2013 Wisconsin Act 20

20,1894 Section 1894. 125.06 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:

125.06 (11) Auction sales. The sale by an auction house at public auction of a collection of sealed bottles of intoxicating liquor or unopened beer cans for the purpose of settling an estate or disposing of the collection or the auction sale of sealed bottles or containers of wine or of unopened bottles of intoxicating liquor or fermented malt beverages by a charitable organization, as defined in s. 440.41 202.11 (1), at an auction held to raise money for the charitable organization.

20,1894p Section 1894p. 126.44 (8) (c) 1. and 2. of the statutes are amended to read:

126.44 (8) (c) 1. The milk contractor's current ratio, excluding any assets items required to be excluded under sub. (9).

2. The milk contractor's debt to equity ratio, excluding any assets items required to be excluded under sub. (9).

20,1894q Section 1894q. 126.44 (9) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

126.44 (9) Assets Items excluded. (intro.) A milk contractor may not include any of the following assets items in the calculations under sub. (8) (c), unless the department specifically approves their inclusion:

20,1894r Section 1894r. 126.44 (9) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

126.44 (9) (d) A liability and the corresponding impact to equity resulting from the recording of a loss as a component of other comprehensive income due to the recognition of the funding status of a defined benefit pension plan.

20,1894s Section 1894s. 126.44 (9) (e) of the statutes is created to read:

126.44 (9) (e) An asset and the corresponding liability that represent an amount that is collectible from and owed to the milk contractor itself, as proven by the milk contractor.

20,1895 Section 1895. 134.73 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

134.73 (1) (a) "Contribution" has the meaning given in s. 440.41 202.11 (5).

20,1896 Section 1896. 134.73 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

134.73 (1) (c) "Solicit" has the meaning given in s. 440.41 202.11 (8).

20,1896m Section 1896m. 137.01 (9) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

137.01 (9) (a) For drawing and copy of protest of the nonpayment of a promissory note or bill of exchange, or of the nonacceptance of such bill, $1 not more than $5 in the cases where by law such protest is necessary, but in no other case.

20,1896n Section 1896n. 137.01 (9) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

137.01 (9) (b) For drawing and copy of every other protest, 50 cents not more than $5.

20,1896o Section 1896o. 137.01 (9) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

137.01 (9) (c) For drawing, copying and serving every notice of nonpayment of a note or bill, or nonacceptance of a bill, 50 cents not more than $5.

20,1896p Section 1896p. 137.01 (9) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

137.01 (9) (d) For drawing any affidavit, or other paper or proceeding for which provision is not herein made, 50 cents not more than $5 for each folio, and for copying the same 12 cents per folio.

20,1896q Section 1896q. 137.01 (9) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

137.01 (9) (e) For taking the acknowledgment of deeds, and for other services authorized by law, the same fees as are allowed to other officers for similar services, but the fee per document shall not exceed 50 cents $5.

20,1896s Section 1896s. 138.052 (13) of the statutes is created to read:

138.052 (13) (a) In this subsection:

1. "Financial institution" means a bank, credit union, savings bank, savings and loan association, mortgage banker, or any other lender that receives an application for, services, or enforces the terms of a loan.

2. "Local governmental unit" means a city, village, town, or county, or any other local governmental unit, as defined in s. 66.0131 (1) (a), but does not include a 1st class city.

(b) A local governmental unit may not enact an ordinance or adopt a resolution that does any of the following:

1. Imposes any fee or tax on any financial institution in connection with servicing, or enforcing the terms of, a loan.

2. Delays any financial institution in enforcing the terms of a loan.

3. Affects any financial institution's servicing, or enforcement of the terms of, a loan.

4. Regulates any financial institution with respect to the lending practices or financial services of the financial institution as it relates to loans.

(c) If a local governmental unit has in effect on the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], an ordinance or resolution that is inconsistent with par. (b), the ordinance or resolution does not apply and may not be enforced.

(d) Except in a 1st class city, the servicing of loans and enforcement of loan terms are matters of statewide concern for which uniformity in regulation is necessary and are subject only to applicable state and federal laws and not to local regulation.

20,1896w Section 1896w. 139.25 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

139.25 (1) Interest and penalties. Unpaid taxes bear interest at the rate of 12% per year from the due date of the return until paid or deposited with the department, and all refunded taxes bear interest at the rate of 9% 3 percent per year from the due date of the return to the date on which the refund is certified on the refund rolls.

20,1897 Section 1897. 139.30 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

139.30 (7) "Manufacturer" means any person who manufactures cigarettes for the purpose of sale, including the authorized agent of a person who manufactures cigarettes for the purpose of sale. "Manufacturer" includes a person who owns an automated roll-your-own machine that is used to make cigarettes, but does not include an individual who owns a roll-your-own machine and uses the machine in his or her home solely to make cigarettes for his or her personal use or for the use of other individuals who live in his or her home.

20,1897h Section 1897h. 139.44 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:

139.44 (9) Unpaid taxes bear interest at the rate of 12% per year from the due date of the return until paid or deposited with the department, and all refunded taxes bear interest at the rate of 9% 3 percent per year from the due date of the return to the date on which the refund is certified on the refund rolls.

20,1897j Section 1897j. 139.94 of the statutes is amended to read:

139.94 Refunds. If the department is determined to have collected more taxes than are owed, the department shall refund the excess and interest at the rate of 0.75% 0.25 percent per month or part of a month when that determination is final. If the department has sold property to obtain taxes, penalties and interest assessed under this subchapter and those taxes, penalties and interest are found not to be due, the department shall give the former owner the proceeds of the sale when that determination is final.

20,1898 Section 1898. 146.45 of the statutes is repealed.

20,1899 Section 1899. 146.63 of the statutes is created to read:

146.63 Grants to establish graduate medical training programs. (1) Definition. In this section, "rural hospital" means a hospital, as defined under s. 50.33 (2), that is not located in a 1st class city.

(2) Departmental duties. (a) Subject to subs. (4) and (5), the department shall distribute grants from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (fj) to assist rural hospitals and groups of rural hospitals in procuring infrastructure and increasing case volume to the extent necessary to develop accredited graduate medical training programs. The department shall distribute the grants under this paragraph to rural hospitals and groups of rural hospitals that apply to receive a grant under sub. (3) and that satisfy the criteria established by the department under par. (b) and the eligibility requirement under sub. (6).

(b) The department shall establish criteria for approving and distributing grants under par. (a) and criteria for approving plans under sub. (3).

(3) Grant application. A rural hospital or group of rural hospitals may apply, in the form and manner determined by the department, to receive a grant under sub. (2) (a). The rural hospital or group of rural hospitals shall include in the application a plan to use the funds to procure infrastructure or increase case volume to the extent necessary to develop an accredited graduate medical training program at the rural hospital or group of rural hospitals and a plan to satisfy the matching requirement under sub. (4).

(4) Matching funds. The department may not distribute a grant under sub. (2) (a) unless the rural hospital or group of rural hospitals offers to provide matching funds in an amount determined by the department.

(5) Term of grants. The department may not distribute a grant under sub. (2) (a) to a rural hospital or group of rural hospitals for a term that is more than 3 years.

(6) Eligibility. A rural hospital or group of rural hospitals may only receive a grant under sub. (3) if the plan to use the funds involves developing an accredited graduate medical training program in any of the following specialties:

(a) Family medicine.

(b) Pediatrics.

(c) Psychiatry.

(d) General surgery.

(e) Internal medicine.

20,1900 Section 1900. 146.64 of the statutes is created to read:

146.64 Grants to support graduate medical training programs. (1) Definition. In this section, "hospital" has the meaning given under s. 50.33 (2).

(2) Departmental duties. (a) Subject to par. (c) and sub. (4), the department shall distribute grants to hospitals to fund the addition of positions to existing accredited graduate medical training programs. The department shall distribute the grants under this paragraph to hospitals that apply to receive a grant under sub. (3) and that satisfy the criteria established by the department under par. (b) and the eligibility requirement under sub. (4).

(b) The department shall establish criteria for approving and distributing grants under par. (a).

(c) 1. The department shall distribute funds for grants under par. (a) from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (4) (b). The department may not distribute more than $225,000 from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (4) (b) to a particular hospital in a given state fiscal year and may not distribute more than $75,000 from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (4) (b) to fund a given position in a graduate medical training program in a given state fiscal year.

2. If the department receives matching federal medical assistance funds, the department shall distribute those funds for grants under par. (a) in addition to any funds distributed under subd. 1.

(d) The department shall seek federal medical assistance funds to match the grants distributed under par. (a). If the department receives those funds, the department shall distribute them as provided in par. (c) 2.

(3) Grant application. A hospital may apply, in the form and manner determined by the department, to receive a grant under sub. (2) (a).

(4) Eligibility. A hospital that has an accredited graduate medical training program in any of the following specialties may apply to receive a grant under sub. (3):

(a) Family medicine.

(b) Pediatrics.

(c) Psychiatry.

(d) General surgery.

(e) Internal medicine.

20,1900e Section 1900e. 146.82 (2) (a) 11. of the statutes is amended to read:

146.82 (2) (a) 11. To a county department an agency, as defined under s. 48.02 (2g) in s. 48.981 (1) (ag), a sheriff or police department, or a district attorney for purposes of investigation of threatened or suspected child abuse or neglect or suspected unborn child abuse or for purposes of prosecution of alleged child abuse or neglect, if the person conducting the investigation or prosecution identifies the subject of the record by name. The health care provider may release information by initiating contact with a county department an agency, sheriff or police department, or district attorney without receiving a request for release of the information. A person to whom a report or record is disclosed under this subdivision may not further disclose it the report or record, except to the persons, for the purposes, and under the conditions specified in s. 48.981 (7).

20,1900f Section 1900f. 146.82 (2) (a) 11m. of the statutes is created to read:

146.82 (2) (a) 11m. To a court conducting a termination of parental rights proceeding under s. 48.42, to an agency, district attorney, corporation counsel or other appropriate official under s. 48.09 performing official duties relating to such a proceeding, or to the attorney or guardian ad litem for any party to such a proceeding for purposes of conducting, preparing for, or performing official duties relating to the proceeding, if that person identifies the subject of the record by name. A person to whom a report or record is disclosed under this subdivision may not further disclose the report or record, except for the purposes specified in this subdivision.

20,1900h Section 1900h. 146.82 (2) (a) 18m. of the statutes is amended to read:

146.82 (2) (a) 18m. If the subject of the patient health care records is a child or juvenile who has been placed in a foster home, group home, residential care center for children and youth, or juvenile correctional facility, including a placement under s. 48.205, 48.21, 938.205, or 938.21, or for whom placement in a foster home, group home, residential care center for children and youth, or juvenile correctional facility is recommended under s. 48.33 (4), 48.425 (1) (g), 48.837 (4) (c), or 938.33 (3) or (4), to an agency directed by a court to prepare a court report under s. 48.33 (1), 48.424 (4) (b), 48.425 (3), 48.831 (2), 48.837 (4) (c), or 938.33 (1), to an agency responsible for preparing a court report under s. 48.365 (2g), 48.425 (1), 48.831 (2), 48.837 (4) (c), or 938.365 (2g), to an agency responsible for preparing a permanency plan under s. 48.355 (2e), 48.38, 48.43 (1) (c) or (5) (c), 48.63 (4) or (5) (c), 48.831 (4) (e), 938.355 (2e), or 938.38 regarding the child or juvenile, to the foster parent of the child or juvenile or the operator of the group home, residential care center for children and youth, or juvenile correctional facility in which the child or juvenile is placed, or to an agency that placed the child or juvenile or arranged for the placement of the child or juvenile in any of those placements and, by any of those agencies, to any other of those agencies and, by the agency that placed the child or juvenile or arranged for the placement of the child or juvenile in any of those placements, to the foster parent of the child or juvenile or the operator of the group home, residential care center for children and youth, or juvenile correctional facility in which the child or juvenile is placed, as provided in s. 48.371 or 938.371.

20,1900n Section 1900n. Chapter 149 of the statutes is repealed.

20,1901 Section 1901. 153.05 (2r) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

153.05 (2r) (intro.) Notwithstanding s. 16.75 (1), (2), and (3m), from the appropriation account under s. 20.515 (1) (ut) the department of employee trust funds may expend up to $150,000, and from the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (1) (fn), (hg), and (hi) the department of health services, in its capacity as a public health authority, may expend moneys, to contract with a data organization to perform services under this subchapter that are specified for the data organization under sub. (1) (c) or, if s. 153.455 (4) applies, for the department of health services to perform or contract for the performance of these services. As a condition of the contract under this subsection, all of the following apply:

20,1902 Section 1902. 153.05 (2r) (d) to (h) of the statutes are created to read:

153.05 (2r) (d) The data organization shall provide an Internet site that offers health care provider cost and quality data and reports to consumers in a manner that is comprehensive and transparent and that uses language that is understandable to laypersons.

(e) The data organization shall conduct statewide consumer information campaigns to improve health literacy.

(f) The data organization shall provide a review and reconsideration software solution to allow health care providers to validate their cost and quality data prior to publication on the Internet site described in par. (d).

(g) The data organization shall conduct other functions in support of the responsibilities under sub. (1) (c) as specified in the contract by the department of health services and the department of employee trust funds.

(h) The data organization shall fulfill the requirements under this subsection according to timelines established by the department of health services and the department of employee trust funds.

20,1904m Section 1904m. 165.25 (10m) of the statutes is created to read:

165.25 (10m) Report on grants. Beginning on January 15, 2015, and annually thereafter, the department of justice shall submit a report to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2), regarding its administration of grant programs under ss. 165.95, 165.955, 165.96, 165.986, and 165.987. The report shall include, for each grant program, all of the following information: