Amendment ASA1-AB100

AB100-ASA1,1981,15 (a) Employe transfers. On the effective date of this paragraph, 9.5 FTE PR positions in the department of health and family services that are primarily related to internet and print services functions and the incumbents holding these positions, as determined by the secretary of administration, are transferred to the department of administration.

AB100-ASA1,1981,21 (b) Employe status. Employes transferred under paragraph (a) have all the rights and the same status under subchapter V of chapter 111 and chapter 230 of the statutes in the department of administration that they enjoyed in the department of health and family services immediately before the transfer. Notwithstanding section 230.28 (4) of the statutes, no employe so transferred who has attained permanent status in class is required to serve a probationary period.

AB100-ASA1,1981,22 (10g) Women's health initiative.

AB100-ASA1,1982,6 (a) Mobile mammography van. The secretary of health and family services shall submit to the chairpersons of the joint committee on finance a plan that details the budget and criteria to be used in awarding a grant for the performance of breast cancer screening activities with the use of a mobile mammography van. If the joint committee on finance approves the plan, it may supplement the appropriation under section 20.435 (5) (cc) of the statutes, as affected by this act, for breast cancer screening activities with the use of a mobile mammography van. Notwithstanding section 13.101 (3) (a) of the statutes, the committee is not required to find that an emergency exists.

AB100-ASA1,1982,14 (b) Other women's health programs. The secretary of health and family services shall submit to the chairpersons of the joint committee on finance a plan that details the budget and criteria to be used in awarding grants under section 255.075 of the statutes, as created by this act, and Section 9123 (6) (b) of this act. If the joint committee on finance approves the plan, it may supplement the appropriation under section 20.435 (5) (cb) of the statutes, as created by this act, for women's health services. Notwithstanding section 13.101 (3) (a) of the statutes, the committee is not required to find that an emergency exists.

AB100-ASA1,1982,24 (10n) Pregnancy prevention activities. The department of health and family services shall, in consultation with the adolescent pregnancy prevention and pregnancy services board, develop a plan that details specific activities that the department of health and family services and the adolescent pregnancy prevention and pregnancy services board will conduct to reduce the state's out-of-wedlock births by federal fiscal year 1998-99 in order to receive federal funds that will be made available to 5 states that experience the greatest decline in out-of-wedlock births during the previous 2 years. The department of health and family services shall submit the plan to the members of the joint committee on finance not later than December 31, 1997.

AB100-ASA1,1983,5 (10t) Rural medical centers. The department of health and family services shall assist the Wisconsin congressional delegation, if requested, to prepare federal legislation to amend the Social Security Act to enable this state to operate a demonstration project for rural medical centers. The assistance of the department of health and family services shall end not later than December 31, 1997.

AB100-ASA1,1983,17 (11mp)  Study on family coverage under the mandatory health insurance risk-sharing plan. The department of health and family services shall study the feasibility of providing family coverage under the mandatory health insurance risk-sharing plan under subchapter II of chapter 619 of the statutes, as affected by this act, for an individual who is eligible for coverage under that plan and for the members of the individual's family. The department shall also determine whether providing such a plan of family coverage would satisfy the requirements under the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 to provide a choice of coverage. On or before January 1, 1998, the department shall report its findings, conclusions and recommendations to the appropriate standing committees in the manner provided under section 13.172 (3) of the statutes and to the joint committee on finance.

AB100-ASA1, s. 9124 Section 9124. Nonstatutory provisions; historical society.

AB100-ASA1,1983,24 (1m) Northern Great Lakes Center; position. The moneys expended in the 1997-99 fiscal biennium from the appropriation under section 20.245 (4) (y) of the statutes, as created by this act, for 1.0 SEG position, and the fringe benefits and supplies and services associated with the position, shall be from moneys deposited in the conservation fund that are generated from forestry-related activities engaged in by the state.

AB100-ASA1,1984,13 (1x) Efficiency measures. By October 1, 1997, the historical society shall submit a report to the governor and to the joint committee on finance recommending how appropriation reductions in fiscal year 1997-98 of $135,200 and in fiscal year 1998-99 of $135,200, resulting from budgetary efficiency measures, should be allocated among the sum certain appropriations made to the historical society from general purpose revenue. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the historical society that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the report within 14 working days after the date of the submittal, the recommendation may be implemented as proposed by the historical society. If, within 14 working days after the date of the submittal, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the historical society that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the report, the recommendation may be implemented only upon approval of the committee.

AB100-ASA1,1984,17 (2c) Touring exhibit of Wisconsin state capitol. In cooperation with the joint committee on legislative organization, the historical society shall, during fiscal year 1997-98, provide a touring exhibit detailing the history of the Wisconsin state capitol, and solicit donations to finance the exhibit.

AB100-ASA1, s. 9126 Section 9126. Nonstatutory provisions; workforce development.

AB100-ASA1,1985,2 (2)  Definition of needy person. Using the procedure under section 227.24 of the statutes, the department of workforce development shall promulgate the rule required under section 49.138 (1d) (b) of the statutes, as created by this act, for the period before the effective date of the permanent rule promulgated under section 49.138 (1d) (b) of the statutes, as created by this act, but not to exceed the period authorized under section 227.24 (1) (c) and (2) of the statutes. Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) and (3) of the statutes, the department of workforce development is not required to make a finding of emergency.

AB100-ASA1,1985,10 (3m) Request for more funding for the division of vocational rehabilitation. In the event that the amounts appropriated to the department of workforce development under section 20.445 (5) (a) and (bm) of the statutes are insufficient to carry out the purposes for which appropriated and matching funding is not available to the department, the department may make a request under section 13.10 of the statutes to the joint committee on finance asking the committee to supplement the appropriations under section 20.445 (5) (a) and (bm) of the statutes.

AB100-ASA1,1985,15 (3w) Job Training Partnership Act funding. From the appropriation account under section 20.445 (1) (mc) of the statutes, in fiscal year 1997-98 the department of workforce development shall distribute $80,600 in moneys received under the federal Job Training Partnership Act, 29 USC 1501 to 1792b, to the Northwest Wisconsin Concentrated Employment Program, Inc.

AB100-ASA1,1985,16 (4s) Labor training and employment services grant.

AB100-ASA1,1985,22 (a) The department of workforce development may make a grant of not more than $50,000 from the appropriation under section 20.445 (1) (mc) of the statutes to the private industry council serving Juneau County to fund a labor training and employment services program to provide employes of Best Power Company who are being laid off from that company's facility in Necedah with job training and related employment services, if all of the following conditions apply:

AB100-ASA1,1985,25 1. The private industry council submits a plan to the department of workforce development detailing the proposed use of the grant and the secretary of workforce development approves the plan.

AB100-ASA1,1986,3 2. The private industry council enters into a written agreement with the department of workforce development that specifies the conditions for use of the grant proceeds, including training, reporting and auditing requirements.

AB100-ASA1,1986,6 3. The private industry council agrees in writing to submit to the department of workforce development, within 6 months after the grant proceeds are spent, a report detailing how the grant proceeds were used.

AB100-ASA1,1986,8 (b) The department of workforce development may not pay grant proceeds under this subsection after July 31, 1998.

AB100-ASA1, s. 9127 Section 9127. Nonstatutory provisions; insurance.

AB100-ASA1,1986,10 (1)  Transfer of functions of office of health care information

AB100-ASA1,1986,19 (a) Assets and liabilities. On the effective date of this paragraph, all assets and liabilities of the office of the commissioner of insurance primarily related to the functions of the office of health care information shall become the assets and liabilities of the department of health and family services. The department of health and family services and the office of the commissioner of insurance shall jointly determine these assets and liabilities and shall jointly develop and implement a plan for the orderly transfer thereof. In the event of any disagreement between the department and the office of the commissioner of insurance, the secretary of administration shall decide the question.

AB100-ASA1,1986,24 (b) Employe transfers. On the effective date of this paragraph, 19.0 FTE PR positions in the office of the commissioner of insurance that are primarily related to the functions of the office of health care information and the incumbents holding these positions, as determined by the secretary of administration, are transferred to the department of health and family services.

AB100-ASA1,1987,6 (c)  Employe status. Employes transferred under paragraph (b) have all the rights and the same status under subchapter V of chapter 111 and chapter 230 of the statutes in the department of health and family services that they enjoyed in the office of the commissioner of insurance immediately before the transfer. Notwithstanding section 230.28 (4) of the statutes, no employe so transferred who has attained permanent status in class is required to serve a probationary period.

AB100-ASA1,1987,15 (d) Supplies and equipment. On the effective date of this paragraph, all tangible personal property, including records, of the office of the commissioner of insurance primarily related to the functions of the office of health care information are transferred to the department of health and family services. The department of health and family services and the office of the commissioner of insurance shall jointly identify the tangible personal property, including records, and shall jointly develop and implement a plan for the orderly transfer thereof. In the event of any disagreement between the department and the office of the commissioner of insurance, the secretary of administration shall decide the question.

AB100-ASA1,1987,21 (e) Pending matters. On the effective date of this paragraph, any matter pending with the office of the commissioner of insurance primarily related to the functions of the office of health care information is transferred to the department of health and family services. All materials submitted or actions taken by the office of the commissioner of insurance with respect to the pending matter are considered as having been submitted to or taken by the department of health and family services.

AB100-ASA1,1988,8 (f) Contracts. On the effective date of this paragraph, all contracts entered into by the office of the commissioner of insurance primarily related to the functions of the office of health care information which are in effect on the effective date of this paragraph, remain in effect and are transferred to the department of health and family services. The department of health and family services and the office of the commissioner of insurance shall jointly identify these contracts and shall jointly develop and implement a plan for the orderly transfer thereof. In the event of any disagreement between the department and the office of the commissioner of insurance, the secretary of administration shall decide the question. The department of health and family services shall carry out any such contractual obligations until modified or rescinded by the department of health and family services to the extent allowed under the contract.

AB100-ASA1,1988,17 (g) Rules and orders. All rules promulgated by the office of the commissioner of insurance that are in effect on the effective date of this paragraph and that are primarily related to the functions of the office of health care information remain in effect until their specified expiration date or until amended or repealed by the department of health and family services. All orders issued by the office of the commissioner of insurance that are in effect on the effective date of this paragraph and that are primarily related to the functions of the office of health care information remain in effect until their specified expiration date or until modified or rescinded by the department of health and family services.

AB100-ASA1,1988,18 (2)  Transfer of mandatory health insurance risk-sharing plan.

AB100-ASA1,1989,2 (a)  Assets and liabilities. On the effective date of this paragraph, all assets and liabilities of the office of the commissioner of insurance primarily related to the mandatory health insurance risk-sharing plan shall become the assets and liabilities of the department of health and family services. The department of health and family services and the office of the commissioner of insurance shall jointly determine these assets and liabilities and shall jointly develop and implement a plan for the orderly transfer thereof. In the event of any disagreement between the department and the office of the commissioner of insurance, the secretary of administration shall decide the question.

AB100-ASA1,1989,7 (b)  Employe transfers. On the effective date of this paragraph, 1.5 FTE SEG positions in the office of the commissioner of insurance that are primarily related to the mandatory health insurance risk-sharing plan and the incumbents holding these positions, as determined by the secretary of administration, are transferred to the department of health and family services.

AB100-ASA1,1989,14 (c) Employe status. Employes transferred under paragraph (b) have all the rights and the same status under subchapter V of chapter 111 and chapter 230 of the statutes, as affected by this act, in the department of health and family services that they enjoyed in the office of the commissioner of insurance immediately before the transfer. Notwithstanding section 230.28 (4) of the statutes, no employe so transferred who has attained permanent status in class is required to serve a probationary period.

AB100-ASA1,1989,23 (d)  Supplies and equipment. On the effective date of this paragraph, all tangible personal property, including records, of the office of the commissioner of insurance primarily related to the mandatory health insurance risk-sharing plan are transferred to the department of health and family services. The department of health and family services and the office of the commissioner of insurance shall jointly identify the tangible personal property, including records, and shall jointly develop and implement a plan for the orderly transfer thereof. In the event of any disagreement between the department and the office of the commissioner of insurance, the secretary of administration shall decide the question.

AB100-ASA1,1990,4 (e)  Pending matters. On the effective date of this paragraph, any matter pending with the office of the commissioner of insurance primarily related to the mandatory health insurance risk-sharing plan is transferred to the department of health and family services. All materials submitted or actions taken by the office of the commissioner of insurance with respect to the pending matter are considered as having been submitted to or taken by the department of health and family services.

AB100-ASA1,1990,16 (f) Contracts. On the effective date of this paragraph, all contracts entered into by the office of the commissioner of insurance primarily related to the mandatory health insurance risk-sharing plan that are in effect on the effective date of this paragraph remain in effect and are transferred to the department of health and family services. The department of health and family services and the office of the commissioner of insurance shall jointly identify these contracts and shall jointly develop and implement a plan for the orderly transfer thereof. In the event of any disagreement between the department and the office of the commissioner of insurance, the secretary of administration shall decide the question. The department of health and family services shall carry out any such contractual obligations until modified or rescinded by the department of health and family services to the extent allowed under the contract.

AB100-ASA1,1990,25 (g) Rules and orders. All rules promulgated by the office of the commissioner of insurance that are in effect on the effective date of this paragraph and that are primarily related to the mandatory health insurance risk-sharing plan remain in effect until their specified expiration date or until amended or repealed by the department of health and family services. All orders issued by the office of the commissioner of insurance that are in effect on the effective date of this paragraph and that are primarily related to the mandatory health insurance risk-sharing plan remain in effect until their specified expiration date or until modified or rescinded by the department of health and family services.

AB100-ASA1,1991,1 (3m) Health insurance risk-sharing plan; rules.

AB100-ASA1,1991,6 (a) Rules on creditable coverage. The commissioner of insurance shall submit in proposed form the rules required under section 619.115 of the statutes, as created by this act, to the legislative council staff under section 227.15 (1) of the statutes no later than the first day of the 4th month beginning after the effective date of this paragraph.

AB100-ASA1,1991,14 (b) Exemption from emergency procedures. Using the procedure under section 227.24 of the statutes, the commissioner of insurance may promulgate rules required under section 619.115 of the statutes, as created by this act, for the period before the effective date of the rules submitted under paragraph (a), but not to exceed the period authorized under section 227.24 (1) (c) and (2) of the statutes. Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (a) and (2) (b) of the statutes, the commissioner need not provide evidence of the necessity of preservation of the public peace, health, safety or welfare in promulgating rules under this paragraph.

AB100-ASA1,1991,21 (4m) Health insurance risk-sharing plan board study on plan efficiency. The health insurance risk-sharing plan board of governors under section 619.15 of the statutes, as affected by this act, shall study the operation of the health insurance risk-sharing plan under subchapter II of chapter 619 of the statutes, as affected by this act. On or before June 30, 1998, the board shall submit a report to the legislature in the manner provided under section 13.172 (2) of the statutes and to the governor regarding the cost efficiency of the plan, including evaluations of all of the following:

AB100-ASA1,1991,23 (a) The impact on the plan of the greater use of managed care and case management for eligible persons.

AB100-ASA1,1991,25 (b) The effect on the plan of the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.

AB100-ASA1, s. 9128 Section 9128.1 Nonstatutory provisions; investment board.

AB100-ASA1,1992,7 (1m) Certain direct charges. Prior to the enactment of the 1999-2001 biennial budget act, the investment board may not pay, as a direct charge to the funds under the board's management pursuant to section 25.18 (1) (a) or (m) of the statutes, expenses incurred in designing or installing computerized information systems, except for expenses relating to transfers between the board and 3rd parties of data relating to investment matters.

AB100-ASA1, s. 9131 Section 9131.2 Nonstatutory provisions; justice.

AB100-ASA1,1992,15 (1m) Prosecutors for sexually violent person commitment cases. Of the authorized FTE positions for the department of justice funded from the appropriation under section 20.455 (1) (a) of the statutes, 2.5 GPR project positions shall be used for the period ending on June 30, 1999, to provide 2.0 attorney positions and 0.5 paralegal position to assist district attorneys in prosecuting sexually violent person commitment proceedings under chapter 980 of the statutes, as affected by this act.

AB100-ASA1,1992,20 (1t) Study of hazardous substance cleanup agreements. The department of justice shall review the effectiveness of section 292.11 (7) (d) and (e) of the statutes, as created by this act, and shall submit a report of its findings to the joint committee on finance and to the legislative standing committees with jurisdiction over environmental matters by January 1, 2000.

AB100-ASA1, s. 9132 Section 9132. Nonstatutory provisions; legislature.

AB100-ASA1,1993,11 (1g) Audit of the public employe training functions of the department of employment relations. The joint legislative audit committee is requested to direct the legislative audit bureau to perform a financial and performance evaluation audit of the public employe training functions of the department of employment relations. The audit shall include an evaluation of whether the department of employment relations should offer training services to public employes. If the audit recommends that the department of employment relations continue to provide training services to public employes, the audit shall offer recommendations regarding what role the department should adopt in providing such training services and whether current law allows for the adoption of that role, whether departmental staff is required for providing the training services and how the training services may be reliably funded from fees paid by governmental agencies that contract with the department for providing the services. If the committee directs the legislative audit bureau to perform the audit, the bureau shall file its report as described under section 13.94 (1) (b) of the statutes by September 1, 1998.

AB100-ASA1,1993,13 (1h) A study of the feasibility of reopening the variable retirement investment trust to participants in the Wisconsin retirement system.

AB100-ASA1,1993,20 (a) The retirement research committee, with the cooperation of the department of employe trust funds and the investment board, is requested to study the feasibility and cost implications of reopening the variable retirement investment trust to participants in the Wisconsin retirement system who are currently prohibited from having their employe and employer retirement contributions credited to the variable retirement investment trust. The study shall include all of the following:

AB100-ASA1,1993,22 1. An assessment of the impact on employer required contributions as a result of reopening the variable retirement investment trust.

AB100-ASA1,1994,2 2. An examination of the impact on investments in the fixed retirement investment trust if assets are transferred from the fixed retirement investment trust to the variable retirement investment trust as a result of reopening the variable retirement investment trust.

AB100-ASA1,1994,5 3. An evaluation of whether the administrative workload in the department of employe trust funds and the investment board would increase as a result of reopening the variable retirement investment trust.

AB100-ASA1,1994,8 4. A review of the implications for participating employes who may elect to have their employe and employer retirement contributions credited to the variable retirement investment trust.

AB100-ASA1,1994,11 (b) If the retirement research committee conducts the study specified in paragraph (a), the retirement research committee shall submit its report to the joint committee on finance by January 1, 1998.

AB100-ASA1,1994,19 (1k) Reengineering of information systems in the department of corrections. If the department of administration or the department of corrections contracts for a consultant to study the reengineering of the information systems in the department of corrections, the department of corrections and the department of administration shall jointly submit the results of the study to the joint committee on information policy. The department of corrections and the department of administration may not implement any of the recommendations in the study unless the recommendations have been approved by the committee.

AB100-ASA1,1994,20 (1t) Laptop computer acquisitions for assembly.

AB100-ASA1,1994,24 (a) In this subsection, "master lease" means an agreement entered into on behalf of the state for the lease of goods and related services under which the state agrees to make periodic payments, which may provide for the state to acquire title to the goods upon compliance with the terms of the agreement.

AB100-ASA1,1995,6 (b) The committee on organization of the assembly is requested to enter into a master lease for the acquisition of 100 laptop computers for assembly offices during fiscal year 1997-98. The costs of any such agreement shall be paid from the appropriation under section 20.765 (1) (d) of the statutes, as affected by this act, within the amounts budgeted for that appropriation in the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes.

AB100-ASA1,1995,7 (1x) Consolidation of state centers for the developmentally disabled.

AB100-ASA1,1995,10 (a) There is created a committee to develop and recommend a plan for the consolidation of the 3 state centers for the developmentally disabled. In developing and recommending the plan, the committee shall consider all of the following factors:

AB100-ASA1,1995,12 1. The availability of community-based support services for center residents in place of institutional care.

AB100-ASA1,1995,14 2. The effect that consolidation of the 3 state centers for the developmentally disabled will have on employment.

AB100-ASA1,1995,16 3. The fiscal effect that consolidation of the 3 state centers for the developmentally disabled will have on the state.

AB100-ASA1,1995,18 4. The ability of relatives of center residents to maintain contact with those residents if those residents are relocated as a result of the consolidation.

AB100-ASA1,1995,20 5. The impact on center residents of any relocation of center residents as a result of the consolidation.

AB100-ASA1,1995,22 6. Possible alternative uses of any state center for the developmentally disabled that is closed as a result of the consolidation.

AB100-ASA1,1996,2 (b) The committee shall consist of the following members, none of whom may be a senator representing a senate district, or a representative to the assembly representing an assembly district, in which a state center for the developmentally disabled is located:

AB100-ASA1,1996,3 1. A member who is appointed by the governor.

AB100-ASA1,1996,4 2. The majority leader of the senate or his or her designee.

AB100-ASA1,1996,5 3. The senate minority leader or his or her designee.

AB100-ASA1,1996,6 4. The speaker of the assembly or his or her designee.

AB100-ASA1,1996,7 5. The assembly minority leader or his or her designee.

AB100-ASA1,1996,9 (c) The committee shall elect a chairperson of the committee from among the members of the committee.

AB100-ASA1,1996,12 (d) The committee may call upon any state agency or officer for the facilities and data of that agency or officer, and those agencies and officers shall cooperate with the committee to the fullest extent possible.

AB100-ASA1,1996,17 (e) By January 1, 1998, the committee shall submit a report containing its findings, conclusions and recommendations for the consolidation of the 3 state centers for the developmentally disabled to the legislature in the manner provided under section 13.172 (2) of the statutes and to the governor. The committee terminates on submittal of the report as required under this paragraph.

AB100-ASA1,1996,22 (f) The department of health and family services shall consolidate the 3 state centers for the developmentally disabled in accordance with the recommendation of the committee, unless the legislature, by joint resolution, rejects the recommendation of the committee within 60 days after the date on which the report of the committee is submitted to the legislature under paragraph (e).

AB100-ASA1,1997,9 (g) If the committee recommends a plan for the consolidation of the 3 state centers for the developmentally disabled that involves relocating state center residents and if the legislature does not reject the plan under paragraph (f), the department of health and family services shall request the joint committee on finance to transfer moneys to the appropriation account under section 20.435 (5) (b) of the statutes, as created by this act, to fund the cost of relocating those residents. If the joint committee on finance determines that moneys are available to fund that cost, the joint committee on finance shall transfer not more than $600,000 in fiscal year 1998-99 to the appropriation account under section 20.435 (5) (b) of the statutes, as created by this act, and shall increase the expenditure authority under section 20.435 (2) (gk) of the statutes, as affected by this act, by not more than $1,450,000 in fiscal year 1998-99.

AB100-ASA1,1997,13 (h) If the committee recommends a plan for the consolidation of the 3 state centers for the developmentally disabled that involves closing one or more of those state centers and if the legislature does not reject the plan under paragraph (f), the department of health and family services may do any of the following:

AB100-ASA1,1997,17 1. Notwithstanding sections 51.10 and 51.15 of the statutes and sections 51.13, 51.20, 51.67 and 55.06 of the statutes, as affected by this act, refuse to admit new residents to a state center for the developmentally disabled that is recommended for closing.

AB100-ASA1,1997,20 2. Transfer residents among the state centers for the developmentally disabled without providing the procedural protections specified in section 51.35 (1) of the statutes, as affected by this act.

AB100-ASA1,1997,22 3. Relocate individuals who are receiving services under section 51.06 (1) (d) of the statutes, as affected by this act.

AB100-ASA1,1997,23 (2a) Integrated legislative information system staff creation.

AB100-ASA1,1998,3 (a) Positions and employes. All positions and incumbent employes holding positions in the legislature related to the functions of the integrated legislative information system staff on the effective date of this paragraph, as determined by the joint committee on legislative organization, are transferred to the integrated legislative information system staff.

AB100-ASA1,1998,8 (b) Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all tangible personal property, including records, of the legislature relating to the functions of the integrated legislative information system staff, as determined by the joint committee on legislative organization, is transferred to the integrated legislative information system staff.