mazomanie, village ofMazomanie, Village of, see Dane County
mccann, james aMcCann, James A.
Life and public service [AJR-34] -  JR-12
mcnulty, mary anneMcNulty, Mary Anne
Life, public service, and work advocating for poor and immigrant communities in Milwaukee commended upon her death [SJR-64] -  JR-36
medal of honorMedal of Honor
Medal of Honor Day (March 25): Governor to annually proclaim  -  Act 144
medical assistanceMedical assistance
Administrative contracts for MA: certain program revenues appropriated; provision re enrollment fees for BadgerCare Plus childless adults [Sec. 356, 358, 1301]  -  Act 28
Ambulatory surgical center assessment created; DOR duties [Sec. 601s, 681g, 1623m, 2433x, 9143 (4u)]  -  Act 28
BadgerCare Plus Benchmark Plan and HIRSP eligibility [Sec. 1358, 2434] -  Act 28
BadgerCare Plus: technical changes; certain annual DHS report eliminated [Sec. 872k-877, 1297-1299, 1328-1333, 1335- 1337, 1338-1353, 1354, 1356, 9422 (1)]  -  Act 28
Birth to 3 Program: DHS to request waiver of federal Medicaid law; counties to pay nonfederal share; reimbursement by MA program [Sec. 363, 438, 912, 1316, 1317, 1324, 1325]  -  Act 28
Centers for the developmentally disabled: CIP-IA funding increased [Sec. 1290] -  Act 28
Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Program revisions; expansion re home visitation program services [Sec. 1102-1127, 2547, 2549, 2550, 9108 (6)] -  Act 28
Children receiving MA and who have health insurance coverage: funding re incentive payments to local child support agencies [Sec. 487p, 1268p, 1377] -  Act 28
CIP II enhanced funding re persons who meet MA level care requirements and are diverted from imminent entry into nursing homes: limitation on number of persons eliminated; DHS provision -  Act 277
Community recovery mental health services: DHS may implement through MA [Sec. 394, 1306, 1310, 1323]  -  Act 28
Critical access hospital assessment created, MA and DHS provisions; health care provider loan program through U.W. revised re amount and rural areas; rural physician residency assistance program established through the U.W. School of Medicine and Public Health's Department of Family Medicine, annual report to JCF required -  Act 190
Family planning demonstration project: DHS may request federal waiver to include men [Sec. 1302, 1303]  -  Act 28
Federal economic stimulus funds: DCF appropriation created [Sec. 510] -  Act 28
Federal MA percentage calculations [Sec. 9122 (4), 9422 (9)] -  Act 28
Health care providers and insurers required to disclose to consumer upon request information re median billed charge for certain health services, specified charge information for the most frequent presenting conditions, and public information regarding quality of health care services; DHS duties and hospital and forfeiture provisions -  Act 146
HIV-related care coordination services provided to MA recipients created, DHHS approval required  -  Act 221
Hospital assessment increased; DHS duties and MA provisions; independent rural hospital supplements [Sec. 1294d, 3416b, 9122 (5i), (6i), 9222 (4i), 9422 (13i)]  -  Act 28
Hospital assessment revisions; MA and DHS provisions; report required [Sec. 6, 11-14, 29-32, 34-40, 46, 47, 49-66, 69, 70, 556, 557, 9122 (1), 9222 (1), 9322 (1), 9422 (1)]  -  Act 2
Hospital certificate of approval: DHS to issue one that covers UWHCA's inpatient and outpatient facilities that satisfy requirements for a hospital; MA reimbursement provision [Sec. 48, 68] -  Act 2
Insurance law revisions including repeal of Interstate Insurance Receivership Compact, insurance security fund, long-term care insurance re MA applicant assets, fraternal insurance organization voting, reinstatement of insurance intermediary license, continuation coverage under a group health insurance policy, town mutual merges, motor vehicle insurance, and appointment of a special deputy commissioner to rehabilitate an insurer -  Act 342
MA case management services reimbursement to independent living centers: criteria clarified [Sec. 907, 908, 1305] -  Act 28
MA dental service delivery in certain southeast Wisconsin counties: DHS to use fee-for-service model [Sec. 1317n] [vetoed] -  AB-75
MA eligibility: independence account assets disregarded; modified to exclude certain retirement assets [Sec. 1327]  -  Act 28
MA general purpose revenue lapse funding shift, and carryover balance [Sec. 9222 (1)-(1d), 9422 (8)]  -  Act 28
MA GPR appropriation increased [Sec. 9222 (3)] -  Act 2
MA services by managed care organizations; DHS reports re quality of care for MA recipients and reducing MA program costs [Sec. 1301c, 1313h, p, 1315n, 9122 (10q), 9322 (3f), 9422 (14g)] [vetoed] -  AB-75
MA services provided by licensed mental health professionals: definitions, funding, and requirements revised [Sec. 1305r, 1321r, 1323c, 1443m, 2995sm, 3137r, 9422 (12r)]  -  Act 28
MA spending plan re MA and SeniorCare programs: DHS to submit plan re efficiencies and reductions [Sec. 9122 (11q)] [vetoed] -  AB-75
MA trust fund increase; provision re nursing home operating deficits [Sec. 1293, 9222 (2), (2u), (4q), 9422 (10), (11)] -  Act 28
Medical Assistance Trust Fund: U.W. Regents to transfer moneys to [Sec. 257, 258, 9454 (1)] -  Act 28
Milwaukee County enrollment services unit established in DHS re administration of income maintenance and state supplemental payment programs; DCF may contract with DHS to administer child care subsidy program in Milwaukee County; county civil service employees and collective bargaining agreement provisions; JSCRS appendix report -  Act 15
Municipally-owned nursing homes: supplemental MA payments [Sec. 1292n] [partial veto] -  Act 28
Nursing home or intermediate care facility operated by a commission created by two or more political subdivisions: assessments and MA payments permitted under certain conditions -  Act 283
Nursing home petitions to modify MA payments: requirement re DHS establishment of reviewing mechanism repealed [Sec. 350, 1292] -  Act 28
Podiatrists: civil liability immunity for providing aid at certain athletic events, privileged communication with patients, certify to DOT that applicant is fit to teach driving, may diagnose illness or injury for DVA purposes, may submit statement for specialized hunting permit, added to list of enumerated providers of sickness care, insurers to give equal weight to certifications of disability by, added to list of free choice providers for persons eligible for MA; Podiatrists Affiliated Credentialing Board renamed Podiatry Affiliated Credentialing Board [vetoed] -  AB-273
Podiatrists: civil liability immunity for providing aid at certain athletic events, privileged communication with patients, certify to DOT that applicant is fit to teach driving, may diagnose illness or injury for DVA purposes, may submit statement for specialized hunting permit, added to list of enumerated providers of sickness care, insurers to give equal weight to certifications of disability by, added to list of free choice providers for persons eligible for MA; Podiatrists Affiliated Credentialing Board renamed Podiatry Affiliated Credentialing Board  -  Act 113
Prenatal, postpartum, and young child care coordination: providers in City of Racine certified re children who have not attained the age of two [Sec. 1313k, 2550d-h, 3410]  -  Act 28
Transporting MA recipients to obtain medical care: advance authorization requirement eliminated; DHS reports to JCF re contracting with entity for MA management services and effectiveness of manager program [Sec. 1321, 9122 (4f)] [9122 (4f) — partial veto] -  Act 28
medical clinic or centerMedical clinic or center, see Hospitals
Critical access hospital assessment created, MA and DHS provisions; health care provider loan program through U.W. revised re amount and rural areas; rural physician residency assistance program established through the U.W. School of Medicine and Public Health's Department of Family Medicine, annual report to JCF required -  Act 190
MEB and licensed physician duties revised; biennial training requirement; temporary educational permit to practice medicine and surgery -  Act 382
Technology transfer grant and loan program for research institutions created in Comm.Dept, definition provision  -  Act 265
medical examining boardMedical Examining Board
MEB and its affiliated credentialing boards: DRL to form dedicated work unit to support; fees, funding, and position revisions [Sec. 226, 227, 2994mnk-mns, mp-mu, ng, 2995, 2995jg-Lg, 9142 (1), (2u)] [2994mnk, mns, mp-mu, ng — partial veto; 2994mnp, 2995jg-Lg, 9142 (2u) — vetoed]  -  Act 28
MEB and licensed physician duties revised; biennial training requirement; temporary educational permit to practice medicine and surgery -  Act 382
Physical Therapists Affiliated Credentialing Board changed to Physical Therapy Examining Board and no longer attached to or advised by MEB -  Act 149
medical malpracticeMedical malpractice
Expedited partner therapy: physician, physician assistant, and certain nurses may prescribe or dispense antimicrobial drug to a patient to be used by a sexual partner for the treatment of specific STDs, pharmacist and civil liability exemption provisions; DHS duties -  Act 280
Medical malpractice: notice requirement revised re civil actions against local governments, political corporations, volunteer fire companies, and their officers, agents, or employees, and state officers -  Act 278
medical practice, groupMedical practice, Group
Colorectal cancer examinations and laboratory tests: health insurance policies and plans required to cover; conditions and OCI and DHS duties -  Act 346
Health care providers and insurers required to disclose to consumer upon request information re median billed charge for certain health services, specified charge information for the most frequent presenting conditions, and public information regarding quality of health care services; DHS duties and hospital and forfeiture provisions -  Act 146
Insurance law revisions including repeal of Interstate Insurance Receivership Compact, insurance security fund, long-term care insurance re MA applicant assets, fraternal insurance organization voting, reinstatement of insurance intermediary license, continuation coverage under a group health insurance policy, town mutual merges, motor vehicle insurance, and appointment of a special deputy commissioner to rehabilitate an insurer -  Act 342
medical recordMedical record, see Hospitals; Privacy
medical residentMedical resident, see Medical education
medical serviceMedical service, see also Medical assistance; specific medical occupation
Ambulatory surgical center assessment created; DOR duties [Sec. 601s, 681g, 1623m, 2433x, 9143 (4u)]  -  Act 28
Cooperative sickness care associations: revisions and name changed to cooperative health care associations  -  Act 165
Critical access hospital assessment created, MA and DHS provisions; health care provider loan program through U.W. revised re amount and rural areas; rural physician residency assistance program established through the U.W. School of Medicine and Public Health's Department of Family Medicine, annual report to JCF required -  Act 190
Emergency management: chap.166, Wis.Stats, recodified -  Act 42
Employee who is a volunteer fire fighter, EMT, first responder, or ambulance driver: employer required to allow employee to be late to work or absent if the employee was responding to an emergency, conditions specified; discrimination, complaint, and exception provisions -  Act 140
Health care providers and insurers required to disclose to consumer upon request information re median billed charge for certain health services, specified charge information for the most frequent presenting conditions, and public information regarding quality of health care services; DHS duties and hospital and forfeiture provisions -  Act 146
Lifesaving skills instruction in CPR and CCR and about AEDs in the high school grades: public, private, and charter schools required to offer -  Act 273
MA services by managed care organizations; DHS reports re quality of care for MA recipients and reducing MA program costs [Sec. 1301c, 1313h, p, 1315n, 9122 (10q), 9322 (3f), 9422 (14g)] [vetoed] -  AB-75
Newborn hearing screening required; State Laboratory of Hygiene duties specified -  Act 279
Nursing workforce survey and allocations to nursing center; ``nurses" definition re RNs, LPNs, nurse-midwives, and advanced practice nurse prescribers; report required [Sec. 228h, 518h, 2207t, 2995cy-de, dt, ed] [2207t — partial veto; 2995cz — vetoed] -  Act 28
Patient health care records: laws revised re access, inspection, fees, statutes related to evidence, electronic format, and forfeiture for noncompliance; health care provider definition expanded [Sec. 970g, 1427L, r, 1582, 1662, 1728, 2171r, 2429b-e, 2433b-v, 2436n, 2506r, 2521n, 2530r, 2572g, h, 2740b, r, 2995ctm, 3135t, 3138n, 3147g, 3173b, 3197n, 3285gb-p, 9322 (9c)] [2433b, d, f, 9322 (9c) — partial veto; 2433r — vetoed] -  Act 28
Presumption for employment-connected infectious disease established for fire fighters, EMS providers, law enforcement officers, and correctional officers; JSCRS appendix report -  Act 284
Structural collapse emergency response: establishment of regional structural collapse teams, standards specified; DEM duties set -  Act 43
Volunteer Health Care Provider Program: state required to pay for legal representation and costs and damages re certain claims; chiropractors, podiatrists, and physical therapists added -  Act 93
WC law revisions re number of employees, emergency responders, compensation amounts, payment of benefits, and administration -  Act 206
Wisconsin Quality Home Care Authority created, duties defined; collective bargaining provision; Authority is not a state agency, is exempt from state employment requirements, and employees are excluded from state retirement benefits [Sec. 3, 10, 16, 20, 23, 24, 44-47, 52, 53, 74, 75, 93-95, 98, 99, 105-112, 114, 120, 163, 164, 863, 884, 893, 894, 1444, 1518, 1623, 1847, 2073, 2156, 2240-2242, 2243, 2244-2251, 2253-2254g, 2482, 2627, 2632, 3202, 9122 (3), (3f), 9155m] -  Act 28
meinert, jacob alexanderMeinert, Jacob Alexander
Life and military service commended [AJR-116] -  JR-31
memorial certificateMemorial certificate, see name of specific individual
memorial highwayMemorial highway, see Road — Marking
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