Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Ninety‐Eighth Regular Session
The Chief Clerk makes the following entries under the above date:
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Relating to diesel truck idling reduction grants and affecting small business.
Submitted by Department of Commerce.
Report received from Agency, June 24, 2008.
To committee on Transportation
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Referred on July 8, 2008
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Communications
State of Wisconsin
Legislative Reference Bureau
Madison
DATE: July 1, 2008
TO: Patrick E. Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
Robert Marchant
Senate Chief Clerk
FROM: Bruce J. Hoesly
Senior Legislative Attorney/Code Editor
SUBJECT: Rules published in the June 30, 2008,
Wisconsin Administrative
Register, No. 630
The following rules have been published:
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Referral of Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
Madison
June 19, 2008
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Included with this correspondence, I am submitting the reports from the Department of Administration, Division of Gaming (Gaming), for the first, second and third quarters of fiscal year 2008 (July 1, 2007 through September 30, 2007; October 1, 2007 through December 31, 2007 and January 1, 2008 through March 31, 2008, respectively). As required by s.
562.02(1)(g), Wis. Stats., the attached materials contain pari‐mutuel wagering and racing statistical information, as well as the revenues for the program areas of Racing, Charitable Gaming, Bingo and Indian Gaming.
If you have any questions or comments regarding this report, please do not hesitate to contact Rachel Meek at (608) 270‐2535.
Sincerely,
Robert W. Sloey
Administrator
Referred to committee on State Affairs.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Corrections
Madison
June 23, 2008
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
The following information is provided for your consideration and review pursuant to 301.03(6m) Wis. Stats. The figures below pertain to calendar year 2007.
1) There were seventy‐one Chapter
51 mental health commitments within the Department of Corrections. Of these, thirty‐one were initial commitments and forty were extensions of commitments from previous years.
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Sixty of the seventy‐one commitments were obtained at the Wisconsin Resource Center (male inmates). Of these, twenty‐seven were initial commitments and thirty‐three were renewals of commitments from previous years. Eleven of the seventy‐one commitments were obtained at Taycheedah Correctional Institution (female inmates). Of these, four were initial commitments and seven were recommitments from previous years.
After a Chapter
51 commitment, male inmates were treated at the Wisconsin Resource Center (WRC). The average length of stay for WRC inmates was 309 days. One male inmate was transferred from WRC to Mendota Mental Health Institute on an involuntary basis.
After a chapter 51 commitment, four females were transferred to Winnebago Mental Health Institute (WMHI) and seven were treated at Taycheedah. In addition, two females were transferred to WMHI and received treatment on a voluntary basis. The average length of stay was 26.5 days.
2) The total number of inmates who were treated with psychotropic medication in 2007 was 8022. This number includes inmates who were incarcerated for short‐term stays as well as long‐term stays. The number of inmates who were treated with psychotropic medication on any specific date is estimated at approximately 4200. Of these, the number treated on an involuntary basis was the same as the number of involuntary commitments (seventy‐one). Major classes of medication included antidepressants, antipsychotics, and mood stabilizers.
3) Mental Health Services are available at all of the major institutions. Services include crisis intervention, individual counseling, and group therapy. Specific programs include sex offender treatment, anger management, domestic violence, substance abuse treatment, and cognitive interventions. Psychiatrists are available at all major institutions to provide evaluations for psychotropic medication and management of these medications. In addition, consultation is available from both psychologists and psychiatrists to evaluate competency to consent to psychotropic medication and for medical treatment.
If you have any questions or need further information, please let me know.
Sincerely,
Rick Raemisch
Secretary
Referred to committee on Corrections and the Courts.
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