Wisconsin Legislature: Physician

Child psychiatry consultation program: DHS to create and administer; qualified consultation provider criteria and annual report required - SB359

Child welfare and health care records: confidential exchange provisions modified [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 939w, 945w, 1234q, 1900e-h, 2336f] - AB40

Congenital heart defect screening in newborns required; DHS duties - AB111

Congenital heart defect screening in newborns required; DHS duties - SB104

Dentistry definition and practice of for professional licensing purposes revisions - AB552

Dentistry definition and practice of for professional licensing purposes revisions - SB413

DHS to request waiver of federal Medicaid law for services and support re women with increased risk of negative birth outcomes; expanding who can claim Wisconsin EITC; nurse-midwife governing provisions, hospital staff privileges, and Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund coverage; statewide electronic data management and information system for all public assistance programs; evidence-based home visitation program re child abuse or neglect or poor birth outcomes; informed consent before certain elective caesarean section and labor-inducing procedures; infant's race or ethnicity to be included on the birth certificate; cultural competency training for certain students at UW and TCS institutions; DHS reports re neonatal intensive care units and fetal and infant mortality and birth outcomes; DHS to promulgate rules for best practices for postpartum patients and newborns at hospitals - AB754

DHS to request waiver of federal Medicaid law for services and support re women with increased risk of negative birth outcomes; expanding who can claim Wisconsin EITC; nurse-midwife governing provisions, hospital staff privileges, and Injured Patients and Familes Compensation Fund coverage; statewide electronic data management and information system for all public assistance programs; evidence-based home visitation program re child abuse or neglect or poor birth outcomes; informed consent before certain elective caesarean section and labor-inducing procedures; infant's race or ethnicity to be included on the birth certificate; cultural competency training for certain students at UW and TCS institutions; DHS reports re neonatal intensive care units and fetal and infant mortality and birth outcomes; DHS to promulgate rules for best practices for postpartum patients and newborns at hospitals - SB546

Electronic medical records: income and franchise tax credits health care providers may claim for hardware or software sunsetted [Sec. 1345, 1396, 1432] - AB40

Emergency detention pilot program in Milwaukee County created; LAB performance audit required - AB500

Emergency detention pilot program in Milwaukee County created; LAB performance audit required - SB477

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 [A.Amdt.1: testing expectant mothers for controlled substances provisions deleted] - AB675

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 - SB529

Final disposition of fetal remains resulting from an abortion: physician required to arrange; funeral director, definition, and penalty provisions - AB252

Inadmissibility of a statement of apology, condolence, fault, or remorse by a health care provider in a civil action or administrative hearing [A.Amdt.1: disciplinary proceeding, mediation, and arbitration added and other revisions] - AB120

Inadmissibility of a statement of apology, condolence, or remorse by a health care provider in a civil action or administrative hearing - AB296

Inadmissibility of a statement of apology, condolence, fault, or remorse by a health care provider in a civil action or administrative hearing - SB129

Informed consent: ``reasonable physician standard" provision - SB137

Licenses to practice medicine and surgery and related credentials issued by MEB revised - AB742

Licenses to practice medicine and surgery and related credentials issued by MEB revised - SB579

Lyme disease: DHS to create a notice for patients who receive certain lab tests for the disease; Internet and health care provider duty provisions - AB751

MA program mental health benefits and reimbursement for certain mental health services revisions re in-home therapy for certain children and telehealth; DHS duties [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, telehealth provisions modified; A.Amdt.2: definition revisions and provider requirements expanded] - AB458

MA program mental health benefits and reimbursement for certain mental health services revisions re in-home therapy for certain children and telehealth; DHS duties - SB410

Milwaukee County Mental Health Board created; reports and LAB duties [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, operational and programmatic audits by DHS required; S.Amdt.1: transition to county-based Milwaukee County Mental Health Board provisions] - SB565

Naloxone: EMTs and certified first responders may administer; law enforcement agency and fire department may contract with ambulance service provider for a supply of and training to safely administer, liability immunity provision [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, opioid antagonist possession, delivery, or dispensing by or to any person permitted, prescribing an opioid antagonist provisions, ambulance service provider requirements re training and supply, immunity provisions expanded and Good Samaritan law conditions added] - AB446

Physician duty to inform patients of treatment options expanded to include chiropractors, dentists, podiatrists, and optometrists; respective examining boards duties - AB692

Physician duty to inform patients of treatment options expanded to include chiropractors, dentists, podiatrists, and optometrists; respective examining boards duties - SB518

Physician duty to inform patients of treatment options: ``reasonable physician standard" provision - AB139

Primary care and psychiatry shortage grant program created in HEAB; income tax exemption provision; JSCTE appendix report - AB454

Primary care and psychiatry shortage grant program created in HEAB; income tax exemption provision; JSCTE appendix report - SB366

Requirements to perform abortions revised; ultrasound required before informed consent for an abortion; penalty and exception provisions - AB227

Requirements to perform abortions revised; ultrasound required before informed consent for an abortion; penalty and exception provisions [S.Amdts. 1, 13, 14, 16: revisions to performance of the ultrasound] - SB206

Sexual orientation change efforts on minors: mental health provider prohibition and penalties created; JRCCP report - SB481

Ultrasound before an abortion and hospital admitting privileges of physician performing an abortion requirements eliminated; providing information on fetal ultrasound imaging and auscultation of fetal heart tone restored to pre-2013 WisAct 37 requirements - SB623

Volunteer Health Care Provider Program: out-of-state volunteer permitted under certain conditions; requirements for nonprofit agencies specified and report to DOA required - AB619

Volunteer Health Care Provider Program: out-of-state volunteer permitted under certain conditions; requirements for nonprofit agencies specified and report to DOA required [A.Amdt.1: dentist and dental hygienist exception added] - SB391

Wrongful death action and medical malpractice claim expanded to include ``unborn child", definition provision; exception to Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund claims - AB160

``128th Infantry Memorial Highway": DOT to designate and mark STH 128 in Pierce and St. Croix counties as; contributions from interested parties provision - AB103

``128th Infantry Memorial Highway": DOT to designate and mark STH 128 in Pierce and St. Croix counties as; contributions from interested parties provision - SB96

Industrial hemp: DATCP to issue license authorizing growing and processing; criminal history search and report required - AB638

Pollinator Week: third week of June proclaimed as - AJR83

Pollinator Week: third week of June proclaimed as - SJR61

Vegetation obstructing an outdoor advertising sign: permittee to compensate DOT for removal of trees over certain diameter; ``cross-vista" sign and arborist provisions [S.Amdt.1: definition revisions, specified tree diameter and height changed] - AB258

Vegetation obstructing an outdoor advertising sign: permittee to compensate DOT for removal of trees over certain diameter; ``cross-vista" sign and arborist provisions - SB219

Certified survey map ordinance or resolution may divide land into more than 4 parcels without the division being a subdivision; conditions and extraterritorial plat provisions - AB663

Certified survey map ordinance or resolution may divide land into more than 4 parcels without the division being a subdivision; conditions and extraterritorial plat provisions [S.Amdt.3: DOA and DOT review required under certain conditions] - SB502

Land information program and register of deeds fees revised, SSN redaction provisions; DOA to establish an implementation plan for statewide digital parcel map [Sec. 186, 1241-1243, 1248-1250; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, county board duties, report required, land information fund established, SSN provision deleted, 185g, r, 186b-y, 420d, f, 514u, 530m, 1242e, g, 1247d-t, 1250g, 9429 (1i), deletes 1243, 1250] - AB40

``Land surveying" replaced with ``practice of professional land surveying" and definition revised; license replaces certificate of registration; examining board and section names changed; apprenticeship path to licensure eliminated; certain registration exemptions eliminated; other revisions re town survey to erect monuments, cemetery authority plat or map, ordinary high water mark included on certain maps or plats, subdivision plats, certified survey maps, and recording certain plats [A.Amdts.2, 3, and 4: further revisions; A.Amdt.5: exceptions and exempt persons modified] - AB506

``Land surveying" replaced with ``practice of professional land surveying" and definition revised; license replaces certificate of registration; examining board and section names changed; apprenticeship path to licensure eliminated; certain registration exemptions eliminated; other revisions re town survey to erect monuments, cemetery authority plat or map, ordinary high water mark included on certain maps or plats, subdivision plats, certified survey maps, and recording certain plats - SB394

Plat approval: security requirement to ensure public improvements are made modified, substantial completion provision [A.Amdt.1: cap on security requirement added] - AB835

Plat approval: security requirement to ensure public improvements are made modified, substantial completion provision - SB636

Cabins and camping structures in a campground excluded from the dwelling code, conditions specified; portable toilet systems and holding tanks for wastewater from camping units and recreational vehicles excluded from the definition of plumbing - AB133

Cabins and camping structures in a campground excluded from the dwelling code, conditions specified; portable toilet systems and holding tanks for wastewater from camping units and recreational vehicles excluded from the definition of plumbing - SB148

Family dwelling not wired for electrical service is exempt from smoke detector and carbon monoxide detector requirements; plumbing standards exemption for family dwelling without indoor toilet and system to dispose of waste - AB499

Family dwelling not wired for electrical service is exempt from smoke detector and carbon monoxide detector requirements; plumbing standards exemption for family dwelling without indoor toilet and system to dispose of waste - SB407

Life and public service of the founder of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) commended upon his death - AJR57

Life and public service of the founder of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) commended upon his death - SJR53

Physician duty to inform patients of treatment options expanded to include chiropractors, dentists, podiatrists, and optometrists; respective examining boards duties - AB692

Physician duty to inform patients of treatment options expanded to include chiropractors, dentists, podiatrists, and optometrists; respective examining boards duties - SB518

911 emergency telecommunications system: police and fire protection fee eliminated; statewide funding provisions created and county authority to levy certain charges on telecommunications service users eliminated; PSC duties specified; State 911 Council created; communications providers and public service answering point (PSAP) provisions - AB779

911 emergency telecommunications system: police and fire protection fee eliminated; statewide funding provisions created and county authority to levy certain charges on telecommunications service users eliminated; PSC duties specified; State 911 Council created; communications providers and public service answering point (PSAP) provisions - SB566

Alert system for missing adults at risk: DOJ to establish; civil immunity and definition provisions - AB442

Alert system for missing adults at risk: DOJ to establish; civil immunity and definition provisions - SB255

Alerts for missing adults at risk: require DOJ to allow law enforcement to use the integrated crime alert network to disseminate reports to outdoor advertisers and broadcasters; definition, input from certain organizations, and FTE position provisions - AB710

Animals taken into custody on behalf of a political subdivision: laws revised - SB319

Biological specimen collected for DNA analysis from individuals arrested for a felony offense, including juveniles: requirement eliminated - AB314

Biological specimen for DNA analysis: individuals who must submit samples expanded; immunity from liability for certain law enforcement and DHS personnel; conditions for purging records; DNA surcharge; JRCCP report [Sec. 388, 390, 818, 1234, 1906-1935, 1937, 2150, 2155, 2156, 2291, 2292, 2324, 2325, 2327-2329, 2343, 2344, 2353-2358, 2361, 2362, 9126 (1), 9326 (1), 9426 (1); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, JLC study required, 1914d, 2328c, 2344c, 2360w, deletes 1927; A.Amdt.3: further revisions] - AB40

Carrying firearms in the capitol building prohibited, exceptions specified and penalty provision - SB102

CCAP Internet page: Director of State Courts to maintain one database for the general public under certain conditions and a separate database accessible to the courts, law enforcement, journalists, and other specified professions and agencies; penalty for using CCAP information to deny employment, housing, or other public accommodation; removal of information provision - AB253

CCAP Internet page: Director of State Courts to maintain one database for the general public under certain conditions and a separate database accessible to the courts, law enforcement, journalists, and other specified professions and agencies; penalty for using CCAP information to deny employment, housing, or other public accommodation; removal of information provision - SB234

Certification cards for concealed weapons: DOJ may issue to former out-of-state law enforcement officers who are Wisconsin residents - AB165

Child abuse report re person, who is not the child's caregiver, suspected of allowing or encouraging the child to engage in prostitution: sheriff or police department is required to report to a child welfare agency which is required to investigate - AB192

Child abuse report re person, who is not the child's caregiver, suspected of allowing or encouraging the child to engage in prostitution: sheriff or police department is required to report to a child welfare agency which is required to investigate - SB209

Child enticement: vehicle and property used in commission of the crime may be seized by law enforcement - AB212

Child enticement: vehicle and property used in commission of the crime may be seized by law enforcement [S.Amdt.1: returning property to innocent persons as soon as practically possible added] - SB226

Concealed weapon prohibition on school grounds and certain posted private property: exemption for law enforcement officers acting in their official capacity and qualified law enforcement and former law enforcement officers - AB9

County community programs board required to include person or family member of person who has received services for mental illness, developmental disability, alcoholism, or drug dependency; law enforcement officer; and hospital employee or representative among appointees - AB436