SECTION 9. 250.05 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 440.70 (5) and amended to read:

440.70 (5) REGISTRATION. Except as provided in sub. (8m) and s. 250.041 s. 440.12 or 440.13, the department, upon application on forms prescribed by it and payment of the prescribed fee, shall register as a sanitarian any person who has presented evidence satisfactory to the department that standards and qualifications of the department, as established by rule, have been met.

SECTION 10. 250.05 (6) of the statutes is renumbered 440.70 (6) and amended to read:

440.70 (6) FEES: RENEWAL OF REGISTRATION; DELINQUENCY AND REINSTATEMENT. A fee fixed by rule of the department shall accompany the application under sub. (5) and, beginning January 1, 1988, a biennial fee of $25 shall be paid by every registered sanitarian who desires to continue registration. The amounts of the fees may be adjusted by the department by rule. All certificates of registration shall expire on December 31 in each odd-numbered year. Except as provided in sub. (8m) and s. 250.041, the department may renew registrations upon application made after January 1 of each even-numbered year if it is satisfied that the applicant has good cause for not making application in December of the immediately preceding year and upon payment of the biennial fee and any additional fees prescribed by the department).

SECTION 11. 250.05 (7) of the statutes is renumbered 440.70 (7).

SECTION 12. 250.05 (8) of the statutes is renumbered 440.70 (8) and amended to read:

440.70 (8) REVOCATION OF REGISTRATION. The department may, after a hearing held in conformance with ch. 227, except as provided in sub. (8m) (e), revoke or, deny, suspend, or limit under this section subchapter the registration of any sanitarian, or reprimand the sanitarian, for practice of fraud or deceit in obtaining the registration or any gross professional negligence unprofessional conduct, incompetence, or misconduct professional negligence.

SECTION 13. 250.05 (8m) of the statutes is repealed.

SECTION 14. 250.05 (9) of the statutes is repealed.

SECTION 15. 440.03 (13) (b) 66d. of the statutes is created to read:

440.03 (13) (b) 66d. Sanitarian.

SECTION 16. 440.05 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

440.05 Standard fees. (intro.) The following standard fees apply to all initial credentials, except as provided in ss. 440.42, 440.43, 440.44, 440.51, 440.70 (6), 440.9935, 444.03, 444.11, 447.04 (2) (c) 2., 449.17, and 449.18:

SECTION 17. 440.08 (2) (a) 68b. of the statutes is created to read:

440.08 (2) (a) 68b. Sanitarian: December 16 of each even-numbered year, $25.

SECTION 18. 440.23 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

440.23 (1) If the holder of a credential pays a fee required under s. 440.05 (1) or (6), 440.08, 440.70 (6), 444.03, or 444.11 by check or debit or credit card and the check is not paid by the financial institution upon which the check is drawn or if the demand for payment under the debit or credit card transaction is not paid by the financial institution upon which demand is made, the department may cancel the credential on or after the 60th day after the department receives the notice from the financial institution, subject to sub. (2).

SECTION 19. Subchapter VI of chapter 440 [precedes 440.70] of the statutes is created to read:

CHAPTER 440

SUBCHAPTER VI
SANITARIANS

SECTION 20. 440.70 (9) of the statutes is created to read:

440.70 (9) FORFEITURE. In addition to or in lieu of a reprimand or a denial, limitation, suspension, or revocation of a registration under sub. (8), the department may assess against any person a forfeiture of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 for each violation under sub. (8).

SECTION 9121. Nonstatutory provisions; health and family services.

(1) TRANSFER OF SANITARIAN REGISTRATION.

(a) Registered sanitarians. All persons who were registered as sanitarians under section 250.05 of the statutes, as affected by this act, immediately before the effective date of this paragraph are registered under section 440.70 of the statutes, as affected by this act.

(b) Rules and orders. All rules of the department of health and family services regulating registration of sanitarians that are in effect before the effective date of this paragraph remain in effect until their specified expiration date or until amended or repealed by the department of regulation and licensing. All orders of the department of health and family services regulating registered sanitarians that are in effect before the effective date of this paragraph remain in effect until their specified expiration date or until modified or rescinded by the department of regulation and licensing.

(c) Assets and liabilities. On the effective date of this paragraph, the assets and liabilities of the department of health and family services relating to the registration of sanitarians, as determined by the secretary of administration, shall become the assets and liabilities of the department of regulation and licensing.

(d) Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all tangible personal property, including records, of the department of health and family services relating to the registration of sanitarians, as determined by the secretary of administration, is transferred to the department of regulation and licensing.

(e) Contracts. All contracts entered into by the department of health and family services relating to the registration of sanitarians in effect on the effective date of this paragraph remain in effect and are transferred to the department of regulation and licensing. The department of regulation and licensing shall carry out any obligations under such a contract until the contract is modified or rescinded by the department of regulation and licensing to the extent allowed under the contract.

(f) Pending matters. Any matter pending with the department of health and family services relating to the regulation of sanitarians on the effective date of this paragraph is transferred to the department of regulation and licensing and all materials submitted to or actions taken by the department of health and family services with respect to the pending matter are considered as having been submitted to or taken by the department of regulation and licensing.

SECTION 9321. Initial applicability; health and family services.

(1) TRANSFER OF SANITARIAN REGISTRATION. The treatment of sections 20.435 (1) (gm) (with respect to the transfer of the duty to regulate sanitarians), 21.72 (1) (a) 4., 49.857 (1) (d) 4., 73.0301 (1) (d) 3., 250.041 (1) (a), 250.05, 440.03 (13) (b) 66d., 440.05 (intro.), 440.08 (2) (a) 68b., 440.23 (1), and 440.70 (9) and subchapter VI of chapter 440 of the statutes first applies to applications for sanitarian registration or for renewal of sanitarian registration made on the effective date of this subsection.

****NOTE: This is reconciled SECTION 9321 (1). This SECTION has been affected by LRB-0316/2.
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE

DOA:......Rhodes, BB0044 - Grants for community programs and grants for children's community programs
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL

AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
health and human services
Mental illness and developmental disabilities
This bill requires DHFS to award general purpose revenues in fiscal years 2005-06 and 2006-07 as grants for community programs, to organizations or groups of organizations, to provide screening, assessment, and treatment for female prisoners and offenders from Milwaukee County who have committed nonviolent crimes, to assist in community reintegration, and to provide at-risk assessments and support services for the dependent children of the prisoners and offenders.
The bill also requires DHFS, from program revenue received from the child abuse prevention and child mental health surcharge on misdemeanors and felonies, to award grants to counties with populations of less than 500,000 and to tribal governing bodies in the counties. The grants are for promotion of collaboration between county departments of human services and tribes among county departments of social services, community programs, and tribal agencies, for intervention for the mental health and substance abuse screening, assessment, and treatment of abused and neglected children and their parents for whom the county departments or tribal agencies determine there is a need for services.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 46.48 (11m) of the statutes is created to read:

46.48 (11m) FEMALE OFFENDER REINTEGRATION PROGRAM. (a) In this subsection:

1. "Offender" has the meaning given in s. 304.16 (2) (i).

2. "Prisoner" has the meaning given in s. 301.01 (2).

(b) The department shall award not more than $139,100 in fiscal year 2005-06 and not more than $140,000 in fiscal year 2006-07 as a grant to an organization or a group of organizations to provide services for female prisoners and offenders from Milwaukee County and their children, if the prisoners or offenders have been convicted of nonviolent crimes.

(c) The grant awardee under par. (b) shall provide at least all of the following for up to 6 months before a prisoner's release from prison and up to 2 years after release:

1. Screening, assessment, and treatment, including mental health and permanency services, for the prisoners or offenders to assist in their reintegration into the community.

2. At-risk assessments for all dependent children of female prisoners or offenders who receive services under subd. 1., and comprehensive support services.

SECTION 2. 46.481 of the statutes is renumbered 46.481 (1m).

SECTION 3. 46.481 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:

46.481 (2m) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (6) (gb), the department shall award not more than $57,500 in fiscal year 2005-06 and not more than $229,800 in fiscal year 2006-07 as grants for up to 3 years to counties with populations of less than 500,000 and to tribal governing bodies to demonstrate collaboration between a county department under s. 46.23 and a tribal agency in a county or among county departments under ss. 46.22 and 51.42 and tribal agencies in a county for intervention for the mental health and substance abuse screening, assessment, and treatment of children who have been abused or neglected and their parents for whom the county departments and tribal agencies determine there is a need to provide services.
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE

DOA:......Milioto, BB0054 - Use of Medical Assistance waiver funds for new construction
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL

AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
health and human services
Medical Assistance
Currently, under waivers of federal Medicaid laws, DHFS administers community integration programs under which Medical Assistance (MA) recipients who reside in state centers for the developmentally disabled or other institutions or who meet certain levels of care are relocated into their communities and provided home and community-based services. These services are provided by counties and are reimbursed by DHFS from general purpose revenue, federal Medicaid moneys and the MA trust fund. Counties are prohibited from using the moneys to do several things including purchasing land or constructing buildings.
This bill permits counties to use funding for home and community-based services provided to MA recipients, under the community integration waiver programs, to purchase land or construct buildings if the purchase or construction is determined necessary by DHFS.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 46.275 (5) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

46.275 (5) (b) 1. Purchase land or construct buildings, unless the purchase or construction is determined necessary by the department.
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE

DOA:......Statz, BB0129 - Snowmobile trail grooming reimbursement rate
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL

AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Natural resources
Recreation
Under current law, DNR provides supplemental aid for the maintenance and grooming of state and county snowmobile trails. The supplemental aid is available if the total actual cost of maintenance exceeds $250 per mile in a given year and of those maintenance costs the cost for grooming the trails exceeds $130 per mile in the same year. This bill increases the $130 per mile amount to $150 per mile.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 350.12 (4) (bm) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

350.12 (4) (bm) 2. Of the actual cost incurred by the department or the county in maintaining its trails that are qualified under par. (b) 1. or 4. for the fiscal year applicable under subd. 1., the actual cost incurred in grooming the trails exceeds a maximum of $130 $150 per mile per year.
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE

DOA:......Ziegler, BB0219 - Repeal qualified economic offer
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL

AN ACT ...; relating to: qualified economic offers under the Municipal Employment Relations Act.
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