2017 Subject Index to Legislation

School conference and activities leave: employers must allow, conditions specified - AB858

Testing for lead in drinking water: child care center license and child care provider certification requirements - AB298

Testing for lead in drinking water: child care center license and child care provider certification requirements - SB526

Wisconsin Shares approved activities: grace period for individuals that permanently cease participating; temporary break in participation provision [Sec. 848, 856-865, 875, 9306 (1)] - AB64

Wisconsin Shares approved activities: grace period for individuals that permanently cease participating; temporary break in participation provision [Sec. 848, 856-865, 875, 9306 (1)] - SB30

Wisconsin Shares changes re maximum rates for licensed child care and authorized amount; DCF duties (remedial legislation) - AB5

Wisconsin Shares eligibility: limit on liquid assets [Sec. 847, 869, 9306 (3)] - AB64

Wisconsin Shares eligibility: limit on liquid assets [Sec. 847, 869, 9306 (3)] - SB30

Wisconsin Shares eligibility requirements and authorized hours revisions [Sec. 855, 866, 870, 874] - AB64

Wisconsin Shares eligibility requirements and authorized hours revisions [Sec. 855, 866, 870, 874] - SB30

Wisconsin Shares: funding for child care subsidies and bonuses for four- and five-star rated facilities increased - AB924

Wisconsin Shares: funding for child care subsidies and bonuses for four- and five-star rated facilities increased - SB793

Wisconsin Shares: funding for child care subsidies and maximum payment rates increased, DCF duties - AB916

Wisconsin Shares: funding for child care subsidies and maximum payment rates increased, DCF duties - SB819

Wisconsin Shares partial subsidy if gross income exceeds 200 percent of poverty line - AB241

Wisconsin Shares partial subsidy if gross income exceeds 200 percent of poverty line [Sec. 867, 868, 9406 (3); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, exit threshold re gross income exceeding 85 percent state median income, 868b] - AB64

Wisconsin Shares partial subsidy if gross income exceeds 200 percent of poverty line - SB201

Wisconsin Shares partial subsidy if gross income exceeds 200 percent of poverty line [Sec. 867, 868, 9406 (3)] - SB30

Wisconsin Shares program changes re record keeping, eligibility requirements, and maximum payment rates for child care providers; DCF duties (remedial legislation) - AB4

dcf DCF, see Children and Families, Department of

deaf and hearing impaired Deaf and hearing impaired

Examining boards, affiliated credentialing boards, and councils under DSPS: elimination and consolidation in certain cases [Sec. 23, 26, 43-58, 200-202, 761, 835, 925, 926, 969-972, 975, 980, 1506, 1656-1661, 1663, 1665-1671, 1683-1689, 1768, 1786-1791, 1793, 1906-1928, 1930, 1951-2019, 2021-2039, 2041-2083, 2086-2092, 2108-2110, 2112-2149, 2151-2153, 2155, 2157-2162, 2219, 2220, 2239, 2244, 2247, 9139 (13)-(16), 9439 (3); original bill only] - AB64

Examining boards, affiliated credentialing boards, and councils under DSPS: elimination and consolidation in certain cases [Sec. 23, 26, 43-58, 200-202, 761, 835, 925, 926, 969-972, 975, 980, 1506, 1656-1661, 1663, 1665-1671, 1683-1689, 1768, 1786-1791, 1793, 1906-1928, 1930, 1951-2019, 2021-2039, 2041-2083, 2086-2092, 2108-2110, 2112-2149, 2151-2153, 2155, 2157-2162, 2219, 2220, 2239, 2244, 2247, 9139 (13)-(16), 9439 (3)] - SB30

Legislative committee meetings: public notices required to include text re accommodations for interpreter, translator, alternative formats, or other accommodation and be printed in English, Spanish, and Hmong; Chief Clerk duties - AB344

Legislative committee meetings: public notices required to include text re accommodations for interpreter, translator, alternative formats, or other accommodation and be printed in English, Spanish, and Hmong; Chief Clerk duties - SB256

Sign language interpretation services regulation: DSPS program replaced with program administered by the new Sign Language Interpreters Examining Board; emergency rules provision - AB589

Sign language interpretation services regulation: DSPS program replaced with program administered by the new Sign Language Interpreters Examining Board; emergency rules provision - SB465

Telecommunications relay service administration transferred from DOA to PSC [Sec. 418, 1701, 1702, 9101 (4)] - AB64

Telecommunications relay service administration transferred from DOA to PSC [Sec. 418, 1701, 1702, 9101 (4)] - SB30

death Death, see also Crime and criminals — Homicide or murder; Estate of deceased person; Funeral and funeral director; Transplant

Advance directive registry re power of attorney for health care instruments, declarations to physicians, do-not-resuscitate orders, authorizations for final disposition, and other advance directives: DHS to develop and implement - AB987

Asset revisions re financial eligibility requirements for W-2, Wisconsin Shares, and FoodShare [A.Amdt.1: DCF and DHS required to perform periodic review of public benefit database and compare to national databases that contain death records] - Jr8 AB3

Center for Suicide Awareness, Inc.: DPI to award grants re text-based suicide prevention service - AB938

Center for Suicide Awareness, Inc.: DPI to award grants re text-based suicide prevention service - SB787

Coroner or medical examiner required to submit DNA sample to the state crime laboratories when death is unexplained or suspicious, due to homicide or suicide, and certain other conditions - AB1009

Death involving a law enforcement officer: investigator to provide report to the chief judge of the judicial administrative district who must appoint a special prosecutor; DA provisions removed - AB155

Do-not-resuscitate necklace or pendant meeting certain criteria allowed; DHS duties - AB560

Expanding list of traffic violations for which operating privilege is suspended and attendance at a vehicle right-of-way course is required; great bodily harm or death of another, failure to complete course, and forfeiture provisions - SB189

Expanding list of traffic violations for which operating privilege is suspended and attendance at a vehicle right-of-way course is required; great bodily harm or death of another, failure to complete course, and forfeiture provisions - AB201

Hospice worker authorization to transfer controlled substances of deceased person to drug disposal program established - AB444

Hospice worker authorization to transfer controlled substances of deceased person to drug disposal program established - SB361

Immediate family of law enforcement officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty: income tax exemption for amounts received to pay for expenses related to the death - AB619

Immediate family of law enforcement officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty: income tax exemption for amounts received to pay for expenses related to the death - SB664

Investigational drugs, devices, and biological products: access to by eligible patients and limitation of liability provisions - AB69

Investigational drugs, devices, and biological products: access to by eligible patients and limitation of liability provisions [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions] - SB84

Medication for the purpose of ending life: individuals meeting requirements may request from their physicians; DHS duties; does not constitute attempted suicide - AB216

Medication for the purpose of ending life: individuals meeting requirements may request from their physicians; DHS duties; does not constitute attempted suicide - SB312

Medicolegal Investigation Examining Board (MIEB) created in DSPS; licensure of medical examiners, medicolegal investigators, and staff members established; provisions re death notification, handling of personal property, disposition of bodies, access to deceased’s mental health treatment records, and emergency rules - AB366

Medicolegal Investigation Examining Board (MIEB) created in DSPS; licensure of medical examiners, medicolegal investigators, and staff members established; provisions re death notification, handling of personal property, disposition of bodies, access to deceased’s mental health treatment records, and emergency rules - SB297

Model Unclaimed Life Insurance Benefits Act implemented re requiring insurers to compare their records to the federal Social Security Administration’s Death Master File - AB334

Model Unclaimed Life Insurance Benefits Act implemented re requiring insurers to compare their records to the federal Social Security Administration’s Death Master File - SB274

Motor vehicle certificate of title transferred to spouse upon death of the owner: fee waived - AB740

Motor vehicle certificate of title transferred to spouse upon death of the owner: fee waived - SB630

National Suicide Prevention Month: September proclaimed as - AJR64

National Suicide Prevention Month: September proclaimed as - SJR62

Officer-involved death: correctional officer investigation and autopsy provisions established - SB200

Officer-involved death: correctional officer investigation provisions established - AB270

Officer-involved death investigations: limitations on chosen investigators expanded re immediate family members and employment - AB156

Public benefits databases review: DHS and DCF to compare information against nationally recognized databases that contain death records and remove individuals determined to be deceased - AB979

Public benefits databases review: DHS and DCF to compare information against nationally recognized databases that contain death records and remove individuals determined to be deceased - SB797

Terminally ill individual participating in a charity hunting-related event: DNR to treat as if the person is a resident re hunting approvals [A.Amdt.2: fishing approval and related events added] - AB461

Terminally ill individual participating in a charity hunting-related event: DNR to treat as if the person is a resident re hunting approvals - SB372

Violent death reporting system: funding increased - AB1065

death benefit Death benefit, see also Retirement System, Wisconsin

National guard and state defense force members on state active duty: continuation of pay for injured members, death gratuity, and reemployment rights; DMA and DOA duties - AB943

National guard and state defense force members on state active duty: continuation of pay for injured members, death gratuity, and reemployment rights; DMA and DOA duties - SB795

Survivors of a law enforcement officer, EMT, or fire fighter who dies, or has died, in the line of duty: payment of health insurance premiums, establishing a loan program, and confidentiality provisions - AB150

Survivors of a law enforcement officer, EMT, or fire fighter who dies, or has died, in the line of duty: payment of health insurance premiums, establishing a loan program, and confidentiality provisions - SB97

death certificate Death certificate, see Vital statistics

death with dignity Death with dignity, see Death

debt and debtors Debt and debtors, see also Garnishment; Scholarships and loans

Creditors’ actions: certain legal proceedings eliminated - AB1049

Creditors’ actions: certain legal proceedings eliminated - SB862

Medical debt: health care provider or collection agency requirements prior to reporting to a consumer reporting agency - AB1013

Medical debt re costs for care of a spouse who dies: refundable individual income tax credit created - AB995

Private label credit card bad debt: effective date re sales tax return adjustments changed [Sec. 2265, 9438 (2); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions] - AB64

Private label credit card bad debt: effective date re sales tax return adjustments changed [Sec. 2265, 9438 (2)] - SB30

Restitution debt: DOC cannot collect supervision fees until debt is paid; Director of State Courts duties, statute of limitation for civil action enforcing a restitution order, and certifying outstanding debt to DOR provisions - AB928

State agency debt collection agreements with DOR: certain debts excluded with written notice from DOA or DOR [Sec. 1159, 1160; original bill only] - AB64

State agency debt collection agreements with DOR: certain debts excluded with written notice from DOA or DOR [Sec. 1159, 1160] - SB30

UI law revisions re collection of debt, joint and several liability of fiscal agents, eligibility provisions re requests for information and concealment of certain payments, drug testing, appropriation, and technical changes - AB516

UI law revisions re collection of debt, joint and several liability of fiscal agents, eligibility provisions re requests for information and concealment of certain payments, drug testing, appropriation, and technical changes - SB399

debt, public Debt, Public, see also Bonds; Industrial development

Building Commission amoritization schedule for short-term, general obligation debt established - AB1070

Building Commission amoritization schedule for short-term, general obligation debt established - AB1073

Building Commission amoritization schedule for short-term, general obligation debt established - SB884

Building Commission amoritization schedule for short-term, general obligation debt established - SB887

DNR bonding limit increases re nonpoint source water pollution abatement, urban storm water and runoff, flood control, riparian restoration, and dam safety [Sec. 488, 489, 490] - AB64

DNR bonding limit increases re nonpoint source water pollution abatement, urban storm water and runoff, flood control, riparian restoration, and dam safety [Sec. 488-490] - SB30