Acts Index

``Vietnam Veterans Day" designated March 29; Governor to issue a proclamation -  Act 36

William D. Hoard Day: October 10 designated as -  Act 327

home detention Home detention, see Sentences and penalties

homeless Homeless, see Public assistance; Veteran — Relief

homes for the aged Homes for the aged, see Senior citizen

homestead _ exemption Homestead — Exemption

Homestead exemption: value of certain property increased; land owned by husband and wife provision  -  Act 80

homestead credit Homestead credit

Homestead tax credit formula changes; consumer price index provisions [Sec. 1741s-1742, 9343 (3x)]  -  Act 28

homicide Homicide, see Crime and criminals — Homicide or murder

honesty testing device Honesty testing device, see Lie detector

honey Honey, see Bees

hospitals Hospitals, see also Insurance — Health; Medical assistance; Mental health — Hospitals and institutes; Nursing homes and adult care; University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority; Veteran — Hospitals and home

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 motel Hotel 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

hours of labor Hours of labor, see also Public employee — Hours of labor

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 correction House of correction

Commitment of prison inmate: alternative petition procedure modified; jail and house of corrections provision  -  Act 260

housing Housing, see also Mortgage; Veteran — Housing

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

Residential real estate transaction: tort action against the transferor (seller) for fraud or intentional misrepresentation permitted; definition provision -  Act 4

Sale of mercury-added products regulated, including fever thermometers, manometers, thermostats, instruments and measuring devices, switches and relays, and specified household items; public, parochial, and charter schools prohibited from purchasing or storing free-flowing elemental mercury, a device containing mercury, or a mercury-containing compound, exceptions provided; DNR duties -  Act 44

Student housing: property tax exemption created; residency requirements and U.W. Madison provision [Sec. 1515m, 1516c, 9343 (21g)] -  Act 28

TIF district one-year extension for affordable housing purposes authorized [Sec. 1488s-ue, 1489e, i, 9457 (2i)]  -  Act 28

Time-share license: exemption from recording contract or other evidence of purchase requirement -  Act 133

housing _ discrimination Housing — Discrimination, see Discrimination in housing

housing _ rent Housing — Rent, see Landlord and tenant

housing and economic development authority, wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority, Wisconsin

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

Homeowner Eviction and Lien Protection program created in WHEDA; reports to JCF required; Comm.Dept appendix report [Sec. 7, 15, 762, 779] -  Act 2

Household Abuse Victims Emergency Network (HAVEN) shelter serving certain counties: WHEDA grant to City of Merrill for renovation [Sec. 9125 (1f)] [vetoed]  -  AB-75

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

WHEDA authorized to issue bonds for and make loans for the refinancing of qualified subprime loans; definition and DOA provisions; Comm.Dept appendix report [Sec. 763, 765, 770-775, 777, 778, 9325 (1)] -  Act 2

WHEDA property tax deferral loan for persons over age 65: maximum loan amount increased -  Act 199

WHEDA transfer of surplus to general fund [Sec. 9225 (1c)] -  Act 28

housing authority Housing authority, see Housing; Housing and Economic Development Authority, Wisconsin

human immunodeficiency virus _hiv_ Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), see Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

human service Human service, see County — Human services

humane society Humane society, see Animal — Treatment

humane treatment of animals Humane treatment of animals, see Animal — Treatment

hunger Hunger, see Nutrition

hunting Hunting, see Game — Hunting

hunting license Hunting license, see Game — Hunting; Game — Hunting license

hygiene laboratory Hygiene laboratory

Newborn hearing screening required; State Laboratory of Hygiene duties specified -  Act 279

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id cards ID cards, see Identification cards

idb _industrial development revenue bonds_ IDB (Industrial development revenue bonds), see Bonds — County; Bonds — Municipal

identification cards Identification cards

Customer access to toilet facility for use by employees of a retail establishment: persons with certain medical conditions allowed to use under set conditions; forfeiture, civil liability immunity, forged statement, and ID card provisions  -  Act 198

Electronic payment mechanisms for fees and deposits paid to DOT permitted; convenience fee authorized [Sec. 296, 307, 670, 671, 1933, 2851, 2993] -  Act 28

Federal security verification mandate fee renamed ``license issuance fee" for operator's licenses and ``card issuance fee" for ID cards [Sec. 2922, 2960] -  Act 28

ID card for medical surrender of cancelled driver's license: no fee to be charged; DOT may order surrender of revoked license [Sec. 2950-2952, 2957-2959, 2961, 9350 (2), 9450 (2)]  -  Act 28

Photographs on motor vehicle operators license and ID cards: DOT to make available to DOJ in digital format; DOJ to provide electronic access to certain law enforcement agencies  -  Act 167

ignition interlock device Ignition interlock device, see Motor vehicle — Equipment

implied consent or alcohol concentration Implied consent or alcohol concentration, see also Drunken driving

Drug violation re Uniform Controlled Substances Act: court or DOT may suspend motor vehicle operating privilege  -  Act 8

Intoxication test prior to arrest: law enforcement officer may request of a person involved in an accident causing death or substantial or great bodily harm -  Act 163

OWI law revisions re court ordered ignition interlock device, eligibility for an occupational license, first offense provisions, increased penalties, felony crimes, expanding a Winnebago County sentencing pilot program to other counties, revocation, trial court sentencing authority, and fee increases; court may not release certain persons after conviction but before sentencing -  Act 100