AB56,929,1512 146.89 (3m) (intro.) A volunteer health care provider who is a dentist or dental
13therapist
may provide dental services or a volunteer health care provider who is a
14dental hygienist may provide dental hygiene services, to persons who are recipients
15of Medical Assistance, if all of the following apply:
AB56,1775 16Section 1775 . 146.997 (1) (d) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,929,1717 146.997 (1) (d) 3. A dentist or dental therapist licensed under ch. 447.
AB56,1776 18Section 1776. 153.05 (2r) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,930,219 153.05 (2r) (intro.) Notwithstanding s. 16.75 (1), (2), and (3m), from the
20appropriation account under s. 20.515 (1) (ut) (w) the department of employee trust
21funds may expend up to $150,000, and from the appropriation accounts under s.
2220.435 (1) (fn), (hg), and (hi) the department of health services, in its capacity as a
23public health authority, may expend moneys, to contract with a data organization to
24perform services under this subchapter that are specified for the data organization
25under sub. (1) (c) or, if s. 153.455 (4) applies, for the department of health services

1to perform or contract for the performance of these services. As a condition of the
2contract under this subsection, all of the following apply:
AB56,1777 3Section 1777 . 155.01 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,930,134 155.01 (7) “Health care provider" means a nurse licensed or permitted under
5ch. 441, a chiropractor licensed under ch. 446, a dentist or dental therapist licensed
6under ch. 447, a physician, physician assistant, perfusionist, podiatrist, physical
7therapist, physical therapist assistant, occupational therapist, or occupational
8therapy assistant licensed under ch. 448, a person practicing Christian Science
9treatment, an optometrist licensed under ch. 449, a psychologist licensed under ch.
10455, a partnership thereof, a corporation or limited liability company thereof that
11provides health care services, a cooperative health care association organized under
12s. 185.981 that directly provides services through salaried employees in its own
13facility, or a home health agency, as defined in s. 50.49 (1) (a).
AB56,1778 14Section 1778 . 165.08 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,931,215 165.08 (1) Any civil action prosecuted by the department by direction of any
16officer, department, board, or commission, or any shall be compromised or
17discontinued when so directed by such officer, department, board, or commission.

18Any civil action prosecuted by the department on the initiative of the attorney
19general, or at the request of any individual may be compromised or discontinued with
20the approval of an intervenor under s. 803.09 (2m) or, if there is no intervenor, by
21submission of a proposed plan to the joint committee on finance for the approval of
22the committee. The compromise or discontinuance may occur only if the joint
23committee on finance approves the proposed plan. No proposed plan may be
24submitted to the joint committee on finance if the plan concedes the
25unconstitutionality or other invalidity of a statute, facially or as applied, or concedes

1that a statute violates or is preempted by federal law, without the approval of the
2joint committee on legislative organization
the governor.
AB56,1779 3Section 1779. 165.10 of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,1780 4Section 1780 . 165.25 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,931,135 165.25 (1) Represent state in appeals and on remand. Except as provided in
6ss. 5.05 (2m) (a), 19.49 (2) (a), and 978.05 (5), appear for the state and prosecute or
7defend all actions and proceedings, civil or criminal, in the court of appeals and the
8supreme court, in which the state is interested or a party, and attend to and prosecute
9or defend all civil cases sent or remanded to any circuit court in which the state is
10a party. The joint committee on legislative organization may intervene as permitted
11under s. 803.09 (2m) at any time.
Nothing in this subsection deprives or relieves the
12attorney general or the department of justice of any authority or duty under this
13chapter.
AB56,1781 14Section 1781 . 165.25 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,931,2415 165.25 (1m) Represent state in other matters. If requested by the governor
16or either house of the legislature, appear for and represent the state, any state
17department, agency, official, employee or agent, whether required to appear as a
18party or witness in any civil or criminal matter, and prosecute or defend in any court
19or before any officer, any cause or matter, civil or criminal, in which the state or the
20people of this state may be interested. The joint committee on legislative
21organization may intervene as permitted under s. 803.09 (2m) at any time.
The
22public service commission may request under s. 196.497 (7) that the attorney general
23intervene in federal proceedings. All expenses of the proceedings shall be paid from
24the appropriation under s. 20.455 (1) (d).
AB56,1782 25Section 1782 . 165.25 (6) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,932,22
1165.25 (6) (a) 1. At the request of the head of any department of state
2government, the attorney general may appear for and defend any state department,
3or any state officer, employee, or agent of the department in any civil action or other
4matter brought before a court or an administrative agency which is brought against
5the state department, or officer, employee, or agent for or on account of any act
6growing out of or committed in the lawful course of an officer's, employee's, or agent's
7duties. Witness fees or other expenses determined by the attorney general to be
8reasonable and necessary to the defense in the action or proceeding shall be paid as
9provided for in s. 885.07. The attorney general may compromise and settle the action
10as the attorney general determines to be in the best interest of the state except that,
11if the action is for injunctive relief or there is a proposed consent decree, the attorney
12general may not compromise or settle the action without the approval of an
13intervenor under s. 803.09 (2m) or, if there is no intervenor, without first submitting
14a proposed plan to the joint committee on finance. If, within 14 working days after
15the plan is submitted, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the attorney
16general that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the
17proposed plan, the attorney general may compromise or settle the action only with
18the approval of the committee. The attorney general may not submit a proposed plan
19to the joint committee on finance under this subdivision in which the plan concedes
20the unconstitutionality or other invalidity of a statute, facially or as applied, or
21concedes that a statute violates or is preempted by federal law, without the approval
22of the joint committee on legislative organization
.
AB56,1783 23Section 1783 . 165.25 (10g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,933,324 165.25 (10g) Report on settlement funds. Semiannually submit a report to
25the department of administration and the joint committee on finance regarding

1money received by the department of justice under a settlement agreement. To the
2extent permitted by the terms of each settlement agreement, the report shall specify
3all of the following for each reporting period:
AB56,933,44 (a) The total amount of settlement funds received.
AB56,933,65 (b) The amount of settlement funds received that have a purpose specified by
6the terms of the settlement.
AB56,933,87 (c) The amount of settlement funds received that do not have a purpose
8specified by the terms of the settlement.
AB56,933,99 (d) The cases from which settlement funds are received.
AB56,933,1110 (e) The purposes for which settlement funds are used, and the amounts
11expended for each purpose.
AB56,1784 12Section 1784 . 165.25 (11m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,933,1513 165.25 (11m) False claims. Diligently investigate possible violations of s.
1420.9315, and, if the department determines that a person has committed an act that
15is punishable under s. 20.9315, may bring a civil action against that person.
AB56,1785 16Section 1785 . 165.28 (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 115.94 (intro.).
AB56,1786 17Section 1786 . 165.28 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 115.94 (1) and amended
18to read:
AB56,933,2419 115.94 (1) In conjunction with the department of public instruction justice,
20create model practices for school safety. The department of public instruction justice
21shall provide any resources or staff requested by the office to create the model
22practices. The office shall also consult the Wisconsin School Safety Coordinators
23Association and the Wisconsin Safe and Healthy Schools Training and Technical
24Assistance Center when creating the model practices.
AB56,1787 25Section 1787 . 165.28 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 115.94 (2).
AB56,1788
1Section 1788. 165.28 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 165.25 (20) and
2amended to read:
AB56,934,83 165.25 (20) Training on school safety. Offer, or contract with another party
4to offer, training to school staff on school safety. Training subjects may include
5trauma informed care and how adverse childhood experiences have an impact on a
6child's development and increase needs for counseling or support. If a school receives
7under s. 165.88 115.945 (2) (b) a grant for the training under this subsection, the
8office department may charge a fee for the training.
AB56,1789 9Section 1789. 165.68 (1) (a) 3. of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB56,934,1210 165.68 (1) (a) 3. Conduct that is in violation of s. 940.225, 944.30 (1m), 948.02,
11948.025, 948.05, 948.051, 948.055, 948.06, 948.085, 948.09, or 948.10 or that is in
12violation of s. 940.302 (2) if s. 940.302 (2) (a) 1. b. applies.
AB56,1790 13Section 1790 . 165.83 (1) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,934,1514 165.83 (1) (c) 1. An act that is committed by a person who has attained the age
15of 17
an adult and that is a felony or a misdemeanor.
AB56,1791 16Section 1791 . 165.83 (1) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,934,1917 165.83 (1) (c) 2. An act that is committed by a person minor who has attained
18the age of 10 but who has not attained the age of 17 and that would be a felony or
19misdemeanor if committed by an adult.
AB56,1792 20Section 1792. 165.88 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 115.945 (title).
AB56,1793 21Section 1793. 165.88 (1) (intro.) and (a) of the statutes are consolidated,
22renumbered 115.945 (1) and amended to read:
AB56,934,2523 115.945 (1) Definitions Definition. In this section : (a) “Independent,
24“independent
charter school” means a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r)
25or (2x).
AB56,1794
1Section 1794. 165.88 (1) (b), (c) and (d) of the statutes are repealed.
AB56,1795 2Section 1795. 165.88 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 115.945 (2), and
3115.945 (2) (a) and (b), as renumbered, are amended to read:
AB56,935,84 115.945 (2) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.455 20.255 (2) (f), the
5department of justice shall award grants for expenditures related to improving
6school safety. The department shall accept applications for a grant under this
7subsection from school boards, operators of independent charter schools, governing
8bodies of private schools, and tribal schools.
AB56,935,189 (b) The department of justice, in consultation with the department of public
10instruction
justice, shall develop a plan for use in awarding grants under this
11subsection. The department of justice shall include in the plan a description of what
12types of expenditures are eligible to be funded by grant proceeds. Eligible
13expenditures shall include expenditures to comply with the model practices created
14in s. 165.28 115.94 (1); expenditures for training under s. 165.28 (3) 165.25 (20);
15expenditures for safety-related upgrades to school buildings, equipment, and
16facilities; and expenditures necessary to comply with s. 118.07 (4) (cf).
17Notwithstanding s. 227.10 (1), the plan need not be promulgated as rules under ch.
18227.
AB56,1796 19Section 1796. 165.88 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 115.945 (3).
AB56,1797 20Section 1797. 165.88 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 115.945 (4) and
21amended to read:
AB56,935,2422 115.945 (4) Report. The department of justice shall submit an annual report
23to the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance providing an account of the
24grants awarded under sub. (2) and the expenditures made with the grant moneys.
AB56,1798 25Section 1798. 165.95 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,936,8
1165.95 (2) The department of justice shall make grants to counties and to tribes
2to enable them to establish and operate programs, including suspended and deferred
3prosecution programs and programs based on principles of restorative justice, that
4provide alternatives to prosecution and incarceration for criminal offenders who
5abuse alcohol or other drugs. The department of justice shall make the grants from
6the appropriations under s. 20.455 (2) (ek), (em), (jd), (kn), and (kv). The department
7of justice shall collaborate with the departments of corrections and health and family
8services in establishing this grant program.
AB56,1799 9Section 1799. 165.986 (title), (1), (2), (3) and (7) (intro.), (a) and (b) of the
10statutes are amended to read:
AB56,936,21 11165.986 (title) Beat patrol and community policing officers; grant
12program.
(1) The department of justice shall provide grants from the appropriation
13under s. 20.455 (2) (kb) to cities to employ additional uniformed law enforcement
14officers whose primary duty is beat patrolling or who are assigned to community
15policing
. A city is eligible for a grant under this subsection in fiscal year 1994-95 if
16the city has a population of 25,000 or more. A city may receive a grant for a calendar
17year if the city applies for a grant before September 1 of the preceding calendar year.
18Grants shall be awarded to the 10 eligible cities submitting an application for a grant
19that have the highest rates of violent crime index offenses in the most recent full
20calendar year for which data is available under the uniform crime reporting system
21of the federal bureau of investigation.
AB56,937,2 22(2) A city applying to the department of justice for a grant under sub. (1) shall
23include a proposed plan of expenditure of the grant moneys. The grant moneys that
24a city receives under sub. (1) may be used for salary and fringe benefits only. Except
25as provided in sub. (3), the positions for which funding is sought must be created on

1or after April 21, 1994, and result in a net increase in the number of uniformed law
2enforcement officers assigned to beat patrol duties or community policing.
AB56,937,10 3(3) During the first 6 months of the first year of a grant under sub. (1), a city
4may, with the approval of the department, use part of the grant for the payment of
5salary and fringe benefits for overtime provided by uniformed law enforcement
6officers whose primary duty is beat patrolling or who are assigned to community
7policing
. A city may submit a request to the department for a 3-month extension of
8the use of the grant for the payment of overtime costs. To be eligible to use part of
9the first year's grant for overtime costs, the city shall provide the department with
10all of the following:
AB56,937,1211 (a) The reasons why uniformed law enforcement officers assigned to beat patrol
12duties or community policing need to work overtime.
AB56,937,1413 (b) The status of the hiring and training of new uniformed law enforcement
14officers who will have beat patrol duties or will be assigned to community policing.
AB56,937,1915 (c) Documentation that a sufficient amount of the grant for the first year will
16be available, during the period remaining after the payment of overtime costs, to pay
17the salary and fringe benefits of the same number of uniformed officers whose
18primary duty is beat patrolling or who are assigned to community policing that the
19grant originally planned to pay.
AB56,938,6 20(7) (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.455 (2) (jc) (bm), the department
21shall make grants in amounts determined by the department to cities with a
22population of 25,000 or more to reimburse overtime costs for uniformed law
23enforcement officers whose primary duty is beat patrolling or who are assigned to
24community policing
, except that the department may award no more than $400,000
25to a city for a calendar year. The grants may be used for salary and fringe benefits

1only. The grants may be awarded only to the 10 eligible cities submitting an
2application for a grant that have the highest rates of violent crime index offenses in
3the most recent full calendar year for which data is available under the uniform
4crime reporting system of the federal bureau of investigation. A city may receive a
5grant for a calendar year if the city applies before September 1 of the preceding
6calendar year and provides the department all of the following:
AB56,938,87 (a) The reasons why uniformed law enforcement officers assigned to beat patrol
8duties or community policing need to work overtime.
AB56,938,109 (b) The status of the hiring and training of new uniformed law enforcement
10officers who will have beat patrol duties or will be assigned to community policing.
AB56,1800 11Section 1800. Subchapter II (title) of chapter 168 [precedes 168.21] of the
12statutes is amended to read:
AB56,938,1313 CHAPTER 168
AB56,938,1714 SUBCHAPTER II
15 STORAGE OF DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES;
16 Removal of underground
17 petroleum storage tanks
AB56,1801 18Section 1801. 185.983 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,939,219 185.983 (1) (intro.) Every voluntary nonprofit health care plan operated by a
20cooperative association organized under s. 185.981 shall be exempt from chs. 600 to
21646, with the exception of ss. 601.04, 601.13, 601.31, 601.41, 601.42, 601.43, 601.44,
22601.45, 611.26, 611.67, 619.04, 623.11, 623.12, 628.34 (10), 631.17, 631.89, 631.93,
23631.95, 632.72 (2), 632.728, 632.745 to 632.749, 632.775, 632.79, 632.795, 632.798,
24632.85, 632.853, 632.855, 632.867, 632.87 (2) to (6), 632.885, 632.89, 632.895 (5) and

1(8) to (17), 632.896, and 632.897 (10) and chs. 609, 620, 630, 635, 645, and 646, but
2the sponsoring association shall:
AB56,1802 3Section 1802. 186.113 (14) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,1803 4Section 1803. 186.113 (14) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 186.113 (14).
AB56,1804 5Section 1804 . 194.025 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,939,9 6194.025 Discrimination prohibited. No motor carrier may engage in any
7practice, act or omission which results in discrimination on the basis of race, creed,
8sex or, national origin, or status as a holder or nonholder of a license under s. 343.03
9(3m)
.
AB56,1805 10Section 1805. 196.025 (7) (title) and (a) (intro.) of the statutes are repealed.
AB56,1806 11Section 1806 . 196.025 (7) (a) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 16.954 (3) (a) and
12amended to read:
AB56,939,1613 16.954 (3) (a) In cooperation with the other state agencies, collect, analyze,
14interpret, and maintain the comprehensive data needed for effective state agency
15clean and renewable energy planning and effective review of those plans by the
16governor and the legislature.
AB56,1807 17Section 1807 . 196.025 (7) (a) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 16.954 (3) (g).
AB56,1808 18Section 1808 . 196.025 (7) (a) 3. of the statutes is renumbered 16.954 (3) (h)
19and amended to read:
AB56,939,2220 16.954 (3) (h) Prepare In consultation with the public service commission,
21prepare
and maintain contingency plans for responding to critical energy shortages
22so that when the shortages occur they can be dealt with quickly and effectively.
AB56,1809 23Section 1809 . 196.025 (7) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 196.38 (1).
AB56,1810 24Section 1810 . 196.025 (7) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 196.38 (2) and
25amended to read:
AB56,940,5
1196.38 (2) The commission may require a public utility to provide energy
2billing and use data regarding public schools, if the commission determines that the
3data is necessary to provide technical assistance in the planning and
4implementation of energy efficiency and renewable resources
under sub. (1) in public
5schools, including those with the highest energy costs.
AB56,1811 6Section 1811 . 196.218 (5) (a) 12. of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,1812 7Section 1812. 196.31 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,940,168 196.31 (2m) From the appropriation under s. 20.155 (1) (j), the commission
9may make grants that, in the aggregate, do not exceed an annual total of $300,000
10$500,000 to one or more nonstock, nonprofit corporations that are described under
11section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and that have a history of advocating
12at the commission on behalf of ratepayers of this state, for the purpose of offsetting
13the general expenses of the corporations, including salary, benefit, rent, and utility
14expenses. The commission may impose conditions on grants made under this
15subsection and may revoke a grant if the commission finds that such a condition is
16not being met.
AB56,1813 17Section 1813. 196.374 (3) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,940,2518 196.374 (3) (b) 2. The commission shall require each energy utility to spend 1.2
19percent of its annual operating revenues derived from retail sales to fund the utility's
20programs under sub. (2) (b) 1., the utility's ordered programs, the utility's share of
21the statewide energy efficiency and renewable resource programs under sub. (2) (a)
221., and the utility's share, as determined by the commission under subd. 4., of the
23costs incurred by the commission in administering this section. Subject to subd. 3.,
24the commission may require each energy utility to spend more than 1.2 percent of
25its annual operating revenues to fund these programs and costs.
AB56,1814
1Section 1814. 196.374 (3) (b) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,941,152 196.374 (3) (b) 3. The commission shall submit to the joint committee on
3finance any proposal to require each energy utility to spend more than 1.2 percent
4of its annual operating revenues to fund the programs specified in subd. 2. If the
5cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the commission within 10 working
6days after the commission submits such a proposal that the committee has scheduled
7a meeting to review the proposal, the commission may require each energy utility to
8spend the percentage specified in the proposal. If, within 10 working days after the
9commission submits a proposal, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the
10commission that the committee has scheduled a meeting to review the proposal, and,
11within 90 days of providing the notice, the committee either approves or does not
12object to the proposal, the commission may require each energy utility to spend the
13percentage specified in the proposal. If, within 90 days after providing the notice,
14the committee objects to the proposal, the commission may not require each energy
15utility to spend the percentage specified in the proposal.
AB56,1815 16Section 1815 . 196.38 (title) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,941,17 17196.38 (title) Technical assistance to governmental units.
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