Wisconsin Legislature: 9,36

(b) The members specified in par. (a) 5. to 12. shall be appointed for 3-year terms, except that if a student member appointed under par. (a) 6. or 7. loses the status upon which the appointment was based, he or she shall cease to be a member of the tobacco control board.

(c) The board shall meet at least 4 times per year. Ten members constitute a quorum. For the purpose of conducting business and exercising its powers, a majority vote of the members of the board is required.

9,30g Section 30g. 15.195 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

15.195 (6) Board on health care information. There is created a board on health care information which is attached to the department of health and family services under s. 15.03. The board shall consist of 11 members, one of whom shall be a record administrator, registered by the American Medical Record Association, and ; at least 2 of whom shall be employer purchasers of health care; and 5 of whom shall be or represent health care providers, including one registered nurse, licensed under s. 441.06, and 2 physicians, as defined in s. 448.01 (5), and 2 representatives of hospitals, as defined in s. 50.33 (2). The State Medical Society of Wisconsin may recommend board membership for 5 physicians, one of whom the governor shall appoint. The members shall be appointed for 4-year terms.

9,30r Section 30r. 15.195 (9) of the statutes is created to read:

15.195 (9) Independent review board. There is created an independent review board that is attached to the department of health and family services under s. 15.03. The board may not include an employe of the department of health and family services and shall consist of the commissioner of insurance or his or her designee and the following members appointed for 4-year terms:

(a) A statistician or researcher.

(b) A medical ethicist of the University of Wisconsin System or the Medical College of Wisconsin.

(d) A purchaser of health care.

9,31 Section 31. 15.197 (5) of the statutes is created to read:

15.197 (5) Council on long-term care. There is created in the department of health and family services a council on long-term care, which shall consist of 15 members. The governor shall designate the chairperson of the council on long-term care.

9,32 Section 32. 15.197 (5) of the statutes, as created by 1999 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.

9,34 Section 34. 15.197 (25) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

15.197 (25) (c) This subsection does not apply beginning on July 1, 2001 2002.

9,34b Section 34b. 15.197 (26) of the statutes is created to read:

15.197 (26) Supplemental food program for women, infants and children council. (a) There is created in the department of health and family services a supplemental food program for women, infants and children council. The council shall consist of the following members:

1. One representative of independent retail grocery stores.

2. One representative of the food industry warehouse distribution system.

3. One representative of convenience stores.

4. One representative of pharmacies.

5. One representative of financial institutions.

6. Two participants in the supplemental food program for women, infants and children.

7. The secretary of health and family services or his or her designee.

8. One representative of a community-based hunger prevention program in the city of Milwaukee.

(b) The member under par. (a) 7. may not serve as the chairperson of the council.

(d) This subsection does not apply beginning on January 1, 2002.

9,35 Section 35. 15.223 (2) of the statutes is repealed.

9,36 Section 36. 15.223 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

15.223 (3) Division of workforce excellence. There is created in the department of workforce development a division of workforce excellence.

9,36r Section 36r. 15.225 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

15.225 (2) (b) Membership. The Wisconsin conservation corps board consists of 7 members appointed by the governor from various areas of the state in a manner designed to provide regional, environmental and agricultural representation. One member of the board shall be a member of an area private industry council a local workforce development board established under the job training partnership act, 29 USC 1501 to 1781 29 USC 2832.

9,37 Section 37. 15.225 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

15.225 (3) Governor's work-based learning board. (a) There is created a governor's work-based learning board which is attached to the department of workforce development under s. 15.03.

(b) The governor's work-based learning board shall consist of the following members:

1. The governor.

2. The state superintendent of public instruction.

3. The president of the technical college system board.

4. The director of the technical college system board.

5. The secretary of workforce development.

6. The administrator of the division of workforce excellence in the department of workforce development.

6g. One member who is a representative of organized labor and one member who is a representative of business and industry, appointed as are the members of assembly standing committees.

6m. One member who is a representative of organized labor and one member who is a representative of business and industry, appointed as are the members of senate standing committees.

7g. Two members who are representatives of organized labor, appointed by the governor to serve at the pleasure of the governor.

8g. Two members who are representatives of business and industry, appointed by the governor to serve at the pleasure of the governor.

8m. Two members having experience in secondary vocational education and work-based learning who are not public officers and who do not possess the qualifications of the members under subds. 6g., 6m., 7g. and 8g. appointed by the governor to serve at the pleasure of the governor.

9. One member, who is not a public officer and who does not possess the qualifications of the members under subds. 6g., 6m., 7g. and 8g., to represent the interests of the public, appointed by the governor to serve at the pleasure of the governor.

9,37g Section 37g. 15.227 (24) of the statutes is repealed.

9,37h Section 37h. 15.343 of the statutes is created to read:

15.343 Same; specified divisions. (1) Division of forestry. There is created in the department of natural resources a division of forestry.

9,37j Section 37j. 15.377 (1) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

15.377 (1) Blind and visual impairment education council. (a) Definition. In this subsection, "visually impaired" has the meaning given in s. 115.51 (4).

(b) Creation. There is created a blind and visual impairment education council in the department of public instruction.

(c) Members. The blind and visual impairment education council shall consist of the following members, at least one of whom has been certified by the library of congress as a braille transcriber, appointed by the state superintendent for 3-year terms:

1. Three parents of children who are visually impaired.

2. Three persons who are members of an organization affiliated with persons who are visually impaired.

3. Three licensed teachers, one of whom is a teacher of the visually impaired, one of whom is an orientation and mobility teacher and one of whom is a general education teacher.

4. One school board member.

5. One school district administrator.

6. One school district special education director.

7. One cooperative educational service agency representative.

8. One person who has experience in educating the visually impaired or in educating teachers of the visually impaired and is affiliated with an institution of higher education.

9. Three other members, at least one of whom is visually impaired.

9,37k Section 37k. 15.406 (4) of the statutes is created to read:

15.406 (4) Athletic trainers affiliated credentialing board. There is created in the department of regulation and licensing, attached to the medical examining board, an athletic trainers affiliated credentialing board consisting of the following members appointed for 4-year terms:

(a) Four athletic trainers who are licensed under subch. VI of ch. 448 and who have not been issued a credential in athletic training by a governmental authority in a jurisdiction outside this state. One of the athletic trainer members may also be licensed under ch. 446 or 447 or subch. II, III or IV of ch. 448.

(b) One member who is licensed to practice medicine and surgery under subch. II of ch. 448 and who has experience with athletic training and sports medicine.

9,40g Section 40g. 15.675 of the statutes is renumbered 15.495 and amended to read:

15.495 Same; attached board. (1) Educational approval board. There is created an educational approval board which is attached to the higher educational aids board department of veterans affairs under s. 15.03. The board shall consist of not more than 7 members, who shall be representatives of state agencies and other persons with a demonstrated interest in educational programs, appointed to serve at the pleasure of the governor.

9,40k Section 40k. 15.77 of the statutes is created to read:

15.77 Milwaukee school construction board. (1) There is created a Milwaukee school construction board consisting of all of the following:

(a) One senator and one representative to the assembly appointed as are the members of standing committees in their respective houses.

(b) One person appointed by the mayor of the city of Milwaukee.

(2) Any action of the Milwaukee school construction board requires the affirmative vote of 3 of its members.

(3) The Milwaukee school construction board does not have rule-making authority.

(4) The board of school directors of the school district operating under ch. 119 shall assist the Milwaukee school construction board in the performance of its duties.

(5) This section does not apply after the first day of the 60th month beginning after the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date].

9,40r Section 40r. 16.004 (13) of the statutes is created to read:

16.004 (13) Unfunded prior service for assistant district attorneys. Beginning in the 1999-2000 fiscal year and ending in the 2003-04 fiscal year, the department shall pay $80,000 in each fiscal year from the appropriation account under s. 20.475 (1) (d) toward the department's unfunded prior service liability under the Wisconsin retirement system that results from granting the creditable service under s. 40.02 (17) (gm).

9,40t Section 40t. 16.004 (14) of the statutes is created to read:

16.004 (14) Grants to technical colleges. From the appropriation under s. 20.505 (4) (e), the secretary shall award grants to technical college district boards to develop or expand programs in occupational areas in which there is a high demand for workers, and to make capital expenditures that are necessary for such development or expansion, as determined by the secretary. The department shall promulgate rules establishing criteria for judging grant applications.

9,41 Section 41. 16.009 (2) (p) of the statutes is created to read:

16.009 (2) (p) Contract with one or more organizations to provide advocacy services to potential or actual recipients of the family care benefit, as defined in s. 46.2805 (4), or their families or guardians. The board and contract organizations under this paragraph shall assist these persons in protecting their rights under all applicable federal statutes and regulations and state statutes and rules. An organization with which the board contracts for these services may not be a provider, nor an affiliate of a provider, of long-term care services, a resource center under s. 46.283 or a care management organization under s. 46.284. For potential or actual recipients of the family care benefit, advocacy services required under this paragraph shall include all of the following:

1. Providing information, technical assistance and training about how to obtain needed services or support items.

2. Providing advice and assistance in preparing and filing complaints, grievances and appeals of complaints or grievances.

3. Providing negotiation and mediation.