Wisconsin Legislature: Health and Family Services, Department of

Guardian appointment and subsidized guardianship payments; eligibility re MA, child care subsidy, and adoption assistance; federal waiver provision [Sec. 330, 843, 844, 851-855, 884, 885, 924-930, 932-936, 938, 940-950, 952, 1024-1026, 1028-1044, 1078, 1080, 1081, 1150, 2441-2444, 2458-2461, 9121 (1)] - AB100

Human growth and development instruction: DHFS required to develop and distribute informational materials on the procedures governing adoption and listing private and public agencies providing adoption services - SB670

Identifying information about birth parents: age at which adoptee may obtain lowered - AB688

Newborn child relinquished by parents and, after involuntary TPR is filed, is in DHFS custody: DHFS prohibited from petitioning juvenile or tribal court to transfer custody to county department or to tribe after certain amount of time - AB660

Parental duties: DHFS to prepare and distribute informational materials describing the duties, legal consequences for failure to perform those duties, and a list of agencies that provide services for children and families - AB313

Shaken baby syndrome and impacted babies prevention: DHFS to prepare informational materials and distribution requirements; training for day care providers; instruction in schools required; DHFS to keep certain statistics [S.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, CANPB to purchase or prepare informational materials; S.Amdt.1: appropriation revisions] - SB221

Statewide automated child welfare information system confidentiality and information sharing [Sec. 1023, 1226, 2462] - AB100

Statewide automated child welfare information system: revisions re entering information about certain individuals, access to information by Corr.Dept and certain county agencies, and notifying individuals before their information is entered into the system - SB651

TPR revisions re declarations of paternal interest, grounds, procedures, and appeals; adoption, foster parent, and CHIPS revisions; DHFS, SPD, and Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare duties and authority specified [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare reference removed] - AB521

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Adult entertainment business tax created and revenue distributed as grants for transitional release facilities; sexually violent person on supervised release to be placed based on treatment and services needed and where they are available - SB568

Alternatives to prosecution and incarceration for persons who use alcohol or other drugs: OJA to administer grant program for counties in collaboration with DHFS and Corr.Dept - AB275

Alternatives to prosecution and incarceration for persons who use alcohol or other drugs: OJA to administer grant program for counties in collaboration with DHFS and Corr.Dept - SB142

AODA treatment as alternative to prosecution or incarceration: grant program for counties created; reports required [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 90m, 327m, 414m, 416m, 841m, 2222, 2232-2236m, 2241m, 2449m, 2450b, 2467c-x, 2472, 2475g-r, 9121 (13g), 9401 (2r), 9421 (11q)] - AB100

Female offender reintegration program grants [Sec. 880-882; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, deletes 881, 882] - AB100

Inmate mental health services pilot program created; Corr.Dept and DHFS duties [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9121 (14x)] - AB100

Mendota Juvenile Treatment Center funding from Corr.Dept to DHFS: amounts for 2005-06 and 2006-07 set [Sec. 839] - AB100

Mental responsibility of a defendant in a criminal action: deadline for examining physician or psychologist to report to opposing counsel or examiner specified - AB971

Mental responsibility of a defendant in a criminal action: deadline for examining physician or psychologist to report to opposing counsel or examiner specified - SB574

Sex offender on parole, probation, extended supervision, supervised release, or conditional release re conviction for sexual assault of a child: Corr.Dept and DHFS required to track the person using a GPS tracking device; felony provision [for further revisions, see entry under ``Sex crimes"] - AB591

Sexually violent person commitment procedures revised; definitions modified [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions] - SB318

Sexually violent person laws revised re definitions, commitment proceedings and petitions, probable cause hearing, trial on commitment petition, change of venue, experts for examination, right to remain silent, hearings to juries, discovery, confidentiality of certain records, juvenile delinquency dispositions, privileged communications with health care providers, presentence reports, periodic reexamination, supervised release, discharge from commitment, failure to comply with time limits, escape, and DAs - AB1091

Sexually violent person placed on supervised release: placement in person's county of residence requirement eliminated; DHFS to base placement on treatment and services needed, availability of services, and proximity to other persons on supervised release or in custody of Corr.Dept re sex offenses - AB394

Transitional halfway house for sexually violent persons on supervised release deleted from the authorized state building program - AB943

Transitional halfway house for sexually violent persons on supervised release deleted from the authorized state building program - AB974

Transitional halfway house for sexually violent persons on supervised release deleted from the authorized state building program - SB536

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Automatic defibrillator: civil liability immunity for users, owners, and providers of semiautomatic defibrillators expanded to include - AB306

Automatic defibrillator: civil liability immunity for users, owners, and providers of semiautomatic defibrillators expanded to include [A.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, ``automated external defibrillator" replaces the terms ``automatic defibrillator" and ``semiautomatic defibrillator", certain training and written notification requirements eliminated] - SB186

Badger Care and MA program income limits: depreciation re farm and self-employment income exempted - AB119

Badger Care cost-saving measures, including prescription drug copayment: DHFS to request waiver and to report on pharmacy reimbursement methodology investigation [Sec. 9121 (10), (11); A.Sub.Amdt.1: pharmacy reimbursement methodology removed, deletes 9121 (11)] - AB100

Badger Care: forfeiture assessed re employer failure to return employment and insurance information in timely manner [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 314c, 1186bc, c] - AB100

Badger Care income limits: depreciation of farm equipment exempted - AB16

Cancer drug repository program expanded to include prescription drugs and supplies for chronic diseases; fee and DHFS provisions - AB197

Cancer drug repository program expanded to include prescription drugs and supplies for chronic diseases; fee and DHFS provisions - SB109

Dental grants for school-based dental sealant program and funding to TCS for oral health services [Sec. 325, 2131, 2132; A.Sub.Amdt.1: funding for programs to discourage use of smokeless tobacco, 325g, 2149g, h, deletes 325] - AB100

Dental hygienist continuing education requirements created; fee provision [S.Amdt.1: fee provision removed; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, DRL and DHFS to consult on required credit hours and DRL may set by rule] - SB95

DHFS required to make certain payments to specified nursing homes - AB931

EMT-basic training and examination: DHFS to provide funding to ambulance service providers; EMS Board to recommend disbursement formula; report by providers required [Sec. 220, 324, 710, 2028-2030; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, 2026r] - AB100

Family planning services funding preference [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 2133c-p] - AB100

Food distribution grants appropriation transferred from Division of Children and Family Services to Division of Public Health [Sec. 306, 896, 897] - AB100

Health care claims information: contract with a data organization for the collection, analysis, and dissemination of required and conditions set; Board on Health Care Information, Interagency Coordinating Council, and Independent Review Board eliminated [A.Amdt.1: fee provision modified; A.Amdt.2: report required; A.Amdt.4: appropriation for contract revised] - AB907

Health care information analysis and collection of vital statistics: appropriation transfers [Sec. 299, 312, 314, 1221, 2067, 2074-2076] - AB100

Health Care Information, Board on, eliminated; Health Care Quality and Patient Safety Board created; duties include physician information database, rules re health care information, technology plan and strategies, and health plan system automation; provisions re DHFS and WHEFA duties, health improvement fund, and liability insurance [for section numbers and further revisions, see entry under ``Reorganization of state government" ] - AB100

HIRSP administration transferred to private, nonprofit organization; new board created, duties defined; report required [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 156w, 320p, r, 522c, 535m-r, 1286c, 1354L, 1406f, 2032m-2063c, 2429c-r, 9121 (13p), 9221 (3p), 9321 (4L), (4p), 9341 (19p), 9421 (5p)] - AB100

HIRSP assessments: tax credit for [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1311i, 1312r, 1319m, 1354m, 1385h, p, 1386m, 1406m, 1428k, p, 1474q, s, 1686f] - AB100

HIRSP case management pilot program: requirement eliminated [Sec. 2065] - AB100

HIRSP changes; HIRSP Authority and Health Care Tax Credit Program created; report provision [A.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, tax exemptions and LAB authority added; A.Amdt.2: report required] - AB844

HIRSP changes; HIRSP Authority and Health Care Tax Credit Program created; report provision - SB451

HIRSP eligibility expanded to include persons eligible under the federal Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act (TAA) or receiving benefits from the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) - AB351

HIRSP eligibility specified re MA and other programs and benefits [Sec. 2033-2035; original bill only] - AB100

HIRSP Medicare deductible [Sec. 2036, 2037, 9421 (3); original bill only] - AB100

HIRSP operating costs formula revision [Sec. 2041-2043, 2046, 2047, 2052, 2053; original bill only] - AB100

HIRSP prescription drug coverage revisions [Sec. 2038-2040, 2044, 2045, 2048-2051, 2054-2064, 2103, 9321 (4), 9421 (5); original bill only] - AB100

Hospital definition modified for MA purposes re laws relating to DHFS - SB605

Large employer health care assessment created; DHFS duties specified; MA trust fund provision - AB860

Large employer health care assessment created; DHFS duties specified; MA trust fund provision - SB440

Large employer prohibited from reducing or eliminating employee health care coverage if the action results in employee enrollment in Badger Care; DHFS authorized to determine and impose an assessment; MA trust fund provision - AB1148

Lead hazard investigation and remediation [Sec. 2134, 2136-2138, 2141-2144] - AB100

Marijuana-related prosecutions and property seizure actions: medical necessity defense created; DHFS to establish registry for medical users of marijuana - AB740

Meningococcal disease: DPI and all schools required to provide information to parents or guardians of pupils in grades 6 to 12 [A.Amdt.2: DHFS Secretary required to promulgate a rule requiring vaccinations against meningitis] - AB589

Mercury in vaccinations: prohibitions and penalties created; public health emergency and health care plan coverage provisions; DHFS required to test mercury content of vaccines and post results on its Web site - AB1181

Nervous or mental disorder or alcoholism or AODA treatment: minimum amount of insurance coverage modified re changes in the consumer price index; DHFS report required - AB252

Nervous or mental disorder or alcoholism or AODA treatment: minimum amount of insurance coverage modified re changes in the consumer price index; DHFS report required - SB128

OSHA testing: Hygiene Laboratory to assume full responsibility [Sec. 9152 (1); A.Sub.Amdt.1: position transfer revision] - AB100

Patient health care records and X-rays: DHFS prohibited from promulgating rule that prescribes fee for copies - AB404

Patient health care records and X-rays: DHFS prohibited from promulgating rule that prescribes fee for copies - SB201

Physician prescribing practices under MA or Badger Care: DHFS report required - AB922

Prescription drug assistance program for the elderly: property taxes deducted from person's annual household income re determining eligibility; DHFS provision - AB491

Prescription drug assistance program for the elderly: property taxes deducted from person's annual household income re determining eligibility; DHFS provision - SB235

Private health insurance purchasing arrangement (PHIPA) established and Private Health Insurance Purchasing Corporation of Wisconsin created to facilitate and administer; reports and audits required; health savings account provisions; DHFS duties specified - AB1140

Prostate cancer research: individual income tax checkoff created; Prostate Cancer Research Board created in DHFS re distribution of grants, report required [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, board deleted, DHFS duties removed, DPI and U.W. System to administer the apropriation, Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc. and U.W. Comprehensive Cancer Center to receive moneys for research programs, annual reports required] - AB1087

Prostate cancer research: individual income tax checkoff created; Prostate Cancer Research Board created in DHFS re distribution of grants, report required - SB658

Public health planning, services, and functions; reporting of communicable diseases; vaccination, isolation, and quarantine during a public health emergency; DHFS required to develop a public health agenda every 10 years and other duties specified; contracts between municipalities and Indian tribes or bands in other states authorized; DATCP provision [A.Amdt.1: vaccination, isolation, and quarantine provisions removed] - AB881

Sanitarian regulation transferred from DHFS to DRL [Sec. 490, 1205, 1459, 2120-2130, 2285, 2286, 2327, 2335-2337, 9121 (2), 9321 (3); A.Sub.Amdt.1: application form revisions, 2126m, 2336m, deletes 2286, 2335] - AB100

School medical services re MA program: reimbursements modified; DHFS and DPI provisions - SB313

Soft drink tax re wholesale sales created; revenue deposited into the dental access trust fund to supplement MA and DHFS dental services - AB1168

Special orders of business for December 13, 2005 established re partial veto of AB-100 [Item C-1] and AB-20, AB-120, AB-122, AB-397, AB-521, AB-624, AB-700, AB-763, AB-802, AB-823, AB-829, AB-840, AB-844, SB-175, SB-331, SB-402, SB-403 - AR43

State agent of DHFS status granted to health care providers who volunteer their services to a health care facility during a state of emergency re public health; restrictions specified; WC provision [S.Amdt.1: health care provider expanded to include behavioral health provider, pupil services provider, and substance abuse prevention provider] - AB385

Statewide trauma care system: confidentiality of all information and documents regarding; civil liability immunity [S.Amdt.1: confidentiality exception for health care services review] - SB457

Supplemental MA payments made from community aids: sunset removed [Sec. 1133, 2498-2510, 9121 (4)] - AB100

Voluntary and informed consent for abortions: printed information and physician oral information to include data re pain awareness of unborn child at gestational age of 20 weeks - AB321

Voluntary and informed consent for abortions: printed information and physician oral information to include data re pain awareness of unborn child at gestational age of 20 weeks [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions] - SB138

Volunteer Health Care Provider Program and status as state agents of DHFS expanded to include licensed pharmacists and pharmacy technicians - SB544

Volunteer Health Care Provider Program: status as a state agent of DHFS extended to provider regardless of certain medical malpractice insurance coverage - AB789

Well-woman program: changes re copayment for breast cancer screenings and payment for case management services [Sec. 2146-2149] - AB100