Acts Index

group insurance Group insurance, see Insurance — Health; Medical practice, Group; Public employe — Group insurance

group insurance board Group insurance board

Sick leave credits re supplementary pay to certain state teachers: valuation re health insurance premiums  -  Act 149

guardian ad litem Guardian ad litem, see Children — Protection and services

guardian and ward Guardian and ward, see also Children — Protection and services

Child welfare, children in out-of-home care, TPR and adoption: laws revised; definition of abandoned infant; procedures re background checks clarified [Sec. 43, 101-103, 105-151, 157m, p, 192, 196, 680, 683-685, 691-697, 701-722, 9109 (1), 9309 (1), (2)] -  Act 237

Do-not-resuscitate bracelet provisions created; guardian or health care agent authority to revoke order [Sec. 3087m-t] -  Act 27

Kinship care: long-term program created -  Act 105

MA estate recovery re certain funds, joint account or payable-on-death account; payment schedule and transfer by affidavit [Sec. 1144, 1976, 3166, 3173, 4051, 5201-5210, 9323 (1)] -  Act 27

Register of deeds: provisions revised re guardianship hearing petitions and legibility of certain documents  -  Act 304

Relative of child appointed as guardian: provisions modified; definition of relative revised re W-2 kinship care  -  Act 80

Standby guardian appointment by parent: procedures created re petition to juvenile court or written designation signed before witnesses -  Act 334

WRS revisions re participating employment status, filing of certain documents by guardians and ``beneficiary" changed to ``named survivor" (remedial legislation)  -  Act 110

guards Guards, see National guard

h - H -

habitat for humanity Habitat for humanity, see Housing

handicapped Handicapped, see also Blind; Children — Special education; Community-based residential facility; Deaf; Mental retardation; Senior citizen; Veteran

Centers for the developmentally disabled: DHFS to study future of [Sec. 9132 (1xyg)] -  Act 27

Centers for the developmentally disabled: relocation services for employes [Sec. 9222 (7x)] -  Act 237

Centers for the developmentally disabled: submission date of study extended [Sec. 723] -  Act 237

CIP use of model service contract to receive COP funds required (remedial legislation) -  Act 114

Community care of certain developmentally disabled persons: reimbursement by county for care costs [Sec. 1914m, 1915m, 2134-2137] [2136 — partial veto]  -  Act 27

Fair employment, vocational rehabilitation, WC, minimum wage and fair housing laws: obsolete terminology updated re handicapped; obsolete reference re equivalent bond eliminated (remedial legislation) -  Act 112

Handicapped students: annual grant to technical college district boards for transitional services [Sec. 1195m]  -  Act 27

Home health, personal care, private-duty nursing services and long-term COP: limitations eliminated [Sec. 1459, 1940, 1941, 1967, 1968] -  Act 27

Homecraft services purchase of capital equipment: required distribution of funds revised [Sec. 1549]  -  Act 27

Housing design and construction requirements of the fair housing law: administration transferred from DWD to Comm.Dept [Sec. 277, 278, 329, 330, 334-354]  -  Act 237

Hunting and fishing regulations modified; DNR study required -  Act 249

Long-term care: pilot project established; DHFS to submit proposed legislation re elderly and adult disabled persons; contractual authorization for counties; COP funding increased [Sec. 44, 92, 9122 (3), (4), 9222 (5)-(7), (8)]  -  Act 237

Multifamily housing accessibility law: exempting multilevel housing without elevators [Sec. 352m]  -  Act 237

Parents of disabled children: no-work requirement under W-2 [Sec. 1812b-e, j-u] [1812e, j-u — vetoed]  -  Act 27

Parking spaces for disabled persons: parking in adjacent access aisle prohibited; report of violation to traffic officer revised -  Act 92

Pupil records transfer re adult correctional institution, mental health institute or state center [Sec. 268m, 361u]  -  Act 237

Recycling of computers by Corr.Dept and wheelchairs by nonprofit organization: DNR grants provided [Sec. 36, 9111 (1), 9136 (2f), 9236 (4)] -  Act 237

harassment Harassment, see Animal

harbor Harbor

Harbor improvements: bonding limit increased [Sec. 733] -  Act 27

High cliff state park harbor: recreational boating project expanded [Sec. 9137 (3)] -  Act 27

Lake Superior harbor or refuge construction; exemption from enumeration in state building program [Sec. 760, 1146]  -  Act 27

Milwaukee county: title to certain submerged lands confirmed and use for recreational and marina purposes authorized; may exercise powers and perform duties but not create board of harbor commissioners -  Act 70

Northport harbor in Door county: DOT to award assistance grant [Sec. 9149 (1xc] -  Act 27

Petenwell lake harbor and boat launching facilities: recreational boating project funding; percentage matching requirements [Sec. 9137 (8tv)] -  Act 27

hay Hay, see Commercial feed

hazardous waste disposal Hazardous waste disposal, see Solid waste management

hazardous waste or substance Hazardous waste or substance, see Environmental protection

heab HEAB, see Higher educational aids board

health and educational facilities authority, wisconsin Health and educational facilities authority, Wisconsin

Health facility definition [Sec. 3318j-3319k] -  Act 27

health and family services, department of _ administration Health and family services, Department of — Administration

Appropriations restructured [Sec. 527-529, 530-533, 535-537, 540-550, 552-553m, 556, 557, 559-568g, 571-573, 581-583, 591, 594, 595, 596, 597m, 598, 601, 602, 607, 609, 854k-m, 1410, 1460m, 1462-1464, 1469-1471, 1472, 1477, 1502, 1513, 1519, 1522, 1523, 1531, 1532, 1533, 1738-1741, 1909, 1913, 1919, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1933-1939, 1943, 1946, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1981-1983, 2057, 2062m, 2075c, 2139, 2985, 2986, 3004-3007, 3011, 3012, 3400, 3402, 3403, 3404, 3405, 3426, 3432, 3433, 3448, 3449, 3450, 3455, 3469, 3479-3481, 5211, 5450] [3011, 3012 — vetoed]  -  Act 27

Bed and breakfast permit requirements: waiver created and conditions set re breakfast and certain tourist rooming houses -  Act 43

Compulsive gambling awareness campaigns [Sec. 229m, 605m, 704g, 1410g] [1410g — partial veto]  -  Act 27

Delinquent taxes: DORL license denial, suspension, revocation or nonrenewal for; licensing departments to enter into memorandum of understanding with DOR; SSN and federal employer ID provisions [for section numbers, see entry under ``Income tax — Delinquent"] -  Act 237

DHFS: additional unclassified division administrator position created -  Act 179

DHFS information services employe positions transferred to DOA [Sec. 9123 (8)] -  Act 27

Efficiency measures requirement for certain executive branch agencies [Sec. 9156 (6ng)] -  Act 27

Facility licensing and certification system: DHFS to develop; DOA Secretary may withhold approval of funding re DORL input [Sec. 9123 (7)] -  Act 27

Health, supportive living, children and family revisions re mental health service, local health officer, sanitarian, fetal death, health care records access, cancer reports, CIP service contracts, nursing home and CBRF reports and licenses, integrated service projects, certain AODA plan, emotional abuse of children and relief from an order granting adoption (remedial legislation) -  Act 114

Income augmentation services receipts expenditure: DOA to submit plan to JCF for approval -  Act 86

Income augmentation services receipts; JCF duties [Sec. 608d, 637, 1486m] [1486m — partial veto]  -  Act 27

Land and water conservation board advisory members re U.S. Secretary of agriculture representatives modified; certain provisions of chap.134, Wis.Stats., renumbered re DATCP and DHFS administration (remedial legislation)  -  Act 111

Nonpayment of support: DWD to establish system to suspend operator's licenses, professional certificates and recreational licenses for failure to pay; SSN required on professional license applications, written judgments in actions affecting the family and marriage documents; driver's license number required on recreation licenses; memorandum of understanding and subpoena or warrant provisions -  Act 191

Obsolete public assistance records: destruction authority clarified [Sec. 276] -  Act 237

Performance based budgeting pilot program [Sec. 9156 (5m)] [partial veto] -  Act 27

Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewas pilot project for social services: DHFS to administer contract; expiration date repealed [Sec. 1513tj, 5501z-5503]  -  Act 27

Religious organizations and contracts with DHFS: nondiscrimination provisions; legislative purpose cited [Sec. 1406g] -  Act 27

Workshop or seminar by DHFS: fees authorized [Sec. 558, 2062, 2072, 2079, 2101] -  Act 27

health and family services, department of _ children and family Health and family services, Department of — Children and family

Adolescent pregnancy prevention and pregnancy services board duties and grant revisions; LAB audit eliminated [Sec. 18, 1528c, 1544, 1547, 9123 (10n)] -  Act 27

Adoption assistance program revised; DHFS duties specified -  Act 308

Child abuse re emotional damage: determination revisions (remedial legislation) -  Act 114

Child support enforcement responsibility transferred from DHFS to DWD -  Act 191

Child support under W-2: assignment of; child support demonstration project permitted [Sec. 1810, 1812, 1812am, 1847, 1848, 4963] -  Act 27

Child welfare, children in out-of-home care, TPR and adoption: laws revised; definition of abandoned infant; procedures re background checks clarified [Sec. 43, 101-103, 105-151, 157m, p, 192, 196, 680, 683-685, 691-697, 701-722, 9109 (1), 9309 (1), (2)] -  Act 237

Children's code coverage extended to unborn children of mothers with alcohol and controlled substance abuse problems; DHFS and Child abuse and neglect prevention board duties set; priority for pregnant women for private AODA treatment  -  Act 292

Community aids and child welfare grants reduced; kinship care funding [Sec. 576m, p, 584, 584m, 606, 632, 1449, 1450, 1454, 1482, 1484, 1527, 1536, 1605, 1735, 1736, 1860]  -  Act 27

Criminal background checks and reporting and investigating client abuse for certain health care and children's facilities; computer link and automated interface; audit and study requirements [for section numbers, see entry under ``Criminal identification and investigation"]  -  Act 27

Criminal history and abuse record search law re 1997 WisAct 27 revised [Sec. 156, 157, 158-187, 191, 227-250, 393, 9422 (3)] -  Act 237

Day care centers: parent's right to know and posting certain report provisions expanded -  Act 256

Delinquent taxes: day care, child welfare and secure facility licensing denial, nonrenewal or revocation for; SSN and federal employe ID number provisions [Sec. 153m-155t, 188m-190m, 505, 9322 (2)-(5)] -  Act 237

Federal funds for certain child and youth services: DHFS to transfer to Corr.Dept; PR-S appropriation account created; youth aids allocations [Sec. 522-525, 1437, 1439, 1440, 1479, 1483, 1737, 1924, 3834, 3850-3851p]  -  Act 27

Foster care and adoption assistance funding: DHFS use of federal moneys expanded; foster care rate increases [Sec. 1480, 1481, 1485, 1486, 1503,1639m, 9423 (9g)]  -  Act 27

Integrated services programs for children with severe disabilities: certain reports and evaluations by DHFS eliminated (remedial legislation) -  Act 114

Juvenile adjudicated delinquent or with delinquency petition pending re serious crime: day care licensure, certification, employment, contracting or residence prohibited  -  Act 281

Kinship care: long-term program created -  Act 105

Milwaukee child welfare services: duty and authority transferred to DHFS; children's services network provision [Sec. 64d, g, 574, 575, 580, 585-590, 757d, 1404-1406, 1408, 1414, 1415, 1427m-1436, 1445, 1451-1453, 1488-1500, 1504, 1550-1570, 1572-1578, 1580-1583, 1585, 1586, 1589, 1592-1594, 1596-1602, 1604, 1606-1610, 1612-1622, 1623, 1624, 1625, 1626, 1627, 1628, 1629, 1630, 1678-1701, 1702-1733, 1801g, 1945, 2766, 2984, 3304m, 3877, 4957, 5232-5240, 9123 (1), 9423 (2), (3)] [9123 (1) — partial veto] -  Act 27

Milwaukee child welfare services re 1997 WisAct 27: county contribution modified; funding revision [Sec. 151m, p, 9222 (3f), 9422 (4f)] [9222 (3f) — vetoed]  -  Act 237

Milwaukee child welfare services re 1997 WisAct 27: county contribution modified [vetoed] -  SB-362

Nonexpiring licenses for children's programs [Sec. 1631, 1633, 1638, 1639, 1640, 1643-1645d, 1652, 1656-1661, 1663, 1664, 1667-1676, 5250, 5253, 9323 (4)] -  Act 27