Relating to: memorializing the United States Senate to support the admission of Poland to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
By
Senators
Grobschmidt, Burke, Shibilski, Drzewiecki, Breske and Welch; cosponsored by Representatives Ryba, Kunicki, Handrick, Gard, Ott, Walker, Kreuser, Dobyns, R. Potter, Plale, Bock, Hasenohrl and Gronemus.
To committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations.
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The committee on Health, Human Services, Aging, Corrections, Veterans and Military Affairs reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 206
Relating to: requiring insurance coverage of certain immunizations for children.
Adoption of Senate amendment 1.
Ayes, 6 - Senators Moen, Breske, Wirch, Roessler, Rosenzweig and Fitzgerald.
Noes, 0 - None.
Adoption of Senate amendment 2.
Ayes, 6 - Senators Moen, Breske, Wirch, Roessler, Rosenzweig and Fitzgerald.
Noes, 0 - None.
Introduction and adoption of Senate amendment 3.
Ayes, 6 - Senators Moen, Breske, Wirch, Roessler, Rosenzweig and Fitzgerald.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 6 - Senators Moen, Breske, Wirch, Roessler, Rosenzweig and Fitzgerald.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 218
Relating to: health insurance coverage requirements, including preexisting condition exclusions, guaranteed issue, guaranteed acceptance, portability, rating restrictions, contract termination and renewability and fair marketing standards; eliminating the small employer health insurance plan and board; collective bargaining of certain health care coverage requirements; granting rule-making authority; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Without recommendation.
Ayes, 3 - Senators Moen, Breske and Wirch.
Noes, 3 - Senators Roessler, Rosenzweig and Fitzgerald.
Senate Bill 332
Relating to: requiring the department of health and family services to establish a health care coverage plan for employers in the private sector, creating a private employer health care coverage board and making an appropriation.
Introduction and adoption of Senate substitute amendment 1.
Ayes, 4 - Senators Moen, Breske, Wirch and Roessler.
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Noes, 2 - Senators Rosenzweig and Fitzgerald.
Introduction and adoption of Senate amendment 1 to Senate substitute amendment 1.
Ayes, 5 - Senators Moen, Breske, Wirch, Roessler and Rosenzweig.
Noes, 1 - Senator Fitzgerald.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 4 - Senators Moen, Breske, Wirch and Roessler.
Noes, 2 - Senators Rosenzweig and Fitzgerald.
Rodney Moen
Chairperson
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State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
November 4, 1997
To the Honorable the Senate:
At the direction of s.
13.685(7),
Wisconsin Statutes, I am furnishing you with the names of organizations recently registered with the Ethics Board that employ one or more individuals to affect state legislation or administrative rules, and notifying you of changes in the Ethics Board's records of licensed lobbyists and their employers. For each recently registered organization I have included the organization's description of the general area of legislative or administrative action that it attempts to influence and the name of each licensed lobbyist that the organization has authorized to act on its behalf.
Organizations recently registered:
Below are the names of organizations recently registered with the Ethics Board as employing one or more individuals to affect state legislation or administrative rules.
Health Information Outsourcing Services Assn. of
Subject(s): WI S.B. 250; section 1.908.03 (6m)(d) Also: Chapter HSS 117 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code.
Swandby, Janet
Organization's authorization of additional lobbyists:
The following organizations previously registered with the Ethics Board have authorized to act on their behalf these additional licensed lobbyists:
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation
Tenuta, James
Delta Dental Plan of Wisconsin, Inc.
Tenuta, James
Health Information Outsourcing Services, Assn. of
Swandby, Janet
Physical Therapy Assn., Wisconsin
Tenuta, James
Prosecutors, Assn. of State
Liebe, Thomas
Public Power Inc. SYSTEM, Wisconsin
Tenuta, James
Solid Wastes Management Assn., National
Tenuta, James
Theatre Owners, National Assn. of
Tenuta, James
Truck Stop Operators Inc., Wisconsin Assn. of
Tenuta, James
Termination of lobbying authorizations:
The following individuals are no longer authorized to lobby on behalf of the organizations listed below, as of the dates indicated.
Madison Gas and Electric Co
Klauser, James R 10/29/97
Also available from the Wisconsin Ethics Board are reports identifying the amount and value of time state agencies have spent to affect legislative action and reports of expenditures for lobbying activities filed by the organizations that employ lobbyists.
Sincerely,
R. Roth Judd
Executive Director
State of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority
October 30, 1997
The Honorable, The Legislature:
Pursuant to Wisconsin Statute 234.93(5), please find enclosed a report on the number of guarantees, total dollar amount of guarantees and default rates for each of the programs supported by the Wisconsin Development Reserve Fund. Please note that the report also includes Wisconsin Development Reserve Fund program activity in fiscal 1997. Please feel free to contact me or Jim Langdon at 266-3529 with any questions.
Sincerely,
Fritz Ruf
Executive Director
State of Wisconsin
Council on Physical Disabilities
October 31, 1997
