The committee on Health and Healthcare Reform reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 863
A604
Relating to: confidentiality of health care services reviews; use as evidence of information regarding health care providers; homicide or injury by negligent handling of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire; criminal abuse of individuals at risk; and criminal abuse and neglect of patients and residents.
Assembly Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 11 - Representatives Vukmir, Moulton, F. Lasee, Wieckert, Strachota, Newcomer, Nygren, Zipperer, Wasserman, Shilling and Vruwink.
Noes: 2 - Representatives Benedict and Seidel.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 11 - Representatives Vukmir, Moulton, F. Lasee, Wieckert, Strachota, Newcomer, Nygren, Zipperer, Wasserman, Shilling and Vruwink.
Noes: 2 - Representatives Benedict and Seidel.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Joint Resolution 106
Relating to: the right of the people to contract privately for health care services and health care coverage and prohibiting requiring a person to participate in a state-sponsored health care system or plan (first consideration).
Adoption:
Ayes: 8 - Representatives Vukmir, Moulton, F. Lasee, Wieckert, Strachota, Newcomer, Nygren and Zipperer.
Noes: 5 - Representatives Wasserman, Shilling, Vruwink, Benedict and Seidel.
To committee on Rules.
Leah Vukmir
Chairperson
Committee on Health and Healthcare Reform
The committee on Insurance reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 668
Relating to: membership of the group insurance board.
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 11 - Representatives F. Lasee, Nygren, Montgomery, Van Roy, Ballweg, Moulton, Kramer, Cullen, Berceau, Ziegelbauer and Hilgenberg.
Noes: 1 - Representative
Parisi.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 9 - Representatives F. Lasee, Nygren, Montgomery, Van Roy, Ballweg, Moulton, Kramer, Cullen and Berceau.
Noes: 3 - Representatives Ziegelbauer, Parisi and Hilgenberg.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 688
Relating to: the definition of a late enrollee; making group insurance certificates available electronically; prohibiting a lender from requiring property insurance in an amount that exceeds the replacement value of improvements; premium tax statute of limitations; miscellaneous changes to the insurance security fund; investments of the local government property insurance fund by the State of Wisconsin Investment Board, other miscellaneous insurance-related modifications; and granting rule-making authority.
Assembly Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 12 - Representatives F. Lasee, Nygren, Montgomery, Van Roy, Ballweg, Moulton, Kramer, Cullen, Berceau, Ziegelbauer, Parisi and Hilgenberg.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 12 - Representatives F. Lasee, Nygren, Montgomery, Van Roy, Ballweg, Moulton, Kramer, Cullen, Berceau, Ziegelbauer, Parisi and Hilgenberg.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 807
Relating to: the definition of a group health benefit plan and reports by the commissioner of insurance on the effect of changing the definition.
Passage:
Ayes: 8 - Representatives F. Lasee, Nygren, Montgomery, Van Roy, Ballweg, Moulton, Kramer and Ziegelbauer.
Noes: 4 - Representatives Cullen, Berceau, Parisi and Hilgenberg.
To committee on Rules.
Frank Lasee
Chairperson
Committee on Insurance
The committee on Public Health reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 800
Relating to: licenses and limited X-ray machine operator permits to engage in the practice of radiography, creating a radiography examining board, granting rule-making authority, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
Passage:
Ayes: 8 - Representatives Hines, Ballweg, Moulton, Nerison, Benedict, Wasserman, Schneider and Black.
Noes: 1 - Representative
Vukmir.
To committee on Rules.
J.A. Hines
Chairperson
Committee on Public Health
The joint survey committee on Retirement Systems reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 893
A605
Relating to: distribution of moneys to Wisconsin Retirement System employers under
1999 Wisconsin Act 11; payment of interest by the Department of Employee Trust Funds on credited or refunded moneys; Wisconsin Retirement System beneficiary standard sequence; accelerated death benefit option continuation under the Wisconsin Retirement System; life insurance benefits administered by the Department of Employee Trust Funds; definition of the term Internal Revenue Code for purposes of benefit plans administered by the Department of Employee Trust Funds; interest rates charged on moneys owed the Department of Employee Trust Funds for benefit programs; payment of death benefits under the Wisconsin Retirement System; authority of the Group Insurance Board; eligibility requirements for duty disability benefit under the Wisconsin Retirement System; amortization period for unfunded prior service liability under the Wisconsin Retirement System; attachment of retirement benefits for delinquent state tax purposes; waiver of benefits under the Wisconsin Retirement System; and granting rule-making authority.
Passage:
Ayes: 8 - Representatives Jeskewitz, Lothian and Travis; Senators
Wirch and Olsen; Secretary Stella, ETF; Commissioner Dilweg, OCI and Office of Attorney General Gibson.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Suzanne Jeskewitz
Assembly Chairperson
Joint Survey Committee on Retirement Systems
The committee on State Affairs reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 798
Relating to: the sale of raffle tickets.
Passage:
Ayes: 9 - Representatives Van Roy, Kleefisch, Musser, Petrowski, Newcomer, Tauchen, Toles, Benedict and Sinicki.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 851
Relating to: payment of premiums for health or long-term care insurance coverage from annuities under the Wisconsin Retirement System and distributions from deferred compensation accounts.
Assembly Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 8 - Representatives Van Roy, Kleefisch, Petrowski, Newcomer, Tauchen, Toles, Benedict and Sinicki.
Noes: 1 - Representative
Musser.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 9 - Representatives Van Roy, Kleefisch, Musser, Petrowski, Newcomer, Tauchen, Toles, Benedict and Sinicki.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 862
