Senate Bill 70
Relating to: notification of the state regarding a medical malpractice claim.
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Zien, S. Fitzgerald, Stepp, Carpenter and Coggs.
Noes, 0 - None.
David Zien
Chairperson
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
February 18, 2004
The Honorable, The Senate:
This letter is to rescind the nomination of Doug Bradley that was made July 2, 2003 for the Board of Veterans Affairs.
Sincerely,
Jim Doyle
Governor
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
February 20, 2004
To the Honorable, the Senate:
The following bill(s), originating in the Senate, have been approved, signed and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State:
Sincerely,
Jim Doyle
Governor
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Secretary of State
To the Honorable, the Senate:
Sincerely,
Douglas La follette
Secretary of State
State of Wisconsin
February 23, 2004
The Honorable, The Senate:
I respectfully request that my name be added as a cosponsor to Senate Bill 452, relating to establishing a cancer drug repository program.
Sincerely,
Alberta Darling
State Senator
State of Wisconsin
The Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board
February 23, 2004
The Honorable, The Senate:
We are pleased to share our 2001-2003 biennial report. The Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention (CANP) Board is Wisconsin's lead organization in promoting awareness, developing materials, and funding and assisting child abuse and neglect prevention programs.
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As you look through the enclosed report, you'll notice that the Children's Trust Fund efficiently uses our existing resources to prevent child abuse and neglect in Wisconsin, and more resources are urgently needed. For example, last year we received 82 applications statewide for family support grants and we only had the resources to fund 15.
We will see a major reduction in the incidence and costs of child abuse and neglect only when we are able to fund prevention at a higher level. Also, we need to increase our investment in prevention to keep the high costs associated with intervention and treatment from rising even further.
We have introduced Senate Bill 427 - a tax check-off for child abuse and neglect prevention. The CANP Board's bi-partisan legislative members - Senator Carol Roessler, Senator Bob Wirch, Representative Steve Kestell, and Representative Mark Miller - wrote Senate Bill 427, which passed the Senate Committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care on February 12.
We believe a tax check-off is a way to increase this state's investment in prevention during these times of limited public resources. Our cost analysis (see pages 12, 14 and 15 of the biennial report) points out that in 2001 Wisconsin spent $789 million in repairing the damage done to children from abuse and neglect and only 1% of that amount - $8.07 million - on prevention. Studies show, however, that prevention yields a payback of about $7 for every $1 invested.
Seventeen other states have tax check-offs for preventing child abuse and neglect. Wisconsin has tax check-offs for the Green Bay Packers and endangered species. Senate Bill 427 creates a voluntary check-off for our endangered children.
We appreciate your continued commitment to helping us keep Wisconsin's children safe and families strong.
Sincerely,
Mary Anne Snyder
Executive Director
State of Wisconsin
Investment Board
February 9, 2004
The Honorable, The Senate:
I have enclosed a copy of both the Annual Report and the Schedule of Investments for fiscal year 2003. The report contains Independent Auditor's Reports, prepared by the Legislative Audit Bureau, for the funds under management, which include the Fixed and Variable Trust Funds of the Wisconsin Retirement System, the State Investment Fund and various smaller funds.
Sincerely,
Sandy Drew
Legislative & Beneficiary Liaison
State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
February 24, 2004
The Honorable, The Senate:
The following lobbyists have been authorized to act on behalf of the organizations set opposite their names.
For more detailed information about these lobbyists and organizations and a complete list of organizations and people authorized to lobby the 2003 session of the legislature, visit the Ethics Board's web site at
http://ethics.state.wi.us
Chandler, Richard Midwest Airlines
Fonfara, Thomas eBay, Inc.
Hamm, Don National Farmers Organization
Kussow, Michelle Marshfield Clinic
Scholz, Brandon Marshfield Clinic
Selkowe, Victoria Economic Justice Institute, Inc.
Skornicka, Carol Midwest Airlines
Stein, Bradley United States Cellular Corporation
Taffora, Raymond Midwest Airlines
Winters, Amy RISE (Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment)
Also available from the Wisconsin Ethics Board are reports identifying the amount and value of time state agencies have spent to affect legislative action and reports of expenditures for lobbying activities filed by organizations that employ lobbyists.
Sincerely,
R. Roth Judd
Director
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
February 18, 2004
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Barisas-Matula, Mylinda, of Sheboygan, as a member of the Occupational Therapists Affiliated Credentialing Board, to serve for the tern ending July 1, 2006.
Sincerely,
JIM DOYLE
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care.
State of Wisconsin
