Ayes, 3 - Senators Huelsman, Welch and Darling.
Noes, 2 - Senators Risser and Adelman.
Joanne Huelsman
Chairperson
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State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
February 6, 1996
To the Honorable the Senate:
At the direction of s.
13.685(7), Wisconsin Statutes, I am furnishing you with the name of an organization recently registered with the Ethics Board that employs one or more individuals to affect state legislation or administrative rules, and notifying you of changes in the Ethics Board's records of licensed lobbyists and their employers. For the recently registered organization I have included the organization's description of the general area of legislative or administrative action that it attempts to influence and the name of the licensed lobbyist that the organization has authorized to act on its behalf.
Organization recently registered:
Below is the name of an organization recently registered with the Ethics Board as employing one or more individuals to affect state legislation or administrative rules.
Kimmel Family Services
Any matter affecting the company in anyway by any state agency, or the legislature.
Bartels, Peggy
Organization's authorization of additional lobbyists:
The following organizations previously registered with the Ethics Board as employers of lobbyists have authorized to act on their behalf these additional licensed lobbyists:
Assisted Living Assn, Wisconsin
Bartels, Peggy
Common Cause in Wisconsin
Heck, James
Community Bankers of Wisconsin (formerly Independent)
Moore, Tom
Motors Corp, General
Sproles, Joe
Philip Morris Incorporated (formerly Philip Morris U.S.A.)
Lenzi, John
Women Voters, League of
Simmons, Kate
Termination of lobbying authorizations:
The following individuals are no longer authorized to lobby on behalf of the organizations listed below, as of the dates indicated.
Herd Management Coop, Wisconsin
Froehlke, Scott 1/31/96
Insurers, Alliance of American
Hauke, Thomas 1/30/96
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Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc
Brozek, Michael 1/31/96
Motors Corp, General
Day, John R. 12/31/95
Spiegel, Stephen 1/31/96
Philip Morris Incorporated (formerly Philip Morris U.S.A.)
Wiswell, Jeffrey 2/1/96
Road Builders Assn, Wisconsin
Froehlke, Scott 12/31/95
Sexual Assault, Wisconsin Coalition Against
Obinna, Jennifer 2/5/96
Textile Services, Wisconsin Assn of
Goyke, Gary 1/30/96
Women Voters, League of
Dercks, Rosemarie 12/31/95
Organization's cessation of lobbying activity:
The following organizations previously registered with the Ethics Board as employers of lobbyists have indicated a cessation of all lobbying activity effective on the dates shown.
Alternative Transportation Fuels Inc. a subsidiary of Skelgas, Inc. 1/30/96
Brozek, Michael 1/30/96
Sports Authority, Wisconsin 1/29/96
Katzman, Bill 1/29/96
Stitt, Don 1/29/96
Sweeney, Gary 1/29/96
Organization's modification or amendment of records:
The registered organization listed below has indicated the following modification to its records:
Community Bankers of Wisconsin, Independent (old name) changed its name to Community Bankers of Wisconsin (new name)
Schneider Communications (old name) changed its name to Frontier Communications of the Great Lakes, Inc. (new name)
Philip Morris U.S.A. (old name) changed its name to Philip Morris Incorporated (new name)
Rime, Inc (old name) changed its name to Rime Management Group, Inc. (new name)
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 the organizations that employ lobbyists.
Sincerely,
R. Roth Judd
Executive Director
State of Wisconsin
Department of Regulation and Licensing
Medical Examining Board
January 19, 1996
The Honorable, The Legislature:
Wisconsin Act 180, which became effective on April 29, 1992, changed the requirements for a certificate to practice as a physician assistant. The Act created sec. 448.05(5)(a) 1 & 2, Stats., to require that an applicant for a certificate must be certified to assist primary care physicians by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants, and that the applicant must have satisfactorily completed a physician assistant training program approved by the board. The board by rule established that an approved educational program is one accredited and approved by the Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation of the American Medical Association.
Nonstatutory provisions of the Act provided that notwithstanding the requirements of sec. 448.05 (5)(a), Stats., the board was to grant certification to applicants who applied prior to July 1, 1993, and who met the requirement at sec. 448.05 (5)(a)1, Stats., but who did not meet the requirements of sec. 448.05 (5)(a)2, Stats. The board was required to record the qualifications of persons qualifying under this provision, including the evidence satisfying the board that the applicant had experience or informal training substantially equivalent to an approved formal training program, and had completed a physician assistant education program not approved by the board. Finally, the board was to report to the legislature by March 1, 1993, the number of applicants approved for certification under the nonstatutory provisions, which report was to include the board's evaluation of the applicants' qualifications, and any recommendations for changing the requirements for certification of physician assistants.
Only one applicant for certification as a physician assistant was granted certification under the nonstatutory provisions of Wisconsin Act 180. Mark Avery Helgeson was granted certificate #682 on November 19, 1992, based upon his having been granted an associate degree in science from St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota, on February 19, 1976, and upon his having practiced as a registered physician assistant in the State of Minnesota since September 12, 1987. Mr. Helgeson had successfully completed the Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination administered by the National Commission of Physician Assistants, Inc., and was granted certification by the national commission on January 15, 1981.
Based upon the limited experience with applicants applying under the nonstatutory provisions of
1991 Wisconsin Act 180, the Medical Examining Board has no recommendation for changing the requirements for certification as a physician assistant under sec. 448.05(5), Stats.
Sincerely,
Clark O. Olsen, M. D.
Chairman
State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
January 30, 1996
The Honorable, The Legislature:
This report is transmitted as required by sec. 20.002(11)(f) of the Wisconsin Statutes, (for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under sec. 13.172 (3) Stats.), and confirms that the Department of Administration has found it necessary to exercise the "temporary reallocation of balances" authority provided by this section in order to meet payment responsibilities and cover resulting negative balances during the month of December, 1995.
On December 1, 1995 the Wisconsin Health Education Loan Repayment Fund balance was -$4 thousand. This shortfall continued until December 31, 1995 when the balance reached -$22 thousand. The shortfall was due to the timing of revenues to the fund.
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The Wisconsin Health Education Loan Repayment Fund shortfall was not in excess of the $400 million ceiling and did not exceed the balances of the Funds available for interfund borrowing.
The distribution of interest earnings to investment pool participants is based on the average daily balance in the pool and each fund's share. Therefore, the monthly calculation by the State Controller's Office will automatically reflect the use of these temporary reallocations of balance authority.
