Assembly Bill 11632August 23, 1995
Assembly Bill 11733August 23, 1995
Assembly Bill 11934August 23, 1995
Assembly Bill 20235August 23, 1995
Assembly Bill 23336August 23, 1995
Assembly Bill 47337August 23, 1995
Assembly Bill 6041August 23, 1995
Assembly Bill 23042August 23, 1995
Assembly Bill 2643August 30, 1995
Assembly Bill 247August 30, 1995
Assembly Bill 16748August 30, 1995
Assembly Bill 21349August 30, 1995
Assembly Bill 21450August 30, 1995
Assembly Bill 16651August 30, 1995
Assembly Bill 29152August 30, 1995
Assembly Bill 10153August 30, 1995
Assembly Bill 20554August 30, 1995
Sincerely,
Douglas La Follette
Secretary of State
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Communications
July 7, 1995
Speaker David Prosser
Wisconsin State Assembly
Room 211 West, State Capitol
P.O. Box 8953
Madison, WI 53708
Dear Speaker Prosser:
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It is with regret that I must resign from the Advisory Council on Highway Safety. I have been unable to attend the meetings of the Council since the meetings are held on Mondays. This is an extremely inconvenient time for me due to the number of commitments I have back in the district. Perhaps there is someone else who would be interested in serving on the committee.
Thank you for your consideration in this matter.
Sincerely,
Donald Hasenohrl
State Representative
70th Assembly District
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SPEAKER'S APPOINTMENTS
August 16, 1995
Representative John Ryba
Room 315, 100 N. Hamilton
Madison, WI 53702
Dear John:
Pursuant to Section
15.467 (3), Wis. Stats., it is my pleasure as Speaker of the Assembly to appoint you as a member of the Council on Highway Safety.
This appointment is effective as of this date.
Sincerely,
David Prosser, Jr.
Assembly Speaker
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Referral of Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Commissioner of Insurance
Madison
June 1995
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Pursuant to s.
153.25, Wis. Stat., the Office of Health Care Information (OHCI) is pleased to submit to the Governor and the Legislature its fifth hospital report on mortality and morbidity. As stipulated in s.
153.40 (6), Wis. Stat., OHCI provided hospitals the opportunity to review and comment on their data. Written hospital comments have been included in the report.
OHCI wishes to express its appreciation and thanks to the members of the Mortality and Morbidity Technical Advisory Committee for their valued assistance in the planning and organization of this report, as well as to all Wisconsin hospitals that were part of the reporting process.
Please contact OHCI if you or your staff would like additional copies of this report, or have any questions.
Sincerely,
Josephine W. musser
Commissioner of Insurance
TRUDY A. KARLSON, Ph.D.
Director, OHCI
Referred to committee on Health.
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Commissioner of Insurance
Madison
June 1995
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Pursuant to section 153.10(1), Wis. Stat., we are pleased to submit to the Governor and to the Legislature the quarterly Health Care Data Report. This report is based on hospital inpatient discharge data reported to the Office of Health Care Information by all operating general medical-surgical and specialty hospitals in Wisconsin for the first quarter of 1994 (January-March). It also contains selected ambulatory surgery utilization and charge data from general medical-surgical hospitals and freestanding ambulatory surgery centers in Wisconsin during the same quarter.
This report fulfills the statutory requirement to report "in a manner that permits comparisons among hospitals ... the charges for up to 100 health care services or diagnostic-related groups selected by the office."
Sincerely,
josephine W. musser
Commissioner of Insurance
Trudy A. Karlson, Ph.D.
Director, OHCI
Referred to committee on Health.
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Commissioner of Insurance
Madison
June 30, 1995
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Attached is the annual report of the Small Employers Insurance Board (Board) as required under Section
635.23, Wis. Stat.
The report discusses, among other issues, the performance of the Small Employer Health Insurance Basic Plan. In evaluating the performance of this Plan which requires small group health insurers to offer a guarantee issue product, the Board expressed a desire to communicate opinions to the Legislature on how the performance of this plan could be improved.
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Since some of the proposals discussed by the Board lie outside of its jurisdiction, it was felt that they be communicated separate from the annual report. In particular, the Board identified the following suggestions:
1. The provisions in the state statute for the Basic Plan should be amended to allow for two policies, one with a high annual limit on coverage and one with a low annual limit. The low annual limit of $30,000 in benefits was identified in a recent survey as one of the more negative aspects of the benefit design preventing employers from purchasing policies.
2. Statutes mandating an employer contribution should be amended to allow for employees to pay more of the premium, rather than not be eligible for the Basic Plan because an employer could not afford to contribute to premiums.
3. Expand the effects of Chapter
635, Wis. Stat. to apply to larger groups (for example up to 100 employees).
The Board felt that these changes would improve the marketability of Basic Plan policies by insurers.
The Board has also asked me to express their desire to discuss these provisions with members of the Legislature at a later meeting.
Should you have any questions, please contact me, or Peter Farrow at 264-6239.
Best regards,
josephine W. musser
Commissioner of Insurance
