Wisconsin Legislature: Medical malpractice

MA asset transfer rule changes [Sec. 1533, 1560-1586, 1596, 1599-1602, 3666, 3698-3701, 9321 (4), 9421 (2)] - Act 20

MA collections and other recoveries [Sec. 391] - Act 20

MA coverage of certain childless adults under age 65: DHFS to request federal waiver for demonstration project [Sec. 382, 390, 392w, 393, 1392, 1546, 2881, 2894h, 9421 (4)] - Act 20

MA eligibility: documentary evidence of U.S. citizenship or nationality required [Sec. 1678] - Act 20

MA false claim recoveries; treble damages in certain cases; qui tam [whistleblower] provisions; AG duties [Sec. 635, 1629m, 2902, 2904, 3751, 3753-3756, 3775, 9329 (2)] - Act 20

MA labor region expanded to include Rock County; nursing home payment methodology [Sec. 1530h] - Act 20

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

MA program benefits funding decreased - Act 226

MA program: funding decreased for fiscal year 2006-07 [Sec. 9221 (2)] - Act 5

MA retroactive eligibility repayments [Sec. 1632] - Act 20

Medicare Part D re persons with HIV infections: restriction on DHFS subsidization of premiums revised [Sec. 3037, 3038] - Act 20

Outpatient prescription drug dual eligibles: MA coverage eliminated [Sec. 1589, 1591, 1603] - Act 20

Pharmacy dispensing fee increase for generic drugs re certain MA programs; DHFS duties specified [Sec. 9121 (7j)] [vetoed] - SB-40

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

Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE): DHFS may administer under the MA program (remedial legislation) - Act 141

Respiratory care services for ventilator-dependent recipients under MA: specified hourly rates eliminated (remedial legislation) - Act 90

Smoking cessation program for MA recipients [Sec. 9121 (7L)] - Act 20

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State long-term care partnerships and MA eligibility: DHFS requirement re federal pilot project repealed; provisions re MA eligibility determination; long-term care insurance requirements [Sec. 1551c, 1598r, 1604, 1634r, 2873, 2874, 3652m, 3664c] - Act 20

Tobacco settlement permanent endowment fund revisions; MA trust fund, MA and Badger Care Plus benefits, appropriation obligation bonds, and DOA provisions [partial veto] - Act 226

Tobacco settlement permanent endowment fund: transfer to MA trust fund [Sec. 697, 697n] - Act 20

U.W. physician services to MA recipients: intergovernmental transfer program funding created [Sec. 254, 697d, m] - Act 20

medical clinic or centerMedical clinic or center, see Hospitals

medical college of wisconsin, incMedical College of Wisconsin, Inc.

Appropriation for ``translational research" [Sec. 9c-n, 232, 596i, 9105 (1) (m)] - Act 20

medical educationMedical education, see also Dentistry; Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.; Nurses; University of Wisconsin — College of Medicine; Veterinary medicine

Medical practice in underserved areas: funding to support certain programs; receipt of gifts and grants from private sources required [Sec. 732t] - Act 20

medical examining boardMedical Examining Board

Respiratory care: MEB may issue a temporary certificate under certain conditions - Act 54

medical malpracticeMedical malpractice

Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund transfer to MA trust fund; sum sufficient GPR appropriation created [Sec. 212p, 697p, 3701c, 3702d-L, 9225 (2)] - Act 20

medical practice, groupMedical practice, Group

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

medical recordMedical record, see Privacy

medical serviceMedical service, see also Medical assistance; specific medical occupation

American Indian health project grants: program revisions [Sec. 406, 2851-2861] - Act 20

Automated external defibrillator: persons required to have current proficiency through instruction specified; DHFS duties and administrative rule requirements; licensure and certification provisions; Emergency Medical Services Board required to provide information on cardiocerebral resuscitation - Act 104

Colposcopy program and ongoing costs for serving MA recipients in certain part of the state: grant provided [Sec. 403m, 2870m] - Act 20

Community health centers grants from DHFS: award to certain facility that has closed repealed (remedial legislation) - Act 88

Electronic medical records: income and franchise tax credits created for hardware or software purchased by health care providers [Sec. 1948, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1997, 2022, 2059, 2063, 2066, 2115, 2119, 2483, 3577] - Act 20

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

Medical practice in underserved areas: funding to support certain programs; receipt of gifts and grants from private sources required [Sec. 732t] - Act 20

Nurse-midwife license: paying renewal fee also renews RN license [Sec. 3503] - Act 20

``Nurse's assistant", ``hospice aide", and ``home health aide" changed to ``nurse aide"; ``intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded" changed to ``intermediate care facility for persons with mental retardation"; ``instructional and competency evaluation program" changed to ``instructional program" and DHFS duties revised; ``feeding assistant" caregiver classification created, nursing home provisions; reporting certain allegations to DRL eliminated (remedial legislation) - Act 153

Organ transport vehicles and emergency medical device transport vehicles are authorized emergency vehicles; siren, lights, and safety and training course provisions [Sec. 2651g, 3190m, p, 3220c, 3427c, e, 3432c, e, 9348 (7j)] - Act 20

Part-time fire fighter or EMT re private, nonprofit volunteer fire company or a volunteer fire department or EMS program maintained by a local governmental unit: wages paid at regular intervals, but no less than annually, by agreement with employers - Act 195

Personal care services provided by an individual: any entity that employs or contracts with required to conduct background checks and disclose certain information to clients or a client's guardian; exception and DHFS duties - Act 172

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

Respiratory care services for ventilator-dependent recipients under MA: specified hourly rates eliminated (remedial legislation) - Act 90

Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Compensation Program created to compensate health care providers re services for victim of sexual offense [Sec. 491, 492, 494, 495, 499, 500, 3752, 3757, 3806, 3837-3865, 3887, 3891, 9329 (4)] - Act 20

Special distinguishing registration plates for EMTs: first responders added to that group - Act 38

Special distinguishing registration plates: surviving spouse of a fire fighter who died in the line of duty permitted to retain or apply for; changes similar condition for surviving spouse of military group member from permissive to mandatory; fire fighter, EMT, or rescue squad member who surrendered plates due to injury preventing performance of duties may apply for reissuance of the plates - Act 194

Volunteer fire fighter and EMT wage payment frequency revised - Act 7

WHEFA bonds interest: tax exemption if proceeds used by health facility to fund acquisition of information technology hardware or software [Sec. 1947m, 2021m, 2087h, 9341 (6j)] - Act 20

medicareMedicare, see Medical assistance

medicineMedicine, see Drugs

memorial certificateMemorial certificate, see Legislature — Member

memorial highwayMemorial highway, see Road — Marking

memorials and monumentsMemorials and monuments, see Road — Marking; Veteran — Organization

mendota juvenile treatment centerMendota Juvenile Treatment Center, see Juvenile detention facility

mental healthMental health

Community mental health block grant allocations [Sec. 1101p, 1167n, 1835c] - Act 20

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

Health care services that tribal bodies provide with relief block grant moneys: mental health services added [Sec. 1393] - Act 20

Mental Health, Council on: membership revised - Act 113

Patient health care records and treatment records: confidentiality requirements revised; redisclosure provision - Act 108

Protective placements and protective services, involuntary administration of psychotropic medication, guardianships, conservatorships, wards, and services for adults at risk and elder adults at risk: reconciliation of 2005 WisActs 264, 387, and 388 - Act 45

Veterans assistance program appropriation; funds re post traumatic disorders and Center for Veterans Issues (Milwaukee) outreach services; DVA report on referral re telemedicine facilities; sunset provided [Sec. 512, 782m, 783m, 786g, m] - Act 20

mental health _ hospitals and institutesMental health — Hospitals and institutes, see also Community-based residential facility

Assessments on licensed beds of nursing homes and intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded: all revenue deposited into the MA trust fund (remedial legislation) - Act 95

Court order to transfer a minor from one inpatient facility to another: approval process modified (remedial legislation) - Act 140

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

Family Care program expanded, districts renamed ``long-term care districts"; JCF authority revised; changes re county use of COP funds, Wisconsin Partnership Program operations, resource center governing boards and local and regional committees [for section numbers, see entry under ``Nursing homes and adult care"] - Act 20

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

SPD representation required re involuntary commitment, protective placement or services proceeding, or involuntary administration of psychotropic medication; court may require reimbursement [Sec. 546, 547, 1814-1816, 1818, 1819, 1827-1835, 1836-1843, 3759, 3764, 3869, 3870, 3909-3915, 3917-3926, 9336 (1), 9436 (1)] [9336 (1) — partial veto] - Act 20

Substance abuse program for purposes of the earned release program: Corr.Dept and DHFS may provide [Sec. 3168] - Act 20

Wisconsin Resource Center and other secure mental health facilities or units: appropriations combined [Sec. 336, 338] - Act 20

mental retardationMental retardation, see also Community-based residential facility

Assessments on licensed beds of nursing homes and intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded: all revenue deposited into the MA trust fund (remedial legislation) - Act 95

Bed assessment for intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded revised; nursing home rate increase [Sec. 1800-1805, 9121 (1)] - Act 20

Protective placement of an individual with a developmental disability in a nursing home: exception to prohibitions created re placement of 30 days or less after release from a hospital (remedial legislation) - Act 139

merrimac, village ofMerrimac, Village of, see Sauk County

metropolitan transportationMetropolitan transportation

Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter rail extension project: DOT may submit request to JCF for supplemental appropriation; revenue from the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Transit Authority may not be used for lobbying purposes [Sec. 1851c, 9148 (9u)] [9148 (9u) — partial veto] - Act 20

Mass transit operating aids increased [Sec. 2545-2548] - Act 20

midwifeMidwife, see Medical service

military affairs, department ofMilitary Affairs, Department of, see also Adjutant General