Rules Published with this Register and Final Regulatory Flexibility Analyses
The following administrative rule orders have been adopted and published in the September 30, 2010,
Wisconsin Administrative Register. Copies of these rules are sent to subscribers of the complete Wisconsin Administrative Code and also to the subscribers of the specific affected Code.
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Administration
Creates Chapter
Adm 80, relating to the administrative procedures for the Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program. Effective 10-1-10.
Summary of Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
The rules have no effect on small business in Wisconsin.
Summary of Comments by Legislative Review Committees
No comments were reported.
Children and Families
Safety and Permanence, Chs.
DCF 35 to
59
Revises Chapters
DCF 56 and
58, relating to foster care and kinship care. Effective 10-1-10.
Summary of Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
The rule will affect small businesses as defined in s.
227.114 (1), Stats., but will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of businesses.
Summary of Comments by Legislative Review Committees
No comments were received.
Children and Families
Revises Chapter
DCF 201, relating to authorized hours of subsidized child care. Effective 10-1-10.
Summary of Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
The rule will affect small businesses as defined in s.
227.114 (1), Stats., but will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of businesses.
Summary of Comments by Legislative Review Committees
No comments were received.
Financial Institutions — Securities
Revises Chapters
DFI-Sec 1,
2,
4,
5,
7,
8 and
32, relating to minor revisions to securities law and franchise law administrative code sections. Effective 10-1-10.
Summary of Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
This rule will have no adverse impact on small businesses.
Summary of Comments by Legislative Review Committees
No comments were received.
Health Services
Repeals and recreates Chapter
DHS 131, relating to hospices, and affecting small businesses. Effective 10-1-10.
Summary of Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
The fiscal impact on small business as defined in s.
227.114 (1), Stats., should be minimal. Most of the changes to this rule are technical in nature and similar to recently adapted federal regulations. Hospices electing to be certified by the Medicare program are required to meet these federal regulations. As of January 1, 2010, 75 of 76 licensed hospices (99 %) in Wisconsin are federally certified. According to Department criteria, a rule will have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small businesses if at least 10% or the businesses affected by the rule are small businesses and if operating expenditures, including annualized capital expenditures increase more than the prior year's consumer price index or reduces revenues by more than the prior year's consumer price index. Since most hospices in Wisconsin are operated by hospitals, home health agencies, nursing homes, and other health care providers, data shows that one facility (1.3 %) in Wisconsin meets the definition of a small business. As a result, the rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small businesses.
Summary of Comments by Legislative Review Committees
No comments were received.
Insurance
Revises Chapter
Ins 18, relating to independent review procedures. Effective 10-1-10.
Summary of Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
The Office of the Commissioner of Insurance has determined that this rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small businesses.
Summary of Comments by Legislative Review Committees
No comments were received.
Insurance
Creates section
Ins 3.36, relating to autism spectrum disorders. Effective 10-1-10.
Summary of Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
The Office of the Commissioner of Insurance has determined that this rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small businesses.
Summary of Comments by Legislative Review Committees
No comments were received.
Natural Resources
Environmental Protection — General, Chs.
NR 100—
Revises Chapters
NR 102 and
106, relating to water quality standards for heat and associated procedures for the calculation of point source effluent limitations. Effective 10-1-10.
Summary of Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
The rules will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small businesses. The facilities affected by the rules are large industrial facilities and municipal wastewater facilities.
Summary of Comments by Legislative Review Committees
The rules were reviewed by the Senate Committee on Environment and the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources. The legislative review period has expired. No hearings were scheduled by either the Assembly or Senate committees.
Natural Resources
Environmental Protection — Air Pollution Control,
Chs.
NR 400—
Revises section
NR 400.02, relating to the definition of volatile organic compound. Effective 10-1-10.
Summary of Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
The rule will not have a significant economic impact on small business since it does not impose any new regulatory requirements, but rather removes two compounds from the state regulatory definition of VOC. This may provide lower cost alternatives to compounds currently being used.
Summary of Comments by Legislative Review Committees
The rules were reviewed by the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Environment. Neither committee held a public hearing and the Department did not receive any comments or requests for modifications from the committees.
Public Instruction
