Subject Index

Impersonating a fire fighter, EMT, or first responder: criminal penalties created; JRCCP report - AB217

Inadmissibility of a statement of apology, condolence, fault, or remorse by a health care provider in a civil action or administrative hearing -  AB147

Inadmissibility of a statement of apology, condolence, fault, or remorse by a health care provider in a civil action or administrative hearing -  SB103

Infant's race or ethnicity to be included on the birth certificate; evidence-based home visitation re poor birth outcomes or child abuse or neglect; informed consent before elective procedures to deliver a child before the gestational period of 39 weeks, MEB duties and disciplinary and penalty provisions  - AB693

Infant's race or ethnicity to be included on the birth certificate; evidence-based home visitation re poor birth outcomes or child abuse or neglect; informed consent before elective procedures to deliver a child before the gestational period of 39 weeks, MEB duties and disciplinary and penalty provisions  - SB532

Informed consent of patient required prior to prescribing off-label use of drug or device or if physician has a financial interest in the drug or device, penalty provision; JRCCP report  - AB745

Landlord-tenant relations: laws revised re disposal of tenant's personal property, security deposit, standardized check-in sheet, disclosure of uncorrected building code violations, repair or maintenance requests, voiding a rental agreement, damages for tenant's failure to vacate, and eviction for nonpayment of rent; local governments prohibited from enacting or enforcing an ordinance placing a moratorium on evictions [for further revisions, see entry under ``Landlord and tenant"]  - SB466

Long-term care facilities: laws revised re arbitration agreements in contracts, noneconomic damages and statute of limitations for torts re negligence, disclosure of incident or occurrence reports, health care provider regulatory records, and limit on punitive damages; JRCCP report - AB345

Long-term care facilities: laws revised re arbitration agreements in contracts, noneconomic damages and statute of limitations for torts re negligence, disclosure of incident or occurrence reports, health care provider regulatory records, and limit on punitive damages; JRCCP report - SB244

Marijuana: medical necessity defense and immunity from arrest and prosecution; DHS to establish a registry for medical users of marijuana and license and regulate compassion centers, fee provision; does not affect federal law; JRCCP report  - AB475

Marijuana: medical necessity defense and immunity from arrest and prosecution; DHS to establish a registry for medical users of marijuana and license and regulate compassion centers, fee provision; does not affect federal law; JRCCP report  - SB371

Military training, education, or other experience may satisfy requirements for certain professional credentials [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, demonstration requirement added, some credentials specified]  - SB357

Newborns screened for congenital heart defect using pulse oximetry required -  AB622

Patient health care records: DHS to set by rule the fees a health care provider may charge for copies [Sec. 2649-2664, 3509, 3510, 9121 (10), 9321 (4), 9421 (6); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, rule authority removed, 2649x, 2658x, 2659x-z, 2663m, deletes 2649-2652, 2658, 2659, 2663, 3510, 9121 (10), 9421 (6)] -  AB40

Patient health care records: DHS to set by rule the fees a health care provider may charge for copies [Sec. 2649-2664, 3509, 3510, 9121 (10), 9321 (4), 9421 (6)]  - SB27

Prescription drugs or devices for incarcerated persons: Corr.Dept and sheriffs required to charge for  - AB76

Self-defense resulting in death or great bodily harm: court presumption criteria created, civil liability immunity provisions [A.Sub.Amdt.3: further revisions, motor vehicle and place of business added; S.Amdt.1: ``police officer" replaced with ``public safety worker"] -  AB69

Special distinguishing registration plates for fire fighters and their surviving spouses and EMTs and first responders: redesign and replacement plates [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 3097m, 3099-3106m] -  AB40

Stars of Life: 2010 honorees commended (EMS professionals) -  AJR3

Stars of Life: 2010 honorees commended (EMS professionals) -  SJR4

Stars of Life re EMS professionals: 2011 honorees commended -  AJR64

Stars of Life re EMS professionals: 2011 honorees commended -  SJR44

Tort reform: actions against manufacturers, distributors, sellers, and promoters of a product; strict liability; noneconomic damages limited; punitive damages; frivolous claims; health care service reviews confidentiality; use of health care reports or employee statements; hospital quality indicators reporting; expert and lay witness testimony; crimes of abuse, homicide, or negligence re health care providers and treatment or residential care facilities in specified cases  - JR1 AB1

Tort reform: actions against manufacturers, distributors, sellers, and promoters of a product; strict liability; noneconomic damages limited; punitive damages; frivolous claims; health care service reviews confidentiality; use of health care reports or employee statements; hospital quality indicators reporting; expert and lay witness testimony; crimes of abuse, homicide, or negligence re health care providers and treatment or residential care facilities in specified cases [S.Amdt.1: punitive damages revisions; S.Amdt.9: actions against manufacturers, etc., modified] -  JR1 SB1

Traumatic brain injury awareness training for law enforcement officers and tribal officers, EMTs, and first responders required - AB540

Traumatic brain injury awareness training for law enforcement officers and tribal officers, EMTs, and first responders required - SB471

Volunteer health care provider: expansion of services that may be offered [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 2664f-j; A.Amdt.1 to A.Amdt.1: limited to outpatient surgery under set conditions] - AB40

Wisconsin Quality Home Care Authority eliminated -  JR1 AB11

Wisconsin Quality Home Care Authority eliminated -  JR1 SB11

medicare Medicare, see Medical assistance

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 — Marking

memorials and monuments Memorials and monuments, see Road — Marking

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

mental health Mental health, see also Intellectual disabilities

Children's Mental Health Week: May 1-7, 2011 proclaimed as -  AR7

Community support programs and psychosocial services appropriation to include community recovery services [Sec. 654] - AB40

Community support programs and psychosocial services appropriation to include community recovery services [Sec. 654] - SB27

Crisis Intervention Team program honored for training provided to police officers re situations involving individuals experiencing a mental health crisis -  AR23

Electronic records of the juvenile court may be transferred to a law enforcement agency; Director of State Courts, CCAP, confidentiality, and forfeiture provisions [S.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, disclosure to another juvenile court, municipal court, court of criminal jurisdiction, and certain prosecutors, attorneys, and guardians ad litem, restrictions on information re physical and mental health and other sensitive personal matters] - SB173

Mental Health Awareness Month: May 2011 proclaimed as -  AJR37

Mental Health Awareness Month: May 2011 proclaimed as -  AJR40

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

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 -  SB283

DNA sample: court to put person found delinquent or not guilty by reason of mental defect, sentenced, declared a sexual predator, or in custody for a crime requiring a DNA sample into sheriff's custody long enough to provide a sample; DOJ duty  - SB169

Emergency detention: law enforcement investigation, initiation, and completion revision re jurisdiction  - AB367

Emergency detention: law enforcement investigation, initiation, and completion revision re jurisdiction  - SB332

Employment discrimination based on conviction record: educational agency exempt re unpardoned felony conviction  - AB122

Employment discrimination based on conviction record: educational agency exempt re unpardoned felony conviction  - SB86

Indian tribe or band member placed in a mental health treatment facility: sunset removed re reimbursement of unexpected or unusually high-costs from Indian gaming receipts [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 635j, 747c] - AB40

Involuntary commitment for treatment hearing: court to determine if individual attends via videoconferencing [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1663p; A.Amdt.1 to A.Amdt.1: deletes involuntary commitment provisions, revises when a defendant is entitled to be in a courtroom in a criminal case and objections to use of videoconferencing technology, 3492r, w, deletes 1663p] -  AB40

Nursing staff in correctional facilities report required; litigation loans to prisoners modified; video surveillance of mental health patients under Corr.Dept supervision provision [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1667g, 3014m, 9111 (1u)]  - AB40

Pharmacy management services at state treatment facilities: request for proposals requirement eliminated [Sec. 1663] - AB40

Pharmacy management services at state treatment facilities: request for proposals requirement eliminated [Sec. 1663] - SB27

Protective placement and protective services law revisions -  SB577

Therapeutic alternate drug selection for persons with mental retardation: approval process modified re skilled nursing or intermediate care facilities [Sec. 3214-3216; original bill only] - AB40

Therapeutic alternate drug selection for persons with mental retardation: approval process modified re skilled nursing or intermediate care facilities [Sec. 3214-3216]  - SB27

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

mercantile establishment Mercantile establishment

Appeals of specified tax determinations by DOR or the Tax Appeals Commission may be made to the circuit court of the county the property or retailer is located  - AB635

Appeals of specified tax determinations by DOR or the Tax Appeals Commission may be made to the circuit court of the county the property or retailer is located  - SB516

Brookfield, Town of, may use TIF for one project related to either a retail project or a purpose which a city or village may create a district -  AB38

Brookfield, Town of, may use TIF for one project related to either a retail project or a purpose which a city or village may create a district -  SB21

Children's bedding containing specified chemicals: label requirements for in-state manufacturers, wholesale sellers, and retailers; definition and penalty provisions  - AB716

Food containers that contain bisphenol A (BPA): manufacture, wholesale, or retail sale of without conspicuous labels prohibited; penalty provisions and DATCP duties  - AB727

Lead acid batteries: seller required to charge a deposit -  AB266

Lead acid batteries: seller required to charge a deposit -  SB192

Novelty lighters: retail sale to minors and display in area accessible to the general public prohibited; definition and penalty provisions -  AB83

Novelty lighters: retail sale to minors and display in area accessible to the general public prohibited; definition and penalty provisions -  SB509

Resale store owned by a nonprofit organization: property tax exemption created; JSCTE appendix report  - AB115

Resale store owned by a nonprofit organization: property tax exemption created; JSCTE appendix report  - SB66

Retailers permitted to advertise that state and local sales taxes will be assumed by the retailer - AB31

Retailers permitted to advertise that state and local sales taxes will be assumed by the retailer - SB12

Tobacco products purchased on behalf of, or to provide to, a minor prohibited; penalty provisions; JRCCP report [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, nicotine product added to prohibition and compliance investigations at retail outlets, definition provision] -  AB93

Turf fertilizer containing phosphorus: retail seller may display but must post a sign re general prohibitions and exceptions - AB165

mercury Mercury, see Public safety

metropolitan sewerage district Metropolitan sewerage district, see Sanitation and sewerage management

metropolitan transportation Metropolitan transportation

Dane County RTA: authority to create restored as provided in 2009 WisAct 28, referendum provision  - AB298

Fox Cities RTA: authority to create restored as provided in 2009 WisAct 28; resolution and referendum provisions  - AB574

Fox Cities RTA: authority to create restored as provided in 2009 WisAct 28; resolution and referendum provisions  - SB456

Intercity bus assistance program: grant portion eliminated [Sec. 604, 605, 2257-2267; original bill only]  - AB40

Intercity bus assistance program: grant portion eliminated [Sec. 604, 605, 2257-2267] -  SB27

Mass transit operating aids decreased and source changed from transportation fund to general fund [Sec. 606-610, 2246-2255, 9148 (2), 9448 (5)] -  SB27

Mass transit operating aids decreased and source changed from transportation fund to general fund, DOT 2013-15 budget request provision [Sec. 606-610, 2246-2255, 9148 (2), 9448 (5); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, change of source and 2013-15 budget request provisions removed, deletes 606-610, 2247, 2249-2251, 2253, 2255, 9148 (2), 9448 (5)]  - AB40

Overall length limit for vehicle combinations revised -  AB517

Overall length limit for vehicle combinations revised -  SB422