The rule has no significant effect on small businesses because only governmental employers and their employees may participate in the benefit programs under ch.
40 of the statutes administered by the Department of Employee Trust Funds.
Summary of Comments by Legislative Review Committees
No comments were reported.
Health Services
Management and Technology and Strategic Finance,
Chs.
DHS 1—
Rule creates Chapter
DHS 19, relating to reduction or waiver of penalties for voluntary self-disclosure by a small business of actual or potential violations of rules or guidelines. Effective 6-1-10.
Summary of Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
The rules will have a direct impact on a substantial number of small businesses that are not covered under s.
48.685 or
50.065, Stats. The economic impact on the businesses affected by this rule is indeterminate.
Summary of Comments by Legislative Review Committees
No comments were received.
Health Services
Community Services, Chs.
DHS 30—
Rule repeals and recreates Chapter
DHS 85, relating to non-profit corporations and unincorporated associations as guardians. Effective 6-1-10.
Summary of Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
The fiscal impact of the rule requirements does not appear to be significant and will vary directly with the size of the guardianship agency. The overall effect of these changes on corporate guardian agencies should be minimal.
Summary of Comments by Legislative Review Committees
No comments were received.
Health Services
Community Services, Chs.
DHS 30—
Rule revises Chapter
DHS 75, relating to substance abuse counselors, clinical supervisors, and prevention specialists. Effective 6-1-10.
Summary of Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
The rules will not directly affect small businesses. The rules under this order are to conform to the transfer of authority under
2005 Wisconsin Act 25 from the Department to DRL. Any fiscal impact upon small business occurred when the changes from
2005 Wisconsin Act 25 were implemented by DRL in 2005 and 2006.
Summary of Comments by Legislative Review Committees
No comments were received.
Health Services
Rule repeals Chapters
DHS 117,
160 and
253, and revises Chapter
DHS 172, relating to fees for copies of health care provider records, registration of sanitarians, safety, maintenance and operation of public swimming pools and water attractions, and child support cooperation for food stamps. Effective 6-1-10.
Summary of Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
The rules will not have a fiscal effect on businesses.
Summary of Comments by Legislative Review Committees
No comments were received.
Hearings and Appeals
Rule revises Chapter
HA 2, relating to the procedure and practice for corrections hearings before the Division. Effective 6-1-10.
Summary of Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
This rule does not have a significant effect on small business.
Summary of Comments by Legislative Review Committees
Both the senate and assembly legislative committees took no action on the proposed rules.
Insurance
Rule revises section
Ins 3.39 and Appendix
3, relating to medicare supplement and replacement guarantee issue eligibility. Effective 6-1-10.
Summary of Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
This rule does not have a significant impact on regulated small businesses as defined in s.
227.114 (1), Wis. Stats., including intermediaries. OCI maintains a database of all licensed issuers in Wisconsin. The database includes information submitted by the companies related to premium revenue and employment. In an examination of this database, OCI identified that 75 insurance companies offer Medicare supplement, Medicare cost and Medicare select (Medigap) policies to Wisconsin consumers eligible for Medicare due to age or disability and none of those companies qualify by definition as a small business. In addition, 25 insurance companies have Medigap policyholders although the companies no longer market Medigap coverage in Wisconsin. Again, none of these 25 companies qualifies by definition as a small business. Although affected by this rule change, intermediaries qualifying as small businesses may be affected but such effect will not be significant as previously described.
Summary of Comments by Legislative Review Committees
No comments were reported.
Insurance
Rule creates Chapter
Ins 57, relating to care management organizations. Effective 6-1-10.
Summary of Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
This rule will have minimal to no effect on small businesses that are care management organizations. This rule may affect small businesses that are care management organizations seeking a permit from the commissioner. The office worked closely with the Department to minimize the impact on the care management organizations and will share information between departments so not to overly burden care management organizations.
Summary of Comments by Legislative Review Committees
No comments were reported.
Insurance
Rule creates section
Ins 3.34, relating to coverage of dependents to age 27. Effective 6-1-10.
Summary of Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
This rule will have little or no effect on small businesses.
Summary of Comments by Legislative Review Committees
No comments were reported.
Natural Resources
Fish, Game, etc., Chs.
NR 1—
Rule revises Chapters
NR 10 and
19, relating to hunting, trapping and wildlife rehabilitation. Effective 6-1-10.
Summary of Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
These rules are applicable to individual sportspersons and impose no compliance or reporting requirements for small businesses, and no design or operational standards are contained in the rule.
Summary of Comments by Legislative Review Committees
No comments were reported.
Natural Resources
Fish, Game, etc., Chs.
NR 1—
Rule revises section
NR 10.104 (4) (b), relating to deer management unit population goals. Effective 6-1-10.
Summary of Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
These rules, and the legislation which grants the department rule making authority, do not have a significant fiscal effect on the private sector or small businesses. These rules are applicable to individual sportspersons and impose no compliance or reporting requirements for small businesses, nor are any design or operational standards contained in the rule.
Summary of Comments by Legislative Review Committees
These rules were reviewed by the Senate Committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry and Natural Resources and the Assembly Committee on Fish and Wildlife. On December 17, 2009 both committees held a joint hearing on these rules. On January 5, 2010 the Assembly Committee on Fish and Wildlife requested non-specific modifications to Clearinghouse Rule No. 09-053. The Natural Resources Board adopted modifications at its March 16, 2010 meeting. The department did not receive additional comments or requests for modification.
Natural Resources
Fish, Game, etc., Chs.
NR 1—
Rule repeals section
NR 45.04 (1) (g) and creates section
NR 45.045, relating to regulation of firewood entering department lands. Effective 6-1-10.
Summary of Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Small businesses affected by the rule include firewood vendors that get their wood more than 25 miles from state lands where they wish to sell wood. Currently, firewood dealers that contract with state properties have been able to continue with their contracts by providing wood from within the allowable distance if they segregate that wood from non-allowable wood. Other vendors such as convenience stores would need to switch to a supplier that got its wood from within the allowable distance from the park or from a wood vendor who was certified by the WI DATCP as treating their wood to prevent transmission of wood borne pests or diseases.
Summary of Comments by Legislative Review Committees
The rules were reviewed by the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry and Natural Resources. The department did not receive comments or requests for modification as a result of the review.
Natural Resources
Environmental Protection — Air Pollution Control,
Chs.
NR 400—
