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, 6 - Senators
Erpenbach, Vinehout, Carpenter, Taylor, Lazich and Kanavas.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 490
Relating to: eliminating an assessment on the gross private patient revenue of hospitals, creating an assessment on the gross patient revenue of hospitals, creating a hospital assessment trust fund, increasing the Medical Assistance and Badger Care payment rate for hospitals, requiring monthly payments by health maintenance organizations to hospitals and reconciliation of payments with actual utilization of services, increasing supplemental Medical Assistance payments to rural hospitals, transferring moneys from the hospital assessment fund to the injured patients and families compensation fund, requiring the Department of Health and Family Services annually to submit a report for review by the Joint Committee on Finance, and making appropriations.
Passage.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Erpenbach, Vinehout, Carpenter and Taylor.
Noes, 2 - Senators
Lazich and Kanavas.
Senate Bill 504
Relating to: supervision of barber or cosmetologist apprentices.
Passage.
Ayes, 6 - Senators
Erpenbach, Vinehout, Carpenter, Taylor, Lazich and Kanavas.
Noes, 0 - None.
Jon Erpenbach
Chairperson
The committee on Public Health, Senior Issues, Long Term Care and Privacy reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 185
Relating to: the birth defect prevention and surveillance system.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Carpenter, Coggs, Kreitlow, Schultz and Cowles.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 611
Relating to: creating an exception to the prohibition on protective placement or continued protective placement of an individual in a nursing facility (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Health and Family Services).
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Carpenter, Coggs, Kreitlow, Schultz and Cowles.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 616
Relating to: authorization to administer the Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly under the Medical Assistance program (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Health and Family Services).
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Carpenter, Coggs, Kreitlow, Schultz and Cowles.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 674
Relating to: the statewide nursing home bed cap and nursing home bed transfers.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Carpenter, Coggs, Kreitlow, Schultz and Cowles.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 731
Relating to: remote dispensing by pharmacists and authorizing the exercise of rule-making powers.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Carpenter, Coggs, Kreitlow, Schultz and Cowles.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 764
Relating to: coverage of long-term care districts under the Wisconsin Retirement System.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Carpenter, Coggs, Kreitlow, Schultz and Cowles.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 548
Relating to: changing the terms home health aide, hospice aide, and nurse's assistant to the term nurse aide; changing requirements for instructional and competency evaluation programs for nurse aides; changing certain requirements for review and investigation of reports of client abuse or neglect; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Health and Family Services).
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Carpenter, Coggs, Kreitlow, Schultz and Cowles.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 552
Relating to: use of a social security number as personal identifier in the administration of a state or local governmental program.
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Carpenter, Coggs, Kreitlow, Schultz and Cowles.
Noes, 0 - None.
Tim Carpenter
Chairperson
The committee on Small Business, Emergency Preparedness, Workforce Development, Technical Colleges and Consumer Protection reports and recommends:
Relating to: the total amount of airport development zone and technology zone tax credits.
Passage.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Wirch, Carpenter, Plale and Kedzie.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 507
Relating to: technical college attendance under Wisconsin Works.
Adoption of Senate Amendment 1.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Wirch, Carpenter, Plale and Kedzie.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Wirch, Carpenter, Plale and Kedzie.
Noes, 0 - None.
Robert Wirch
Chairperson
The committee on Senate Organization reports:
The following bills were referred to the joint committee on
Finance, pursuant to Senate Rule
41 (1) (e):
Senate Bill 441
Relating to: environmental regulation of mining and notice to transferees of interests in mining sites.
Senate Bill 452
Relating to: an integrated crime alert network.
Senate Bill 471
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.
Senate Bill 490
Relating to: eliminating an assessment on the gross private patient revenue of hospitals, creating an assessment on the gross patient revenue of hospitals, creating a hospital assessment trust fund, increasing the Medical Assistance and Badger Care payment rate for hospitals, requiring monthly payments by health maintenance organizations to hospitals and reconciliation of payments with actual utilization of services, increasing supplemental Medical Assistance payments to rural hospitals, transferring moneys from the hospital assessment fund to the injured patients and families compensation fund, requiring the Department of Health and Family Services annually to submit a report for review by the Joint Committee on Finance, and making appropriations.
Senate Bill 512
Relating to: mandatory overtime hours worked by health care workers employed by health care facilities and providing penalties.
Senate Bill 524
Relating to: utility aid payments based on a production plant's value in 1990.
