Monday, January 26, 2009
Ninety-Ninth Regular Session
The Chief Clerk makes the following entries under the above date:
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Bill 5
Relating to: payment of Wisconsin supplemental and extended unemployment insurance benefits in this state.
By
Representatives Sinicki, Sheridan, Nelson, Seidel, Staskunas, Barca, Colon, Van Akkeren, Jorgensen, Toles, Parisi and Honadel; cosponsored by Senators Coggs, Decker, Miller, Hansen, Lehman and Wirch.
To joint committee on Finance.
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Communications
January 26, 2009
State Representative Jon Richards
Wisconsin State Assembly
Room 118 North, State Capitol
Madison, WI 53702
Dear Representative Richards:
This letter is to advise that I am appointing you to serve as my designee on the Wisconsin Center District Board for the 2009-2010 legislative session.
Sincerely,
Mark Pocan
State Representative
Co-Chair, Joint Committee on Finance
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Referral of Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Department of Health Services
Madison
January 20, 2009
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
In
1997 Act 27, the 1997-99 Biennial Budget, the Legislature established requirements in state law intended to strengthen protections for children and vulnerable adults in organized care settings. The provisions require, among other things, that designated caregivers conduct background checks on all new and existing staff and bar them from employing anyone who has committed certain crimes or acts. The Department of Health Services and (for certain child care providers) counties and local school boards must perform checks on a provider before issuing a license or other credential. Individuals who have committed prohibited crimes or acts may apply to the Department, counties, or school boards for a waiver of the employment of licensing bans upon evidence of rehabilitation.
Sections
48.685 (5g) and
50.065 (5g) of the Wisconsin Statutes direct the Department to submit an annual report to the Legislature that specifies the number of persons who have sought waivers of employment of licensing bans by requesting to demonstrate that they have been rehabilitated. The report must also specify the number of requests that were approved and the reasons for the success or failure of the requests. Attached is the report for 2008.
Questions about this report should be referred to Diane Welsh, Chief Legal Counsel, at 608-266-1404.
Sincerely,
Karen E. Timberlake
Secretary
Referred to committee on Health and Healthcare Reform.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Health Services
Madison
January 20, 2009
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
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The attached report is submitted to the Legislature pursuant to s.
46.27 (11g) and s.
46.277 (5m) of the Wisconsin statutes, which require the Department of Health Services to submit an annual report for the Community Options Program (COP) and the Home and Community-Based Waivers (COP-W/CIP II). The attached report describes the persons served, program expenditures, and services delivered thought the COP, COP-Waiver and CIP II programs in calendar year 2007.
The Community Options Program provides services to people who are elderly or who have a physical, developmental or mental disability, and is closely coordinated with all of Wisconsin's Medicaid Home and Community-Based Waivers. With the Department's oversight, county agencies are able to ensure that a comprehensive and individualized care plan is provided, while maintaining program flexibility and integrity, and maximizing federal matching funds.
Sincerely,
Karen E. Timberlake
Secretary
Referred to committee on Aging and Long-Term Care.
