2015 Acts Index

health and educational facilities authority, wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Wisconsin

WHEFA executive director: executive salary group changed [Sec. 3799] - Act 55

health care provider Health care provider, see Chiropractic; Dentistry; Hospitals; Medical education; Medical service; Nurses; Nursing homes and adult care; Optometry; Pharmacy; Physician; Podiatry; Psychology; Trades and occupations

health care record Health care record, see Medical service

health insurance Health insurance, see Insurance -- Health; Public employee -- Group insurance

health insurance risk_sharing plan Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan

HIRSP appropriations repealed in 2015 WisAct 55: date of repeal extended - Act 85

HIRSP appropriations repealed [Sec. 505, 4642, 9422 (1)] - Act 55

health services, department of _ administration Health Services, Department of -- Administration

Ambulance staffing at paramedic level revision [Sec. 4109j, k] - Act 55

Ambulatory surgical center assessment: DHS annual report required - Act 314

Ambulatory surgical center assessment: DHS report required, DOR provision [Sec. 3483t] [vetoed] - Act 55

DHS authorization to charge assessments to health care providers eliminated [Sec. 671, 3484] - Act 55

Division administrator positions [Sec. 3665r, s, 9418 (7p)] [vetoed] - Act 55

Eliminate authority of a person to bring a qui tam claim against another person making a false claim for MA [Sec. 945n, 3501p, 3504c, 4610f-r, 4639g, 9318 (3f)] - Act 55

Federally qualified health centers: MA reimbursement rates [Sec. 1791p] - Act 55

Healthy aging grants: DHS to allocate to private, nonprofit entity under certain conditions; sunset provision [Sec. 703r, s, 9118 (4f), 9418 (8f)] [703r, 9118 (4f) -- partial veto] - Act 55

Hospitals with disproportionate share of low-income patients: supplemental payments from DHS, conditions set [Sec. 1791r] - Act 55

Labor region methodology study re MA reimbursement rates to nursing homes: DHS required to conduct [Sec. 9118 (4u)] [vetoed] - Act 55

Lead inspection requirements: partial lead inspection for lead-safe renovations exemption; written disclosure of the inspection required - Act 122

MPCP research: ``qualified independent researcher" defined and access to department databases; confidentiality and fee provisions [Sec. 1696m, 1767m, 1833t, 2012t, 3076c, 4714g, 9408 (2q)] - Act 55

Physician assessment appropriation in DHS: lapse to general fund [Sec. 9218 (2c)] - Act 55

Pretrial intoxicated driver intervention grant program transferred from DOT to DHS [Sec. 656, 692, 2595, 4349] - Act 55

Restaurants, lodging, and recreation: oversight of transferred to DATCP from DHS [Sec. 482, 670, 1055, 1455, 1854, 1974-1980, 2472, 2515, 2596, 2606, 2612, 2616, 2617, 2641-2648, 2659-2682, 2692, 2694-2710, 2714, 2715, 2720, 3105-3107, 3122, 3422-3432, 3433, 3434, 4033-4036, 4040, 4045, 4047, 4050-4105, 4318, 4353-4355, 4721, 9118 (2), 9418 (2)] - Act 55

Volunteer Health Care Provider Program, opioid treatment program, Well-Woman Program provision (remedial legislation) - Act 188

health services, department of _ administrative rules Health Services, Department of -- Administrative rules

Oxygen equipment in nursing homes: rules modified re current maintenance and use standards and manufacturers’ recommendations [Admin.Code DHS 132.71] - Act 107

health services, department of _ corrections Health Services, Department of -- Corrections

Violent sex offenders on supervised release: procedures and residency requirements revised; restricting certain local ordinance or resolution provision - Act 156

health services, department of _ health Health Services, Department of -- Health

Abortion law revisions re postfertilization age of unborn child, prohibition at or after 20 weeks, hospital and clinic reporting requirements, and informed consent; exemption, civil remedies, injunction, and penalty provisions - Act 56

Addiction treatment programs that use methadone: annual report to DHS required - Act 262

Advanced life support training grant created, sunset provision [Sec. 668r, s, 9118 (3q), 9418 (7q)] [vetoed] - Act 55

Ambulance staffing requirements revised re EMTs and first responders; respiratory care practitioner and pediatric patient transferred to another hospital by airplane provisions; municipality population and waivers provisions; DHS duties - Act 113

BadgerCare Plus: three months of ineligibility for certain individuals eliminated [Sec. 1810-1813] - Act 55

Behavioral health care coordination pilot projects and psychiatric consultation reimbursement pilot projects authorized; grant to develop Internet site and system re availability of inpatient psychiatric beds; DHS duties and reports required - Act 153

Child or family support income withholding orders; deferred prosecution agreements re domestic abuse surcharge and GPS surcharge; certain DCF and DHS appropriations modified; home visitation program grants; references to Milwaukee County by population - Act 172

Community mental health services funding: certain appropriations consolidated to form; certain relocation programs eliminated; DHS required to consult Wisconsin Counties Association and other organizations interested in mental health and get JCF approval before implementing distribution method [Sec. 693, 694, 701, 702, 1518-1524, 1536, 1537, 1633, 1802, 1897-1900, 9118 (1), (1q), 9418 (1)] [9118 (1q) -- vetoed] - Act 55

Dental reimbursement pilot project for certain services in certain counties; MA waiver required [Sec. 1798, 9318 (2)] [9318 (2) -- vetoed; 1798 -- partial veto] - Act 55

Dietetic internship program established under the WIC program; federal moneys, DHS duties, and FTE position provisions - Act 276

Family planning and related preventive health services: DHS to apply for federal grants and distribute funds to the Wisconsin Well-Woman Program and other entities under certain conditions - Act 151

Food protection practices certificate issued by DHS required to operate a school lunchroom in schools participating in the National School Lunch Program - Act 46

Food protection practices (FPP) certificate renewal: retraining course option for certificate holder at restaurant with five or fewer food handlers; DHS duties - Act 9

MA demonstration project re health care coverage for low-income, childless adults under age 65: DHS to request amendment to DHHS wavier; quarterly report to JCF required [Sec. 1796, 1797, 9118 (6)] [1797 -- partial veto] - Act 55

Mental health services in schools: DHS cannot require mental health clinic or licensed treatment professional from designating a school site as a clinic in order to provide services; MA reimbursement for licensed treatment professionals - Act 294

Nonemergency medical transportation services to MA recipients in certain counties: DHS to modify contract and make alternative arrangements [Sec. 9118 (11f)] [vetoed] - Act 55

Pain clinic certification provisions created, requirements specified; DHS duties - Act 265

Pharmacists administering vaccines to children age 6 to 18: required to update the Wisconsin Immunization Registry and MA reimbursement provisions [Sec. 1801, 4037] - Act 55

Poison control system: federal matching funds [Sec. 4109d] - Act 55

Tattooing, body piercing, and tanning oversight transferred from DHS to DSPS [Sec. 548, 549, 669, 1454, 1853, 1879, 2471, 2693, 2716, 2717, 3121, 4031, 4032, 4041-4044, 4048, 4108, 4317, 4377, 4524, 4525, 9118 (3), 9418 (2f)] - Act 55

health services, department of _ supportive living and treatment Health Services, Department of -- Supportive living and treatment

Alzheimer’s Family and Caregiver Support Program: DHS funding for respite care, financial eligibility, and participation by tribes or bands - Act 273

Care management organizations: DHS may contract with a county or long-term care district to operate outside their geographic area; disposition of property and assets upon dissolution of a long-term care district; creation of nonstock, nonprofit corporation or service insurance corporation provisions; OCI duties - Act 215

County-to-county nursing home bed transfers: DHS to develop policy; report to JCF required [Sec. 9118 (7g)] [vetoed] - Act 55

Dementia crisis unit: DHS to propose pilot program - Act 272

Dementia training for mental health mobile crisis teams: DHS to award one time grant - Act 274

Family Care and IRIS services: DHS to expand to Rock County; exemption from certain contract requirement and JCF approval - Act 127

Family Care programs, IRIS, and long-term care program revisions; DHS to administer in every county, federal waiver provision, JCF approval of plan and waiver; aging and disability resource centers evaluation and reports required; Children's Community Options Program created; Medicaid services division created [for section numbers and vetoes, see entry under ``Nursing homes and adult care"] - Act 55

FoodShare EBT card: benefit reduced to pay for replacement card; DHS duties [Sec. 685r, 1832r, 9318 (4f)] - Act 55

FoodShare employment and training program: DHS to screen and test applicants for illegal use of drugs [Sec. 679c, 1832p, 1833, 9118 (5)] [1833 -- partial veto] - Act 55

Funeral, burial, and cemetery expenses for decedents who received certain public assistance: DHS to pursue recovery of aid, life insurance policy provision [Sec. 1817-1827, 1831, 1832, 1834b-1843, 1845, 4588, 4595, 4623-4630, 9318 (1)] - Act 55

Independent living center grants: DWD to transfer moneys to DHS [Sec. 714, 716, 743, 744, 1645, 1648] - Act 55

Independent living services grants created [Sec. 703h, 1644w, 1645c] - Act 55

Mental health crisis service grants [Sec. 672, 673, 9118 (7), 9418 (4)] - Act 55

``Mike Johnson life care and early intervention service grants" re individual with or at risk of contracting HIV: funding increased [Sec. 4037r] - Act 55

Nursing home beds transfer: DHS to allow under set conditions [Sec. 9118 (3g)] - Act 55

Opioid treatment systems: DHS regulation revisions; counselor and MA reimbursement provisions - Act 263

Promissory note provisions created for MA programs that count assets for determining financial eligibility [Sec. 1621, 1803-1806] - Act 55

hearings and appeals, division of Hearings and Appeals, Division of

DHA GPR appropriation repealed [Sec. 798, 799, 3589, 3590, 3592] - Act 55

Liquid manure transported along highway rights-of-way: utility permit and driveway permit requirements created; penalty and appeal provisions - Act 231

Property rights regulation revisions re local government restrictions on sale, purchase, development, or occupancy of real property and individual notice requirements; vested rights; shoreland zoning; resolution of challenge to zoning restrictions; supermajority vote to down zone a property; content of economic impact analysis of proposed administrative rules; standard for judicial review of certain state agency actions and decisions; and DNR and DATCP contested case hearings - Act 391

WC law revisions re general coverage, payment of benefits, hearing and procedures, and program administration; self-insurer provisions; DWD, LIRC, DHA, and DOJ duties - Act 180

Worker's compensation adjudicatory functions re disputed claims transferred to DHA; notices and recording testimony by electronic means provisions [Sec. 1412d-1414, 2727-2744d, 2754d-2876d, 2879d-2942d, 2952-2991d, 2995d, 2996d, 3587, 3588d, 3591d, 3594d, 9151 (2), 9451 (1v)] [2830e -- partial veto] - Act 55

heir Heir, see Estate of deceased person

heroin Heroin, see Drugs -- Criminal acts and law enforcement

high school graduation High school graduation, see School -- Curriculum

higher education institution Higher education institution, see Colleges and universities; Indians and tribal issues; Technical college; University of Wisconsin, and its subheadings

higher educational aids board Higher Educational Aids Board, see also Scholarships and loans; Veteran -- Education

Distance Learning Authorization Board created and attached to HEAB; JCF duties - Act 208

Minority teacher loan program in HEAB modified [Sec. 1372p-x, 9319 (3f)] [1372r, 9319 (3f) -- partial veto] - Act 55

Teacher education loan program repealed; teacher loan program created, HEAB duties [Sec. 557g, j, 1371e, k] - Act 55

Teacher loan program modified to include loan forgiveness to teachers employed in rural counties, conditions set - Act 359

Tribal college payments from Indian gaming receipts created; certain veteran tuition reimbursement program repealed [Sec. 559m, 768t, 808m, 1370m, 1447m, 4316m] - Act 55

Wisconsin grants for technical college students: HEAB funding increased for 2015 fiscal biennium - Act 281

highway Highway, see Motor vehicle -- Accident; Road, and its subheadings

highway aid Highway aid, see Road -- Finance

highway map Highway map, see Maps

hirsp HIRSP, see Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan