AB63

AB63 AB63
Assembly
Record of Committee Proceedings

Committee on Small Business and Economic Development

Assembly Bill 63
Relating to: requiring the department of employee trust funds to establish a health care coverage plan for employers in the private sector, creating a private employer health care coverage board and making an appropriation.
By Representatives Musser, Turner, Ryba, Bock, La Fave, Sykora, Ainsworth, Wasserman, Hebl, Huber, Goetsch, Olsen, Hoven, Handrick, Lassa, Kreuser, Pocan, Miller, Ziegelbauer, Sinicki, Berceau, Albers, Pettis, Hundertmark, J. Lehman, Gronemus, Staskunas, Seratti, Skindrud, Boyle, Kestell, Plouff and Porter; cosponsored by Senators Moen, Breske, Baumgart, Wirch, Plache, Robson, George, Decker, Clausing, Fitzgerald and Roessler.

January 28, 1999 Referred to committee on Small Business and Economic Development.

April 20, 1999 PUBLIC HEARING HELD

Present: (11) Representatives Seratti, Pettis, Petrowski, Stone, Leibham, Townsend, Schooff, Staskunas, J. Lehman, Lassa and Balow.
Absent: (1) Representative Hundertmark.

Appearances for
· Representative Terry Musser, Wayne Corey, Wisconsin Independent Business, Laverne Nelson, Nelson Plumbing and Electric, Christopher Moore, Prairie Nursery, Bill Smith, National Federation of Independent Businesses, and James Janes, 3515 N. Main Street, Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

Appearances against
· Jim Tenuta, Wisconsin Association of Life and Health Insurers, Mary Klaver, Wisconsin Right to Life, Dan Schwartzer, Association of Health Underwriters, and Ed Blume, Association of Helth Underwriters.

Appearances for Information Only
· Insurance Commissioner Connie O'Connel and her assistant Sue Ezalarab.

Registrations for
· Laurie Kiuper, City of Milwaukee, Sabrina Gentile, Wisconsin Farm Bureau, Joanne Ricca, Wisconsin State AFL-CIO, Kathi Kilgore, Wisconsin Restaurant Association, and Lisa Gloede, Health Care Network of Wisconsin.

Registrations against
· Christine Russell, WPS Health Insurance, Lee Bauman, Wisconsin Auto and Truck Dealers Association, Tom Sanders, Wisconsin Association of Health Underwriters, and Nile Ostenso, 2023 Park Lawn Place, Middelton WI.


May 4, 1999 EXECUTIVE SESSION

Present: (12) Representatives Seratti, Pettis, Hundertmark, Petrowski, Stone, Leibham, Townsend, Schooff, Staskunas, J. Lehman, Lassa and Balow.
Absent: (0) None.

Moved by Representative Seratti for unanimous consent that Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 as Amended to Assembly Bill 63 (LRBs0030) Re: requiring the department of employee trust funds to establish a health care coverage program for employers in the private sector, creating a private employer health care coverage board, providing a grant to the administrator of the health care coverage program and making an appropriation be recommended for introduction.

Ayes: (12) Representatives Seratti, Pettis, Hundertmark, Petrowski, Stone, Leibham, Townsend, Schooff, Staskunas, J. Lehman, Lassa and Balow.
Noes: (0) None.
Absent: (0) None.

INTRODUCTION RECOMMENDED, Ayes 12, Noes 0, Absent 0

Moved by Representative Leibham, seconded by Representative Staskunas, that Assembly Amendment 1 (LRB 0350) to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 63 Re: coverage of non-therapeutic abortions by a rider or supplemental coverage provision. be recommended for introduction.

Ayes: (8) Representatives Seratti, Pettis, Hundertmark, Petrowski, Stone, Leibham, Townsend and Staskunas.
Noes: (4) Representatives Schooff, J. Lehman, Lassa and Balow.
Absent: (0) None.

INTRODUCTION RECOMMENDED, Ayes 8, Noes 4, Absent 0


Moved by Representative Staskunas, seconded by Representative Leibham, that Assembly Amendment 1 (LRB 0350) to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 63 Re: coverage of non-therapeutic abortions by a rider or supplemental coverage provision. be recommended for adoption.

Ayes: (8) Representatives Seratti, Pettis, Hundertmark, Petrowski, Stone, Leibham, Townsend and Staskunas.
Noes: (4) Representatives Schooff, J. Lehman, Lassa and Balow.
Absent: (0) None.

ADOPTION RECOMMENDED, Ayes 8, Noes 4, Absent 0


Moved by Representative Pettis, seconded by Representative Leibham, that Assembly Amendment 2 (LRB 0366) to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 63 Re: exemption of one or more health care coverage plans from state insurance mandates. be recommended for introduction.

Ayes: (12) Representatives Seratti, Pettis, Hundertmark, Petrowski, Stone, Leibham, Townsend, Schooff, Staskunas, J. Lehman, Lassa and Balow.
Noes: (0) None.
Absent: (0) None.

INTRODUCTION RECOMMENDED, Ayes 12, Noes 0, Absent 0


Moved by Representative Pettis, seconded by Representative Staskunas, that Assembly Amendment 2 (LRB 0366) to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 63 Re: exemption of one or more health care coverage plans from state insurance mandates. be recommended for adoption.

Ayes: (7) Representatives Seratti, Pettis, Hundertmark, Petrowski, Stone, Leibham and Townsend.
Noes: (5) Representatives Schooff, Staskunas, J. Lehman, Lassa and Balow.
Absent: (0) None.

ADOPTION RECOMMENDED, Ayes 7, Noes 5, Absent 0


Moved by Representative Seratti, seconded by Representative Staskunas, that Assembly Amendment 3 (LRBa0369) to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 to AB 63 Re: reversion to DETF upon failure to contract be recommended for introduction.

Ayes: (12) Representatives Seratti, Pettis, Hundertmark, Petrowski, Stone, Leibham, Townsend, Schooff, Staskunas, J. Lehman, Lassa and Balow.
Noes: (0) None.
Absent: (0) None.

INTRODUCTION RECOMMENDED, Ayes 12, Noes 0, Absent 0


Moved by Representative Lassa, seconded by Representative Balow, that Assembly Amendment 3 (LRBa0369) to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 to AB 63 Re: reversion to DETF upon failure to contract be recommended for adoption.

Ayes: (10) Representatives Seratti, Pettis, Hundertmark, Leibham, Townsend, Schooff, Staskunas, J. Lehman, Lassa and Balow.
Noes: (2) Representatives Petrowski and Stone.
Absent: (0) None.

ADOPTION RECOMMENDED, Ayes 10, Noes 2, Absent 0


Moved by Representative J. Lehman, seconded by Representative Balow, that Assembly Amendment 4 (LRBa0368) to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 to AB 63 Re: restoration of certain members of the private employer health care coverage board. be recommended for introduction.

Ayes: (12) Representatives Seratti, Pettis, Hundertmark, Petrowski, Stone, Leibham, Townsend, Schooff, Staskunas, J. Lehman, Lassa and Balow.
Noes: (0) None.
Absent: (0) None.

INTRODUCTION RECOMMENDED, Ayes 12, Noes 0, Absent 0


Moved by Representative J. Lehman, seconded by Representative Schooff, that Assembly Amendment 4 (LRBa0368) to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 to AB 63 Re: restoration of certain members of the private employer health care coverage board. be recommended for adoption.

Ayes: (12) Representatives Seratti, Pettis, Hundertmark, Petrowski, Stone, Leibham, Townsend, Schooff, Staskunas, J. Lehman, Lassa and Balow.
Noes: (0) None.
Absent: (0) None.

ADOPTION RECOMMENDED, Ayes 12, Noes 0, Absent 0


Moved by Representative Staskunas, seconded by Representative Petrowski, that Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 as Amended to Assembly Bill 63 (LRBs0030) Re: requiring the department of employee trust funds to establish a health care coverage program for employers in the private sector, creating a private employer health care coverage board, providing a grant to the administrator of the health care coverage program and making an appropriation. be recommended for adoption.

Ayes: (12) Representatives Seratti, Pettis, Hundertmark, Petrowski, Stone, Leibham, Townsend, Schooff, Staskunas, J. Lehman, Lassa and Balow.
Noes: (0) None.
Absent: (0) None.

ADOPTION RECOMMENDED, Ayes 12, Noes 0, Absent 0


Moved by Representative Staskunas, seconded by Representative Pettis, that Assembly Bill 63 be recommended for passage as amended.

Ayes: (12) Representatives Seratti, Pettis, Hundertmark, Petrowski, Stone, Leibham, Townsend, Schooff, Staskunas, J. Lehman, Lassa and Balow.
Noes: (0) None.
Absent: (0) None.

PASSAGE RECOMMENDED, Ayes 12, Noes 0, Absent 0





Timothy M. Fiocchi
Committee Clerk