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Assembly
Record of Committee Proceedings

Committee on Small Business and Consumer Affairs
Assembly Bill 543
Relating to: a loan from the general fund for the private employer health care coverage program, small employer health insurance rates, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and making an appropriation.
By Representatives Seratti, Bies, Ainsworth, Albers, Balow, Berceau, Black, Bock, Boyle, Carpenter, Colon, Friske, Gronemus, Gunderson, Hebl, Huber, Hubler, Hundertmark, Johnsrud, Kestell, Kreibich, Kreuser, La Fave, Lassa, Loeffelholz, McCormick, D. Meyer, Meyerhofer, Miller, Musser, Ott, Owens, Petrowski, Pettis, Plale, Plouff, Reynolds, Richards, Ryba, Schooff, Sherman, Sinicki, Steinbrink, Stone, Sykora, Townsend, Urban, Wasserman, Young and Pocan; cosponsored by Senators Wirch, Rosenzweig, Burke, Roessler, Erpenbach, Schultz and Plache.

October 8, 2001 Referred to Committee on Small Business and Consumer Affairs.

October 9, 2001 PUBLIC HEARING HELD

Present: (11) Representatives Seratti, Krawczyk, Friske, Gundrum, Kestell, D. Meyer, Skindrud, Hubler, J. Lehman, Schneider and Krusick.

Absent: (0) None.

Appearances for
· Representative Lorraine Seratti, 36th Assembly District
· Bill Smith, National Federation of Independent Business
· Wayne Corey, Wisconsin Independent Business
· Tom Korpady, Department of Employee Trust Funds
· Phil Borden, Department of Employee Trust Funds

· Jennifer Ondrejka and Ed Scheider, Wisconsin Council on Developmental Disabilities

Appearances against
· Larry Rambo and Tod Zacharias, Humana
· Brent Embrey, Golden Rule Insurance
· Rick Born, Touchpoint Health Plan
· JP Weiske, American Medical Security
· Ron Hermes, Health Insurance Association of America

· John Ladwig, Wisconsin Bankers Association

Appearances for Information Only

· Commissioner Connie O'Connell and Mike Honeck, Office of the Commissioner of Insurance

Registrations for
· Sabrina Gentile, Wisconsin Farm Bureau
· Tim Size, Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative
· Kathi Kilgore, Wisconsin Restaurant Association
· Marc Bently, Wisconsin Motor Carriers Association
· Anne Arnesen, Wisconsin Council on Children and Families
· Doug Johnson, Wisconsin Merchants Association
· John Mielke, Associated Builders and Contractors Association
· Representative Scott Gunderson, 83rd Assembly District

· Senator Bob Wirch, 22nd Senate District

Registrations against
· Pat Osborne, Wisconsin Association of Life and Health Insurers
· Katie Germanotta, Wisconsin Association of Life and Health Insurers
· Christine Russell, WPS Health Insurance
· Eric Borgerding, Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
· Lee Bauman, Wisconsin Auto and Truck Dealers

· Nate Elias, Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce

October 23, 2001 EXECUTIVE SESSION

Present: (11) Representatives Seratti, Krawczyk, Friske, Gundrum, Kestell, D. Meyer, Skindrud, Hubler, J. Lehman, Schneider and Krusick.

Absent: (0) None.

Moved by Representative Hubler, seconded by Representative Krusick, that Assembly Bill 543

be recommended for passage.

Ayes: (9) Representatives Seratti, Friske, Kestell, D. Meyer, Skindrud, Hubler, J. Lehman, Schneider and Krusick.
Noes: (2) Representatives Krawczyk and Gundrum.

Absent: (0) None.

PASSAGE RECOMMENDED, Ayes 9, Noes 2, Absent 0

Timothy M. Fiocchi
Committee Clerk