AB43,2308 22Section 2308 . 146.89 (1) (r) 3. of the statutes is renumbered 146.89 (1) (r) 5e.
23and amended to read:
AB43,1294,324 146.89 (1) (r) 5e. A registered nurse practitioner, as defined in s. 255.06 (1) (d)
25who holds a multistate license, as defined in s. 441.51 (2) (h), issued by a party state,

1as defined in s. 441.51 (2) (k), and whose practice of professional nursing under s.
2441.001 (4) includes performance of delegated medical services under the
3supervision of a physician, dentist, podiatrist, or advanced practice registered nurse
.
AB43,2309 4Section 2309 . 146.89 (1) (r) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1294,105 146.89 (1) (r) 5. An individual who holds a valid, unexpired license,
6certification, or registration issued by another state or territory that authorizes or
7qualifies the individual to perform acts that are substantially the same as those acts
8that an individual who is described in subds. 1. to 4., except a dentist , dental
9therapist,
or dental hygienist, is licensed or certified to perform and who performs
10acts that are within the scope of that license, certification, or registration.
AB43,2310 11Section 2310 . 146.89 (1) (r) 8. of the statutes is repealed.
AB43,2311 12Section 2311 . 146.89 (3) (b) 8. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1294,1713 146.89 (3) (b) 8. Dental services, including tooth extractions and other
14procedures done under local anesthesia only and any necessary suturing related to
15the extractions, performed by a dentist or dental therapist who is a volunteer health
16provider; and dental hygiene services, performed by a dental hygienist who is a
17volunteer health provider.
AB43,2312 18Section 2312 . 146.89 (3m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1294,2219 146.89 (3m) (intro.) A volunteer health care provider who is a dentist or dental
20therapist
may provide dental services or a volunteer health care provider who is a
21dental hygienist may provide dental hygiene services, to persons who are recipients
22of Medical Assistance, if all of the following apply:
AB43,2313 23Section 2313 . 146.89 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1295,224 146.89 (6) (a) While serving as a volunteer health care provider under this
25section, an advanced practice registered nurse who has a certificate to issue

1prescription orders under s. 441.16 (2)
is considered to meet the requirements of s.
2655.23, if required to comply with s. 655.23.
AB43,1295,53 (b) While serving as a volunteer health care provider under this section, an
4advanced practice registered nurse who has a certificate to issue prescription orders
5under s. 441.16 (2)
is not required to maintain in effect malpractice insurance.
AB43,2314 6Section 2314 . 146.997 (1) (d) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1295,77 146.997 (1) (d) 3. A dentist or dental therapist licensed under ch. 447.
AB43,2315 8Section 2315 . 154.01 (1g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1295,129 154.01 (1g) “Advanced practice registered nurse” means a nurse an individual
10licensed under ch. 441 who is currently certified by a national certifying body
11approved by the board of nursing as a nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife,
12certified registered nurse anesthetist, or clinical nurse specialist
s. 441.09.
AB43,2316 13Section 2316 . 155.01 (1g) (b) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB43,1295,1514 155.01 (1g) (b) An individual who is licensed as an advanced practice registered
15nurse and possesses a nurse practitioner specialty designation under s. 441.09.
AB43,2317 16Section 2317. 155.01 (7) of the statutes, as affected by 2021 Wisconsin Act 251,
17is amended to read:
AB43,1296,918 155.01 (7) “Health care provider" means a nurse licensed or permitted under
19ch. 441, a chiropractor licensed under ch. 446, a dentist or dental therapist licensed
20under ch. 447, a physician, physician assistant, perfusionist, podiatrist, physical
21therapist, physical therapist assistant, occupational therapist, occupational therapy
22assistant, or genetic counselor licensed under ch. 448, a naturopathic doctor licensed
23under ch. 466, a person practicing Christian Science treatment, an optometrist
24licensed under ch. 449, a psychologist who is licensed under ch. 455, who is exercising
25the temporary authorization to practice, as defined in s. 455.50 (2) (o), in this state,

1or who is practicing under the authority to practice interjurisdictional
2telepsychology, as defined in s. 455.50 (2) (b), a physical therapist or physical
3therapist assistant who holds a compact privilege under subch. XI of ch. 448, an
4occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant who holds a compact
5privilege under subch. XII of ch. 448, a partnership thereof, a corporation or limited
6liability company thereof that provides health care services, a cooperative health
7care association organized under s. 185.981 that directly provides services through
8salaried employees in its own facility, or a home health agency, as defined in s. 50.49
9(1) (a).
AB43,2318 10Section 2318 . 157.05 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1296,17 11157.05 Autopsy. Consent for a licensed physician to conduct an autopsy on
12the body of a deceased person shall be deemed sufficient when given by whichever
13one of the following assumes custody of the body for purposes of burial: Father,
14mother, husband, wife
parent, spouse, child, guardian, next of kin, domestic partner
15under ch. 770, or in the absence of any of the foregoing, a friend, or a person charged
16by law with the responsibility for burial. If 2 or more such persons assume custody
17of the body, the consent of one of them shall be deemed sufficient.
AB43,2319 18Section 2319 . 157.06 (11) (hm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1296,2219 157.06 (11) (hm) Unless otherwise required by federal law, a hospital,
20physician, procurement organization, or other person may not determine the
21ultimate recipient of an anatomical gift based solely upon a positive test for the use
22of marijuana by a potential recipient.
AB43,2320 23Section 2320 . 157.06 (11) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1296,2524 157.06 (11) (i) Except as provided under par. pars. (a) 2. and (hm), nothing in
25this section affects the allocation of organs for transplantation or therapy.
AB43,2321
1Section 2321. 160.07 (4) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1297,62 160.07 (4) (f) In recommending an enforcement standard for a perfluoroalkyl
3or polyfluoroalkyl substance, the department of health services may recommend an
4individual standard for a substance, a standard for a class of substances, a standard
5for a group of substances, or any combination of individual, class, or group standards
6for substances or class or group of substances.
AB43,2322 7Section 2322. 160.07 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1297,148 160.07 (7) If the department of health services recommends an enforcement
9standard for a perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance or a group or class of such
10substances under this section, the department shall apply the standard as an interim
11enforcement standard for that substance, including through sampling, monitoring,
12and testing, and any other actions required by rules promulgated by the department,
13unless emergency or permanent rules that establish an enforcement standard for
14that substance are in effect.
AB43,2323 15Section 2323 . 160.15 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1297,2116 160.15 (4) Notwithstanding sub. (1), if an interim enforcement standard for a
17perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance is applied under s. 160.07 (7), the
18department shall apply an interim preventive action limit for that substance of 20
19percent of the concentration established as the interim enforcement standard,
20unless emergency or permanent rules that establish a preventive action limit for that
21substance are in effect.
AB43,2324 22Section 2324 . 165.08 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1298,1023 165.08 (1) Any civil action prosecuted by the department by direction of any
24officer, department, board, or commission, or any shall be compromised or
25discontinued when so directed by such officer, department, board, or commission.


1Any civil action prosecuted by the department on the initiative of the attorney
2general, or at the request of any individual may be compromised or discontinued with
3the approval of an intervenor under s. 803.09 (2m) or, if there is no intervenor, by
4submission of a proposed plan to the joint committee on finance for the approval of
5the committee. The compromise or discontinuance may occur only if the joint
6committee on finance approves the proposed plan. No proposed plan may be
7submitted to the joint committee on finance if the plan concedes the
8unconstitutionality or other invalidity of a statute, facially or as applied, or concedes
9that a statute violates or is preempted by federal law, without the approval of the
10joint committee on legislative organization
the governor.
AB43,2325 11Section 2325 . 165.10 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1298,24 12165.10 Deposit Limits on expenditure of discretionary settlement
13funds.
The Notwithstanding s. 20.455 (3), before the attorney general shall deposit
14all
may expend settlement funds into the general fund under s. 20.455 (3) (g) that are
15not committed under the terms of the settlement, the attorney general shall submit
16to the joint committee on finance a proposed plan for the expenditure of the funds.
17If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the attorney general within 14
18working days after the submittal that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the
19purpose of reviewing the proposed plan, the attorney general may expend the funds
20to implement the proposed plan. If, within 14 working days after the submittal, the
21cochairpersons of the committee notify the attorney general that the committee has
22scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed plan, the attorney
23general may expend the funds only to implement the plan as approved by the
24committee
.
AB43,2326 25Section 2326. 165.12 (2) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
AB43,2327
1Section 2327. 165.14 of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1299,2 2165.14 Tobacco settlement. (1) In this section:
AB43,1299,33 (a) “Department” means the department of justice.
AB43,1299,54 (b) “Tobacco settlement agreement" means the Attorneys General Master
5Tobacco Settlement Agreement of November 23, 1998.
AB43,1299,9 6(2) The department may expend moneys from the appropriation under s.
720.455 (1) (hg) for its legal expenses related to participation in arbitration or other
8alternative dispute resolution processes arising from payments under the tobacco
9settlement agreement.
AB43,1299,14 10(3) Annually, no later than September 1, the department shall submit a report
11to the governor and to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution
12under s. 13.172 (2) that identifies its expenses that are attributable to participation
13in arbitration or other alternative dispute resolution processes arising from
14payments under the tobacco settlement agreement.
AB43,2328 15Section 2328 . 165.25 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1299,2416 165.25 (1) Represent state in appeals and on remand. Except as provided in
17ss. 5.05 (2m) (a), 19.49 (2) (a), and 978.05 (5), appear for the state and prosecute or
18defend all actions and proceedings, civil or criminal, in the court of appeals and the
19supreme court, in which the state is interested or a party, and attend to and prosecute
20or defend all civil cases sent or remanded to any circuit court in which the state is
21a party. The joint committee on legislative organization may intervene as permitted
22under s. 803.09 (2m) at any time.
Nothing in this subsection deprives or relieves the
23attorney general or the department of justice of any authority or duty under this
24chapter.
AB43,2329 25Section 2329 . 165.25 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1300,10
1165.25 (1m) Represent state in other matters. If requested by the governor
2or either house of the legislature, appear for and represent the state, any state
3department, agency, official, employee or agent, whether required to appear as a
4party or witness in any civil or criminal matter, and prosecute or defend in any court
5or before any officer, any cause or matter, civil or criminal, in which the state or the
6people of this state may be interested. The joint committee on legislative
7organization may intervene as permitted under s. 803.09 (2m) at any time.
The
8public service commission may request under s. 196.497 (7) that the attorney general
9intervene in federal proceedings. All expenses of the proceedings shall be paid from
10the appropriation under s. 20.455 (1) (d).
AB43,2330 11Section 2330. 165.25 (4) (ar) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1300,1812 165.25 (4) (ar) The department of justice shall furnish all legal services
13required by the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection relating
14to the enforcement of ss. 91.68, 93.73, 100.171, 100.173, 100.174, 100.175, 100.177,
15100.18, 100.182, 100.195, 100.20, 100.205, 100.207, 100.209, 100.2091, 100.2092,
16100.21, 100.28, 100.37, 100.42, 100.50, 100.51, 100.55, and 846.45 and chs. 126, 136,
17344, 704, 707, and 779, together with any other services as are necessarily connected
18to the legal services.
AB43,2331 19Section 2331 . 165.25 (6) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1301,1620 165.25 (6) (a) 1. At the request of the head of any department of state
21government, the attorney general may appear for and defend any state department,
22or any state officer, employee, or agent of the department in any civil action or other
23matter brought before a court or an administrative agency which is brought against
24the state department, or officer, employee, or agent for or on account of any act
25growing out of or committed in the lawful course of an officer's, employee's, or agent's

1duties. Witness fees or other expenses determined by the attorney general to be
2reasonable and necessary to the defense in the action or proceeding shall be paid as
3provided for in s. 885.07. The attorney general may compromise and settle the action
4as the attorney general determines to be in the best interest of the state except that,
5if the action is for injunctive relief or there is a proposed consent decree, the attorney
6general may not compromise or settle the action without the approval of an
7intervenor under s. 803.09 (2m) or, if there is no intervenor, without first submitting
8a proposed plan to the joint committee on finance. If, within 14 working days after
9the plan is submitted, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the attorney
10general that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the
11proposed plan, the attorney general may compromise or settle the action only with
12the approval of the committee. The attorney general may not submit a proposed plan
13to the joint committee on finance under this subdivision in which the plan concedes
14the unconstitutionality or other invalidity of a statute, facially or as applied, or
15concedes that a statute violates or is preempted by federal law, without the approval
16of the joint committee on legislative organization
.
AB43,2332 17Section 2332. 165.25 (11) of the statutes is repealed.
AB43,2333 18Section 2333 . 165.25 (11m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1301,2119 165.25 (11m) False claims. Diligently investigate possible violations of s.
2020.9315 and, if the department determines that a person has committed an act that
21is punishable under s. 20.9315, may bring a civil action against that person.
AB43,2334 22Section 2334 . 165.63 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1302,223 165.63 (3) Requests from courts. In making a determination required under
24s. 813.124 (7) (a), 813.1285 (7) (a), or 968.20 (1m) (d) 1., a judge or court commissioner

1shall request information under sub. (2) from the department or from a law
2enforcement agency or law enforcement officer as provided in sub. (4) (d).
AB43,2335 3Section 2335 . 165.63 (4) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1302,64 165.63 (4) (d) Aid the court in making a determination required under s.
5813.124 (7) (a), 813.1285 (7) (a), or 968.20 (1m) (d) 1. or aid an entity in making a
6determination required under s. 968.20 (1m) (d) 2.
AB43,2336 7Section 2336. 165.68 (1) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1302,88 165.68 (1) (a) 3. Sexual abuse, as defined in s. 103.10 (1m) (b) 6 (1) (gd).
AB43,2337 9Section 2337 . 165.73 of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1302,11 10165.73 Hate crimes reporting. (1) In this section, “hate crime” means an
11act described under s. 939.645 (1).
AB43,1302,15 12(2) The department of justice shall provide a publicly accessible
13Internet-based reporting system and a telephone hotline for the reporting of hate
14crimes. The department of justice shall ensure that the reporting system and hotline
15do all of the following:
AB43,1302,1716 (a) Relay a report of a hate crime to the appropriate employee of the department
17or law enforcement officer for investigation.
AB43,1302,1818 (b) Direct individuals to appropriate local support services.
AB43,1302,2119 (c) Maintain confidentiality for any personally identifiable information that an
20individual provides through the reporting system or hotline, except as needed for
21investigative, legal, or crime victims service purposes.
AB43,1302,2422 (d) Are staffed by individuals who are trained to be knowledgeable about
23applicable federal, state, and local hate crime laws and law enforcement and support
24services.
AB43,1303,4
1(3) The department of justice shall collaborate with community organizations
2to provide a public education campaign to raise awareness of hate crimes and to
3promote the reporting of hate crimes using the reporting system and hotline
4described in sub. (2).
AB43,1303,6 5(4) The department of justice shall collect data on hate crime reporting under
6sub. (2).
AB43,2338 7Section 2338 . 165.83 (1) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1303,98 165.83 (1) (c) 1. An act that is committed by a person who has attained the age
9of 17
an adult and that is a felony or a misdemeanor.
AB43,2339 10Section 2339 . 165.83 (1) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1303,1311 165.83 (1) (c) 2. An act that is committed by a person minor who has attained
12the age of 10 but who has not attained the age of 17 and that would be a felony or
13misdemeanor if committed by an adult.
AB43,2340 14Section 2340 . 165.85 (4) (a) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1303,1815 165.85 (4) (a) 1m. The board may not create criteria for participation in the
16preparatory training program under subd. 1. that would prevent a person from
17participation if the person is in receipt of a valid employment authorization from the
18federal department of homeland security.
AB43,2341 19Section 2341. 165.93 (2) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1303,2020 165.93 (2) (title) Grants by application.
AB43,2342 21Section 2342. 165.93 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1304,222 165.93 (2m) Grants to the Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault. In
23addition to the grants under sub. (2), from the appropriation under s. 20.455 (5) (e),
24the department shall provide a grant of $343,000 annually to the Wisconsin Coalition

1Against Sexual Assault to provide services for sexual assault victims. The Wisconsin
2Coalition Against Sexual Assault may also apply for grants under sub. (2).
AB43,2343 3Section 2343. 165.935 of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1304,6 4165.935 Grants for crime victim services. The department of justice shall
5award grants from the appropriation under s. 20.455 (5) (bf) to organizations that
6provide services for crime victims.
AB43,2344 7Section 2344. 165.937 of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1304,10 8165.937 Grants for protection of elders. (1) The department of justice shall
9award grants from the appropriation under s. 20.455 (2) (fw) to organizations that
10promote the protection of elders.
AB43,1304,13 11(2) The department of justice shall provide funds from the appropriation under
12s. 20.455 (2) (fw) to support a statewide elder abuse hotline for persons to
13anonymously provide tips regarding suspected elder abuse.
AB43,2345 14Section 2345. 165.95 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1304,16 15165.95 (title) Alternatives to prosecution and incarceration; grant
16program.
AB43,2346 17Section 2346 . 165.95 (1) (ac) of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1304,2018 165.95 (1) (ac) “Evidence-based practice" means a practice that has been
19developed using research to determine its efficacy for achieving positive measurable
20outcomes, including reducing recidivism and increasing public safety.
AB43,2347 21Section 2347 . 165.95 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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