Acts Index

Employment discrimination based on creed expanded re health care provider refusal to participate in certain activities; power of attorney for health care instruments; conscience rights notification; exemption from liability; civil action and examining boards provisions [vetoed] -  AB-67

Patients compensation fund: purpose and integrity definitions and name changed to injured patients and families compensation fund -  Act 111

medical practice Medical practice, see specific medical occupation

medical practice, group Medical practice, Group

HMO increased payments from DHFS: plan re savings resulting from rebates; JCF duties [Sec. 9124 (7c)] [vetoed]  -  SB-44

Nervous or mental disorder or alcoholism or AODA treatment: prescription drug and diagnostic testing not included in minimum health insurance coverage limits; provider and policy provisions -  Act 178

medical service Medical service, see also Medical assistance; specific medical occupation

Competency examination ordered by court: releasing report to sheriff, jailer, and certain health care providers  -  Act 122

Employment discrimination based on creed expanded re health care provider refusal to participate in certain activities; power of attorney for health care instruments; conscience rights notification; exemption from liability; civil action and examining boards provisions [vetoed] -  AB-67

Firearm intentionally pointed at and bodily fluids thrown or discharged at law enforcement officer or public safety worker: felony penalties created -  Act 190

Health care education programs: TCS board grants revised [Sec. 391-393, 942, 943, 944, 945] -  Act 33

Health care powers of attorney and declarations to physicians executed in another state and in compliance with that state's laws is enforceable in Wisconsin; immunity provision  -  Act 290

Hospice nurse authorized to make a pronouncement of death under certain conditions -  Act 273

MA supplemental payments for medical transportation services [Sec. 1393c] -  Act 33

Patient health care records: circumstances under which health care provider may release without consent modified  -  Act 281

Primary health care program and funding of graduate medical education for MA providers: funding eliminated [Sec. 458, 1111, 1112, 1134, 1135, 1166, 1311, 1328, 1365-1372, 1378, 1404, 1405, 1409, 2062] -  Act 33

Public Health Council created; quarantine cost reimbursement; mutual assistance re state of emergency; incident command system requirements and definition; certain exemption from liability -  Act 186

STH 54 designated and marked ``Wisconsin Fire Fighters and Emergency Medical Technicians Highway" and portion of certain bridge on STH 29 as ``Wisconsin Fire Fighters-EMT/Citizen Soldier Bridge"; contributions required  -  Act 218

Trauma Advisory Council termination eliminated -  Act 29

Wisconsin Patient Safety Institute, Inc.: appropriation of GPR in DOA eliminated [Sec. 569] -  Act 33

medicine Medicine, see Drugs

meeting, open Meeting, Open, see Open meeting (Governmental)

memorial certificate Memorial certificate, see Legislature — Member; name of specific individual

memorial highway Memorial highway, see Road — Construction and repair

memorials and monuments Memorials and monuments, see Fire department; Road — Marking

mendota juvenile treatment center Mendota juvenile treatment center, see Juvenile detention facility

mendota mental health institute Mendota mental health institute, see Mental health — Hospitals and institutes

meningococcal disease Meningococcal disease, see Disease

menomonie, city of Menomonie, City of, see Dunn county

mental health Mental health

Children with severe emotional disturbances: funding revision [Sec. 1167m-1171] -  Act 33

Competency examination ordered by court: releasing report to sheriff, jailer, and certain health care providers  -  Act 122

Competency examinations of criminal defendants: DHFS funding [Sec. 445] -  Act 33

Intensive treatment services at state centers for the developmentally disabled revised [Sec. 448, 1115, 1486-1489, 1491-1494, 1497, 1502, 1503, 9324 (12)] -  Act 33

Mental health and AODA managed care demonstration projects in up to six counties [Sec. 473, 474, 9124 (2), 9424 (2)] -  Act 33

Nervous or mental disorder or alcoholism or AODA treatment: prescription drug and diagnostic testing not included in minimum health insurance coverage limits; provider and policy provisions -  Act 178

Prescription drug cost controls and drug purchasing agreements; prescription drug prior authorization provisions; DHFS report required; Mental health medication review committee created [Sec. 1392p-1393, 9124 (8w), 9424 (8w)] [1393 — partial veto; 1392p-u, 9124 (8w), 9424 (8w) — vetoed]  -  Act 33

Protective placement and admission of persons with developmental disabilities revised; access to community services increased [Sec. 1132, 1159c, 1321-1326, 1383-1388, 1401, 1402, 1504-1515, 9324 (5)-(11), 9424 (5)]  -  Act 33

Targeted case management services under MA: eligibility and federal reimbursement [Sec. 1379-1381]  -  Act 33

mental health _ hospitals and institutes Mental health — Hospitals and institutes

Alternative services by mental health institutes and centers for the developmentally disabled: appropriation revised [Sec. 446] -  Act 33

Employment discrimination based on conviction record: educational agency exempt [vetoed] -  AB-41

mental retardation Mental retardation

DHFS transfer of residents in one state center for the developmentally disabled to another state center: county notification [Sec. 10r, 1495-1496c, 1498-1499b] [1496c — partial veto] -  Act 33

Resident of center for developmentally disabled relocated into the community: reimbursement rate to center revised; provision re county delicensing of beds removed [Sec. 1131, 1320] [1320 — partial veto] -  Act 33

State property sale or lease provisions; net proceeds deposited in budget stabilization fund; DHFS authority re Northern Center for the Developmentally Disabled, provision re employee or position transfers [Sec. 26, 209, 477, 861, 1490, 1490c] [1490c — vetoed] -  Act 33

Veteran residential, treatment, and nursing care facilities in northwestern Wisconsin: DVA given authority to develop and operate -  Act 102

mera _municipal employment relations act_ MERA (Municipal Employment Relations Act), see Public employee

mercantile establishment Mercantile establishment

Shopping cart re intentional removal: forfeiture increased -  Act 159

merten, walter l Merten, Walter L.

Life and public service [SJR-37] -  JR-15

methamphetamine Methamphetamine, see Drugs

methyl tertiary_butyl ether _mtbe_ Methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), see Gasoline

metropolitan transportation Metropolitan transportation

Employment transit assistance program re access to jobs in outlying areas: certain requirements eliminated [Sec. 1949] -  Act 33

Mass transit system aids modified [Sec. 1709-1714] -  Act 33

meyer, richard a Meyer, Richard A.

Life and service to Winnebago County [SJR-53] -  JR-23

middle east Middle East, see International relations

military affairs, department of Military affairs, Department of, see also Adjutant general

Appropriation revisions -  Act 1

DMA changes re certain military staff -  Act 25

Emergency management personnel injuries: state to assume additional costs [Sec. 2113] -  Act 33

Helicopter support services appropriation for DMA eliminated [Sec. 562, 2111, 2112] -  Act 33

Homeland security: DEM to apply for contracts and to receive and expend federal funding; Adjutant general to administer federal funds, Governor may not expend without JCF approval [Sec. 562m, 2111g, j] [vetoed] -  SB-44

military personnel Military personnel, see also National guard; United States — specific military service; Veteran and its subheadings

Adjutant general, county veterans' service officers, and DVA duties re certain information on U.S. armed forces, including the national guard -  Act 163

Differential pay, sick leave, and annual leave for state employees activated re military duty or U.S. public health service -  Act 162

Distance learning centers: Adjutant general duties; rent for nonmilitary use permitted [Sec. 561, 739]  -  Act 33

Military income received while on active duty: individual income tax exemption created re reserve component of the armed forces; armed forces member tax credit eligibility limited -  Act 183

STH 27 designated and marked ``Citizen Soldier Heritage Highway"; contributions required -  Act 218

U.S. armed forces on active duty in the Middle East: praying for their prompt and safe return; commending their families and friends [SJR-24] -  JR-14

Veteran educational grant program revisions; DVA allowed to acquire property for headquarters and museum; Iraq War definition; benefits to persons who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom -  Act 83

Voter registration: valid Wisconsin driver's license or ID card or U.S. uniformed service ID required; use of corroboration repealed; absentee ballot and DOT provisions; photo requirement exemption re religious tenets [vetoed]  -  AB-111

military personnel _ education Military personnel — Education, see National guard; Veteran — Education

military personnel _ exemption from taxation Military personnel — Exemption from taxation

Military income received while on active duty: individual income tax exemption created re reserve component of the armed forces; armed forces member tax credit eligibility limited -  Act 183

military service Military service, see Military personnel; National guard; United States — specific military service; Veteran

milk Milk, see Dairy product — Regulation

milwaukee _ city Milwaukee — City, see also Milwaukee county; University of Wisconsin — Milwaukee

Career Youth Development Center in Milwaukee: grant administration transferred from DHFS to OJA; GPR funding replaced with federal funding; clarification re DHFS receipt of penalty assessment match and associated Byrne funding [Sec. 230, 1158, 1159, 9101 (13p)] [9101 (13p) — vetoed]  -  Act 33

Hmong cultural center: funding and construction [Sec. 26m, 680, 687p, 690q, 9106 (1)(hm), (7k)] [vetoed]  -  SB-44

HR Academy, Inc., project conditions; legislative findings cited [Sec. 26e-i] -  Act 33

Marquette interchange and Southeast Wisconsin freeway rehabilitation funding modifications; JCF duties [Sec. 683d, 1672g-i, 1694f, 9153 (3r)] [683d, 1694f — partial veto; 1672g-i, 9153 (3r) — veteod]  -  Act 33

Political subdivision may not prohibit an employee of a political subdivision from being a candidate for elective office; leave of absence and federal Hatch Act provisions  -  Act 79

West Canal Street extension to USH 41 at Miller Park: use of reconstruction funds permitted [Sec. 423, 1674, 1724, 2814] -  Act 33

milwaukee _ police Milwaukee — Police

Milwaukee Police Athletic Fund: grant administration transferred from DHFS to OJA; GPR funding replaced with federal funding [Sec. 1160, 1161] -  Act 33