As also required by
1999 Wisconsin Act 113, the Department will submit a report evaluating the success or failures of Act 113 and rules promulgated under Act 113, in reducing the incidence of lead poison in children by March 1, 2005.
Thank you for distributing this report to members of the Senate.
Questions about this report may be referred to Gail Boushon at 608-267-2289.
Sincerely,
Helene Nelson
Secretary
State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Family Services
March 16, 2004
The Honorable, The Senate:
The Bureau of Health Information, Department of Health and Family Services, is pleased to submit to the Governor and the Legislature the Wisconsin Inpatient Hospital Quality Indicators Report, 2001. The data for this report were collected under section 153.05, Wisconsin Statutes, and are published as authorized by the requirements of HFS 120.26, Wisconsin Administrative Code.
This report provides information about quality of care in Wisconsin hospitals. The quality measures included in this report were derived from hospital data submitted to the Bureau of Health Information by general medical and surgical hospitals in the state for 2001 inpatient stays. The report provides information about procedure volume, utilization and inpatient mortality for common conditions and procedures. As required by HFS 120, the report is consistent with national recognized indicators of quality, displays quality indicator variation across Wisconsin hospitals, protects the anonymity of individual hospitals, and provides hospitals with useful information for internal quality improvement.
Sincerely,
Helene Nelson
Secretary
State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Family Services
March 16, 2004
The Honorable, The Senate:
The Bureau of Health Information, Department of Health and Family Services, is pleased to submit to the Governor and the Legislature the Uncompensated Health Care Report, Wisconsin Hospitals, Fiscal Year 2002. The data for this report were collected under section 153.05, Wisconsin Statutes, and are published as authorized by the requirements of section 120.20, Wisconsin Administrative Code.
This report is based on annual hospital uncompensated health care data reported to the Bureau of Health Information by all operating general medical-surgical and specialty hospitals in Wisconsin. The report sets forth the total charges for charity care, bad debt, and total uncompensated health care for fiscal year 2002. It also shows the projected number of patients and the projected charges for charity care, bad debt, and total uncompensated health care in fiscal year 2003.
Sincerely,
Helene Nelson
Secretary
State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
March 15, 2004
The Honorable, The Legislature:
This report is transmitted as required by sec. 20.002(11)(f) of the Wisconsin Statutes, (for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under sec. 13.172(3) Stats.), and confirms that the Department of Administration has found it necessary to exercise the "temporary reallocation of balances" authority provided by this section in order to meet payment responsibilities and cover resulting negative balances during the month of February 2004.
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On February 1, 2004, the
Medical Assistance Trust Fund cash balance closed at a negative $57.3 million. The negative balance continued until February 9, 2004, when the fund's cash balance closed at a positive $157.8 million. The fund's cash balance reached its monthly low of a negative $58.7 million on February 4, 2004. The negative balance was due to the difference in the timing of revenues and expenditures, and a delay in processing interfund transfers.
On February 1, 2004, the Historic Preservation Partnership Fund cash balance closed at a negative $42.0 thousand. Negative balances persisted throughout the month, with intermittent positive balances. The Historic Preservation Partnership Fund closed at an intramonth low of a negative $45.0 thousand on February 20, 2004. The fund's cash balance closed at a negative $29.0 thousand on February 29, 2004. The negative balance was due to the startup of the fund and a difference in the timing of revenues and expenditures.
The Medical Assistance Trust Fund and the Historic Preservation Partnership Fund shortfalls were not in excess of the statutory interfund borrowing limitations and did not exceed the balances of the funds available for interfund borrowing.
The distribution of interest earnings to investment pool participants is based on the average daily balance in the pool and each fund's share. Therefore, the monthly calculation by the State Controller's Office will automatically reflect the use of these temporary reallocations of balance authority, and as a result, the funds requiring the use of the authority will effectively bear the interest cost.
Sincerely,
Marc J. Marotta
Secretary
Referred to the joint committee on Finance.
State of Wisconsin
Department of Public Instruction
March 1, 2004
The Honorable, The Senate:
Wisconsin school laws include the following provision in s.
115.45 (6)(b) and
(c), Wis. Stats.:
SECTION 115.45 Grants for preschool to grade 5 programs.
(6) The state superintendent shall:
(b) By March 1, 1986, and annually thereafter, submit to the joint committee on finance and the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under s.
13.172(3), a budget report detailing the grants he or she intends to award under this section in the next fiscal year. The report shall provide summary data on the results of the annual testing required under sub. (4)(b) and include a description of the guidelines used to determine the individual schools and private service providers that will receive funds under this section and the types of expenditures eligible for such funds.
(c) Annually submit to the legislature under s.
13.172(2) a report on the academic progress made by pupils enrolled in preschool to grade 5 programs under this section.
All Preschool-to-Grade-5 (P-5) evaluation reports for 2002-03 are contained herein as well as a report on the academic progress for all schools funded by the P-5 program. If you have any questions, please contact my office or Sandra Dercole in the DPI Office of Urban Education (414-227-4942).
Sincerely,
Elizabeth Burmaster
State Superintendent
Referred to committee on Education, Ethics and Elections.
State of Wisconsin
Department of Public Instruction
March 2004
The Honorable, The Legislature:
The Department of Public Instruction is submitting the 2001, 2002, and 2003 annual reports on the status of bilingual-bicultural education programs as required under s.
115.96, Wis. Stats. The reports provide data from the state-aided bilingual-bicultural/ESL education programs for the 2002 through 2004 fiscal years (July 1, 2000, through June 30, 2003.)
These annual reports include details on the state's administration and funding of bilingual education in Wisconsin and factors contributing to program expansion, the continuously lower annual reimbursement rates for school districts, the number of pupils from minority languages served, the locations of the state-aided programs during the 2002 and 2004 fiscal years, and staff-related data.
If you have questions on any aspect of this report, please contact Joseph F. Donovan, DPI Communications Director
(joseph.donovan@dpi.state.wi.us or 608-266-3559).
Sincerely,
Elizabeth Burmaster
State Superintendent
State of Wisconsin
Department of Transportation
March 9, 2004
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am please to present to you, for distribution to the Wisconsin Senate, the annual evaluation report on the Pretrial Intoxicated Driver Intervention Grant Program. It is also available on our website
www.dot.wisconsin.gov/library/publications/topic/safety.htm. The program, created by section 86.53 Wis. Stats., was established by the legislature in 1997 with the requirement that the Department study its impact and report on its findings.
The Pretrial Intoxicated Driver Intervention Grant Program is intended for offenders who are arrested for their second or subsequent OWI (Operating While Intoxicated) offense. Offender participants may be voluntary or court order. It is an intervention model designed to get offenders into counseling, treatment and supervision as soon as possible after the arrest. The program is individual to each community.
As you will see in the report, no community that has begun a program has dropped it. Offenders who successfully completed the program were less likely than non-participants to be re-arrested for subsequent OWI violations. Those who were re-arrested went significantly longer between arrests than non-participants. Currently there are seven counties on a waiting list for funding to begin programs.
I commend those people who have dedicated themselves to making this innovative program a success. There are no "silver bullets" in eradicating impaired driving, but I feel this effort is a vital piece in the total transportation safety effort.
Sincerely,
Daniel W. Lonsdorf, Director
Bureau of Transportation Safety
Department of Regulation and Licensing
March 10, 2004
The Honorable, The Senate:
Enclosed please find the State of Wisconsin Controlled Substances Board's annual report for 2003. The Controlled Substances Board is required to submit this report to you annually, pursuant to Wis. Stat. 961.36(3). It includes findings with respect to the Board's effect on the distribution and abuse of controlled substances, including recommendations for improving control and prevention of the diversion of controlled substances.
Sincerely,
Cynthia Benning, Chair
Controlled Substances Board
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
March 10, 2004
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Henzl
, Bob,
of Racine, as a member of the State Fair Park Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2005.
Sincerely,
JIM DOYLE
