Wisconsin Legislature: Health Services, Department of -- Health

health care providerHealth care provider, see Chiropractic; Dentistry; Hospitals and health care facilities; Medical education; Medical practice, Group; Medical service; Medical service -- Occupations; Nurses; Nursing homes and adult care; Pharmacy; Physician; Podiatry; Psychology

health care recordHealth care record, see Medical service

health insuranceHealth insurance, see Insurance -- Health; Public employee -- Group insurance

health officerHealth officer, see County -- Health department

health savings accountHealth savings account, see Insurance -- Health

health services, department of _ administrationHealth Services, Department of -- Administration

Advanced practice clinician training programs: grants to hospitals and clinics to establish [Sec. 371t, 1657b] - Act 59

Allied health professional education and training grants created [Sec. 371r, 1657d] - Act 59

Appropriations reorganized [Sec. 369, 370, 374, 378, 379, 381-383, 385-392, 405, 458, 747, 748-751, 753-765] - Act 59

Centers for developmental disabilities and state mental health institutes: DHS appropriation authority [Sec. 497, 498] - Act 59

Community-based services information and referrals: DHS to award grants to nonprofit organizations to operate Internet site and telephone-based system - Act 250

Electric energy derived from renewable resources: appropriation created for DOA, DOC, DHS, DPI, DVA, and the UW System [Sec. 205, 206, 221, 222, 365, 366, 375, 376, 413, 414, 447, 448] - Act 59

Human resources and payrolls services: DOA to administer for all executive branch agencies and independent agencies except specified agencies; general fund lapse, onsite management, and reports provisions [Sec. 73, 9101 (9), 9201 (1), 9401 (4)] [73 -- partial veto] - Act 59

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

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

Special license plate revenue from Donate Life Wisconsin and Wisconsin Women's Health Foundation: payment responsibility transferred from DHS to DOT [Sec. 372, 373, 535, 536, 1784, 1785, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897] - Act 59

health services, department of _ administrative rulesHealth Services, Department of -- Administrative rules

Birth defect prevention and surveillance system changes; DHS duties specified; administrative code provisions [Admin.Code DHS 116.04, 116.05] [Sec. 1791e-u, 2266r-t] - Act 59

County and municipal officers: removal at the pleasure of the appointing authority; administrative code provision [Admin.Code DHS 5.06] - Act 150

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

Therapeutic or modified diets in certain long term care facilities: physician may delegate prescribing to a licensed or certified dietitian [Admin.Code DHS 132.63, 134.64] - Act 101

health services, department of _ correctionsHealth Services, Department of -- Corrections

Drug trafficking, evidence-based substance abuse prevention, family and juvenile treatment courts, and drug treatment for inmates of county and tribal jails: grant programs established; DOJ, DHS, DCF duties; search warrant based on sworn affidavit or complaint provision - Act 261

Juvenile correctional facilities: DOC to establish one or more Type 1 juvenile correctional facilities; closure of Lincoln Hills School and Copper Lake School and conversion of facilities to an adult correctional facility; counties authorized to establish secured residential care center for children and youth; supervision of certain juveniles transferred from DOC to county departments; Juvenile Corrections Study Committee created; Juvenile Corrections Grant Committee created re costs of establishing secured residential care centers, JCF provision; youth aids funding revisions; expand Mendota Juvenile Treatment Center; DOC employees, reports, and sunset provisions - Act 185

Longevity awards for DOC and DHS correctional officers and youth counselors: DPM to include in the 2017-19 state employee compensation plan [Sec. 1761p, 9101 (11w)] [vetoed] - Act 59

Mendota Juvenile Treatment Center funding [Sec. 745] - Act 59

Supervised release: changes to placement, right to counsel, reimbursement report by clerk of courts; DHS and SPD duties [Sec. 377h, 979p, 2230s, 2251y, 2257e-p, 2261d, 2262L-x, 9120 (1t), 9320 (1t)] [vetoed] - Act 59

Supervised release for sexually violent person: procedure revised re person’s county of residence prepares a report for DHS which submits a plan to the court, penalty provisions; eligibility for public defender changed [partial veto] - Act 184

Wisconsin substance abuse program renamed Wisconsin rehabilitation program and revised, DHS conditions removed, and earned release provision [Sec. 1856c-1857h] [vetoed] - Act 59

health services, department of _ healthHealth Services, Department of -- Health

Addiction medicine consultation program: DHS to create and administer - Act 28

Alzheimer’s disease and dementia: DHS to award grants to increase awareness in rural and underserved urban areas for 2017-18 fiscal year - Act 186

Ambulatory surgical center reimbursement rates under MA: DHS to develop plan to increase, JCF approval required [Sec. 9120 (4j)] - Act 59

BadgerCare Plus Core: DHS to submit amendment to Medicaid waiver to provide employment and training services for childless adults, report to and approval of JCF required [Sec. 927-928d] [928d -- vetoed] - Act 59

Birth defect prevention and surveillance system changes; DHS duties specified; administrative code provisions [Admin.Code DHS 116.04, 116.05] [Sec. 1791e-u, 2266r-t] - Act 59

Communicable disease control and prevention: grants to local health departments [Sec. 370r, 1791c] - Act 59

Community paramedic, community EMS practitioner, and community EMS provider approval process created; acting under the delegation of a health care provider provision - Act 66

Complex rehabilitation technology: DHS to establish rules and polices for MA recipients who are complex needs patients, definition provisions; certain equipment specified - Act 306

Complex rehabilitation technology: DHS to establish rules and policies for MA recipients who are complex needs patients, definition provision [Sec. 926p, 931n, 9120 (5h)] [vetoed] - Act 59

CPR instruction to bystander: public safety answering points required to provide telephonic assistance on administering; dispatcher training, liability exemption, and quality assurance provisions; DHS duties, appropriation provisions - Act 296

Critical access hospital grant re behavioral health crisis management system, conditions specified; involuntary commitment for treatment hearings held by videoconferencing permitted under certain conditions [Sec. 379f, g, 978f, k, 979k, 9120 (6d), 9420 (6d)] - Act 59

Dental reimbursement pilot project in MA program: counties added under certain conditions and DHS biennial report required - Act 344

DHS Office of Inspector General audit of family planning service reimbursements paid to covered entities under MA; percentage of overpayment recoveries budgeted in the 2019-21 biennium for specified appropriations [Sec. 379ar, as, 9120 (6p), (6t), 9220 (5p)-(5s), 9420 (4b)] - Act 59

Emergency medical services funding: use expanded to include emergency medical responder training; escrow of unused funds provisions - Act 96

Emergency physician services and reimbursement workgroup established by DHS, report required [Sec. 9120 (5f)] [vetoed] - Act 59

EMT and first responder terminology changes - Act 12

Graduate medical training in an addiction specialty and development of a training program: existing DHS grant programs to hospitals and rural hospitals expanded to include - Act 26

Graduate medical training support grants appropriation [Sec. 378k, 2265t, 9220 (1m), 9420 (3k)] - Act 59

Home health agencies and hospices: accrediting organizations DHS will recognize accreditation from [Sec. 973-976] - Act 59

Hospital assessment fund and critical access hospital assessment fund transfers to MA trust fund modified [Sec. 379c, d, 971p-v] - Act 59

Intensive care coordination program: reimburse hospitals and health care systems for certain services to MA recipients, report provision [Sec. 928g, 2249e, g] [vetoed] - Act 59

Intensive care coordination services provided to MA recipients: DHS program to reimburse hospitals and health care systems; pilot programs and federal approval provisions - Act 279

Lead poisoning or lead exposure: blood lead level in definition lowered [Sec. 1792] - Act 59

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

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

MA reimbursement for mental health consultation, conditions and sunset provisions [Sec. 928h] [partial veto] - Act 59

Mental health services for homeless individuals: grant program transferred from DOA to DHS [Sec. 130-132, 451, 9101 (3)] - Act 59

Mike Johnson Life Care and Early Intervention Services Grants: funding increased [Sec. 1785r] - Act 59

Opioid and methamphetamine treatment programs in underserved and high-need areas: DHS to create additional programs, funding provision - Act 27

Persons with drug dependence: emergency and involuntary commitment procedures, DHS programs, voluntary treatment, and other services extended to include - Act 34

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

Recovery charter school: pilot program and director of Office of Educational Opportunity in the UW System authorized to contract for operation of, conditions specified; high school graduation and insurance coverage requirements; DHS, DPI, and Superintendent of Public Instruction duties - Act 30

Rural ambulance service provider: service level upgrade to highest emergency medical services practitioner license level; submit operational plan update to DHS - Act 97

Savings account program in the MA program: DHS to request waiver to establish and implement; exclusions specified - Act 271

Tuberculosis screening questionnaire required of school district employees, including MPS; practitioner duties specified - Act 107

Wisconsin Healthcare Stability Plan (WIHSP) created re state-based reinsurance program for health carriers, federal waiver required; OCI authority - Act 138

Youth crisis stabilization facilities created; funding for peer-run respite centers for veterans; DHS and emergency rules provisions [Sec. 377, 377b, 379j-r, 752, 752b, 977, 9120 (1)-(1g), 9420 (3t), (4f)] [377, 379p -- partial veto; 377b, 379j, k, r, 752b, 9120 (1b), 9420 (3t), (4f) -- vetoed] - Act 59

health services, department of _ supportive living and treatmentHealth Services, Department of -- Supportive living and treatment

Asset revisions re financial eligibility requirements for W-2, Wisconsin Shares, and FoodShare; DCF and DHS required to perform periodic review of public benefit database and compare to national databases that contain death records - Act 269

Birth to Three Program special educator services: shifting payment from MA to DHS [Sec. 384, 929, 930, 932, 979] - Act 59

Children's Mental Health, Office of: funding for reimbursement of travel expenses for certain persons participating in meetings [Sec. 392c] [vetoed] - Act 59

Chronic absenteeism in schools and public benefits: DCF, DPI, DHS, and DWD to collaborate on a report [Sec. 9152 (1)] - Act 59

Dental services by facilities serving individuals with disabilities: enhanced MA reimbursement rates, conditions and waiver provisions [Sec. 928f] - 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

Disabled children's long-term support program: county support requirements and DHS duties; excess state funding for school-based services transferred to MA trust fund [Sec. 379b, 543c, 766, 767, 928n, 9420 (3f)] - Act 59

Employment First initiative established for certain state agencies re competitive integrated employment for persons with disabilities, report required - Act 178

Family Care funding: work with care management organizations and Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services to increase payments for direct care services, JCF provision [Sec. 928r] [partial veto] - Act 59

Family Care Partnership program: DHS to request MA waiver to expand, JCF approval [Sec. 9120 (4k)] [vetoed] - Act 59

FoodShare accounts: expunging unused balances and treatment of inactive accounts [Sec. 968g] - Act 59

FoodShare asset eligibility limitation; federal waiver provision; use of financial record matching program required [Sec. 960, 960c, 1703p-t, 9320 (2p), 9420 (2)] - Act 59

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

FoodShare employment and training program (FSET): all able-bodied adults required to participate, exceptions noted; Wisconsin Shares, LAB audit, and USDA provisions - Act 264

FoodShare employment and training program (FSET): pilot program with implementation plan and statewide expansion proposal; outcomes report with proposed modifications required [Sec. 954-957, 964-968, 9120 (2), (2s)] [9120 (2) -- partial veto; 964d, 9120 (2s) -- vetoed] - Act 59

FoodShare employment and training program (FSET): required hours of participation - Act 263

MA Purchase Plan (MAPP) changes re income eligibility and premium methodology [Sec. 746, 931, 933, 934-949, 9320 (1), 9420 (1)] - Act 59

Mental health and developmental disabilities facilities and services: DHS to consult county and tribal human services departments re certain unencumbered amount [Sec. 744av] [vetoed] - Act 59

Nursing home bed assessment: exemption for county-owned institutions for mental disease and certain facilities not certified to participate in Medicaid or Medicare, waiver provision [Sec. 969n-r] [vetoed] - Act 59

Nursing home bed licenses: DHS to redistribute to 18 beds, criteria specified, report required [Sec. 9120 (5b)] [vetoed] - Act 59