Subject Index

WEDC grants to certain regional economic development entities -  SB39

WEDC required to create and implement a business retention program; technical college advanced manufacturing skills training grant modifications -  AB187

WEDC required to create and implement a business retention program; technical college advanced manufacturing skills training grant modifications -  SB121

WHEDA economic development activities revised, WEDC provision -  AB607

WHEDA economic development activities revised, WEDC provision -  SB459

WHEDA small business loan guarantee and agricultural production loan guarantee programs revised; Wisconsin development reserve fund limit increased -  AB375

Wheel weights and other wheel balancing products containing lead: prohibiting the installation, sale, and distribution of - AB204

Wheel weights and other wheel balancing products containing lead: prohibiting the installation, sale, and distribution of - SB146

Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) created; Comm.Dept duties and public employee and WRS provisions -  JR1 AB6

Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) created; Comm.Dept duties and public employee and WRS provisions [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, LAB duties added, WEDC duties revised, definitions and membership modified, report requirements] -  JR1 SB6

Wisconsin Next Generation Reserve Board created re grants, loans, and investments in Wisconsin bioscience companies; DOR and SWIB duties; Wisconsin next generation reserve fund created -  AB652

Wisconsin Next Generation Reserve Board created re grants, loans, and investments in Wisconsin bioscience companies; DOR and SWIB duties; Wisconsin next generation reserve fund created -  SE1 AB21

Wisconsin Next Generation Reserve Board created re grants, loans, and investments in Wisconsin bioscience companies; DOR and SWIB duties; Wisconsin next generation reserve fund created -  SE1 SB21

Wisconsin Next Generation Reserve Board created re grants, loans, and investments in Wisconsin bioscience companies; DOR and SWIB duties; Wisconsin next generation reserve fund created; child care provider references deleted [A.Amdt.1: nonprofit facilities provisions deleted, miscellaneous revisions and coverage limited to nonprofit health institutions, educational institutions, and research institutions]  - SB508

Wisconsin Seed Fund Authority created and directed to establish the ``business seed fund", report required  - AB733

Wisconsin Tier II and Tier III Marketing Assistance Program created in Comm.Dept; report provision  - AB9

Workforce Growth Program created re grants from TCS Board to technical college district boards to help meet local needs re areas with skills gap or workforce shortage  - AB398

Zinc air button cell battery: sales of prohibited unless certified by DATCP; forfeiture and definition provisions  - AB511

Zinc air button cell battery: sales of prohibited unless certified by DATCP; forfeiture and definition provisions  - SB407

infant testing Infant testing, see Maternal and infant care

inflation Inflation

Expenditure Restraint Program payments: inflation factor reset [Sec. 2195, 9341 (2)] -  AB40

Expenditure Restraint Program payments: inflation factor reset [Sec. 2195, 9341 (2)] -  SB27

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

injunction Injunction, see Court — Procedure

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

inmate Inmate, see Jail; Prison

inquest Inquest

Reporting deaths to coroner or medical examiner, jurisdiction to investigate death, notification to next of kin, autopsy and diagnostic procedures, investigation records, handling of personal property, disposition of bodies, and access to mental health treatment records revisions; JRCCP report  - AB720

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

Combined reporting: net business loss carry-forward offset [Sec. 1893, 1894; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, ``pre-2009" provision, 1894d, 1897r, s, 2015f, g, deletes 1894] - AB40

Delinquent child support collection revisions re DOR collecting from certified debt, insurers checking the support lien docket before paying claims, and a support enforcement agency from another state may deal directly with a financial institution in this state to enforce a lien -  AB603

GIB long-term care insurance options: provision that an insurer request a policy be offered removed [Sec. 1144, 1145, 1160] - AB40

GIB long-term care insurance options: provision that an insurer request a policy be offered removed [Sec. 1144, 1145, 1160] - SB27

OCI general program appropriation lapse re examination costs [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 493c, 3466r] - AB40

Property insurance: insurer prohibited from taking certain actions re one or more claims for damages caused by acts of nature -  AB297

Small business: income and franchise tax credits created [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, small business provisions removed, jobs creation income and franchise tax deductions created] -  JR1 AB7

Wisconsin Venture Capital Authority, badger jobs fund, and certified jobs now fund program created; Comm.Dept, WEDC, DOR, OCI, and JCF duties; reports required  - AB129

Wisconsin Venture Capital Authority, badger jobs fund, and certified jobs now fund program created; Comm.Dept, WEDC, DOR, OCI, and JCF duties; reports required  - SB94

insurance _ agent Insurance — Agent

Motor vehicle insurance revisions re proof of financial responsibility, medical payments coverage, uninsured and underinsured motorists, and permissible policy provisions [A.Amdt.1: underinsured motorist coverage revised; A.Amdt.7: ``underinsured motor vehicle" definition deleted]  - AB4

Motor vehicle insurance revisions re proof of financial responsibility, medical payments coverage, uninsured and underinsured motorists, and permissible policy provisions  - SB7

Motor vehicle insurer may not require insured to use a particular garage, repair shop, or other vendor for damage repair, notice and signage provisions; insured pays for repairs at same rate as general public; insurance adjuster required to physically inspect damage before preparing or adjusting a damage estimate; unilaterally and arbitrarily disregarding a repair option or cost prohibited -  AB189

Surplus lines insurance, automobile insurance, and insurance security fund revisions -  AB604

Surplus lines insurance, automobile insurance, and insurance security fund revisions -  SB378

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

Badger Health Benefit Authority created and must establish and operate a Wisconsin Health Benefit Exchange in this state; JRCCP report -  SB273

Consumer insurance policy readability requirements revised - AB640

Consumer insurance policy readability requirements revised - SB469

General program operations appropriation from DRL, MEB, and OCI: lapse to general fund [Sec. 493, 496, 497; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, deletes DRL and MEB provisions, deletes 496, 497] -  AB40

General program operations appropriation from DRL, MEB, and OCI: lapse to general fund [Sec. 493, 496, 497]  - SB27

Health benefit plan decisions: revisions to independent review process insurers are required to provide  - AB696

Health benefit plan decisions: revisions to independent review process insurers are required to provide  - SB551

Health insurance coverage requirements of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) incorporated into Wisconsin statutes, emergency rule provisions  - AB210

Health insurance mandate legislation: revisions to social and financial impact reports by OCI - AB692

Medicare supplement policies: special enrollment periods created -  AB630

Medicare supplement policies: special enrollment periods created -  SB510

Military training, education, or other experience may satisfy requirements for certain professional credentials [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, demonstration requirement added, some credentials specified]  - SB357

OCI general program appropriation lapse re examination costs [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 493c, 3466r] - AB40

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA): before implementing changes requiring rule promulgation, state agencies are required to request the LRB prepare legislation that allows the agency to take action; prohibition on requesting grants or other moneys from the federal government to implement; medical loss ratio reports from insurers reviewed by OCI provision; state agency report requirements  - SB563

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA): state agency report requirements -  AB530

Service contracts enforced by OCI: regulations created; definition, exemption, and penalty provisions  - AB571

Service contracts enforced by OCI: regulations created; definition, exemption, and penalty provisions [S.Amdt.3: preference in state procurement for Wisconsin-based businesses added; A.Amdt.1: deletes provisions added by S.Amdt.3]  - SB492

Wisconsin Venture Capital Authority, badger jobs fund, and certified jobs now fund program created; Comm.Dept, WEDC, DOR, OCI, and JCF duties; reports required  - AB129

Wisconsin Venture Capital Authority, badger jobs fund, and certified jobs now fund program created; Comm.Dept, WEDC, DOR, OCI, and JCF duties; reports required  - SB94

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

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

BadgerCare Plus and BadgerCare Plus Core programs: eliminates the authority of DHS to modify aspects of the programs through policy or waiver; disallowing certain carry-forward amounts for corporate combined reporting purposes  - AB697

BadgerCare Plus and BadgerCare Plus Core programs: eliminates the authority of DHS to modify aspects of the programs through policy or waiver; disallowing certain carry-forward amounts for corporate combined reporting purposes  - SB538

Badger Health Benefit Authority created and must establish and operate a Wisconsin Health Benefit Exchange in this state; JRCCP report -  SB273

Contraceptives coverage by health insurance policies: requirements eliminated [Sec. 1157, 1158, 1718, 2425, 2558, 2706, 3470, 3473, 9325 (1), 9425 (1); original bill only]  - AB40

Contraceptives coverage by health insurance policies: requirements eliminated [Sec. 1157, 1158, 1718, 2425, 2558, 2706, 3470, 3473, 9325 (1), 9425 (1)] - SB27

Coverage of abortions by a qualified health plan through a health benefit exchange prohibited -  AB154

Coverage of abortions by a qualified health plan through a health benefit exchange prohibited -  SB92

Dental services: fee restrictions re insurers -  AB251

Dental services: fee restrictions re insurers -  SB186

Dental services: fee restrictions re insurers -  SB549

Dependent health insurance coverage revisions [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1477r, 3472b-p, 9325 (2f), 9425 (2f)]  - AB40

Disability insurance: rating methodology when providing aggregate claims data [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 3472ac]  - AB40

Documentary evidence of citizenship or satisfactory immigration status required for public assistance programs administered by DCF and DHS -  AB222

Exempting from taxation payments from employer to employee to reimburse medical care costs for employee's adult child, JSCTE appendix report -  AB213

Exempting from taxation payments from employer to employee to reimburse medical care costs for employee's adult child, JSCTE appendix report -  AB277

Exempting from taxation payments from employer to employee to reimburse medical care costs for employee's adult child, JSCTE appendix report -  SB203

Exempting from taxation payments from employer to employee to reimburse medical care costs for employee's adult child, JSCTE appendix report -  SE1 AB6

Exempting from taxation payments from employer to employee to reimburse medical care costs for employee's adult child, JSCTE appendix report -  SE1 SB6

GIB long-term care insurance options: provision that an insurer request a policy be offered removed [Sec. 1144, 1145, 1160] - AB40

GIB long-term care insurance options: provision that an insurer request a policy be offered removed [Sec. 1144, 1145, 1160] - SB27

Health benefit plan decisions: revisions to independent review process insurers are required to provide  - AB696

Health benefit plan decisions: revisions to independent review process insurers are required to provide  - SB551