Acts Index

maps Maps

Extraterritorial plat or certified survey map: denying approval based on proposed use of land prohibited  -  Act 399

Veterans memorial highway or bridge and specified veterans memorials, homes, and museums: DOT required to identify on highway maps -  Act 126

Wetland map review, wetland identification, or wetland confirmation: DNR to provide, for a fee, upon request of person who owns or leases the land; building permits or other construction approvals required to include information re construction on or near wetlands; memorandum of agreement with Army Corps of Engineers provision; DNR informational brochure on laws that apply to wetlands -  Act 373

marathon county Marathon County

Child advocacy centers: funding reduced [Sec. 157d, s, 9101 (10)] -  Act 28

marina Marina, see Boat

marine corps Marine Corps, see United States — Marine Corps

marinette county Marinette County

``Steven Drees Memorial Bridge": DOT to designate and mark USH 41 bridge over the Peshtigo River in the City of Peshtigo -  Act 127

marketing Marketing, see Farm produce; Trade practice

marquette county Marquette County

Montello, City of: financial assistance for specific dam safety project [Sec. 721d] -  Act 28

marquette university Marquette University

Special distinguishing registration plates created to express support for Marquette University, fee and implementation costs provisions -  Act 159

marriage Marriage, see also Divorce

College savings account contributions: individual income tax deduction modified [Sec. 1543c-cg, 9343 (13x)]  -  Act 28

Homestead exemption: value of certain property increased; land owned by husband and wife provision  -  Act 80

Human growth and development instruction: school board may offer if it provides medically accurate information and addresses specified topics including marriage and parental responsibilities, the sex offender registry, and criminal penalties for crimes against children; notification required if not offered; instruction by volunteer health care provider, definitions, and State Superintendent duties  -  Act 134

Marriage license: maximum fee for expedited issuance set [Sec. 3205r, 9357 (1f)] -  Act 28

Tuition and fee remissions for veterans and certain dependents: required to use certain federal education benefits first [Sec. 744d-747f, 753d-756f, 770j, k, 9323 (1q), 9423 (1q)] [745f, 747f, 754f, 770k — partial veto]  -  Act 28

marshfield, city of Marshfield, City of

Dental education: moneys allocated from building trust fund to study the state's role in expanding access to services; emphasis on rural and underserved areas, including construction of new dental school in Marshfield [Sec. 9106 (25f)]  -  Act 28

Rural dental education outreach facility construction: Building Commission grant to Marshfield Clinic authorized, matching funds provision -  Act 361

STH 13 between City of Marshfield and STH 29: DOT recommendation re environmental assessment required [Sec. 9150 (8j)] [vetoed] -  AB-75

martial arts Martial arts, see Athletics

mascot Mascot, see School — Health program

mass transit Mass transit, see Metropolitan transportation

massage therapist Massage therapist, see Trades and occupations

maternal and infant care Maternal and infant care, see also Aid to families with dependent children

BadgerCare Plus: technical changes; certain annual DHS report eliminated [Sec. 872k-877, 1297-1299, 1328-1333, 1335- 1337, 1338-1353, 1354, 1356, 9422 (1)]  -  Act 28

Birth defect prevention and surveillance program: DHS report and funding from vital records fee revenue [Sec. 327, 2545d, 9122 (8v)] [9122 (8v) — vetoed]  -  Act 28

Birth to 3 Program: DHS to request waiver of federal Medicaid law; counties to pay nonfederal share; reimbursement by MA program [Sec. 363, 438, 912, 1316, 1317, 1324, 1325]  -  Act 28

Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Program revisions; expansion re home visitation program services [Sec. 1102-1127, 2547, 2549, 2550, 9108 (6)] -  Act 28

``Child's container" containing bisphenol A: retail sales and manufacturing or selling at wholesale prohibited; definition, label requirements, and penalty provisions; DATCP and DA authority specified; JRCCP report -  Act 145

Infant mortality program in Racine County: funding allocation; DHS and City of Racine Health Department duties [Sec. 2550d-h, 3410] -  Act 28

MA services by managed care organizations; DHS reports re quality of care for MA recipients and reducing MA program costs [Sec. 1301c, 1313h, p, 1315n, 9122 (10q), 9322 (3f), 9422 (14g)] [vetoed] -  AB-75

Mother may breast-feed her child in any public or private location where she is authorized to be; prohibits a person from directing a mother to move or cover herself or otherwise restrict a mother from breast-feeding; penalty provision  -  Act 148

Newborn hearing screening required; State Laboratory of Hygiene duties specified -  Act 279

Permanency planning for children in out-of-home care, right to be heard in proceedings involving children in out-of-home care, notice to relatives when child is removed from home, placement with siblings re foster home or adoption, plan for transition to independent living, reporting of infants affected by controlled substances, circuit court commissioner review of permanency plans, TPR filing requirements, reasonable efforts to achieve goals of permanency plan, informal disposition, confidentiality of records; effective date changed re paying support of maintenance arrears to certain public assistance recipients -  Act 79

Prenatal, postpartum, and young child care coordination: providers in City of Racine certified re children who have not attained the age of two [Sec. 1313k, 2550d-h, 3410]  -  Act 28

W-2 grants for at-risk pregnant women revised [Sec. 1174-1182e, 1216, 1228, 9308 (10i), 9408 (9), (10i)]  -  Act 28

WIC and emergency food assistance program transferred from DCF to DHS; electronic benefit transfer for all DHS benefits permitted [Sec. 485, 488, 490, 829, 1144, 1217-1220, 1376, 2480, 3237-3239, 3392, 9122 (1)] -  Act 28

mazomanie, village of Mazomanie, Village of, see Dane County

mccann, james a McCann, James A.

Life and public service [AJR-34] -  JR-12

mcnulty, mary anne McNulty, Mary Anne

Life, public service, and work advocating for poor and immigrant communities in Milwaukee commended upon her death [SJR-64] -  JR-36

meat Meat, see Livestock and meat

meb MEB, see Medical Examining Board

medal of honor Medal of Honor

Medal of Honor Day (March 25): Governor to annually proclaim  -  Act 144

medicaid Medicaid, see Medical assistance

medical assistance Medical assistance

Administrative contracts for MA: certain program revenues appropriated; provision re enrollment fees for BadgerCare Plus childless adults [Sec. 356, 358, 1301]  -  Act 28

Ambulatory surgical center assessment created; DOR duties [Sec. 601s, 681g, 1623m, 2433x, 9143 (4u)]  -  Act 28

BadgerCare Plus Benchmark Plan and HIRSP eligibility [Sec. 1358, 2434] -  Act 28

BadgerCare Plus: technical changes; certain annual DHS report eliminated [Sec. 872k-877, 1297-1299, 1328-1333, 1335- 1337, 1338-1353, 1354, 1356, 9422 (1)]  -  Act 28

Birth to 3 Program: DHS to request waiver of federal Medicaid law; counties to pay nonfederal share; reimbursement by MA program [Sec. 363, 438, 912, 1316, 1317, 1324, 1325]  -  Act 28

Centers for the developmentally disabled: CIP-IA funding increased [Sec. 1290] -  Act 28

Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Program revisions; expansion re home visitation program services [Sec. 1102-1127, 2547, 2549, 2550, 9108 (6)] -  Act 28

Children receiving MA and who have health insurance coverage: funding re incentive payments to local child support agencies [Sec. 487p, 1268p, 1377] -  Act 28

CIP II enhanced funding re persons who meet MA level care requirements and are diverted from imminent entry into nursing homes: limitation on number of persons eliminated; DHS provision -  Act 277

Community recovery mental health services: DHS may implement through MA [Sec. 394, 1306, 1310, 1323]  -  Act 28

Critical access hospital assessment created, MA and DHS provisions; health care provider loan program through U.W. revised re amount and rural areas; rural physician residency assistance program established through the U.W. School of Medicine and Public Health's Department of Family Medicine, annual report to JCF required -  Act 190

Family planning demonstration project: DHS may request federal waiver to include men [Sec. 1302, 1303]  -  Act 28

Federal economic stimulus funds: DCF appropriation created [Sec. 510] -  Act 28

Federal MA percentage calculations [Sec. 9122 (4), 9422 (9)] -  Act 28

Health care providers and insurers required to disclose to consumer upon request information re median billed charge for certain health services, specified charge information for the most frequent presenting conditions, and public information regarding quality of health care services; DHS duties and hospital and forfeiture provisions -  Act 146

HIV-related care coordination services provided to MA recipients created, DHHS approval required  -  Act 221

Hospital assessment increased; DHS duties and MA provisions; independent rural hospital supplements [Sec. 1294d, 3416b, 9122 (5i), (6i), 9222 (4i), 9422 (13i)]  -  Act 28

Hospital assessment revisions; MA and DHS provisions; report required [Sec. 6, 11-14, 29-32, 34-40, 46, 47, 49-66, 69, 70, 556, 557, 9122 (1), 9222 (1), 9322 (1), 9422 (1)]  -  Act 2

Hospital certificate of approval: DHS to issue one that covers UWHCA's inpatient and outpatient facilities that satisfy requirements for a hospital; MA reimbursement provision [Sec. 48, 68] -  Act 2

Insurance law revisions including repeal of Interstate Insurance Receivership Compact, insurance security fund, long-term care insurance re MA applicant assets, fraternal insurance organization voting, reinstatement of insurance intermediary license, continuation coverage under a group health insurance policy, town mutual merges, motor vehicle insurance, and appointment of a special deputy commissioner to rehabilitate an insurer -  Act 342

MA case management services reimbursement to independent living centers: criteria clarified [Sec. 907, 908, 1305] -  Act 28

MA dental service delivery in certain southeast Wisconsin counties: DHS to use fee-for-service model [Sec. 1317n] [vetoed] -  AB-75

MA eligibility: independence account assets disregarded; modified to exclude certain retirement assets [Sec. 1327]  -  Act 28

MA general purpose revenue lapse funding shift, and carryover balance [Sec. 9222 (1)-(1d), 9422 (8)]  -  Act 28

MA GPR appropriation increased [Sec. 9222 (3)] -  Act 2

MA services by managed care organizations; DHS reports re quality of care for MA recipients and reducing MA program costs [Sec. 1301c, 1313h, p, 1315n, 9122 (10q), 9322 (3f), 9422 (14g)] [vetoed] -  AB-75

MA services provided by licensed mental health professionals: definitions, funding, and requirements revised [Sec. 1305r, 1321r, 1323c, 1443m, 2995sm, 3137r, 9422 (12r)]  -  Act 28

MA spending plan re MA and SeniorCare programs: DHS to submit plan re efficiencies and reductions [Sec. 9122 (11q)] [vetoed] -  AB-75

MA trust fund increase; provision re nursing home operating deficits [Sec. 1293, 9222 (2), (2u), (4q), 9422 (10), (11)] -  Act 28

Medical Assistance Trust Fund: U.W. Regents to transfer moneys to [Sec. 257, 258, 9454 (1)] -  Act 28

Milwaukee County enrollment services unit established in DHS re administration of income maintenance and state supplemental payment programs; DCF may contract with DHS to administer child care subsidy program in Milwaukee County; county civil service employees and collective bargaining agreement provisions; JSCRS appendix report -  Act 15

Municipally-owned nursing homes: supplemental MA payments [Sec. 1292n] [partial veto] -  Act 28

Nursing home or intermediate care facility operated by a commission created by two or more political subdivisions: assessments and MA payments permitted under certain conditions -  Act 283

Nursing home petitions to modify MA payments: requirement re DHS establishment of reviewing mechanism repealed [Sec. 350, 1292] -  Act 28

Podiatrists: civil liability immunity for providing aid at certain athletic events, privileged communication with patients, certify to DOT that applicant is fit to teach driving, may diagnose illness or injury for DVA purposes, may submit statement for specialized hunting permit, added to list of enumerated providers of sickness care, insurers to give equal weight to certifications of disability by, added to list of free choice providers for persons eligible for MA; Podiatrists Affiliated Credentialing Board renamed Podiatry Affiliated Credentialing Board [vetoed] -  AB-273