AB56,1776 18Section 1776. 153.05 (2r) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,930,219 153.05 (2r) (intro.) Notwithstanding s. 16.75 (1), (2), and (3m), from the
20appropriation account under s. 20.515 (1) (ut) (w) the department of employee trust
21funds may expend up to $150,000, and from the appropriation accounts under s.
2220.435 (1) (fn), (hg), and (hi) the department of health services, in its capacity as a
23public health authority, may expend moneys, to contract with a data organization to
24perform services under this subchapter that are specified for the data organization
25under sub. (1) (c) or, if s. 153.455 (4) applies, for the department of health services

1to perform or contract for the performance of these services. As a condition of the
2contract under this subsection, all of the following apply:
AB56,1777 3Section 1777 . 155.01 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,930,134 155.01 (7) “Health care provider" means a nurse licensed or permitted under
5ch. 441, a chiropractor licensed under ch. 446, a dentist or dental therapist licensed
6under ch. 447, a physician, physician assistant, perfusionist, podiatrist, physical
7therapist, physical therapist assistant, occupational therapist, or occupational
8therapy assistant licensed under ch. 448, a person practicing Christian Science
9treatment, an optometrist licensed under ch. 449, a psychologist licensed under ch.
10455, a partnership thereof, a corporation or limited liability company thereof that
11provides health care services, a cooperative health care association organized under
12s. 185.981 that directly provides services through salaried employees in its own
13facility, or a home health agency, as defined in s. 50.49 (1) (a).
AB56,1778 14Section 1778 . 165.08 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,931,215 165.08 (1) Any civil action prosecuted by the department by direction of any
16officer, department, board, or commission, or any shall be compromised or
17discontinued when so directed by such officer, department, board, or commission.

18Any civil action prosecuted by the department on the initiative of the attorney
19general, or at the request of any individual may be compromised or discontinued with
20the approval of an intervenor under s. 803.09 (2m) or, if there is no intervenor, by
21submission of a proposed plan to the joint committee on finance for the approval of
22the committee. The compromise or discontinuance may occur only if the joint
23committee on finance approves the proposed plan. No proposed plan may be
24submitted to the joint committee on finance if the plan concedes the
25unconstitutionality or other invalidity of a statute, facially or as applied, or concedes

1that a statute violates or is preempted by federal law, without the approval of the
2joint committee on legislative organization
the governor.
AB56,1779 3Section 1779. 165.10 of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,1780 4Section 1780 . 165.25 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,931,135 165.25 (1) Represent state in appeals and on remand. Except as provided in
6ss. 5.05 (2m) (a), 19.49 (2) (a), and 978.05 (5), appear for the state and prosecute or
7defend all actions and proceedings, civil or criminal, in the court of appeals and the
8supreme court, in which the state is interested or a party, and attend to and prosecute
9or defend all civil cases sent or remanded to any circuit court in which the state is
10a party. The joint committee on legislative organization may intervene as permitted
11under s. 803.09 (2m) at any time.
Nothing in this subsection deprives or relieves the
12attorney general or the department of justice of any authority or duty under this
13chapter.
AB56,1781 14Section 1781 . 165.25 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,931,2415 165.25 (1m) Represent state in other matters. If requested by the governor
16or either house of the legislature, appear for and represent the state, any state
17department, agency, official, employee or agent, whether required to appear as a
18party or witness in any civil or criminal matter, and prosecute or defend in any court
19or before any officer, any cause or matter, civil or criminal, in which the state or the
20people of this state may be interested. The joint committee on legislative
21organization may intervene as permitted under s. 803.09 (2m) at any time.
The
22public service commission may request under s. 196.497 (7) that the attorney general
23intervene in federal proceedings. All expenses of the proceedings shall be paid from
24the appropriation under s. 20.455 (1) (d).
AB56,1782 25Section 1782 . 165.25 (6) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,932,22
1165.25 (6) (a) 1. At the request of the head of any department of state
2government, the attorney general may appear for and defend any state department,
3or any state officer, employee, or agent of the department in any civil action or other
4matter brought before a court or an administrative agency which is brought against
5the state department, or officer, employee, or agent for or on account of any act
6growing out of or committed in the lawful course of an officer's, employee's, or agent's
7duties. Witness fees or other expenses determined by the attorney general to be
8reasonable and necessary to the defense in the action or proceeding shall be paid as
9provided for in s. 885.07. The attorney general may compromise and settle the action
10as the attorney general determines to be in the best interest of the state except that,
11if the action is for injunctive relief or there is a proposed consent decree, the attorney
12general may not compromise or settle the action without the approval of an
13intervenor under s. 803.09 (2m) or, if there is no intervenor, without first submitting
14a proposed plan to the joint committee on finance. If, within 14 working days after
15the plan is submitted, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the attorney
16general that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the
17proposed plan, the attorney general may compromise or settle the action only with
18the approval of the committee. The attorney general may not submit a proposed plan
19to the joint committee on finance under this subdivision in which the plan concedes
20the unconstitutionality or other invalidity of a statute, facially or as applied, or
21concedes that a statute violates or is preempted by federal law, without the approval
22of the joint committee on legislative organization
.
AB56,1783 23Section 1783 . 165.25 (10g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,933,324 165.25 (10g) Report on settlement funds. Semiannually submit a report to
25the department of administration and the joint committee on finance regarding

1money received by the department of justice under a settlement agreement. To the
2extent permitted by the terms of each settlement agreement, the report shall specify
3all of the following for each reporting period:
AB56,933,44 (a) The total amount of settlement funds received.
AB56,933,65 (b) The amount of settlement funds received that have a purpose specified by
6the terms of the settlement.
AB56,933,87 (c) The amount of settlement funds received that do not have a purpose
8specified by the terms of the settlement.
AB56,933,99 (d) The cases from which settlement funds are received.
AB56,933,1110 (e) The purposes for which settlement funds are used, and the amounts
11expended for each purpose.
AB56,1784 12Section 1784 . 165.25 (11m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,933,1513 165.25 (11m) False claims. Diligently investigate possible violations of s.
1420.9315, and, if the department determines that a person has committed an act that
15is punishable under s. 20.9315, may bring a civil action against that person.
AB56,1785 16Section 1785 . 165.28 (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 115.94 (intro.).
AB56,1786 17Section 1786 . 165.28 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 115.94 (1) and amended
18to read:
AB56,933,2419 115.94 (1) In conjunction with the department of public instruction justice,
20create model practices for school safety. The department of public instruction justice
21shall provide any resources or staff requested by the office to create the model
22practices. The office shall also consult the Wisconsin School Safety Coordinators
23Association and the Wisconsin Safe and Healthy Schools Training and Technical
24Assistance Center when creating the model practices.
AB56,1787 25Section 1787 . 165.28 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 115.94 (2).
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1Section 1788. 165.28 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 165.25 (20) and
2amended to read: