2013 Acts Index

Family Care enrollees admitted to mental health institutes: funding provisions, report required [Sec. 347j, k, 831f, p, 9118 (5e), 9418 (10e)] [vetoed] - Act 20

Family Care expansion: DHS study and report required [Sec. 9118 (3q)] - Act 20

FoodShare work requirements for able-bodied adults; employment and training program appropriations; report required [Sec. 350b, c, 357c, g, 1211, 1211m, n, 1212-1216, 9318 (9)] [1215m -- vetoed] - Act 20

Income maintenance administration: method for paying multicounty consortia [Sec. 1211b] [partial veto] - Act 20

Independent living center grants revised; Social Security Administration moneys and DWD duties provisions [Sec. 362, 363, 378, 870, 871] - Act 20

Individual placement and support (IPS): DHS required to establish regional centers re employment of individuals experiencing mental illness; county and tribal programs are eligible for grants; Medicaid matching funds provision - Act 131

MA program mental health benefits and reimbursement for certain mental health services revisions re in-home therapy for certain children and telehealth; definitions, provider requirements, and DHS duties provisions - Act 130

MA programs: changes re financial eligibility and divestment of income or assets; financial institution definition modified [Sec. 1044, 1045, 1059-1069, 1088, 1991, 9318 (7), (8)] - Act 20

Mental health services and programs provided by counties and regions: DHS biennial report required - Act 251

Milwaukee County Mental Health Board created; reports, audits, and LAB duties - Act 203

Multi-entity initiative authorized re an agreement between a county or tribe and one or more counties or tribes to provide coordinated treatment and services to children in two or more systems of care; DHS duties [Sec. 358, 841-863, 882, 2326] - Act 20

Older Americans Act: payments to counties and tribes that had reductions in federal moneys from 2012 to 2013 [Sec. 9118 (2c)] - Act 20

Peer-run respite center re mental health conditions or substance abuse: DHS to contract with peer-run organizations, appropriation provision - Act 129

Peer-run respite centers: DHS grants to [Sec. 836] - Act 20

State agencies to share specified data with DOR for debt collection and state tax purposes; confidentiality provision [Sec. 733, 940, 1218, 1278, 1718, 1721, 2164, 2165] - Act 20

hearings and appeals, division of Hearings and Appeals, Division of

Child abuse and neglect appeal: procedures revised and contested case hearing provision [Sec. 936s, u, 938g, h, 945, 945c, 1229q-w, 9306 (2), 9406 (2i)] - Act 20

Race-based team names, nicknames, logos, and mascots used by schools: complaint process changed; DHA and not State Superintendent to hold hearings, rules provision; school district does not have to comply with existing court order to terminate use of; school district prohibited from membership in an interscholastic athletic association that bars race-based team name, mascot, etc. - Act 115

heating oil Heating oil, see Fuel

heroin Heroin, see Drugs -- Criminal acts and law enforcement

high school High school, see School

high school graduation High school graduation, see School -- Curriculum

higher educational aids board Higher Educational Aids Board, see also Scholarships and loans; Veteran -- Education

Doctor of dental surgery degrees: number of residents funded by HEAB grant increased [Sec. 223] - Act 20

Primary care and psychiatry shortage grant program created in HEAB; income tax exemption provision; JSCTE appendix report - Act 128

Sum sufficient appropriation [Sec. 693-695] - Act 20

Talent incentive grants program modified re continuous enrollment - Act 329

Technical Excellence Higher Education Scholarship Program created; recipients are not eligible for an Academic Excellence Higher Education Scholarship - Act 60

UW System general program revenue transferred to HEAB for Wisconsin higher education grants, sunset provision; HEAB may transfer certain moneys between fiscal years [Sec. 224d, f, g, 250h, i, 695e, f, 9419 (1e)] - Act 20

Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program grants revised [Sec. 224e, 694g-k] - Act 20

``Wisconsin higher education grants" renamed ``Wisconsin grants"; tuition grant program for private colleges established and called ``Wisconsin grants; private, nonprofit college students" - Act 330

highway Highway, see Road, and its subheadings

highway aid Highway aid, see Road -- Finance

highway map Highway map, see Maps

highway safety Highway safety, see Traffic safety

hinkley, gordon lyle Hinkley, Gordon Lyle

Life and dedication of the ``Granddaddy of Milwaukee Radio" commended upon his death [AJR 97] - JR28

hirsp HIRSP, see Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan

historic site or preservation Historic site or preservation, see Building

historical society Historical society

Qualified rehabilitation expenses for certified historic structures and qualified rehabilitated buildings: income and franchise tax credits; claimants required to get WEDC certification; DOR, WEDC, and WHS report to JCF required - Act 62

hiv _human immunodeficiency virus_ HIV (Human immunodeficiency virus), see Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

hmo _health maintenance organization_ HMO (Health maintenance organization), see Medical practice, Group

holding company Holding company, see Savings and loan associations

holidays and special dates Holidays and special dates

State park vehicle admission fee and state trail fee waived for resident service member on active duty; Veterans Day and Memorial Day weekend provisions [Sec. 277, 533-544] - Act 20

home heating assistance Home heating assistance, see Public assistance

home heating fuel Home heating fuel, see Fuel

homeless Homeless, see Veteran -- Relief

homeschool Homeschool, see School -- Curriculum

homestead credit Homestead credit

Fraudulent or reckless claims for EITC, farmland preservation, or homestead tax credit: the person is prohibited from filing a claim for certain number of years [Sec. 1444, 9337 (6)] - Act 20

homicide Homicide, see Crime and criminals -- Homicide or murder

horns and vehicle warning devices Horns and vehicle warning devices, see Motor vehicle -- Equipment

horses Horses

Three-vehicle combinations operating on highways without a permit: exception created - Act 355

horton, barbara p Horton, Barbara P.

Life, public service, and dedication to Milwaukee's children and families commended upon her death [SJR44] - JR19

hospitals Hospitals, see also Insurance -- Health; Medical assistance; Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.; Mental health -- Hospitals and institutes; Nursing homes and adult care; University of Wisconsin -- School of Medicine and Public Health; Veteran -- Hospitals and home

Electronic medical records: income and franchise tax credits health care providers may claim for hardware or software sunsetted [Sec. 1345, 1396, 1432] - Act 20

Emergency detention, involuntary commitment, and privileged communication revisions - Act 158

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: requirements for reporting suspected cases, physician examination of infants and diagnosis, child abuse and neglect investigation, and services and treatment for the infant and mother - Act 260

Graduate medical training programs: DHS grants to rural hospitals established, matching fund provision [Sec. 345, 1899] - Act 20

Graduate medical training programs: DHS to award grants to hospitals to maintain programs [Sec. 349, 1900] - Act 20

HMO hospital access payments: BadgerCare Plus Core enrollees exclusion deleted [Sec. 1058k] - Act 20

Hospital regulation laws revised - Act 236

Hospitals with disproportionate share of low-income patients: DHS payments to; approval from U.S. DHHS provision [Sec. 9118 (4c)] - Act 20

hotel and motel Hotel and motel, see also Room tax

Retail food establishment license or permit for a restaurant or bed and breakfast establishment: health department of a 1st class city may issue, under agreement with DATCP or DHS; extension of license under certain conditions permitted - Act 298

hotline Hotline, see Telephone

hours of labor Hours of labor, see also Public employee -- Hours of labor

Employees exempt from the overtime pay requirement: employer not required to keep records of the hours of employment - Act 286

Full-time job requirement for WEDC tax credit programs modified [Sec. 1333, 1385, 1421, 1468, 2060, 2061, 2070-2073, 2077-2079, 9350 (4)] - Act 20

house of correction House of correction

County and municipal prisoners: provisions allowing for agreements to house prisoners in a bordering county within or outside the state - Act 376

Short-term sanctions system for violations of conditions of extended supervision, parole, probation, or deferred prosecution agreement established; temporary housing of persons on probation in county jails or houses of correction; attempt to possess a schedule I or II controlled substance or analog that is a narcotic made a felony - Act 196

housing Housing, see also Mortgage; University of Wisconsin -- Building; Veteran -- Housing

Blight elimination grants created re blighted and abandoned properties [Sec. 204b, 413m, 2055b, 9214 (1L), 9226 (1L)] [vetoed] - Act 20

Community development block grant: DOA authorized to administer any program funded by [Sec. 63, 64, 455-459] - Act 20

Dwelling Code Council: requiring a review of one- and two-family dwelling code once every 3 years and report on the review and recommendations to DSPS once every 6 years - Act 23

Housing rehabilitation loan program administration fund: certain amounts transferred annually to the Wisconsin development reserve fund [Sec. 2055d] - Act 20

Landlord and tenant revisions re abandoned personal property, reference about rental performance, property damage due to pests or insects, disclosing building or housing code violations, local ordinances, security deposit, voiding rental agreements, unfair trade practices, and check-in sheets; towing vehicles illegally parked on private property; eviction action revisions; terminating tenancy of an offending tenant in a manufactured or mobile home community; domestic abuse protection provisions - Act 76

Licensed manufactured home communities: legal nonconforming use provisions - Act 347

Managed Forest Land Program: withdrawal for construction of a residence provisions created [Sec. 1501b, c] - Act 20

Private elevators and dumbwaiters in an individual residential dwelling: permit and inspection requirements revised [Sec. 1712g-r, 9338 (1L)] - Act 20

Real estate broker licensed in Wisconsin: out-of-state broker, salesperson, or time-share salesperson may enter into a cooperative agreement with; Real Estate Examining Board duties - Act 259

Residential contractors prohibited from promising to pay or rebate property insurance deductible re specified repairs or replacements; consumer may cancel a contract for repairs or replacement if it is paid by insurance and all or part of the claim is not covered, written notice required; consumer required to inform contractor if property insurance claim is to pay for activities; and penalty provisions - Act 24

housing _ rent Housing -- Rent, see Landlord and tenant

housing and economic development authority, wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority, Wisconsin