2013 Subject Index to Legislation

Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month: October 2013 proclaimed as - AJR55

``Public Works Week": May 19-25, 2013 designated as - AJR35

Purple Day proclaimed March 26, 2014 to promote epilepsy awareness - AJR117

Runaway Prevention Month: November proclaimed as - AJR72

Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT: designating December 14 as a day of remembrance for the 26 shooting victims - SJR42

Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT: designating December 14 as a day of remembrance for the 26 shooting victims - AJR44

State park vehicle admission fee and state trail fee waived for resident service member on active duty; Veterans Day and Memorial Day weekend provisions [Sec. 277, 533-544] - AB40

Syttende Mai Weekend proclaimed May 17-19, 2013 - AJR13

Syttende Mai Weekend proclaimed May 17-19, 2013 - SJR30

Syttende Mai Weekend proclaimed May 16-18, 2014 - AJR116

Syttende Mai Weekend proclaimed May 16-18, 2014 - SJR81

Tibet Day: March 10, 2014 proclaimed as - AJR114

Turner syndrome awareness month: February 2013 proclaimed as - AJR3

Turner syndrome awareness month: February 2013 proclaimed as - SJR9

Veterans Day (November 11): paid leave of absence for public and private employees who are veterans; collective bargaining, discrimination, and complaint provisions - SB123

Wisconsin Adoption Month: November 2013 proclaimed as - AJR71

Wisconsin Diabetes Day: November 14, 2013 proclaimed as - AR20

``Women's History Month": March designated as - AJR11

Youth Traffic Safety Month: May 2013 proclaimed as - AJR22

Youth Traffic Safety Month: May 2013 proclaimed as - SJR18

home care services Home care services, see Trades and occupations

home heating assistance Home heating assistance, see Public assistance

home heating fuel Home heating fuel, see Fuel

homeless Homeless, see Public assistance; Veteran -- Relief

homeschool Homeschool, see School -- Curriculum

homestead credit Homestead credit

Fraudulent or reckless claims for EITC or homestead tax credit: individual prohibited from filing a claim for certain number of years [Sec. 1444, 9337 (6); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, farmland preservation credit added] - AB40

Homestead tax credit: indexing for inflation restored - AB334

Income tax revisions re corporation combined reporting, qualified production activities income credit, rates and brackets, personal exemptions, EITC, homestead tax credit, and exclusion of capital gains; JSCTE appendix report - AB872

Modifications to programs for low-income persons including W-2, Wisconsin Shares, FoodShare, low-income energy assistance, low-income housing assistance, EITC, homestead tax credit, local housing authority construction of low-income housing, parental choice programs, school lunch program, and HEAB grants and scholarships; ``means-tested public assistance" definition and use - SB676

homicide Homicide, see Crime and criminals -- Homicide or murder

homosexuality Homosexuality, see Discrimination

honesty testing device Honesty testing device, see Lie detector

horns and vehicle warning devices Horns and vehicle warning devices, see Motor vehicle -- Equipment

horses Horses

Accessibility for the blind or visually impaired reports from various state agencies; definition of ``service animal" re public places of accommodation or amusement and the open housing law - SB661

Three-vehicle combinations operating on highways without a permit: exception created - SB75

horton, barbara p Horton, Barbara P.

Life, public service, and dedication to Milwaukee's children and families commended upon her death - AJR47

Life, public service, and dedication to Milwaukee's children and families commended upon her death - SJR44

hospice Hospice, see Medical service

hospitals Hospitals, see also Insurance -- Health; Medical assistance; Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.; Mental health -- Hospitals and institutes; Nursing homes and adult care; University of Wisconsin -- School of Medicine and Public Health; University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority; Veteran -- Hospitals and home

Bellin Memorial Hospital commended for being named the nation's safest hospital - SJR23

Congenital heart defect screening in newborns required; DHS duties - AB111

Congenital heart defect screening in newborns required; DHS duties - SB104

County community programs board required to include person or family member of person who has received services for mental illness, developmental disability, alcoholism, or drug dependency; law enforcement officer; and hospital employee or representative among appointees - AB436

County community programs board required to include person or family member of person who has received services for mental illness, developmental disability, alcoholism, or drug dependency; law enforcement officer; and hospital employee or representative among appointees - SB128

DHS to request waiver of federal Medicaid law for services and support re women with increased risk of negative birth outcomes; expanding who can claim Wisconsin EITC; nurse-midwife governing provisions, hospital staff privileges, and Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund coverage; statewide electronic data management and information system for all public assistance programs; evidence-based home visitation program re child abuse or neglect or poor birth outcomes; informed consent before certain elective caesarean section and labor-inducing procedures; infant's race or ethnicity to be included on the birth certificate; cultural competency training for certain students at UW and TCS institutions; DHS reports re neonatal intensive care units and fetal and infant mortality and birth outcomes; DHS to promulgate rules for best practices for postpartum patients and newborns at hospitals - AB754

DHS to request waiver of federal Medicaid law for services and support re women with increased risk of negative birth outcomes; expanding who can claim Wisconsin EITC; nurse-midwife governing provisions, hospital staff privileges, and Injured Patients and Familes Compensation Fund coverage; statewide electronic data management and information system for all public assistance programs; evidence-based home visitation program re child abuse or neglect or poor birth outcomes; informed consent before certain elective caesarean section and labor-inducing procedures; infant's race or ethnicity to be included on the birth certificate; cultural competency training for certain students at UW and TCS institutions; DHS reports re neonatal intensive care units and fetal and infant mortality and birth outcomes; DHS to promulgate rules for best practices for postpartum patients and newborns at hospitals - SB546

Electronic medical records: income and franchise tax credits health care providers may claim for hardware or software sunsetted [Sec. 1345, 1396, 1432] - AB40

Emergency detention, involuntary commitment, and privileged communication revisions - AB360

Emergency detention, involuntary commitment, and privileged communication revisions - SB127

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: requirements for reporting suspected cases, physician examination of infants and diagnosis, child abuse and neglect investigation, and services and treatment for the infant and mother [A.Amdt.1: testing expectant mothers for controlled substances provisions deleted] - AB675

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: requirements for reporting suspected cases, physician examination of infants and diagnosis, child abuse and neglect investigation, and services and treatment for the infant and mother - SB529

Graduate medical training programs: DHS grants to hospitals established, matching fund provision [Sec. 345, 1899; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, rural hospitals specified] - AB40

Graduate medical training programs: DHS to award grants to hospitals to maintain programs [Sec. 349, 1900; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions] - AB40

HMO hospital access payments: BadgerCare Plus Core enrollees exclusion deleted [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1058k] - AB40

Hospital regulation laws revised - AB728

Hospital regulation laws revised - SB560

Hospitals with disproportionate share of low-income patients: DHS payments to; approval from U.S. DHHS provision [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9118 (4c)] - AB40

Hunting with a bow and arrow or crossbow: local government may not restrict within its jurisdiction; prohibition on hunting within specified distance of a hospital, sanatorium, or school grounds only applies to firearms [A.Amdt.1: hospital, sanatorium, and school ground provisions deleted; A.Amdt.3: modifies restriction allowed by local governments - AB8

Newborn child taken into custody: provisions expanded to include health care clinic staff and newborns up to 30 days old - AB405

Newborn child taken into custody: provisions expanded to include health care clinic staff and newborns up to 30 days old - SB326

Ultrasound before an abortion and hospital admitting privileges of physician performing an abortion requirements eliminated; providing information on fetal ultrasound imaging and auscultation of fetal heart tone restored to pre-2013 WisAct 37 requirements - SB623

Victim of abusive conduct: right to be accompanied by a victim advocate provisions created - AB204

Victim of abusive conduct: right to be accompanied by a victim advocate provisions created - SB354

hotel and motel Hotel and motel, see also Room tax

Hospitality business advertising: income and franchise tax credits created - AB16

Hospitality business advertising: income and franchise tax credits created - SB181

Retail food establishment license or permit for a restaurant or bed and breakfast establishment: health department of a 1st class city may issue, under agreement with DATCP or DHS - SB445

Retail food establishment license or permit for a restaurant or bed and breakfast establishment: health department of a 1st class city may issue, under agreement with DATCP or DHS [A.Amdt.1: extension of license under certain conditions permitted] - AB589

hotline Hotline, see Telephone

hours of labor Hours of labor, see also Public employee -- Hours of labor

Companionship services providers: DWD required to make exemption from overtime pay requirements - SB651

Employees exempt from the overtime pay requirement: employer not required to keep records of the hours of employment - AB712

Employees exempt from the overtime pay requirement: employer not required to keep records of the hours of employment - SB557

Full-time job requirement for WEDC tax credit programs modified [Sec. 1333, 1385, 1421, 1468, 2060, 2061, 2070-2073, 2077-2079, 9350 (4)] - AB40

One day of rest in seven: employee may voluntarily choose to work without, written statement required - AB667

One day of rest in seven: employee may voluntarily choose to work without, written statement required - SB508

Private employers permitted to provide compensatory time off in lieu of overtime compensation, conditions specified - AB611

Veterans Day (November 11): paid leave of absence for public and private employees who are veterans; collective bargaining, discrimination, and complaint provisions - SB123

house of correction House of correction

County and municipal prisoners: provisions allowing for agreements to house prisoners in a bordering county within or outside the state; Corr.Dept duties [S.Amdt.1: Corr.Dept approval of facility removed, approval of equivalent agency or department in receiving state remains] - SB648

Inmate telephone use in a jail or house of correction: charges revised - AB242

Pilot program created to assist eligible disabled offenders in county correctional facilities in obtaining certain benefits upon release; DOJ duties, grants, and report provisions - AB437

Pilot program created to assist eligible disabled offenders in county correctional facilities in obtaining certain benefits upon release; OJA duties, grants, and report provisions - SB125

Short-term sanctions system for violations of conditions of extended supervision, parole, probation, or deferred prosecution agreement established [A.Amdt.1: temporary housing of persons on probation in county jails or houses of correction added; A.Amdt.2: attempt to possess a schedule I or II controlled substance or analog that is a narcotic made a felony] - AB702

housing Housing, see also Mortgage; University of Wisconsin -- Building; Veteran -- Housing

Blight elimination grants created re blighted and abandoned properties [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 204b, 413m, 2055b, 9214 (1L), 9226 (1L)] - AB40