Acts Index

Medicare upper limit consultant: DHFS to hire [Sec. 96r] -  Act 27

Mental health block grants: DHFS distribution of funds [Sec. 1501, 1507-1509, 2157] -  Act 27

Mental health institutes' funding: deficit reduction process; report to JCF [Sec. 2106b, 2107] -  Act 27

Nursing home and CBRF revisions re beds stated on license, posting notice of certain ombudsman program and informing residents of rights and responsibilities (remedial legislation) -  Act 114

Nursing home as institution for mental disease: DHFS determination requirements revised (remedial legislation)  -  Act 114

Nursing home bed delicensing and banking; DHFS approval of certain expenditures eliminated [Sec. 1917, 1918, 1922, 3033-3038] -  Act 27

Nursing home forfeitures revised; report required [Sec. 226c-h, 550m, 9322 (6cc)] -  Act 237

Nursing home minimum staffing, reports, LAB audit and BOALTC positions [Sec. 217m, 218m, 223m, 225g, h, 226bd-br, 251g-m, 9122 (5k), 9131 (2k), 9203 (1k), 9222 (8mk)] -  Act 237

Nursing home staffing ratios and replacement rates and violations of statutes or rules: report revisions (remedial legislation) -  Act 114

School-community AODA prevention, intervention, treatment and rehabilitation services plan of DHFS and DPI: requirements eliminated (remedial legislation)  -  Act 114

Substance abuse block grants: DHFS and Corr.Dept distribution of funds; funding to certain community organization re programs to limit violence and drug use [Sec. 1514-1516, 1525, 1526, 3856] -  Act 27

Urgent MA determinations [Sec. 199m, 9122 (3t)] -  Act 237

Winnebago mental health institute: DHFS contracts with school districts for outpatient services to pupils [Sec. 569mm, 570mm, 2111, 2112, 2861] -  Act 27

Working recipients of SSI and SSDI: DHFS to establish pilot project; federal waiver requested [Sec. 205, 9222 (1), (2)] -  Act 237

health care information, office of _ohci_ Health care information, Office of (OHCI), see Insurance — Commissioner, Office of

health care liability Health care liability, see Medical malpractice

health care provider Health care provider, see Chiropractic; Dentistry; Medical education; Medical practice, Group; Medical service; Nurses; Nursing homes; Optometry; Physician; Podiatry; Psychology; Trades and occupations

health care record Health care record, see Medical service; Privacy

health insurance Health insurance, see Insurance — Health; Public employe — Group insurance

health insurance risk sharing plan _hirsp_ Health insurance risk sharing plan (HIRSP), see Insurance — Health

health officer Health officer, see Public health

hearing impaired Hearing impaired, see Deaf

hearing instrument specialist Hearing instrument specialist, see Trades and occupations

hearings and appeals, division of Hearings and appeals, Division of, see Administration, Department of

heir Heir, see Estate of deceased person

helicopter Helicopter, see Aviation

high school High school, see School and its subheadings

high school graduation High school graduation, see School — Branches of instruction

high speed pursuit High speed pursuit, see Police

higher educational aids board Higher educational aids board, see also Veteran — Education

Academic excellence higher education scholarship program revisions [Sec. 237e, 1277d-j, 9356 (6p)] [1277d — vetoed] -  Act 27

Academic excellence scholarship program: revisions re institutional participation and minimum grade point average (remedial legislation) -  Act 109

Deputy secretary position funding [Sec. 9223 (1f)] -  Act 237

Efficiency measures requirement for certain executive branch agencies [Sec. 9156 (6ng)] -  Act 27

HEAB and EAB recreated re 1995 WisAct 27; powers and duties restored [Sec. 43, 48, 73, 90m, 91, 101, 236, 238, 239, 240-242, 247, 253, 266-268, 751, 1039, 1162, 1178, 1196-1211, 1216-1276, 1278-1315, 2904, 2907, 3132, 3300, 5340, 5345, 9156 (1), (2)] -  Act 27

HEAB tuition grants: maximum amount revised -  Act 222

Milwaukee teacher education center: teacher education loan program established [Sec. 236L, 1258m]  -  Act 27

Minnesota-Wisconsin student reciprocity: fee structure for enrollment in certain higher education institutions modified; HEAB duties specified; JCF approval  -  Act 200

Minority teacher loan program funding [Sec. 9223 (4c)] -  Act 237

National guard tuition grants: percentage paid revised; warrant officer provision; HEAB accreditation of schools [Sec. 761g-762, 9336 (1)] -  Act 27

Tribally controlled college student tuition grants [Sec. 1224e, 1225m, 1227g, m, 1229c-j, 9156 (1g)]  -  Act 27

highway Highway, see Road and its subheadings

highway aid Highway aid, see Road — Finance

highway safety Highway safety, see Traffic safety

hirsp _health insurance risk sharing plan_ HIRSP (Health insurance risk sharing plan), see Insurance — Health

historic site or preservation Historic site or preservation, see Historical society; Theater

historical society Historical society

Heritage tourism program provisions [Sec. 458h, 1326b-n] -  Act 27

Historic site of H.H. Bennett studios: funding for director [Sec. 27w, 9124 (1c)] -  Act 237

Historic sites and facilities: State historical society bonding authorizations modified [Sec. 55, 56]  -  Act 237

Historical legacy trust and Historical society endowment funds created [Sec. 23j-p, 92m, 244m, n, 697j, m, 698c-m, 832k, m, 852fb, 912j, k, 1345g, 5508td-5510d, 9256 (1m), 9456 (2m)] -  Act 27

Historical markers council eliminated [Sec. 92c, 243j, 1345f, 1346h-hk] -  Act 27

Internal service funding [Sec. 244g] -  Act 27

Kickapoo reserve management board membership and duties revised; certain waste prohibitions expanded; penalties increased re Kickapoo valley reserve  -  Act 194

Nonresident fees [Sec. 918m, 1345eg-em, 1346gm, gp, 9424 (1x)] [1345ej, em, 9424 (1x) — partial veto]  -  Act 27

Northern great lakes center: position and funding from conservation fund moneys generated from forestry-related activities [Sec. 244r, 9124 (1m)] -  Act 27

Submerged cultural resources council eliminated [Sec. 92e, 1346k, r, 9424 (1t)] -  Act 27

Submission of information for biennial budget bill [Sec. 9124 (2m)] -  Act 27

Sunken logs on submerged state lands: offset program repealed; percentage of value retained by state revised; maritime project grants created; provisions re Fox river and lakes in certain counties [Sec. 242m, 244e, 693m, 1346e, m, s, 3121g-3129w, 4337m, 9156 (5y), 9350 (1), 9356 (8y)] [693m, 3124, 3129c, 9356 (8y) — partial veto; 244e, 1346e — vetoed] -  Act 27

Touring exhibit of Wisconsin state capitol: funding provided [Sec. 716d, e, 9124 (2c), 9132 (2g), 9432 (1g)]  -  Act 27

Touring exhibit of Wisconsin state capitol: Historical society may designate nonprofit organization [Sec. 722x, 723e]  -  Act 237

history History, see Historical society; University of Wisconsin — Courses; Wisconsin sesquicentennial

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

hmong Hmong, see Minority groups

holding company Holding company, see Bank; Insurance — Mutual

home_based business Home-based business, see Business

home health care Home health care, see Medical service

homecraft Homecraft, see Handicapped

homeless Homeless, see Public assistance; Veteran — Relief

homes for the aged Homes for the aged, see Nursing homes

homestead credit Homestead credit

Scholarship income: revision re counting as household income [Sec. 2289, 9343 (1)] -  Act 27

homicide Homicide, see Crime and criminals — Homicide or murder; Drunken driving

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

hospice Hospice, see Medical service

hospitals Hospitals, see also Insurance — Health; Medical assistance; Medical college of Wisconsin, inc.; Mental health — Hospitals and institutions; Nursing homes; University of Wisconsin — College of medicine; Veteran — Hospitals and home

Adult agencies and facilities: non-expiring licenses permitted [Sec. 2007-2046, 2050, 2051, 2054, 2055, 2061, 2064-2070, 2073-2075, 2076-2078, 2080-2100, 9323 (2)]  -  Act 27

Anatomical gifts and procurement: requirements re hospitals, organ procurement organizations, coroners and medical examiners revised -  Act 305

Bedding manufacturing and sales regulations and label requirements created; hospital bedding provision  -  Act 260

Conversion of hospital beds to nursing home beds [Sec. 393rp] -  Act 237

``Critical access" category of hospitals created; DHFS to apply to federal government to establish medicare rural hospital flexibility program [Sec. 252-254, 260-265, 9122 (1)]  -  Act 237

Health and fitness centers excluded from hospital property tax exemption; definition provided -  Act 134

Health care provider assessments and physician encounter data [Sec. 42d, e, 393sb-sk, 450r, 533r, 9422 (6k)] [393se, 9422 (6k) — partial veto; 393sh, sk — vetoed]  -  Act 237

Hospital lien provisions expanded to include chiropractic services; ``hospital lien" changed to ``health care provider lien" [Sec. 5165c-x, 9356 (9h), 9456 (4z)] [vetoed]  -  AB-100

Hospitals for sale or lease: regulations established in certain cases; application requirements created; AG, DHFS and OCI duties specified -  Act 93

Neonatal intensive care unit training grants created [Sec. 43m, n, 9122 (3ty), (3tz), 9422 (3ty)] -  Act 237

Nitrous oxide possession, sale and distribution restrictions created; exceptions for medical and dental purposes  -  Act 336

Trauma care: DHFS to assist in developing and implementing statewide system; Trauma advisory council created; report and JCF review required -  Act 154

Tuberculosis patients: inpatient hospital services [Sec. 3401m] -  Act 27