Senate
Record of Committee Proceedings
Committee on Health and Human Services
Senate Bill 620
Relating to: the regulation and licensure of genetic counselors, creating a genetic counselors affiliated credentialing board, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
By Senators Darling, Olsen, Carpenter, Johnson, Wirch, Bernier and Larson; cosponsored by Representatives Steffen, Born, Brostoff, Anderson, Duchow, Kitchens, Krug, Spiros, Kuglitsch, Doyle and James.
December 19, 2019 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
January 29, 2020 Public Hearing Held
Present: (5) Senator Testin; Senators Kooyenga, Jacque, Erpenbach and Carpenter.
Absent: (0) None.
Excused: (0) None.
Appearances For
· Alberta Darling - State Senator
· David Steffen - State Representative
· Deborah Wham - Aurora Health Care
· Christina Zaleski - WI GC Association Prevention Genetics
· Becky Pabst - Gunderson Health System
· Kendra Eaves - Medical College of Wisconsin
· Peter Levonian - UW Health
Appearances Against
· None.
Appearances for Information Only
· None.
Registrations For
· Anna Zakas - UW Health
· Kim Ulrids - Self
· Ryan Natzke - Marshfield Clinic
· Abigail Freeman - Genetic Counseling/UW Health
· Erin Syverson - MCW
· Anna Cisler - Marshfield Clinic Health System and Wisconsin Genetic Counselors Association
· Angela Tess - WIGCA
· Jessica Grzybowski - WIGCA
· Amy Stoddart - MCW
· Julie McCarrier - MCW
· April Hall - WI Genetic Counselor Association
· Laura Birkeland - Wisconsin Genetic Counselor Association
· Andrea Nagl - Self
· Emily Singh - Medical College of Wisconsin
· Kristina Garcia - Self
· Morgan Depas - MCW
· Sarah Linn - Medical College of WI
· Amanda Jacquart - Medical College of WI
· Ann Seubert - Self
· Thomas Seubert - Self
· Brittany Bowman - Self
· Mindy Bowman - Self
· Kimberly Anderson - Self
· Ian Orland - Self
· Kate Orland - Self
· Connie Schulze - UW Health
· Alex Cummings - UW Health
· Kelcy Smith - UW Health
· Carly Eichten - Self
· Rachel Shilbauer - Self
· HJ Waukau - Wisconsin Medical Society
· Natalie Berger - Self
· Catherine Reiser - Self
· Emma Herlache - Self
· Mark Garthwaite - Self
· Nathan Berkan - Medical College of Wisconsin
· Jonathan Kempfert - UW Health
Registrations Against
· None.
Registrations for Information Only
· None.
March 26, 2020 Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
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Natalie Aicher
Committee Clerk
