Wisconsin Legislature: Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.

Ambulatory surgical center assessment: refund or recoup amounts or payments for which the federal government does not pay its share, DHS duties - Act 191

Birth to 3 Program and disabled children's long-term support program: DHS to utilize a private entity to administer; county costs set [Sec. 658, 1271, 1313-1316] - Act 32

Coinsurance payment for Medicare Part A service limited, deductibles and inpatient hospital services provisions [Sec. 1453m-q, 1455, 1456, 1459p-t] - Act 32

Community aids and MA capitation payment: DHS authorized spending for 2010-11 and 2011-12 fiscal years revised - Act 27

Community support programs and psychosocial services appropriation to include community recovery services [Sec. 654] - Act 32

DHS fiscal changes re community aids and MA capitation payments - Act 10

DHS fiscal changes re MA benefits, administration, and income maintenance GPR; MA trust fund; and indigent care for Milwaukee County - Act 13

Essential access city hospital: supplemental MA payments modified [Sec. 1433d, f] - Act 32

Family planning project for low income females between certain ages created, federal waiver required; family planning demonstration project repealed [Sec. 1439n, 1441b, 9421 (7)] [1439n, 1441b — partial veto; 9421 (7) — vetoed] - Act 32

Financial record matching program: DHS to operate for MA applicants and recipients for whom asset verification is required for MA eligibility; confidentiality and penalty provisions - Act 192

Generic drugs purchased for MA by competitive bidding process: DHS study required [Sec. 9121 (11i)] [partial veto] - Act 32

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 - Act 189

Income augmentation services receipts and Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System appropriations modified [Sec. 660, 681, 682, 1325-1328] - Act 32

Income maintenance administration unit: DHS to establish and administer programs in all counties; multiconsortia created with contracts, tribal governing body, and transfer of county employees provisions; cemetery, funeral, and burial expenses program modified; LAB audit required; incentive program for local fraud detection created and JCF approval required [for section numbers, see entry under ``Health Services, Department of — Supportive living and treatment"] - Act 32

Irrevocable burial trust for individuals enrolled in MA: DHS to seek approval for contributions from friends and family [Sec. 1459bn] - Act 32

MA and FoodShare: DHS study re costs and certain policies required [Sec. 9121 (12b)] - Act 32

MA payments to county and local health departments for covered services: certified cost reports procedure; certain appropriation account sunsetted [Sec. 657, 1307, 1431, 1444-1449] - Act 32

MA program and federal waivers: DHS to study changes and may promulgate rules - Act 10

MA program and federal waivers: 2011 WisAct 10 provisions re DHS to study changes and promulgate rules revised; JCF review and report required [Sec. 1423k-1424q, 1430d, e, 1435y-1437f, 1437j-1438m, 1439w, x, 1441bg-1442h, 1453e-L, r, s, 1457p, q, 1459e-o, 1461g-1462h, 1465n-1470b, 9421 (1i)] [1439w, x — vetoed] - Act 32

MA program unencumbered balance reverts to the general fund at the end of the 2009-11 fiscal biennium - Act 10

MA provider refunds and certain collections: PR appropriation account created [Sec. 366, 644, 1293-1298, 1304, 1305, 1427, 1429, 1432, 1434, 1435, 1439, 1443, 1463, 1464] - Act 32

Nursing home regulation revisions - Act 70

Nursing homes: MA payment base funding revised; Dodge and Dunn counties added to labor regions [Sec. 1430c, 9121 (10q), 9421 (6q)] - Act 32

Resource Utilization Groupings III terminology changed and allows incorporation of acuity measurements [Sec. 1428, 1430] - Act 32

Wheelchair repairs re individuals enrolled in MA: prior authorization requirement prohibited, conditions set [Sec. 1437h] - Act 32

medical clinic or centerMedical clinic or center, see Hospitals

medical college of wisconsin, incMedical College of Wisconsin, Inc.

Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.: board of trustees membership revised [Sec. 1105v, 9122 (1d)] - Act 32

medical examining boardMedical Examining Board

Anesthesiologist Assistants, Council on, created in DSPS; licensure requirements and practice standards created - Act 160

Physician assistants: medically related actions authority expanded; nurse practitioner and advanced nurse prescriber provision - Act 161

medical leaveMedical leave, see Family

medical malpracticeMedical malpractice

Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund: certain amount transferred from general fund - Act 27

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 - Act 2

medical practiceMedical practice, see specific medical occupation

medical recordMedical record, see Hospitals; Privacy

medical serviceMedical service, see also Medical assistance; specific medical occupation

Ambulatory surgical center assessment: refund or recoup amounts or payments for which the federal government does not pay its share, DHS duties - Act 191

Anesthesiologist Assistants, Council on, created in DSPS; licensure requirements and practice standards created - Act 160

Assisted births in nonhospital settings: GIB to study adding to state employee health insurance coverage [Sec. 9115 (6j)] - Act 32

Authorized emergency vehicle: exemption from open door of a motor vehicle on a highway prohibition under certain conditions - Act 184

Bodily substance thrown or expelled at a public safety officer: intent to cause bodily harm removed as an element to qualify as a felony; JRCCP report - Act 72

Collective bargaining rights of U.W. System, UWHCA, and certain home care and child care provider employees eliminated - Act 10

Concussion and head injury guidelines for youth athletic activities: DPI and WIAA directed to develop; civil liability immunity and health care provider provisions - Act 172

Confidentiality of information re health care services: residential care apartment complex included in ``health care provider" definition [Sec. 2646t] - Act 32

Electronic medical records credits transferred from Comm.Dept to DOR; investment credits re dairy manufacturing, food processing plants and warehouse, meat processing facility, and woody biomass harvesting transferred from Comm.Dept to DATCP [Sec. 375g, 1835, 1837-1841, 1844, 1845, 1878, 1972, 1974-1978, 1981, 1982, 2008, 2084, 2086-2090, 2093, 2094, 2119, 2299r, 3355g, r, 3367, 3370, 3372, 9110 (7), (8q)] - Act 32

Impersonating a fire fighter, EMT, or first responder: criminal penalties created; JRCCP report - Act 276

Landlord-tenant relations: laws revised re disposal of tenant's personal property, security deposit, standardized check-in sheet, disclosure of uncorrected building code violations, repair or maintenance requests, voiding a rental agreement, damages for tenant's failure to vacate, and eviction for nonpayment of rent; local governments prohibited from enacting or enforcing an ordinance placing a moratorium on evictions - Act 143

Military instruction counts toward initial training requirement re application for credential issued by DSPS, a board under DSPS, or other specified credential; demonstration provision - Act 120

Patient health care records: DHS to set fees a health care provider may charge for copies [Sec. 2649x-2664, 3509, 9321 (4)] - Act 32

Self-defense resulting in death or great bodily harm: court presumption criteria created, civil liability immunity provisions, and criminal activity by the actor and public safety worker exceptions - Act 94

Special distinguishing registration plates for fire fighters and their surviving spouses and EMTs and first responders: redesign and replacement plates [Sec. 3097m, 3099-3106m] - Act 32

Volunteer health care provider: expansion of services that may be offered re outpatient surgery [Sec. 2664f-j] - Act 32

Wisconsin Quality Home Care Authority eliminated - Act 10

medicareMedicare, see Medical assistance

medicineMedicine, see Drugs

memorial certificateMemorial certificate, see Legislature — Member; name of specific individual

memorial highwayMemorial highway, see Road — Marking

mendota juvenile treatment centerMendota Juvenile Treatment Center, see Juvenile detention facility

mental healthMental health, see also Intellectual disabilities

Community support programs and psychosocial services appropriation to include community recovery services [Sec. 654] - Act 32

Electronic juvenile court records re Children's Code or Juvenile Justice Code proceedings made available to law enforcement, juvenile court, municipal court, court of criminal jurisdiction, and certain prosecutors, attorneys, and guardians ad litem; restrictions on information re physical and mental health and sensitive personal matters; Director of State Courts, CCAP, confidentiality, and forfeiture provisions - Act 270

mental health _ hospitals and institutesMental health — Hospitals and institutes

Employment discrimination based on conviction record: educational agency exempt re unpardoned felony conviction - Act 83

Indian tribe or band member placed in a mental health treatment facility: sunset removed re reimbursement of unexpected or unusually high-costs from Indian gaming receipts [Sec. 635j, 747c] - Act 32

Nursing staff in correctional facilities report required; litigation loans to prisoners modified; video surveillance of mental health patients under Corr.Dept supervision provision [Sec. 1667g, 3014m, 9111 (1u)] [3014m — partial veto; 9111 (1u) — vetoed] - Act 32

Pharmacy management services at state treatment facilities: request for proposals requirement eliminated [Sec. 1663] - Act 32

mera _municipal employment relations act_MERA (Municipal Employment Relations Act), see Public employee

mercantile establishmentMercantile establishment

Brookfield, Town of, may use TIF for one project related to either a retail project or a purpose which a city or village may create a district - Act 11

Retailers permitted to advertise that state and local sales taxes will be assumed by the retailer - Act 18

Tobacco and nicotine products: prohibition on providing or purchasing cigarettes for minors expanded; definition and compliance investigations of retail outlets provisions - Act 249

metropolitan sewerage districtMetropolitan sewerage district, see Sanitation and sewerage management

metropolitan transportationMetropolitan transportation

Mass transit operating aids decreased [Sec. 2246-2254] - Act 32

Overall length limit for vehicle combinations revised - Act 243

Paratransit aids: supplemental funding, urban mass transit provision [Sec. 605t, 2255m] - Act 32

RTAs eliminated; dissolution and winding down of existing RTAs [Sec. 751g, h, 772g, r, 922e-v, 1139m, 1679d-t, 1720b, 1727m, 1729g, r, 1745m, 1747r, 1754r, 1894r, 1895r, 2014r, 2177m, 2180m, 2183d-r, 2187d-n, 2237e-o, 3182g, r, 3471m, 3567m, 9148 (3u), 9448 (6u)] - Act 32

Southeast Wisconsin Transit Capital Assistance Program eliminated [Sec. 622, 787, 2241, 2727] - Act 32

Transit employees whose employer receives certain federal funding: collective bargaining unit, dispute settlement, and definition provisions [Sec. 2406gh, prm, rrm, 2407bt, ep, 2409jn, 3508v] - Act 32

middleton, city ofMiddleton, City of, see Dane County

midwifeMidwife, see Medical service

military personnelMilitary personnel, see also Military training; National Guard; United States — specific military service; Veteran

Active duty service member professional or occupational licensure renewal requirements revised, provisions for spouse added; DSPS or licensing board reciprocal license provisions extended to spouse - Act 210