Relating to: qualifications of chiropractors who provide independent evaluations for insurers, procedures for conducting independent evaluations for insurers and granting rule-making authority.
Assembly substitute amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 17 - Representatives Underheim, Urban, Johnsrud, Freese, Walker, Lazich, Zukowski, Jensen, F. Lasee, Handrick, Robson, Carpenter, Huber, Springer, Wirch, Meyer and Wasserman.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 17 - Representatives Underheim, Urban, Johnsrud, Freese, Walker, Lazich, Zukowski, Jensen, F. Lasee, Handrick, Robson, Carpenter, Huber, Springer, Wirch, Meyer and Wasserman.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 399
Relating to: declarations to physicians.
Assembly amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 17 - Representatives Underheim, Urban, Johnsrud, Freese, Walker, Lazich, Zukowski, Jensen, F. Lasee, Handrick, Robson, Carpenter, Huber, Springer, Wirch, Meyer and Wasserman.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 10 - Representatives Underheim, Jensen, F. Lasee, Robson, Carpenter, Huber, Springer, Wirch, Meyer and Wasserman.
Noes: 7 - Representatives Urban, Johnsrud, Freese, Walker, Lazich, Zukowski and Handrick.
To committee on Rules.
Gregg Underheim
Chairperson
Committee on Health
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Referral of Agency Reports
DATE: August 9, 1995
TO: Charles R. Sanders
Assembly Chief Clerk
FROM: Katharine C. Lyall, President
University of Wisconsin System
RE: Wisconsin Environmental Policy Act
The University of Wisconsin System is pleased to provided you with a copy of our annual Wisconsin Environmental Policy Act (WEPA) report. In fulfillment of Section
1.11 (2) (j) Wisconsin Statutes, this document provides information on the numbers of environmental assessment (EA's) and environmental impact statements (EIS's) completed in the past fiscal year.
This report addresses the activities of the University of Wisconsin System for the period from June 30, 1994 to June 30, 1995.
Sincerely,
Katharine C. Lyall
Office of the President
Referred to committee on Natural Resources.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Social Services
Madison
August 23, 1995
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
In accordance with sec. 1.11(2)(j) Wis. stats., the Department of Health and Social Services reports that it has not conducted any Environmental Impact Statements during the reporting period July 1, 1994, through June 30, 1995. During this time period, the Department has conducted four Environmental Assessments associated with facilities projects, but none of these required continuation into a full Environmental Impact Statement process.
The following Environmental Assessments were completed.
Winnebago Mental Health Institute Construction of a 60 bed forensic treatment building at the institution, as authorized in the 1993-95 biennial budget.
Lincoln Hills School Construction of an emergency housing structure within the secure perimeter of the institution, as authorized by State Building Commission action on December 20, 1994.
Ethan Allen School Construction of an emergency housing structure within the secure perimeter of the institution, as authorized by State Building Commission action on December 20, 1994.
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Youth Development Facility (juvenile boot camp) Conversion and renovation of existing buildings at Camp Williams, in Camp Douglas, WI, for use as a boot camp for juveniles, as authorized in
1993 Act 98.
Sincerely,
joe leean
Secretary, DHSS
Referred to committee on Natural Resources.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources
Department of Administration
Madison
August 25, 1995
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
Attached to this letter is the Clean Water Fund Biennial Finance Plan for the 1995-1997 biennium. Submission to and review of the Biennial Finance Plan by the Joint Committee on Finance, environmental legislative standing committees and the Building Commission is required under s.
144.2415(3), Wis. Stats. The statute allows the Joint Committee on Finance and each standing committee to submit to the Building Commission its recommendations and comments regarding each version of the Biennial Finance Plan.
This plan was prepared jointly by the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Administration Capital Finance Office. This final version of the plan reflects
1995 Wis. Act 27. Previous Biennial Finance Plans included a list of grant and loan funds received by municipalities during the last biennium. That list will be part of the Biennial Finance Report which will be distributed on November 1, 1995.
If you have any questions regarding the Biennial Finance Plan, please contact Kathryn A. Curtner at 266-0860 or Frank Hoadley at 266-2305.
Sincerely,
KATHRYN A. Curtner
Director, Bureau of Environmental Loans, DNR
FRANK R. HOADLEY
Capital Finance Director
DOA
Referred to committee on Environment and Utilities.
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Communications
State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
Madison
August 29, 1995
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
We have completed an evaluation of the State of Wisconsin Investment Board's bonus compensation plan and private placement investment activities, as directed by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee. This is in addition to report 95-16, which examined the Board's investment practices.
Administration of the bonus compensation plan has improved since 1991, when the Legislature required changes to ensure that awards were based on merit. Nevertheless, the Investment Board remains concerned that staff turnover and recruiting efforts are affected by its ability to compete with private-sector investment firms for staff. In Assembly Bill 150, the Governor proposed increasing the amount of funds available for bonuses and the size of bonuses and the size of bonuses available to individual staff. However, bonuses that have been paid have seldom approached the current limit of 25 percent of an individual's salary, because funds available are limited to 10 percent of annual salaries and because the Board's policy allows some available funds to lapse.
Private placements are loans or other direct investments in businesses. In 1995, the Investment Board's private placement portfolio includes almost $3.6 billion, of which 12 percent is invested in Wisconsin companies. A 1994 review by Price Waterhouse found only one instance in which investment staff did not follow all of the Board's investment guidelines for private placements. However, Price Waterhouse recommended more investment authority be delegated to staff and that investment procedures be made more explicit.
We also reviewed the Board's investments with companies controlled by Mr. Irwin Jacobs of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Although several steps in the transactions involving Mr. Jacobs raise questions, Investment Board staff indicate the process used in approving these investments was similar to that used in other private placement transactions.
We appreciate the courtesy and cooperation extended to us by the State of Wisconsin Investment Board's staff. A response from the Board's Executive Director is Appendix II.
Respectfully submitted,
Dale Cattanach
State Auditor
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REFERENCE BUREAU CORRECTIONS
Assembly Bill 94
1. Page 4, line 16: substitute "deceased" for "decreased".
