Insurance coverage of services provided by licensed mental health professionals: laws modified; provisions re grievance resolution, patient rights, and treatment records [Sec. 1424g, 1427r, 1431d, 1443f-k, 2995p, 3137r, 3197r-t, 9326 (9q), (10q)] [2995p — vetoed] -  Act 28
Integrated service programs for children with severe disabilities expanded to cover children and their families involved in two or more systems of care, name changed to ``initiatives to provide coordinated services for children and families"; definitions, Indian tribes, and funding provisions  -  Act 334
Intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded: funding for state centers increased; DHS task force study and report to JCF [Sec. 9122 (7i)] [JCLO concluded that the Governor's partial veto violates article V, section 10 (1)(c), of the Wisconsin Constitution. Republished August 14, 2009.]  -  Act 28
MA case management services reimbursement to independent living centers: criteria clarified [Sec. 907, 908, 1305] -  Act 28
MA general purpose revenue lapse funding shift, and carryover balance [Sec. 9222 (1)-(1d), 9422 (8)]  -  Act 28
MA services by managed care organizations; DHS reports re quality of care for MA recipients and reducing MA program costs [Sec. 1301c, 1313h, p, 1315n, 9122 (10q), 9322 (3f), 9422 (14g)] [vetoed] -  AB-75
MA services provided by licensed mental health professionals: definitions, funding, and requirements revised [Sec. 1305r, 1321r, 1323c, 1443m, 2995sm, 3137r, 9422 (12r)]  -  Act 28
MA spending plan re MA and SeniorCare programs: DHS to submit plan re efficiencies and reductions [Sec. 9122 (11q)] [vetoed] -  AB-75
MA trust fund increase; provision re nursing home operating deficits [Sec. 1293, 9222 (2), (2u), (4q), 9422 (10), (11)] -  Act 28
Mental health institute services to certain persons: county to pay portion not paid by federal government; DHS to calculate counties' share; emergency detention revisions [Sec. 1309, 1322, 1424y-1427, 1432-1437, 9122 (4)(cq), 9322 (5f), 9422 (8f)] -  Act 28
Milwaukee County enrollment services unit established in DHS re administration of income maintenance and state supplemental payment programs; DCF may contract with DHS to administer child care subsidy program in Milwaukee County; county civil service employees and collective bargaining agreement provisions; JSCRS appendix report -  Act 15
Milwaukee County income maintenance funding provided; DHS to provide JCF copies of reports documenting the program management; DOJ investigation re county administrative fraud [Sec. 9122 (5x), 9130 (1q)] [9130 (1q) — vetoed]  -  Act 28
Municipally-owned nursing homes: supplemental MA payments [Sec. 1292n] [partial veto] -  Act 28
Nursing home petitions to modify MA payments: requirement re DHS establishment of reviewing mechanism repealed [Sec. 350, 1292] -  Act 28
Personal care services: DHS to promulgate emergency rules for certification of providers: fee authorized [Sec. 1311-1313, 9122 (2)] -  Act 28
Physician pilot project: DHS to develop proposal to increase reimbursement to providers; JCF duties; report required [Sec. 1301e] [partial veto] -  Act 28
Prescription drug assistance for the elderly: changes re program payment rate and DHS report on pharmacy compliance and participation in MA [Sec. 1364, 1366, 1367]  -  Act 28
Psychotropic medication: nursing home required to have written informed consent before administering to a resident with a degenerative brain disorder and must orally inform resident, or person acting on resident's behalf, of right to withdraw consent -  Act 281
Relief block grant program eliminated to reflect implementation of BadgerCare Plus Childless Adults demonstration project [for section numbers, see entry under ``Public assistance"]  -  Act 28
Southern Wisconsin Center funding revised; provision re less restrictive setting for residents; DHS report required [Sec. 1424m, p, 1431g-k, 1444m, n] [1424m — vetoed]  -  Act 28
Substance abuse prevention and treatment block grants: amounts increased [Sec. 889] -  Act 28
Transporting MA recipients to obtain medical care: advance authorization requirement eliminated; DHS reports to JCF re contracting with entity for MA management services and effectiveness of manager program [Sec. 1321, 9122 (4f)] [9122 (4f) — partial veto] -  Act 28
WIC and emergency food assistance program transferred from DCF to DHS; electronic benefit transfer for all DHS benefits permitted [Sec. 485, 488, 490, 829, 1144, 1217-1220, 1376, 2480, 3237-3239, 3392, 9122 (1)] -  Act 28
Wisconsin Quality Home Care Authority created, duties defined; collective bargaining provision; Authority is not a state agency, is exempt from state employment requirements, and employees are excluded from state retirement benefits [Sec. 3, 10, 16, 20, 23, 24, 44-47, 52, 53, 74, 75, 93-95, 98, 99, 105-112, 114, 120, 163, 164, 863, 884, 893, 894, 1444, 1518, 1623, 1847, 2073, 2156, 2240-2242, 2243, 2244-2251, 2253-2254g, 2482, 2627, 2632, 3202, 9122 (3), (3f), 9155m] -  Act 28
hearings and appeals, division ofHearings and Appeals, Division of
Extended supervision revocation: reviewing authority to determine length of imprisonment; six-month limitation for returns to prison; rules to define ``substantial risk to public safety" [Sec. 2724h, 2726-2728, 9311 (4q)] [2726, 2728, 9311 (4q) — partial veto; 2724h, 2726h, p — vetoed]  -  Act 28
Academic excellence higher education scholarship eligibility revised re alternates, date school must designate a scholar, and allowing the scholar to claim in second year after receiving the scholarship if not enrolling the first year  -  Act 306
Academic fee increase grants to certain U.W. students; eligibility re amount of award, family income, and continuous enrollment; exception re delinquent child support [Sec. 261m, 740] -  Act 28
Tuition and fee remissions for veterans and certain dependents: required to use certain federal education benefits first [Sec. 744d-747f, 753d-756f, 770j, k, 9323 (1q), 9423 (1q)] [745f, 747f, 754f, 770k — partial veto]  -  Act 28
Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program modifications [Sec. 763-770, 3411, 9101 (5), 9301 (2)]  -  Act 28
Wisconsin higher education grants (WHEG) in 2009-10 to be funded by U.W. System auxiliary enterprises; link between WHEG and U.W. resident undergraduate tuition suspended for 2009-11 [Sec. 230v, 232, 233, 254, 255, 760g-762, 9423 (1)] -  Act 28
Wisconsin higher education grants: maximum amount increased [Sec. 760d] -  Act 28
highway mapHighway map, see Maps
historic site or preservationHistoric site or preservation, see Building
historical societyHistorical society
Joint museum facility for SHSW and DVA: allocation from building trust funds for planning, programming, and site determination [Sec. 9106 (17)] -  Act 28
SHSW books (hardbound and paperback) are exempt from state printing requirements -  Act 143
SHSW storage appropriation made biennial; unencumbered balance reverts to DOA Indian gaming receipts [Sec. 235]  -  Act 28
hoard, william dHoard, William D.
William D. Hoard Day: October 10 designated as -  Act 327
holidays and special datesHolidays and special dates
Class B bear hunting license: privileges expanded re shooting a bear in certain circumstances, dog training, and license exemption for youth under age 16 and on set days in August; extended season around Labor Day established, sunset provision [vetoed] -  AB-371
Juneteenth Day (June 19) added to list of legal holidays -  Act 91
``Korean War Armistice Day" designated July 27; Governor to issue a proclamation -  Act 35
Medal of Honor Day (March 25): Governor to annually proclaim  -  Act 144
School safety plan criteria specified and required of public and private schools; DPI to develop model policy on bullying, school board requirements; Bullying Awareness Day designated; pupil records confidentiality and disclosure provisions -  Act 309
``Vietnam Veterans Day" designated March 29; Governor to issue a proclamation -  Act 36
William D. Hoard Day: October 10 designated as -  Act 327
homes for the agedHomes for the aged, see Senior citizen
homestead _ exemptionHomestead — Exemption
Homestead exemption: value of certain property increased; land owned by husband and wife provision  -  Act 80
homestead creditHomestead credit
Homestead tax credit formula changes; consumer price index provisions [Sec. 1741s-1742, 9343 (3x)]  -  Act 28
honesty testing deviceHonesty testing device, see Lie detector
honeyHoney, see Bees
Ambulatory surgical center assessment created; DOR duties [Sec. 601s, 681g, 1623m, 2433x, 9143 (4u)]  -  Act 28
Conduit revenue bonds: two or more political subdivisions authorized to create a commission to issue; AG duties; WHEDA and WHEFA bonds re affordable or elderly housing projects or health facility information technology projects provisions; JSCTE appendix report -  Act 205
Critical access hospital assessment created, MA and DHS provisions; health care provider loan program through U.W. revised re amount and rural areas; rural physician residency assistance program established through the U.W. School of Medicine and Public Health's Department of Family Medicine, annual report to JCF required -  Act 190
Electronic medical records tax credit program: effective date delayed [Sec. 1582, 1662, 1728] -  Act 28
Emergency management: chap.166, Wis.Stats, recodified -  Act 42
Employee who is a volunteer fire fighter, EMT, first responder, or ambulance driver: employer required to allow employee to be late to work or absent if the employee was responding to an emergency, conditions specified; discrimination, complaint, and exception provisions -  Act 140
Fee for follow-up inspections of health care and long-term facilities: DHS may assess [Sec. 1315, 1389, 1395, 1398, 1403, 1419, 1420, 1421, 9322 (2)] -  Act 28
Free-standing pediatric teaching hospital: DHS required to issue a single certificate of approval [Sec. 1289m, 1417r]  -  Act 28
Health care providers and insurers required to disclose to consumer upon request information re median billed charge for certain health services, specified charge information for the most frequent presenting conditions, and public information regarding quality of health care services; DHS duties and hospital and forfeiture provisions -  Act 146
Hospital assessment increased; DHS duties and MA provisions; independent rural hospital supplements [Sec. 1294d, 3416b, 9122 (5i), (6i), 9222 (4i), 9422 (13i)]  -  Act 28
Hospital assessment revisions; MA and DHS provisions; report required [Sec. 6, 11-14, 29-32, 34-40, 46, 47, 49-66, 69, 70, 556, 557, 9122 (1), 9222 (1), 9322 (1), 9422 (1)]  -  Act 2
Hospital certificate of approval: DHS to issue one that covers UWHCA's inpatient and outpatient facilities that satisfy requirements for a hospital; MA reimbursement provision [Sec. 48, 68] -  Act 2
Newborn hearing screening required; State Laboratory of Hygiene duties specified -  Act 279
Patient health care records: laws revised re access, inspection, fees, statutes related to evidence, electronic format, and forfeiture for noncompliance; health care provider definition expanded [for section numbers and vetoes, see entry under ``Medical service"] -  Act 28
Pharmacist duty to dispense contraceptive drugs or devices: requirements created, does not abrogate pharmacist's legal and ethical obligations re Wisconsin law; DHS duty re hospital pharmacy complaint [Sec. 1419c, 2995nd]  -  Act 28
Technology transfer grant and loan program for research institutions created in Comm.Dept, definition provision  -  Act 265
hotel and motelHotel and motel
Carbon monoxide detector requirements for buildings with one or two dwelling units, exceptions and building inspector provisions -  Act 158
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