Wisconsin Legislature: Health and Family Services, Department of

Harbor Assistance Program: grant for construction of dockwall in City of Marinette at the Waupaca Foundry - AB761

Harbor Assistance Program: grant for construction of dockwall in City of Marinette at the Waupaca Foundry - SB390

Harbor Assistance Program: private boatlifts in certain northeastern Wisconsin city made eligible for [Sec. 9148 (2); A.Sub.Amdt.1: grant for construction of dockwall in City of Marinette at the Waupaca Foundry] - AB100

Navigable waters, harbors, and navigation: chap.30 recodified; DNR provisions - AB500

Special orders of business for October 27, 2005 established re AB-761, AB-764, AB-765, AB-766 - AR41

hazardous waste or substanceHazardous waste or substance, see Environmental protection

heabHEAB, see Higher Educational Aids Board

head startHead Start, see School — Branches of instruction

health and educational facilities authority, wisconsinHealth and Educational Facilities Authority, Wisconsin

Health Care Information, Board on, eliminated; Health Care Quality and Patient Safety Board created; duties include physician information database, rules re health care information, technology plan and strategies, and health plan system automation; provisions re DHFS and WHEFA duties, health improvement fund, and liability insurance [for section numbers and further revisions, see entry under ``Reorganization of state government" ] - AB100

WHEFA bonding authority re cultural facility or institution; definitions provided - AB302

WHEFA bonds: individual and corporate income tax exemptions created; educational institution definition expanded to include Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities - AB555

WHEFA bonds: nonrefundable individual and corporate income and franchise tax credits created re interest income; educational institution and facilities definitions revised re Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities - AB641

WHEFA bonds or notes used by a health facility to purchase information and technology equipment: income tax exemption for interest - AB493

WHEFA bonds or notes used by a health facility to purchase information and technology equipment: income tax exemption for interest - SB534

health and family services, department of _ administrationHealth and Family Services, Department of — Administration

Anatomical gift: powers and duties of coroners and medical examiners over the decedent specified [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, DHFS rule-making authority added] - AB830

Anatomical gift requests from a hospital, organ procurement organization, tissue bank, coroner, or medical examiner: consent requirements for certain uses of tissue created; civil damages, unprofessional conduct, and standards for entity receiving the donation provisions [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, civil liability and professional conduct provisions removed, forfeiture and DHFS report added] - AB659

``Declaration of final disposition" provisions created - AB984

DHFS information technology help desk and desktop support positions and employees transferred to DOA [Sec. 9121 (12)] - AB100

Employment rights of certain employees in the state civil service re DHFS and civilian war emergency employment (remedial legislation) - SB359

Funeral, cemetery, and burial expense reimbursement to counties: DHFS mandate eliminated [Sec. 1191; A.Sub.Amdt.1: reimbursement authorized if certain conditions are met, 1191c, 9321 (9e), 9421 (12e)] - AB100

State agency appropriation lapses to general fund [Sec. 9255 (1); A.Sub.Amdt.1: amount revisions, Corr.Dept and DVA removed from list] - AB100

Substance abuse prevention and treatment block grant appropriations consolidated [Sec. 310, 830, 849, 850, 879, 883, 1227, 1228] - AB100

health and family services, department of _ children and familyHealth and Family Services, Department of — Children and family

All Kids program created re health care coverage for certain children under age 19 regardless of family income; DHFS authority and duties specified - AB959

Birth defect prevention and surveillance system revisions; state registrar and DHFS duties specified - AB1098

Birth parent may request DHFS or an agency to provide information on the identity and location of the birth child if the birth child is 21 years old or older; prohibitions on contacting or revealing information before the birth child reaches 21 years of age, forfeiture provision - AB1025

Child abuse or neglect investigations: informing suspect of specific allegations and training investigators in the constitutional and other legal rights of the child and child's family - SB271

Child abuse prevention and child mental health surcharge created, distribution set; Corr.Dept to collect from inmate wages or other moneys re nonpayment [Sec. 298, 307, 841, 2222, 2232, 2233, 2235, 2241, 2449, 2450, 2468, 2472, 9321 (7); original bill only] - AB100

Child care licensing and quality rating [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 346d, 962d, 1076d, 1077d, 1094d, 9321 (8f), 9421 (10f)] - AB100

Child placed for adoption: if a sibling is being or has been placed for adoption, then DHFS, county department, or child welfare agency must investigate the adoptive placement of the sibling [S.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, investigation of sibling's adoptive placement changed to statement in child's permancy plan about appropriate placement with sibling's foster parent, adoptive parent, or proposed adoptive parent; S.Amdt.1: ``sibling" definition provision] - SB606

Child welfare caseworkers in Milwaukee County: DHFS report on retention activities [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9121 (12d)] - AB100

Children's Code and Juvenile Justice Code revisions re child abuse investigations of noncaregivers, definition of ``relative", holding a child in custody, and placement of a child for adoption [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, provision of information to relative caregivers added] - SB284

Children's community program grants eliminated [Sec. 89] - AB100

Children's products: sale by commercial suppliers regulated; recall, DATCP, and day care center provisions - SB454

Day care center licensing transferred from DHFS to DWD [Sec. 84, 308, 339, 342, 346, 489, 825, 826, 846-848, 931, 954-1022, 1048, 1050, 1051, 1054, 1070-1074, 1076, 1082, 1083, 1204, 1206, 1207, 1209-1217, 1255, 1256, 1292, 1364, 1407, 1457, 1458, 1896, 2115, 2135, 2139, 2140, 2224, 2423, 9121 (3), 9221 (1); original bill only] - AB100

Guardian appointment and subsidized guardianship payments; eligibility re MA, child care subsidy, and adoption assistance; federal waiver provision [Sec. 330, 843, 844, 851-855, 884, 885, 924-930, 932-936, 938, 940-950, 952, 1024-1026, 1028-1044, 1078, 1080, 1081, 1150, 2441-2444, 2458-2461, 9121 (1)] - AB100

Human growth and development instruction: DHFS required to develop and distribute informational materials on the procedures governing adoption and listing private and public agencies providing adoption services - SB670

Identifying information about birth parents: age at which adoptee may obtain lowered - AB688

Newborn child relinquished by parents and, after involuntary TPR is filed, is in DHFS custody: DHFS prohibited from petitioning juvenile or tribal court to transfer custody to county department or to tribe after certain amount of time - AB660

Parental duties: DHFS to prepare and distribute informational materials describing the duties, legal consequences for failure to perform those duties, and a list of agencies that provide services for children and families - AB313

Shaken baby syndrome and impacted babies prevention: DHFS to prepare informational materials and distribution requirements; training for day care providers; instruction in schools required; DHFS to keep certain statistics [S.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, CANPB to purchase or prepare informational materials; S.Amdt.1: appropriation revisions] - SB221

Statewide automated child welfare information system confidentiality and information sharing [Sec. 1023, 1226, 2462] - AB100

Statewide automated child welfare information system: revisions re entering information about certain individuals, access to information by Corr.Dept and certain county agencies, and notifying individuals before their information is entered into the system - SB651

TPR revisions re declarations of paternal interest, grounds, procedures, and appeals; adoption, foster parent, and CHIPS revisions; DHFS, SPD, and Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare duties and authority specified [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare reference removed] - AB521

health and family services, department of _ correctionsHealth and Family Services, Department of — Corrections

Adult entertainment business tax created and revenue distributed as grants for transitional release facilities; sexually violent person on supervised release to be placed based on treatment and services needed and where they are available - SB568

Alternatives to prosecution and incarceration for persons who use alcohol or other drugs: OJA to administer grant program for counties in collaboration with DHFS and Corr.Dept - AB275

Alternatives to prosecution and incarceration for persons who use alcohol or other drugs: OJA to administer grant program for counties in collaboration with DHFS and Corr.Dept - SB142

AODA treatment as alternative to prosecution or incarceration: grant program for counties created; reports required [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 90m, 327m, 414m, 416m, 841m, 2222, 2232-2236m, 2241m, 2449m, 2450b, 2467c-x, 2472, 2475g-r, 9121 (13g), 9401 (2r), 9421 (11q)] - AB100

Female offender reintegration program grants [Sec. 880-882; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, deletes 881, 882] - AB100

Inmate mental health services pilot program created; Corr.Dept and DHFS duties [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9121 (14x)] - AB100

Mendota Juvenile Treatment Center funding from Corr.Dept to DHFS: amounts for 2005-06 and 2006-07 set [Sec. 839] - AB100

Mental responsibility of a defendant in a criminal action: deadline for examining physician or psychologist to report to opposing counsel or examiner specified - AB971

Mental responsibility of a defendant in a criminal action: deadline for examining physician or psychologist to report to opposing counsel or examiner specified - SB574

Sex offender on parole, probation, extended supervision, supervised release, or conditional release re conviction for sexual assault of a child: Corr.Dept and DHFS required to track the person using a GPS tracking device; felony provision [for further revisions, see entry under ``Sex crimes"] - AB591

Sexually violent person commitment procedures revised; definitions modified [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions] - SB318

Sexually violent person laws revised re definitions, commitment proceedings and petitions, probable cause hearing, trial on commitment petition, change of venue, experts for examination, right to remain silent, hearings to juries, discovery, confidentiality of certain records, juvenile delinquency dispositions, privileged communications with health care providers, presentence reports, periodic reexamination, supervised release, discharge from commitment, failure to comply with time limits, escape, and DAs - AB1091

Sexually violent person placed on supervised release: placement in person's county of residence requirement eliminated; DHFS to base placement on treatment and services needed, availability of services, and proximity to other persons on supervised release or in custody of Corr.Dept re sex offenses - AB394

Transitional halfway house for sexually violent persons on supervised release deleted from the authorized state building program - AB943

Transitional halfway house for sexually violent persons on supervised release deleted from the authorized state building program - AB974

Transitional halfway house for sexually violent persons on supervised release deleted from the authorized state building program - SB536

health and family services, department of _ healthHealth and Family Services, Department of — Health, see also Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan

Automatic defibrillator: civil liability immunity for users, owners, and providers of semiautomatic defibrillators expanded to include - AB306

Automatic defibrillator: civil liability immunity for users, owners, and providers of semiautomatic defibrillators expanded to include [A.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, ``automated external defibrillator" replaces the terms ``automatic defibrillator" and ``semiautomatic defibrillator", certain training and written notification requirements eliminated] - SB186

Badger Care and MA program income limits: depreciation re farm and self-employment income exempted - AB119

Badger Care cost-saving measures, including prescription drug copayment: DHFS to request waiver and to report on pharmacy reimbursement methodology investigation [Sec. 9121 (10), (11); A.Sub.Amdt.1: pharmacy reimbursement methodology removed, deletes 9121 (11)] - AB100

Badger Care: forfeiture assessed re employer failure to return employment and insurance information in timely manner [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 314c, 1186bc, c] - AB100

Badger Care income limits: depreciation of farm equipment exempted - AB16

Cancer drug repository program expanded to include prescription drugs and supplies for chronic diseases; fee and DHFS provisions - AB197

Cancer drug repository program expanded to include prescription drugs and supplies for chronic diseases; fee and DHFS provisions - SB109

Dental grants for school-based dental sealant program and funding to TCS for oral health services [Sec. 325, 2131, 2132; A.Sub.Amdt.1: funding for programs to discourage use of smokeless tobacco, 325g, 2149g, h, deletes 325] - AB100

Dental hygienist continuing education requirements created; fee provision [S.Amdt.1: fee provision removed; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, DRL and DHFS to consult on required credit hours and DRL may set by rule] - SB95

DHFS required to make certain payments to specified nursing homes - AB931

EMT-basic training and examination: DHFS to provide funding to ambulance service providers; EMS Board to recommend disbursement formula; report by providers required [Sec. 220, 324, 710, 2028-2030; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, 2026r] - AB100

Family planning services funding preference [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 2133c-p] - AB100

Food distribution grants appropriation transferred from Division of Children and Family Services to Division of Public Health [Sec. 306, 896, 897] - AB100

Health care claims information: contract with a data organization for the collection, analysis, and dissemination of required and conditions set; Board on Health Care Information, Interagency Coordinating Council, and Independent Review Board eliminated [A.Amdt.1: fee provision modified; A.Amdt.2: report required; A.Amdt.4: appropriation for contract revised] - AB907

Health care information analysis and collection of vital statistics: appropriation transfers [Sec. 299, 312, 314, 1221, 2067, 2074-2076] - AB100

HIRSP administration transferred to private, nonprofit organization; new board created, duties defined; report required [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 156w, 320p, r, 522c, 535m-r, 1286c, 1354L, 1406f, 2032m-2063c, 2429c-r, 9121 (13p), 9221 (3p), 9321 (4L), (4p), 9341 (19p), 9421 (5p)] - AB100

HIRSP assessments: tax credit for [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1311i, 1312r, 1319m, 1354m, 1385h, p, 1386m, 1406m, 1428k, p, 1474q, s, 1686f] - AB100

HIRSP case management pilot program: requirement eliminated [Sec. 2065] - AB100

HIRSP changes; HIRSP Authority and Health Care Tax Credit Program created; report provision [A.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, tax exemptions and LAB authority added; A.Amdt.2: report required] - AB844

HIRSP changes; HIRSP Authority and Health Care Tax Credit Program created; report provision - SB451