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Assembly
Record of Committee Proceedings

Committee on Health
Assembly Bill 876
Relating to: a loan from the general fund for the private employer health care coverage program, requiring the group insurance board to offer an additional health insurance plan for state employees, creating a small employer catastrophic reinsurance board, creating a small employer catastrophic care board, creating a small employer catastrophic care program fund, requiring small employer insurers to specify threshold levels of covered benefits and reimbursing small employer insurers that pay benefits in excess of the threshold, imposing an additional premium on small employer insurance to pay reimbursements to small employer insurers, creating a pilot program for reimbursing small employer insurers for claims costs for certain employees of small employers, authorizing assistance in negotiating prescription drug rebates and reducing prescription drug charges, providing notice of the right to independent review, requiring reports, providing exemptions from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations.
By Representatives Seratti, Underheim, Montgomery, Rhoades, Urban, Ainsworth, Bies, J. Fitzgerald, Friske, Gronemus, Gunderson, Hahn, Hundertmark, Johnsrud, Kestell, Krawczyk, Ladwig, La Fave, J. Lehman, Lippert, McCormick, D. Meyer, Musser, Olsen, Petrowski, Pettis, Starzyk, Sykora, Townsend, Vrakas and Albers; cosponsored by Senators Plache, Darling, Harsdorf and Roessler.

March 4, 2002 Referred to Committee on Health.

March 4, 2002 PUBLIC HEARING HELD

Present: (17) Representatives Underheim, Urban, Johnsrud, Krawczyk, F. Lasee, Lippert, Olsen, Seratti, Walker, Wieckert, Wasserman, Carpenter, La Fave, Miller, Schooff, Colon and Shilling.

Absent: (0) None.

Appearances for
· Representative Lorraine Seratti, 36th Assembly District
· Representative Gregg Underheim 54th Assembly District
· Representative Frank Urban, 99th Assembly District
· Representative Phil Montgomery, 4th Assembly District
· Bill G. Smith, Madison, National Federation of Independent Business
· Russ Leonard, Madison, WI Chiropractic Assn.
· Jeffrey Klett, Beloit, Tricor Insurance

· Dan Schwartzer, Madison, WAHU

Appearances against

· None.

Appearances for Information Only
· Tom Korpady, Madison, DETF
· Connie O'Connell, Madison, OCI
· Eric Borgerding, Madison, WI Health & Hospital Assn.
· Pat Osborne, Madison, WI Assn. of Life & Health Insurers (WALHI)
· R.J. Pirlot, Madison, State Medical Society
· Robert Wood, Avoca, WPS
· Joe Kachelski, Madison, WI Assn. of Health Plans

· Tom Engels, Madison, Pharmacy Society of WI

Registrations for
· Representative Kitty Rhoades, 30th Assembly District
· Dean Hoffman, Brookfield, Trustmark Insurance Co.
· Laurie Kohls, Shegoygan, WI Assn. of Health Underwriters
· Katie Beals, Waunakee, Jon Plaumann & Assc.
· Sabrina Gentile, Madison, WI Farm Bureau
· Dan Schwartzer, Madison, WI Assn. of Providers Networks

· Jacki Seversen, Janesville, WI Assn. of Health Underwriters

Registrations against

· None.

March 4, 2002 EXECUTIVE SESSION

Present: (17) Representatives Underheim, Urban, Johnsrud, Krawczyk, F. Lasee, Lippert, Olsen, Seratti, Walker, Wieckert, Wasserman, Carpenter, La Fave, Miller, Schooff, Colon and Shilling.

Absent: (0) None.

Moved by Representative Schooff, seconded by Representative Seratti, that Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 1

be recommended for introduction and adoption.

Ayes: (17) Representatives Underheim, Urban, Johnsrud, Krawczyk, F. Lasee, Lippert, Olsen, Seratti, Walker, Wieckert, Wasserman, Carpenter, La Fave, Miller, Schooff, Colon and Shilling.
Noes: (0) None.

Absent: (0) None.

INTRODUCTION AND ADOPTION RECOMMENDED, Ayes 17, Noes 0, Absent 0

Moved by Representative Johnsrud, seconded by Representative Urban, that Assembly Amendment 1

be recommended for adoption.

Ayes: (17) Representatives Underheim, Urban, Johnsrud, Krawczyk, F. Lasee, Lippert, Olsen, Seratti, Walker, Wieckert, Wasserman, Carpenter, La Fave, Miller, Schooff, Colon and Shilling.
Noes: (0) None.

Absent: (0) None.

ADOPTION RECOMMENDED, Ayes 17, Noes 0, Absent 0

Moved by Representative Olsen, seconded by Representative Seratti, that Assembly Amendment 2

be recommended for introduction.

Ayes: (17) Representatives Underheim, Urban, Johnsrud, Krawczyk, F. Lasee, Lippert, Olsen, Seratti, Walker, Wieckert, Wasserman, Carpenter, La Fave, Miller, Schooff, Colon and Shilling.
Noes: (0) None.

Absent: (0) None.

INTRODUCTION RECOMMENDED, Ayes 17, Noes 0, Absent 0

Moved by Representative Olsen, seconded by Representative Lippert, that Assembly Amendment 2

be recommended for adoption.

Ayes: (14) Representatives Underheim, Urban, Johnsrud, Krawczyk, F. Lasee, Lippert, Olsen, Seratti, Walker, Wieckert, La Fave, Miller, Schooff and Shilling.
Noes: (3) Representatives Wasserman, Carpenter and Colon.

Absent: (0) None.

ADOPTION RECOMMENDED, Ayes 14, Noes 3, Absent 0

Moved by Representative Urban, seconded by Representative Olsen, that Assembly Amendment 3

be recommended for introduction.

Ayes: (17) Representatives Underheim, Urban, Johnsrud, Krawczyk, F. Lasee, Lippert, Olsen, Seratti, Walker, Wieckert, Wasserman, Carpenter, La Fave, Miller, Schooff, Colon and Shilling.
Noes: (0) None.

Absent: (0) None.

INTRODUCTION RECOMMENDED, Ayes 17, Noes 0, Absent 0

Moved by Representative Urban, seconded by Representative Krawczyk, that Assembly Amendment 3

be recommended for adoption.

Ayes: (14) Representatives Underheim, Urban, Johnsrud, Krawczyk, F. Lasee, Lippert, Olsen, Seratti, Walker, Wieckert, La Fave, Miller, Schooff and Shilling.
Noes: (3) Representatives Wasserman, Carpenter and Colon.

Absent: (0) None.

ADOPTION RECOMMENDED, Ayes 14, Noes 3, Absent 0

Moved by Representative Urban, seconded by Representative Johnsrud, that Assembly Amendment 4

be recommended for introduction.

Ayes: (17) Representatives Underheim, Urban, Johnsrud, Krawczyk, F. Lasee, Lippert, Olsen, Seratti, Walker, Wieckert, Wasserman, Carpenter, La Fave, Miller, Schooff, Colon and Shilling.
Noes: (0) None.

Absent: (0) None.

INTRODUCTION RECOMMENDED, Ayes 17, Noes 0, Absent 0

Moved by Representative Seratti, seconded by Representative Urban, that Assembly Amendment 4

be recommended for adoption.

Ayes: (12) Representatives Underheim, Urban, Johnsrud, Krawczyk, F. Lasee, Lippert, Olsen, Seratti, Wieckert, La Fave, Schooff and Shilling.
Noes: (5) Representatives Walker, Wasserman, Carpenter, Miller and Colon.

Absent: (0) None.

ADOPTION RECOMMENDED, Ayes 12, Noes 5, Absent 0

Moved by Representative Urban, seconded by Representative Wieckert, that Assembly Amendment 5

be recommended for introduction.

Ayes: (17) Representatives Underheim, Urban, Johnsrud, Krawczyk, F. Lasee, Lippert, Olsen, Seratti, Walker, Wieckert, Wasserman, Carpenter, La Fave, Miller, Schooff, Colon and Shilling.
Noes: (0) None.

Absent: (0) None.

INTRODUCTION RECOMMENDED, Ayes 17, Noes 0, Absent 0

Moved by Representative Schooff, seconded by Representative Colon, that Assembly Amendment 5

be recommended for adoption.

Ayes: (4) Representatives Wasserman, Carpenter, La Fave and Schooff.
Noes: (13) Representatives Underheim, Urban, Johnsrud, Krawczyk, F. Lasee, Lippert, Olsen, Seratti, Walker, Wieckert, Miller, Colon and Shilling.

Absent: (0) None.

ADOPTION NOT RECOMMENDED, Ayes 4, Noes 13, Absent 0

Moved by Representative Seratti, seconded by Representative Urban, that Assembly Bill 876

be recommended for passage as amended.

Ayes: (12) Representatives Underheim, Urban, Johnsrud, Krawczyk, F. Lasee, Lippert, Olsen, Seratti, Wieckert, La Fave, Schooff and Shilling.
Noes: (5) Representatives Walker, Wasserman, Carpenter, Miller and Colon.

Absent: (0) None.

PASSAGE AS AMENDED RECOMMENDED, Ayes 12, Noes 5, Absent 0

Sandra Lonergan
Committee Clerk