Acts Index

BadgerCare Plus: new program implemented; current family MA and BadgerCare programs merged; health care for populations not currently covered provided; DHFS to request federal waiver [Sec. 383-386, 388, 392-394, 788-790, 844, 858, 912-915, 922, 926, 930, 983, 1123, 1296, 1298, 1467-1471, 1513-1517, 1519-1527, 1539-1543, 1547-1550, 1552, 1554-1558, 1587, 1592-1595, 1605, 1608, 1630, 1631, 1633, 1634, 1635-1641, 1644, 1651, 1660, 1661, 1671, 1675, 1676, 1679, 1680, 1752, 1812, 1813, 1849, 1874, 2996, 3056, 3179, 3180, 3526, 3679, 3763, 3772, 9121(8k), 9421(4)]  -  Act 20

Health care tax credit (HCTC) program: current HIRSP Authority requirements repealed; provisions re Badger Care Plus as an HCTC qualifying plan [Sec. 1605 (2m), 2895h]  -  Act 20

Health insurance for full-time student on medically necessary leave of absence: insurer required to continue until certain events occur -  Act 36

Health insurance: insurer disclosure re treatment restriction or termination [Sec. 3677c, 3685f, 3686w, 9325 (1f)]  -  Act 20

Health insurers, self-insured plans, service benefit plans, and pharmacy benefits managers (third parties): requirement re providing DHFS information to help identify persons eligible for certain MA services [Sec. 395, 1017, 1610-1625, 1642, 1650, 1655, 3067] -  Act 20

Health opportunity accounts under Badger Care: DHFS to request federal waiver [Sec. 1559e] [vetoed]  -  SB-40

HIRSP Authority changes -  Act 39

HIRSP Authority changes [Sec. 213, 675, 679, 761, 2876-2878, 2885-2893, 9114 (2w)] -  Act 20

MA or Badger Care eligibility extended for parents following death of a child; DHFS to request federal waiver [Sec. 1554m] -  Act 20

Medical care insurance costs paid by certain employees: individual income tax deduction created [Sec. 1955-1958, 1976s] -  Act 20

Physical health risk assessment and disease management re MA or Badger Care enrollees [Sec. 1559g, h, 1641d, e, 9121 (7j)] [1559g, 1641d — partial veto; 9121 (7j) — vetoed] -  Act 20

Prescription drug assistance for the elderly: appropriation for payments to pharmacies and pharmacists decreased for fiscal year 2006-07 [Sec. 9221 (3)] -  Act 5

Public safety officer annuitants, including chaplains: DETF authorized to make payments for health care coverage or long-term care coverage from retirement annuity or deferred compensation account -  Act 226

SSN requirement re MA, Badger Care, or elderly drug assistance program: exemption expanded re well-established religious objections [Sec. 1673, 1674, 9321 (8)]  -  Act 20

State long-term care partnerships and MA eligibility: DHFS requirement re federal pilot project repealed; provisions re MA eligibility determination; long-term care insurance requirements [Sec. 1551c, 1598r, 1604, 1634r, 2873, 2874, 3652m, 3664c] -  Act 20

Value-based health care purchasing initiatives; Wisconsin Health Information Organization and centralized data repository provisions [Sec. 543t, 2898h]  -  Act 20

insurance _ miscellaneous Insurance — Miscellaneous

Insurance security fund revisions; SWIB allowed to make investments for the local government property insurance fund (LGPIF); other insurance revisions re prohibiting requiring property insurance in amount exceeding replacement value of improvements, group insurance certificates made available electronically, definition of late enrollee, investment in insurance corporation subsidiary, recovering license fee or assessment, employee welfare benefit plan, and OCI duties  -  Act 170

Long-term care insurance sales: training requirement modified -  Act 226

Public safety officer annuitants, including chaplains: DETF authorized to make payments for health care coverage or long-term care coverage from retirement annuity or deferred compensation account -  Act 226

State long-term care partnerships and MA eligibility: DHFS requirement re federal pilot project repealed; provisions re MA eligibility determination; long-term care insurance requirements [Sec. 1551c, 1598r, 1604, 1634r, 2873, 2874, 3652m, 3664c] -  Act 20

insurance _ motor vehicle Insurance — Motor vehicle

Unified carrier registration system authorized [Sec. 2925-2928]  -  Act 20

insurance _ policy Insurance — Policy

Health insurance: insurer disclosure re treatment restriction or termination [Sec. 3677c, 3685f, 3686w, 9325 (1f)]  -  Act 20

insurance company Insurance company, see Insurance

intergovernmental relations Intergovernmental relations, see Federal-state relations; International relations; Interstate compact; Intrastate relations

intermediate care Intermediate care, see Nursing homes and adult care

internal revenue Internal revenue, see Income tax and its subheadings

international relations International relations

ATM access fee or surcharge on international transactions permitted -  Act 48

Rental and interest payments by businesses to related entities: individual income and corporate and franchise tax deductions added back when computing state total income [partial veto] -  Act 226

Wisconsin Idea short course for Chinese students; report required [Sec. 9152 (2u)] -  Act 20

Wisconsin residents who have served in active military duty in Iraq or Afghanistan honored [SJR-49]  -  JR-14

interpreters Interpreters, see English language

interstate commerce Interstate commerce

Intoxicating liquor and wine: production, sale, and distribution revisions; cooperative wholesaler, wine collector, and DOR provisions -  Act 85

Three-tier intoxicating liquor distribution system modifications [Sec. 2757r, 2759c, cm, d-u, v-x, 2780b, d-f] [vetoed]  -  SB-40

interstate compact Interstate compact

Child may be placed for adoption prior to TPR finalization; DHFS not required to pay preadoptive preparation re child welfare agency; Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC) provision -  Act 186

Great Lakes—St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact ratified; water withdrawal use, registration, and reporting; water conservation provisions; water supply planning  -  Act 227

Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact enacted and the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Commission created; filing insurance forms with OCI and suitability of annuity contracts provisions -  Act 168

Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Compact created -  Act 117

interstate highway Interstate highway, see Road — Expressway

interstate relations Interstate relations

DOT Secretary or designee: authority to sign conveyances, contracts, and agreements with other states and their subdivisions (remedial legislation) -  Act 135

Interstate child support cases: lien enforcement provisions [Sec. 1706-1709] -  Act 20

Midwestern Higher Education Commission: repeal requirement that DOA pay membership costs [Sec. 23]  -  Act 20

intoxicating liquor Intoxicating liquor, see Alcohol beverage and its subheadings

intrastate relations Intrastate relations

Drainage district: local governmental units required to consider relationship with re comprehensive plans, notification provisions; DATCP to develop educational pamphlet; annual report requirements modified; disclosure that property is in a special purpose district required on the real estate condition report -  Act 121

Municipal boundary agreements and use of alternative dispute resolution in municipal boundary disputes  -  Act 43

State of emergency: state agency status for health care facilities, mass clinics, and certain health care providers revised; governing bodies of counties allowed to make declarations of emergencies; civil liability immunity for donating or selling qualified food and household products modified; State Interoperability Council made a statutory council and renamed the Interoperability Council; tornado or other hazardous drill requirement in public and private schools revised  -  Act 79

invasive species Invasive species, see Environmental protection; Fish and fishing; Weeds

investigation Investigation, see Criminal identification and investigation

investment board Investment Board

HIRSP Authority changes [Sec. 213, 675, 679, 761, 2876-2878, 2885-2893, 9114 (2w)] -  Act 20

Insurance security fund revisions; SWIB allowed to make investments for the local government property insurance fund (LGPIF); other insurance revisions re prohibiting requiring property insurance in amount exceeding replacement value of improvements, group insurance certificates made available electronically, definition of late enrollee, investment in insurance corporation subsidiary, recovering license fee or assessment, employee welfare benefit plan, and OCI duties  -  Act 170

State investment fund assets may be invested in certain direct obligations, commercial paper, and certificates of deposit (remedial legislation) -  Act 154

SWIB investment authority and statutory standard of responsibility revisions, Building Commission provision  -  Act 212

SWIB operating budget authority and assessment process revisions; report required [Sec. 683-686, 9126 (1f), (1h)]  -  Act 20

SWIB report re investments in this state: submission dates revised (remedial legislation) -  Act 155

iowa county Iowa County

Community Connections Free Clinic in Dodgeville: one-time funding for dental services to low-income residents [Sec. 403r, 9121 (8x)] -  Act 20

iraq Iraq, see International relations

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jail Jail

Defendant deemed incompetent: procedure revised; DHFS to determine treatment [Sec. 337, 3871-3874]  -  Act 20

Electric weapon prohibition inapplicable to on-duty county correctional personnel -  Act 128

Remote dispensing by pharmacists permitted, locations specified; Pharmacy Examining Board provision  -  Act 202

janesville, city of Janesville, City of

HealthNet of Janesville, Inc.: grant increased [Sec. 3033r] -  Act 20

Pedestrian tunnel in City of Janesville: grant from safe routes to school program [Sec. 9148 (3i)] -  Act 20

jcf JCF, see Legislature — Finance, Joint Committee on

jcipt _joint committee on information policy and technology_ JCIPT (Joint Committee on Information Policy and Technology), see Legislature — Information Policy and Technology, Joint Committee on

jefferson county Jefferson County

Emergency generator for the Town of Sumner: grant provided [Sec. 9101 (7f)] -  Act 20

Mobile data computers for Fort Atkinson law enforcement vehicles: grant provided [Sec. 9101 (6f)]  -  Act 20

jobs tax credit Jobs tax credit, see Income tax — Credit

joint committee on finance Joint Committee on Finance, see Legislature — Finance, Joint Committee on

joint committee on information policy and technology Joint Committee on Information Policy and Technology, see Legislature — Information Policy and Technology, Joint Committee on

joint legislative audit committee Joint Legislative Audit Committee, see Legislature — Audit Committee, Joint Legislative

joint resolutions Joint resolutions, see also Constitutional amendments — Second consideration

Albrecht, (SFC) Jesse Bryon: life and military service commended [AJR-58] -  JR-44

Alger, (2LT) Tracy Lynn: life and military service commended [SJR-85] -  JR-38

Anderson, Jolene: outstanding athletic achievements on the U.W. Madison women's basketball team commended [AJR-114] -  JR-47

Basham, (SSG) Robert J.: life and military service commended [SJR-63] -  JR-34

Bixler, (PFC) Evan: life and military service commended [SJR-18] -  JR-3

Bolle, Dale J.: life and public service [AJR-86] -  JR-23