Assembly

Assembly
Record of Committee Proceedings

Committee on Government Operations

Assembly Bill 11

Relating to: requiring the office of the commissioner of insurance to provide information and technical assistance to employes and former employes who lose health care coverage and requiring information about an employe benefit plan in the notice to the department of industry, labor and job development before a business closing or mass layoff.

By Representatives Ourada, Ainsworth, Baumgart, Bock, Boyle, Dobyns, Freese, Goetsch, Gronemus, Gunderson, Hasenohrl, Huber, Kaufert, Ladwig, F. Lasee, Lazich, M. Lehman, Musser, Notestein, Olsen, Ott, Plale, Ryba, Seratti, Springer, Sykora, Turner, Wasserman, R. Young, Zukowski, R. Potter and Powers; cosponsored by Senators Breske, Wirch, Buettner, Cowles, Decker and Grobschmidt.

February 3, 1997 Referred to committee on Government Operations.

February 26, 1997 PUBLIC HEARING HELD

Present: (9) Representative Dobyns, Wieckert, Ott, Urban, Kelso, Ziegelbauer, Schneider, L. Young and Plale.

Absent: (0) None.

Appearances for

· Representative Tom Ourada, 35th Assembly District, author.

· Peter Farrow, Office of the Commissioner of Insurance.

· Representative Tom Ourada, 35th Assembly District, author.

· Peter Farrow, Office of the Commissioner of Insurance.

· Geralyn Hawkins, WI Board on Aging and Long Term Care.

Appearances against

· None.

Appearances for Information Only

· Dan Schwartzer, WI Association of Health Underwriters.

· Dan Bord, Department of Workforce Development.

Registrations for

· Joanne Ricca, WI State AFL-CIO.

Registrations against

· None.

May 7, 1997 EXECUTIVE SESSION

Present: (9) Representatives Dobyns, Wieckert, Ott, Urban, Kelso, Ziegelbauer, Schneider, L. Young and Plale.

Absent: (0) None.

Moved by Representative Urban, seconded by Representative Ziegelbauer, that Assembly Amendment 1

be recommended for adoption.

Ayes: (9) Representative Dobyns, Wieckert, Ott, Urban, Kelso, Ziegelbauer, Schneider, L. Young and Plale.

Noes: (0) None.

Absent: (0) None.

ADOPTION RECOMMENDED, Ayes 9, Noes 0, Absent 0

Moved by Representative Ott, seconded by Representative Plale, that Assembly Bill 11

be recommended for passage as amended.

Ayes: (9) Representatives Dobyns, Wieckert, Ott, Urban, Kelso, Ziegelbauer, Schneider, L. Young and Plale.

Noes: (0) None.

Absent: (0) None.

PASSAGE AS AMENDED RECOMMENDED, Ayes 9, Noes 0, Absent 0

David Volz

Committee Clerk