2021 Acts Index

Complex rehabilitation technology contributing to independent completion of activities and mobility: DHS to reimburse MA recipient in a nursing home for - Act 88

Crisis program enhancement grants expanded to counties and municipalities and to establish or enhance law enforcement and behavioral health services emergency response collaboration programs; report required - Act 184

Direct care for persons with intellectual disabilities in nursing or intermediate care facilities: MA payments increased [Sec. 9119 (4)] - Act 58

Direct care in personal care agencies: MA reimbursement rate increased [Sec. 9119 (6)] - Act 58

Elder adults at risk and adults at risk: credentialed agency investigation requirements to reports of abuse, harm, neglect, exploitation, or death - Act 122

Healthy eating incentive pilot program lapse to general fund [Sec. 9219 (1)] [vetoed] - Act 58

Hospitals providing nursing-facility-level custodial care and outpatient services: DHS to provide certain payment under MA; expiration and COVID-19 vaccine provisions [vetoed] - AB1

Nursing homes and assisted living facilities: onetime payments from certain federal moneys [vetoed] - AB236

Nursing in home health agencies: MA rate [Sec. 9119 (5)] - Act 58

hearings and appeals division of Hearings and Appeals, Division of

Removal of fingerprint records if arrested individual is released without charges or cleared of offense; DHA decisions served by email (remedial legislation suggested by DOJ) - Act 242

WC law changes re claims and payments, coverage, liability, program administration, and DWD duties - Act 232

hemp Hemp, see Plants

high school High school, see School

higher education institution Higher education institution, see Colleges and universities; Technical college; University of Wisconsin

higher educational aids board Higher Educational Aids Board

Dual enrollment credential grants program for high schools: sunset repealed; independent charter school pupil participation in the Early College Credit Program - Act 217

highway Highway, see Road, and its subheadings

historic site or preservation Historic site or preservation, see Historical society

historical society Historical society

250th anniversary of the founding of the U.S.: Wisconsin commission for the United States Semiquincentennial Commission created - Act 95

Graffiti or damage to historical property on public property made a felony [vetoed] - AB776

SHSW collection of fees for admission, reports from affiliate historical societies, and preserving the memory of early pioneers modified (remedial legislation suggested by SHSW) - Act 249

history History, see Historical society

hiv _human immunodeficiency virus_ HIV (Human immunodeficiency virus), see Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

hmong Hmong, see Minority groups

holidays and special dates Holidays and special dates

250th anniversary of the founding of the U.S.: Wisconsin commission for the United States Semiquincentennial Commission created - Act 95

Hmong-Lao Veterans Day created and May 14 designated as - Act 31

September 11 added to special observance days re general school operations - Act 213

holocaust Holocaust, see International relations

home health agency Home health agency, see Nursing homes and adult care

home health care Home health care, see Persons with disabilities

homeschool Homeschool, see School — Curriculum

homicide Homicide, see Crime and criminals — Homicide or murder

hospitals and health care facilities Hospitals and health care facilities, see also Veteran — Hospitals and home

Abortion-inducing drug regimen: informed consent requirements and hospital, clinic, or other facility reporting requirement [vetoed] - SB591

Anatomical gift or related services: discrimination based on individual’s disability prohibited - Act 113

Battery or threat to health care providers, staff members at a health care facility, or their family made a felony - Act 209

Child born alive after abortion: requirements of health care providers present and criminal penalties created, damage provisions [vetoed] - SB16

Disproportionate share hospital payments increased [Sec. 227, 228] - Act 58

Free and charitable clinics definition and funding; "telehealth" definition incorporated into occupational licensing statutory chapters - Act 121

Hospital services provided in a home setting (hospital-associated services): standards and MA reimbursement specified, expiration set [vetoed] - AB1

Hospital-associated services provided in a home setting: 2021 WisAct 10 termination date of January 1, 2022 eliminated - Act 208

Hospitals providing nursing-facility-level custodial care and outpatient services: DHS to provide certain payment under MA; expiration and COVID-19 vaccine provisions [vetoed] - AB1

Immunization-related mail: government entities, schools, health care providers, and childcare centers required to ensure mail is sealed and no information is visible on the outside - Act 81

Internet system to track availability of inpatient psychiatric beds: grant expanded to include peer run respite and crisis stabilization beds and access to county departments [Sec. 64, 236-238] [238 - vetoed] - Act 58

Pharmacies and remote dispensing sites: revisions to licensing and regulations under the pharmacy practice law; free and charitable clinic and narcotic treatment service provisions - Act 101

Public health emergency dashboard created by 2019 WisAct 185: specified periods replaced with emergency declared by federal DHHS secretary [vetoed] - AB1

State COVID-19 response: MA payments to hospitals for nursing-level-facility custodial care; hospital-associated services standards; temporary credentials for health care providers licensed in another state, telehealth provision - Act 10

hours of labor Hours of labor

Permissible work hours for minors under age 16 [vetoed] - SB332

house of correction House of correction

School district accountability report: exclude data from juvenile detention facility, residential care center for children, house of correction or county jail; conditions set - Act 212

housing Housing

Assistance to households and property owners from certain federal moneys based on property taxes [vetoed] - AB232

Community-oriented policing-house grant program appropriation [Sec. 69] - Act 58

Condominium association records: obligation to maintain records, owner access to, and financial audits; access to records of entity controlled by association; organization of association as a for-profit corporation prohibited - Act 166

Condominium documents requirements clarified and law changes re expanding, merger or consolidation, plats, bylaws, correction instruments, and small condominiums - Act 168

Extension of certain approvals for construction projects and plats or certified survey maps; waiving interest and penalties on late property tax installment payments, excessive payment and recovery claims provisions - Act 80

Home inspector regulation revisions; DSPS and emergency rule provisions - Act 17

Homeowners’ associations: requirements for and restrictions on created; DFI duties - Act 199

Housing authorities in first class city: undertaking of mixed developments authorized and bidding threshold for housing authority projects increased - Act 196

Occupancy permit when dwelling occupied before final uniform dwelling code compliance inspection [vetoed] - AB1

Property assessed clean energy (PACE) program changes re collection of special charges, liens, written guarantee, and consent of all mortgage holders; loan may be used for electric vehicle infrastructure, storm water control measures, and energy reliability improvements - Act 175

Razing certain insured dwellings: municipal authority limited - Act 107

Real estate condition and vacant land disclosure report revisions re rescinding the contract and incomplete reports - Act 96

Shovel-ready workforce development site program established [vetoed] - SB629

Workforce housing rehabilitation loan program created - Act 221

housing and economic development authority wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority, Wisconsin

Workforce housing rehabilitation loan program created - Act 221

housing authority Housing authority, see Housing

hunting Hunting, see also Fish and fishing

Bear hunting license certificates issued to the Wisconsin Bear Hunters’ Association (governor's bear tag) for a raffle and public auction: once in a lifetime restriction eliminated - Act 15

Electing to be an anatomical gift donor when applying for a hunting, fishing, or trapping license at age 15 or older - Act 220

Farm-raised game bovid provisions created [vetoed] - SB563

Shot shells based on shot size for the hunting of fur-bearing animals: DNR prohibited from limiting use, possession, or control of - Act 16

Stocking pheasants for hunting opportunities: DNR to establish a schedule; report required [vetoed] - SB609

Use of processed wood bottom affixed to logs or stumps to contain bear bait or feed: rule modified [Admin.Code NR 10.07] - Act 14

Waterfowl hunting stamp fee increased, report required [Sec. 170, 171] [170 -- vetoed] - Act 58

I I

id cards ID cards, see Identification cards

identification cards Identification cards

Absentee ballot changes re application, indefinitely confined voter, automatic receipt, photo ID requirement, unsolicited mailing or transmission of application or ballot, and canvassing; completed electronic voter registration applications retained; Elections Commission and penalty provisions [vetoed] - SB204

Absentee ballot changes re applications, automatic receipt, photo ID requirement, unsolicited mailing or transmission of applications or ballots, and secure delivery; voter registration requirements and electronic voter registration provisions [vetoed] - SB939

Elections Commission and DOT agreement re matching personally identifiable information: verification of U.S. citizenship requirement; DOT to add “Not valid for voting purposes” on operator’s licenses and ID cards of noncitizens [vetoed] - SB938

immunization Immunization, see Vaccination

income tax Income tax, see also Corporation — Taxation

Individual income tax withholding table adjustments [Sec. 9137 (1)] [vetoed] - Act 58