2017 Acts Index

FoodShare eligibility denial for noncompliance with child support orders or refusal to cooperate with paternity determination [Sec. 958, 959, 961-963b, 9120 (2p)] - Act 59

Foster care licensing revisions re continuity of care when license is revoked, suspended, or surrendered, or contract is terminated; and issuing license to out-of-county public licensing agency - Act 257

Hire Heroes program created in DWD to provide transitional jobs to veterans; DVA, DCF, and DWD memorandum of understanding; funding and report provisions - Act 195

Homeless case management services grants: DCF to allocate TANF grants toward [Sec. 129, 453, 901] [129 -- partial veto] - Act 59

Interagency Council on Homelessness created; appropriation and report provisions - Act 74

Legislative oversight of requests from DHS for federal approval and state agency requirements; DHS to implement the Badger Care Reform waiver re childless adults and submit amendment to state's MA plan, rate change, or certain provider payments to JCF for approval; incorporates into statutes rules on controlled substance screening, testing, and treatment policy for FSET; OCI to administer WIHSP in accordance to DHHS terms and conditions; DCF reallocation or reduction of moneys in TANF schedules requires JCF approval; DWD rules on UI work search and registration waivers codified and DWD authority to establish waivers eliminated; DWD Fast Forward program appropriation split among its specific programs - Act 370

Offender reentry demonstration project focused on noncustodial fathers in first class city established; TANF block grant moneys [Sec. 916, 924] - Act 59

Pay for success contracting: DOA may use for eligible services to individuals, conditions and JCF approval required; DHS, DOC, DCF, and DWD to study if pay for success could be used for programs they administer; reports required - Act 267

Public assistance and local assistance allocations, Boys and Girls Clubs provisions [Sec. 896, 897, 902, 903, 904-913, 918, 919] - Act 59

Rate-based client services purchased by DCF, DOC, DHS, or certain county departments: retention and disposition of surpluses generated by providers modified; audit and JCF provisions [Sec. 744b-h, 923b-m, 1850e, f, 9106 (3t), 9108 (2t), 9120 (3t), 9306 (4t), 9308 (1t), 9320 (2t), 9406 (4t), 9408 (3t), 9420 (3u)] - Act 59

Runaway and homeless youth services: DCF grants [Sec. 393L, 844n] - Act 59

School to be notified of permanency review or hearing and time period for transfer of pupil records modified; school and school district notification requirements when foster home or group home is licensed and a child is placed in out-of-home care revised - Act 251

Sex trafficking victim: funding for services for [Sec. 392g] - Act 59

Substance abuse: reporting requirements for certain credentialing boards re opioids; federal waiver re dispensing narcotics for addiction treatment; buprenorphine prior authorization review and report; counseling changes re licensing and who can offer treatment; school health instruction requirements; graduate program in psychiatric mental health nursing at UW—Madison; training resources for social service workers; DCF, DHS, and DSPS duties; administrative rules provisions [Admin.Code DHS 75.02, 75.03; MPSW 1.09; SPS 160 (title), 160.015, 160.02, 160.03, 161, 163.01, 163.02, 164.01, 165, 166, 168] - Act 262

W-2 and FoodShare employment and training (FSET) programs: performance-based payment system for contractors; healthy eating incentive pilot program for FoodShare eligible households, sunset provision - Act 266

W-2 programs: controlled substance abuse screening and testing revisions [Sec. 881-895, 9106 (2), 9306 (2)] - Act 59

Wisconsin Shares: funding for child care subsidies and bonuses for four- and five-star rated facilities increased - Act 236

children_s code Children's Code, see Juvenile court

chippewa county Chippewa County

Disaster damage aid payment to Town of Lafayette [Sec. 9145 (5f)] - Act 59

chips _child in need of protection or services_ CHIPS (Child in need of protection or services), see Children -- Protection and services

chiropractic Chiropractic

Chiropractic examination: score required for successful completion revised - Act 288

Medical examinations for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration performed by certain chiropractors allowed; delegation of certain services by a chiropractor; administrative rule changes [Admin.Code Chir 2.01, 3.02, 4.05, 9.01, 10.01] - Act 180

Physical medicine pilot program: DHS to study and implement if authorized by legislature [Sec. 9120 (4g)] - Act 59

chronic wasting disease _cwd_ Chronic wasting disease (CWD), see Animal -- Disease

church Church, see Religious societies

cigarette Cigarette

Alcohol beverage licenses and permits and cigarette and tobacco products retailer licenses: application form signature and notarized requirements modified; corporate agent and false information penalty provisions - Act 289

cigarette _ taxation Cigarette -- Taxation

Cigarette tax stamp discount for manufacturers, direct marketers, and distributors increased [Sec. 1644r, 9438 (4f)] - Act 59

circuit court Circuit court

Electronics and information technology manufacturing zone and tax credits: WEDC authorized to create; provisions re TIDs, sales tax exemption, environmental impact statements, wetlands and waterways permits, PSC certificates and market-based rates, grants to local governments, county bonding, town incorporation as city or village, and DNR oversight; highway bonding authorization; design-build system for public works projects; enterprise zone tax credit revisions; economic development liaison appointed by DOA; electronics manufacturing small business development director in WEDC; worker training and employment program and annual report; appeal of decisions relating specifically to the zone; job creation threshold; LAB audit required [partial veto] - Act 58

MA incorrect payment or employer penalty under BadgerCare Plus: recovery provisions revised [Sec. 950-953] - Act 59

circus world museum Circus World Museum, see Historical society

citizenship Citizenship

Civics assessment requirement for high school graduation: passing score increased [Sec. 1528m] - Act 59

city treasurer City treasurer, see Municipality -- Treasurer

civil liability Civil liability, see Damage (personal injury); Medical service -- Occupations

civil service Civil service, see also Public employee, and its subheadings; specific agency

Background checks and fingerprinting of civil service and political subdivision employees and contract employees with access to federal tax information required - Act 154

``Engineer” in title in classified service prohibited unless certain criteria are met; state civil service provision - Act 111

Equal Rights, Division of: hearing provision re frivolous complaint [Sec. 1767] - Act 59

clean water Clean water, see Water -- Pollution

clergy Clergy, see Religious societies

clerk of court Clerk of court, see Court -- Clerk

clothing Clothing, see Personal property

collective bargaining Collective bargaining

Building trades crafts bargaining unit: 2015-16 contract ratification - Act 216

Building trades crafts bargaining unit: 2016-17 contract ratification - Act 217

Building trades crafts bargaining unit: 2016-17 contract ratification between UW--Madison and the Wisconsin State Building Trades Negotiating Committee - Act 221

Building trades crafts bargaining unit: 2017-18 contract ratification - Act 218

Building trades crafts bargaining unit: 2017-18 contract ratification between UW Board of Regents and the Wisconsin State Building Trades Negotiating Committee - Act 219

Building trades crafts bargaining unit: 2017-18 contract ratification between UW--Madison and the Wisconsin State Building Trades Negotiating Committee - Act 220

DWD authority to set apprentice-to-journeyworker ratio revised; minimum terms for carpentry and plumbing apprenticeships changed - Act 148

Local government ordinance authority re wage claims and collections, employee hours and overtime, required employee benefits, and soliciting salary history of prospective employees preempted; political subdivision minimum wage exemptions eliminated and imposing occupational license requirements prohibited; state and local governments prohibited from requiring any person to accept certain collective bargaining provisions or waive rights under federal or state labor laws, penalty provision - Act 327

colleges and universities Colleges and universities, see also Technical college; University of Wisconsin, and its subheadings

College Possible, Inc.: Superintendent of Public Instruction to award grant to, matching provision [Sec. 217g, 1468g] - Act 59

Developmentally disabled who receive postsecondary education in a setting distinguishable from the health care institution: DHS to request MA waiver [Sec. 747w] [vetoed] - Act 59

Dual enrollment programs in high schools: HEAB to award grants to high school teachers in meeting minimal qualifications; sunset provision; DPI issuance of lifetime licenses revised - Act 206

Early College Credit Program: excluding certain college-level courses offered to high school pupils - Act 307

Emergency administration of opioid antagonist to pupils and other persons appearing to overdose: civil liability for school bus operator, employees and volunteers of public, private, and tribal schools, and college residence hall director; calling 911 provision - Act 29

Epinephrine auto-injectors: use and supply of by authorized individuals allowed; definition provision - Act 133

Faculty at UW System, technical colleges, and private colleges or universities may teach at a public high school without a DPI issued license under certain conditions [Sec. 1507, 1508, 1512p] - Act 59

Grounds of college or university meeting specific criteria: property tax exemption created [Sec. 997d, e, 9338 (2e)] - Act 59

LLC articles of organization: initial filing fee exemption for student entrepreneurs, definition provision - Act 177

Special education transition grants re postsecondary education or training or competitively employed [Sec. 1504d-i] - Act 59

Tuition grant program for national guard members administered by DMA: administration revisions and differential tuition provision - Act 123

Wisconsin Grant formula modifications, JCF provision [Sec. 600m, 628m, 704n-nr] - Act 59

Youth Options Program renamed Early College Credit Program with revisions; part-time Open Enrollment Program restored with exceptions; private school provisions and DPI duties [Sec. 209, 210, 400, 629, 630, 631, 633, 1396, 1465, 1471, 1473, 1536-1576, 1635, 9135 (1p), 9435 (1p), (1q)] - Act 59

commercial feed Commercial feed

Pesticide, fertilizer, and commercial feed manufacturers and distributors: license and fee revisions; agricultural chemical cleanup fund provisions [Sec. 190, 538-542, 1242-1305, 9102 (3), 9302 (1)] - Act 59

commitment Commitment, see Mental health -- Hospitals and institutes

communicable disease Communicable disease, see Disease

community services programs Community services programs, see County -- Human services; Public welfare

comptroller _ county Comptroller -- County, see County -- Officers; Milwaukee County

computer Computer, see Data processing

concealed weapon Concealed weapon, see Firearms and dangerous weapons

condemnation of property Condemnation of property, see Eminent domain

condominium Condominium, see Housing

confidentiality Confidentiality, see Privacy

conservation Conservation, see Energy conservation; Soil and soil conservation; Water supply

conservation fund Conservation fund, see Natural Resources, Department of -- Administration

consolidated court automation programs _ccap_ Consolidated Court Automation Programs (CCAP), see State Courts, Director of

constitution, united states Constitution, United States

Convention under Article V of the United States Constitution: appointment of delegates, unauthorized amendments, and creation of a joint committee of correspondence - Act 83

constitutional amendments _ first consideration Constitutional amendments -- First consideration

Rights to victims of crimes: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) [SJR53] - JR13

constitutional amendments _ second consideration Constitutional amendments -- Second consideration