Senate

Senate
Record of Committee Proceedings

Committee on Health, Human Services, Aging, Corrections, Veterans and Military Affairs

Assembly Bill 157

Relating to: prohibiting insurers from requesting genetic test information from health care providers.

By Representatives Wasserman, Schneider, Urban, Ainsworth, Baldwin, Bock, Carpenter, Cullen, Dobyns, Hahn, Hasenohrl, Huber, Kreuser, Ladwig, La Fave, Murat, Musser, Notestein, Reynolds, Riley, Robson, Ryba, L. Young, Ziegelbauer, Gronemus and Gunderson; cosponsored by Senators Grobschmidt, Buettner and Moen.

November 19, 1997 Referred to committee on Health, Human Services, Aging, Corrections, Veterans and Military Affairs.

January 7, 1998 PUBLIC HEARING HELD

Present: (7) Senators Moen, Breske, Moore, Wirch, Roessler, Rosenzweig and Fitzgerald.

Absent: (0) None.

Appearances for

· Michelle Grothe, Pro-Life WI

· Representative Sheldon Wasserman, 22nd District

Appearances against

· None.

Appearances for Information Only

· None.

Registrations for

· Mary Matuska, Pro-Life WI

· S. Kent Steffke, Milwaukee

· Joan Tatarsky, Milwaukee

· Joanne Ricca, WI State AFL-CIO

· Kathy Anderson, State Medical Society

Registrations against

· None.

January 14, 1998 EXECUTIVE SESSION

Present: (5) Senators Moen, Breske, Roessler, Rosenzweig and Fitzgerald.

Absent: (1) Senator Moore.

Moved by Senator Roessler, seconded by Senator Breske, that Assembly Bill 157

be recommended for concurrence.

Ayes: (5) Senators Moen, Breske, Roessler, Rosenzweig and Fitzgerald.

Noes: (0) None.

Absent: (1) Senator Moore.

CONCURRENCE RECOMMENDED, Ayes 5, Noes 0, Absent 1

Melissa White

Committee Clerk