AB133-SSA1-SA1, s. 2400qk 18Section 2400qk. 251.12 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,385,23 19251.12 City health department, how financed. The common council shall
20appropriate funds for the operation of a city health department that is established
21as specified in s. 251.02 (1) and (2) and for the operation of a multiple municipal local
22health department that is established under s. 251.02 (3r) by the governing body of
23a city in concert with the governing body of another city or a village or town
.
AB133-SSA1-SA1, s. 2400qL 24Section 2400qL. 251.125 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,386,5
1251.125 Village health department, how financed. If a village health
2department is established under s. 251.02 (2) or (3m) or if a multiple municipal local
3health department is established under s. 251.01 (3r) by the governing body of a
4village in concert with the governing body of another village or a city or town
, the
5village board shall appropriate funds for the operation of the department.
AB133-SSA1-SA1, s. 2400qm 6Section 2400qm. 251.127 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,386,11 7251.127 Town health department, how financed. If a town health
8department is established under s. 251.02 (3m) or if a multiple municipal local health
9department is established under s. 251.02 (3r) by the governing body of a town in
10concert with the governing body of another town or a city or village
, the town board
11shall appropriate funds for the operation of the department.".
AB133-SSA1-SA1,386,12 121005. Page 1218, line 17: after that line insert:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,386,13 13" Section 2440b. 253.12 of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,386,15 14253.12 Birth defect prevention and surveillance system. (1)
15Definitions. In this section:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,386,1816 (a) "Birth defect" means any of the following conditions affecting an infant or
17child that occurs prior to or at birth and that requires medical or surgical
18intervention or interferes with normal growth and development:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,386,1919 1. A structural deformation, disruption or dysplasia.
AB133-SSA1-SA1,386,2020 2. A genetic, inherited or biochemical disease.
AB133-SSA1-SA1,386,2321 (b) "Pediatric specialty clinic" means a clinic the primary purpose of which is
22to provide pediatric specialty diagnostic, counseling and medical management
23services to persons with birth defects by physician subspecialist.
AB133-SSA1-SA1,386,2424 (c) "Infant or child" means a human being from birth to the age of 2 years.
AB133-SSA1-SA1,387,1
1(d) "Physician" has the meaning given in s. 448.01 (5).
AB133-SSA1-SA1,387,4 2(2) Reporting. (a) Except as provided in par. (b), all of the following shall report
3in the manner prescribed by the department under sub. (3) (a) 3. a birth defect in an
4infant or child:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,387,65 1. A hospital or pediatric specialty clinic in which the birth defect is diagnosed
6in an infant or child or treatment for the birth defect is provided to the infant or child.
AB133-SSA1-SA1,387,87 2. A physician who diagnoses the birth defect or provides treatment to the
8infant or child for the birth defect.
AB133-SSA1-SA1,387,109 3. A clinical laboratory that identifies a birth defect in the infant or child as the
10result of laboratory analysis.
AB133-SSA1-SA1,387,1411 (b) No person specified under par. (a) 1. to 3. need report under par. (a) if that
12person knows that another person specified under par. (a) 1. to 3. has already
13reported to the department the required information with respect to the same birth
14defect of the same infant or child.
AB133-SSA1-SA1,387,1915 (c) Upon request of the department, a physician, hospital or pediatric specialty
16clinic shall provide to the department information contained in the medical records
17of patients who have a confirmed or suspected birth defect diagnosis. The physician,
18hospital or pediatric specialty clinic shall provide that information within 10
19working days after the department requests it.
AB133-SSA1-SA1,387,21 20(3) Department duties and powers. (a) The department shall do all of the
21following:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,387,2522 1. Establish and maintain an up-to-date registry that documents the
23diagnosis in this state of any infant or child who has a birth defect, regardless of the
24residence of the infant or child. The department shall include in the registry
25information that will facilitate all of the following:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,388,1
1a. Identification of risk factors for birth defects.
AB133-SSA1-SA1,388,32 b. Investigation of the incidence, prevalence and trends of birth defects using
3epidemiological surveys.
AB133-SSA1-SA1,388,54 c. Development of preventive strategies to decrease the occurrence of birth
5defects.
AB133-SSA1-SA1,388,76 2. Specify by rule the birth defects the existence of which requires a report
7under sub. (2) to be submitted to the department.
AB133-SSA1-SA1,388,98 3. Specify by rule the content, format and procedures for submitting a report
9under sub. (2).
AB133-SSA1-SA1,388,1210 (b) The department may monitor the data contained in the reports submitted
11under sub. (2) to ensure the quality of that data and to make improvements in
12reporting methods.
AB133-SSA1-SA1,388,18 13(4) Council on birth defect prevention and surveillance. The council on
14birth defect prevention and surveillance, created under s. 15.197 (12), shall make
15recommendations to the department regarding the establishment of a registry that
16documents the diagnosis and treatment in the state of an infant or child who has a
17birth defect, as required under sub. (3) (a) 1. and regarding the rules that the
18department is required to promulgate under sub. (3) (a) 2. and 3.
AB133-SSA1-SA1,388,22 19(5) Confidentiality. (a) Any information contained in a report made to the
20department under sub. (2) that may specifically identify the subject of the report is
21confidential. The department may not release that confidential information except
22to the following, under the following conditions:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,388,2423 1. The parent or guardian of an infant or child for whom a report is made under
24sub. (2).
AB133-SSA1-SA1,389,7
12. A local health officer, upon receipt of a written request and informed written
2consent from the parent or guardian of the infant or child. The local health officer
3may disclose information received under this subdivision only to the extent
4necessary to render and coordinate follow-up care for the infant or child or to conduct
5a health, demographic or epidemiological investigation. The local health officer shall
6destroy all information received under this subdivision within one year after
7receiving it.
AB133-SSA1-SA1,389,108 3. A physician, hospital or pediatric specialty clinic reporting under sub. (2),
9for the purpose of verification of information reported by the physician, hospital or
10pediatric specialty clinic.
AB133-SSA1-SA1,389,2011 4. A representative of a federal or state agency upon written request and to the
12extent that the information is necessary to perform a legally authorized function of
13that agency, including investigation of causes, mortality, methods of prevention,
14treatment or care of birth defects, associated diseases or disabilities. The
15information may not include the name or address of an infant or child with a
16condition reported under sub. (2). The department shall notify the parent or
17guardian of an infant or child about whom information is released under this
18subdivision, of the release. The representative of the federal or state agency may
19disclose information received under this paragraph only as necessary to perform the
20legally authorized function of that agency for which the information was requested.
AB133-SSA1-SA1,389,2221 (b) The department may also release confidential information to a person
22proposing to conduct research if all of the following conditions are met:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,390,223 1. The person proposing to conduct the research applies in writing to the
24department for approval to perform the research and the department approves the
25application. The application for approval shall include a written protocol for the

1proposed research, the person's professional qualifications to perform the proposed
2research and any other information requested by the department.
AB133-SSA1-SA1,390,43 2. The research is for the purpose of studying birth defects surveillance and
4prevention.
AB133-SSA1-SA1,390,155 3. If the research will involve direct contact with a subject of a report made
6under sub. (2) or with any member of the subject's family, the department determines
7that the contact is necessary for meeting the research objectives and that the
8research is in response to a public health need or is for the purpose of or in connection
9with birth defects surveillance or investigations sponsored and conducted by public
10health officials. The department must also determine that the research has been
11approved by a certified institutional review board or a committee for the protection
12of human subjects in accordance with the regulations for research involving human
13subjects required by the federal department of health and human services for
14projects supported by that agency. Contact may only be made in a manner and
15method approved by the department.
AB133-SSA1-SA1,390,1716 4. The person agrees in writing that the information provided will be used only
17for the research approved by the department.
AB133-SSA1-SA1,390,1918 5. The person agrees in writing that the information provided will not be
19released to any person except other persons involved in the research.
AB133-SSA1-SA1,390,2220 6. The person agrees in writing that the final product of the research will not
21reveal information that may specifically identify the subject of a report made under
22sub. (2).
AB133-SSA1-SA1,390,2423 7. The person agrees in writing to any other conditions imposed by the
24department.".
AB133-SSA1-SA1,391,2
11006. Page 1233, line 22: delete that line and substitute "section, "board"
2means the tobacco control board.".
AB133-SSA1-SA1,391,4 31007. Page 1233, line 23: delete the material beginning with that line and
4ending with page 1234, line 19 and substitute:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,391,5 5"(1m) Duties. The board shall do all of the following:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,391,86 (a) Appoint an executive director within the classified service who shall employ
7staff within the classified service with appropriate programmatic and technical
8expertise.
AB133-SSA1-SA1,391,99 (b) Administer the grant program under sub. (3).
AB133-SSA1-SA1,391,1310 (c) Promulgate rules establishing criteria for recipients of grants awarded
11under sub. (3), including performance-based standards for grant recipients that
12propose to use the grant for media efforts. The board shall ensure that programs or
13projects conducted under the grants are culturally sensitive.
AB133-SSA1-SA1,391,1514 (d) Provide a forum for the discussion, development, and recommendation of
15public policy alternatives in the field of smoking cessation and prevention.
AB133-SSA1-SA1,391,2016 (e) Provide a clearinghouse of information on matters relating to tobacco issues
17and how they are being met in different places throughout the nation such that both
18lay and professional groups in the field of government, health care and education
19may have additional avenues for sharing experiences and interchanging ideas in the
20formulation of public policy on tobacco.
AB133-SSA1-SA1,391,2421 (f) Develop and prepare an annual plan regarding the allocation of funding for
22a statewide tobacco control program based on successful tobacco control programs in
23other states and based on recommendations of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control
24regarding the allocation of funding for comprehensive tobacco control programs.".
AB133-SSA1-SA1,392,2
11008. Page 1234, line 20: delete "20.435 (5) (tc)" and substitute "20.436 (1)
2(tc)".
AB133-SSA1-SA1,392,3 31009. Page 1234, line 21: delete "department" and substitute "board".
AB133-SSA1-SA1,392,4 41010. Page 1235, line 11: delete lines 11 to 19 and substitute:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,392,6 5"(b) From the appropriation under s. 20.436 (1) (tc), the board may distribute
6grants for any of the following:".
AB133-SSA1-SA1,392,7 71011. Page 1236, line 8: after that line insert:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,392,9 8"10. Development of policies that restrict access to tobacco products and reduce
9exposure to environmental tobacco smoke.".
AB133-SSA1-SA1,392,10 101012. Page 1236, line 11: delete lines 11 to 21 and substitute:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,392,14 11"(d) From the appropriation under s. 20.436 (1) (tb), beginning in fiscal year
122000-01 and annually thereafter, the board may expend for administration of the
13program under this section not more than 5% of the total amount deposited in that
14fiscal year into the tobacco control fund under s. 25.66.
AB133-SSA1-SA1,392,21 15(4) Reports. Not later than July 1, 2001, and annually thereafter, the board
16shall submit to the governor and to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for
17distribution under s. 13.172 (2) a report that evaluates the success of the grant
18program under sub. (3). The report shall specify the number of grants awarded
19during the immediately preceding fiscal year and the purpose for which each grant
20was made. The report shall also specify donations and grants accepted by the board
21under sub. (5).
AB133-SSA1-SA1,393,2 22(5) Funds. The board may accept for any of its purposes any donations and
23grants of money, equipment, supplies, materials and services from any person. The
24board shall include in the report under sub. (4) any donation or grant accepted by the

1board under this subsection, including the nature, amount and conditions, if any, of
2the donation or grant and the identity of the donor.
AB133-SSA1-SA1,393,5 3(6) Subcommittees. The board may create subcommittees to assist in its work.
4If the board creates subcommittees, one of the subcommittees shall address the issue
5of populations most adversely affected by tobacco.".
AB133-SSA1-SA1,393,6 61013. Page 1236, line 21: after that line insert:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,393,7 7" Section 2486u. 281.01 (3e) of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,393,98 281.01 (3e) "Design-build construction process" has the meaning given in s.
959.52 (29) (c) 1.".
AB133-SSA1-SA1,393,10 101014. Page 1238, line 10: after that line insert:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,393,11 11" Section 2487x. 281.165 of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,393,19 12281.165 Compliance with water quality standards for wetlands. An
13activity shall be considered to comply with the water quality standards that are
14applicable to wetlands and that are promulgated as rules under s. 281.15 and is
15exempt from any prohibition, restriction, requirement, permit, license, approval,
16authorization, fee, notice, hearing, procedure or penalty specified under s. 29.601 (3)
17or chs. 30, 31, 281, 283, 289 to 292 or 299 or specified under any rule promulgated,
18order issued or ordinance adopted under any of those sections or chapters, if the
19activity meets all of the following requirements:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,393,21 20(1) The wetland area that will be affected by the activity is less than 15 acres
21in size.
AB133-SSA1-SA1,393,23 22(2) The site of the activity is zoned for industrial use and is in the vicinity of
23a manufacturing facility.
AB133-SSA1-SA1,394,2
1(3) The site of the activity is within the corporate limits of a city on January
21, 1999.
AB133-SSA1-SA1,394,5 3(4) The governing body of the city adopts a resolution stating that the
4exemption under this section is necessary to protect jobs that exist in the city on the
5date of the adoption of the resolution or is necessary to promote job creation.
AB133-SSA1-SA1,394,6 6(5) The site of the activity is located in Trempealeau County.".
AB133-SSA1-SA1,394,7 71015. Page 1238, line 10: after that line insert:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,394,8 8" Section 2489e. 281.41 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,395,229 281.41 (1) Except as provided under sub. (2), every owner, within the time
10prescribed by the department, shall file with the department a certified copy of
11complete plans of a proposed system or plant or extension thereof, in scope and detail
12satisfactory to the department, and, if required, of existing systems or plants, and
13such other information concerning maintenance, operation and other details as the
14department requires, including the information specified under s. 281.35 (5) (a), if
15applicable. An owner contracting for a system, plant or extension under the
16design-build construction process, other than an owner that is a town or the state,
17may submit to the department performance objectives and preliminary designs in a
18form that is satisfactory to the department, rather than complete plans.
Material
19changes with a statement of the reasons shall be likewise submitted. Before plans
20are drawn a statement concerning the improvement may be made to the department
21and the department may, if requested, outline generally what it will require. Upon
22receipt of such plans for approval, the department or its duly authorized
23representative shall notify the owner of the date of receipt. Within 90 days from the
24time of receipt of complete plans or within the time specified in s. 281.35 (5) (c), if

1applicable, the department or its authorized representative shall examine and take
2action to approve, approve conditionally or reject the plans and shall state in writing
3any conditions of approval or reasons for rejection. Approval or disapproval of such
4plans and specifications shall not be contingent upon eligibility of such project for
5federal aid. The time period for review may be extended by agreement with the
6owner if the plans and specifications cannot be reviewed within the specified time
7limitation due to circumstances beyond the control of the department or in the case
8of extensive installation involving expenditures of $350,000 or more. The extension
9shall not exceed 6 months. Failure of the department or its authorized
10representative to act before the expiration of the time period allowed for review shall
11constitute an approval of the plans, and upon demand a written certificate of
12approval shall be issued. Approval may be subject to modification by the department
13upon due notice. Construction or material change shall be according to approved
14plans only. The department may disapprove plans which are not in conformance
15with any existing approved areawide waste treatment management plan prepared
16pursuant to the federal water pollution control act, P.L. 92-500, as amended, and
17shall disapprove plans that do not meet the grounds for approval specified under s.
18281.35 (5) (d), if applicable. The department shall require each person whose plans
19are approved under this section to report that person's volume and rate of water
20withdrawal, as defined under s. 281.35 (1) (m), and that person's volume and rate of
21water loss, as defined under s. 281.35 (1) (L), if any, in the form and at the times
22specified by the department.".
AB133-SSA1-SA1,395,23 231016. Page 1245, line 7: delete "and the" and substitute ", the".
AB133-SSA1-SA1,396,2
11017. Page 1245, line 8: after "loan program" insert " and the safe drinking
2water loan program
".
AB133-SSA1-SA1,396,3 31018. Page 1245, line 12: delete "or the" and substitute ", the".
AB133-SSA1-SA1,396,5 41019. Page 1245, line 13: after "program" insert "or the safe drinking water
5loan program
".
AB133-SSA1-SA1,396,8 61020. Page 1246, line 7: after "loan program" insert " plus the amounts
7required to be paid under s. 20.320 (2) (c) and (u) for the safe drinking water loan
8program
".
AB133-SSA1-SA1,396,9 91021. Page 1246, line 10: after that line insert:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,396,10 10" Section 2510m. 281.59 (4) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,396,2011 281.59 (4) (f) Revenue obligations may be contracted by the building
12commission when it reasonably appears to the building commission that all
13obligations incurred under this subsection can be fully paid on a timely basis from
14moneys received or anticipated to be received. Revenue obligations issued under this
15subsection for the clean water fund program and the urban storm water loan
16program
shall not exceed $1,297,755,000 in principal amount, excluding obligations
17issued to refund outstanding revenue obligation notes. Revenue obligations issued
18under this subsection for the safe drinking water loan program shall not exceed
19$27,700,000 in principal amount, excluding obligations issued to refund outstanding
20revenue obligation notes.
".
AB133-SSA1-SA1,396,21 211022. Page 1275, line 18: delete lines 18 to 21.
AB133-SSA1-SA1,396,22 221023. Page 1275, line 21: after that line insert:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,396,23 23" Section 2554em. 285.14 of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-SSA1-SA1,397,7
1285.14 Air pollution control; limitation. Notwithstanding s. 285.11 (6), in
2establishing nitrogen oxide emission reductions for the control of atmospheric ozone
3in another state pursuant to a call for a state implementation plan issued by the
4federal environmental protection agency before the effective date of this section ....
5[revisor inserts date], the department may not, in an implementation plan, by rule
6or through the adoption of control strategies, regulate nitrogen oxide emissions from
7motor vehicle manufacturing facilities.".
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