Acts Index

marriage Marriage, see also Divorce; Income tax

Assistance to needy veterans and families; emergency rule-making authority [Sec. 380r, 381m, 795c, d, 9153 (3k)]  -  Act 25

Marriage and Family Therapy, Professional Counseling, and Social Work Examining Board: certain ``certificates" references changed to ``licenses"; training certificate requirements modified -  Act 422

Marriage and parental responsibility instruction in human growth and development course, during same school year, required -  Act 341

Marriage between one man and one woman only shall be valid or recognized; constitutional amendment (2nd consideration) [SJR-53] -  JR-30

Marriage certificate: correction of erroneous information under certain conditions -  Act 69

Special distinguishing registration plates for certain groups that are military in nature created; fee and funding provisions; surviving spouse may personalize the plate or replace it with a regular plate -  Act 109

Tuition and fee remissions for veteran, spouse, surviving spouse and children of certain veterans: U.W. and TCS boards required to grant [Sec. 702m, n, 708d, 709m, n, 9353 (2q), (2r)]  -  Act 25

Tuition and fee remissions for veterans re U.W. and TCS boards: residence requirement re incurrence of service-connected disability removed; eligibility expanded to include unremarried spouse and children of veteran who died as a result of a service-connected disability, residency provision  -  Act 468

Veterans and surviving spouses: property tax credit [Sec. 451s, 1311j, 1312m, u, 9341 (10m)] -  Act 25

Veterans and surviving spouses: property tax credit expanded re joint ownership or marital property; separate income tax return provision -  Act 72

marriage and family therapist Marriage and family therapist, see Trades and occupations

marsh Marsh, see Wetland

mason, wilton e Mason, Wilton E.

Public service commended and congratulations on his retirement from the LFB [AJR-103] -  JR-66

massage therapist Massage therapist, see Trades and occupations

maternal and infant care Maternal and infant care

Father's obligation to contribute to pregnancy and birth expenses re paternity judgment revised; public assistance and poverty level income provisions -  Act 304

Newborn umbilical cord blood donation: health care provider to offer information on options; civil liability provision  -  Act 56

Shaken baby syndrome and impacted babies prevention: CANPB to prepare informational materials and distribution requirements; training for day care providers; instruction in schools required; DHFS duties specified  -  Act 165

Unborn child prenatal care: coverage provided re ineligibility for Badger Care or MA [Sec. 311, 316, 321, 1174-1184, 1185, 1186, 1193, 9421 (1)] -  Act 25

mathews, vincent r Mathews, Vincent R.

Life and public service [AJR-42] -  JR-19

mattek, john, jr Mattek, John, Jr.

Life and military service commended [SJR-42] -  JR-47

mccallum, george d McCallum, George D.

Life and military service in the U.S. Army during World War II and public service to his community commended [AJR-105]  -  JR-68

meat Meat, see Livestock and meat

meb MEB, see Medical Examining Board

medical assistance Medical assistance

Acuity-based rate payment system: DHFS to develop; to incorporate measurements under Resident Utilization Group III (RUGS III) classification methodology [Sec. 1125s, 1128m] [1128m — partial veto] -  Act 25

Appropriation revisions: Corr.Dept and U.W. System re energy and utility expenses, prescription drug assistance for elderly persons program, MA trust fund, supplemental MA payments to nursing homes, and budget stabilization fund; rule prohibiting a structural imbalance in the general fund does not apply [budget adjustment bill] -  Act 15

Badger Care, prescription drug assistance, and MA: 2004-05 GPR appropriations revised; MA trust fund and Ho-Chunk Nation Indian gaming payments provisions  -  Act 2

CIP 1A and 1B funding for placements in residential facilities with 8 or fewer beds [Sec. 865m] -  Act 25

CIP II enhanced funding for person relocating from nursing home to the community; DHFS report to JCF re CIP relocations from nursing homes [Sec. 868, 869, 9121 (12r)] [869 — partial veto; 9121 (12r) — vetoed] -  Act 25

CIP II enhanced funding re person relocating from nursing home to the community expanded to include certain persons who meet MA level care requirements and are diverted from imminent entry into nursing homes; DHFS required to develop criteria and rule-making provision -  Act 355

Community-based psychosocial services under MA [Sec. 330g] -  Act 25

Community Opportunities and Recovery Program waiver re MA recipients with serious mental illness [Sec. 845, 856-862, 872, 877, 917, 1153, 1157, 1158, 1159, 1840]  -  Act 25

Elective surgical procedures under MA: second medical opinion requirement eliminated [Sec. 1124]  -  Act 25

Essential access city hospitals: revision re MA eligibility [Sec. 1135c-e] [vetoed] -  AB-100

Family Care entitlement for non-MA eligible persons: requirement delayed [Sec. 878] -  Act 25

Family Care resource centers and care management organizations: DHFS authority to contract with certain entities to provide, JCF approval; pilot project requirements integrated into contract requirements; provisions re DHFS use of capitation payments re long-term care services, self-directed services option, evaluations, and increased funding for reimbursement for certain care provided by nursing homes; annual report re certain relocations or diversions required  -  Act 386

Functional screen to determine MA nursing home levels of care: use prohibited [Sec. 1132f, 1217r] [vetoed]  -  AB-100

Gastric bypass or stapling surgery coverage under MA and Badger Care prohibited unless covered under federal MA law [Sec. 1146j, 1157j, 9321 (9q)] [vetoed] -  AB-100

Generic drugs under MA and Badger Care: copayment increased [Sec. 1144p, 1184c, 9321 (9w), 9421 (11w)] [vetoed]  -  AB-100

Guardian appointment and subsidized guardianship payments; eligibility re MA, child care subsidy, and adoption assistance; federal waiver provision [Sec. 330, 843, 844, 851-855, 884, 885, 924-936, 938, 940-950, 952, 1024-1026, 1028-1044, 1078, 1080, 1081, 1150, 2441-2444, 2458-2461, 9121 (1)] [926 — vetoed] -  Act 25

MA and Badger Care eligibility: third parties required to provide information for verifying [Sec. 1190]  -  Act 25

MA and Badger Care incorrect payments based on failure to report nonfinancial information: recovery by DHFS permitted; report to DOR re setoff against tax refund [Sec. 1167-1173, 1198, 1199, 9321 (5)] -  Act 25

MA GPR appropriation decreased; transfer of certain amount from general fund to MA trust fund; MA reimbursement rate for nursing homes increased and one-time supplement added  -  Act 211

MA supplemental payments for school-based services: DHFS authority eliminated [Sec. 177, 1147-1149, 1880]  -  Act 25

Managed care expansion: DHFS report to JCF; SSI provision [Sec. 9121 (13w)] [vetoed] -  AB-100

Nursing home and intermediate care facilities for mentally retarded: licensed bed assessments and deposit of revenues [Sec. 537, 1222m, 1223] [partial veto]  -  Act 25

Nursing home MA reimbursement: DHFS to treat Columbia, Dane, Iowa, and Sauk counties as one labor region  -  Act 301

Physical and occupational therapy under MA: DHFS required to substantiate reduction in duration of services [Sec. 1149f, 9321 (9k)] -  Act 25

Prescription drugs under MA and Badger Care: DHFS report on savings and costs re capping number of prescriptions per recipient [Sec. 9121 (13n)] [vetoed] -  AB-100

Psychotropic medications under MA, Badger Care, and prescription drug assistance for elderly persons: reimbursement limits prohibited; DHFS report on physician prescribing practices under MA, report to JCF [Sec. 9121 (14k), (14p)] [vetoed] -  AB-100

Revenue obligations re MA [Sec. 115, 116] -  Act 25

Specialized medical vehicle: MA-certified provider requirements revised re wheelchair accommodations  -  Act 340

Supplemental MA payments made from community aids: sunset removed [Sec. 1133, 2498-2510, 9121 (4)]  -  Act 25

Supplemental MA payments to county and municipal nursing homes: any additional federal moneys must be distributed to the nursing homes -  Act 107

Transportation fund: one-time transfer to MA trust fund [Sec. 456g, r, 533g, r, 537d, e, 9448 (4m)] [vetoed]  -  AB-100

Unborn child prenatal care: coverage provided re ineligibility for Badger Care or MA [Sec. 311, 316, 321, 1174-1184, 1185, 1186, 1193, 9421 (1)] -  Act 25

medical college of wisconsin, inc Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.

Joint academic programs: study of [Sec. 9152 (8q)] [vetoed] -  AB-100

Prostate cancer research programs: individual income tax checkoff created; DPI and U.W. System to administer the appropriation; Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc. and U.W. Comprehensive Cancer Center to receive moneys; annual reports required -  Act 460

medical education Medical education, see also Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.; Nurses; University of Wisconsin — College of Medicine

Graduate medical education program may elect to be subject to the statutory health care liaiblity insurance requirements, definition created -  Act 51

Joint academic programs: study of [Sec. 9152 (8q)] [vetoed] -  AB-100

Wisconsin health education assistance loan repayment transfer [Sec. 167g, k, 725m, 9222 (1f)] -  Act 25

medical examiner Medical examiner, see Coroner

medical examining board Medical Examining Board

Employment discrimination based on creed expanded to include sterilization, abortion, experiments re in vitro human embryos, procedures re fetal tissue, assisted suicide, euthanasia, and mercy killings; health care providers and health facilities employees revisions; definitions, disciplinary actions, liability, damages, and patient health care records provisions [vetoed] -  AB-207

Optometrist regulation revised including certain pharmaceutical agents, license examination, and continuing education  -  Act 297

medical malpractice Medical malpractice

Actions against health care provider by person under age 18: time limit clarified; disability provision [vetoed]  -  AB-1071

Attorney fee limits in medical malpractice cases revised [vetoed] -  AB-1074

Graduate medical education program may elect to be subject to the statutory health care liaiblity insurance requirements, definition created -  Act 51

Health care liability requirements extended to include any organization or enterprise organized to provide medical services of physicians and nurse anesthetists -  Act 36

Medical malpractice case: introduction of collateral source payments and evidence of the injured person's obligations of subrogation or reimbursement resulting from collateral source payments allowed; damage award provision [vetoed]  -  AB-1072

Medical malpractice case: introduction of collateral source payments and evidence of the injured person's obligations of subrogation or reimbursement resulting from collateral source payments allowed; damage award provision [vetoed]  -  AB-764

Medical malpractice: limit on noneconomic damages created; report from board of governors of the Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund required -  Act 183

Medical malpractice: limit on noneconomic damages created; report from board of governors of the Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund required [vetoed]  -  AB-766

medical practice, group Medical practice, Group

Cancer clinical trial: health care plan prohibited from denying coverage under certain conditions; ``routine patient care" defined -  Act 194

Defined network plan, point-of-service plan, and PP plan revisions; OCI provisions [vetoed] -  SB-617

Health care liability requirements extended to include any organization or enterprise organized to provide medical services of physicians and nurse anesthetists -  Act 36

HMO services: reimbursement to be made under capitation rates that are actuarially sound [Sec. 1124g] [vetoed]  -  AB-100

Physician information and health care information database: data procedures, DHFS study, reports, and memorandum of understanding with DRL [Sec. 313m, 2067g, 9101 (6), (7q)] [9101 (6) — partial veto; 2067g, 9101 (7q) — vetoed] -  Act 25

medical record Medical record, see Privacy