Absentee ballot revisions re requests by facsimile or email, deadline to request, military electors, witness, prepaid return postage, notice of hours, opening ballots in public, automatic mailing, observation in certain nursing homes and other facilities, alternate site, election observers, electioneering, and option to count absentee ballots at a central location  -  Act 451
Acuity-based rate payment system: DHFS to develop; to incorporate measurements under Resident Utilization Group III (RUGS III) classification methodology [Sec. 1125s, 1128m] [1128m — partial veto] -  Act 25
Appropriation revisions: Corr.Dept and U.W. System re energy and utility expenses, prescription drug assistance for elderly persons program, MA trust fund, supplemental MA payments to nursing homes, and budget stabilization fund; rule prohibiting a structural imbalance in the general fund does not apply [budget adjustment bill] -  Act 15
Caregiver background check fees: DHFS may use revenues for investigation purposes; restriction on amount of fees eliminated [Sec. 328, 1220] -  Act 25
Caregiver background information: if entity required annual disclosure of criminal conviction or charge, the entity is not required to use DHFS form; civil penalty for failure to comply with disclosure policy -  Act 351
CIP II enhanced funding for person relocating from nursing home to the community; DHFS report to JCF re CIP relocations from nursing homes [Sec. 868, 869, 9121 (12r)] [869 — partial veto; 9121 (12r) — vetoed] -  Act 25
CIP II enhanced funding re person relocating from nursing home to the community expanded to include certain persons who meet MA level care requirements and are diverted from imminent entry into nursing homes; DHFS required to develop criteria and rule-making provision -  Act 355
Employment discrimination based on creed expanded to include sterilization, abortion, experiments re in vitro human embryos, procedures re fetal tissue, assisted suicide, euthanasia, and mercy killings; health care providers and health facilities employees revisions; definitions, disciplinary actions, liability, damages, and patient health care records provisions [vetoed] -  AB-207
Family Care resource centers and care management organizations: DHFS authority to contract with certain entities to provide, JCF approval; pilot project requirements integrated into contract requirements; provisions re DHFS use of capitation payments re long-term care services, self-directed services option, evaluations, and increased funding for reimbursement for certain care provided by nursing homes; annual report re certain relocations or diversions required  -  Act 386
FBI background checks on caregivers: provisions re sharing information, limitation on use of, and civil immunity [Sec. 1218, 1219, 9321 (8)] -  Act 25
Functional screen to determine MA nursing home levels of care: use prohibited [Sec. 1132f, 1217r] [vetoed]  -  AB-100
Long-term care for certain inmates: Corr.Dept to study and report on options [Sec. 9109 (3q)] [partial veto]  -  Act 25
MA GPR appropriation decreased; transfer of certain amount from general fund to MA trust fund; MA reimbursement rate for nursing homes increased and one-time supplement added  -  Act 211
Nursing home and intermediate care facilities for mentally retarded: licensed bed assessments and deposit of revenues [Sec. 537, 1222m, 1223] [partial veto]  -  Act 25
Nursing home and intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded: restrictions on placement of persons with developmental disabilites modified -  Act 47
Nursing home MA reimbursement: DHFS to treat Columbia, Dane, Iowa, and Sauk counties as one labor region  -  Act 301
Protective service system laws revised; provisions re admissions, transfers, definitions, nursing homes, attorney fees, hearings, procedural rights, guardian ad litem, evaluations, power of attorney, emergency protective placement, psychotropic medication, modification and termination of protective placements, SPD, and annual reviews and reports; court, county, and DHFS duties specified -  Act 264
Supplemental MA payments to county and municipal nursing homes: any additional federal moneys must be distributed to the nursing homes -  Act 107
Voter ID requirements re absentee ballots: exemption for nursing home, CBRF, adult family homes, and residential care apartment residents; special voting deputies permitted in adult family homes and residential care apartment complexes [vetoed] -  SB-42
Voter registration: valid Wisconsin driver's license or ID card or uniformed service ID card required; use of corroborating electors discontinued; absentee ballot, provisional ballot, surrendered driver's license, confidential address re domestic abuse, absentee voting procedure in residential care apartment complexes and adult family homes, and photo requirement exemption re religious tenets provisions [vetoed]  -  AB-63
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obscenityObscenity
DNA profile required from person sentenced or on probation for fourth degree sexual assault, exposing oneself to a child or causing a child to expose himself or herself, or lewd and lascivious behavior -  Act 275
Sex offenses against children: certain penalties revised; child pornography surcharge created; computers used to facilitate a child sex crime provision; OJA grants to nonprofit organizations that provide services to sexual assault victims created -  Act 433
occupational safetyOccupational safety
OSHA testing: Hygiene Laboratory to assume full responsibility [Sec. 9152 (1)] -  Act 25
occupational safety and health administration _osha_Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), see Occupational safety
oconto countyOconto County
``Nichole M. Frye Memorial Bridge": DOT to designate and mark the bridge on STH 141 in the Town of Lena as  -  Act 338
o_donnell, shane kO'Donnell, Shane K.
Life and military service commended [AJR-1] -  JR-6
o_keefe, georgiaO'Keefe, Georgia
``Georgia O'Keefe Memorial Highway": STH 19 portion in Dane County designated and marked as  -  Act 137
open enrollment re schoolOpen enrollment re school, see School — Attendance
opera houseOpera house, see Theater
optical imagingOptical imaging, see Data processing
optometryOptometry
Optometrist regulation revised including certain pharmaceutical agents, license examination, and continuing education  -  Act 297
oregon, village ofOregon, Village of, see Dane County
organ donationOrgan donation, see Transplant
organ procurement organizationOrgan procurement organization, see Transplant
organization, miscellaneousOrganization, Miscellaneous, see also Charitable corporation
Adult literacy grants to nonprofit organizations [Sec. 192, 1856m] -  Act 25
Business waste reduction and recycling assistance: DNR authority to contract with nonprofit organization; funding limited; goals and objectives required; reporting schedule; funding transfer to general fund [Sec. 250, 2198] [2198 — partial veto] -  Act 25
Child safety restraint system in motor vehicles: civil liability immunity for technicians and organizations that provide safety programs re inspection or installation  -  Act 322
Community reintegration funding earmarked for Madison-area Urban Ministry, Inc., Project Return, and Word of Hope Ministries, Inc. [Sec. 2203m, 9109 (5f)]  -  Act 25
Domestic abuse program funding by DHFS; matching funds required for grants [Sec. 898c, e, 900-902, 9321 (9d)]  -  Act 25
Goodwill Industries: property tax exemption created for certain property owned by -  Act 70
Multiple sclerosis programs: individual income tax checkoff created; report from National Multiple Sclerosis Society required -  Act 71
Neighborhood improvement district (NID): municipality allowed to create -  Act 186
Nonprofit organization sales at an event involving entertainment: sales tax provision modified [Sec. 1503, 1579, 9441 (1)] -  Act 25
Sex offenses against children: certain penalties revised; child pornography surcharge created; computers used to facilitate a child sex crime provision; OJA grants to nonprofit organizations that provide services to sexual assault victims created -  Act 433
TANF transfer to CANPB eliminated; replaced with GPR for child abuse and neglect prevention programs, early childhood education centers, and right from the start projects [Sec. 297, 1045-1047, 1109] -  Act 25
Wisconsin Bear Hunters' Association, Inc.: DNR to issue two certificates for Class A bear hunting licenses re raffle prizes; proceeds for bear management and research [Sec. 565g]  -  Act 25
Youth diversion program transferred from OJA to Corr.Dept; funding for contract with organization in City of Racine [Sec. 81r, 88k-p, 295m, 358p, 414t, 415r, wg-x, 2221g, 9101 (9k)] [88p — partial veto; 415x — vetoed]  -  Act 25
osha _occupational safety and health administration_OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration), see Occupational safety
outagamie countyOutagamie County
TID creation by Village of Kimberly: DOR to proceed dispite failure to publish certain public notices  -  Act 385
outdoor advertisingOutdoor advertising, see Billboard
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palmisano, eric aPalmisano, Eric A.
Life and military service commended [SJR-82] -  JR-56
paper industryPaper industry, see Forestry
pari_mutuel bettingPari-mutuel betting, see Racing
parker, thomas jParker, Thomas J.
Life and service and commitment to labor unions commended [AJR-75] -  JR-63
parks, rosa louiseParks, Rosa Louise
Life, dedication to equal rights, and legacy of civil rights honored [SJR-48] -  JR-18
parochial and private educational institutionsParochial and private educational institutions
College reenrollment protections and registration priority modified re students discharged, demobilized, or deactivated from the military -  Act 470
College reenrollment protections modified re students discharged from the military -  Act 324
Fingerprint technologies re background check for teacher licensing and name of Wisconsin Association of Nonpublic Schools changed to Wisconsin Council of Religious and Independent Schools (remedial legislation)  -  Act 121
Fire sprinkler systems required in residence halls and dormitories, residential facilities owned by institutions of higher education, fraternities and sororities, and privately owned and operated student residential buildings  -  Act 78
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