Thursday, June 26, 2003
Ninety-Sixth Regular Session
The Chief Clerk makes the following entries under the above date.
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State of Wisconsin
Joint Legislative Council
June 23, 2003
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to transmit to you the following reports to the 2001 Legislature on legislation introduced by the Joint Legislative Council:
RL2003-02 Special Committee on State-Tribal Relations
I would appreciate your including this letter in the Journal for the information of the membership. Additional copies of this report are available at the Legislative Council Staff offices, One East Main, Suite 401, or from our web page at
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lc/reports_by_topic.htm.
Sincerely,
Terry C. Anderson
Director
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Relating to requiring primary insurers and self-insurers to provide notice to the patients compensation fund of the filing of out-of-state medical malpractice action against an insured Wisconsin health care provider within 60 days of the primary insurer or self-insurer's first notice of the filing of the action.
Submitted by Office of Commissioner of Insurance.
Report received from Agency, June 25, 2003.
Referred to committee on Agriculture, Financial Institutions and Insurance, June 26, 2003
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By Patrick E. Fuller, chief clerk.
Mr. President:
I am directed to inform you that the Assembly has passed and asks concurrence in:
Assembly Bill 67
Assembly Bill 73
Assembly Bill 141
Assembly Bill 175
Assembly Bill 204
Assembly Bill 329
Assembly Bill 344
Assembly Bill 388
Assembly Bill 393
Concurred in:
Senate Bill 15
Senate Bill 25
Senate Bill 115
Senate Bill 116
Senate Bill 117
Senate Bill 167
Senate Bill 173
Senate Bill 188
Senate Bill 194
Senate Bill 197
Senate Bill 206
Assembly Bill 111 Senate amendment 1
Assembly Bill 288 Senate amendment 1
Amended and concurred in as amended:
Senate Bill 77
Assembly substitute amendment 1 adopted
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Assembly Bill
67
Relating to: employment discrimination based on creed; exemption from liability and discipline for health care providers and hospital employees who refuse to participate in sterilization, abortion, assisted suicide, and other procedures on moral or religious grounds; and power of attorney for health care instruments and patient declarations regarding the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures or feeding tubes.
S257
By Representatives Hundertmark, Staskunas, Albers, Bies, J. Fitzgerald, Freese, Grothman, Gunderson, Gundrum, Hahn, Hines, Huebsch, Kerkman, Kestell, Krawczyk, Kreibich, Ladwig, F. Lasee, M. Lehman, LeMahieu, Loeffelholz, McCormick, D. Meyer, Montgomery, Nass, Ott, Owens, Petrowski, Rhoades, Stone, Suder, Underheim, Van Roy, Vrakas, Vukmir, Weber, Wieckert, J. Wood and Ziegelbauer; cosponsored by Senators Roessler, Reynolds, Breske, Cowles, S. Fitzgerald, Harsdorf, Kanavas, Kedzie, A. Lasee, Lazich, Leibham, Schultz, Stepp and Welch.
Read first time and referred to committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care.
Assembly Bill
73
