Acts Index

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

Child support revisions re income withholding, adjudicating paternity when mother fails to appear, notice and technical changes -  Act 191

Genetic tests in paternity actions: advance payment provisions  -  Act 191

Nonmarital child taken away or withheld from father with legal custody prohibited (remedial legislation)  -  Act 290

Paternity acknowledgement and child custody [partial veto] -  Act 191

Paternity: presumption of -  Act 191

Paternity statutes revised re probable cause, temporary orders for child support and health care and evidence admissibility -  Act 191

Voluntary establishment of paternity: acknowledgment information -  Act 191

Voluntary establishment of paternity: financial incentive for filing paternity acknowledgment form [Sec. 2224, 9326 (8h), 9426 (13)] -  Act 27

nonpoint source pollution Nonpoint source pollution, see Environmental protection; Water — Pollution

nonprofit organization Nonprofit organization, see Benevolent association; Charitable corporation; Corporation; Organization, Miscellaneous

nonstock corporation Nonstock corporation, see Corporation

northern great lakes center Northern great lakes center, see Historical society

northwest wisconsin concentrated employment program, inc Northwest Wisconsin Concentrated Employment Program, Inc., see Business

notary public Notary public

Fees increased [Sec. 2915g, r] -  Act 27

notice Notice, see Crime victim; specific subject

nuclear shelter Nuclear shelter, see Civil defense

nuisance Nuisance

Sport shooting range: noise, nuisance and zoning ordinance provisions; users accept associated risks; hours regulated; recreational activity definition modified  -  Act 242

Tire manufacturing solid waste: DNR nuisance abatement authority expanded; funding and grants for cleanup [Sec. 341sm, t, 3637m, n, 9137 (4eq), 9437 (7eq)] [9137 (4eq) — partial veto] -  Act 27

nurses Nurses

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

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

Local health officer requirements revised (remedial legislation) -  Act 114

Medicine sample use tax registration re 1997 WisAct 27 -  Act 41

Medicines exempt from use tax expanded to include certain free samples [Sec. 2393no, 9443 (17t)] [9443 (17t) — vetoed] -  Act 27

Nursing practice: definition expanded to include acting under the direction of optometrists -  Act 62

nursing homes Nursing homes, see also Community-based residential facility; Veteran — Hospitals and home

Abuse or neglect of vulnerable adults resulting in death or great bodily harm: penalties revised -  Act 180

Adult agencies and facilities: non-expiring licenses permitted [Sec. 2007-2046, 2050, 2051, 2054, 2055, 2061, 2064-2070, 2073-2075, 2076-2078, 2080-2100, 9323 (2)]  -  Act 27

Benevolent retirement home for the aged task force created; report and proposed legislation re property tax exemptions required [Sec. 9156 (2m)] -  Act 27

Care provided and number of residents served in adult family homes, CBRFs and nursing homes: limitations revised [Sec. 1, 215-217, 218, 219-223, 224, 225, 226, 325, 326, 328]  -  Act 237

Certified or registered mail to nursing homes: acceptance of (remedial legislation) -  Act 114

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

Conversion of hospital beds to nursing home beds [Sec. 393rp] -  Act 237

COP services for MA recipients: monthly limit on reimbursement eliminated [Sec. 99] -  Act 237

COP services limit re CBRF [Sec. 1454m, 1459m, mf, 1464g-j, 1471m-qi, 2048m, 9323 (11t)] -  Act 27

COP supplement changed re decreased utilization of nursing home beds by MA recipients [Sec. 44L, 98m, n, 203g-i, 9222 (7g)] [203g — partial veto; 44L, 98m, n, 203h, i — vetoed] -  Act 237

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

Elder abuse or neglect reporting: retaliation or discrimination against person prohibited; complaint and court action for damages provisions -  Act 131

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

Licensed bed count report to DHFS: references to 1992 requirements eliminated (remedial legislation)  -  Act 114

Long-term care insurance premium tax exemption [Sec. 2261d, 2262nm] -  Act 27

Long-term care pilot program: DHFS may contract with entity re information clearinghouse [Sec. 599, 1455-1458, 1461, 1465-1468, 1910, 2048, 2052, 9123 (2)]  -  Act 27

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

MA annual review for certain residents of nursing homes and mental disease institutions: requirement eliminated [Sec. 1916] -  Act 27

MA reimbursement of nursing homes and CBRFs; standards requirement for efficiently and economically operated facilities removed, report re utilization of beds by MA recipients [Sec. 1919-1921, 1923, 1925, 1928, 1931-1932m] [1921, 1932m — partial veto] -  Act 27

Medicare upper limit consultant: DHFS to hire [Sec. 96r] -  Act 27

Nursing facilities in certain high-cost labor region: MA direct care payments [Sec. 9123 (15s)] [vetoed]  -  AB-100

Nursing home and CBRF revisions re beds stated on license, posting notice of certain ombudsman program and informing residents of rights and responsibilities (remedial legislation) -  Act 114

Nursing home as institution for mental disease: DHFS determination requirements revised (remedial legislation)  -  Act 114

Nursing home bed delicensing and banking; DHFS approval of certain expenditures eliminated [Sec. 1917, 1918, 1922, 3033-3038] -  Act 27

Nursing home forfeitures revised; report required [Sec. 226c-h, 550m, 9322 (6cc)] -  Act 237

Nursing home formula provisions re occupancy rate standard and direct care target increase requirement for excess funding [Sec. 9123 (13b), (13d)] -  Act 27

Nursing home minimum staffing, reports, LAB audit and BOALTC positions [Sec. 217m, 218m, 223m, 225g, h, 226bd-br, 251g-m, 9122 (5k), 9131 (2k), 9203 (1k), 9222 (8mk)] -  Act 237

Nursing home staffing ratios and replacement rates and violations of statutes or rules: report revisions (remedial legislation) -  Act 114

Residential facilities eligible for WHEDA financing: definition of sponsor expanded -  Act 320

Statutory rape prosecution pilot program created; sunset and nursing home forfeiture provisions  -  Act 280

Visitation at inpatient health care or treatment facilities: regulations created -  Act 153

nutrition Nutrition

Food stamps to qualified aliens: DWD to submit plan to U.S. Secretary of agriculture; nutrition outreach re W-2 and community agencies -  Act 236

Hunger, Board on, abolished; duties transferred to DHFS [Sec. 60g, 1519m, 1520m, 1521m, 1522d, j, 9123 (12p), 9423 (10q)] -  Act 27

Seized fish and game: distribution to certain food programs authorized; person liable for processing costs  -  Act 321

WIC supplemental food program appropriation increased [Sec. 9222 (7t)] -  Act 237

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obscenity Obscenity

Adult entertainment tax created; grants for domestic abuse services targeted to children [Sec. 1532c, 2379m, 2410tw, 9143 (7k), 9443 (15L)] -  Act 27

Adult entertainment tax repealed [Sec. 313b, 316d, 725dm] -  Act 237

CHIPS substitute care providers: disclosure of information re child's religious affiliation or involvement in gang or group promoting criminal activity, sexual abuse or harmful activities -  Act 272

Exposing child to harmful descriptions or narrations: prohibitions expanded re verbal communications  -  Act 82

occupational license Occupational license, see Motor vehicle — Drivers' license

occupational tax Occupational tax, see Taxation

oci OCI, see Insurance — Commissioner, Office of

oconto county Oconto county

Circuit court branches in Oconto county: number increased [Sec. 4948m, 9109 (1ttg)-(1tvg)] -  Act 27

off_road recreation vehicle Off-road recreation vehicle, see Recreation vehicle

ohci _office of health care information_ OHCI (Office of health care information), see Insurance — Commissioner, Office of

oja OJA, see Justice assistance, Office of

old age Old age, see Senior citizen

ombudsman Ombudsman

BOALTC notice re name, address and phone number of ombudsman [Sec. 96m, 2046m] [vetoed] -  AB-100

Brownfields redevelopment project promotion: Permit information and regulatory assistance bureau to act as ombudsman [Sec. 4477] -  Act 27

Nursing home and CBRF revisions re beds stated on license, posting notice of certain ombudsman program and informing residents of rights and responsibilities (remedial legislation) -  Act 114

Nursing home minimum staffing, reports, LAB audit and BOALTC positions [Sec. 217m, 218m, 223m, 225g, h, 226bd-br, 251g-m, 9122 (5k), 9131 (2k), 9203 (1k), 9222 (8mk)] -  Act 237

oneida county Oneida county

Sunken logs on submerged state lands: offset program repealed; percentage of value retained by state revised; maritime project grants created; provisions re Fox river and lakes in certain counties [Sec. 242m, 244e, 693m, 1346e, m, s, 3121g-3129w, 4337m, 9156 (5y), 9350 (1), 9356 (8y)] [693m, 3124, 3129c, 9356 (8y) — partial veto; 244e, 1346e — vetoed] -  Act 27

open housing Open housing, see Discrimination in housing