To the Honorable, the Legislature:
In compliance with Wisconsin statute 16.548, please find the Wisconsin Office of Federal/State Relations quarterly report to be submitted to the Legislature for the Second Quarter of 2008. This report provides information on the activities of the office and the status of federal legislation of concern to the State of Wisconsin.
Please contact me if you have any questions about this material.
Sincerely,
Dan Schooff
Deputy Secretary
Referred to committee on State Affairs.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Health Services
Madison
August 13, 2008
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
The Department of Health Services is pleased to submit to you and the Legislature the Immunization Program Legislative Report for State Fiscal Year 2008. The attached report is required by Wisconsin Statute s.
252.04 (11).
Wisconsin continues to attain high preschool immunization levels and maintains a state of the art immunization registry. Highlights of the Immunization Program include:
• Attaining an estimated immunization level of 80.6% for series complete among preschoolers, ranking Wisconsin in the top 15 states in the nation;
• Maintaining and improving the Wisconsin Immunization Registry (WIR), an information system that stores, tracks, recalls and assesses immunization information;
• Maintaining parental access to the WIR as part of Governor Doyle's Kids First Initiative;
• Providing a record $40.6 million in federally funded vaccines to Wisconsin's children in SFY 2008;
• Promulgating administrative rule changes to the Student Immunization Law to require adolescent Tdap and varicella (chickenpox) vaccine in selected grades and pnuemococcal vaccine in day care centers; and
• Maintaining strong collaborative efforts with both public and private sectors throughout the state in implementing the WIR and other immunization initiatives.
These successes help Wisconsin to achieve high immunization levels. The Department is committed to ongoing efforts that will continue to ensure that our children are safe from vaccine-preventable diseases.
Sincerely,
Karen E. Timberlake
Secretary
Referred to committee on Public Health.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
Madison
August 19, 2008
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Included with this correspondence, I am submitting the report of the Department of Administration, Division of Gaming (Gaming), for the forth quarter of fiscal year 2008 (April 1, 2008 through June 30, 2008). As required by s.
562.02 (1)(g), Wis. Stats., the attached materials contain pari-mutuel wagering and racing statistical information, as well as the revenues for the program areas of Racing, Charitable Gaming, Bingo and Indian Gaming.
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If you have any questions or comments regarding this report, please do not hesitate to contact Rachel Meek at (608) 270-2535.
Sincerely,
Robert W. Sloey
Administrator
Referred to committee on State Affairs.
State of Wisconsin
Department of Health Services
Madison
August 29, 2008
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Section
55.14 (11) of the Wis. Stats. requires the Department of Health Services to submit a report concerning any orders for the involuntary administration of psychotropic medications to individuals who are receiving protective services. Counties and their contract agencies are required to submit copies of these orders to the Department. Sections
51.14 (3) and
(8) establish the criteria for issuance of court orders. Eight counties (La Crosse, Manitowoc, Marinette, Oneida, Rock, Washburn, Waushara and Wood) provided copies of protective placement court orders for psychotropic medications in the last year.
Sincerely,
Karen E. Timberlake
Secretary
Referred to committee on Aging and Long Term Care.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Health Services
Madison
August 29, 2008
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Section
227.485(9) Wis. Stats. requires the Department to submit a report concerning decisions and resulting payments of attorney fees and related legal costs. Attorney fees and other legal costs are to be paid whenever the opposing party to an agency's Chapter
227 hearing prevails and it is determined the agency's position was not substantially justified. The attached report reflects payments made during SFY2008. In addition, under s.
814.245(10) Wis. Stats., the Department is required to report any awards granted to the Department regarding frivolous motions brought against this Department. In SFY 2008, no motions of opposing parties were found to be frivolous. Consequently, the Department has no awards to report.
Sincerely,
Karen E. Timberlake
Secretary
Referred to committee on Health and Healthcare Reform.
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Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Investment Board
Madison
August 15, 2008
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Attached is our quarterly report listing all expenses that were charged directly to funds managed by the State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB or the Board) during the quarter ending June 30, 2008. Section
25.17 (13m), Stats., requires that we provide this report on a quarterly basis.
The statutes authorize the Board to employ special legal or investment counsel in any matter arising from the scope of our investment authority and to employ professionals, contractors or agents to evaluate or operate any property in which the Board has an interest. The Board may also contract with external advisers to manage various types of investments. Expenses for these services are directly charged to the current income of the fund for which the services were furnished.
This report lists expenses on an accrual basis, which lists costs when they are incurred rather than paid. Providing the information on an accrual basis gives a better picture of quarter to quarter trends in services that are directly charged to the funds. A negative charge typically indicates an adjustment to expenses accrued in a prior quarter or a refund of expenses that were prepaid and subsequently adjusted.
We hope this report gives you a clear picture of expenditures and how funds are managed. Please contact me, however, if you have any questions or comments about the report.
Sincerely,
Keith Bozarth
Executive Director
