Tuesday, July 27, 2004
Ninety-Sixth Regular Session
The Chief Clerk makes the following entries under the above date:
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Relating to nursing homes and facilities for the developmentally disabled.
Submitted by Department of Health and Family Services.
Report received from Agency, July 19, 2004.
To committee on Aging and Long-Term Care
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Referred on July 27, 2004
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Speaker's Appointments
July 22, 2004
Mr. Patrick Fuller, Chief Clerk
Wisconsin State Assembly
Room 208, Risser Justice Center
17 West Main Street
Madison, WI 53708
Dear Patrick:
I have accepted Representative Jim Kreuser's nomination of Representative Amy Sue Vruwink to the Rural Economic Development Board. Representative Vruwink will replace Representative Plouff on this board.
Sincerely,
John G. Gard
Speaker
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Referral of Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Family Services
Madison
July 12, 2004
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
As required by s.
252.04 (11), Wis. Stats., enclosed is the Wisconsin Immunization Program Report. Please distribute this report to the appropriate standing committees. I wish to call your attention to the progress made in efforts to attain the goals related to immunization that are stated in the Healthiest Wisconsin 2010 Plan and Governor Doyle's Kids First Initiative.
We are excited about our collaborative efforts to insure that children are adequately protected against vaccine preventable diseases. I am pleased with the progress Wisconsin is making. Our Department is committed to working with public health and health care organizations to do even better in the future. Our kids deserve the absolute best from us all.
Sincerely,
Helene Nelson
Secretary
Referred to committee on Public Health.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Family Services
Madison
July 15, 2004
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
As required by s.
253.115 of the Wisconsin Statutes, I am enclosing the Department's annual report on the status of Universal Newborn Hearing Screening in Wisconsin. We are pleased to report that in 2003 Wisconsin hospitals have met the legislative criteria. By hospital report, 99.9% of all Wisconsin babies were born in hospitals with a universal newborn hearing screening program in 2003.
Sincerely,
Helene Nelson
Secretary
Referred to committee on Children and Families.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Revenue
Madison
July 21, 2004
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
A narrative report for the Local Appeals for Exemption from State Mandates is enclosed for your review as required by s.
66.0143 (2)(c) Wis. Stats.
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The Department of Revenue has attached four accompanying reports to address the statutory reporting requirements as identified in s.
66.0143(4) Wis. Stats. These reports are presented as follows: a General Mandate Waiver Criteria (Exhibit I) was prepared for political subdivisions and provided instructions for submitting their mandate waiver requests for processing to the Department of Revenue (DOR) as the state's clearinghouse agency; a Summary Mandate Waiver Report (Exhibit II) that presents an overall number of waivers
requested and their relevant disposition as reported by administering state agencies or where no state agency is responsible as determined by the DOR; a State Mandate Waiver Listing (Exhibit Ill) that provides a brief description of each waiver request and statutory reference; and finally, a report providing a Summary of Approved Mandate Waivers and The Financial Effects (Exhibit IV) as submitted by a requesting political subdivision for each waiver that was granted.
Sincerely,
Michael L. Morgan
Secretary of Revenue
Referred to committee on Urban and Local Affairs.
