Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 89 offered by Representative Handrick.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 322 offered by Representative Baumgart.
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Relating to HIV testing procedures.
Submitted by Office of the Commissioner of Insurance.
Report received from Agency, February 6, 1998.
To committee on Health.
Referred on February 11, 1998.
Relating to the transportation infrastructure loan program.
Submitted by Department of Transportation.
Report received from Agency, February 9, 1998.
To committee on Highways and Transportation
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Referred on February 11, 1998.
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Bill 780
Relating to: minimum daily hours of service in nursing homes for certain nursing home residents, requirements for nursing home reports, increasing positions for the board on aging and long-term care, granting rule-making authority and making an appropriation.
A570
By
Representatives Krusick, Underheim, Baldwin, Black, Bock, Boyle, Carpenter, Coggs, Cullen, Hanson, Hasenohrl, Hebl, Kunicki, La Fave, Morris-Tatum, Murat, Notestein, Olsen, Plale, Plouff, Porter, R. Potter, Powers, Riley, Robson, Ryba, Skindrud, Springer, Staskunas, Turner, Urban, Walker, Wasserman, L. Young and R. Young; cosponsored by Senators Burke, Grobschmidt and Rosenzweig, by request of American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), Alzheimer's Association, Board on Aging and Long Term Care, Citizen Advocates for Nursing Home Residents, Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups, Service Employees Local 150, Wisconsin Coalition for Advocacy, Wisconsin Coalition of Visiting Nurse Assocations, Wisconsin Council of Senior Citizens, Service Employees International and Union Wisconsin State Council.
To committee on Health.
Assembly Bill 781
Relating to: bank charges for transactions at automatic teller machines.
By
Representatives J. Lehman, Notestein, Bock, Vander Loop and Kreuser; cosponsored by Senator Clausing
.
To committee on Financial Institutions
.
Assembly Bill 782
Relating to: training certificates for barbers, cosmetologists, barbering or cosmetology instructors, aestheticians, electrologists and manicurists and providing a penalty.
By
Representatives L. Young, Bock, R. Young and Riley; cosponsored by Senator Moore
.
To committee on Consumer Affairs
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Assembly Bill 783
Relating to: allowing pupils to possess and use metered dose and dry powder inhalers while in school.
By
Representatives Jensen, Harsdorf, Kunicki, Duff and Ward; cosponsored by Senators C. Potter, Burke, Rude, Chvala and Grobschmidt.
To committee on Education.
Assembly Bill 784
Relating to: specifying that Huntington's disease is a developmental disability.
By
Representatives Albers, Ladwig, Boyle, Plale, Musser, Bock and Owens; cosponsored by Senators Rude, Roessler and Darling.
To committee on Health.
Assembly Bill 785
Relating to: the location of refusal hearings, the citation procedure used for certain violations, judgments regarding minors and interference with custody of a nonmarital child (suggested as remedial legislation by the director of state courts).
By
Law Revision Committee.
To committee on Judiciary.
Assembly Bill 786
Relating to: penalties for certain traffic offenses committed where persons working on a utility facility are at risk from traffic and providing a penalty.
By
Representatives Skindrud, Musser, Jensen, Ladwig, Kelso, Porter, Hahn, Ainsworth, Sykora, Seratti, Kedzie, Schafer, Klusman, Olsen, Hutchison, Jeskewitz, Hasenohrl, Plouff, Ryba and Springer; cosponsored by Senators Shibilski, Darling, Decker, Drzewiecki, Risser and Wineke.
To committee on Highways and Transportation
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Assembly Bill 787
Relating to: costs related to investigations regarding weights and measures violations, protection for persons reporting weights and measures violations, providing for business and consumer education and making an appropriation.
By
Representatives Otte, Huber, Albers, Springer, Harsdorf, Notestein, Porter, Hasenohrl, Hahn, Wasserman, Musser, R. Potter, Kedzie and Seratti; cosponsored by Senators Clausing, Panzer, Decker, Burke and Risser.
To committee on Consumer Affairs
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Assembly Bill 788
Relating to: the retention of special counsel to prosecute certain actions with respect to the boundaries of the Indian reservations located in this state and the rights of non-Indians owning property within those reservations.
By
Representatives Seratti, Gard, Goetsch, F. Lasee, Albers, Grothman and Jeskewitz.
To committee on State Affairs.
Assembly Bill 789
Relating to: fishing licenses issued to disabled residents.
By
Representatives Boyle, Hasenohrl, Hoven, Brandemuehl, Dobyns, Zukowski, Baumgart, Springer, Plouff, Bock, Grothman, Notestein, Robson, Ryba, Ladwig, Owens, Musser, R. Young, Powers, Ziegelbauer, Porter, Turner and J. Lehman; cosponsored by Senators Moen, Shibilski, Breske, Darling and Drzewiecki.
To committee on Natural Resources
.
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The joint committee on Information Policy reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 552
Relating to: eliminating the office of health care information and transferring functions related to collection, analysis and dissemination of health care information to the department of health and family services, confidentiality of patient health care records, granting rule-making authority, providing a penalty and making appropriations.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 9 - Representatives Hutchison, Kaufert, Vrakas, Schneider and Hanson; and
Senators
Jauch, Moore, Panzer and Rosenzweig.
Noes: 0.
Assembly substitute amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 9 - Representatives Hutchison, Kaufert, Vrakas, Schneider and Hanson; and
Senators
Jauch, Moore, Panzer and Rosenzweig.
Noes: 0.
Ayes: 9 - Representatives Hutchison, Kaufert, Vrakas, Schneider and Hanson; and
Senators
Jauch, Moore, Panzer and Rosenzweig.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Health.
David Hutchison
Assembly Chairperson
Joint committee on Information Policy
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Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Investment Board
Madison
January 30, 1998
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Section
25.17(14r) of the Statutes requires that the State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB) submit a report to the Joint Committee on Audit, Joint Committee on Finance, and Chief Clerks of each House summarizing any change in the Board's investment policies, upon adoption of the change.
On January 7, 1998, the Board approved modifications to the Investment Policy Guidelines for the State Investment Fund (SIF) and the domestic equity, venture capital and leverage buyout portfolios of the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) Trust Funds. The changes are indicated on the attached copy of the guidelines. Additions to the previous guidelines are shaded and deletions are the stricken material.
State Investment Fund - Wisconsin Certificate of Deposit Program
Under the Wisconsin Certificate of Deposit Program, the SIF purchases up to $300 million in CDs from Wisconsin financial institutions. The program was expanded last year to encourage greater participation.
The guidelines approved last year limited the amount of CDs we purchase from branches of bank holding companies to no more than $30 million. The new guidelines permit the $30 million limit to be exceeded if the total amount outstanding is less than $300 million. This will help the program reach its intended level while ensuring that holding companies do not dominate the program when other institutions are interested in participating.
The second change removes limits on the amounts of CDs that we may purchase at particular maturity levels. The new guidelines allow the portfolio manager to determine the appropriate maturity profile for the portfolio, as is the case for other investments. Some ambiguity in the old guidelines is also eliminated as a result.