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SB45,2212 Section 2212. 155.01 (1g) (b) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read: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

SB45,2219 Section 2219. 165.10 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,1154,14 165.10 Deposit Limits on expenditure of discretionary settlement funds. The Notwithstanding s. 20.455 (3) (g), before the attorney general shall deposit all may expend settlement funds into the general fund under s. 20.455 (3) (g) that are not committed under the terms of the settlement, the attorney general shall submit to the joint committee on finance a proposed plan for the expenditure of the funds. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the attorney general within 14 working days after the submittal that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed plan, the attorney general may expend the funds to implement the proposed plan. If, within 14 working days after the submittal, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the attorney general that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed plan, the attorney general may expend the funds only to implement the plan as approved by the committee.

SB45,2220 Section 2220. 165.12 (2) (a) of the statutes is repealed.

SB45,2221 Section 2221. 165.25 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,1155,2 165.25 (1) Represent state in appeals and on remand. Except as provided in ss. 5.05 (2m) (a), 19.49 (2) (a), and 978.05 (5), appear for the state and prosecute or defend all actions and proceedings, civil or criminal, in the court of appeals and the supreme court, in which the state is interested or a party, and attend to and prosecute or defend all civil cases sent or remanded to any circuit court in which the state is a party. The joint committee on legislative organization may intervene as permitted under s. 803.09 (2m) at any time. Nothing in this subsection deprives or relieves the attorney general or the department of justice of any authority or duty under this chapter.

SB45,2222 Section 2222. 165.25 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,1155,13 165.25 (1m) Represent state in other matters. If requested by the governor or either house of the legislature, appear for and represent the state, any state department, agency, official, employee or agent, whether required to appear as a party or witness in any civil or criminal matter, and prosecute or defend in any court or before any officer, any cause or matter, civil or criminal, in which the state or the people of this state may be interested. The joint committee on legislative organization may intervene as permitted under s. 803.09 (2m) at any time. The public service commission may request under s. 196.497 (7) that the attorney general intervene in federal proceedings. All expenses of the proceedings shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.455 (1) (d).

SB45,2223 Section 2223. 165.25 (4) (ar) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,1155,21 165.25 (4) (ar) The department of justice shall furnish all legal services required by the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection relating to the enforcement of ss. 91.68, 93.73, 100.171, 100.173, 100.174, 100.175, 100.177, 100.18, 100.182, 100.195, 100.20, 100.205, 100.207, 100.209, 100.2091, 100.2092, 100.21, 100.28, 100.37, 100.42, 100.50, 100.51, 100.55, and 846.45 and chs. 126, 136, 344, 704, 707, and 779, together with any other services as are necessarily connected to the legal services.