To committee on Criminal Justice and Homeland Security.
Assembly Bill 773
Relating to: requiring that patients be informed of health care facility use charges and that the charges be identified separately on bills.
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By
Representatives Benedict, Towns, Berceau, Fields, Hines, Lehman, Musser, Seidel, Sheridan, Sinicki and Turner; cosponsored by Senator Miller
.
To committee on Health.
Assembly Bill 774
Relating to: eligibility of a student enrolled in a 2-year, full-time vocational diploma program at a technical college for an academic excellence higher education scholarship.
By
Representatives Lothian, Krawczyk, Gronemus, Fields, Albers, Hines, Musser, Jensen, Ainsworth, Kestell, Pettis, Gunderson, Berceau, Bies, Wood and Ott; cosponsored by Senators Brown, Olsen, A. Lasee, Darling and Erpenbach.
To committee on Workforce Development
.
Assembly Bill 775
Relating to: fermented malt beverages wholesalers.
By
Representatives Pettis, Lamb, Mursau, Musser, Hahn, Albers, Huebsch, Hines and Van Roy; cosponsored by Senators Harsdorf, A. Lasee, Grothman, Lassa and Jauch.
To committee on State Affairs.
Assembly Bill 776
Relating to: designating and marking a portion of STH 124 as the Tommy G. Thompson Highway.
By
Representatives Suder, Nischke, Schneider, Kerkman, Jeskewitz, Vos, Lothian, Krawczyk, Owens, Petrowski, Kleefisch, Ott, Kaufert, Davis, Albers, Vrakas and Hines; cosponsored by Senators Zien, A. Lasee, Kanavas and Stepp.
To committee on Transportation.
Assembly Bill 777
Relating to: the barbering and cosmetology examining board.
By
Representatives Gielow, Gronemus, Albers, Berceau, Gottlieb, Krawczyk, Ott, Sheridan, Strachota and Van Roy; cosponsored by Senator Darling
, by request of Cheryle Rebholz of Mequon.
To committee on Health.
Assembly Bill 778
Relating to: actions against manufacturers, distributors, sellers, and promoters of products.
By
Representatives Wieckert, Honadel, Nischke, Huebsch, Jeskewitz, Albers, Gunderson, Ott, Musser, Lothian, Stone, Hahn, Nass, LeMahieu and Ainsworth; cosponsored by Senators Kanavas, Schultz, Reynolds, Darling, Stepp, Olsen, Grothman, S. Fitzgerald, A. Lasee and Harsdorf.
To committee on Judiciary.
Assembly Bill 779
Relating to: increasing the rate of the tax imposed on cigarettes; increasing the Medical Assistance nursing home and hospital outpatient reimbursement rates; increasing Medical Assistance reimbursement for projected caseload increases; transferring moneys to the Medical Assistance trust fund; increasing the Medical Assistance, BadgerCare, and Senior Care pharmacy drug reimbursement rates and pharmacy dispensing fees; and making appropriations.
By
Representatives Schneider, Fields and A. Williams.
To joint committee on Finance.
Assembly Bill 780
Relating to: access to telephone numbers of state agencies and authorities on the Internet.
By
Representative
Schneider
.
To committee on Government Operations and Spending Limitations.
Assembly Bill 781
Relating to: publication of a state telephone directory.
By
Representative
Schneider
.
To committee on Government Operations and Spending Limitations.
Assembly Bill 782
Relating to: the deadline and procedure for voter registration and the determination of residency for voting purposes.
By
Representatives Jeskewitz, Pridemore, Nischke, J. Fitzgerald, Nass, Albers, Kerkman, Lothian, Kleefisch, F. Lasee, Bies, Ainsworth, McCormick, Suder, Gundrum, Strachota and Gunderson; cosponsored by Senators Reynolds, Grothman, Stepp and Ellis.
To committee on Campaigns and Elections
.
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The committee on Insurance reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 764
Relating to: awards to persons suffering damages as the result of medical malpractice and evidence of compensation for those damages.
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 9 - Representatives Nischke, Wieckert, Underheim, Montgomery, McCormick, Gielow, Van Roy, Ballweg and Moulton.
Noes: 6 - Representatives Cullen, Lehman, Staskunas, Berceau, Nelson and Sheridan.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 9 - Representatives Nischke, Wieckert, Underheim, Montgomery, McCormick, Gielow, Van Roy, Ballweg and Moulton.
Noes: 6 - Representatives Cullen, Lehman, Staskunas, Berceau, Nelson and Sheridan.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 765
Relating to: coverage under the injured patients and families compensation fund of medical school graduates engaged in postgraduate training.
Passage:
Ayes: 13 - Representatives Nischke, Wieckert, Underheim, Montgomery, McCormick, Gielow, Van Roy, Ballweg, Moulton, Lehman, Staskunas, Berceau and Nelson.
Noes: 2 - Representatives Cullen and Sheridan.
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To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 766
Relating to: recovery of noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases.
Passage:
Ayes: 9 - Representatives Nischke, Wieckert, Underheim, Montgomery, McCormick, Gielow, Van Roy, Ballweg and Moulton.
Noes: 6 - Representatives Cullen, Lehman, Staskunas, Berceau, Nelson and Sheridan.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 769
Relating to: requiring actuarial audits of the injured patients and families compensation fund and authorizing the fund's board of governors to organize an insurance corporation.
Assembly Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 15 - Representatives Nischke, Wieckert, Underheim, Montgomery, McCormick, Gielow, Van Roy, Ballweg, Moulton, Cullen, Lehman, Staskunas, Berceau, Nelson and Sheridan.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 15 - Representatives Nischke, Wieckert, Underheim, Montgomery, McCormick, Gielow, Van Roy, Ballweg, Moulton, Cullen, Lehman, Staskunas, Berceau, Nelson and Sheridan.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Ann Nischke
Chairperson
Committee on Insurance
The committee on Small Business reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 619
Relating to: retail sales of wine by the bottle in restaurants for consumption on and off the premises.
Passage:
Ayes: 8 - Representatives Van Roy, Honadel, M. Williams, Ballweg, Mursau, Sheridan, Fields and Hebl.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Karl Van Roy
Chairperson
Committee on Small Business
