Tuesday, December 27, 2011
One-Hundredth Regular Session
The Chief Clerk makes the following entries under the above date.
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Senate substitute amendment 1 to Senate Bill 161 offered by Senator Schultz.
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Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 347
Relating to: creation of a Capitol Council, granting rule-making authority, making appropriations, and providing a penalty.
By
Senators
Taylor, Miller, Carpenter, Wirch and Lassa; cosponsored by Representatives C. Taylor, Sinicki, Barca, Grigsby, Berceau, Molepske Jr, Pasch, Bewley, Pope-Roberts and Clark.
To committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations.
Senate Bill 348
Relating to: eliminating an obsolete reference governing pilot payments to Second Chance Partnership to establish a work-based learning program; changing the name of the Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning, the name of the Reference and Loan Library, and the name of the Division for Learning Support, Equity and Advocacy; participation in a public library system; and the appropriation to the Department of Public Instruction for children-at-risk programs (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Public Instruction).
By
Law Revision Committee.
To committee on Education.
Senate Bill 349
Relating to: the confidentiality of information related to exemptions from the requirement to register livestock premises; membership of county land conservation committees; vehicle scale operators; and changing a reporting requirement for pesticide sales (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection).
By
Law Revision Committee.
To committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Higher Education.
Senate Bill 350
Relating to: increased penalty for repeated domestic abuse offenses and providing a penalty.
By
Senators
Olsen, S. Coggs, Erpenbach, Lassa, Schultz, Shilling and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives A. Ott, Ballweg, Bies, Billings, Brooks, Doyle, Endsley, Jacque, Marklein, Petrowski, Petryk, Ringhand, Ripp, Sinicki, Spanbauer, Staskunas, Steineke and Wynn.
To committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations.
Senate Bill 351
Relating to: changing the deadline for approval of a certain federal law waiver request affecting the Medical Assistance program.
By
Senators
Vinehout, Taylor, Hansen, Lassa, C. Larson, S. Coggs and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Mason, Grigsby, Ringhand, C. Taylor, Molepske Jr, Berceau, Bernard Schaber, Pocan, Bewley, Toles and Turner.
To committee on Health.
Senate Bill 352
Relating to: participation in certain training by unemployment insurance claimants, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
By
Senators
Wanggaard, Galloway, Holperin, Lassa, Moulton and Schultz; cosponsored by Representatives Honadel, Kuglitsch, Petersen, Krug, Sinicki, Jacque, Bernier, Petrowski, Wynn, Knodl, Tauchen, Petryk, Litjens, Klenke, Mursau, Brooks, Steineke, A. Ott, Marklein, Spanbauer, Strachota, Staskunas, Toles, Bies, Zepnick and Endsley.
To committee on Labor, Public Safety, and Urban Affairs.
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Senate President
December 27
, 2011
The Honorable, the Senate:
Pursuant to Senate Rule
46 (2)(c), I am writing to inform you that I have directed the following proposal(s) to be withdrawn from committee and rereferred. I have obtained the consent of the appropriate standing committee chairperson and the chairperson of the committee on Senate Organization.
S633
Senate Bill
274
, relating to
regulating sales of plastic bulk merchandise containers to scrap plastic dealers and providing penalties, withdrawn from committee on Natural Resources and Environment and rereferred to committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations
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Sincerely,
MICHAEL G. ELLIS
Senate President
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Senate President
December 22, 2011
The Honorable, the Senate:
Pursuant to Wisconsin Statute 234.165(2)(b), I am writing to refer the report from the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development, Dividends for Wisconsin 2011-12 to the committee on Economic Development, Veterans and Military Affairs.
Sincerely,
MICHAEL G. ELLIS
Senate President
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Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Pope-Roberts added as a cosponsor of
Senate Bill
343
.
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State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
December 20, 2011
The Honorable, The Legislature:
We have completed a review of the Department of Health Services' (DHS's) Medical Assistance program, as requested by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee. Total Medical Assistance expenditures increased from $5.0 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2006-07 to $7.5 billion in FY 2010-11, primarily because the number of recipients increased from 870,201 in January 2007 to 1.2 million in January 2011.
DHS has increasingly relied on vendors to provide administrative support to the program, and vendor payments increased from $66.2 million in FY 2006-07 to $114.8 million in FY 2010-11. DHS has not always adequately assessed costs before contracting with vendors, and its extensive reliance on vendors raises concerns about DHS's ability to provide adequate program oversight. We include recommendations for DHS to improve its contracting and oversight practices.
