The Honorable, The Legislature:
In accordance with s.
601.427(9), Wis. Stat., I am pleased to submit this report to the Wisconsin Legislature. This report is to evaluate the impact that
1995 Wisconsin Act 10 has had on the following:
(a) The number of health care providers practicing in Wisconsin.
(b) The fees that health care providers pay under s.655.27(3).
(c) The premiums that health care providers pay for health care liability insurance.
The evaluation performed included the collection and analysis of statistics regarding the number of health care providers and premiums charged for health care liability insurance. While analysis of these statistics determined that not enough time has elapsed since the enactment of Act 10 to allow for a conclusive analysis of its impact, it should be emphasized that explicit recognition of the cap has been made in the annual fee setting process for the Fund. Specifically, a reduction in the loss costs resulted in an estimated $36.1 million reduction in fees paid by Wisconsin health care providers for fiscal years 1995-1996 through 1997-1998.
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The attached report provides information regarding the background of Act 10, the statistics collected and the analysis performed.
Sincerely,
Josephine W. Musser
Commissioner of Insurance
State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
May 27, 1997
To the Honorable the Senate:
At the direction of s.
13.685(7),
Wisconsin Statutes, I am furnishing you with the names of organizations recently registered with the Ethics Board that employ 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 each 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 each licensed lobbyist that the organization has authorized to act on its behalf.
Organizations recently registered:
Below are the names of organizations recently registered with the Ethics Board as employing one or more individuals to affect state legislation or administrative rules.
All American Financial Services LLC
Subject(s): Any legislative activity relating to consumer finance and the Pawn Broker industry.
Essie, Patrick
Property Valuation Associates Inc
Subject(s): The treatment of federal funding reimbursement to schools for health care services, for purposes of school aids and equalization.
Brown, George
Driessen, Anthony
Service Employees International Union, Wis State Council #4
Subject(s): S.E.I.U., State Council #4 may attempt to influence any state legislation and administrative rule that has an impact on its members.
Farley, Patrick
Organization's authorization of additional lobbyists:
The following organizations previously registered with the Ethics Board have authorized to act on their behalf these additional licensed lobbyists:
DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Co, MultiState Associates on behalf of
McChesney, Jean
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
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
May 19, 1997
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Tyler
, Bianca S.,
of Amery, as a member of the Judicial Commission, to serve for the term ending August 1, 2000.
Sincerely,
TOMMY G. THOMPSON
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Judiciary, Campaign Finance Reform and Consumer Affairs.
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Relating to the certification and regulation of telecommunications resellers and providers of alternative operator services.
Submitted by Public Service Commission.
Report received from Agency, May 23, 1997.
Referred to committee on Utility Regulation,
May 27, 1997.
Relating to operation of the uniform fee system including determination of parental liability for the cost of court-ordered substitute care of a child.
Submitted by Department of Health and Family Services.
Report received from Agency, May 22, 1997.
Referred to committee on Health, Human Services, Aging, Corrections, Veterans and Military Affairs,
May 27, 1997 .
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By Charles Sanders, chief clerk.
Mr. President:
I am directed to inform you that the Assembly has passed and asks concurrence in:
Assembly Bill 158
Assembly Bill 174
Assembly Bill 220
Assembly Bill 268
Assembly Bill 338
Adopted and asks concurrence in:
Assembly Joint Resolution 38
Concurred in:
Senate Joint Resolution 19
Assembly Bill 186
Senate substitute amendment 1
Assembly Bill
158
Relating to: increasing the fees charged by a register of deeds for recording certain plats.
By Representatives Ladwig, Turner, Duff, Gard, Goetsch, Gronemus, Gunderson, Hahn, Handrick, Jensen, Kreibich, M. Lehman, Linton, Porter, Powers and Vrakas; cosponsored by Senators Plache, Buettner and Rude.
Read first time and referred to committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations.
Assembly Bill
174
Relating to: regulation of physician assistants and the authority of physician assistants to prescribe drugs and devices.
By Representatives Ourada, Underheim, Handrick, Meyer, Brandemuehl, Urban, Notestein, Duff, Vander Loop, F. Lasee, Dobyns, Carpenter, Gronemus, Goetsch, Huber, Springer, Sykora, Albers, Plouff, J. Lehman, Seratti, Owens, Gard, Hahn, Ladwig, Kaufert, Wieckert, Freese, Hasenohrl, Black, Gunderson, Ott, Olsen, Dueholm and Zukowski; cosponsored by Senators Moen, Rude, Breske, Clausing, Rosenzweig, Schultz, Welch and Jauch.
Read first time and referred to committee on Health, Human Services, Aging, Corrections, Veterans and Military Affairs.
Assembly Bill
220
Relating to: prohibiting performance of certain partial-birth abortions and providing a penalty.
By Representatives Goetsch, Wood, Ladwig, Seratti, Freese, Ryba, Green, Walker, Lorge, Lazich, Otte, Ziegelbauer, Duff, Huebsch, Hutchison, Staskunas, Handrick, Dobyns, Ainsworth, Owens, Hoven, Zukowski, Harsdorf, Urban, Nass, F. Lasee, Powers, Ward, Kreibich, Jeskewitz, Schafer, Ott, Gunderson, Vrakas, Sykora, Gard, Hahn, Kelso, Brandemuehl, Vander Loop, Porter, Olsen and Plale; cosponsored by Senators Fitzgerald, Grobschmidt, Zien, Huelsman, Buettner, Darling, Welch, A. Lasee, Cowles, Farrow, Schultz and Weeden.
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Campaign Finance Reform and Consumer Affairs.
Assembly Bill
268
Relating to: permitting the department of corrections to administer the juvenile correctional system under policies and procedures not promulgated as rules and providing an exemption from rule-making procedures.
