Senate Bill 269
Relating to: requiring insurers to establish internal grievance procedures, independent review of certain coverage determinations made by health benefit plans and granting rule-making authority.
Introduction and adoption of Senate amendment 1.
Ayes, 7 - Senators
Moen, Breske, Robson, Erpenbach, Welch, Rude and Drzewiecki.
Noes, 0 - None.
Introduction and adoption of Senate amendment 2.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Moen, Breske, Robson and Erpenbach.
Noes, 3 - Senators
Welch, Rude and Drzewiecki.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 7 - Senators
Moen, Breske, Robson, Erpenbach, Welch, Rude and Drzewiecki.
Noes, 0 - None.
Rodney Moen
Chairperson
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The Chair is prepared to rule on the point of order raised by the Senator Chvala on Tuesday, November 9, that Senate amendment 5 to
Senate Bill 277 is not germane. It is the opinion of the Chair that Senate amendment 5 incorporates the language of
Senate Bill 178 and clearly expands the purpose of the bill. Therefore, pursuant to Senate Rule
50 the Chair rules that Senate amendment 5 is not germane and the point of order is well taken.
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Senate Bill 277
Relating to: the lease and acquisition of privately built correctional facilities; fiscal estimates for bills containing criminal penalty provisions; the provision of medical services to prisoners; correctional institution placements of prisoners by the department of corrections; the effective date of various changes to felony penalties and to the structure of sentences of imprisonment in felony cases; and providing penalties.
Read a second time.
Senator Burke moved that Senate Bill 277 be referred to the Joint Committee on Finance.
The question was: Shall Senate Bill 277 be referred to the Joint Committee on Finance?
The ayes and noes were demanded and the vote was: ayes, 17; noes, 16; absent or not voting, 0; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Baumgart, Breske, Burke, Chvala, Clausing, Decker, Erpenbach, George, Grobschmidt, Jauch, Moen, Moore, Plache, Risser, Robson, Shibilski and Wirch - 17.
Noes - Senators Cowles, Darling, Drzewiecki, Ellis, Farrow, Fitzgerald, Huelsman, A. Lasee, Lazich, Panzer, Roessler, Rosenzweig, Rude, Schultz, Welch and Zien - 16.
Absent or not voting - None.
Referred.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Family Services
September 1999
The Honorable, The Legislature:
The Bureau of Health Information is pleased to submit to the Governor and to the Legislature the eighth annual
Health Care Data Report. The data for this report were collected under Chapter
153, Wisconsin Statutes, and published as authorized by the Board on Health Care Information. This report is based on hospital inpatient discharge data reported to the Bureau of Health Information by all operating general medical-surgical and specialty hospitals in Wisconsin from January through December 1997. It also contains selected ambulatory surgery utilization and charge data from general medical-surgical hospitals and freestanding ambulatory surgery centers in Wisconsin during the same period.
Sincerely,
Barbara A. Rudolph, Ph.D., Director
Bureau of Health Information
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State of Wisconsin
November 9, 1999
The Honorable, The Senate:
Please add my name as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 125, relating to operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant or drugs, or both; installation of an ignition interlock device in cases involving intoxicated operation of a motor vehicle; seizure of motor vehicles for offenses related to driving while under the influence of an intoxicant; the prohibited alcohol concentration related to operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant; creating a safe-ride grant program; certain alcohol beverage offenses committed by persons under the legal drinking age; making an appropriation; and providing penalties.
Sincerely,
Jeff Stone
State Representative
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
November 1, 1999
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Saari
, James L.,
of Hurley, as a member of the Snowmobile Recreation Council, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2000.
Sincerely,
TOMMY G. THOMPSON
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Agriculture, Environmental Resources and Campaign Finance Reform.
Senator Chvala, with unanimous consent, asked that all action be immediately messaged to the Assembly.
Senator Ellis objected.
By Charles Sanders, chief clerk.
Mr. President:
I am directed to inform you that the Assembly has passed and asks concurrence in:
Assembly Bill 414
Assembly Bill 427
Assembly Bill 428
Assembly Bill 448
Assembly Bill 551
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Assembly Bill
414
Relating to: medical assistance certification of providers under the mandatory health insurance risk-sharing plan.
By Representatives Urban, Underheim, Klusman, Skindrud, Plouff, Albers, Musser, Powers, Brandemuehl, Seratti, Sykora, Goetsch, Hahn, Nass and La Fave; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Rude and Huelsman.
Read first time and referred to committee on Health, Utilities, Veterans and Military Affairs.
Assembly Bill
427
Relating to: defining "record" for purposes of patient health care and mental health confidentiality statutes.
By Joint Legislative Council.
Read first time and referred to committee on Health, Utilities, Veterans and Military Affairs.
Assembly Bill
428
Relating to: penalties and damages for violations of confidentiality laws for patient health care records, mental health court and treatment records, human immunodeficiency virus test results and insurer personal medical information.
By Joint Legislative Council.
Read first time and referred to committee on Health, Utilities, Veterans and Military Affairs.
Assembly Bill
448
Relating to: Vietnam veteran eligibility for veterans benefits.
By Representative
Musser
.
Read first time and referred to committee on Health, Utilities, Veterans and Military Affairs.
Assembly Bill
551
Relating to: priority of claims for distribution in insurance liquidations, the insurance security fund, conforming the mutual insurance holding company provisions to changes made in the nonstock corporation provisions, the certified capital investment credit for insurers and miscellaneous changes to insurance statutes.
By Representative
F. Lasee
; cosponsored by Senator Breske
, by request of Office of the Commissioner of Insurance.
