Wisconsin Legislature: Disease

Local government ordinance authority re employment discrimination, wage claims and collections, employee hours and overtime, required employee benefits, and soliciting salary history of prospective employees preempted; political subdivision minimum wage exemptions eliminated and imposing occupational license requirements prohibited; state and local governments prohibited from requiring any person to accept certain collective bargaining provisions or waive rights under federal or state labor laws, penalty provision [A.Amdt.1: employment discrimination provision removed; A.Amdt.4: certain provisions do not apply to electronics and information technology manufacturing zone and local job training and apprenticeship programs; S.Amdt.1: removes A.Amdt.4 provisions] - AB748

Local government ordinance authority re employment discrimination, wage claims and collections, employee hours and overtime, required employee benefits, and soliciting salary history of prospective employees preempted; political subdivision minimum wage exemptions eliminated and imposing occupational license requirements prohibited; state and local governments prohibited from requiring any person to accept certain collective bargaining provisions or waive rights under federal or state labor laws, penalty provision - SB634

Marijuana use, medical and recreational, permitted with restrictions and excise tax and penalty provisions; DHS duties re medical marijuana registry, licensing compassion centers, and registering certain testing laboratories; permitted THC concentration while operating a vehicle revised; fair employment law, UI, and drug testing for specific public assistance and work experience programs exemption for THC; health insurance coverage required for medical use of tetrahydrocannabinols - AB482

Patient rights to medically accurate information created; health care provider, employment retribution, civil action, injunctive relief, and compensatory damages provisions; AG duties - AB657

Patient rights to medically accurate information created; health care provider, employment retribution, civil action, injunctive relief, and compensatory damages provisions; AG duties - SB567

Record expunged of certain offenses committed before the age of 25: person may petition the court; DOJ duties and employment discrimination provision - AB331

State fair employment law, family and medical leave law, and organ and bone marrow donation law violations: offers of settlement procedures for resolving complaints [Sec. 1379-1383, 1456, 1457, 1459, 1767; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, settlement procedure removed, Division of Equal Rights hearing provision retained, deletes 1379-1383, 1456, 1457, 1459] - AB64

State fair employment law, family and medical leave law, and organ and bone marrow donation law violations: offers of settlement procedures for resolving complaints [Sec. 1379-1383, 1456, 1457, 1459, 1767] - SB30

Veterans Day (November 11): paid leave of absence for public and private employees who are veterans; collective bargaining, discrimination, and complaint provisions - SB117

Discrimination under open housing law re questioning prospective tenant or denying housing due to evictions that are more than 5 years old - AB972

Landlord and tenant regulations revised; political subdivision authority modified re historic properties, municipal dwelling inspection, levy limit reduction and garbage collection exception, and certain fees; public utility service to rental dwelling units; municipal utility arrearage collection; eviction action procedural changes; removing case management information from CCAP; open housing law re service, assistance, or emotional support animals; municipal administrative review; enforcement of rental unit energy efficiency program [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, habitability violation and rental property inspection program added] - AB771

Landlord and tenant regulations revised; political subdivision authority modified re historic properties, municipal dwelling inspection, levy limit reduction and garbage collection exception, and certain fees; public utility service to rental dwelling units; municipal utility arrearage collection; eviction action procedural changes; removing case management information from CCAP; open housing law re service, assistance, or emotional support animals; municipal administrative review; enforcement of rental unit energy efficiency program - SB639

Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month: June 2017 recognized as - AJR54

Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month: June 2017 recognized as - SJR59

Alzheimer’s disease and dementia: DHS to award grants to increase awareness in rural and underserved urban areas for 2017-18 fiscal year - AB632

Alzheimer’s disease and dementia: DHS to award grants to increase awareness in rural and underserved urban areas for 2017-18 fiscal year - SB527

American Heart Month: February 2017 proclaimed as - AJR4

American Heart Month: February 2017 proclaimed as - SJR6

American Heart Month: February 2018 proclaimed as - AJR104

American Heart Month: February 2018 proclaimed as - SJR102

Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Awareness Month: September 2017 proclaimed as - SJR83

Communicable disease control and prevention: grants to local health departments [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 370r, 1791c] - AB64

Communicable disease control and prevention measures: DHS to distribute funds to local health departments - AB293

Communicable disease control and prevention measures: DHS to distribute funds to local health departments - SB242

Council on Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections and Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANDA and PANS), to advise DHS established and annual report required - AB638

Council on Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections and Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANDA and PANS), to advise DHS established and annual report required - SB535

CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy) Awareness Day: January 30, 2018 recognized as - SJR104

Dementia specialist certification requirements created; prohibitions on use of the title - AB630

Diabetes Awareness Month: November 2017 proclaimed as - AJR67

Diabetes Awareness Month: November 2017 proclaimed as - SJR66

Dispensing, distributing, or selling dialysate, drugs, or devices necessary for providing home peritoneal kidney dialysis to patient with end-stage renal disease: exemption from pharmacist license requirement, conditions set - AB1047

Dispensing, distributing, or selling dialysate, drugs, or devices necessary for providing home peritoneal kidney dialysis to patient with end-stage renal disease: exemption from pharmacist license requirement, conditions set - SB875

Glaucoma Awareness Month: January recognized as - AJR96

Glaucoma Awareness Month: January recognized as - SJR93

Lyme Disease Awareness Month: May 2017 proclaimed as - AJR41

Lyme Disease Awareness Month: May 2017 proclaimed as - SJR45

Lyme disease laboratory test notice form creation; online availability, patient copy, and annual update requirement - AB316

Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month: June 2017 designated as - AJR19

Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month: June 2017 designated as - SJR20

Open enrollment program expired provision eliminated; 2017 WisAct 107 tuberculosis screening requirement correction; expired or outdated DPI reporting requirements eliminated (remedial legislation) [S.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, Office of School Safety created in DOJ, school safety plan provisions including on-site assessment by law enforcement and annual drills, mandatory reporting of threats of violence, DOJ grants for school safety, reports and penalty provisions] - AB843

Open enrollment program expired provision eliminated; 2017 WisAct 107 tuberculosis screening requirement correction; expired or outdated DPI reporting requirements eliminated (remedial legislation) - SB718

PANDAS and PANS Awareness Day: October 9, 2017 proclaimed as - AJR74

PANDAS and PANS Awareness Day: October 9, 2017 proclaimed as - SJR75

Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month: September 2017 proclaimed as - AJR73

Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month: September 2017 proclaimed as - SJR74

Shingles Awareness and Improvement Month: August recognized as - AJR113

Tuberculosis screening questionnaire required of school district employees, including MPS; practitioner duties specified - AB382

Tuberculosis screening questionnaire required of school district employees, including MPS; practitioner duties specified - SB382

Virtual dementia tour license: DHS funding authorized - AB643

World Lymphedema Day: March 6, 2017 recognized as - SJR14

Aiding a person suffering from an overdose or adverse reaction and immunity from controlled substance prosecution: revisions to 2017 WisAct 33 re initial applicability clause, bail jumping immunity, and sunset the bail jumping changes [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 2251xg-xs, 2265r, 9452 (2x)] - AB64

Assistant DA positions created and apportionment provisions - AB502

Assistant DA positions created and apportionment provisions - SB573

DA, deputy DA, and assistant DA allowed to provide pro bono publico legal services - AB117

DA, deputy DA, and assistant DA allowed to provide pro bono publico legal services - AB36

DA, deputy DA, and assistant DA allowed to provide pro bono publico legal services - SB504

Death involving a law enforcement officer: investigator to provide report to the chief judge of the judicial administrative district who must appoint a special prosecutor; DA provisions removed - AB155

DOJ to collect crime information from law enforcement agencies, DAs, and courts re firearms, marijuana, and motor vehicle thefts; quarterly compilations required - AB724

DOJ to collect crime information from law enforcement agencies, DAs, and courts re firearms, marijuana, and motor vehicle thefts; quarterly compilations required - SB611

Immigration status: prohibiting local ordinance, resolution, or policy that prohibit enforcement of federal or state law; authorizing certain elective officeholders to commence enforcement action, writ of mandamus provision; reduction of shared revenue payments; and political subdivision is liable for damage caused by an illegal alien - AB190

Immigration status: prohibiting local ordinance, resolution, or policy that prohibit enforcement of federal or state law; authorizing certain elective officeholders to commence enforcement action, writ of mandamus provision; reduction of shared revenue payments; and political subdivision is liable for damage caused by an illegal alien - SB275

Immigration status: prohibiting local ordinance, resolution, or policy that prohibits inquiries of individuals receiving public assistance or who were legally detained or arrested and reporting to or assisting other units of government re enforcement; writ of mandamus provision and reduction of shared revenue payments for failure to comply - AB127

Medicolegal Investigation Examining Board (MIEB) created in DSPS; licensure of medical examiners, medicolegal investigators, and staff members established; provisions re death notification, handling of personal property, disposition of bodies, access to deceased’s mental health treatment records, and emergency rules - AB366

Medicolegal Investigation Examining Board (MIEB) created in DSPS; licensure of medical examiners, medicolegal investigators, and staff members established; provisions re death notification, handling of personal property, disposition of bodies, access to deceased’s mental health treatment records, and emergency rules - SB297

Parental choice program: criminal penalties re false statement on application, concealing events to fraudulently participate, or unauthorized use of payments; DOJ and DA duties - AB493

Prosecutor Board and State Prosecutors Office created - AB231

Prosecutor Board and State Prosecutors Office created - SB155

Prosecutor Board established; State Prosecutors Office created and attached to DOA; automated justice information system and administrative rules and bills affecting the State Prosecutors Office provisions [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1e, L, 31n, 68g, 171b, c, 460r, 507g, 508f, 1712h, 1740g, 1758g, 1762s, 2261g-q, r, s, 2262c-g, 9101 (7p), 9401 (1p)] - AB64

Reproductive health care facility safety program: DOJ to implement and develop training programs for law enforcement officers and prosecuting attorneys; grants to counties - AB658

Reproductive health care facility safety program: DOJ to implement and develop training programs for law enforcement officers and prosecuting attorneys; grants to counties - SB568

Sexually violent person on supervised release: DHS required to notify DA and local governmental units of intended residential placement - AB312

Special prosecutor to assist DA: court may appoint in certain counties, DOA certification of backlog provision [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 2261qm, rm, rt] - AB64

Venue for trials involving violations of elections, ethics, and lobbying regulation laws changed; Elections Commission, Ethics Commission, and disclosure of certain information provisions - AB32

Victim impact statements established; definition and confidentiality provisions - AB927

WEDC employees aware of fraud against WEDC required to report it to DOJ or a DA; retroactive provision - AB648

Gross income reporting requirement for wage garnishment re maintenance, child support, spousal support, or family support (remedial legislation) - AB3

Marriage after divorce judgment: waiting period eliminated - AB521

Marriage after divorce judgment: waiting period eliminated - SB179