Relating to: investigations of compliance with certain prohibitions against selling or giving cigarettes and tobacco products to minors and requiring certain information to be included on an application for a license to sell, expose for sale, possess with intent to sell, exchange, barter, dispose of or give cigarettes or tobacco products to a person.
By
Representative
Urban
; cosponsored by Senator Robson
.
To committee on Public Health.
Assembly Bill 869
Relating to: eliminating certificates in good standing for funeral director licensees.
By
Representative
Jeskewitz
; cosponsored by Senator George
, by request of Secretary Marlene A. Cummings and the Department of Regulation and Licensing
.
To committee on Consumer Affairs
.
Assembly Bill 870
A723
Relating to: requiring pharmacies and pharmacists, as a condition of medical assistance participation, to charge elderly, low-income persons for prescription drugs at no more than the rate reimbursed under medical assistance, expanding medical assistance eligibility and making appropriations.
By
Representative
Underheim
, by request of Governor Tommy G. Thompson.
To committee on Health.
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The joint committee on Finance reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 187
Relating to: establishing a service award program for volunteer fire fighters and emergency medical technicians, creating a volunteer fire fighter and emergency medical technician service award board, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority and making appropriations.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 9 - Representatives Gard, Foti, Albers, Duff, Ward, Huber and Riley;
Senators
Cowles and Darling.
Noes: 7 - Representative
Porter; Senators
Burke, Decker, Jauch, Moore, Shibilski and Plache.
Assembly amendment 2 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 16 - Representatives Gard, Porter, Foti, Albers, Duff, Ward, Huber and Riley; Senators
Burke, Decker, Jauch, Moore, Shibilski, Plache, Cowles and Darling.
Noes: 0.
Assembly substitute amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 16 - Representatives Gard, Porter, Foti, Albers, Duff, Ward, Huber and Riley; Senators
Burke, Decker, Jauch, Moore, Shibilski, Plache, Cowles and Darling.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 16 - Representatives Gard, Porter, Foti, Albers, Duff, Ward, Huber and Riley; Senators
Burke, Decker, Jauch, Moore, Shibilski, Plache, Cowles and Darling.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 545
Relating to: paid leaves of absence for state employes for the purpose of serving as bone marrow and human organ donors.
Assembly amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 16 - Representatives Gard, Porter, Foti, Albers, Duff, Ward, Huber and Riley; Senators
Burke, Decker, Jauch, Moore, Shibilski, Plache, Cowles and Darling.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 14 - Representatives Gard, Porter, Duff, Ward, Huber and Riley;
Senators
Burke, Decker, Jauch, Moore, Shibilski, Plache, Cowles and Darling.
Noes: 2 - Representatives Foti and Albers.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 802
Relating to: supplemental funding for elderly nutrition programs and making appropriations.
Assembly substitute amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 16 - Representatives Gard, Porter, Foti, Albers, Duff, Ward, Huber and Riley; Senators
Burke, Decker, Jauch, Moore, Shibilski, Plache, Cowles and Darling.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 16 - Representatives Gard, Porter, Foti, Albers, Duff, Ward, Huber and Riley; Senators
Burke, Decker, Jauch, Moore, Shibilski, Plache, Cowles and Darling.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 822
Relating to: creating a grant program to improve local roads for job preservation, granting bonding authority and making appropriations.
Passage:
Ayes: 15 - Representatives Gard, Porter, Foti, Albers, Duff, Ward, Huber and Riley; Senators
Burke, Decker, Jauch, Moore, Shibilski, Plache and Darling.
Noes: 1 - Senator
Cowles.
To committee on Rules.
John Gard
Assembly Chairperson
Joint committee on Finance
The committee on Health reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 420
Relating to: regulating of social workers, advanced practice social workers, independent social workers, clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, and professional counselors and granting rule-making authority.
Assembly substitute amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 15 - Representatives Underheim, Urban, Handrick, Walker, F. Lasee, Johnsrud, Olsen, Wieckert, Hundertmark, Owens, Wasserman, Krusick, La Fave, Miller and Waukau.
Noes: 1 - Representative
Schooff.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 10 - Representatives Urban, Handrick, Walker, Johnsrud, Wieckert, Hundertmark, Owens, La Fave, Miller and Waukau.
Noes: 6 - Representatives Underheim, F. Lasee, Olsen, Wasserman, Krusick and Schooff.
A724
To joint committee on Finance.
Assembly Bill 751
Relating to: the regulation of occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants, creating an occupational therapists affiliated credentialing board, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority and providing a penalty.
Assembly amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 16 - Representatives Underheim, Urban, Handrick, Walker, F. Lasee, Johnsrud, Olsen, Wieckert, Hundertmark, Owens, Wasserman, Krusick, La Fave, Miller, Schooff and Waukau.
Noes: 0.
Assembly amendment 2 adoption:
Ayes: 16 - Representatives Underheim, Urban, Handrick, Walker, F. Lasee, Johnsrud, Olsen, Wieckert, Hundertmark, Owens, Wasserman, Krusick, La Fave, Miller, Schooff and Waukau.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 16 - Representatives Underheim, Urban, Handrick, Walker, F. Lasee, Johnsrud, Olsen, Wieckert, Hundertmark, Owens, Wasserman, Krusick, La Fave, Miller, Schooff and Waukau.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 759
Relating to: premium rates for coverage under the health insurance risk-sharing plan for persons who are eligible for medicare.
Passage:
Ayes: 16 - Representatives Underheim, Urban, Handrick, Walker, F. Lasee, Johnsrud, Olsen, Wieckert, Hundertmark, Owens, Wasserman, Krusick, La Fave, Miller, Schooff and Waukau.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Senate Bill 155
Relating to: elimination of requirements concerning information about physicians who voluntarily accept assignment for payment of Medicare claims and authorizing release of certain information by the designated representative of the long-term care ombudsman (suggested as remedial legislation by the board on aging and long-term care).
Concurrence:
Ayes: 16 - Representatives Underheim, Urban, Handrick, Walker, F. Lasee, Johnsrud, Olsen, Wieckert, Hundertmark, Owens, Wasserman, Krusick, La Fave, Miller, Schooff and Waukau.
