Friday, November 9, 2007
Ninety-Eighth Regular Session
The Chief Clerk makes the following entries under the above date.
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The Chief Clerk records:
Senate Bill
186
Senate Bill
214
Senate Bill
226
Senate Joint Resolution 58
Report correctly enrolled on 11-9-2007.
The Chief Clerk records:
Senate Bill
177
Presented to the Governor on 11-9-2007.
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Read and referred:
Senate Joint Resolution 68
Relating to: senate approval of certain legally enforceable agreements (first consideration).
By
Senators
Kanavas, Lazich, A. Lasee, Darling, Grothman and Leibham; cosponsored by Representatives Kleefisch, Albers, J. Ott, Zipperer, LeMahieu, Gunderson, Nass, Petrowski, Vos, Kramer, Townsend, Vukmir and Owens.
To committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations.
Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 314
Relating to: accumulating vacation leave for the purpose of termination or sabbatical leave for state employees (suggested as remedial legislation by the Office of State Employment Relations).
By
Law Revision Committee.
To committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations.
Senate Bill 315
Relating to: disciplinary actions against credential holders (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Regulation and Licensing).
By
Law Revision Committee.
To committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations.
Senate Bill 316
Relating to: the residential facilities council (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Commerce).
By
Law Revision Committee.
To committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations.
Senate Bill 317
Relating to: eliminating the Petroleum Storage Environmental Cleanup Council (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Commerce).
By
Law Revision Committee.
To committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations.
Senate Bill 318
Relating to: duties of the director of the Office of State Employment Relations (suggested as remedial legislation by the Office of State Employment Relations).
By
Law Revision Committee.
To committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations.
Senate Bill 319
Relating to: providing the jury in civil actions with an explanation regarding the results of their findings.
By
Senators
Taylor and Decker; cosponsored by Representatives Grigsby, A. Williams, Young, A. Ott, Zepnick and Hintz.
To committee on Judiciary, Corrections, and Housing.
Senate Bill 320
Relating to: refunds of overcharges by commercial mobile radio service providers, actions against commercial mobile radio service providers that fail to make timely refunds, and providing a penalty.
By
Senators
Lassa, Coggs and Vinehout; cosponsored by Representatives Musser, Albers, Berceau, Boyle, Cullen, Grigsby, Hahn, Hebl, Nass, Schneider, Sinicki, A. Williams and Zepnick.
To committee on Small Business, Emergency Preparedness, Workforce Development, Technical Colleges and Consumer Protection.
Senate Bill 321
Relating to: criteria for determining indigency for purposes of representation by the State Public Defender and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
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By
Senators
Sullivan, Coggs, Breske, Lassa, Olsen, Plale, Risser, Roessler, Taylor, Vinehout and Erpenbach; cosponsored by Representatives Bies, Hintz, Grigsby, Seidel, Albers, Berceau, Cullen, Hines, Hraychuck, Jeskewitz, Kessler, Kramer, Kreuser, Mason, Molepske, Montgomery, Musser, Nelson, Parisi, Pocan, Pope-Roberts, Shilling, Soletski, Staskunas, Tauchen, Townsend, Turner, Van Roy and Wood.
To committee on Judiciary, Corrections, and Housing.
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State of Wisconsin
Senate
November 9, 2007
The Honorable, The Senate:
Pursuant to Senate Rule
75, I am writing to you to inform you of how I would have voted on the few votes I missed yesterday.
Assembly Bill 207
Rejection of SA 19 - Aye
Rejection of SA 20 - Aye
Adoption of SA 20 - Nay
Reconsider adoption of SA 20 - Nay
Adoption of SA 21 - Aye
Refer to Committee - Nay
Concurrence - Aye
Please contact me if you have any questions pertaining to this matter.
With kindest regards,
Dale W. Schultz
State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Family Services
October 26, 2007
The Honorable, The Senate:
Wisconsin State Statute 13.172 (2) directs the Department of Health and Family Services to submit an annual report to the Legislature regarding information on pharmacies and pharmacists that discontinue participation as a certified provider of medical assistance (MA). The mandate also requires the Department to report whether pharmacists comply with the MA program's deductible and co-payment requirements.
A comparison of MA certified pharmacy providers in SFY 2006 and SFY 2007 indicates 65 new pharmacies were certified as MA providers in SFY 2007. In addition, 21 Wisconsin pharmacies' or pharmacists' MA certification ended in SFY 2007. Twenty of those pharmacies no longer met certification requirements; many because their business closed altogether. One provider chose to discontinue their MA certification. There were 25 out-of-state pharmacies or pharmacists that were no longer certified as providers of MA in SFY 2007.
The Department of Health and Family Services has not received any complaints that pharmacists have incorrectly charged MA participants a deductible or co-payment.
With warm regards,
Kevin R. Hayden
Secretary
State of Wisconsin
