Assembly

Record of Committee Proceedings

Committee on Health

January 2017 Special Session Assembly Bill 9

Relating to: addiction medicine consultation program and making an appropriation.

By committee on Assembly Organization, Representatives Nygren, Quinn, Novak, Ripp, Felzkowski, Murphy, Ballweg, Tranel, Petryk, Kleefisch, Billings, Kolste, Wachs, Mursau, Vruwink, Fields, Kulp, Sargent, Spiros, Tusler, Skowronski, Swearingen, Rohrkaste, E. Brooks, Ohnstad, Bernier, Zepnick, Sinicki, Edming, Doyle, Krug, Petersen, Jagler, Born, VanderMeer, Loudenbeck, Subeck, Brostoff, Spreitzer and Zamarripa; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Vukmir, Harsdorf, Olsen, Testin, Lasee, Wanggaard, Carpenter, Wirch and Cowles., by request of Governor Scott Walker

February 17, 2017       Referred to Committee on Health

March 08, 2017           Public Hearing Held

Present:       (11)      Representative Sanfelippo; Representatives Bernier, Edming, Skowronski, Kremer, Wichgers, Murphy, Jacque, Kolste, Zamarripa and C. Taylor.

Absent:       (1)        Representative Subeck.

Excused:     (0)        None.

Appearances For

·      State Rep. John Nygren - 89th Assembly District

·      Jennifer Malcore - WI Dept. of Health Services

·      Linda McCart - WI Dept. of Health Services

·      Bernestine Jeffers - WI Dept. of Health Services

·      Bill Keeton - Aids Resource Center of WI

·      Dr. Jon Lehrmann - Medical College of WI

·      Dr. Robert Hurley - Medical College of WI

·      Dr. Christopher Nevers

·      Skye Tikkanen - Safe Communities Madison and Dane County

Appearances Against

·      None.

Appearances for Information Only

·      None.

Registrations For

·      WI Department of Justice

·      State Senator Alberta Darling - 8th Senate District

·      State Rep. Josh Zepnick - 9th District

·      Nathan Berken - Medical College of WI

·      Lisa Davidson - WI Primary Health Care Assoc.

·      Jodi Bloch - Children's Hospital of WI

·      Eric Jensen - WI Psychiatric Assoc.

·      Eric Jensen - WI Ch. of American College of Emergency Physicians

·      Randy Schubring - Mayo Clinic Health System

·      Jeremy Levin - Rural WI Health Cooperative

·      Kathleen O'Brien

·      Rebecca Warwick

Registrations Against

·      Mark Grapentine - WI Medical Society

Registrations for Information Only

·      None.

March 15, 2017           Executive Session Held

Present:       (11)      Representative Sanfelippo; Representatives Bernier, Edming, Kremer, Wichgers, Murphy, Jacque, Kolste, Zamarripa, Subeck and C. Taylor.

Absent:       (0)        None.

Excused:     (1)        Representative Skowronski.

Moved by Representative Bernier, seconded by Representative Kolste that January 2017 Special Session Assembly Bill 9 be recommended for passage.

Ayes:     (11)   Representative Sanfelippo; Representatives Bernier, Edming, Kremer, Wichgers, Murphy, Jacque, Kolste, Zamarripa, Subeck and C. Taylor.

Noes:     (0)     None.

PASSAGE RECOMMENDED, Ayes 11, Noes 0

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Joshua Hoisington

Committee Clerk