Subject Index

MA reimbursement of nursing homes and CBRFs: calculation of interest expense re continuing care contracts  - AB320

MA reimbursement of nursing homes and CBRFs: calculation of interest expense re continuing care contracts  - SB166

Medicare upper limit consultant: DHFS to hire [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 96r] -  AB100

Nursing facilities in certain high-cost labor region: MA direct care payments [A.Amdt.8 to A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9123 (15s)] - AB100

Nursing home and CBRF revisions re beds stated on license, posting notice of certain ombudsman program and informing residents of rights and responsibilities (remedial legislation) - SB495

Nursing home as institution for mental disease: DHFS determination requirements revised (remedial legislation)  - SB495

Nursing home bed delicensing and banking; DHFS approval of certain expenditures eliminated [Sec. 1917, 1918, 1922, 3033-3038] -  AB100

Nursing home bed delicensing and banking; DHFS approval of certain expenditures eliminated [Sec. 1917, 1918, 1922, 3033-3038] -  SB77

Nursing home forfeitures revised - AB479

Nursing home forfeitures revised; report required [A.Sub. Amdt.1: Sec. 226c-h, 550m, 9322 (6cc)]  - AB768

Nursing home formula provisions re occupancy rate standard and direct care target increase requirement for excess funding [A.Amdt.8 to A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9123 (13b), (13d)]  - AB100

Nursing home minimum daily hours of service for certain residents established and annual report requirements expanded; BOALTC positions increased -  AB780

Nursing home minimum staffing, reports, LAB audit and BOALTC positions [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 217m, 218m, 223m, 225g, h, 226bd-br, 251g-m, 9122 (5k), 9131 (2k), 9203 (1k), 9222 (8mk)] -  AB768

Nursing home staffing ratios and replacement rates and violations of statutes or rules: report revisions (remedial legislation) - SB495

Residential facilities eligible for WHEDA financing: definition of sponsor expanded -  AB874

Retirement homes: property tax exemption [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 2233g, r, 9443 (15g); deleted by A.Amdt.8]  - AB100

Spousal impoverishment under MA: asset protection level and monthly income limit modified -  SB1

Statutory rape prosecution pilot program created; sunset provided [S.Amdt.4: nursing home forfeitures]  - AB876

Theft by caretaker from vulnerable adult: penalty increased -  AB536

Theft by caretaker from vulnerable adult: penalty increased -  AB539

Visitation at inpatient health care facilities: regulations created [S.Amdt.1: treatment facility added]  - AB397

nutrition Nutrition, see also School — Lunch

Food stamps to qualified aliens: DWD to submit plan to U.S. Secretary of agriculture [A.Amdt.1: nutrition outreach re W-2 and community agencies] -  AP8 AB6

Hunger, Board on, abolished; duties transferred to DHFS [A.Amdt.8 to A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 60g, 1519m, 1520m, 1521m, 1522d, j, 9123 (12p), 9423 (10q)] - AB100

Seized fish and game: distribution to certain food programs and sale to certain businesses permitted; sale proceeds for certain DNR programs [Sec. 323, 961-967, 1120; original bill only] - AB100

Seized fish and game: distribution to certain food programs and sale to certain businesses permitted; sale proceeds for certain DNR programs [Sec. 323, 961-967, 1120]  - SB77

Seized fish and game: distribution to certain food programs authorized [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, person liable for processing costs] -  AB873

WIC supplemental food program appropriation increased [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9222 (7t)] - AB768

WIC supplemental food program appropriation increased; nutrition counseling provision for low-income participants  - AB581

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obscenity Obscenity

Adult entertainment tax created; grants for domestic abuse services targeted to children [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1532c, 2379m, 2410tw, 9143 (7k), 9443 (15L)] - AB100

Adult entertainment tax: fee imposed for administration of [Sec. 49, 316, 9142 (2), 9442 (1); original bill only]  - AB768

Adult entertainment tax: fee imposed for administration of [Sec. 49, 316, 9142 (2), 9442 (1)] -  SB436

Adult entertainment tax repealed [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 313b, 316d, 725dm] -  AB768

CHIPS substitute care providers: disclosure of information re child's religious affiliation or involvement in a cult, a group that promotes criminal activity, sexual abuse or harmful activities [A.Amdt.3: cult provision replaced with gang or traumatized re association with group] -  AB275

Exposing child to harmful descriptions or narrations: prohibitions expanded re verbal communications  - AB189

Exposing child to harmful descriptions or narrations: prohibitions expanded re verbal communications  - SB122

Musical recordings with explicit lyric warnings: sale or distribution to or purchase by person under age 18 prohibited; forfeiture, defense to prosecution and ordinance provisions  - SB481

Obscene sexual conduct: definition revised -  SB80

Obscenity laws: knowingly using a child to commit a violation prohibited -  AB626

Obscenity violations: requirement re AG approval prior to prosecution removed -  SB79

Serious sex crimes: minimum prison sentence set; probation restricted -  SB118

occupational license Occupational license, see Motor vehicle — Drivers' license

occupational tax Occupational tax, see Alcohol beverage — Taxation; Fur farm; Taxation

occupational therapist Occupational therapist, see Handicapped; Trades and occupations

oci OCI, see Insurance — Commissioner, Office of

oconto county Oconto county

Circuit court branches in Oconto county: number increased [A.Amdt.8 to A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 4948m, 9109 (1ttg)-(1tvg)] - AB100

off_road recreation vehicle Off-road recreation vehicle, see Recreation vehicle

ohci _office of health care information_ OHCI (Office of health care information), see Insurance — Commissioner, Office of

oil and oil inspection Oil and oil inspection, see Petroleum

oja OJA, see Justice assistance, Office of

old age Old age, see Senior citizen

olympic games Olympic games

Bye, Karyn, and U.S. women's Olympic hockey team commended for winning a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics - AJR121

1998 U.S. men's Olympic team members with ties to Wisconsin honored -  AJR124

1998 U.S. women's Olympic team members with ties to Wisconsin honored -  AJR125

ombudsman Ombudsman

BOALTC ombudsman positions; funding from fees on assisted living facilities; notice re name, address and phone number of ombudsman [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 96m, 525m, 605j, 2046k-n; A.Amdt.8: positions and fees removed, deletes 525m, 605j, 2046k, n] -  AB100

Brownfields redevelopment project promotion: Permit information and regulatory assistance bureau to act as ombudsman [Sec. 4477] -  AB100

Brownfields redevelopment project promotion: Permit information and regulatory assistance bureau to act as ombudsman [Sec. 4477] -  SB77

Nursing home and CBRF revisions re beds stated on license, posting notice of certain ombudsman program and informing residents of rights and responsibilities (remedial legislation) - SB495

Nursing home minimum daily hours of service for certain residents established and annual report requirements expanded; BOALTC positions increased -  AB780

Nursing home minimum staffing, reports, LAB audit and BOALTC positions [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 217m, 218m, 223m, 225g, h, 226bd-br, 251g-m, 9122 (5k), 9131 (2k), 9203 (1k), 9222 (8mk)] -  AB768

on_track pari_mutuel betting On-track pari-mutuel betting, see Racing

oneida county Oneida county

Sunken logs on submerged state lands: offset program repealed; percentage of value retained by state revised [for section numbers and further revisions, see entry under ``Forestry"] - AB100

open housing Open housing, see Discrimination in housing

open meeting _governmental_ Open meeting (Governmental)

Meetings of governmental bodies: public comment provisions revised -  AB12

Open meetings law violation investigations: AG and DA authorized to issue subpoenas -  SB137

Party caucus meetings open to the public [Assembly rule 2 (5)]  - AR3

open space Open space, see Land use planning and control

operating while intoxicated _owi_ Operating while intoxicated (OWI), see Drunken driving; Implied consent or alcohol concentration

opportunity wage Opportunity wage, see Wage — Minimum

optical imaging Optical imaging, see Data processing

optometry Optometry

Health care credential renewal: DORL required to deny re default on student loans; private credit reporting agency or bureau provisions -  AB143

Latex product of certain composition: use by health care providers prohibited; DHFS duties specified  - AB593

Medicine sample use tax registration re 1997 WisAct 27 -  AB606

Medicine sample use tax registration re 1997 WisAct 27 -  SB362

Medicines exempt from use tax expanded to include certain free samples [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 2393no, 9443 (17t)]  - AB100

Nursing practice: definition expanded to include acting under the direction of optometrists -  AB588

Nursing practice: definition expanded to include acting under the direction of optometrists -  SB331

Optometry certificates: denial, limit, suspension or revocation for prohibited activities and continuing education requirements in certain cases revised (remedial legislation)  - AB915

Volunteer health care provider program: JCF approval eliminated -  AB481

Volunteer health care provider program: JCF approval eliminated -  SB281

ordinance Ordinance, see County — Ordinance; Flood plain zoning; Municipality — Ordinance; Shoreland zoning; Town — Laws; Village — Ordinance