Referred to committee on Colleges and Universities.
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State of Wisconsin
Joint Committee on Legislative Organization
Madison
October 15, 1998
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
The Joint Committee on Legislative Organization shall adopt, revise biennially and submit to the co-chairpersons of the Joint Committee on Information Policy, the Governor and the Secretary of Administration, in each even-numbered year, a strategic plan for the utilization of information technology to carry out the functions of the Legislature and Legislative Service Agencies, as defined in s.
16.70(6).
The attached plan addresses the business needs of the Legislature and Legislative Service Agencies. It identifies all resources relating to information technology which the Legislature and Legislative Service Agencies desire to acquire, contingent upon funding availability, prioritizes these acquisitions and, justifies the acquisitions. The plan also identifies any changes in the functioning of the Legislature and Legislative Service Agencies under the plan.
Legislative agency employees are being asked to do more with less and, information technology is the key for achieving the state's business goals with fewer resources. The Legislative branch of government looks forward to working with the Executive branch in developing Information Technology for the State of Wisconsin.
Sincerely,
brian d. rude
President of the Senate
scott r. jensen
Speaker of the Assembly
Referred to Joint Committee on Information Policy.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Financial Institutions
Madison
November 1, 1998
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
On behalf of Department of Financial Institutions Secretary Richard L. Dean and pursuant to Section
13.172(2), Wis. Stats., I am transmitting this report on the open-end consumer credit market in Wisconsin. Pursuant to section
15 of
1995 Wisconsin Act 23, the Department of Financial Institutions was required to review and report on the open-end consumer credit market in Wisconsin by November 1, 1998. The report is submitted below in electronic form as a Microsoft Word document. It is recommended that the report be reviewed in "page layout" view in order to see and easily access footnotes.
If you are unable to access this document, please contact me at (608) 266-0450 to obtain a paper copy.
Sincerely,
lisa m. roys
Director of Communications
Department of Financial Institutions
Referred to Financial Institutions.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Family Services
Madison
July 1998
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
Pursuant to Section
153.10(1), Wis. Stat., we are pleased to submit to the Governor and to the Legislature the quarterly Health Care Data Report. This report is based on Hospital inpatient discharge data reported to the Office of Health Care Information by all operating general medical-surgical and specialty hospitals in Wisconsin for the third quarter of 1997. It also contains selected ambulatory surgery utilization and charge data from general medical-surgical hospitals and freestanding ambulatory surgery centers in Wisconsin during the same quarter.
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This report fulfills the statutory requirement to report "
in a manner that permits comparisons among hospitals...the charges for up to 100 health care services or diagnostic-related groups selected by the office."
Sincerely,
barbara a. rudolph, Ph.D.
Director Office of Health Care Information
Department of Health and Family Services
Referred to committee on Health.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Family Services
Madison
July 1998
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
Pursuant to Section
153.10(1), Wis. Stat., we are pleased to submit to the Governor and to the Legislature the quarterly Health Care Data Report. This report is based on Hospital inpatient discharge data reported to the Office of Health Care Information by all operating general medical-surgical and specialty hospitals in Wisconsin for the fourth quarter of 1997. It also contains selected ambulatory surgery utilization and charge data from general medical-surgical hospitals and freestanding ambulatory surgery centers in Wisconsin during the same quarter.
This report fulfills the statutory requirement to report "in a manner that permits comparisons among hospitals...the charges for up to 100 health care services or diagnostic-related groups selected by the office."
Sincerely,
barbara a. rudolph, Ph.D.
Director Office of Health Care Information
Department of Health and Family Services
Referred to committee on Health.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources
Madison
November 2, 1998
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
We at the Department of Natural Resources are pleased to provide you with a copy of the Progress Report on the Cooperative Environmental Agreement Legislation. In fulfillment of s.
299.80(16) stats., this document provides information on how the Department has proceeded to implement this program since it was signed into law by Governor Thompson, as a part of the 1997-1999 Biennial Budget bill, on October 11, 1997.
Questions about this report or the program itself can be directed to Lynda Wiese, Director, DNR Bureau of Cooperative Environmental Assistance. Lynda's phone number is: 267-3125.
Sincerely,
george e. meyer
Secretary, DNR
Referred to committee on Natural Resources.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Revenue
Madison
November 4, 1998
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
In accordance with section 71.55(10)(e), Wis. Stats. (1995-1996), I am enclosing copies of the Department of Revenue reports on distribution of enrollment cards for the Wisconsin State Medical Society "Partnercare" program.
Sincerely,
cate zeuske
Secretary of Revenue
Referred to committee on Health.
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AGENCY REPORTS
State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Family Services
Madison
October 12, 1998
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
Attached is information about the CAREGIVER BACKGROUND CHECK AND INVESTIGATION LEGISLATION that became effective on October 1, 1998. This legislation applies to all providers regulated under Chapters
50 and
51 of the Wisconsin Statutes.
Caregiver Background Check requirements can also be found on the Department of Health and Family Services website:
www.dhfs.state.wi.us. Once you reach the site, click on
"News & Initiatives." The website includes information on: Wisconsin Administrative Codes Chapter
HFS 12-Caregiver Background Checks and Chapter
HFS 13-Reporting and Investigation of Caregiver Misconduct, copies of forms, and answers to frequently-asked questions.
If you have questions about Caregiver Background Checks, please write them down. Include as much detail as possible and state your type of license, registration, certification or approval. Send questions to Judy Fryback, Director, Bureau of Quality Assurance at the above address. You may also FAX your questions to the Bureau of Quality Assurance, at (608) 267-0352 or E-mail your questions to
Mccaltw@dhfs.state.wi.us.
The following exhibits are attached to this memo for your information. Please reproduce the forms for your use.
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* Final version-Background Information Disclosure form-HFS 64
* Wisconsin Administrative Code HFS 12-Caregiver Background Checks
* Wisconsin Administrative Code HFS 13-Reporting and Investigation of Client Abuse and Neglect and Misappropriation of Client Property
* DJ-LE-250-Wisconsin Criminal History Single Name Record Request
* DJ-LE-250A-Wisconsin Criminal History Multiple Name Record Request
* DJ-LE-251-Wisconsin Criminal History Customer Account Application
* New Caregiver Background Check Process graphic
* DSL2447-Report of Alleged Client Abuse, Neglect or Misappropriation
* DSL2448-Information Provided by Person with Knowledge of Alleged Incident. (Optional form for use in your inquiry/investigation.)
Sincerely,
Judy fryback
Director Bureau of Quality Assurance
Department of Health and Family Services
