Acts Index

Badger care program: family definition revised [Sec. 206b] -  Act 237

Breast reconstruction re mastectomy: insurance coverage required [Sec. 1324m, 1325m, 2860f, 4804b, 4930v, 9427 (4rcg)] -  Act 27

Certified capital companies program created: tax credit for certain insurers; certification and report requirements; fee and distribution provisions; Comm.Dept duties specified, FTE positions increased, report required -  Act 215

Dental services under MA: DHFS to request federal waiver re pilot managed care program [Sec. 1942m] [partial veto]  -  Act 27

Early intervention services for children with developmental disabilities: insurance coverage specified [Sec. 4929m-t]  -  Act 27

Family coverage under mandatory HIRSP plan: DHFS to study [Sec. 9123 (11mp)] [vetoed] -  AB-100

Genetic test information from health care providers: insurers prohibited from requesting -  Act 74

Guaranteed renewability of individual health benefit plans: provisions of current law reconciled [Sec. 575m, 595]  -  Act 237

Health care benefits no longer provided by employer: notification requirements created [Sec. 354n, q, u-z, 677m, 9355 (1c)] -  Act 237

Health care coverage for child: notice to new employer of parent's obligation -  Act 191

Health care coverage loss by employes: OCI required to provide information and technical assistance; notification to OCI of business closing or mass layoff -  Act 51

Health care information: revisions re collection, analysis and dissemination by DHFS and confidentiality; provisions created re storage and disposal of certain documents and disclosure to or by insurer; Board on health care membership expanded; Bureau of health care information created; reports required [partial veto] -  Act 231

Health care plan: coverage of treatment for emergency medical condition required; prior authorization provision prohibited -  Act 155

Health insurance portability and accountability act of 1996: state insurance law modified; medical savings account study revision [Sec. 92v, w, 1324c, 1325c, 2178c, p, 2210c, m, 2692tc, tm, tp, 2860c, 3133c-3134m, 4794m, 4830ec, em, 4910c-m, 4915m-4925m, 4929w, 4931m, 4932bm-4937m, 5510j, n]  -  Act 27

Health insurance premium subsidies: eligibility expanded [Sec. 3409-3425, 3427-3431] -  Act 27

HIRSP administration transferred from OCI to DHFS; report required re plan operation [Sec. 210-214, 591c, 592h, 2300, 3013-3031m, 4796, 4797, 4801-4804, 4808-4902, 4912, 4930, 9123 (4), 9127 (2), (3m), 9327 (3m), 9427 (1m)] [3026f — partial veto] -  Act 27

HIRSP board study on plan efficiency [Sec. 9127 (4m)] -  Act 27

HIRSP eligibility without preexisting condition exclusion [Sec. 393rb-rm] -  Act 237

Managed care plans: requirements created; provisions re coverage of drugs, devices and certain experimental treatment [Sec. 90b-bq, 268f, 276bm, o, 357d, e, 368n, 393ug, ur, 566ccc-chp, chr-cnf, 594c, d, 602c-i, 9226 (1m), 9326 (3d), (3m), 9426 (1k), (1m)] [566cdf, cfk — partial veto]  -  Act 237

Medical savings account withdrawals: penalty for federal income tax purposes [Sec. 2332t] -  Act 27

Paternity statutes revised re probable cause, temporary orders for child support and health care and evidence admissibility -  Act 191

Short-term insurance policies: exemption from renewability requirements created [Sec. 593, 594]  -  Act 237

Temporomandibular disorders and other dental services: insurance coverage required [Sec. 2693p, 4804c, e, 4930t, u, 9327 (3p), (3rcg), 9427 (4rcg)] [4930t — partial veto]  -  Act 27

Temporomandibular disorders: insurance coverage re 1997 Wis Act 27 modified [Sec. 594m-s, 9326 (4c)] [594p — partial veto] -  Act 237

Women's health grant program and screening for low-income women; report re health insurance program for uninsured children and families [Sec. 592, 1944, 3482, 9123 (5), (6)] [9123 (5) — vetoed] -  Act 27

insurance _ life and accident Insurance — Life and accident

Certified capital companies program created: tax credit for certain insurers; certification and report requirements; fee and distribution provisions; Comm.Dept duties specified, FTE positions increased, report required -  Act 215

insurance _ miscellaneous Insurance — Miscellaneous

Certified capital companies program created: tax credit for certain insurers; certification and report requirements; fee and distribution provisions; Comm.Dept duties specified, FTE positions increased, report required -  Act 215

insurance _ motor vehicle Insurance — Motor vehicle

Leased vehicle registration and financial responsibility revisions [for section numbers and vetoes, see entry under ``Lease"] -  Act 27

Motor vehicle leases: revisions re disclosure requirements, financial responsibility and motor vehicle dealer definition to conform to federal regulations -  Act 48

Motor vehicle operating privileges: laws revised re operating while suspended or after revocation and proof of financial responsibility or deposit of security after an accident  -  Act 84

Nonresident's revoked operating privilege: reinstatement re proof of financial responsibility revised [Sec. 4099, 4100] -  Act 27

Vehicle insurance certification or recertification: transaction fee levied on insurer re filing not transmitted electronically [Sec. 4129, 9349 (11), 9449 (7)] -  Act 27

insurance _ mutual Insurance — Mutual

Mutual insurance holding companies: formation authorized -  Act 227

insurance _ policy Insurance — Policy

Guaranteed renewability of individual health benefit plans: provisions of current law reconciled [Sec. 575m, 595]  -  Act 237

Short-term insurance policies: exemption from renewability requirements created [Sec. 593, 594]  -  Act 237

insurance _ state Insurance — State

Genetic test information from health care providers: insurers prohibited from requesting -  Act 74

integrated legislative information system staff Integrated legislative information system staff

Integrated legislative information system staff: new service agency created [Sec. 14g-m, p, 18m, 148m, 161g, 716m, r, 754m, 757m, 1154m, 3298m, 9132 (2a)]  -  Act 27

Integrated legislative information system staff renamed Legislative technology services bureau [Sec. 4c-g, im-m, 51m, 57c, jm, 452f] -  Act 237

interest Interest

Child support revision re accruing interest -  Act 191

Clean water fund interest rate changes [Sec. 3524-3527] -  Act 27

Federal preemption of state interest rate laws: opt-out provision repealed -  Act 142

intergovernmental relations Intergovernmental relations, see Interstate relations; Intrastate relations

internal revenue Internal revenue, see Income tax

international relations International relations

International and export development, Division of: fees for services authorized [Sec. 4380] -  Act 27

Motor vehicle driver's license: DMV may enter reciprocal agreement with another country [Sec. 512L, m, p, t]  -  Act 237

Tourism opportunities of Canadian residents: Tour.Dept to develop marketing plan [Sec. 9148 (2g)]  -  Act 27

internet Internet, see Data processing

interstate bank Interstate bank, see Bank

interstate compact Interstate compact, see also Reciprocity

Adoption laws revised re birth parent expenses, advertising, informational resources on adoption instruction, school age parents programs, who may be adopted, time for filing petition for rehearing, placement with relative, application of interstate compact on the placement of children, time for hearing on TPR petition, permanency plan documentation, removal of child for adoptive placement, relative filing petition for adoption and children's code definition of relative  -  Act 104

Midwestern higher education act appropriations consolidated; Council of state governments provision [Sec. 28, 29, 678, 679, 716p] -  Act 27

interstate highway Interstate highway, see Road — Expressway

interstate relations Interstate relations, see also Reciprocity

Badger trail between Madison and Freeport, Illinois: development of abandoned rail corridor [Sec. 766ur] [vetoed]  -  AB-100

Child support enforcement: DWD authority re subpoena of financial data, access to certain records and genetic testing -  Act 191

Child support order from another state: county child support agency may withhold income -  Act 191

Criminal background checks and reporting and investigating client abuse for certain health care and children's facilities; computer link and automated interface; audit and study requirements [for section numbers, see entry under ``Criminal identification and investigation"]  -  Act 27

Disaster relief services: provisions created re leave of absence for state employes affiliated with the American Red Cross -  Act 118

Effective recycling law revisions re out-of-state local governmental unit disposal of solid waste in this state, landfill siting programs and capacity fees; exception for certain incinerator [Sec. 883m, 3613g-m, 3614gc-gt, 3638m, mg, 3640gc-gm, 9437 (4d)] -  Act 27

International fuel tax agreement: DOT required to recalculate -  Act 41

Interstate telecommunications and calling cards: sales tax imposed [Sec. 2387, 9443 (13)] [partial veto]  -  Act 27

Minnesota-Wisconsin boundary area commission: appropriation from general fund repealed [Sec. 8, 9, 27, 285, 286] -  Act 27

Multijurisdictional lotteries: state participation and inspection by DOR employe [Sec. 16, 2257, 2258, 4737-4739, 4747, 4767, 4770, 4777, 4779, 5341] -  Act 27

National governors association conference: funding for 1998 meeting in Milwaukee [Sec. 696, 697, 9421 (1)]  -  Act 27

National governors association conference: funding increased [Sec. 9220 (1z)] -  Act 237

Photographs for driver's license or ID cards: DOT authorized to release to law enforcement agencies; reports required  -  Act 119

Photographs for driver's license or ID cards: release by DOT re 1997 WisAct 119 [Sec. 512tp, 727t]  -  Act 237

Prisoner confinement in another state: contracts with federal government or private persons permitted [Sec. 501m, 3820m, 3830e-r, 3880] -  Act 27

Rail passenger service assistance and promotion program revisions; Amtrak extension and commuter rail bonding [Sec. 472m, 476, 477, 732m, 2477-2481h, 9149 (4g)] [9149 (4g) — vetoed] -  Act 27

Secure detention of juveniles in secured correctional facilities: county board may contract with Corr.Dept; Minnesota facility provision [Sec. 521, 5254, 5255] -  Act 27

Uniform interstate family support act revisions [Sec. 5091-5111, 5113-5136, 9326 (4)] -  Act 27

Uniform state laws, Commission on: Wisconsin membership in [Sec. 14r, 716g, p] -  Act 27

intervenor Intervenor, see Natural resources, Department of — Environmental protection

intoxicating liquor Intoxicating liquor, see Alcohol beverage and its subheadings

intrastate relations Intrastate relations

Joint local water authorities created; PSC duties set -  Act 184

Joint municipal courts: Elections board duties re filing officer; agreement creation or abolishment notification provision -  Act 208

Public libraries: laws revised; report and plan provisions; DOA, DLCL and State superintendent duties specified  -  Act 150

Right-of-way development and maintenance: DOT authorized to contract with public utilities or rural electric cooperative associations -  Act 91

State-local relations, Council on, eliminated [Sec. 54mf, 97m] -  Act 27