SB45,1232,219252.07 (9) (c) If the court orders confinement of an individual under this
20subsection, the individual shall remain confined until the department or local
21health officer, with the concurrence of a treating physician, physician assistant, or
22advanced practice registered nurse prescriber, determines that treatment is
23complete or that the individual is no longer a substantial threat to himself or herself

1or to the public health. If the individual is to be confined for more than 6 months,
2the court shall review the confinement every 6 months.

SB45,1232,84252.10 (7) Drugs necessary for the treatment of mycobacterium tuberculosis
5shall be purchased by the department from the appropriation account under s.
620.435 (1) (e) and dispensed to patients through the public health dispensaries,
7local health departments, physicians, or advanced practice nurse prescribers
8registered nurses who may issue prescription orders under s. 441.09 (2).

SB45,1232,2010252.11 (2) An officer of the department or a local health officer having
11knowledge of any reported or reasonably suspected case or contact of a sexually
12transmitted disease for which no appropriate treatment is being administered, or of
13an actual contact of a reported case or potential contact of a reasonably suspected
14case, shall investigate or cause the case or contact to be investigated as necessary.
15If, following a request of an officer of the department or a local health officer, a
16person reasonably suspected of being infected with a sexually transmitted disease
17refuses or neglects examination by a physician, physician assistant, or advanced
18practice registered nurse prescriber or treatment, an officer of the department or a
19local health officer may proceed to have the person committed under sub. (5) to an
20institution or system of care for examination, treatment, or observation.

SB45,1233,622252.11 (4) If a person infected with a sexually transmitted disease ceases or
23refuses treatment before reaching what in a physician’s, physician assistant’s, or

1advanced practice nurse prescriber’s registered nurse’s opinion is the
2noncommunicable stage, the physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice
3registered nurse prescriber shall notify the department. The department shall
4without delay take the necessary steps to have the person committed for treatment
5or observation under sub. (5), or shall notify the local health officer to take these
6steps.

SB45,1234,28252.11 (5) Any court of record may commit a person infected with a sexually
9transmitted disease to any institution or may require the person to undergo a
10system of care for examination, treatment, or observation if the person ceases or
11refuses examination, treatment, or observation under the supervision of a
12physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse prescriber.
13The court shall summon the person to appear on a date at least 48 hours, but not
14more than 96 hours, after service if an officer of the department or a local health
15officer petitions the court and states the facts authorizing commitment. If the
16person fails to appear or fails to accept commitment without reasonable cause, the
17court may cite the person for contempt. The court may issue a warrant and may
18direct the sheriff, any constable, or any police officer of the county immediately to
19arrest the person and bring the person to court if the court finds that a summons
20will be ineffectual. The court shall hear the matter of commitment summarily.
21Commitment under this subsection continues until the disease is no longer
22communicable or until other provisions are made for treatment that satisfy the
23department. The certificate of the petitioning officer is prima facie evidence that

1the disease is no longer communicable or that satisfactory provisions for treatment
2have been made.

SB45,1234,134252.11 (7) Reports, examinations and inspections, and all records concerning
5sexually transmitted diseases are confidential and not open to public inspection,
6and may not be divulged except as may be necessary for the preservation of the
7public health, in the course of commitment proceedings under sub. (5), or as
8provided under s. 938.296 (4) or 968.38 (4). If a physician, physician assistant, or
9advanced practice registered nurse prescriber has reported a case of sexually
10transmitted disease to the department under sub. (4), information regarding the
11presence of the disease and treatment is not privileged when the patient, physician,
12physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse prescriber is called upon
13to testify to the facts before any court of record.

SB45,1234,2315252.11 (10) The state laboratory of hygiene shall examine specimens for the
16diagnosis of sexually transmitted diseases for any physician, naturopathic doctor,
17physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse prescriber, or local health
18officer in the state, and shall report the positive results of the examinations to the
19local health officer and to the department. All laboratories performing tests for
20sexually transmitted diseases shall report all positive results to the local health
21officer and to the department, with the name of the physician, naturopathic doctor,
22physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse prescriber to whom
23reported.

SB45,1235,132252.12 (2) (a) 8. ‘Mike Johnson life care and early intervention services
3grants.’ (intro.) The department shall award not more than $4,000,000 $4,500,000
4in each fiscal year in grants to applying AIDS service organizations for the
5provision of needs assessments; assistance in procuring financial, medical, legal,
6social and pastoral services; counseling and therapy; homecare services and
7supplies; advocacy; and case management services. These services shall include
8early intervention services. The department shall also award not more than
9$74,000 in each year from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (5) (md) for the
10services under this subdivision. The state share of payment for case management
11services that are provided under s. 49.45 (25) (be) to recipients of medical
12assistance shall be paid from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (1) (am).
13All of the following apply to grants awarded under this subdivision:

SB45,1235,2315252.15 (3m) (d) 11. b. The coroner, medical examiner, or appointed assistant
16is investigating the cause of death of the subject of the HIV test and has contact
17with the body fluid of the subject of the HIV test that constitutes a significant
18exposure, if a physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse
19prescriber, based on information provided to the physician, physician assistant, or
20advanced practice registered nurse prescriber, determines and certifies in writing
21that the coroner, medical examiner, or appointed assistant has had a contact that
22constitutes a significant exposure and if the certification accompanies the request
23for disclosure.

SB45,1236,5

1252.15 (3m) (d) 13. If the subject of the HIV test has a positive HIV test result
2and is deceased, by the subject’s attending physician, physician assistant, or
3advanced practice registered nurse prescriber, to persons, if known to the physician,
4physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse prescriber, with whom
5the subject had sexual contact or shared intravenous drug use paraphernalia.

SB45,1236,237252.15 (5g) (c) A physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice
8registered nurse prescriber, based on information provided to the physician,
9physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse prescriber, determines
10and certifies in writing that the person has had contact that constitutes a
11significant exposure. The certification shall accompany the request for HIV testing
12and disclosure. If the person is a physician, physician assistant, or advanced
13practice registered nurse prescriber, he or she may not make this determination or
14certification. The information that is provided to a physician, physician assistant,
15or advanced practice registered nurse prescriber to document the occurrence of the
16contact that constitutes a significant exposure and the physician’s, physician
17assistant’s, or advanced practice nurse prescriber’s registered nurse’s certification
18that the person has had contact that constitutes a significant exposure, shall be
19provided on a report form that is developed by the department of safety and
20professional services under s. 101.02 (19) (a) or on a report form that the
21department of safety and professional services determines, under s. 101.02 (19) (b),
22is substantially equivalent to the report form that is developed under s. 101.02 (19)
23(a).

SB45,1237,72252.15 (5m) (d) 2. A physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice
3registered nurse prescriber, based on information provided to the physician,
4physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse prescriber, determines
5and certifies in writing that the contact under subd. 1. constitutes a significant
6exposure. A health care provider who has a contact under subd. 1. c. may not make
7the certification under this subdivision for himself or herself.