Sincerely,
Janice Mueller
State Auditor
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executive order #364
Relating to the Creation of the Governor's Wisconsin Works and Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Task Force
WHEREAS, the underlying goal of Wisconsin Works (hereinafter "W-2") is to help people become self-sufficient; and
WHEREAS, alcohol and other drug abuse (hereinafter "AODA") signigicantly prevent people from becoming self-sufficient; and
WHEREAS, there is a need for all the people and groups working with W-2 participants to partner and work collaboratively to more effectively address the AODA needs fo W-2 participants;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, TOMMY G. THOMPSON, Governor of the State of Wisconsin, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of this State, and specifically by Section
14.019 of the Wisconsin Statutes, do hereby:
1. Create the Governor's Wisconsin Works and Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Task Force (hereinafter "Task Force") to study and make recommendations regarding the AODA program needs of W-2 recipients; and
2. Provide that the Task Force shall be composed of seventeen (17) members appointed by the Governor to serve at the pleasure of the Governor; and
3. Provide that the Governor shall designate one (1) member of the Task Force as its chair to serve in that capacity at the pleasure of the Governor; and
4. Provide that the Task Force shall have the following purpose and mission:
a. Develop an up-front AODA screening process for W-2 recipients and a corresponding training program for caseworkers; and
b. Measure the availability of treatment placement slots in communities having 50 or more W-2 employment program participants and, where necessary, develop strategies to increase the number of treatment placement slots; and
c. Develop a guide that encourages AODA providers to develop innovative, outcome-based out-patient treatment programs that can be combined with job training; and
5. Require the Task Force to submit a report to the Governor on its findings and recommendations; and
6. Direct the Secretary of the Department of Workforce Development to provide the Task Force with administrative and support services; and
7. Direct the Secretary of the Department of Administration to provide the Task Force with such sums of money as are necessary for travel and operating expenses in accordance with section 20.505(3)(a) of the Wisconsin Statutes; and
8. Provide that the Task Force shall disband once the governor has accepted its report.
IN TESTIMONY WHERE OF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Wisconsin to be affixed. Done at the Capitol in the city of Madison this nineteenth day of February in the year one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine.
TOMMY G. THOMPSON
Governor
By the governor:
DOUGLAS LA FOLLETTE
Secretary of State
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The committee on Health, Utilities, Veterans and Military Affairs reports and recommends:
Relating to the licensure, examinations and practice of barbering and cosmetology practitioners, managers, manicurists, electrologists, aestheticians and apprentices, and renewal and reinstatement of licenses.
No action taken.
Relating to techniques, ancillary procedures or instruments prohibited in the practice of chiropractic.
No action taken.
Relating to searches of the persons and of the rooms and personal belongings of patients residing in a secure mental health unit under s.980.065, Stats., or the maximum security facility at the mendota mental health institute.
No action taken.
Relating to the expenditure limitation for dentures under the health care aid grant program.
No action taken.
Rodney Moen
Chairperson
Chief Clerk's Report
The Chief Clerk records:
Senate Joint Resolution 4
Senate Joint Resolution 5
Deposited in the office of the Secretary of State on February 25, 1999.
