Read first time and referred to committee on Housing and Financial Institutions.
Assembly Bill
907
Relating to: requiring a contract with a data organization for the collection, analysis, and dissemination of health care claims information; eliminating the Board on Health Care Information, the Interagency Coordinating Council, and the Independent Review Board; and making appropriations.
By Representatives Underheim, Vos, Petrowski, Owens, Nelson and Hines; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Roessler, Robson and Olsen.
Read first time and referred to committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care.
Assembly Bill
926
Relating to: group health care plans offered by health benefit purchasing cooperatives.
S574
By Representatives Gielow, Davis, Ott, Nelson, Ainsworth, Albers, Freese, Friske, Gronemus, Gunderson, Hahn, Hines, Hubler, Hundertmark, Jeskewitz, Kaufert, Krawczyk, Kreibich, Loeffelholz, Montgomery, Musser, Nischke, Pettis, Staskunas, Suder, Van Roy, Vos, Vruwink and Gard; cosponsored by Senators Harsdorf, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Erpenbach, Hansen, Leibham, Miller, Risser and Roessler.
Read first time and referred to committee on Agriculture and Insurance.
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Corrections In:
Assembly amendment 1,
TO 2005 Assembly BILL 864
Prepared by the Legislative Reference Bureau
(January 27, 2006)
1. Page 2, line 6: delete "provisions."." and substitute "provisions.".
2. Page 2, line 7: delete that line.
3. Page 2, line 8: delete ""(1)" and substitute "(1)".
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Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 547
Relating to: requiring the Department of Health and Family Services to treat 4 counties as one labor region for purposes of Medical Assistance nursing home reimbursement.
By
Senator
Schultz
; cosponsored by Representatives Freese and Albers.
To committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care.
Senate Bill 548
Relating to: multiple or variable messages on off-premises outdoor advertising signs along interstate and federal-aid primary highways and granting rule-making authority.
By
Senators
Stepp, Grothman, Plale, Leibham, Olsen and Reynolds; cosponsored by Representatives Gottlieb, Ballweg, Friske, Jensen, LeMahieu, Mursau, Musser, Ott, Richards, Schneider, Sheridan and M. Williams.
To committee on Natural Resources and Transportation.
Senate Bill 549
Relating to: the enrollment of the University of Wisconsin Medical School.
By
Senator
Grothman
; cosponsored by Representative Suder
.
To committee on Higher Education and Tourism.
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State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
January 31, 2006
The Honorable, The Senate:
The following lobbyists have been authorized to act on behalf of the organizations set opposite their names.
For more detailed information about these lobbyists and organizations and a complete list of organizations and people authorized to lobby the 2005 session of the legislature, visit the Ethics Board's web site at
http://ethics.state.wi.us
Baiocchi, Donna Apple Computer, Inc.
Broydrick, William Kenosha Greyhound Racing Association
Driessen, Anthony DirectBuy, Inc.
Fonfara, Thomas DirectBuy, Inc.
Hubbard, Gregory Kenosha Greyhound Racing Association
Nash, Randall Dawes Rigging & Crane Rental, Inc.
Randolph, Eugene R. Forward Wisconsin, Inc.
Schoenfeldt, Jeffrey AT&T Wisconsin (formerly SBC)
Slawinski, Steven Dawes Rigging & Crane Rental, Inc.
Wollersheim, Michelle MedImmune Inc
Also available from the Wisconsin Ethics Board are reports identifying the amount and value of time state agencies have spent to affect legislative action and reports of expenditures for lobbying activities filed by organizations that employ lobbyists.
Sincerely,
R. Roth Judd
Executive Director
State of Wisconsin
Sentencing Commission
January 30, 2006
The Honorable, The Legislature:
Please accept the enclosed annual report from the Wisconsin Sentencing Commission. The document details the Commission's activities for 2005 as well as its membership and functions. The report is also online at
http://wsc.wi.gov for additional reference. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at your earliest convenience. We will be glad to supply more hard copies if needed.
Thank you very much for your time and attention to this material.
Sincerely,
MICHAEL CONNELLY
Executive Director
Pursuant to Senate Rule
17 (5), Senator Taylor added as a coauthor of
Senate Bill 255.
Pursuant to Senate Rule
17 (5), Senator Hansen added as a cosponsor of
Assembly Joint Resolution
73.
Pursuant to Senate Rule
17 (5), Senator Lassa added as a coauthor of
Senate Bill 525.
Pursuant to Senate Rule
17 (5), Senator Lassa added as a cosponsor of
Assembly Bill 262.
Pursuant to Senate Rule
17 (5), Senator Grothman added as a coauthor of
Senate Bill 525.
Pursuant to Senate Rule
17 (5), Senator Jauch added as a coauthor of
Senate Bill 525.
Pursuant to Senate Rule
17 (5), Senator Darling added as a coauthor of
Senate Bill 525.
Pursuant to Senate Rule
17 (5), Senator Harsdorf added as a cosponsor of
Assembly Bill 510.
Pursuant to Senate Rule
17 (5), Senator Cowles added as a cosponsor of
Assembly Bill 485.
Pursuant to Senate Rule
17 (5), Senator Kapanke added as a cosponsor of
Assembly Bill 510.
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S575
Senator Schultz, with unanimous consent, asked that the reading be dispensed with, and that the appointments be taken up en masse.
Gass
, Eric,
of Milwaukee, as a member of the Rural Health Development Council, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2006.
Greenfield, Ed,
of Green Bay, as a member of the Cemetery Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2006.
Kruger
, David,
of Verona, as a member of the State of Wisconsin Investment Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2011.
Walsh
, Roger E.,
of Wauwatosa, as a member of the Wisconsin Waterways Commission, to serve for the term ending March 1, 2008.
Read.
The question was: Confirmation?
The ayes and noes were required and the vote was: ayes, 33; noes, 0; absent or not voting, 0; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Breske, Brown, Carpenter, Coggs, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Ellis, Erpenbach, S. Fitzgerald, Grothman, Hansen, Harsdorf, Jauch, Kanavas, Kapanke, Kedzie, A. Lasee, Lassa, Lazich, Leibham, Miller, Olsen, Plale, Reynolds, Risser, Robson, Roessler, Schultz, Stepp, Taylor, Wirch and Zien - 33.
Noes - None.
Absent or not voting - None.
Confirmed.
