2023 Acts Index

Main street housing rehabilitation revolving loan fund and loan program established re owners of rental housing; reports required - Act 15

law enforcement officers Law enforcement officers, see Fish and game warden; Milwaukee — Police; Police; Public employee — Labor union; Traffic officer

legislative audit bureau Legislative Audit Bureau

Retirement systems in first class cities and counties: sales and use tax imposed, reports required, new hires covered under WRS, and City of Milwaukee and Milwaukee County systems closed to new employees; collective bargaining provision - Act 12

legislature Legislature

Legislative Human Resources Office (LHRO) created [Sec. 17-19, 190, 191, 431] [19 -- partial veto] - Act 19

Required general fund structural balance shall not apply to legislation enacted during the 2023-24 legislative session [Sec. 9128 (1)] - Act 19

legislature _ finance joint committee on Legislature — Finance, Joint Committee on

Bureau of Assisted Living: DHS to submit fee increase plan to JCF re covering staffing costs [Sec. 9119 (2)] - Act 19

Stewardship Program activities or projects: certain local governments required to adopt resolution in support before DNR can submit to JCF for passive review - Act 12

UI law changes including misconduct and general qualifying requirements; JCF review of UI benefit augmentations; UI definition of misconduct applies to WC [vetoed] - AB147

UW--Milwaukee at Washington County branch campus: UW System to submit plan to JCF for joint operation with Moraine Park Technical College [Sec. 9147 (2)] [vetoed] - Act 19

WisconsinEye endowment fund established; sunset provision [Sec. 20, 173] [20 -- partial veto] - Act 19

legislature _ legislative organization joint committee on Legislature — Legislative Organization, Joint Committee on

Legislative Human Resources Office (LHRO) created [Sec. 17-19, 190, 191, 431] [19 -- partial veto] - Act 19

legislature _ procedure Legislature — Procedure

Floorperiods for the 2023-24 session established; budget deadline extended [SJR1] - JR 1

legislature _ session Legislature — Session, see Legislature — Procedure

levy or levy limit Levy or levy limit, see County — Taxation; Municipality — Taxation; Property tax

libraries Libraries

Information technology infrastructure grants: sunsetted program repealed [Sec. 47, 143, 429] - Act 19

Recollection Wisconsin funding [Sec. 69, 388] - Act 19

license License, see Fish and fishing; Hunting; Teacher — Certificate

literacy Literacy

Early literacy instruction and reading readiness assessments and interventions: Office of Literacy and Council on Early Literacy Curricula created in DPI, teacher licensing and professional development training, model policy for promoting third graders to fourth grade, school district and school report cards, parent notification requirements, complaint by parent or guardian to DPI; reports and sunset provisions - Act 20

National reading program grants [Sec. 110] - Act 19

Personal financial literacy credit required for high school graduation - AB109

livestock and meat Livestock and meat

Livestock premises registration program: administration funding [Sec. 52] - Act 19

loan Loan, see also Housing and Economic Development Authority, Wisconsin

Child care providers: revolving loan fund [Sec. 61] [partial veto] - Act 19

Income tax deduction for interest on commercial loans [Sec. 325, 341, 9337 (2)] - Act 19

Land Recycling Loan Program eliminated and administrative rule repealed [Admin.Code NR 167] - Act 6

long_term care Long-term care, see Nursing homes and adult care; Ombudsman

M M

ma MA, see Medical assistance

madeline island Madeline Island, see Ashland County

marinette county Marinette County

Silver Cliff, Town of: payments from state disaster assistance appropriation to rebuild public safety building destroyed by a tornado [Sec. 9131 (1)] - Act 19

marketing Marketing, see Advertising — State

marsh Marsh, see Wetland

mass transit Mass transit, see Metropolitan transportation

maternal and infant care Maternal and infant care

Congenital disorder test fees [Sec. 438m] [partial veto] - Act 19

medical assistance Medical assistance

Ambulance service provider trust fund appropriation created; administrative costs provision - Act 30

Behavioral health care coordination pilot projects and psychiatric consultation reimbursement pilot project repealed [Sec. 106, 306, 307] - Act 19

Dental services MA reimbursement rate increased: implementation deadline [Sec. 9119 (1)] - Act 19

MA payment for puberty-blocking drugs or gender reassignment surgery prohibited [Sec. 308-311] [vetoed] - Act 19

Nursing home payment rates under MA to exclude provider incentives [Sec. 9119 (4)] - Act 19

Nursing home support services: priced rate provisions [Sec. 9119 (3)] - Act 19

Rural critical care access hospital supplemental MA payment [Sec. 303] - Act 19

Ventilator-dependent nursing home residents: MA reimbursement rate [Sec. 9119 (5)] - Act 19

medical clinic or center Medical clinic or center, see Hospitals and health care facilities

medical college of wisconsin inc Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc., see Medical education

medical education Medical education

Graduate medical training programs: term of grants to establish in rural hospitals extended [Sec. 417] - Act 19

Medical College of Wisconsin: psychiatry and behavioral health residency program appropriation created; report requirements revised [Sec. 1, 64] [1 -- vetoed] - Act 19

medical facility Medical facility, see Hospitals and health care facilities

medical resident Medical resident, see Medical education

medical service Medical service

Ambulance service provider trust fund appropriation created; administrative costs provision - Act 30

MA payment for puberty-blocking drugs or gender reassignment surgery prohibited [Sec. 308-311] [vetoed] - Act 19

medical service _ occupations Medical service — Occupations

"Allied health professional" does not include RNs re education and training grants [Sec. 416] - Act 19

Ambulance staffing in nonemergent interfacility transport; rural ambulance service provider upgrade to highest level of license - Act 12

Emergency medical responder certification requirements; military service provision - Act 12

Fire and emergency medical services provided at state veterans homes: grants to fire districts and local governments [Sec. 133, 236, 322, 323] - Act 19

Law enforcement and fire and emergency medical services: political subdivisions required to certify to DOR maintenance of effort for - Act 12

Local government fund transfers; "police and fire protection fund" changed to "911 fund"; support and improvement of emergency services and municipal sales and use tax provisions [Sec. 37, 39, 55, 102, 113, 115, 116, 121, 122, 131, 132, 156-162, 165-168, 171, 172, 198-209, 211, 242, 243, 250-254g, 304, 319, 324, 348, 353-356, 359, 360, 420, 425-428, 439-447, 453, 470, 9101 (4), 9119 (6), 9401 (2), 9406 (1), 9419 (2), 9427 (2), 9431 (2), 9436 (1), 9437 (4)] [39, 156, 163, 167, 168 -- partial veto] - Act 19

Renewal date for certain credentials modified - Act 33

memorial certificate Memorial certificate, see In memoriam

memorials and monuments Memorials and monuments, see Bridge; Veteran — Organization

mental health Mental health

Behavioral health care coordination pilot projects and psychiatric consultation reimbursement pilot project repealed [Sec. 106, 306, 307] - Act 19

Medical College of Wisconsin: psychiatry and behavioral health residency program appropriation created; report requirements revised [Sec. 1, 64] [1 -- vetoed] - Act 19

Recovery high schools: DPI grants [Sec. 68] - Act 19

School-based mental health consultation pilot program created by 2019 WisAct 117 repealed [Sec. 107, 313] - Act 19

School-based mental health services grants revised [Sec. 389-392] - Act 19

mental health _ hospitals and institutes Mental health — Hospitals and institutes

Wisconsin Resource Center security operations transferred from DOC to DHS [Sec. 105, 240, 241, 9108 (1)] - Act 19

mera _municipal employment relations act_ MERA (Municipal Employment Relations Act), see Public employee

metropolitan transportation Metropolitan transportation

Mass transit operating assistance, DOT and DOA duties [Sec. 85-89, 368-375, 9144 (10)] - Act 19

military affairs department of Military Affairs, Department of

Friends of Vicksburg National Military Park and Campaign: grant for conservation of memorials and markers related to Wisconsin; sunset provision [Sec. 126, 127, 9131 (2), 9431 (1)] - Act 19

Pre-disaster flood resilience grants from DEM [Sec. 130] - Act 19

Public safety interoperable communication system upgrades grant program [Sec. 129] - Act 19

Silver Cliff, Town of: payments from state disaster assistance appropriation to rebuild public safety building destroyed by a tornado [Sec. 9131 (1)] - Act 19