On March 12, 2025, the Senate Committee on Health held a public hearing on the following: Senate Bill 31 Relating to: state agency status for certain physician assistants and advanced practice nurses who provide services without compensation for local health departments or school districts Senate Bill 39 Relating to: establishment of a Palliative Care Council […]
On February 13, 2024 the Wisconsin State Senate held a floor session on the following: Senate Bill 158. preliminary health care credentials granted to previously unlicensed individuals; Senate Bill 174: requiring use of the electronic system of vital records for medical certifications of death; Senate Bill 58: nitrate contamination and the well compensation grant program; Senate Bill […]
On December 15, 2022, the Legislative Council Study Committee on Uniform Death Reporting Standards held a meeting. Agenda: Discussion of revised bill drafts: LRB-0524/P4, relating to requiring the Department of Health Services to promulgate rules regarding best practices for death investigations and medical certification of deaths and granting rule-making authority. LRB-0521/P4, relating to fatality review […]
On November 15, 2022, the Legislative Council Study Committee on Uniform Death Reporting Standards met. Agenda: Discussion of materials distributed: LRB-0460/P2, relating to providing additional information fields regarding occupation and substance use on death records. LRB-0524/P2, relating to requiring the Department of Health Services to promulgate rules regarding death investigations and medical certification of deaths. […]
On October 17, 2022, the Legislative Council Study Committee on Uniform Death Reporting Standards held a meeting. Agenda: Presentation by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services Presentation by the Wisconsin Department of Justice
On August 17, 2022, the Legislative Council Study Committee on Uniform Death Reporting Standards held a meeting. Agenda: Presentations Agnieszka Rogalska, M.D. James Klemmer, Heritage Funeral Homes, Heather Dykstra and Susanna Joy, National Center for Fatality Review & Prevention Kate Jankovsky, Childhood Adversity Prevention Manager Michael J. Staley, Ph.D.
On July 18, 2022, the Legislative Council Study Committee on Uniform Death Reporting Standards met. This study committee is directed to review the current protocols for investigating causes of death and reporting death, and the uniformity of those protocols. The review focused on options to implement more comprehensive uniform death reporting standards across Wisconsin, including […]
