2023 Subject Index to Legislation

MA program supplemental payments to hospitals with avoidable patient days and enhanced nursing home reimbursement rates re residents with bariatric and extensive would care: DHS duties and federal waiver provision - SB1028

MA program supplemental payments to hospitals with avoidable patient days and enhanced nursing home reimbursement rates re residents with bariatric and extensive would care; complex patient pilot program funding - SB1029

Nurse aide students: qualification for employment; DHS to request federal approval - AB690

Nurse aide students: qualification for employment; DHS to request federal approval - SB671

Nursing home payment rates under MA to exclude provider incentives [S.Sub.Amdt.2: Sec. 9119 (4)] - SB70

Nursing home personal needs allowance increased [S.Sub.Amdt.2: Sec. 305] - SB70

Nursing home support services: priced rate provisions [S.Sub.Amdt.2: Sec. 9119 (3)] - SB70

Patient lift devices: DHS grant program for CBRFs, hospices, nursing homes, and residential care apartment complexes - AB943

Patient lift devices: DHS grant program for CBRFs, hospices, nursing homes, and residential care apartment complexes - SB885

Patient visitation rights at health care facilities - AB257

Patient visitation rights at health care facilities - SB257

Personal care voting assistants at residential care facilities and retirement homes during public health emergencies; election fraud committed by election officials; defect in absentee ballot certificates; prohibiting appointment of certain employees as poll workers; recess of municipal board of canvassers; penalty provisions; JRCCP may report [A.Amdt.1: blank spaces on absentee ballots provision added] - AB570

Personal care voting assistants at residential care facilities and retirement homes during public health emergencies; election fraud committed by election officials; defect in absentee ballot certificates; prohibiting appointment of certain employees as poll workers; recess of municipal board of canvassers; penalty provisions; JRCCP may report - SB631

Special voting deputies dispatched to residential care facilities and qualified retirement homes re voting by absentee ballot and circuit court determination of ineligibility to vote due to incompetency revisions [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions] - AB572

Special voting deputies dispatched to residential care facilities and qualified retirement homes re voting by absentee ballot and circuit court determination of ineligibility to vote due to incompetency revisions - SB593

Tribal long-term care system development grants [Sec. 420, 798] - AB43

Tribal long-term care system development grants [Sec. 420, 798] [original bill only] - SB70

Ventilator-dependent nursing home residents: MA reimbursement rate [S.Sub.Amdt.2: Sec. 9119 (5)] - SB70

WisCaregiver Careers program funding increased [original bill only] - Se3 SB1

nutrition Nutrition

Agricultural assistance: creates food security and Wisconsin products grants, Farm to Fork grants, value-added agricultural products grants, and farm business consultant grants; revisions to meat processing facility grants, dairy processing plant grants, dairy producer loan and grants, Buy Local grants, and Something Special from Wisconsin programs [Sec. 260, 262-264, 1717, 1720, 1724-1727] - AB43

Agricultural assistance: creates food security and Wisconsin products grants, Farm to Fork grants, value-added agricultural products grants, and farm business consultant grants; revisions to meat processing facility grants, dairy processing plant grants, dairy producer loan and grants, Buy Local grants, and Something Special from Wisconsin programs [Sec. 260, 262-264, 1717, 1720, 1724-1727] [original bill only] - SB70

Counties may appropriate money to a nonprofit organization operating a food bank or food pantry - AB645

Counties may appropriate money to a nonprofit organization operating a food bank or food pantry - SB539

Food security grant program created in DATCP re food assistance from nonprofit food banks and food pantries - AB756

Food security grant program created in DATCP re food assistance from nonprofit food banks and food pantries - SB713

Food waste reduction pilot project grants created [Sec. 258, 1723] - AB43

Food waste reduction pilot project grants created - SB721

Food waste reduction pilot project grants created [Sec. 258, 1723] [original bill only] - SB70

O O

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

obesity Obesity, see Public health

obscenity Obscenity

Adult-entertainment establishments: requirements and prohibitions created - AB60

Adult-entertainment establishments: requirements and prohibitions created - SB56

Common school fund income: prohibiting use of to purchase obscene material - AB309

Common school fund income: prohibiting use of to purchase obscene material - SB304

Human trafficking crime identification and prevention training for CBRF employees required; other types of employees included in training requirement [A.Amdt.1: definition provisions, DWD to produce training video] - AB973

Human trafficking crime identification and prevention training for CBRF employees required; other types of employees included in training requirement - SB940

Obscene materials violation: removing employees of public elementary and secondary schools, private schools, and tribal schools from list of educational institutions protected from prosecution - AB308

Obscene materials violation: removing employees of public elementary and secondary schools, private schools, and tribal schools from list of educational institutions protected from prosecution - SB305

Possession of child pornography: penalties for visual representations appearing to depict a child engaged in sexually explicit conduct - AB315

Possession of child pornography: penalties for visual representations appearing to depict a child engaged in sexually explicit conduct [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, "virtual child pornography" specified, penalty for persons under age 18 added] - SB314

Representations depicting nudity without consent: felony expanded to include synthetic intimate representation (known as “deep fakes”); reproducing private representations made a misdemeanor; JRCCP may report - AB608

Representations depicting nudity without consent: felony expanded to include synthetic intimate representation (known as “deep fakes”); reproducing private representations made a misdemeanor; JRCCP may report - SB553

Unsolicited obscene or sexually explicit image sent by electronic means: penalties and private cause of action established - AB731

Unsolicited obscene or sexually explicit image sent by electronic means: penalties and private cause of action established - SB699

occupational safety Occupational safety

Heat-related illness in employees during periods of high heat: DWD to develop program to prevent - AB901

occupational tax Occupational tax, see Alcohol beverage — Taxation

occupational therapists affiliated credentialing board Occupational Therapists Affiliated Credentialing Board, see Occupational therapy

occupational therapy Occupational therapy

Occupational Therapists Affiliated Credentialing Board changed to Occupational Therapy Examining Board - AB959

Occupational Therapists Affiliated Credentialing Board changed to Occupational Therapy Examining Board - SB910

Occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants: DSPS to contract with third-party to process license applications; JCF and fees provisions - AB90

Occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants: DSPS to contract with third-party to process license applications; JCF and fees provisions - SB141

Prior authorization for physical, occupational, and speech therapy, chiropractic services, and other health services by certain health plans prohibited - AB507

Prior authorization for physical, occupational, and speech therapy, chiropractic services, and other health services by certain health plans prohibited - SB475

Statutes and rules examinations for certain health care professions prohibited - AB143

Statutes and rules examinations for certain health care professions prohibited - SB160

Statutes and rules examinations for certain health care professions prohibited [S.Sub.Amdt.1] - Se3 SB1

oci OCI, see Insurance — Commissioner, Office of

ombudsman Ombudsman

Executive director of the Office of Long-Term Care Ombudsman: employed within the classified service [Sec. 78, 79] - AB43

Executive director of the Office of Long-Term Care Ombudsman: employed within the classified service [Sec. 78, 79; S.Sub.Amdt.2: Sec. 21, 22] - SB70

Student Loan Ombudsman, Office of the, created in DFI; student loan servicer licensing requirements - AB948

Student Loan Ombudsman, Office of the, created in DFI; student loan servicer licensing requirements - SB859

online courses Online courses, see School — Curriculum

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

open housing Open housing, see Discrimination in housing

open meeting governmental Open meeting (Governmental)

Ethics Commission recommendations regarding campaign finance, lobbying, open records, and closed sessions - AB760

Ethics Commission recommendations regarding campaign finance, lobbying, open records, and closed sessions [S.Amdt.2: disposal of residual funds by a terminating conduit removed] - SB741

Interscholastic athletic association: school district prohibited from being a member unless the association is governed by the state’s public records and open meetings laws - AB1034

Interscholastic athletic association: school district prohibited from being a member unless the association is governed by the state’s public records and open meetings laws - SB980

Parole Commission: eliminating open meetings law exception and public notice and posting to Internet requirements [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, open meeting and public notice provisions removed, notification to victims and certain family members revised] - AB47

Parole Commission: eliminating open meetings law exception and public notice and posting to Internet requirements - SB48

opioid Opioid, see Drugs

optometry Optometry

Spectacle lens prescription and contact lens prescription: measurement of pupillary distance required and failing to release at no cost to patient codified as unprofessional conduct - AB1226

optometry examining board Optometry Examining Board, see Optometry

ordinance Ordinance, see also Shoreland zoning

Additional sales and use taxes: municipalities may enact ordinance to allow - AB857

Additional sales and use taxes: municipalities may enact ordinance to allow - SB815

Animal-drawn vehicle: counties may enact an ordinance requiring registration; fee and town provisions - AB170

Animal-drawn vehicle: counties may enact an ordinance requiring registration; fee and town provisions - SB164

Asphalt or concrete plant at nonmetallic mining site: subject to reclamation ordinances and rules; reclamation plan provisions; rules revised [Admin.Code NR 135.02, 135.03, 135.19] - AB319

ATV, UTV, off-highway motorcycles (OHM), and snowmobile laws revised re careless operation, emergency operation, authorized emergency and patrol vehicles, operation on highways and bridges, and highway maintenance manual revisions - AB1039

ATV, UTV, off-highway motorcycles (OHM), and snowmobile laws revised re careless operation, emergency operation, authorized emergency and patrol vehicles, operation on highways and bridges, and highway maintenance manual revisions - SB959