Thursday, January 8, 2009

This Is What Happens When Adults Take Over

Good news from Madison! Senator Decker has announced the first three major bills that they will be working on.
Senate bill 1 will raise the minimum wage and is authored by Decker. The bill would increase the minimum wage from $6.50 to $7.60 and then index it for inflation.
Imagine that. Prosperity for all Americans, instead of just a select few.
Senate bill 2 is the Employee Wage Protection Act, authored by Senator John Lehman (D-Racine). The bill makes payment of unpaid wages a priority when a company goes out of business. It also closes a loophole created by a 7th Circuit Court of Appeals decision that held Wisconsin wage lien laws would not apply in bankruptcy cases.
There's another novel idea. Paying people for the work they actually did. I bet the former employees at Heinemann's wish that was already a law.
Senate Bill 3 will require insurance companies to cover treatment for children with autism and is authored by Senator Judy Robson (D-Beloit). The bill would require every individual and group health insurance policy and plan, including defined network plans and cooperative sickness care plans, to cover the cost of treatment for insured persons with autism, Asperger’s syndrome or other pervasive developmental disorders.
This is obviously an much overdue bill. Why should families be forced to choose between losing everything or not getting their children the proper treatment, just so some insurance CEO's can continue to collect their way too big bonuses.

This third bill deals with an issue that by friend Zach deals with on a daily basis. And hence, he tells of the ramifications of this bill better than I ever could.

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