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
Smoking prohibitions: designated smoking area prohibited in public places and places of employment, exceptions specified; certain existing exceptions eliminated; smoking in private clubs, sports arenas, and bus shelters specifically prohibited; enforcement by person in charge required; definitions; local ordinance provision re public property and entrance to certain establishments, such as restaurants  -  Act 12
Prevailing wage applicability thresholds, records, and publicly funded private construction projects; local and municipal public works projects [for section numbers and vetoes, see entry under ``Wage — Payment"] -  Act 28
Subsidized private sector employment position program created as part of W-2; provisions re hours per week, monthly grant, and federal waiver [Sec. 1161c, 1172c, 1173c] [1173c — partial veto] -  Act 28
house of correctionHouse of correction
Commitment of prison inmate: alternative petition procedure modified; jail and house of corrections provision  -  Act 260
Carbon monoxide detector requirements for buildings with one or two dwelling units, exceptions and building inspector provisions -  Act 158
Condominium materials: electronic disclosure permitted -  Act 357
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
Energy conservation standards for the construction of certain buildings, LEED certification for public building projects, graywater and rainwater systems; DOA, Building Commission, and Comm.Dept duties; report and lease provisions [vetoed] -  SB-616
Energy efficient improvement or renewable resource application to residential property: municipality or county authorized to make a loan to owner and collect repayment as a special charge which may be collected in installments, property tax provision -  Act 11
Housing re low-income, retirement homes for the aged, WHEDA financed, or owned by nonprofit associations: property tax exemption provisions [Sec. 1515m, 1516d-h, 9143 (3d), 9343 (21cd)] -  Act 28
Joint local governmental self-insured health insurance plan: county housing authority may participate  -  Act 369
Marina condominium provisions modified -  Act 352
Mixed-use zoning ordinance clarified; communities required to enact a traditional neighborhood development ordinance to report to DOA on status of compliance; state housing strategy plan to include a bicycle- and pedestrian-oriented design in residential developments -  Act 351
Private roads within manufactured and mobile home communities: private owner may enter into agreement with municipality or county re traffic regulation enforcement  -  Act 129
Receivership for abatement of residential nuisances: all cities, towns, and villages allowed to apply to circuit court  -  Act 125
Recovery zone facility bonds: waving allocation and requiring Comm.Dept to develop a system to reallocate, other units of government may apply; industrial revenue bonds for ``project" facilities and housing authority included in intergovernmental cooperation agreements; counties granted authority to issue IDB -  Act 112
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