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February 7, 2008
Patrick Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53708
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
Please add my name as a co‐sponsor to Assembly Bill 766. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Luther Olsen
State Senator
14th Senate District
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Referral of Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Department of Revenue
Madison
January 30, 2008
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
I am submitting the quarterly report of the Wisconsin Lottery for the quarter ending December 31, 2007. As required by s.
565.37(3), Wis. Stats., the attached materials contain unaudited Wisconsin Lottery year‐to‐date Revenue and Expenditure information.
The information reported here is a summary and is not intended to be a complete financial accounting of Wisconsin Lottery operations.
If you have any questions or comments regarding this report, please feel free to contact me at (608) 266‐6466.
Sincerely,
Roger m. Ervin
Secretary of Revenue
Referred to committee on State Affairs.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
Madison
January 31, 2008
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
In compliance with Wisconsin statute 16.548, please find the Wisconsin Office of Federal/State Relations quarterly report to be submitted to the Legislature for the Fourth Quarter of 2007. This report provides information on the activities of the office and the status of federal legislation of concern to the State of Wisconsin.
A496
Please contact me if you have any questions about this material.
Sincerely,
Michael Morgan
Secretary
Referred to committee on State Affairs.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Workforce Development
Madison
February 4, 2008
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Pursuant to §
109.12(2) and
(3), Wis. Stats., I hereby submit the Department of Workforce Development's (DWD) 2007 annual report on the administration and enforcement of §
109.07 and
109.075, Wis. Stats. The report contains three sections. The first section lists all employers in 2007 that notified DWD of business closings and mass layoffs planned in Wisconsin. The second section of the report lists employers against whom DWD has received business closing or mass layoff notification complaints and the current status or outcome of those complaints. The third section of the report lists employers against whom DWD has received healthcare cessation notification complaints, DWD's actions and the current status or outcome of those complaints.
If you have any questions regarding the information contained in this report, please contact Jennifer Ortiz, Administrator of the Equal Rights Division, at (608) 266‐0946.
Sincerely,
Roberta Gassman
Secretary
Referred to committee on Labor and Industry.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Family Services
Madison
February 5, 2008
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
The Department of Health and Family Services is pleased to submit to you and the Joint Committee on Finance the attached report on the feasibility of modifying the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan (HIRSP) Pilot Program under Wisconsin Statute, s.
49.686 (6). This report is required under Section
9129 (7p) of
2007 Wisconsin Act 20.
The HIRSP Pilot will provide coverage under HIRSP for at least one hundred uninsured clients of the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP). The Pilot reduces costs to ADAP and expands access for pilot participants to the full range of medical care available to HIRSP policy holders. ADAP and the companion AIDS/HIV Health Insurance Premium Subsidy Program (Insurance Program) have provided access to life saving medications and medical care for low‐income Wisconsin residents living with HIV disease since 1989 without the need for waiting lists or other cost containment measures that would negatively impact this vulnerable population. This is due in part to the rebates that ADAP collects from pharmaceutical companies and the “payer of last resort" status conferred on ADAP by federal guidance and legislation.
The Department concludes that it is not feasible to modify the HIRSP Pilot. The modifications are contrary to the “payer of last resort" status of ADAP and would not result in any further increase in drug rebate revenues to the State or any reduction in the cost of the Pilot for DHFS.
With warm regards,
Kevin R. Hayden
Secretary
Referred to committee on Insurance.
