When we asked questions, no one indicated that they had dropped their insurance. They're all voluntary, from what we could tell, the responses, they're all voluntarily maintaining it."
“even after we removed the requirement last year for liability insurance, When we asked questions, no one indicated that they had dropped their insurance. They're all voluntary, from what we could tell, the responses, they're all voluntarily maintaining it.”
- Speaker
- Speaker B
- Timestamp
- 12:56 – 13:41
- Source
- Worksession re AO 2026-69, amending Anchorage Municipal Code Chapter 16.55 Anchorage Child Care...
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage, AK, USA
- Captured at
- May 21, 2026
From the transcript
And while Round 1 improvements helped, providers indicated that there are still some barriers that exist. Importantly, for this body to know, is even after we removed the requirement last year for liability insurance, When we asked questions, no one indicated that they had dropped their insurance. They're all voluntary, from what we could tell, the responses, they're all voluntarily maintaining it. And before we go on, I do have a question, and I guess I'll note, as somebody who remembers the discussion from last year, the insurance was a big point of debate for the— and I see folks nodding who were also in that boat. But my question is, before we move on, on this survey, I'm curious, did you see kind of a material difference in the responses or the issues between home care providers versus centers?
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