AB133-ASA1, s. 2424 20Section 2424. 252.10 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1,1212,2421 252.10 (6) (a) The state shall credit or reimburse each dispensary on an annual
22or quarterly basis for the operation of public health dispensaries established and
23maintained in accordance with this section and rules promulgated by the
24department
.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2425 25Section 2425. 252.10 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1,1213,14
1252.10 (6) (b) The state department shall determine by rule the reimbursement
2for each visit rate under par. (a) for services as ordered by a physician shall be $6 or
3a greater amount prescribed in rules promulgated by the department. If an X-ray
4is taken, an additional $6 or any greater amount prescribed in rules promulgated by
5the department will be credited. Any X-ray taken outside a facility under this
6section or outside a facility approved under s. 252.08 on individuals who have a
7significant reaction to a test for mycobacterium tuberculosis shall qualify for state
8aid in the same manner as an X-ray taken inside a facility, and the X-ray shall take
9the place of the first X-ray eligible for reimbursement as part of a case finding and
10preventive program under par. (e). The administration and reading of the test for
11mycobacterium tuberculosis for diagnostic purposes shall be considered one visit.
12Tests for mycobacterium tuberculosis given in school programs, employment health
13programs, community preventive and case finding programs are not reimbursable
14as a clinic visit
.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2426 15Section 2426. 252.10 (6) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2427 16Section 2427. 252.10 (6) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2428 17Section 2428. 252.10 (6) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2429 18Section 2429. 252.10 (6) (f) of the statutes is repealed.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2430 19Section 2430. 252.10 (6) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1,1213,2220 252.10 (6) (g) The reimbursement by the state under pars. (a) to (f) and (b) shall
21apply only to funds that the department allocates for the reimbursement under the
22appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (e).
AB133-ASA1, s. 2432 23Section 2432. 252.10 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1,1214,424 252.10 (9) Public health dispensaries shall maintain such records as are
25required by the department to enable them to carry out their responsibilities

1designated in this section and in rules promulgated by the department. Records
2shall be submitted annually to the department as soon as possible after the close of
3each fiscal year and not later than August 15 following
may be audited by the
4department
.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2432g 5Section 2432g. 252.12 (2) (a) 8. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1,1214,156 252.12 (2) (a) 8. `Life care and early intervention services.' The department
7shall award not more than $1,894,900 $1,994,900 in each year in grants to applying
8organizations for the provision of needs assessments; assistance in procuring
9financial, medical, legal, social and pastoral services; counseling and therapy;
10homecare services and supplies; advocacy; and case management services. These
11services shall include early intervention services. The department shall also award
12not more than $74,000 in each year from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (md)
13for the services under this subdivision. The state share of payment for case
14management services that are provided under s. 49.45 (25) (be) to recipients of
15medical assistance shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (am).
AB133-ASA1, s. 2432h 16Section 2432h. 252.12 (2) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 252.12 (2) (c) 1.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2432i 17Section 2432i. 252.12 (2) (c) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-ASA1,1214,2418 252.12 (2) (c) 2. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (am), the
19department shall award $75,000 in each fiscal year as grants for services to prevent
20HIV. Criteria for award of the grants shall include the criteria specified under subd.
211. The department shall award 60% of the funding to applying organizations that
22receive funding under par. (a) 8. and 40% of the funding to applying
23community-based organizations that are operated by minority group members, as
24defined in s. 560.036 (1) (f).
AB133-ASA1, s. 2432j 25Section 2432j. 252.12 (2) (c) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-ASA1,1215,4
1252.12 (2) (c) 3. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (am), the
2department shall award to the African American AIDS task force of the Black Health
3Coalition of Wisconsin, Inc., $25,000 in each fiscal year as grants for services to
4prevent HIV.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2435q 5Section 2435q. 253.06 (9) of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-ASA1,1215,76 253.06 (9) Council. (a) In this subsection, "council" means the supplemental
7food program for women, infants and children council under s. 15.197 (26).
AB133-ASA1,1215,88 (b) The council shall do all of the following:
AB133-ASA1,1215,109 1. Review all of the state statutes, administrative rules and department
10policies regarding the program under this section.
AB133-ASA1,1215,1211 2. Propose statutory, rule or policy changes that would limit the occurrences of
12vender suspensions and terminations under sub. (5) (b) 2.
AB133-ASA1,1215,1413 3. Propose statutory and rule changes necessary to ensure compliance with
14federal law.
AB133-ASA1,1215,1815 4. Study the feasibility of distributing drafts to participants via the electronic
16benefit transfer system established under s. 49.129 and advise the department and
17the legislature regarding any policies necessary to ensure that no additional costs be
18incurred by vendors under the electronic benefit transfer system.
AB133-ASA1,1215,2119 5. Submit a report to the secretary and to the legislature in the manner
20described under s. 13.172 (2) that details the council's recommendations for
21increasing the number of vendors participating in the program under this section.
AB133-ASA1,1215,2222 (c) This subsection does not apply beginning on January 1, 2001.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2439 23Section 2439. 253.10 (3) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1,1217,824 253.10 (3) (d) 1. Geographically indexed materials that are designed to inform
25a woman about public and private agencies, including adoption agencies, and

1services that are available to provide information on family planning, as defined in
2s. 253.07 (1) (a), including natural family planning information, to provide
3ultrasound imaging services, to assist her if she has received a diagnosis that her
4unborn child has a disability or if her pregnancy is the result of sexual assault or
5incest and to assist her through pregnancy, upon childbirth and while the child is
6dependent. The materials shall include a comprehensive list of the agencies
7available, a description of the services that they offer and a description of the manner
8in which they may be contacted, including telephone numbers and addresses, or, at
9the option of the department, the materials shall include a toll-free, 24-hour
10telephone number that may be called to obtain an oral listing of available agencies
11and services in the locality of the caller and a description of the services that the
12agencies offer and the manner in which they may be contacted. The materials shall
13provide information on the availability of governmentally funded programs that
14serve pregnant women and children. Services identified for the woman shall include
15aid to families with dependent children under s. 49.19, medical assistance for
16pregnant women and children under s. 49.47 (4) (am), the job opportunities and basic
17skills program under s. 49.193,
the availability of family or medical leave under s.
18103.10, the Wisconsin works program under ss. 49.141 to 49.161, child care services,
19child support laws and programs and the credit for expenses for household and
20dependent care and services necessary for gainful employment under section 21 of
21the internal revenue code. The materials shall state that it is unlawful to perform
22an abortion for which consent has been coerced, that any physician who performs or
23induces an abortion without obtaining the woman's voluntary and informed consent
24is liable to her for damages in a civil action and is subject to a civil penalty, that the
25father of a child is liable for assistance in the support of the child, even in instances

1in which the father has offered to pay for an abortion, and that adoptive parents may
2pay the costs of prenatal care, childbirth and neonatal care. The materials shall
3include information, for a woman whose pregnancy is the result of sexual assault or
4incest, on legal protections available to the woman and her child if she wishes to
5oppose establishment of paternity or to terminate the father's parental rights. The
6materials shall state that fetal ultrasound imaging and auscultation of fetal heart
7tone services are obtainable by pregnant women who wish to use them and shall
8describe the services.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2439r 9Section 2439r. 253.115 of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-ASA1,1217,10 10253.115 Newborn hearing screening programs. (1) In this section:
AB133-ASA1,1217,1311 (a) "Hearing loss" means an inability in one or both ears to detect sounds at 30
12decibels hearing level or greater in the frequency region of 500 to 4,000 hertz, which
13affects speech recognition and auditory comprehension.
AB133-ASA1,1217,1414 (b) "Hertz" means a unit of frequency equal to one cycle per second.
AB133-ASA1,1217,1515 (c) "Hospital" has the meaning given in s. 50.33 (2).
AB133-ASA1,1217,1616 (d) "Infant" means a child from birth to 3 months of age.
AB133-ASA1,1217,1917 (e) "Newborn hearing screening program" means a system of a hospital under
18which an infant may be tested, using currently available medical techniques, to
19determine if the infant has a hearing loss.
AB133-ASA1,1218,2 20(2) Beginning July 1, 2002, the department shall annually collect information
21from hospitals for the previous calendar year concerning the numbers of deliveries
22in each hospital and the availability in each hospital of a newborn hearing screening
23program. From this information, by July 31, 2003, and annually thereafter, the
24department shall determine the percentage of deliveries in this state that are
25performed in hospitals that have newborn hearing screening programs and shall

1report this information to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature
2under s. 13.172 (3).
AB133-ASA1,1218,7 3(3) If, by August 5, 2003, the department determines that fewer than 88% of
4all deliveries in this state are performed in hospitals that have a newborn hearing
5screening program and so notifies the hospitals, every hospital shall, by January 1,
62004, have a newborn hearing screening program that is available to all infants who
7are delivered in the hospital.
AB133-ASA1,1218,10 8(4) From the appropriation under section 20.435 (5) (jk), the department shall
9award up to $333,000 in each fiscal year as grants to applying hospitals to fund the
10costs of establishing newborn hearing screening programs, as follows:
AB133-ASA1,1218,1211 (a) For the period from January 1, 2000, to June 30, 2001, the department shall
12award moneys under this subsection only for payment of costs of capital equipment.
AB133-ASA1,1218,1513 (b) For the period from July 1, 2001, to December 31, 2002, the department
14shall award moneys under this subsection for payment of training or any other initial
15costs of establishing a newborn hearing screening program.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2439s 16Section 2439s. 253.115 (4) of the statutes, as created by 1999 Wisconsin Act
17.... (this act), is repealed.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2441 18Section 2441. 254.31 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-ASA1,1218,2119 254.31 (1) (b) The tailings or waste produced by the extraction or concentration
20of uranium or thorium from any ore processed primarily for its source material
21content.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2442 22Section 2442. 254.31 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-ASA1,1219,223 254.31 (2) "Decommissioning" means conducting final operational activities at
24a nuclear facility to dismantle site structures, to decontaminate site surfaces and

1remaining structures, to stabilize and contain residual radioactive material and to
2carry out any other activities necessary to prepare the site for postoperational care.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2443 3Section 2443. 254.31 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-ASA1,1219,74 254.31 (2m) "General license" means a license, under requirements prescribed
5by the department by rule, to possess, use, transfer or acquire by-product material
6or devices or equipment utilizing by-product material without the filing of a license
7application by a person or issuance of licensing confirmation by the department.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2444 8Section 2444. 254.31 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 254.31 (1) (intro.) and
9amended to read:
AB133-ASA1,1219,1110 254.31 (1) (intro.) "By-product material" means any radioactive of the
11following:
AB133-ASA1,1219,14 12(a) Radioactive material (,except special nuclear material), yielded in or made
13radioactive by exposure to the radiation incident to the process of producing or
14utilizing special nuclear material.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2445 15Section 2445. 254.31 (3g) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB133-ASA1,1219,1716 254.31 (3g) "Ionizing radiation" means all radiations capable of producing ions
17directly or indirectly in their passage through matter, including all of the following:
AB133-ASA1,1219,1818 (a) Electromagnetic radiations, including X-rays and gamma rays.
AB133-ASA1,1219,2019 (b) Particulate radiations, including electrons, beta particles, protons,
20neutrons, alpha particles and other nuclear particles.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2446 21Section 2446. 254.31 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-ASA1,1220,222 254.31 (5) "Radiation generating equipment" means a system, manufactured
23product or device or component part of such a product or device that, during
24operation, is capable of generating or emitting ionizing radiation without the use of

1radioactive material. "Radiation generating equipment" does not include a device
2that emits nonionizing radiation.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2447 3Section 2447. 254.31 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1,1220,64 254.31 (6) "Radiation installation" is any location or facility where radiation
5machines are generating equipment is used or where radioactive material is
6produced, transported, stored, disposed of or used for any purpose.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2448 7Section 2448. 254.31 (7) of the statutes is repealed.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2449 8Section 2449. 254.31 (8) of the statutes is renumbered 254.31 (9m) and
9amended to read:
AB133-ASA1,1220,1310 254.31 (9m) "Radioactive material" includes any solid, liquid or gaseous
11substance which emits ionizing radiation spontaneously, including
12accelerator-produced material, by-product material, naturally occurring material,
13source material and special nuclear material
.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2450 14Section 2450. 254.31 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1,1220,1615 254.31 (9) "Radiation source" means a radiation machine generating
16equipment
or radioactive material as defined herein.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2451 17Section 2451. 254.31 (11g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-ASA1,1220,2018 254.31 (11g) "Specific license" means a license, under requirements prescribed
19by the department by rule, to possess, use, manufacture, produce, transfer or acquire
20radioactive material or devices or equipment utilizing radioactive material.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2452 21Section 2452. 254.31 (11m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-ASA1,1220,2322 254.31 (11m) "Transuranic" means a radioactive material having an atomic
23number that is greater than 92.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2453 24Section 2453. 254.31 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1,1221,3
1254.31 (12) "X-ray tube" means any electron tube which that is contained in
2a device and that
is specifically designed for the conversion of electrical energy into
3X-ray energy.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2454 4Section 2454. 254.33 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1,1221,16 5254.33 Public policy. Since radiations and their sources can be instrumental
6in the improvement of the health and welfare of the public if properly utilized, and
7may be destructive or detrimental to life or health if carelessly or excessively
8employed or may detrimentally affect the environment of the state if improperly
9utilized, it is hereby declared to be the public policy of this state to encourage the
10constructive uses of radiation and to prohibit and prevent exposure to radiation in
11amounts which are or may be detrimental to health. It is further the policy for the
12department
to advise, consult and cooperate with the department of commerce and
13other agencies of the state, the federal government, other states and interstate
14agencies and with affected groups, political subdivisions and industries; and, in
15general, to conform as nearly as possible to nationally accepted standards in the
16promulgation and enforcement of rules.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2455 17Section 2455. 254.335 of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-ASA1,1221,23 18254.335 Agreements with the U.S. nuclear regulatory commission
19transition. (1)
The governor may, on behalf of the state, enter into agreements with
20the U.S. nuclear regulatory commission, as provided in 42 USC 2021 (b), to
21discontinue certain federal licensing and related regulatory authority with respect
22to by-product material, source material and special nuclear material and to assume
23state regulatory authority.
AB133-ASA1,1222,6 24(2) Any person who, on the effective date of an agreement specified under sub.
25(1), possesses a license issued by the U.S. nuclear regulatory commission that is

1subject to the agreement is considered to possess a specific license issued under s.
2254.365 (1) (a) or to fulfill requirements specified for a general license under s.
3254.365 (1) (b). The specific license expires 90 days after the date of receipt by the
4person from the department of a notice of expiration of the license or on the date of
5expiration that was specified in the license issued by the U.S. nuclear regulatory
6commission, whichever is earlier.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2456 7Section 2456. 254.34 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1,1222,98 254.34 (1) (intro.) The department and the department of commerce is the state
9radiation control agency and
shall do all of the following:
AB133-ASA1, s. 2457 10Section 2457. 254.34 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1,1222,1911 254.34 (1) (a) Formulate, adopt and enforce, amend and repeal Promulgate and
12enforce
rules, including registration and licensing of sources of ionizing radiation, as
13may be necessary to prohibit and prevent unnecessary radiation. Such exposure.
14The
rules may incorporate by reference the recommended standards of nationally
15recognized bodies in the field of radiation protection and other fields of atomic energy,
16under the procedure established by s. 227.21 (2). The rules for by-product material,
17source material and special nuclear material may be no less stringent than the
18requirements under 42 USC 2011 to 2114 and regulations adopted under 42 USC
192011
to 2114.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2458 20Section 2458. 254.34 (1) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 254.34 (1) (c) (intro.)
21and amended to read:
AB133-ASA1,1223,222 254.34 (1) (c) (intro.) Develop comprehensive policies and programs for the
23evaluation and, determination and reduction of hazards associated with the use of
24radiation, and for their amelioration. that are compatible with requirements of the
25U.S. nuclear regulatory commission for the regulation of by-product material,

1source material and special nuclear material. The department shall maintain all of
2the following records:
AB133-ASA1, s. 2459 3Section 2459. 254.34 (1) (c) 1. of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-ASA1,1223,54 254.34 (1) (c) 1. Files of all license applications, issuances, denials, transfers,
5renewals, modifications, suspensions and revocations under s. 254.365.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2460 6Section 2460. 254.34 (1) (c) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-ASA1,1223,87 254.34 (1) (c) 2. Files of all registrants under s. 254.35 and any related
8administrative or judicial action.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2461 9Section 2461. 254.34 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1,1223,1110 254.34 (2) (intro.) The department, serving as the lead agency, and the
11department of commerce
may:
AB133-ASA1, s. 2462 12Section 2462. 254.34 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 254.34 (1) (h) 5. and
13amended to read:
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