The committee on Health, Human Services, Aging, Corrections, Veterans and Military Affairs reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 262
Relating to: the regulation of massage therapists and bodyworkers, creating a massage therapy and bodywork examining board, granting rule-making authority and providing a penalty.
Introduction and adoption of Senate substitute amendment 1.
Ayes, 6 - Senators
Moen, Breske, Moore, Roessler, Rosenzweig and Fitzgerald.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 6 - Senators
Moen, Breske, Moore, Roessler, Rosenzweig and Fitzgerald.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 361
Relating to: the administration of drug products and devices by pharmacists, continuing education for pharmacists and granting rule-making authority.
Introduction and adoption of Senate substitute amendment 1.
Ayes, 6 - Senators
Moen, Breske, Moore, Roessler, Rosenzweig and Fitzgerald.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Moen, Breske, Moore, Rosenzweig and Fitzgerald.
Noes, 1 - Senator
Roessler.
Rodney Moen
Chairperson
The committee on Judiciary, Campaign Finance Reform and Consumer Affairs reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 113
Relating to: notification of victims, witnesses, local agencies and the public when a juvenile who has committed a delinquent act or who is not competent to proceed escapes or is released from a child caring institution or inpatient facility or from correctional supervision.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Wirch, Clausing, Huelsman and Drzewiecki.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 225
Relating to: the use of original manufacturer replacement parts.
Introduction and adoption of Senate substitute amendment 1.
Ayes, 3 - Senators
Wirch, Clausing and Drzewiecki.
Noes, 1 - Senator
Huelsman.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 3 - Senators
Wirch, Clausing and Drzewiecki.
Noes, 1 - Senator
Huelsman.
Senate Bill 287
Relating to: default judgments in municipal court cases.
Passage.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Wirch, Clausing, Huelsman and Drzewiecki.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 345
Relating to: sentences for felony offenses, parole, extended supervision and granting rule-making authority.
Introduction and adoption of Senate amendment 1.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Wirch, Clausing, Huelsman and Drzewiecki.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Wirch, Clausing, Huelsman and Drzewiecki.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 399
Relating to: disclosure of juvenile adjudications in criminal sentencing proceedings; requests by a district attorney for assistance in carrying out his or her duties; annual reports by state agencies concerning records and forms management; and reports by the department of administration concerning distribution and usage of gasohol and alternative fuels in this state (suggested as remedial legislation by the department of administration.)
Passage.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Wirch, Clausing, Huelsman and Drzewiecki.
Noes, 0 - None.
Robert Wirch
Chairperson
S441
The committee on
Labor, Transportation and Financial Institutions reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 379
Concurrence.
Ayes, 6 - Senators
Plache, Moore, Decker, Zien, Darling and Farrow.
Noes, 0 - None.
Homstad, Gilbert L.,
of Black River Falls, as a member of the Banking Review Board, to serve for the interim term ending May 1, 2001.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 6 - Senators
Plache, Moore, Decker, Zien, Darling and Farrow.
Noes, 0 - None.
Willoughby, E. Ray,
of Eau Claire, as a member of the Banking Review Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2002.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 6 - Senators
Plache, Moore, Decker, Zien, Darling and Farrow.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 139
Relating to: enacting traffic regulation ordinances that conform with rules of the department of transportation.
Passage.
Ayes, 6 - Senators
Plache, Moore, Decker, Zien, Darling and Farrow.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 255
Relating to: federal waivers under the food stamp program.
Passage and without recommendation.
Ayes, 3 - Senators
Plache, Moore and Decker.
Noes, 3 - Senators
Zien, Darling and Farrow.
Kimberly Plache
Chairperson
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Secretary of State
To the Honorable, the Senate:
Sincerely,
Douglas La follette
Secretary of State
State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
February 2, 1998
The Honorable, The Legislature:
We have completed an evaluation of the Department of Health and Family Services' regulation of Wisconsin nursing homes and a review of the Board on Aging and Long Term Care's role in monitoring nursing homes, as directed by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee. Approximately 100 surveyors in five regional offices of the Department regularly inspect the state's 430 nursing homes. Based on 2,328 visits to nursing homes in fiscal years 1995-96 and 1996-97, the Department issued 5,642 federal citations that led to a variety of enforcement actions including $410,075 in penalties, and 751 state citations resulting in $334,480 in forfeitures.
