Wisconsin Legislature: Mental health

Presumption for employment-connected infectious disease established for fire fighters, EMS providers, law enforcement officers, and correctional officers; JSCRS appendix report - AB644

Presumption for employment-connected infectious disease established for fire fighters, EMS providers, law enforcement officers, and correctional officers; JSCRS appendix report - SB429

Professional Ambulance Association of Wisconsin congratulated on its ``Stars of Life" program - SJR13

Special distinguishing registration plates re fire fighters and EMTs: color and design continued; exemption from redesign cycle - AB394

Spiritual treatment in lieu of medical or surgical treatment for children: exemptions removed re county department determination of child abuse or neglect, felony physical abuse of a child, and administration of psychotropic medication to juveniles in correctional custody; Christian Science treatment limited to adult patients - AB590

Structural collapse emergency response: establishment of regional structural collapse teams, standards specified; DEM duties set - AB319

Structural collapse emergency response: establishment of regional structural collapse teams, standards specified; DEM duties set - SB229

Surgical technology: qualification requirements imposed on persons employed by hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers; definition and continuing education provisions - AB744

Surgical technology: qualification requirements imposed on persons employed by hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers; definition and continuing education provisions - SB660

U.W. and technical college fee remissions for child or surviving spouse of an ambulance driver, correctional officer, fire fighter, EMT, or law enforcement officer who is killed in the line of duty or dies as a result of a qualifying disability: revisions re age of child and limit on number of credits or consecutive years - SB18

Volunteer Health Care Provider Program: chiropractors, physical therapists, speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, massage therapists, acupuncturists, and phlebotomists may participate - AB195

Volunteer Health Care Provider Program: state required to pay for legal representation and costs and damages re certain claims; chiropractors and physical therapists added - AB44

Volunteer Health Care Provider Program: state required to pay for legal representation and costs and damages re certain claims; chiropractors and physical therapists added [S.Amdt.1: podiatrist added] - SB80

WC law revisions re number of employees, emergency responders, compensation amounts, payment of benefits, and administration - AB706

WC law revisions re number of employees, emergency responders, compensation amounts, payment of benefits, and administration - SB522

Wisconsin Quality Home Care Authority created, duties defined; collective bargaining provision [Sec. 3, 10, 16, 20, 23, 24, 44-47, 52, 53, 74, 75, 93-95, 98, 99, 105-112, 114, 120, 163, 164, 863, 884, 893, 894, 1444, 1518, 1623, 1847, 2073, 2156, 2240-2242, 2243, 2244-2251, 2253, 2254, 2482, 2627, 2632, 3202, 9122 (3), 9155m, 9322 (8), 9422 (4); Enrolled AB-75: 2254g, 9122 (3f); deletes 9322 (8), 9422 (4)] - AB75

Wise, Terry: life and dedication to helping others through emergency services and as a CPR instructor commended - AJR79

Life and military service commended - AJR116

Memorializing Congress or the federal government: eliminating the prohibition against offering an Assembly joint resolution or the Assembly receiving a Senate joint resolution [Assembly rules 32 (1)(a), 39 (1), 41 (1)] - AR17

Management assistance grants from tribal gaming revenues to certain county [Sec. 54; Enrolled AB-75: grants may also be used for general operations, 53n] - AB75

Background checks for handgun purchasers: DOJ required to check for court order or finding rendering the person ineligible under federal law re mental health status; courts required to determine ineligibility and other duties; person may petition court to cancel the order - AB70

Background checks for handgun purchasers: DOJ required to check for court order or finding rendering the person ineligible under federal law re mental health status; courts required to determine ineligibility and other duties; person may petition court to cancel the order [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, obsolete reference and redundant sections deleted] - SB44

Competency proceedings: eliminating condition of bail or bond when defendant is committed to DHS custody for treatment; alternative process for placing person in an inpatient setting (remedial legislation) - SB492

Financial disability re income tax refund: time period to claim refund extended - SB444

Group health insurance coverage of nervous and mental disorders, alcoholism, and AODA: specified minimum amounts of coverage removed; coverage of annual screening for mental health and substance abuse treatment and prepartum and postpartum depression required; referrals to nonphysicians, deductibles, out-of-pocket limit, and providing certain information to insured on request provisions - AB512

Group health insurance coverage of nervous and mental disorders, alcoholism, and AODA: specified minimum amounts of coverage removed; coverage of annual screening for mental health and substance abuse treatment and prepartum and postpartum depression required; referrals to nonphysicians, deductibles, out-of-pocket limit, and providing certain information to insured on request provisions [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, annual and pre- and postpartum depression screenings removed, equal coverage requirement exceptions added] - SB362

Insurance coverage of services provided by licensed mental health professionals: laws modified; provisions re grievance resolution, patient rights, and treatment records [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 1424g, 1427r, 1431d, 1443f-k, 2995p, 3137r, 3197r-t, 9326 (9q), (10q)] - AB75

MA services provided by licensed mental health professionals: definitions, funding, and requirements revised [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 1305r, 1321r, 1323c, 1443m, 2995sm, 3137r, 9422 (12r)] - AB75

Mental Health Awareness Month: month of May in 2010 and in each year thereafter proclaimed as - AJR135

Mental or physical condition of a party in a civil action: revisions re scope and procedure for discovery - AB815

Mental or physical condition of a party in a civil action: revisions re scope and procedure for discovery - SB628

Recidivism reduction by 25% through community services required, report revisions; Corr.Dept appropriation for mental health services and transitional employment program for persons on parole or extended supervision and at high risk of reoffending - AB499

Recidivism reduction by 25% through community services required, report revisions; Corr.Dept appropriation for mental health services and transitional employment program for persons on parole or extended supervision and at high risk of reoffending - SB317

Shetler, Harriet Jane (McCown): founding member of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill commended upon her death - SJR73

Treatment to competency for persons who are not competent for trial [Sec. 2775, 3365-3367, 9322 (5); original bill only] - AB75

TROs and injunctions re domestic abuse, child abuse, adult at risk, or harassment: petition law revisions - AB680

TROs and injunctions re domestic abuse, child abuse, adult at risk, or harassment: petition law revisions [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions] - SB464

Appellate procedures integrated re commitments of persons found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect and commitments of sexually violent persons - AB123

Appellate procedures integrated re commitments of persons found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect and commitments of sexually violent persons - SB98

Background checks for handgun purchasers: DOJ required to check for court order or finding rendering the person ineligible under federal law re mental health status; courts required to determine ineligibility and other duties; person may petition court to cancel the order - AB70

Background checks for handgun purchasers: DOJ required to check for court order or finding rendering the person ineligible under federal law re mental health status; courts required to determine ineligibility and other duties; person may petition court to cancel the order [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, obsolete reference and redundant sections deleted] - SB44

Biological specimen for DNA analysis: requirement does not expire when completing probation, sentence, or delinquency disposition, or being released from commitment; DA may petition court to compel certain persons to provide a sample; procedure specified - AB893

Biological specimen for DNA analysis: requirement does not expire when completing probation, sentence, or delinquency disposition, or being released from commitment; DA may petition court to compel certain persons to provide a sample; procedure specified - SB631

Commitment of prison inmate: alternative petition procedure modified; jail and house of corrections provision - AB681

Commitment of prison inmate: alternative petition procedure modified; jail and house of corrections provision - SB478

Community recovery mental health services: DHS may implement through MA [Sec. 394, 890, 891, 1306, 1310, 1323; Enrolled AB-75: maintenance-of-effort requirement removed, deletes 890, 891] - AB75

Corr.Dept feasibility studies and cost analyses re correctional officer training in managing mentally ill inmates, screening inmates for developmental disabilities, services and separate housing for developmentally disabled, and administration of medications [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 9111 (2d)] - AB75

Correctional employee's personal identifying information or related documents: person incarcerated in a prison or residing in a mental health facility prohibited from possessing; JRCCP report - SB702

DHS funding re new community reintegration program for Wisconsin Resource Center inmates and contracted services for Corr.Dept inmates on community supervision [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 340h] - AB75

Indian tribe or band member placement in a mental health treatment facility: reimbursement of unexpected or unusually high-costs from Indian gaming receipts [S.Amdt.2: appropriation revisions; S.Amdt.1 to S.Amdt.2: sunset added] - SB630

Insurance coverage of services provided by licensed mental health professionals: laws modified; provisions re grievance resolution, patient rights, and treatment records [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 1424g, 1427r, 1431d, 1443f-k, 2995p, 3137r, 3197r-t, 9326 (9q), (10q)] - AB75

Juvenile correctional services provided by counties and nonprofit organizations: DOA and Corr.Dept to conduct comprehensive review; to include description of AODA and mental health services; youth counselors from the state's three schools to participate [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 9111 (2k)] - AB75

Law enforcement agency and bargaining unit of officer who was killed: notification required when person who committed the crime is released, pardoned, or petitions for early release, sentence modification, or pardon - AB594

Mandatory overtime and on-call time: health care facility prohibited from requiring of certain employees that are paid an hourly wage or are classified as nonsupervisory; exemption, discrimination, complaint, and penalty provisions - AB152

Mandatory overtime and on-call time: health care facility prohibited from requiring of certain employees that are paid an hourly wage or are classified as nonsupervisory; exemption, discrimination, complaint, and penalty provisions - SB108

Mental health institute services to certain persons: county to pay portion not paid by federal government [Sec. 1309, 1322, 1425-1427, 1432-1437; Enrolled AB-75: funding modified, DHS to calculate counties' share, emergency detention revisions, 1424y, 9122 (4)(cq), 9322 (5f), 9422 (8f); deletes 1424] - AB75

Mental illness examination: supplementary exams eliminated [Sec. 1428, 2433, 2776, 3368-3373, 9322 (3); original bill only] - AB75

Protective occupation participant status extended to county employees at jails and juvenile detention facilities and state employees at correctional institutions, juvenile correctional facilities, mental health institutes, and certain secure mental health facilities; collective bargaining, MERA, and SELRA provisions; JSCRS appendix report - AB634

Protective occupation participants for WRS purposes extended to Parole Commission members, state employees at certain correctional institutions and mental health facilities, certain Corr.Dept employees who work with sexually violent persons, and clerical employees at probation, extended supervision, and parole offices; JSCRS appendix report - AB199

Smoking prohibitions: designated smoking area prohibited in public places and places of employment, a few exceptions specified; certain existing exceptions eliminated; smoking in sports arenas, private clubs, and bus shelters specifically prohibited; enforcement by person in charge required [Sec. 1840, 2076-2150, 2445, 2447, 2741, 2996, 3204, 3233, 9310 (2), 9410 (1); original bill only] - AB75

Smoking prohibitions: designated smoking area prohibited in public places and places of employment, a few exceptions specified; certain existing exceptions eliminated; smoking in sports arenas, private clubs, and bus shelters specifically prohibited; enforcement by person in charge required - AB253

Smoking prohibitions: designated smoking area prohibited in public places and places of employment, a few exceptions specified; certain existing exceptions eliminated; smoking in sports arenas, private clubs, and bus shelters specifically prohibited; enforcement by person in charge required [for revisions, see entry under ``Tobacco"] - SB181

Smoking prohibitions: designated smoking area prohibited in public places and places of employment, a few exceptions specified; certain existing exceptions eliminated; smoking in sports arenas, private clubs, and public conveyances specifically prohibited; enforcement by person in charge required - AB252

Treatment to competency for persons who are not competent for trial [Sec. 2775, 3365-3367, 9322 (5); original bill only] - AB75

Centers for the developmentally disabled: CIP reduction; certain DHS report requirements eliminated [Sec. 857, 1290; Enrolled AB-75: CIP-1A funding increased, report requirement retained, deletes 857] - AB75

Financial exploitation: elder-adult-at-risk agency, responding to an investigation, may petition a court to order a financial institution to freeze an individual's accounts - AB691

Financial exploitation: elder-adult-at-risk agency, responding to an investigation, may petition a court to order a financial institution to freeze an individual's accounts - SB503

Intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded: funding for state centers increased; DHS task force study and report to JCF [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 9122 (7i)] - AB75

Southern Wisconsin Center funding revised; provision re less restrictive setting for residents; DHS report required [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 1424m, p, 1431g-k, 1444m, n] - AB75

Bags provided by retailers limited to bags made of compostable plastic or recyclable paper or intended for multiple uses - AB170

``Child's container" containing bisphenol A: manufacturing or selling at wholesale prohibited; definition, label requirements, and penalty provisions; DATCP and DA authority specified; JRCCP report [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, retail sales prohibited, DA authority expanded] - SB271

Customer access to toilet facility for use by employees of a retail establishment: persons with certain medical conditions allowed to use under set conditions; forfeiture, civil liability immunity, forged statement, and ID card provisions - AB709

Deceptive advertising includes advertising the retail price reduced by a rebate but not providing the rebate at time of purchase - SB560

Electronic waste recycling: manufacturer, recycler, retailer, and consumer requirements created; DNR, reporting, fee, definition, audit, and penalty provisions; disposal in landfills and incineration prohibited - AB278

Electronic waste recycling: manufacturer, recycler, retailer, and consumer requirements created; DNR, reporting, fee, definition, audit, and penalty provisions; disposal in landfills and incineration prohibited [for further revisions, see entry under ``Recycling"] - SB107