SB45,1149,24 (b) Not later than December 31, 2028, and annually thereafter, the department shall post on its publicly available website a report with respect to the previous one-year period, including all of the following information:

SB45,1150,2 1. The number of health care entities reporting for the year, disaggregated by the business structure of each specified entity.

SB45,1150,4 2. The names, addresses, and business structure of any entities with an ownership or controlling interest in each health care entity.

SB45,1150,5 3. Any change in ownership or control for each health care entity.

SB45,1150,6 4. Any change in the tax identification number of a health care entity.

SB45,1150,10 5. As applicable, the name, address, tax identification number, and business structure of other affiliates under common control, subsidiaries, and management services entities for the health care entity, including the business type and the tax identification number of each.

SB45,1150,12 6. An analysis of trends in horizontal and vertical consolidation, disaggregated by business structure and provider type.

SB45,1150,20 (c) The department may share information reported under this section with the attorney general, other state agencies, and other state officials to reduce or avoid duplication in reporting requirements or to facilitate oversight or enforcement under state law. Any tax identification numbers that are individual social security numbers may be shared with the attorney general, other state agencies, or other state officials that agree to maintain the confidentiality of such information. The department may, in consultation with the relevant state agencies, merge similar reporting requirements where appropriate.

SB45,1151,2 (5) Enforcement. (a) Audit and inspection authority. The department is authorized to audit and inspect the records of any health care entity that has failed to submit complete information pursuant to this section or if the department has reason to question the accuracy or completeness of the information submitted pursuant this section.

SB45,1151,5 (b) Random audits. The department shall conduct annual audits of a random sample of health care entities to verify compliance with, accuracy, and completeness of the reported information pursuant to this section.

SB45,1151,8 (c) Penalty for failure to report. If a health care entity fails to provide a complete report under sub. (1), or submits a report containing false information, the entity shall be subject to all of the following civil penalties, as appropriate:

SB45,1151,12 1. Health care entities consisting of independent health care providers or provider organizations without any 3rd-party ownership or control entities, with 10 or fewer physicians or less than $10 million in annual revenue, a forfeiture of up to $50,000 for each report not provided or containing false information.

SB45,1151,14 2. For all other health care entities, a forfeiture of up to $500,000 for each report not provided or containing false information.

SB45,2211 Section 2211. 154.01 (1g) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,1151,19 154.01 (1g) “Advanced practice registered nurse” means a nurse an individual licensed under ch. 441 who is currently certified by a national certifying body approved by the board of nursing as a nurse practitioner, certified nurse- midwife, certified registered nurse anesthetist, or clinical nurse specialist s. 441.09.

SB45,2212 Section 2212. 155.01 (1g) (b) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

SB45,1151,24 155.01 (1g) (b) An individual who is licensed as an advanced practice registered nurse and possesses a nurse practitioner specialty designation under s. 441.09.

SB45,2213 Section 2213. 157.05 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,1152,8 157.05 Autopsy. Consent for a licensed physician to conduct an autopsy on the body of a deceased person shall be deemed sufficient when given by whichever one of the following assumes custody of the body for purposes of burial: Father, mother, husband, wife parent, spouse, child, guardian, next of kin, domestic partner under ch. 770, or in the absence of any of the foregoing, a friend, or a person charged by law with the responsibility for burial. If 2 or more such persons assume custody of the body, the consent of one of them shall be deemed sufficient.

SB45,2214 Section 2214. 157.06 (11) (hm) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45,1152,13 157.06 (11) (hm) Unless otherwise required by federal law, a hospital, physician, procurement organization, or other person may not determine the ultimate recipient of an anatomical gift based solely upon a positive test for the use of marijuana by a potential recipient.

SB45,2215 Section 2215. 157.06 (11) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,1152,16 157.06 (11) (i) Except as provided under par. pars. (a) 2. and (hm), nothing in this section affects the allocation of organs for transplantation or therapy.

SB45,2216 Section 2216. 160.07 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 160.07 (5) (a) and amended to read:

SB45,1153,2 160.07 (5) (a) Within Except as provided under par. (b), within 9 months after transmitting the name of a substance to the department of health services under sub. (2), the department of natural resources shall propose rules establishing the recommendation of the department of health services as the enforcement standard for that substance and publish the notice required under s. 227.16 (2) (e), 227.17 or 227.24 (3).

SB45,2217 Section 2217. 160.07 (5) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45,1153,9 160.07 (5) (b) Within 3 months after receiving a recommended enforcement standard for a perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance from the department of health services under sub. (3), the department of natural resources shall prepare a statement of scope under s. 227.135 of proposed rules that establish the recommendation of the department of health services as the enforcement standard for that substance.

SB45,2218 Section 2218. 165.08 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,1153,23 165.08 (1) Any civil action prosecuted by the department by direction of any officer, department, board, or commission, or any shall be compromised or discontinued when so directed by such officer, department, board, or commission. Any civil action prosecuted by the department on the initiative of the attorney general, or at the request of any individual may be compromised or discontinued with the approval of an intervenor under s. 803.09 (2m) or, if there is no intervenor, by submission of a proposed plan to the joint committee on finance for the approval of the committee. The compromise or discontinuance may occur only if the joint committee on finance approves the proposed plan. No proposed plan may be submitted to the joint committee on finance if the plan concedes the unconstitutionality or other invalidity of a statute, facially or as applied, or concedes that a statute violates or is preempted by federal law, without the approval of the joint committee on legislative organization the governor.