Subject Index

Health care benefits provided to certain assistance program recipients: modifications to third parties required to provide information to DHS and from which DHS may recover payments; pharmacy benefits manager provision  - AB554

Health care benefits provided to certain assistance program recipients: modifications to third parties required to provide information to DHS and from which DHS may recover payments; pharmacy benefits manager provision [S.Amdt.1: limits on information to be provided] - SB487

Identification requirement for voting in elections created, provisional and absentee ballot provisions; use of corroborating electors to verify residence discontinued; DOT ID card fee waived, obtaining a card without a photo for religious reasons, and issuing an identification certificate; special voting deputies to certain adult family homes and residential care apartment complexes permitted; GAB public informational campaign [for further revisions, see entry under ``Voting"]  - AB7

Identification requirement for voting in elections created, provisional and absentee ballot provisions; use of corroborating electors to verify residence discontinued; DOT ID card fee waived, obtaining a card without a photo for religious reasons, and issuing an identification certificate; special voting deputies to certain adult family homes and residential care apartment complexes permitted; GAB public informational campaign  - SB6

Long-term care facilities: laws revised re arbitration agreements in contracts, noneconomic damages and statute of limitations for torts re negligence, disclosure of incident or occurrence reports, health care provider regulatory records, and limit on punitive damages; JRCCP report - AB345

Long-term care facilities: laws revised re arbitration agreements in contracts, noneconomic damages and statute of limitations for torts re negligence, disclosure of incident or occurrence reports, health care provider regulatory records, and limit on punitive damages; JRCCP report - SB244

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

Nursing home regulation revisions - AB302

Nursing home regulation revisions - SB212

Nursing homes: MA payment base funding revised; Dodge and Dunn counties added to labor regions [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1430c, 9121 (10q), 9421 (6q)] -  AB40

Prevailing wage exemption does not apply to public works project re nursing home in a county with a population less than 50,000 [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9154 (2c)]  - AB40

Protective placement and protective services law revisions -  SB577

Therapeutic alternate drug selection for persons with mental retardation: approval process modified re skilled nursing or intermediate care facilities [Sec. 3214-3216; original bill only] - AB40

Therapeutic alternate drug selection for persons with mental retardation: approval process modified re skilled nursing or intermediate care facilities [Sec. 3214-3216]  - SB27

Tort reform: actions against manufacturers, distributors, sellers, and promoters of a product; strict liability; noneconomic damages limited; punitive damages; frivolous claims; health care service reviews confidentiality; use of health care reports or employee statements; hospital quality indicators reporting; expert and lay witness testimony; crimes of abuse, homicide, or negligence re health care providers and treatment or residential care facilities in specified cases  - JR1 AB1

Tort reform: actions against manufacturers, distributors, sellers, and promoters of a product; strict liability; noneconomic damages limited; punitive damages; frivolous claims; health care service reviews confidentiality; use of health care reports or employee statements; hospital quality indicators reporting; expert and lay witness testimony; crimes of abuse, homicide, or negligence re health care providers and treatment or residential care facilities in specified cases [S.Amdt.1: punitive damages revisions; S.Amdt.9: actions against manufacturers, etc., modified] -  JR1 SB1

Veterans home exemption from nursing home bed assessment [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9121 (8r)] - AB40

Wisconsin Quality Home Care Authority eliminated -  JR1 AB11

Wisconsin Quality Home Care Authority eliminated -  JR1 SB11

nutrition Nutrition, see also School — Lunch

Buy Local, Buy Wisconsin Program and Buy Local Grant Program re locally produced food eliminated [Sec. 375, 2302, 2306; original bill only] -  AB40

Buy Local, Buy Wisconsin Program and Buy Local Grant Program re locally produced food eliminated [Sec. 375, 2302, 2306] -  SB27

Hunger Takes No Holiday Month: March proclaimed as -  SJR64

Meals to jail and prison inmates limited to two per day unless a medical need is indicated by a physician  - AB77

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oak creek, city of Oak Creek, City of, see Milwaukee County

oar _operating after revocation_ OAR (Operating after revocation), see Motor vehicle — Driver's license

obey, david r Obey, David R.

Chippewa Moraine State Recreation Area's interpretive center designated the ``David R. Obey Ice Age Trail Interpretive Center" [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 861g] - AB40

obscenity Obscenity

Child sex offenses: mandatory minimum sentence required for specified offenses, exception if offender was under 18 years old [A.Amdt.1: mandatory requirement removed, court may impose lesser sentence than required or place person on probation if person is no more than 24 months older than the victim; S.Amdt.1: 24 months changed to 48]  - AB209

Computerized communication that invites a person to harass a third person or contact a third person with obscene, lewd, or profane language or suggestive acts prohibited; JRCCP report - AB649

Crimes against children: mandatory minimum sentences and extended supervision re sex crimes, homicide, and child pornography; JRCCP report -  AB136

DPI license revocation for immoral conduct: definition expanded and proceedings initiation and Internet provisions - AB71

DPI license revocation for immoral conduct: definition expanded and proceedings initiation and Internet provisions [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, proceedings initiation provision removed, laws governing license revocation by DPI revised and open records law exemption re notifying the subject of a record being disclosed] -  SB49

Nude depictions of children: offenders 21 years and older required to register as a sex offender if victim is under the age of 16 -  AB624

School bullying: DPI model policy to include bullying by electronic means, requires records to be kept and annual report posted on the district's Web site, and responses to bullying off school grounds; penalties for posting harassing, threatening, intimidating, obscene, lewd, or profane electronic messages where others can view it created; JRCCP report  - AB644

School bullying: DPI model policy to include bullying by electronic means, requires records to be kept and annual report posted on the district's Web site, and responses to bullying off school grounds; penalties for posting harassing, threatening, intimidating, obscene, lewd, or profane electronic messages where others can view it created; JRCCP report  - SB427

Trafficking of a child prosecution time limit revised and TPR provision; knowingly accessing certain child pornography materials made a felony; restricting evidence about complaining witnesses expanded re specified sex crimes; crimes expanded re interception of communications by law enforcement with judicial approval; crime victim compensation re sex crimes against children; JRCCP report  - AB646

Trafficking of a child prosecution time limit revised and TPR provision; knowingly accessing certain child pornography materials made a felony; restricting evidence about complaining witnesses expanded re specified sex crimes; crimes expanded re interception of communications by law enforcement with judicial approval; crime victim compensation re sex crimes against children; JRCCP report  - SB536

occupational license Occupational license, see Motor vehicle — Driver's license

occupational safety Occupational safety

WC law revisions re payment of benefits, work injury supplemental benefit fund (WISB), hearings and procedures, and program administration; study required  - AB499

WC law revisions re payment of benefits, work injury supplemental benefit fund (WISB), hearings and procedures, and program administration; study required  - SB409

occupational tax Occupational tax, see Alcohol beverage — Taxation; Mine and mining

oci OCI, see Insurance — Commissioner, Office of

oconto county Oconto County

Copper Culture State Park: DOT to erect tourism-oriented directional signs [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9148 (4f)]  - AB40

oei _office of energy independence_ OEI (Office of Energy Independence), see Administration, Department of — Boards and other subdivisions

oil and oil inspection Oil and oil inspection, see Petroleum; Petroleum — Taxation

oja OJA, see Justice Assistance, Office of

old age Old age, see Senior citizen

oleomargarine Oleomargarine

Oleomargarine regulations repealed re serving and selling - SB183

ombudsman Ombudsman

Business Ombudsman, Office of the, created in WEDC -  AB647

open enrollment re school Open enrollment re school, see School — Attendance

open meeting _governmental_ Open meeting (Governmental)

Meetings of governmental bodies, including the legislature: laws requiring reasonable notice of and public access to; legislative members subject to citations and civil penalties for violations. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration)  - AJR52

Meetings of governmental bodies, including the legislature: laws requiring reasonable notice of and public access to; legislative members subject to citations and civil penalties for violations. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration)  - SJR41

Open Meetings Laws: special committee created to examine, report required -  JR1 AR1

Partisan caucus of Senate or Assembly: exception to open meetings law deleted; legislative rules made invalid  - AB89

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

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

organ donation Organ donation, see Transplant

organization, miscellaneous Organization, Miscellaneous, see also Charitable corporation; Veteran — Organization

American Red Cross, Badger Chapter: income tax checkoff created [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 635d, 752, 1889e, 2894s, 9341 (3u)] -  AB40

Career and technical student organizations recognized for developing future leaders of Wisconsin - AJR132

Community outreach locations re operator's license and ID card services: DOT to work with NAACP, American Civil Liberties Union, and UMOS to provide in Milwaukee County  - AB435

Community partnerships between school districts and foster home agencies and community-based nongovernmental agencies: DOA to submit funding plans prepared by DPI and DCF to JCF [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9101 (3i)]  - AB40

Contribution surcharge to crime prevention organizations: circuit court and municipal court may order for certain ordinance violations; forfeiture, fine, and court costs provisions - AB385

Contribution surcharge to crime prevention organizations: circuit court and municipal court may order for certain ordinance violations; forfeiture, fine, and court costs provisions - SB541

DPI payments to Second Chance Partners for Education and similar nonprofit corporations revised re work-based learning program for at-risk children -  AB451

DPI payments to Second Chance Partners for Education and similar nonprofit corporations revised re work-based learning program for at-risk children [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, DPI payment provisions deleted, provisions for school boards to contract with added] -  SB361

Early stage seed and angel investment credits revised; WiSys Technology Foundation, Inc. grants appropriation modified re Wisconsin Small Company Advancement program; certain positions at U.W. Milwaukee and U.W. Madison authorized; WEDC to issue bonds and notes up to set amount re venture capital funds -  AB191

Early stage seed and angel investment credits revised; WiSys Technology Foundation, Inc. grants appropriation modified re Wisconsin Small Company Advancement program; certain positions at U.W. Milwaukee and U.W. Madison authorized; WEDC to issue bonds and notes up to set amount re venture capital funds -  SB122

Invasive species control: Stewardship Program grants to nonprofit conservation organizations, lake districts, and qualified lake associations -  AB573

Kellner, Mr. and Mrs. Ted: recipients of the Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service commended  - SJR33

Lubar, Marianne and Sheldon and family: recipients of the Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship commended  - SJR32

Management, maintenance, and improvement activities on DNR land: contracts with and receipt of gifts, grants, moneys, materials, or services from nonprofit conservation organizations [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 822d-s] - AB40

Nonprofit youth baseball association property, building, and certain land: property tax exemption created; JSCTE appendix report -  AB680

Public affairs network loan guarantee program created in WHEDA re broadcasting proceedings of the Legislature; income tax exemption [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1755d, 1896d, 2015d, 2840m, 2846c-r; A.Amdt.1 to A.Amdt.1: further revisions] -  AB40

Raffle proceeds: organization may share with affiliated organization -  AB623

Special distinguishing registration plates displaying the words ``Choose Life"; fees, trademark, and service mark provisions - AB633

Special distinguishing registration plates displaying the words ``Choose Life"; fees, trademark, and service mark provisions - SB449

Special distinguishing registration plates displaying the words ``Support Planned Parenthood"; fees, trademark, and service mark provisions -  AB667

Special Olympics Wisconsin, Inc.: individual income tax checkoff created -  AB75

Special Olympics Wisconsin, Inc.: individual income tax checkoff created -  SB48

Stars of Life re EMS professionals: 2011 honorees commended -  AJR64