State Representative
18th Assembly District
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April 12, 2007
Patrick Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53708
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
Please add my name as a co‐author of Assembly Joint Resolution 41, relating to Designating April as Donate Life Month in Wisconsin.
Sincerely,
Sheldon Wasserman
State Representative
22nd Assembly District
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April 12, 2007
Patrick Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53708
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
Please add my name as a co‐sponsor of Assembly Joint Resolution 41, relating to Designating April as Donate Life Month in Wisconsin.
Sincerely,
Joe Leibham
State Senator
9th Senate District
April 12, 2007
Patrick Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53708
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
Please add my name as a co‐sponsor of Assembly Joint Resolution 41, relating to Designating April as Donate Life Month in Wisconsin.
Sincerely,
Robert Wirch
State Senator
22nd Senate District
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Referral of Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Family Services
Madison
April 6, 2007
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
The attached report is submitted to the Legislature pursuant to s.
46.27(11g) and s.
46.277(5m) of the state statutes. The state statutes require the Department of Health and Family Services to submit an annual report for the Community Options Program (COP) and the Home and Community‐Based Waivers (COP‐W/CIP II). The attached report describes the persons served, program expenditures, and services delivered through the COP, COP‐Waiver and CIP II programs in calendar year 2005.
The Community Options Program provides services to people who are elderly or who have a physical, developmental or mental disability, and is closely coordinated with all of Wisconsin's Medicaid Home and Community‐Based Waivers. With the Department's oversight, county agencies are able to ensure that a comprehensive and individualized care plan is provided, while maintaining program flexibility and integrity, and maximizing federal matching funds.
With warm regards,
Kevin R. Hayden
Secretary
Referred to committee on Aging and Long‐Term Care.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Transportation
Madison
April 12, 2007
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
I am pleased to present to you, for distribution to the Wisconsin Legislature, the annual evaluation report on the Pretrial Intoxicated Driver Intervention Grant Program. It is also available on our website,
www.dot.wisconsin.gov/ library/publications/topic/safety.htm. The program, created by section 85.53 Wis. Stats., was established by the legislature in 1997 with the requirement that the Department study its impact and report on its findings.
The Pretrial Intoxicated Driver Intervention Grant Program is intended for offenders who are arrested for their second or subsequent OWl (Operating While Intoxicated) offense. Offender participation may be voluntary or court ordered. It is an intervention model designed to get offenders into counseling, treatment and supervision as soon as possible after the arrest. The program is individual to each community.
As you will see in the report, no community that has begun a program has dropped it. Overall, offenders who successfully completed the program were less likely than non‐participants to be re‐arrested for subsequent OWl violations. Those who were re‐arrested went significantly longer between arrests than non‐participants. Currently there are seven counties on a waiting list for funding to begin programs.
I commend those people who have dedicated themselves to making this innovative program a success. There are no “silver bullets" in eradicating impaired driving, but I feel this effort is a vital piece in the total transportation safety effort.
Sincerely,
Daniel W. Londsdorf
Bureau of Transportation Safety
Referred to committee on Transportation.
