To committee on Natural Resources
.
Assembly Bill 986
Relating to: the Volunteer Health Care Provider Program; independent charter schools; the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program; the Student Achievement Guarantee in Education Program; intradistrict transfer aid; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation.
By
Representatives Sinicki, Richards, Cullen, Taylor, J. Lehman, Turner, Young, Zepnick, Molepske, Miller, Hebl, Pope-Roberts and Berceau; cosponsored by Senators Moore, Robson, Jauch, Carpenter, Coggs, M. Meyer and Erpenbach, by request of Governor James E. Doyle
.
To committee on Education.
Assembly Bill 987
Relating to: increasing funding for local youth apprenticeship grants for programs that are targeted at providing training in the areas of health care and technology and making an appropriation.
By
Representatives Wieckert, Musser and Loeffelholz; cosponsored by Senator Roessler
.
To committee on Workforce Development
.
Assembly Bill 988
Relating to: the applicability of city and village comprehensive plans in unincorporated territory.
By
Representative
Berceau
.
To committee on Urban and Local Affairs
.
Assembly Bill 989
Relating to: creating a procedure for cities and villages to annex town peninsulas.
By
Representative
Berceau
.
To committee on Urban and Local Affairs
.
Assembly Bill 990
Relating to: requiring subdividers to comply with municipal extraterritorial public improvement requirements.
By
Representative
Berceau
.
To committee on Urban and Local Affairs
.
Assembly Bill 991
Relating to: the regulation of certain consumer mortgage loans, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
By
Representative
Morris
.
To committee on Financial Institutions
.
Assembly Bill 992
Relating to: civil marriages.
By
Representatives Pocan, Berceau, Black, Boyle and Miller; cosponsored by Senator Risser
.
To joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions
.
Assembly Bill 993
Relating to: a loan program for lead-based paint abatement.
By
Representatives Wieckert and Morris; cosponsored by Senators Moore and Stepp.
To committee on Housing.
Assembly Bill 994
Relating to: killing of wild animals in chronic wasting disease eradication zones.
By
Representative
Johnsrud
, by request of Department of Natural Resources.
To committee on Natural Resources
.
Assembly Bill 995
Relating to: treating property taxes as a deduction to annual household income for purposes of determining eligibility and deductible amounts under the prescription drug assistance program for the elderly; exempting amounts claimed for depreciation for purposes of calculating farm and self-employment income under the Medical Assistance and Badger Care health care programs; requiring Medical Assistance incentive payments to hospitals that establish a physician order entry record system; prescriptions for antibiotic drugs for treatment of chlamydia, gonorrhea, or trichomonas; the requirements for examinations for nursing home administrator licenses and for reciprocal nursing home administrator licenses and creating an exemption from such requirements; provision of home and community-based services under a community integration program to persons relocated from facilities; discrimination in prescription drug prices; health care provider service rates and insurer health care services reimbursement rates; expanding the Volunteer Health Care Provider Program to include provision of services to students from 4-year-old kindergarten to grade 6 in public elementary schools, charter schools, and private schools that participate in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program; allowing any provider to participate in a health care plan under the terms of the plan, requiring an annual period for providers to elect to participate in health care plans, and requiring notice to a provider of the reason for exclusion from a health care plan; treatment of prescription drug costs, diagnostic testing, and payments under mandated insurance coverage of treatment for nervous and mental disorders and alcoholism and other drug abuse problems; increasing the limits for insurance coverage of nervous or mental health disorders or alcoholism or other drug abuse problems; an exception to confidentiality requirements for treatment records; granting rule-making authority; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
By
Representatives Wasserman, Miller, Molepske, Vruwink, Kreuser, Sherman, Shilling, Hebl, Taylor, Pope-Roberts, Cullen, Schooff, Sinicki, Berceau, Staskunas, Huber and Richards.
To committee on Health.
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The committee on Aging and Long-Term Care reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 842
Relating to: regulation of nursing homes, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
Passage:
Ayes: 7 - Representatives Hundertmark, Weber, Ladwig, Pettis, Hines, LeMahieu and Nischke.
Noes: 5 - Representatives Krusick, Travis, Vruwink, Pope-Roberts and Miller.
To committee on Rules.
Jean Hundertmark
Chairperson
Committee on Aging and Long-Term Care
The committee on Agriculture reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 781
Relating to: computing expense deductions and amortization and depreciation on property used in farming for income and franchise tax purposes.
Passage:
Ayes: 15 - Representatives Ott, M. Williams, Ainsworth, Petrowski, Kestell, Suder, Hines, Loeffelholz, Towns, Gronemus, Plouff, Balow, Vruwink, Hebl and Molepske.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Alvin Ott
Chairperson
Committee on Agriculture
The committee on Criminal Justice reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 910
Relating to: use of settlement moneys received by the state for environmental violations for youth education programs regarding natural resources and granting rule-making authority.
Passage:
Ayes: 13 - Representatives Suder, Friske, Owens, F. Lasee, Jeskewitz, Gundrum, Petrowski, Vukmir, Colon, Staskunas, Taylor, Turner and Schneider.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Scott Suder
Chairperson
Committee on Criminal Justice
The committee on Health reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 356
Relating to: the definition of the practice of chiropractic; chiropractic evaluations, treatments, and referrals to physicians; unprofessional conduct by chiropractors; delegations by chiropractors to physician assistants and other employees; continuing education for chiropractors; nutritional guidance provided by chiropractors to patients; statutory references to physicians and chiropractors; and granting rule-making authority.
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 15 - Representatives Underheim, Gielow, Johnsrud, Seratti, Olsen, Hundertmark, Krawczyk, Vukmir, Wasserman, Shilling, Vruwink, Miller, Colon, Huber and Toles.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 14 - Representatives Underheim, Gielow, Seratti, Olsen, Hundertmark, Krawczyk, Vukmir, Wasserman, Shilling, Vruwink, Miller, Colon, Huber and Toles.
Noes: 1 - Representative
Johnsrud.
To committee on Rules.
Senate Bill 227
Relating to: priorities, completion guidelines, and notices required for health care professional disciplinary cases; identification of health care professionals in possible need of investigation; additional public members for the Medical Examining Board; Authority of the Medical Examining Board to limit credentials and impose forfeitures; reporting requirements for reports submitted to the National Practitioner Data Bank; inclusion of health care professionals who practice alternative forms of health care on panels of health care experts established by the Department of Regulation and Licensing; reports by coroners and medical examiners regarding therapeutic-related deaths; providing an exemption from rule-making procedures; requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; and providing a penalty.
Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 1 adoption:
