Wisconsin Legislature: Medical education

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

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

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

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

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

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

Life and military service commended [AJR-116] - JR-31

Management assistance grants from tribal gaming revenues to certain county; use for general operations permitted [Sec. 53n, 54] - Act 28

Background checks for handgun purchasers: DOJ required to check for court order or finding rendering the person ineligible under federal law re mental health status; courts required to determine ineligibility and other duties; person may petition court to cancel the order - Act 258

Competency proceedings: eliminating condition of bail or bond when defendant is committed to DHS custody for treatment; alternative process for placing person in an inpatient setting (remedial legislation) - Act 214

Group health coverage of nervous and mental disorders, alcoholism, and AODA: specified minimum amounts of coverage removed; referrals to nonphysicians, deductibles, out-of-pocket limit, and providing certain information to insured upon request provisions; equal coverage requirement exceptions - Act 218

Insurance coverage of services provided by licensed mental health professionals: laws modified; provisions re grievance resolution, patient rights, and treatment records [Sec. 1424g, 1427r, 1431d, 1443f-k, 2995p, 3137r, 3197r-t, 9326 (9q), (10q)] [2995p — vetoed] - Act 28

MA services provided by licensed mental health professionals: definitions, funding, and requirements revised [Sec. 1305r, 1321r, 1323c, 1443m, 2995sm, 3137r, 9422 (12r)] - Act 28

Shetler, Harriet Jane (McCown): founding member of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill commended upon her death [SJR-73] - JR-38

TROs and injunctions re domestic abuse, child abuse, adult at risk, or harassment: petition law revisions - Act 262

Appellate procedures integrated re commitments of persons found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect and commitments of sexually violent persons - Act 26

Background checks for handgun purchasers: DOJ required to check for court order or finding rendering the person ineligible under federal law re mental health status; courts required to determine ineligibility and other duties; person may petition court to cancel the order - Act 258

Biological specimen for DNA analysis: requirement does not expire when completing probation, sentence, or delinquency disposition, or being released from commitment; DA may petition court to compel certain persons to provide a sample; procedure specified - Act 261

Commitment of prison inmate: alternative petition procedure modified; jail and house of corrections provision - Act 260

Community recovery mental health services: DHS may implement through MA [Sec. 394, 1306, 1310, 1323] - Act 28

Corr.Dept feasibility studies and cost analyses re correctional officer training in managing mentally ill inmates, screening inmates for developmental disabilities, services and separate housing for developmentally disabled, and administration of medications [Sec. 9111 (2d)] - Act 28

DHS funding re new community reintegration program for Wisconsin Resource Center inmates and contracted services for Corr.Dept inmates on community supervision [Sec. 340h] - Act 28

Indian tribe or band member placement in a mental health treatment facility: reimbursement of unexpected or unusually high-costs from Indian gaming receipts; sunset provision - Act 318

Insurance coverage of services provided by licensed mental health professionals: laws modified; provisions re grievance resolution, patient rights, and treatment records [Sec. 1424g, 1427r, 1431d, 1443f-k, 2995p, 3137r, 3197r-t, 9326 (9q), (10q)] [2995p — vetoed] - Act 28