Acts Index

Sign language interpretation services: licensing requirements created, exceptions specified; Sign Language Interpreter Council created; confidentiality provision  -  Act 360

Speech-language pathologists and audiologists regulations and audiology license and temporary license revisions; Council on Speech Language Pathology and Audiology eliminated  -  Act 356

rehabilitation Rehabilitation, see Workforce Development, Department of

relative responsibility Relative responsibility, see Family

religion and society Religion and society

MPCP laws revised [Sec. 2259, 2265, 2266, 2267-2269, 2271, 2272, 2273, 2276v-2277, 2279-2285c, 2286-2290k, 3335, 9139 (4r), 9339 (4q)-(5u)] -  Act 28

religious societies Religious societies

Employment discrimination re employee's refusal to attend meetings or participate in communication re religious or political matters prohibited, exception and definition provisions -  Act 290

remedial legislation Remedial legislation, see Statutes — Revision

rendering plant Rendering plant

Rendering or processing plant may be established or expanded within one-eighth mile of a residence or public or private place of business with approval of the municipality  -  Act 398

renewable energy resource Renewable energy resource, see Energy conservation

rental property Rental property, see Landlord and tenant; Motor vehicle — Dealers and finance companies

reorganization of state government Reorganization of state government

Bioenergy Advisory Council created and attached to DATCP -  Act 401

Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children adopted, state council provision  -  Act 329

Legal Services, Division of, created in DOA; authorized to provide and charge for legal services to executive cabinet agencies only; classified attorney positions in specified agencies deleted [Sec. 31, 48, 560, 3408, 9457 (1)]  -  Act 28

Locally grown food in school meals and snacks: DATCP to promote and provide grants, DPI duty set; Farm to School Council created, report required; FTE position  -  Act 293

Nonmotorized Recreation and Transportation Trails Council created, DNR and DOT provisions -  Act 394

Offender Reentry, Council on, created; duties defined; report required [Sec. 33r, 34g, 2669k, 9111 (12f), 9411 (1f)] [2669k — partial veto] -  Act 28

Podiatrists: civil liability immunity for providing aid at certain athletic events, privileged communication with patients, certify to DOT that applicant is fit to teach driving, may diagnose illness or injury for DVA purposes, may submit statement for specialized hunting permit, added to list of enumerated providers of sickness care, insurers to give equal weight to certifications of disability by, added to list of free choice providers for persons eligible for MA; Podiatrists Affiliated Credentialing Board renamed Podiatry Affiliated Credentialing Board [vetoed] -  AB-273

Podiatrists: civil liability immunity for providing aid at certain athletic events, privileged communication with patients, certify to DOT that applicant is fit to teach driving, may diagnose illness or injury for DVA purposes, may submit statement for specialized hunting permit, added to list of enumerated providers of sickness care, insurers to give equal weight to certifications of disability by, added to list of free choice providers for persons eligible for MA; Podiatrists Affiliated Credentialing Board renamed Podiatry Affiliated Credentialing Board  -  Act 113

Regulatory Assistance, Office of: duties revised and funding for additional position -  Act 265

Sentence adjustment for certain felonies; Parole Commission renamed the Earned Release Review Commission [for section numbers and vetoes, see ``Sentences and penalties"]  -  Act 28

Sign language interpretation services: licensing requirements created, exceptions specified; Sign Language Interpreter Council created; confidentiality provision  -  Act 360

Speech-language pathologists and audiologists regulations and audiology license and temporary license revisions; Council on Speech Language Pathology and Audiology eliminated  -  Act 356

Thermal system insulation: Comm.Dept to regulate the business of installing and maintaining; council and state inspector position created; licensing, definition, continuing education, and forfeiture provisions -  Act 16

Wind energy system: PSC to establish common standards for political subdivisions to regulate construction and operation of; definition, ordinance, enforcement, and PSC review provisions; exception for certain electric generating facilities with a certificate of public convenience and necessity; Wind Siting Council created and report required  -  Act 40

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

reports Reports, see also Legislative Audit Bureau; Studies; specific subject

BadgerCare Plus Basic Plan established; Benchmark Plan revisions; LAB audit and reports to JCF required; sunset provision -  Act 219

BadgerCare Plus: technical changes; certain annual DHS report eliminated [Sec. 872k-877, 1297-1299, 1328-1333, 1335- 1337, 1338-1353, 1354, 1356, 9422 (1)]  -  Act 28

Biofuels educational needs assessment: U.W. Extension to conduct, report required -  Act 401

Biofuels: financial assistance for biorefinery, ``agricultural use" definition revised, Bioenergy Advisory Council, forestry diversification program, Biofuels Production Facility Regulatory Review, marketing orders, personal renewable fuel production and use, income tax credit for blender pumps, offering unblended gasoline to motor fuel dealers, renewable motor vehicle fuel sales goals, state fleet provisions; reports required; OEI, DATCP, DNR, Comm.Dept, and DOR duties; JSCTE appendix report -  Act 401

Biofuels Production Facility Regulatory Review committee created, members appointed by the Governor, report required -  Act 401

Birth defect prevention and surveillance program: DHS report and funding from vital records fee revenue [Sec. 327, 2545d, 9122 (8v)] [9122 (8v) — vetoed]  -  Act 28

Business retention: Comm.Dept emergency response team and report on businesses at-risk of expanding or relocating outside the state [Sec. 9110 (11r)] [vetoed]  -  AB-75

Capital access program created re participating banks making loans to borrowers for eligible projects; Wisconsin Business Development Finance Corporation to administer; grants provision and reports required -  Act 268

Center on Education and Work at U.W. Madison to establish a career conversations program for students in grades 7-12; requirements, evaluation, sunset, and report provisions  -  Act 271

Child abuse or neglect cases: public disclosure of certain information required re child fatality or near fatality, suicide, egregious abuse or neglect, or sexual abuse by caregiver; exceptions and report provision -  Act 78

Child care quality rating system: DCF required to provide; review, plan, and Internet provision [Sec. 1057, 9108 (7f)] -  Act 28

Child welfare alternative response pilot program created in five counties; evaluation report required [Sec. 1097, 1098, 1100] -  Act 28

Community supervision services to reduce recidivism and increase public safety; ``Becky Young Community Corrections" appropriation created; annual report required [Sec. 307f, 2669h] [2669h — partial veto]  -  Act 28

Concentrated animal feeding operations: WPDES application fee revisions; report requirements [Sec. 275fn, 2628t, 2665m, 9137 (2i)] -  Act 28

Contractual services purchased by executive branch agencies: reduction required; report and JCF authority [Sec. 9157 (2L)] [vetoed] -  AB-75

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

Donated books receipt by inmates: Corr.Dept report to JCF demonstrating the prohibition has been eliminated [Sec. 9111 (3x)] [vetoed] -  AB-75

Earned release, substance abuse treatment, and Challenge Incarceration Program revisions [Sec. 2700, 2701, 2702m-2708, 2710-2712, 9111 (12g)] [9111 (12g) — partial veto] -  Act 28

Economic development programs in Comm.Dept: Community-Based and Minority Business Grant programs and boards eliminated; responsibilities of Development Finance Board assumed by Economic Policy Board (EPB), membership specified; annual funding for Forward Innovation Fund and Women's Business Initiative Corporation [for section numbers, see entry under ``Commerce, Department of"] -  Act 28

Electronic waste recycling: manufacturer, recycler, retailer, public school, and consumer requirements created; DNR, reporting, fee, definition, audit, and penalty provisions; disposal in landfill and incineration prohibited  -  Act 50

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

Entrepreneurial assistance grants re ``new business" hiring of student intern to assist in research and marketing; repayment when business becomes profitable; provision re grant to college or university placing multiple interns; report and sunset date [Sec. 206s, 207, 3033L] -  Act 28

Farmland Preservation Program, credit, and tax relief revisions; planning and zoning provisions; accessory use allowed [for section numbers, see entry under ``Farmland preservation"] -  Act 28

Film production tax credit program changes re new refundable production services and company investment; provision re salary, wages, and non-labor expenses; ``production expenditures" and ``accredited production" defined; electronic games approved by Comm.Dept included; report required [for section numbers and vetoes, see entry under ``Income tax — Credit"] -  Act 28

Graduated foster care licensing system created to license foster home care, treatment foster home care, kinship care, and long-term kinship care based on graduated levels of care; provisions re rule-making, DCF report, notice to LRB of effective dates, and JCF approval of plan [for section numbers and partial veto, see entry under ``Children and Families, Department of"] -  Act 28

Harbor improvement grants: DOT bonding revised; report on current and future needs [Sec. 651, 9150 (5d)] [9150 (5d) — vetoed] -  Act 28

Highway project development report [Sec. 9150 (4d)] [vetoed] -  AB-75

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

Human resources functions in executive branch agencies: DOA to evaluate; consolidation procedures; transfers to OSER, certain exceptions provided; report required [Sec. 596, 597, 2483, 2485, 9101 (8c)] [2483 — partial veto]  -  Act 28

Income tax reciprocity between Wisconsin and Minnesota: DOR in conjunction with Minnesota Department of Revenue to study, report required -  Act 359

Juvenile correctional services deficit reduction; DOA and Corr.Dept report on alternate statutory mechanism [Sec. 313-315, 317-319, 9111 (2i), 9211 (1), 9411 (1)] [9111 (2i) — vetoed] -  Act 28

Land and Water Conservation Board's responsibilities and authorities: DATCP, DNR, and the board to investigate; report required [Sec. 9103 (4i)] -  Act 28

Locally grown food in school meals and snacks: DATCP to promote and provide grants, DPI duty set; Farm to School Council created, report required; FTE position  -  Act 293

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

Madison to Twin Cities passenger rail route report; consideration of routes through City of La Crosse and another through City of Eau Claire required [Sec. 9150 (7j)]  -  Act 28

Manufacturing sales and use tax exemption re tangible personal property; appendix report [Sec. 1571, 1643, 1709, 1830f-1832b, 1834, 1835, 1842-1843c, 1843g-1846, 9443 (5f), (14q)] -  Act 28

Milwaukee Child Welfare Partnership Council: annual report and public hearing requirements; DCF duties  -  Act 337

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

Nursing workforce survey and allocations to nursing center; ``nurses" definition re RNs, LPNs, nurse-midwives, and advanced practice nurse prescribers; report required [Sec. 228h, 518h, 2207t, 2995cy-de, dt, ed] [2207t — partial veto; 2995cz — vetoed] -  Act 28

Offender Reentry, Council on, created; duties defined; report required [Sec. 33r, 34g, 2669k, 9111 (12f), 9411 (1f)] [2669k — partial veto] -  Act 28

Offender Reentry, Council on: report requirements revised -  Act 104

Payday loan and motor vehicle title loan regulations and licensing requirements created; payday lender zoning, disclosure, DFI, Division of Banking, and penalty provisions; annual report required [partial veto] -  Act 405

PECFA semiannual report requirement repealed (remedial legislation) -  Act 240

Physician pilot project: DHS to develop proposal to increase reimbursement to providers; JCF duties; report required [Sec. 1301e] [partial veto] -  Act 28

Populous city pension obligation bonding; legislative findings and determination cited; report requirements [Sec. 1460-1462, 1471, 1475, 1476, 1497, 1498, 1500]  -  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

Rail property acquisition and improvement: DOT bonding authority increased; funding increased; report on freight rail preservation program [Sec. 652, 9150 (5x)] [9150 (5x) — vetoed] -  Act 28

Rest area and wayside commercial development: DOT agreements with private entities permitted; report required [Sec. 295s, 1919m] [vetoed] -  AB-75

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

Stewardship program directory by DNR of lands purchased: requirement deleted, made an Internet application; report on newly purchased lands which restrict access (and reason for restriction) continued and changed to annual [Sec. 664xg-xw] -  Act 28

Tax laws: enhanced enforcement to increase state tax revenues; annual report required [Sec. 1815g] [vetoed]  -  AB-75

Traffic stop information collection and analysis requirements created; DOA, OJA, and JCF duties; data analysis re disproportionate number of vehicle stops and searches involving racial minorities; report required [Sec. 158m, 577-577s, 2993t, 9101 (11y), (12x)] -  Act 28

Transitional jobs demonstration project and trial job program expanded re TANF Emergency Fund; DCF report to JCF required; DWD duties -  Act 333

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

U.W. Board of Regents: awarding WiSys Technology Foundation, Inc. grants for the Wisconsin Small Company Advancement program; appropriations for a business plan competition program and emerging technology center at U.W. La Crosse, private contribution provision; reports required  -  Act 265

Wind energy system: PSC to establish common standards for political subdivisions to regulate construction and operation of; definition, ordinance, enforcement, and PSC review provisions; exception for certain electric generating facilities with a certificate of public convenience and necessity; Wind Siting Council created and report required  -  Act 40

residential care Residential care, see Senior citizen

residential property Residential property, see Housing

resort Resort, see Recreation