SECTION 70. 46.2895 (8) (b) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 71. 46.2895 (8) (b) 2m. of the statutes is created to read:
46.2895 (8) (b) 2m. If the long-term care district employs any individual who was previously employed by the county, provide the individual health care coverage that is similar to the health care coverage that the county provided the individual when he or she was employed by the county.
SECTION 72. 46.2895 (8) (b) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 73. 46.2895 (8) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
46.2895 (8) (c) A long-term care district and any county that created the district and has not withdrawn from or been removed from the district under sub. (14) may enter into an agreement allocating the costs of providing benefits described under this section between the district and the county.
SECTION 74. 46.2895 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.2895 (9) CONFIDENTIALITY OF RECORDS. No record, as defined in s. 19.32 (2), of a family long-term care district that contains personally identifiable information, as defined in s. 19.62 (5), concerning an individual who receives services from the family long-term care district may be disclosed by the family long-term care district without the individual's informed consent, except as required to comply with s. 16.009 (2) (p) or 49.45 (4).
SECTION 75. 46.2895 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.2895 (10) EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION. Notwithstanding sub. (9) and ss. 48.78 (2) (a), 49.45 (4), 49.83, 51.30, 51.45 (14) (a), 55.22 (3), 146.82, 252.11 (7), 253.07 (3) (c) and 938.78 (2) (a), a family long-term care district acting under this section may exchange confidential information about a client, as defined in s. 46.287 (1), without the informed consent of the client, under s. 46.21 (2m) (c), 46.215 (1m), 46.22 (1) (dm), 46.23 (3) (e), 46.283 (7), 46.284 (7), 51.42 (3) (e) or 51.437 (4r) (b) in the jurisdiction of the family long-term care district, if necessary to enable the family long-term care district to perform its duties or to coordinate the delivery of services to the client.
SECTION 76. 46.2895 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.2895 (11) OBLIGATIONS AND, DEBTS, AND RESPONSIBILITIES NOT THOSE OF COUNTY. The obligations and debts of the family a long-term care district are not the obligations or debts of the any county that created the family care district. If a long-term care district is obligated by statute or contract to provide or pay for services or benefits, no county is responsible for providing or paying for those services or benefits.
SECTION 77. 46.2895 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.2895 (12) ASSISTANCE TO FAMILY LONG-TERM CARE DISTRICT. From moneys in the a county treasury that are not appropriated to some other purpose, the county board of supervisors under sub. (1) (a) or the county boards of supervisors under sub. (1) (b) may appropriate moneys to the family a long-term care district that the county participated in creating as a gift or may lend moneys to the family long-term care district.
SECTION 78. 46.2895 (13) (intro.), (a) and (b) of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 46.2895 (13) and amended to read:
46.2895 (13) DISSOLUTION. (intro.) Subject to the performance of the contractual obligations of a family long-term care district and if first approved by the secretary of the department, the family long-term care district may be dissolved by the joint action of the family long-term care district board and each county board of supervisors under sub. (1) (a) or the county boards of supervisors under sub. (1) (b) or tribe or band that created the family long-term care district and has not withdrawn or been removed from the district under sub. (14). If the family a long-term care district that is created by one county or tribe or band is dissolved, the property of the district shall be transferred to the county board of supervisors or tribe or band that created the family care district except as follows: it. (a) If the family a long-term care district was is created under sub. (1) (b), by more than one county or tribe or band, all of the county boards of supervisors counties or tribes or bands that created the district and that have not withdrawn or been removed from the district under sub. (14) shall agree on the apportioning of the family long-term care district's property before the district may be dissolved. (b) If the family long-term care district operates a care management organization under s. 46.284, disposition of any remaining funds in the risk reserve under s. 46.284 (5) (e) shall be made under the terms of the district's contract with the department.
SECTION 79. 46.2895 (14) of the statutes is created to read:
46.2895 (14) WITHDRAWAL OR REMOVAL OF A COUNTY OR TRIBE OR BAND. Subject to approval from the department, a long-term care district may establish conditions for a county or tribe or band that participated with one or more counties or tribes or bands in creating the district to withdraw from the district or for the district to remove the county or tribe or band from the district.
SECTION 80. 51.42 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
51.42 (3) (e) Exchange of information. Notwithstanding ss. 46.2895 (9), 48.78 (2) (a), 49.45 (4), 49.83, 51.30, 51.45 (14) (a), 55.22 (3), 146.82, 252.11 (7), 253.07 (3) (c) and 938.78 (2) (a), any subunit of a county department of community programs or tribal agency acting under this section may exchange confidential information about a client, without the informed consent of the client, with any other subunit of the same county department of community programs or tribal agency, with a resource center, a care management organization, or a family long-term care district, or with any person providing services to the client under a purchase of services contract with the county department of community programs or tribal agency or with a resource center, care management organization, or family long-term care district, if necessary to enable an employee or service provider to perform his or her duties, or to enable the county department of community programs or tribal agency to coordinate the delivery of services to the client. Any agency releasing information under this paragraph shall document that a request was received and what information was provided.
SECTION 81. 51.437 (4r) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
51.437 (4r) (b) Notwithstanding ss. 46.2895 (9), 48.78 (2) (a), 49.45 (4), 49.83, 51.30, 51.45 (14) (a), 55.22 (3), 146.82, 252.11 (7), 253.07 (3) (c) and 938.78 (2) (a), any subunit of a county department of developmental disabilities services or tribal agency acting under this section may exchange confidential information about a client, without the informed consent of the client, with any other subunit of the same county department of developmental disabilities services or tribal agency, with a resource center, a care management organization, or a family long-term care district, or with any person providing services to the client under a purchase of services contract with the county department of developmental disabilities services or tribal agency or with a resource center, a care management organization, or a family long-term care district, if necessary to enable an employee or service provider to perform his or her duties, or to enable the county department of developmental disabilities services or tribal agency to coordinate the delivery of services to the client. Any agency releasing information under this paragraph shall document that a request was received and what information was provided.
SECTION 82. 66.0301 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
66.0301 (1) (a) In this section "municipality" means the state or any department or agency thereof, or any city, village, town, county, school district, public library system, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district, sanitary district, farm drainage district, metropolitan sewerage district, sewer utility district, solid waste management system created under s. 59.70 (2), local exposition district created under subch. II of ch. 229, local professional baseball park district created under subch. III of ch. 229, local professional football stadium district created under subch. IV of ch. 229, a local cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229, family long-term care district under s. 46.2895, water utility district, mosquito control district, municipal electric company, county or city transit commission, commission created by contract under this section, taxation district, regional planning commission, or city-county health department.
SECTION 83. 66.0601 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
66.0601 (1) (b) Payments for abortions restricted. No city, village, town, family long-term care district under s. 46.2895 or agency or subdivision of a city, village or town may authorize funds for or pay to a physician or surgeon or a hospital, clinic or other medical facility for the performance of an abortion except those permitted under and which are performed in accordance with s. 20.927.
SECTION 84. 66.0601 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
66.0601 (1) (c) Payments for abortion-related activity restricted. No city, village, town, family long-term care district under s. 46.2895 or agency or subdivision of a city, village or town may authorize payment of funds for a grant, subsidy or other funding involving a pregnancy program, project or service if s. 20.9275 (2) applies to the pregnancy program, project or service.
SECTION 85. 69.30 (1) (am) of the statutes is renumbered 69.30 (1) (bd) and amended to read:
69.30 (1) (bd) "Family Long-term care district" has the meaning given in s. 46.2805 (5) (7r).
SECTION 86. 69.30 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
69.30 (2) A financial institution, state agency, county department, Wisconsin works agency, service office or family long-term care district or an employee of a financial institution, state agency, county department, Wisconsin works agency, service office or family long-term care district is not subject to s. 69.24 (1) (a) for copying a certified copy of a vital record for use by the financial institution, state agency, county department, Wisconsin works agency, service office or family long-term care district, including use under s. 45.04 (5), if the copy is marked "FOR ADMINISTRATIVE USE".
SECTION 87. 70.11 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
70.11 (2) MUNICIPAL PROPERTY AND PROPERTY OF CERTAIN DISTRICTS, EXCEPTION. Property owned by any county, city, village, town, school district, technical college district, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district, metropolitan sewerage district, municipal water district created under s. 198.22, joint local water authority created under s. 66.0823, family long-term care district under s. 46.2895 or town sanitary district; lands belonging to cities of any other state used for public parks; land tax-deeded to any county or city before January 2; but any residence located upon property owned by the county for park purposes that is rented out by the county for a nonpark purpose shall not be exempt from taxation. Except as to land acquired under s. 59.84 (2) (d), this exemption shall not apply to land conveyed after August 17, 1961, to any such governmental unit or for its benefit while the grantor or others for his or her benefit are permitted to occupy the land or part thereof in consideration for the conveyance. Leasing the property exempt under this subsection, regardless of the lessee and the use of the leasehold income, does not render that property taxable.
SECTION 88. 71.26 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
71.26 (1) (b) Political units. Income received by the United States, the state and all counties, cities, villages, towns, school districts, technical college districts, joint local water authorities created under s. 66.0823, family long-term care districts under s. 46.2895 or other political units of this state.
SECTION 89. 101.01 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
101.01 (4) "Employer" means any person, firm, corporation, state, county, town, city, village, school district, sewer district, drainage district, family long-term care district and other public or quasi-public corporations as well as any agent, manager, representative or other person having control or custody of any employment, place of employment or of any employee.
SECTION 90. 102.01 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
102.01 (2) (d) "Municipality" includes a county, city, town, village, school district, sewer district, drainage district and family long-term care district and other public or quasi-public corporations.
SECTION 91. 102.04 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
102.04 (1) (a) The state, each county, city, town, village, school district, sewer district, drainage district, family long-term care district and other public or quasi-public corporations therein.
SECTION 92. 103.001 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
103.001 (6) "Employer" means any person, firm, corporation, state, county, town, city, village, school district, sewer district, drainage district, family long-term care district and other public or quasi-public corporations as well as any agent, manager, representative or other person having control or custody of any employment, place of employment or of any employee.
SECTION 93. 111.70 (1) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:
111.70 (1) (j) "Municipal employer" means any city, county, village, town, metropolitan sewerage district, school district, family long-term care district, or any other political subdivision of the state, or instrumentality of one or more political subdivisions of the state, that engages the services of an employee and includes any person acting on behalf of a municipal employer within the scope of the person's authority, express or implied, but specifically does not include a local cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229.
SECTION 94. 632.745 (6) (a) 2m. of the statutes is amended to read:
632.745 (6) (a) 2m. A family long-term care district under s. 46.2895.
SECTION 95. 985.01 (1g) of the statutes is amended to read:
985.01 (1g) "Governing body" has the meaning given in s. 345.05 (1) (b) and includes a family long-term care district board under s. 46.2895.
SECTION 96. 985.01 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
985.01 (3) "Municipality" has the meaning in s. 345.05 (1) (c) and includes a family long-term care district under s. 46.2895.
SECTION 9421. Effective dates; Health and Family Services.
(1) LONG-TERM CARE DISTRICTS. The treatment of section 40.02 (28) (by SECTION 13) of the statutes takes effect on January 1, 2010.
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2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Miner, BB0367 - Transfer from petroleum inspection fund
For 2007-09 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2007 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Environment
Other environment
This bill transfers $4,000,000 in fiscal year 2007-08 from the petroleum inspection fund to the general fund.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 9208. Fiscal changes; Commerce.
(1) PETROLEUM INSPECTION FUND TRANSFER. There is transferred from the petroleum inspection fund to the general fund $4,000,000 in fiscal year 2007-08.
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2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Griffin, BB0380 - Raise limit on entrepeneurial and technology transfer grants
For 2007-09 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2007 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Currently, under the Technology Commercialization Grant and Loan Program, the Department of Commerce awards entrepreneurial and technology transfer center grants to eligible recipients. Under current law, the Department of Commerce may not award more than $500,000 in such grants in any fiscal year. This bill increases the limit to $600,000 in a fiscal year.
For further information see the state 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. 560.275 (4) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
560.275 (4) (e) Entrepreneurial and technology transfer grants. The total amount of grants under sub. (2) (e) may not exceed $500,000 $600,000 in any fiscal year.
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2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Kornely, BB0352 - Oil company assessment
For 2007-09 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2007 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
taxation
Other taxation
This bill imposes an assessment on a motor vehicle fuel supplier at the rate of 2.5 percent of the supplier's gross receipts from the first sale of motor vehicle fuel in this state. The supplier may take no action to increase or influence the selling price of motor vehicle fuel in order to recover the amount of the assessment. For the purpose of determining the amount of the assessment, income derived from the first sale in this state of biodiesel fuel or ethanol blended with gasoline to create gasoline consisting of at least 85 percent ethanol is not included in the supplier's gross receipts. The revenue collected from the assessment is deposited into the transportation fund.
