Subject Index

Manufacturing Month: May 2006 proclaimed as -  AJR99

Public officer or employee with a private interest in a public contract: exception to prohibition re research company and U.W. System [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, AG review of U.W. System contracts with research companies required]  - SB338

Regional economic development in rural areas: Comm.Dept and DOR to study [Sec. 9108 (2); original bill only]  - AB100

Renewable resource and tangible personal property that uses a renewable resource: sales tax exemption created; technology development grants or loans for research, development, or commercialization activities related to  - SB81

Research and research facilities: tax credits modified re engine manufacturing and vehicle design - AB243

Research and research facilities: tax credits modified re engine manufacturing and vehicle design [S.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, manufacturing provision removed, engine design added, different computation method provided; S.Amdt.2: tax credit provision added; S.Amdt.3: transfer from petroleum inspection fund to the general fund added; A.Amdt.1: deletes S.Amdt.3 provisions (Senate nonconcurred, Assembly adheres to its positions, Senate recedes from its position)]  - SB103

Research conducted in this state: corporate income and franchise tax credits created -  AB206

Rural development loans with federal funding: DATCP authority [Sec. 144, 1743] -  AB100

Rural enterprise development zones: Comm.Dept authorized to designate; tax credits created [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions; S.Amdt.1: criteria for a business to expand or relocate to a rural enterprise development zone revised]  - AB208

Special orders of business for April 12, 2005 established re AB-149, AB-157, AB-206, AB-208, AB-209, AB-241, AB-246, AB-261, AB-277, AB-278, AJR-20  - AR12

Special orders of business for March 7, 2006 established re AB-19, AB-33, AB-96, AB-353, AB-588, AB-596, AB-671, AB-673, AB-675, AB-680, AB-681, AB-686, AB-751, AB-801, AB-838, AB-842, AB-856, AB-874, AB-900, AB-928, AB-934, AB-936, AB-958, AB-973, AB-974, AB-975, AB-987, AB-989, AB-990, AB-1008, AB-1015, AB-1024, AB-1028, AB-1060, AB-1077, SB-103, SB-350, SB-369, SB-405, SB-447, SB-450, SB-459, SB-501, SB-502, SB-510, SB-536, SB-537, SB-602 -  AR50

Special orders of business for March 9, 2006 established re AB-71, AB-87, AB-129, AB-287, AB-328, AB-538, AB-587, AB-639, AB-735, AB-777, AB-875, AB-887, AB-937, AB-966, AB-1002, AB-1003, AB-1026, AB-1032, AB-1035, AB-1044, AB-1078, AB-1090, SB-123, SB-145, SB-150, SB-183, SB-226, SB-268, SB-272, SB-273, SB-284, SB-338, SB-352, SB-359, SB-362, SB-363, SB-364, SB-365, SB-380, SB-420, SB-453, SB-457, SB-474, SB-487, SB-488, SB-489, SB-490, SB-491, SB-492, SB-493, SB-494, SB-512, SB-515, SB-527, SB-539, SB-540, SB-547, SB-549, SB-555, SB-556, SB-557, SB-560, SB-562, SB-579, SB-591, SB-592, SB-597, SB-601, SB-612, SB-613, SB-638, SB-642, SB-652, SJR-33 -  AR51

``Special tool builder" regulations created re liens, public nuisances, and shareholder liability; expert witness testimony provisions -  AB278

Special tool builder's lien created re metal fabrication tools; manufacturer's lien, right to destroy special tools, and definition provisions -  AB746

Special tool builder's lien created re metal fabrication tools; manufacturer's lien, right to destroy special tools, and definition provisions -  SB375

Super employment and economic development zone grant program created [Sec. 152, 2421; original bill only]  - AB100

Super employment and economic development zone grant program created for businesses that relocate to ``extremely depressed areas" -  AB979

Tax credit carry-over provisions for businesses extended re certain income and franchise taxes - AB323

Venture Capital Investment Program created; Wisconsin Economic Leadership Board created; income and franchise tax credit provisions; tribal gaming compact investment rebates; report required -  AB1177

Wisconsin Development Fund grants and loans award procedures revised; DFB duties modified; various programs and the Wisconsin Procurement Institute eliminated [Sec. 150, 155, 1724, 1725, 2118, 2200, 2201, 2348-2350, 2353-2356, 2358-2361, 2366-2418, 9308 (1); original bill only]  - AB100

Wisconsin Development Fund restructured; grant dispersal specified re distressed areas and small businesses; merging of technology grant programs; biomedical technology alliance established [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 150m, 153m, 155L, m, 2366m-2376m, 2407L, 9208 (2n), 9308 (1z)]  - AB100

information system or technology Information system or technology, see Data processing

inheritance tax Inheritance tax, see Estate tax

initiative Initiative, see also Referendum

Direct legislation: statutes applied to counties; repeal provisions revised; county executive may not veto  - AB1000

injunction Injunction, see Court — Procedure

injured patients and families compensation fund Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund, see Medical malpractice

inland lake management Inland lake management, see Lakes

inmate Inmate, see House of correction; Jail; Prison and its subheadings

inquest Inquest

Death of person in Corr.Dept custody, a county jail, or house of correction: coroner or medical examiner must conduct an autopsy; AG authority to order an inquest; Inmate and Resident Mortality Board created, report required, and open meeting and open records provision -  AB480

Inquest procedure revisions in cases in which a person died as a result of an act by a law enforcement officer; location of inquests provision -  AB359

insurance Insurance, see also Unemployment insurance; Worker's compensation

Aggregate group health care claims experience information provided to local governmental units by the insurer: requirements revised; DOA and OCI duties specified; Internet provision - AB519

Banking, Division of, regulatory authority over insurance premium finance companies, certain loan companies, loan originators, and mortgage bankers and brokers modified; requirements for certain consumer loans secured by a first lien revised; CPA as shareholder of a service corporation organized for carrying on the profession of CPA provision  - AB1037

Claim for $13,103,428.00 plus interest for overpayment of taxes by certain insurance companies - SB217

Development zone credit created for license fees paid by certain insurers -  AB1055

Development zone credit created for license fees paid by certain insurers -  SB602

Fire calls on certain highways: DOT reimbursement to city or village fire department revised - AB610

Fire calls on certain highways: DOT reimbursement to city or village fire department revised - SB276

Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund: regular actuarial audits required; board of governors authorized to organize an insurance corporation -  AB769

Packers Breast Cancer Cap campaign: Green Bay Packers, American Family Insurance, and Deanna Favre commended for raising over $1,000,000.00 for breast cancer awareness groups - AJR84

Responding to a pleading: time limit modified; some exceptions  - SB99

insurance _ commissioner, office of Insurance — Commissioner, Office of

Aggregate group health care claims experience information provided to local governmental units by the insurer: requirements revised; DOA and OCI duties specified; Internet provision - AB519

Defined network plan and PP plan revisions; OCI provisions - AB1052

Defined network plan and PP plan revisions; OCI provisions [S.Amdt.1: defined network plan revisions and point-of-service plan provisions added] -  SB617

Drugs prescribed to treat a rare disease or condition: health insurance policies and plans required to cover; OCI duty specified -  AB1218

Elderly benefit specialists program funding [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 897p, r, 9121 (12c), 9225 (2d), 9421 (10e)]  - AB100

Group health benefit plan definition: number of individual health benefit plans increased [S.Amdt.1: OCI report required] - SB420

Health benefit purchasing cooperatives program revised -  AB5

Health care coverage for employees covered by MERA: collective bargaining prohibited; employers may unilaterally change providers and any savings must be used to increase salaries; GIB and OCI provisions -  SB242

Health care coverage for employees covered by MERA: collective bargaining prohibited; employers may unilaterally change providers and portion of savings must be used to increase wages; GIB and OCI provisions -  AB515

Health care liability plan for health care providers: return of funds in excess of surplus and incurred liabilities revised - AB737

Health care liability plan for health care providers: return of funds in excess of surplus and incurred liabilities revised - SB550

HIRSP administration transferred to private, nonprofit organization; new board created, duties defined; report required [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 156w, 320p, r, 522c, 535m-r, 1286c, 1354L, 1406f, 2032m-2063c, 2429c-r, 9121 (13p), 9221 (3p), 9321 (4L), (4p), 9341 (19p), 9421 (5p)]  - AB100

HIRSP changes; HIRSP Authority and Health Care Tax Credit Program created; report provision [A.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, tax exemptions and LAB authority added; A.Amdt.2: report required] -  AB844

HIRSP changes; HIRSP Authority and Health Care Tax Credit Program created; report provision - SB451

Medical malpractice: limit on noneconomic damages created; Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund, OCI, and JCF provisions -  AB960

OCI prohibited from promulgating certain rules re defined network plans, PP plans, and limited-scope dental or vision plans - AB1178

OCI prohibited from promulgating certain rules re defined network plans, PP plans, and limited-scope dental or vision plans - SB687

Social and financial impact reports by OCI on bills or amendments containing a health insurance mandate affecting an insurance policy, plan, or contract: requirement for when report must be submitted specified -  AB553

State agency appropriation lapses to general fund [Sec. 9255 (1); A.Sub.Amdt.1: amount revisions, Corr.Dept and DVA removed from list] -  AB100

Wisconsin Health Care Plan and Board created re mandatory health care coverage for persons not eligible for Medicare; assessment and group health insurance policy provisions; OCI to request certain federal waivers  - SB698

insurance _ fire and casualty Insurance — Fire and casualty

Automobile, fire, or other property insurance policy: midterm cancellation or nonrenewal for acts of nature claims prohibited - SB141

insurance _ group Insurance — Group, see Insurance — Health; Medical practice, Group; Public employee — Group insurance

insurance _ health Insurance — Health, see also Group Insurance Board; Medical malpractice; Public employee — Group insurance

Accumulated unused sick leave credits re public employees: use to purchase health insurance and long-term care insurance permitted -  AB1120

Aggregate group health care claims experience information provided to local governmental units by the insurer: requirements revised; DOA and OCI duties specified; Internet provision - AB519

Appropriation revisions: Corr.Dept and U.W. System re energy and utility expenses, prescription drug assistance for elderly persons program, MA trust fund, and supplemental MA payments to nursing homes; rule prohibiting a structural imbalance in the general fund does not apply [budget adjustment bill] [A.Amdt.1: budget stabilization fund provision added]  - AB438

Appropriation revisions: Corr.Dept and U.W. System re energy and utility expenses, prescription drug assistance for elderly persons program, MA trust fund, and supplemental MA payments to nursing homes; rule prohibiting a structural imbalance in the general fund does not apply [budget adjustment bill] - SB216

Badger Care and MA program income limits: depreciation re farm and self-employment income exempted  - AB119

Badger Care cost-saving measures, including prescription drug copayment: DHFS to request waiver and to report on pharmacy reimbursement methodology investigation [Sec. 9121 (10), (11); A.Sub.Amdt.1: pharmacy reimbursement methodology removed, deletes 9121 (11)] -  AB100

Badger Care: forfeiture assessed re employer failure to return employment and insurance information in timely manner [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 314c, 1186bc, c]  - AB100

Badger Care income limits: depreciation of farm equipment exempted -  AB16

Badger Care, prescription drug assistance, and MA: 2004-05 GPR appropriations revised; MA trust fund provision [A.Amdt.1: Ho-Chunk Nation Indian gaming payments provision] -  AB102

Badger Care, prescription drug assistance, and MA: 2004-05 GPR appropriations revised; MA trust fund provision  - SB64

Badger Care program: health insurance coverage for child care workers who meet certain eligibility requirements  - AB1104

Cancer clinical trial: health care plan prohibited from denying coverage under certain conditions [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, ``routine patient care" defined]  - AB617

Cancer clinical trial: health care plan prohibited from denying coverage under certain conditions - SB288

Chiropractic coverage revisions re independent evaluation by a chiropractor if insurer restricts or terminates coverage, prohibiting insurers from establishing higher copayment or coinsurance than for a physician or osteopath, and requires insurers to pay chiropractors directly; liability policy settlement check specifics provision -  AB1039

Chiropractic coverage revisions re independent evaluation by a chiropractor if insurer restricts or terminates coverage, prohibiting insurers from establishing higher copayment or coinsurance than for a physician or osteopath, and requires insurers to pay chiropractors directly; liability policy settlement check specifics provision -  SB614

Cigarette tax increased; Badger Care, prescription drug assistance, and MA GPR appropriations revised; drug dispensing fee re pharmacies increased; certain MA nursing home, hospital, and trust fund appropriation provisions  - AB779

Cigarette tax increased; Badger Care, prescription drug assistance, and MA GPR appropriations revised; drug dispensing fee re pharmacies increased; certain MA nursing home, hospital, and trust fund appropriation provisions  - AB847

Direct care reimbursement for nursing home revised; DHFS inquiries re managed care organizations and services to elderly and disabled MA recipients [Sec. 1128-1132, 9121 (7), 9421 (8); original bill only] -  AB100

Drugs prescribed to treat a rare disease or condition: health insurance policies and plans required to cover; OCI duty specified -  AB1218

Epilepsy drugs: pharmacist prohibited from substituting a drug product equivalent without prescribing practitioner and patient consent; certain health insurers prohibited from penalizing a participating provider, pharmacist, or enrollee for requesting specific epilepsy drugs -  AB1210

Gastric bypass or stapling surgery coverage under MA and Badger Care prohibited unless covered under federal MA law [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1146j, 1157j, 9321 (9q)]  - AB100