Wisconsin Legislature: Medical service -- Occupations

Graduate medical training in an addiction specialty and development of a training program: existing DHS grant programs to hospitals and rural hospitals expanded to include - Act 26

Graduate medical training support grants appropriation [Sec. 378k, 2265t, 9220 (1m), 9420 (3k)] - Act 59

medical examining boardMedical Examining Board

Practice of podiatry under supervision of a podiatrist: license exception for nonsurgical services provided by advanced practice nurse prescriber; physician assistant provisions and administrative rule revisions [Admin.Code Med 8.01, 8.02, 8.05, 8.07, 8.09, 8.10] - Act 227

Sports medicine physicians licensed in other states and practicing at certain sporting events or facilities: licensure exemption, MEB provisions - Act 341

Substance abuse: reporting requirements for certain credentialing boards re opioids; federal waiver re dispensing narcotics for addiction treatment; buprenorphine prior authorization review and report; counseling changes re licensing and who can offer treatment; school health instruction requirements; graduate program in psychiatric mental health nursing at UW—Madison; training resources for social service workers; DCF, DHS, and DSPS duties; administrative rules provisions [Admin.Code DHS 75.02, 75.03; MPSW 1.09; SPS 160 (title), 160.015, 160.02, 160.03, 161, 163.01, 163.02, 164.01, 165, 166, 168] - Act 262

medical facilityMedical facility, see Hospitals and health care facilities

medical malpracticeMedical malpractice

Investigational drugs, devices, and biological products: access to by eligible patients and limitation of liability provisions - Act 165

OCI changes re corporate governance annual disclosure, nondisclosure of information, medical malpractice report, the Wisconsin Compensation Rating Bureau membership, and emergency rules - Act 313

medical practice, groupMedical practice, Group

Intensive care coordination program: reimburse hospitals and health care systems for certain services to MA recipients, report provision [Sec. 928g, 2249e, g] [vetoed] - Act 59

Intensive care coordination services provided to MA recipients: DHS program to reimburse hospitals and health care systems; pilot programs and federal approval provisions - Act 279

medical recordMedical record, see Medical service

medical serviceMedical service, see also Medical assistance

Certification or license renewal requirements for certain emergency medical personnel and ambulance service providers modified - Act 350

Complex rehabilitation technology: DHS to establish rules and polices for MA recipients who are complex needs patients, definition provisions; certain equipment specified - Act 306

Complex rehabilitation technology: DHS to establish rules and policies for MA recipients who are complex needs patients, definition provision [Sec. 926p, 931n, 9120 (5h)] [vetoed] - Act 59

Dental practices: preservation and transfer of patient health care records requirements; contract between dentist and hygienist cannot require minimum number of patients or procedures quota - Act 116

Home health agencies and hospices: accrediting organizations DHS will recognize accreditation from [Sec. 973-976] - Act 59

Hospice worker authorization to transfer controlled substances of deceased person to drug disposal program established - Act 99

Investigational drugs, devices, and biological products: access to by eligible patients and limitation of liability provisions - Act 165

Mammography examinations: facilities required to notify certain patients regarding dense breast tissue - Act 201

Mental health treatment record of foster child: health care provider may disclose to child welfare agency and out-of-home care provider, conditions set - Act 252

Prescription drug monitoring program clarification re review of patient records [Sec. 2251c-x] - Act 59

Rural ambulance service provider: service level upgrade to highest emergency medical services practitioner license level; submit operational plan update to DHS - Act 97

Services that may be covered by MA if prescribed or ordered by a provider acting within the scope of the provider’s practice regulations - Act 119

Tax administration changes; interest on unclaimed U.S. savings bonds; ticket courier prohibited from selling lottery tickets; background investigation of lottery employees; reporting lottery winnings re child support; police and fire protection fee; ``restaurant” definition for license and regulation of alcohol beverage establishment purposes - Act 17

Veterans homes: grants to local governments providing fire and emergency medical services to [Sec. 739r, 2265g-m, q, 9449 (1f)] - Act 59

medical service _ occupationsMedical service -- Occupations, see also Nurses; Physician; specific medical occupation

Allied health professional education and training grants created [Sec. 371r, 1657d] - Act 59

Career and technical education (CTE) incentive grants and completion awards: DWD to award to school districts or students re public safety occupation training programs - Act 336

Certification or license renewal requirements for certain emergency medical personnel and ambulance service providers modified - Act 350

Community paramedic, community EMS practitioner, and community EMS provider approval process created; acting under the delegation of a health care provider provision - Act 66

CPR instruction to bystander: public safety answering points required to provide telephonic assistance on administering; dispatcher training, liability exemption, and quality assurance provisions; DHS duties, appropriation provisions - Act 296

Emergency medical services funding: use expanded to include emergency medical responder training; escrow of unused funds provisions - Act 96

EMT and first responder terminology changes - Act 12

First aid rendered to domestic animals by emergency medical services practitioner or emergency medical responder in the course of responding to a call, civil and criminal immunity provisions - Act 166

Human services vehicles: DOT rules revised re allowing certain passengers to stand while vehicle is in motion [Admin.Code Trans 301.05] - Act 238

Physical medicine pilot program: DHS to study and implement if authorized by legislature [Sec. 9120 (4g)] - Act 59

Rural ambulance service provider: service level upgrade to highest emergency medical services practitioner license level; submit operational plan update to DHS - Act 97

Service award program for volunteer emergency response personnel: revisions re funding and vetting rules [Sec. 112-113d, 438, 9301 (6s)] - Act 59

Special registration plates for fire fighter, rescue squad member, and EMT and first responders: exemption from special registration plate fees - Act 229

Therapeutic or modified diets in certain long term care facilities: physician may delegate prescribing to a licensed or certified dietitian [Admin.Code DHS 132.63, 134.64] - Act 101

medicareMedicare, see Medical assistance

medicineMedicine, see Drugs

memorial certificateMemorial certificate, see In memorium

memorials and monumentsMemorials and monuments, see Bridge

menasha, city ofMenasha, City of, see Winnebago County

mendota juvenile treatment centerMendota Juvenile Treatment Center, see Juvenile detention facility

mental healthMental health

Addressing mental health issues in schools: DPI to provide training to school district and independent charter school personnel - Act 31

Children's Mental Health, Office of: funding for reimbursement of travel expenses for certain persons participating in meetings [Sec. 392c] [vetoed] - Act 59

Critical access hospital grant re behavioral health crisis management system, conditions specified; involuntary commitment for treatment hearings held by videoconferencing permitted under certain conditions [Sec. 379f, g, 978f, k, 979k, 9120 (6d), 9420 (6d)] - Act 59

Emergency outpatient mental health treatment for minors without informed consent allowed under certain conditions - Act 204

Family treatment court and juvenile treatment court grant programs created; DCF report required - Act 202

LAB audits: eliminates Read to Lead Development Fund and local government property insurance fund audits, final audit provision; modifies audits of Milwaukee County Mental Health Board and certain mental health services in Milwaukee County - Act 355

MA reimbursement for mental health consultation, conditions and sunset provisions [Sec. 928h] [partial veto] - Act 59

Mental health services for homeless individuals: grant program transferred from DOA to DHS [Sec. 130-132, 451, 9101 (3)] - Act 59

Mental health training program for school district and independent charter school personnel [Sec. 1467d-t] - Act 59

Mental health treatment record of foster child: health care provider may disclose to child welfare agency and out-of-home care provider, conditions set - Act 252

Recovery charter school: pilot program and director of Office of Educational Opportunity in the UW System authorized to contract for operation of, conditions specified; high school graduation and insurance coverage requirements; DHS, DPI, and Superintendent of Public Instruction duties - Act 30

School-based mental health services grants established re collaborating with community mental health agencies; Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish an advisory committee; emergency rules provision [Sec. 215k, 1470g, 9135 (4f)] [1470g, 9135 (4f) -- partial veto] - Act 59

School mental health program aids: DPI to award re hiring and retaining social workers [Sec. 211, 1470, 1599] - Act 59

Serious mental illness among DOC inmates: DOC report required [Sec. 9108 (22t)] [vetoed] - Act 59

Services that may be covered by MA if prescribed or ordered by a provider acting within the scope of the provider’s practice regulations - Act 119

Veterans outreach and recovery pilot program re substance abuse and mental health disorders: DVA to administer, report and sunset provisions - Act 295

Youth crisis stabilization facilities created; funding for peer-run respite centers for veterans; DHS and emergency rules provisions [Sec. 377, 377b, 379j-r, 752, 752b, 977, 9120 (1)-(1g), 9420 (3t), (4f)] [377, 379p -- partial veto; 377b, 379j, k, r, 752b, 9120 (1b), 9420 (3t), (4f) -- vetoed] - Act 59

mental health _ hospitals and institutesMental health -- Hospitals and institutes

Centers for developmental disabilities and state mental health institutes: DHS appropriation authority [Sec. 497, 498] - Act 59

Institutions for mental disease: MA coverage for persons ages 21 to 64, waver required [Sec. 928t, 931p, 932n, 933n] - Act 59

Mental health and developmental disabilities facilities and services: DHS to consult county and tribal human services departments re certain unencumbered amount [Sec. 744av] [vetoed] - Act 59

Milwaukee County: transfer of the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts to the Wisconsin Center District (WCD) per 2015 WisAct 60 repealed; mental health facilities trustees positions eliminated; Mental Health Board vacancy provisions and removal of the administrator modified - Act 205

Nursing home bed assessment: exemption for county-owned institutions for mental disease and certain facilities not certified to participate in Medicaid or Medicare, waiver provision [Sec. 969n-r] [vetoed] - Act 59

Persons with drug dependence: emergency and involuntary commitment procedures, DHS programs, voluntary treatment, and other services extended to include - Act 34

Transferring an individual from a hospital emergency department for emergency detention: medically appropriate determination by hospital employee or medical staff required; duty to warn of dangerousness and immunity from civil and criminal liability provisions - Act 140

mercantile establishmentMercantile establishment, see Retail establishment

methamphetamineMethamphetamine, see Drugs -- Criminal acts and law enforcement

metropolitan transportationMetropolitan transportation

Advertising signs placed on bus shelters on state trunk highways permitted - Act 37

Rail fixed guideway system in the City of Milwaukee: authority to incur expenses limited, TID exclusion; project removed as a major transit capital improvement project [Sec. 996h, 1224m-r, 1225g, 9331 (3t)] - Act 59

Volkswagen settlement fund distributions: competitive transit capital assistance grants for replacement of public transit vehicles [Sec. 111, 484, 1210] [111 -- partial veto] - Act 59

mfl _managed forest land_MFL (managed forest land), see Forestry

military affairs, department ofMilitary Affairs, Department of

Human resources and payrolls services: DOA to administer for all executive branch agencies and independent agencies except specified agencies; general fund lapse, onsite management, and reports provisions [Sec. 73, 9101 (9), 9201 (1), 9401 (4)] [73 -- partial veto] - Act 59

Interoperability Council and statewide public safety interoperable communications system functions transferred to DMA; 911 Subcommittee created; Next Generation 911 and interagency and intra-agency appropriations; Director of Emergency Communications position created and transfer of positions from DOT to DMA; obsolete Wireless 911 grant program references repealed; report required [Sec. 34m, 39m, 169e-s, 198m, 408e, n, s, 411e-s, 416m, 480m, 527m, 547m, 1187p, 1673d-t, 1799c-w, 1892c-x, 9128 (1w), 9132 (1w)-(1yy)] - Act 59

Mobile field force grants: DEM to award to law enforcement re crowd-control training and equipment [Sec. 411, 1893, 9132 (1)] - Act 59