Tuesday, April 7, 1998
Ninety-Third Regular Session
The Chief Clerk makes the following entries under the above date.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Corrections
March 27, 1998
The Honorable, The Legislature:
As required under Section
301.03(6r) of the Wisconsin Statutes, I am submitting information relative to the number of prisoners the Department of Corrections considers violent and the total number of prisoners.
On December 31, 1997 the Department had 13,714 adult inmates assigned to Type "1" prisons. Out of the 13,714 inmates, 10,471 or 76.4 percent had assaultive offenses.
Sincerely,
Michael J. Sullivan
Secretary
State of Wisconsin
Investment Board
March 31, 1998
The Honorable, The Legislature:
As provided under section
25.17(14m) of the Statutes, attached is the Investment Board's annual performance report to the Legislature. This report discusses our progress in meeting investment goals, the types of investments managed by the Board, our performance in 1997 and investments in Wisconsin.
Please contact me if you have any questions about this report or other matters.
Sincerely,
Patricia Lipton
Executive Director
State of Wisconsin
Legislative Council Staff
April 2, 1998
The Honorable, The Legislature:
I am pleased to transmit to you the following report to the 1997 Legislature on legislation introduced by the Joint Legislative Council:
RL 97-11 Legislation on the Election Process (1997 Assembly Bills 959 and 960)
I would appreciate your including this letter in the Journal for the informationof the membership. Additional copies of this report are available at the Legislative Council Staff offices, One East Main, Suite 401, or from our web page at
www.legis.state.wi.us/lc/jlcrecs.html.
Sincerely,
David J. Stute
Director
State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Family Services
January 1998
The Honorable, The Legislature:
Pursuant to section 153.10(1), Wis. Stat., we are pleased to submit to the Governor and to the Legislature the quarterly Health Care Data Report. This report is based on hospital inpatient discharge data reported to the Office of Health Care Information by all operating general medical-surgical and specialty hospitals in Wisconsin for the fourth quarter of 1996. It also contains selected ambulatory surgery utilization and charge data from general medical-surgical hospitals and freestanding ambulatory surgery centers in Wisconsin during the same quarter.
This report fulfills the statutory requirement to report"in a manner that permits comparisons among hospitals ... the charges for up to 100 health care services or diagnostic-related groups selected by the office."
Sincerely,
Barbara A. Rudolph, Ph. D.
Deputy Director
Office of Health Care Information
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
April 3, 1998
To the Honorable, the Senate:
The following bill(s), originating in the Senate, have been approved, signed and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State:
Sincerely,
TOMMY G. THOMPSON
Governor
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
March 26, 1998
The Honorable, The Senate:
