Subject Index

Nursing home MA reimbursement rate: GPR increased; one-time supplement and DHFS provisions  - AB972

Nursing home MA reimbursement rate: GPR increased; one-time supplement and DHFS provisions  - SB532

Nursing home MA reimbursement rate: GPR increased, staff provisions; estimated general fund balance minimum and general fund expenditure maximum rule modified  - AB771

Nursing home MA reimbursement rate: GPR increased, staff provisions; estimated general fund balance minimum and general fund expenditure maximum rule modified  - SB343

One-time MA nursing home reimbursement supplement re 2005 WisAct 211 (AB-981) modified - AB1128

Physical and occupational therapy under MA: DHFS required to substantiate reduction in duration of services [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1149f, 9321 (9k)] -  AB100

Physician order entry record system for medical services: incentive MA payment to hospitals that establish authorized  - AB1121

Physician prescribing practices under MA or Badger Care: DHFS report required -  AB922

Prescription drug assistance for elderly persons: reimbursement rate revised [Sec. 1187, 9321 (2); original bill only]  - AB100

Prescription drugs under MA and Badger Care: DHFS report on savings and costs re capping number of prescriptions per recipient [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9121 (13n)]  - AB100

Psychotropic medications under MA, Badger Care, and prescription drug assistance for elderly persons: reimbursement limits prohibited; DHFS report on physician prescribing practices under MA, report to JCF [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9121 (14k), (14p)] -  AB100

Publicly financed health plan for Wisconsin established; Department of Health Planning and Finance and Health Policy Board created; LRB provision -  AB807

Publicly financed health plan for Wisconsin established; Department of Health Planning and Finance and Health Policy Board created; LRB provision -  SB388

Revenue obligations re MA [Sec. 115, 116] -  AB100

School medical services re MA program: reimbursements modified; DHFS and DPI provisions -  SB313

Soft drink tax re wholesale sales created; revenue deposited into the dental access trust fund to supplement MA and DHFS dental services -  AB1168

Special orders of business for December 13, 2005 established re partial veto of AB-100 [Item C-1] and AB-20, AB-120, AB-122, AB-397, AB-521, AB-624, AB-700, AB-763, AB-802, AB-823, AB-829, AB-840, AB-844, SB-175, SB-331, SB-402, SB-403 -  AR43

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 orders of business for March 2, 2006 established re AB-172, AB-539, AB-579, AB-785, AB-851, AB-904, AB-933, AB-945, AB-976, AB-992, AB-993, AB-1021, AB-1036, AB-1037, AB-1038, AB-1052, AB-1054, AB-1071, AB-1072, AB-1073, AB-1074, SB-161, SB-221, SB-259, SB-312, SB-414, SB-495, SB-496, SB-497, SB-511, SB-529, SJR-33 -  AR49

Specialized medical vehicle: MA-certified provider requirements revised re wheelchair accommodations  - AB122

Supplemental MA payments made from community aids: sunset removed [Sec. 1133, 2498-2510, 9121 (4)]  - AB100

Supplemental MA payments to county and municipal nursing homes: any additional federal moneys must be distributed to the nursing homes -  AB802

Transportation fund transfer to general fund [Sec. 9248 (1); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, 456g, r, 533g, r, 9448 (4m), deletes 9248 (1); S.Amdt.50 to Engr.AB-100: one-time transfer to MA trust fund, 537d, e] - AB100

Unborn child prenatal care: coverage provided re ineligibility for Badger Care or MA [Sec. 311, 316, 321, 1174-1184, 1185, 1186, 1193, 9421 (1)] -  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

medical college of wisconsin, inc Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.

Joint academic programs: study of [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9152 (8q)] -  AB100

Prostate cancer research: individual income tax checkoff created; Prostate Cancer Research Board created in DHFS re distribution of grants, report required [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, board deleted, DHFS duties removed, DPI and U.W. System to administer the apropriation, Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc. and U.W. Comprehensive Cancer Center to receive moneys for research programs, annual reports required]  - AB1087

Rural physicians: loan program through HEAB created for U.W. Madison Medical School or Medical College of Wisconsin graduates, conditions specified - AB976

medical education Medical education, see also Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.; Nurses; University of Wisconsin — College of Medicine

Graduate medical education program may elect to be subject to the statutory health care liaiblity insurance requirements, definition created; temporary educational permit to practice medicine and surgery modified and expanded to include first year medical residents [A.Amdt.1: temporary educational permit provisions deleted] -  AB765

Joint academic programs: study of [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9152 (8q)] -  AB100

Licensed drug manufacturer and distributor conduct regulated re certain professional conferences, giving anything of value to a health care provider, and entering into a consulting agreement with a health care provider; exceptions provided  - AB1067

Special orders of business for October 27, 2005 established re AB-761, AB-764, AB-765, AB-766 - AR41

Wisconsin health education assistance loan repayment transfer [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 167g, k, 725m, 9222 (1f)]  - AB100

medical examiner Medical examiner, see Coroner

medical examining board Medical Examining Board

Anesthesia administered in an office-based setting: MEB to implement rules and establish written guidelines; physician and report provisions; exception for dentistry  - SB434

Anesthesia administered in an office-based setting: MEB to implement rules and establish written guidelines; physician, nurse, certain assistant or trainee, and report provisions; exception for dentistry -  AB853

Chelation therapy: physician permitted to practice -  AB733

Employment discrimination based on creed expanded to include sterilization, abortion, experiments re in vitro human embryos, procedures re fetal tissue, assisted suicide, euthanasia, and mercy killings; health care providers and health facilities employees revisions; definitions, disciplinary actions, liability, and damages provisions [A.Amdt.1: access to patient health care records provision added] -  AB207

Graduate medical education program may elect to be subject to the statutory health care liaiblity insurance requirements, definition created; temporary educational permit to practice medicine and surgery modified and expanded to include first year medical residents [A.Amdt.1: temporary educational permit provisions deleted] -  AB765

Health care provider authorized to prescribe drugs or devices prohibited from accepting anything of value from drug manufacturers or distributors; disciplinary provisions  - SB720

MEB composition modified - AB1145

Optometrist regulation revised including certain pharmaceutical agents, license examination, and continuing education  - AB828

Optometrist regulation revised including certain pharmaceutical agents, license examination, and continuing education  - SB429

Physical Therapists Affiliated Credentialing Board changed to Physical Therapists Examining Board and no longer attached to or advised by MEB -  AB1064

medical malpractice Medical malpractice

Actions against health care provider by person under age 18: time limit clarified; disability provision  - AB1071

Attorney fee limits in medical malpractice cases revised -  AB1074

Graduate medical education program may elect to be subject to the statutory health care liaiblity insurance requirements, definition created; temporary educational permit to practice medicine and surgery modified and expanded to include first year medical residents [A.Amdt.1: temporary educational permit provisions deleted] -  AB765

Health Care Information, Board on, eliminated; Health Care Quality and Patient Safety Board created; duties include physician information database, rules re health care information, technology plan and strategies, and health plan system automation; provisions re DHFS and WHEFA duties, health improvement fund, and liability insurance [for section numbers and further revisions, see entry under ``Reorganization of state government" ] -  AB100

Health care liability requirements extended to include a business entity organized to provide medical services of physicians and nurse anesthetists [A.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, ``business entity" changed to ``organization or enterprise"]  - AB259

Health care liability requirements extended to include any organization or enterprise organized to provide medical services of physicians and nurse anesthetists - SB228

Health care provider or facility or employee who, in good faith, reports, initiates, or testifies in an action or proceeding re violations of laws or ethical standards by another health care provider or facility or employee: immunity from liability provided - AB1127

Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund: Legislature may not enact a bill to change its purpose; sunset provided - AB294

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

Loss of society and companionship in medical malpractice cases re adult children and parents -  SB456

Medical malpractice case: introduction of collateral source payments and evidence of the injured or dead person's obligations of subrogation or reimbursement resulting from collateral source payments allowed; damage award provision [A.Sub. Amdt.1: further revisions, ``death" references removed]  - AB764

Medical malpractice case: introduction of collateral source payments and evidence of the injured person's obligations of subrogation or reimbursement resulting from collateral source payments allowed; damage award provision [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions] -  AB1072

Medical malpractice claim re state officer, employee, or agent: notice to AG revised -  SB74

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

Medical malpractice: limit on noneconomic damages created; report from board of governors of the Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund required - AB766

Medical malpractice: limit on noneconomic damages created; report from board of governors of the Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund required - AB1073

Medical malpractice: limit on noneconomic damages created; report from board of governors of the Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund required - SB393

Special orders of business for March 2, 2006 established re AB-172, AB-539, AB-579, AB-785, AB-851, AB-904, AB-933, AB-945, AB-976, AB-992, AB-993, AB-1021, AB-1036, AB-1037, AB-1038, AB-1052, AB-1054, AB-1071, AB-1072, AB-1073, AB-1074, SB-161, SB-221, SB-259, SB-312, SB-414, SB-495, SB-496, SB-497, SB-511, SB-529, SJR-33 -  AR49

Special orders of business for October 27, 2005 established re AB-761, AB-764, AB-765, AB-766 - AR41

Volunteer Health Care Provider Program: status as a state agent of DHFS extended to provider regardless of certain medical malpractice insurance coverage - AB789

medical practice, group Medical practice, Group

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

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

Group health claims experience disclosure: insurer may not charge for requests under certain conditions  - SB241

Health Care Information, Board on, eliminated; Health Care Quality and Patient Safety Board created; duties include physician information database, rules re health care information, technology plan and strategies, and health plan system automation; provisions re DHFS and WHEFA duties, health improvement fund, and liability insurance [for section numbers and further revisions, see entry under ``Reorganization of state government" ] -  AB100

Health care liability requirements extended to include a business entity organized to provide medical services of physicians and nurse anesthetists [A.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, ``business entity" changed to ``organization or enterprise"]  - AB259

Health care liability requirements extended to include any organization or enterprise organized to provide medical services of physicians and nurse anesthetists - SB228

Health care plan must allow any provider to participate, conditions set; 30-day period when pharmacists elect to participate for at least one year extended to certain other health care professionals -  AB274

Hearing aids or cochlear implants for children under one year of age: health insurance policies and plans required to cover - AB1217

HMOs re MA and Badger Care services: DHFS to levy an assessment [Sec. 538, 1123, 9121 (6), 9321 (6); A.Sub.Amdt.1: reimbursement for HMO services to be made under capitation rates that are actuarially sound, 1124g, provisions and sections of original bill deleted] -  AB100

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

Smoking cessation treatment and medications: health insurance coverage required -  AB799

Special orders of business for March 2, 2006 established re AB-172, AB-539, AB-579, AB-785, AB-851, AB-904, AB-933, AB-945, AB-976, AB-992, AB-993, AB-1021, AB-1036, AB-1037, AB-1038, AB-1052, AB-1054, AB-1071, AB-1072, AB-1073, AB-1074, SB-161, SB-221, SB-259, SB-312, SB-414, SB-495, SB-496, SB-497, SB-511, SB-529, SJR-33 -  AR49

Wigs for cancer patients: health care plans required to cover  - AB473

medical record Medical record, see Privacy

medical resident Medical resident, see Medical education

medical savings account Medical savings account, see Insurance — Health