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The committee on Health and Healthcare Reform reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 76
Relating to: requiring the Department of Transportation to establish rules allowing living will and health care power of attorney information to be included on driver's licenses, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority.
Assembly Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 7 - Representatives Richards, Roys, Benedict, Vruwink, Seidel, Pasch and Strachota.
Noes: 4 - Representatives Vukmir, Rhoades, Stone and Nygren.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 7 - Representatives Richards, Roys, Benedict, Vruwink, Seidel, Pasch and Stone.
Noes: 4 - Representatives Vukmir, Rhoades, Strachota and Nygren.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 103
Relating to: authorizing temporary permits to practice dentistry or dental hygiene without compensation.
Passage:
Ayes: 11 - Representatives Richards, Roys, Benedict, Vruwink, Seidel, Pasch, Vukmir, Rhoades, Stone, Strachota and Nygren.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Jon Richards
Chairperson
Committee on Health and Healthcare Reform
The committee on Insurance reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 16
Relating to: requiring health insurance coverage of hearing aids and cochlear implants for persons under 18 years of age.
Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 6 - Representatives Cullen, Molepske Jr., Ziegelbauer, Parisi, Berceau and Hebl.
Noes: 4 - Representatives Nygren, Suder, Vos and Roth.
Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 9 - Representatives Cullen, Molepske Jr., Ziegelbauer, Parisi, Berceau, Hebl, Nygren, Vos and Roth.
Noes: 1 - Representative
Suder.
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 6 - Representatives Cullen, Molepske Jr., Ziegelbauer, Parisi, Berceau and Hebl.
Noes: 4 - Representatives Nygren, Suder, Vos and Roth.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 6 - Representatives Cullen, Molepske Jr., Ziegelbauer, Parisi, Berceau and Hebl.
Noes: 4 - Representatives Nygren, Suder, Vos and Roth.
To committee on Rules.
David Cullen
Chairperson
Committee on Insurance
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Communications
April 7, 2009
Assembly Speaker Mike Sheridan
211 West State Capitol
Dear Speaker Sheridan:
Currently, Representative Phil Montgomery serves as the minority party appointee to the IT Management Board. This letter is to advise you of my decision to nominate Representative Kevin Petersen as my minority party appointee to the IT Management Board pursuant to statue 15.105 (28).
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Jeff Fitzgerald
Assembly Republican Leader
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Secretary of State
Madison
To Whom It May Concern:
Acts, Joint Resolutions and Resolutions deposited in this office have been numbered and published as follows:
Jt. Res. Number Enrolled Number
Publication Date
Assembly Joint Res. 184Not Published
A127
Assembly Joint Res. 7
5
Not Published
Assembly Joint Res. 56Not Published
Sincerely,
Douglas La Follette
Secretary of State
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Referral of Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Department of Health Services
Madison
April 6, 2009
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
The Community Integration Program (CIP) for residents of State Centers was created by
1983 Wisconsin Act 27. According to s.
46.275 of the Wisconsin statutes, this program is intended:
...to relocate persons from the state centers for the developmentally disabled into appropriate community settings with the assistance of home and community-based services and with continuity of care. The intent of the program is also to minimize its impact on state employees through redeployment of employees into vacant positions.
Under Wisconsin statutes s.
46.275 (5m), the Department is required to submit an annual report to the Joint Committee on Finance and to the Chief Clerk of each house of the Legislature describing the program's impact during the prior calendar year on state employees, including the Department's efforts to redeploy employees into vacant positions and the number of employees laid off.
During calendar year 2008, Southern Wisconsin Center and Central Wisconsin Center relocated 20 center residents into the community under the CIP program. The Department was able to reduce positions and funding for calendar year 2008 without employee layoffs and without redeploying employees into vacant positions.
Sincerely,
Karen E. Timberlake
Secretary
Referred to committee on Aging and Long-Term Care.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Health Services
Madison
April 6, 2009
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Enclosed, please find a copy of the Reducing Fetal and Infant Mortality and Morbidity Report prepared by the City of Racine Health Department as required by
2007 Wisconsin Act 20, s.
9121. The report highlights activities during 2008 and plans for continuing work during 2009.
Thank you for your support and interest in reducing infant mortality in Southeast Wisconsin. Please contact Georgia Cameron, Division of Public Health at 414-227-4926 if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Karen E. Timberlake
Secretary
Referred to committee on Children and Families.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Health Services
Madison
April 6, 2009
