Subject Index

County identification of MA applicants and recipients having other health insurance: DHFS incentive payments eliminated [Sec. 1314] -  SB44

Developmental disabilities services administration and funding, council membership, and waiting list annual report provisions; children's long-term support redesign pilot program  - SB74

DHFS fiscal intermediary for MA: separate unit for processing claims for dental services required  - AB995

Family Care entitlement for non-MA eligible persons [Sec. 1140] -  SB44

Family planning demonstration project re MA: minimum age requirement increased -  AB383

Family planning demonstration project re MA: minimum age requirement increased -  AB634

Family planning demonstration project re MA: minimum age requirement increased -  SB186

Family planning demonstration project re MA: minimum age requirement increased -  SB308

General fund balance equal to lapse under MA trust fund [Sec. 280-283, 9101 (8), 9224 (1), (2); S.Sub.Amdt.1: MA provision removed, deletes 9101 (8), 9224 (1), (2)]  - SB44

Graduate medical education costs: DHFS to fund re MA program benefits appropriation [S.Amdt.121 to S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9124 (12q)] -  SB44

Guardian for certain CHIPS: requirements modified and monthly subsidized payments provided; TPR, W-2, and MA provisions; DHFS to seek certain waiver  - SB488

Health care provider availability and cost control fund created; funds transferred from patient's compensation fund; MA provision [Sec. 299, 454, 464, 829, 837, 841, 1130, 2652-2657, 9228 (1); S.Sub.Amdt.1: deletes all sections except 454]  - SB44

Health care provider service rates and insurer health care services reimbursement rates re MA: DHFS to post certain MA information on its website and may post certain information that providers and insurers are required to report  - AB895

Health insurance immediate enrollment re Badger Care and MA; waiver provision [Sec. 1414-1417, 2651, 9324 (1)]  - SB44

HMO provider assessment to be collected by DHFS, deposit in MA trust fund; moneys distributed to HMOs serving MA and Badger Care recipients [Sec. 469, 867, 1312, 1370, 1418, 9324 (14); original bill only] -  SB44

Hospital reimbursement or payment for allowable MA services or commodities: DHFS required to develop, implement, and update methods for -  SB530

Intensive treatment services at state centers for the developmentally disabled revised [Sec. 448, 1115, 1486-1489, 1491-1494, 1497, 1502, 1503, 9324 (12)] -  SB44

Irrevocable burial trust: maximum reduced [Sec. 2617, 9344 (1), 9444 (1); original bill only] -  SB44

Licensed beds of nursing facilities: assessments expanded [Sec. 866, 1476-1481, 9124 (3), 9324 (4); S.Sub.Amdt.1: waiver request, report on exemption for private-pay residents, 1333d, 9124 (11k)-(11pd), 9424 (7), (11pd)]  - SB44

MA administrative funds claiming and income augmentation activities [Sec. 1154-1157; S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, 1154d, e, 1156d, 1157b, 9124 (9c), 9224 (2c), 9424 (10c), deletes 1154, 1156] -  SB44

MA benefits and financing and federal funding reports by DHFS [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9124 (10f), (11f)]  - SB44

MA contracts with prepaid health care benefits: actuarially sound basis requirement -  SB484

MA costs re nurse stipends: payment of state share from veterans trust fund [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 465m]  - SB44

MA demonstration project in Milwaukee County: funding for facility [S.Amdt.121 to S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9124 (13k)]  - SB44

MA fee schedule for services: health care providers required to submit by certain date; DHFS to make available on Web site; insurers' rates of reimbursement statement provision  - AB995

MA funds transferred to COP under certain conditions; report revisions -  AB930

MA managed care waiver request [Sec. 9124 (4)] -  SB44

MA provider nursing facilities and CBRFs: requirements re admission and services to persons regardless of payment source - AB241

MA recipient services by counties: deficit reduction benefit made inapplicable; return of certain moneys to DHFS [Sec. 1360, 1361, 9124 (8)] -  SB44

MA recipients who receive SSI: DHFS duties re managed care plans [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1312n] - SB44

MA supplemental payments for medical transportation services [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1393c] -  SB44

MA supplemental payments to county, city, town, or village nursing homes revised re MA trust fund; provision for certain funds from Sheboygan, Rock, and Walworth counties [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, provision re certain funds from certain counties removed] - AB592

MA supplemental payments to hospitals and specification for amount of payments to critical access hospitals eliminated [Sec. 1317-1319; S.Sub.Amdt.1: elimination of MA rural hospital supplements removed, deletes 1317, 1319]  - SB44

MA trust fund and revisions re CIP-IA and CIP-IB, AODA and mental health services, emergency medical transportation, and school medical services [Sec. 351, 459, 466, 468, 864, 865, 868, 1113, 1114, 1362, 1390-1392, 1501, 1526, 1999; S.Sub. Amdt.1: further revisions, deletes 1501]  - SB44

Medicare acceptance of assignment information program eliminated [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1583g, 2061s, 2521m, 2551h, 2554k, 2574h] -  SB44

Medicare system reform legislation and a funding method that dispenses benefits regardless of geography: Wisconsin congressional delegation urged to work to enact  - SR7

Nursing home MA supplemental payment reduced; use of federal medicare program hospital wage index for homes in certain counties eliminated [Sec. 1345, 1363, 1364, 9424 (7); S.Sub.Amdt.1: wage index adjustment for certain counties restored, 1346d, deletes 1345] - SB44

Nursing home payment formula re MA recipient revised [Sec. 1327, 1329-1333, 1334-1344, 1346-1359, 9424 (6); S.Sub. Amdt.1: further revisions, deletes 1346]  - SB44

Nursing home residents relocation to community-based long-term care [Sec. 467, 1116-1122, 1124-1129, 9424 (3), (4); original bill only] -  SB44

Personal needs allowance reduced [Sec. 1371, 9424 (10); original bill only] -  SB44

Physician order entry record system for medical services: incentive MA payment to hospitals that establish authorized  - AB450

Physician order entry record system for medical services: incentive MA payment to hospitals that establish authorized  - AB995

Prescription drug assistance for elderly persons: deductible increased; payment rate to pharmacies reduced [Sec. 1438-1446, 9324 (13), 9424 (8); S.Sub.Amdt.1: federal benefits appropriation, long-term care insurance provision, enrollment fee and copayment revisions, 463d, 1438h, 1439b, 1445h, 1446g, h, 1447g, h, 9324 (13d), (13q), 9424 (11g), deletes all sections except 1442-1446] -  SB44

Prescription drug assistance for elderly persons: eligibility expanded; DHFS directed to negotiate with drug manufacturers for supplemental rebates; cigarette tax increased to fund - SB114

Prescription drug cost controls and drug purchasing agreements [Sec. 1393; S.Sub.Amdt.1: prescription drug prior authorization provisions, DHFS report required, 1392p-t, 9124 (8w), 9424 (8w); S.Amdt.121: Mental health medication review committee created, 1392u] -  SB44

Primary health care program and funding of graduate medical education for MA providers: funding eliminated [Sec. 458, 1111, 1112, 1134, 1135, 1166, 1311, 1328, 1365-1369, 1372, 1378, 1404, 1405, 1409, 2062] -  SB44

Protective placement and admission of persons with developmental disabilities revised; access to community services increased [Sec. 1132, 1321-1326, 1383-1388, 1401, 1402, 1504-1515, 9324 (5)-(11), 9424 (5); S.Sub.Amdt.1: limitation on placement, 1159c, 1386d] -  SB44

Psychosocial services provided by community-based program eliminated as MA benefit [Sec. 1382, 1403; S.Sub.Amdt.1: service coverage continued, emergency rules provision, 1382c, e, 9124 (10m), deletes 1382, 1403] - SB44

Public debt refunding; MA and Building Commission provisions -  AB948

Public debt refunding; MA and Building Commission provisions -  SB480

Public debt refunding; MA, Building Commission, Public Defender Board, DA, and SHSW provisions  - AB909

Resident of center for developmentally disabled relocated into the community: reimbursement rate to center revised; provision re county delicensing of beds removed [Sec. 1131, 1320]  - SB44

Special order of business for March 11, 2004 established re SB-484 -  AR39

Specialized medical vehicle: MA-certified provider requirements revised re wheelchair accomodations  - AB549

Spousal impoverishment under the MA program: laws revised [Sec. 1394-1400; original bill only]  - SB44

Targeted case management services under MA: eligibility and federal reimbursement [Sec. 1379-1381]  - SB44

Universal health plan for Wisconsin established; Department of Health Planning and Finance and Health Policy Board created; LRB provision -  AB229

Universal health plan for Wisconsin established; Department of Health Planning and Finance and Health Policy Board created; LRB provision -  SB90

Volunteer health care provider: definition expanded to include dental hygienists; providing dental services to MA recipients authorized -  AB500

Volunteer health care provider: definition expanded to include dental hygienists; providing dental services to MA recipients authorized -  SB243

Women diagnosed with certain precancerous conditions: MA eligibility expanded [Sec. 1406-1408, 1410]  - SB44

medical clinic or center Medical clinic or center, see Hospitals

medical college of wisconsin, inc Medical college of Wisconsin, inc.

Breast cancer research program and grant created and individual income tax checkoff procedure [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, grants specifically awarded to Medical College of Wisconsin and U.W. Comprehensive Cancer Center, reports required] -  AB351

GPR appropriation amount re Wisconsin residents paying full tuition, cap on number of residents funded, and cap on tuition assessed on residents eliminated [Sec. 347, 948, 950, 952] - SB44

medical education Medical education, see also Marquette dental school; Medical college of Wisconsin, inc.; Nurses; University of Wisconsin — College of medicine; Veterinary medicine

Graduate medical education costs: DHFS to fund re MA program benefits appropriation [S.Amdt.121 to S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9124 (12q)] -  SB44

Medical residents and fellows exempt from annual health care information assessments -  AB670

Primary health care program and funding of graduate medical education for MA providers: funding eliminated [Sec. 458, 1111, 1112, 1134, 1135, 1166, 1311, 1328, 1365-1369, 1372, 1378, 1404, 1405, 1409, 2062] -  SB44

Vaccine administration and teaching self-administration technique to a patient: certain persons enrolled in accredited school of pharmacy may perform under supervision of qualified pharmacists -  AB894

Vaccine administration and teaching self-administration technique to a patient: certain persons enrolled in accredited school of pharmacy may perform under supervision of qualified pharmacists -  SB426

Wisconsin health education loan repayment transfer [S.Sub. Amdt.1: Sec. 9225 (1f)] -  SB44

medical examining board Medical examining board

Chelation therapy: physician permitted to practice -  AB397

Chelation therapy: physician permitted to practice -  SB200

Employment discrimination based on creed expanded re health care provider refusal to participate in certain activities; power of attorney for health care instruments and patient declarations; exemption from liability; civil action and examining boards provisions [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, patient declaration provision replaced with ``conscience rights notification"; S.Amdts.1 and 2: further revisions]  - AB67

Health care professional discipline process duties of DORL, report required; MEB membership, authority re summary suspension of credentials, and forfeiture for unprofessional conduct revised; national practitioner data bank reporting requirements; therapeutic-related deaths reported to DORL  - SB227

MEB to make certain information about physicians available to the public; health care providers allowed to correct health care information collected by DHFS -  SB226

medical facility Medical facility, see specific subject

medical leave Medical leave, see Family

medical malpractice Medical malpractice

Cancer drug repository program established by DHFS; civil liability immunity provision [A.Amdt.1: certain supplies added; A.Amdt.6: civil liability provision modified]  - AB845

Cancer drug repository program established by DHFS; civil liability immunity provision -  SB452

Employment discrimination based on creed expanded re health care provider refusal to participate in certain activities; power of attorney for health care instruments and patient declarations; exemption from liability; civil action and examining boards provisions [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, patient declaration provision replaced with ``conscience rights notification"; S.Amdts.1 and 2: further revisions]  - AB67

General fund receipt of transfers from patient's compensation, local government property insurance, and state life insurance funds [Sec. 9228 (2)-(4); original bill only]  - SB44

Health care provider availability and cost control fund created; funds transferred from patient's compensation fund; MA provision [Sec. 299, 454, 464, 829, 837, 841, 1130, 2652-2657, 9228 (1); S.Sub.Amdt.1: deletes all sections except 454]  - SB44

Injured patients and families compensation fund: purpose modified -  AB983

Loss of society and companionship in medical malpractice cases re adult children and parents -  AB937

Loss of society and companionship in medical malpractice cases re adult children and parents -  SB187