The Legislative Committee is responsible for representing the WATA Inc and its membership in legislative and regulatory matters that affect the practice of athletic training in the State of Wisconsin.
| Committee chair: |
Mike Van Veghel LAT |
| Committee members: |
Joe Greene MS LAT
David Bazette-Jones MS LAT
Denny Helweg LAT
Andy Winterstein PhD, LAT
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| Conduit officer: |
Sheri Almquist MS LAT |
| Student member: |
Katie Vissers (UW La Crosse) |
| Lobbyist / staff: |
Scott Stenger, Stenger Government Relations
Karla Schoeneman, Mindy Walker |
The committee reports to the WATA President per WATA Governance structure and will ideally have representation from all regions of the State.
The WATA Legislative Committee exists in an effort to assist the WATA Inc and its membership in achieving the goals set forth in its legislative agenda and strategic plan. This committee will carefully monitor health care industry trends as well as critically analyze and track State and Federal legislation that could affect the practice of Athletic Training. This includes regular review of our own practice act. The goal is to defend the practice of Athletic Training and to protect against restriction of our practice be it by location, patient population or through insufficient third party reimbursement.
The legislative committee is a functional, dynamic entity
that requires an educated, engaged membership. If you are
interested in serving on the committee, or, if you have questions
regarding any matter that is legislative or regulatory in
nature, please contact the committee chair. A more complete
description of our activities is available here.
