On February 14, 2024, the Assembly Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care held a public hearing and executive session on the following: Public Hearing: Assembly Bill 1077: transfer from the state building trust fund to the general fund, funding for grants to support hospital emergency department services, and making an appropriation; Assembly Bill 1078: […]
Kirsten Johnson has led the Department of Health Services for nearly a year. Before that she was the head of the Milwaukee Health Department and she also oversaw the Washington Ozaukee Public Health Department. On February 13, 2024, Wisconsin Health News hosted a Newsmaker Event in Madison featuring Johnson outlining her priorities at DHS, provide […]
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 February 5, 2024, the Assembly Committee on State Affairs held an executive session and a public hearing on the following: Executive Session: Assembly Bill 561: tinting windows on government-owned vehicles Assembly Bill 837: fees for redacting certain records of law enforcement agencies Public Hearing: Assembly Bill 27: the Uniform Unsworn Declarations Act Assembly Bill […]
On February 7, 2024, the Assembly Committee on Education held an executive session and a public hearing on the following: Executive Session: Assembly Bill 450: ready-to-use glucagon rescue therapies in schools Assembly Bill 640: a license to teach based on working as a paraprofessional in a school district Assembly Bill 1005: student teaching requirement for […]
On February 6, 2024, the Senate Committee on Transportation and Local Government held a public hearing on the following: Senate Bill 856: specialized transportation assistance pilot program Senate Bill 676: eliminating references to registered weight for commercial motor vehicles and modifying Department of Transportation administrative rules Senate Bill 584: erecting highway signs for The Prairie […]
On February 6, 2024, the Senate Committee on Health held a public hearing on the following: Senate Bill 905: agreements for direct primary care Senate Bill 919: closure or change of services and relocation of residents in adult family homes Senate Bill 933: prohibiting discrimination in organ transplantation and donation on the basis of an […]
On February 6, 2024, the Senate Committee on Education held a public hearing on the following: Senate Bill 973: requiring the community approach to four-year-old kindergarten Senate Bill 971: early literacy programs administered by the Department of Public Instruction Senate Bill 990: mandatory early literacy professional development Senate Bill 989: combining the choice programs and […]
On February 1, 2024, the Senate Committee on Government Operations held a public hearing on the following: Senate Bill 787: limitations on the total value of taxable property that may be included in a tax incremental financing district created in the city of Evansville Senate Bill 880: limitations on the total value of taxable property […]
On January 31, 2024, the Senate Committee on Licensing, Constitution and Federalism held a public hearing on the following: Hereth, Daniel Of Pewaukee, as Secretary of the Department of Safety and Professional Services, to serve for the term ending at the pleasure of the Governor Bouche, Mary Of Green Bay, as a Public Member on the […]
On January 31, 2024, the Assembly Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care will hold an executive session and a public hearing on the following: Executive Session: Assembly Bill 418: healthy aging grants and making an appropriation Assembly Bill 830: delegation of adjunctive services by chiropractors Assembly Bill 954: provisional licenses to practice medicine and […]
