Subject Index

Health care copayment and deductibles: reduction prohibition repealed -  AB650

Health care coverage loss by employes: OCI required to provide information and technical assistance  - AB799

Health care providers with financial interest in health care entity: patient referral prohibitions expanded; exceptions provided; Cost containment commission duties set  - SB640

Health insurance revised re coverage of optometrist services and preexisting condition exclusions or limitations (remedial legislation) -  SB471

HMO and LSHO tax exemptions revised [Sec. 3344, 3345, 3397, 3405, 3406, 3407, 4873, 7029, 7032, 9348 (5), 9448 (5); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, 3399f, 9348 (5m), deletes 9348 (5), 9448 (5)] -  AB150

Immunization program modified; school health services plan adoption and insurance coverage required  - SB620

Immunizations for children: health insurance policy coverage required -  AB615

Infertility diagnosis and treatment: insurance coverage required  - AB791

Infertility diagnosis and treatment: insurance coverage required  - SB443

Insurance security fund: participation requirements revised [A.Amdt.2: compulsory and security surplus requirements expanded, board of directors membership revised, OCI rule-making] -  AB836

Maternal and child health services: provisions re assignment of benefits and 3rd party claims (remedial legislation)  - AB863

Medical benefits or assistance assignment: provisions revised re general relief, RNIP and contracted HMOs [Sec. 3067-3072, 7042-7044, 7046, 9326 (5)] -  AB150

Medically necessary formulas and foods: health insurers required to cover -  AB620

Obstetric and gynecological services: HMO, LSHO and PP plan referral requirement removed -  AB383

Pediatric health care: insurance coverage of preventive services required -  AB456

Wisconsin works health care coverage provisions; eligibility requirements [A.Sub.Amdt.3: further revisions, abortion coverage excluded, certain exceptions provided]  - AB591

Wisconsin works health care coverage provisions; eligibility requirements -  SB359

medical savings account Medical savings account, see Insurance — Health

medical service Medical service, see also Medical assistance; specific medical occupation

Abuse of patient: reporting requirements revised; criminal history search on employes at certain facilities  - AB906

Abuse of patient: reporting requirements revised; criminal history search on employes at certain facilities  - AB988

Anatomical gift: technicians authorized to remove donated human body parts -  AB480

Battery definition expanded re harm to emergency room worker [A.Amdt.1: ``room" changed to ``department"; S.Amdt.1: EMT, first responder and ambulance driver added]  - AB83

Childbirth: insurance coverage of hospital or home care required; duration specified -  AB573

Childbirth: insurance coverage of hospital or home care required; duration specified -  SB463

Do-not-resuscitate order: provisions re revocation, health care liability exemption, suicide definition and insurance coverage; DHSS duties -  AB658

Driver accident record information in DOT files: revision re EMTs, first responders, fire fighters and law enforcement personnel -  AB231

Emergency vehicle right-of-way: owner liability for failure to yield -  AB61

EMS: additional traffic violation surcharge imposed; distribution of funds required -  AB348

Environmental law revisions re industrial facility concentration and permits, laws enforcement, hazards mitigation, impact statements and patient health care records; Environmental justice board created in DOJ; DHSS study of health problems related to pollution -  SB434

Family and medical leave revision re number of weeks -  SB355

Family and medical leave revisions - AB200

Family and medical leave: various revisions -  AB614

Firearm restrictions expanded re safety devices and gunshot wound reporting requirements; civil and criminal liability exemption provided -  AB504

Flashing amber strobe light on authorized emergency vehicles permitted -  SB442

Health care fraud and abuse, Council on, created in DOA; report required; sunset provided -  AB1034

Health care professional service corporation: chiropractors, physical therapists and dietitians added [A.Sub.Amdt.1: hearing and speech therapists added, revision re physician and nurse anesthetists] -  AB325

Health care professional service corporation: speech-language pathologists and audiologists added  - AB193

Health care provider loan assistance program revisions [Sec. 511, 6901-6906] -  AB150

Health care providers with financial interest in health care entity: patient referral prohibitions expanded; exceptions provided; Cost containment commission duties set  - SB640

Helicopter transportation and EMS by national guard: program eliminated [Sec. 1032, 1413] -  AB150

Home health agencies: licensure requirements revised re accreditation by certain federal agency - AB499

Home health and private-duty nursing services: MA expenditures limited; certain exceptions provided [Sec. 2987-2989, 3012; A.Sub.Amdt.1: personal care services added, personal care benefits study provided, 3002m, 3020m, 9126 (28q); A.Amdt.26 to A.Sub.Amdt.1: limits on reimbursement to providers of home health services, 2988b]  - AB150

Home health, private-duty nursing and personal care service MA expenditures and long-term care COP funding: provisions of 1995 WisAct 27 modified -  AB772

Home health, private-duty nursing and personal care service re 1995 WisAct 27: DHSS authority to limit reimbursements eliminated [A.Amdt.1: limitations on provision of services under MA reduced] -  AB1080

Medical and dental services for prisoners: inmate fee authorized [Sec. 6370-6373, 9312 (2); A.Sub.Amdt.1: collections from third parties, 6369q, 5371g, 9312 (2g)]  - AB150

Medical and genetic information: noncustodial parent required to provide to court; joint custody provision [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, ``genetic information" changed to ``medical history"; A.Amdt.1: court required to keep confidential]  - AB622

Medical care for county jail and house of correction prisoners: recovery of costs specified -  SB97

Medical care for county jail prisoners: recovery of costs specified [A.Amdt.1: house of correction added]  - AB26

Medical device, new drug and biological product review and approval: Congress urged to enact legislation to facilitate (memorial to Congress) -  SJR53

Nurse-midwifery services: MA coverage regardless of physician prescription [Sec. 3013] -  AB150

Nursing licensure requirements: exception for certain persons created [A.Amdt.1 and S.Amdt.1: provision re emergency situation] -  AB164

Patient health histories, physical exam results, operative reports, health care record face sheets and hospital discharge summaries: signature requirements revised; DHSS authority restricted - AB304

Personal injury actions: discovery of information re medical records permitted -  AB727

Rural medical center regulations created -  SB240

Rural medical center regulations created; certain exemptions -  AB520

Rural medical center regulations created; certain exemptions -  SB309

Telecommunications services: sales tax exemption re communication with hospital -  AB645

medical technician Medical technician, see Medical service

medically fragile Medically fragile, see Handicapped

medicare Medicare, see Medical assistance

meeting, open Meeting, Open, see Open meeting (Governmental)

melvin, thomas t Melvin, Thomas T.

Service as Assembly Chief clerk -  AJR18

memorial certificate Memorial certificate, see Legislature — Member; name of specific individual

memorial highway Memorial highway, see Road — Construction and repair

memorial to congress Memorial to Congress, see also United States — Congress

Amtrak and rail passenger transportation support -  AJR22

Amtrak service support and funding -  SJR5

District of Columbia statehood: granting by method other than constitutional amendment opposed - AJR20

Federal medicare program: Wisconsin made a single payment locality -  SJR26

First-time farmer bond program: amend internal revenue code to allow intrafamily transfers of property  - AJR39

First-time farmer bond program: amend internal revenue code to allow intrafamily transfers of property  - AR21

Interstate marketing of state-inspected meat: Congress urged to allow -  SJR25

Medical device, new drug and biological product review and approval: Congress urged to enact legislation to facilitate - SJR53

Memorials to Congress: offering of Assembly proposals prohibited [Assembly rule 39 (1)] -  AR9

Persian gulf war veterans: establish temporary independent commission on health care concerns  - SJR14

Reformulated gasoline: winter use requirement waiver for certain Wisconsin counties -  SJR39

United Nations authority to levy global taxes to fund activities opposed -  AJR90

memorials and monuments Memorials and monuments, see Fire department; Police; Veteran — Organization

mental health Mental health

Birth to three program: eligibility for case management services [Sec. 2995] -  AB150

Children's services program funding revisions [Sec. 808, 916, 918, 927-929, 937, 938, 941, 942, 948, 950, 952, 954, 959, 2298, 2310, 2318, 2337, 2339, 2355, 2356, 2387, 2397-2399, 2403, 2404, 2406, 2407, 2429, 2531, 2532, 2565, 2567, 2588-2593, 2624, 2633, 3267, 7256, 9426 (18); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, 918m, 942m, 959m, 2567b, deletes 918, 942, 959, 2565, 2567]  - AB150

CIP II definition and bed closure impact [Sec. 2245, 2248, 2249, 2251, 2253, 2257-2259] -  AB150

Community mental health advocacy services: GPR appropriation eliminated [Sec. 940] -  AB150

Community mental health protection and advocacy services: funding provided [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 2316m-p, 3270m]  - AB150

Community mental health services: funding to counties revised; ``integrated community services" changed to ``systems change grants" [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 44L, n]  - SB565

General relief services re mental health and AODA: county requirement removed; state reimbursement prohibited [Sec. 2704, 2705, 2720, 2722, 2728, 2729, 9326 (8), 9426 (11); A.Sub.Amdt.1: county requirement and state reimbursement provisions removed, 2705b, deletes 2705, 2720, 2722, 2728, 2729, 9426 (11)] -  AB150

Guardianship grant program for incompetent persons: matching fund requirement [Sec. 2352] -  AB150