252.16(4) (4)Amount and period of subsidy.
252.16(4)(a)(a) Except as provided in pars. (b) and (d), if an individual satisfies sub. (3), the department shall pay the full amount of each premium payment for the individual's health insurance coverage under the group health plan or individual health policy under sub. (3) (dm), on or after the date on which the individual becomes eligible for a subsidy under sub. (3). Except as provided in pars. (b) and (d), the department shall pay the full amount of each premium payment regardless of whether the individual's health insurance coverage under sub. (3) (dm) includes coverage of the individual's dependents. Except as provided in par. (b), the department shall terminate the payments under this section when the individual's health insurance coverage ceases or when the individual no longer satisfies sub. (3), whichever occurs first. The department may not make payments under this section for premiums for medicare.
252.16(4)(b) (b) The obligation of the department to make payments under this section is subject to the availability of funds in the appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (am).
252.16(4)(d) (d) For an individual who satisfies sub. (3) and who has a family income, as defined by rule under sub. (6) (a), that exceeds 200% but does not exceed 300% of the federal poverty line, as defined under 42 USC 9902 (2), for a family the size of the individual's family, the department shall pay a portion of the amount of each premium payment for the individual's health insurance coverage. The portion that the department pays shall be determined according to a schedule established by the department by rule under sub. (6) (c). The department shall pay the portion of the premium determined according to the schedule regardless of whether the individual's health insurance coverage under sub. (3) (dm) includes coverage of the individual's dependents.
252.16(5) (5)Application process. The department may establish, by rule, a procedure under which an individual who does not satisfy sub. (3) (b), (c) 2. or (dm) may submit to the department an application for a premium subsidy under this section that the department shall hold until the individual satisfies each requirement of sub. (3), if the department determines that the procedure will assist the department to make premium payments in a timely manner once the individual satisfies each requirement of sub. (3). If an application is submitted by an employed individual under a procedure established by rule under this subsection, the department may not contact the individual's employer or health insurer unless the individual authorizes the department, in writing, to make that contact and to make any necessary disclosure to the individual's employer or health insurer regarding the individual's HIV status.
252.16(6) (6)Rules. The department shall promulgate rules that do all of the following:
252.16(6)(a) (a) Define family income for purposes of sub. (3) (b).
252.16(6)(b) (b) Establish a procedure for making payments under this section that ensures that the payments are actually used to pay premiums for health insurance coverage available to individuals who satisfy sub. (3).
252.16(6)(c) (c) Establish a premium contribution schedule for individuals who have a family income, as defined by rule under par. (a), that exceeds 200% but does not exceed 300% of the federal poverty line, as defined under 42 USC 9902 (2), for a family the size of the individual's family. In establishing the schedule under this paragraph, the department shall take into consideration both income level and family size.
252.16 History History: 1989 a. 336; 1991 a. 269; 1993 a. 16 ss. 2587, 2588; 1993 a. 27 ss. 386 to 389; Stats. 1993 s. 252.16; 1993 a. 491; 1995 a. 27; 1997 a. 27; 2001 a. 38.
252.16 Cross-reference Cross Reference: See also ch. HFS 138, Wis. adm. code.
252.17 252.17 Medical leave premium subsidies.
252.17(1) (1)Definitions. In this section:
252.17(1)(a) (a) "Group health plan" has the meaning given in s. 252.16 (1) (b).
252.17(1)(d) (d) "Medical leave" means medical leave under s. 103.10.
252.17(1)(e) (e) "Residence" has the meaning given in s. 252.16 (1) (e).
252.17(2) (2)Subsidy program. The department shall establish and administer a program to subsidize, from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (am), as provided in s. 252.16 (2), the premium costs for coverage under a group health plan that are paid by an individual who has HIV infection and who is on unpaid medical leave from his or her employment because of an illness or medical condition arising from or related to HIV infection.
252.17(3) (3)Eligibility. An individual is eligible to receive a subsidy in an amount determined under sub. (4), if the department determines that the individual meets all of the following criteria:
252.17(3)(a) (a) Has residence in this state.
252.17(3)(b) (b) Has a family income, as defined by rule under sub. (6), that does not exceed 300% of the federal poverty line, as defined under 42 USC 9902 (2), for a family the size of the individual's family.
252.17(3)(c) (c) Has submitted to the department a certification from a physician, as defined in s. 448.01 (5), of all of the following:
252.17(3)(c)1. 1. That the individual has an infection that is an HIV infection.
252.17(3)(c)2. 2. That the individual is on unpaid medical leave from his or her employment because of an illness or medical condition arising from or related to the individual's HIV infection or because of medical treatment or supervision for such an illness or medical condition.
252.17(3)(d) (d) Is covered under a group health plan through his or her employment and pays part or all of the premium for that coverage, including any premium for coverage of the individual's spouse and dependents.
252.17(3)(e) (e) Authorizes the department, in writing, to do all of the following:
252.17(3)(e)1. 1. Contact the individual's employer or the administrator of the group health plan under which the individual is covered, to verify the individual's medical leave, group health plan coverage and the premium and any other conditions of coverage, to make premium payments as provided in sub. (4) and for other purposes related to the administration of this section.
252.17(3)(e)2. 2. Make any necessary disclosure to the individual's employer or the administrator of the group health plan under which the individual is covered regarding the individual's HIV status.
252.17(3)(f) (f) Is not covered by a group health plan other than any of the following:
252.17(3)(f)1. 1. The group health plan under par. (d).
252.17(3)(f)2. 2. A group health plan that offers a substantial reduction in covered health care services from the group health plan under subd. 1.
252.17(3)(g) (g) Is not covered by an individual health insurance policy other than an individual health insurance policy that offers a substantial reduction in covered health care services from the group health plan under par. (d).
252.17(3)(h) (h) Is not eligible for medicare under 42 USC 1395 to 1395zz.
252.17(3)(i) (i) Does not have escrowed under s. 103.10 (9) (c) an amount sufficient to pay the individual's required contribution to his or her premium payments.
252.17(4) (4)Amount and period of subsidy.
252.17(4)(a)(a) Except as provided in pars. (b), (c) and (d), if an individual satisfies sub. (3), the department shall pay the amount of each premium payment for coverage under the group health plan under sub. (3) (d) that is due from the individual on or after the date on which the individual becomes eligible for a subsidy under sub. (3). The department may not refuse to pay the full amount of the individual's contribution to each premium payment because the coverage that is provided to the individual who satisfies sub. (3) includes coverage of the individual's spouse and dependents. Except as provided in par. (b), the department shall terminate the payments under this section when the individual's unpaid medical leave ends, when the individual no longer satisfies sub. (3) or upon the expiration of 29 months after the unpaid medical leave began, whichever occurs first.
252.17(4)(b) (b) The obligation of the department to make payments under this section is subject to the availability of funds in the appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (am).
252.17(4)(c) (c) If an individual who satisfies sub. (3) has an amount escrowed under s. 103.10 (9) (c) that is insufficient to pay the individual's required contribution to his or her premium payments, the amount paid under par. (a) may not exceed the individual's required contribution for the duration of the payments under this section as determined under par. (a) minus the amount escrowed.
252.17(4)(d) (d) For an individual who satisfies sub. (3) and who has a family income, as defined by rule under sub. (6) (a), that exceeds 200% but does not exceed 300% of the federal poverty line, as defined under 42 USC 9902 (2), for a family the size of the individual's family, the department shall pay a portion of the amount of each premium payment for the individual's coverage under the group health plan under sub. (3) (d). The portion that the department pays shall be determined according to a schedule established by the department by rule under sub. (6) (c). The department shall pay the portion of the premium determined according to the schedule regardless of whether the individual's coverage under the group health plan under sub. (3) (d) includes coverage of the individual's spouse and dependents.
252.17(5) (5)Application process. The department may establish, by rule, a procedure under which an individual who does not satisfy sub. (3) (b) or (c) 2. may submit to the department an application for a premium subsidy under this section that the department shall hold until the individual satisfies each requirement of sub. (3), if the department determines that the procedure will assist the department to make premium payments in a timely manner once the individual satisfies each requirement of sub. (3). If an application is submitted by an individual under a procedure established by rule under this subsection, the department may not contact the individual's employer or the administrator of the group health plan under which the individual is covered, unless the individual authorizes the department, in writing, to make that contact and to make any necessary disclosure to the individual's employer or the administrator of the group health plan under which the individual is covered regarding the individual's HIV status.
252.17(6) (6)Rules. The department shall promulgate rules that do all of the following:
252.17(6)(a) (a) Define family income for purposes of sub. (3) (b).
252.17(6)(b) (b) Establish a procedure for making payments under this section that ensures that the payments are actually used to pay premiums for group health plan coverage available to individuals who satisfy sub. (3).
252.17(6)(c) (c) Establish a premium contribution schedule for individuals who have a family income, as defined by rule under par. (a), that exceeds 200% but does not exceed 300% of the federal poverty line, as defined under 42 USC 9902 (2), for a family the size of the individual's family. In establishing the schedule under this paragraph, the department shall take into consideration both income level and family size.
252.17 History History: 1991 a. 269; 1993 a. 16 ss. 2589, 2590; 1993 a. 27 ss. 390 to 394; Stats. 1993 s. 252.17; 1993 a. 491; 1997 a. 27; 1999 a. 103.
252.17 Cross-reference Cross Reference: See also ch. HFS 138, Wis. adm. code.
252.18 252.18 Handling foods. No person in charge of any public eating place or other establishment where food products to be consumed by others are handled may knowingly employ any person handling food products who has a disease in a form that is communicable by food handling. If required by the local health officer or any officer of the department for the purposes of an investigation, any person who is employed in the handling of foods or is suspected of having a disease in a form that is communicable by food handling shall submit to an examination by the officer or by a physician designated by the officer. The expense of the examination, if any, shall be paid by the person examined. Any person knowingly infected with a disease in a form that is communicable by food handling who handles food products to be consumed by others and any persons knowingly employing or permitting such a person to handle food products to be consumed by others shall be punished as provided by s. 252.25.
252.18 History History: 1981 c. 291; 1993 a. 27 s. 298; Stats. 1993 s. 252.18.
252.19 252.19 Communicable diseases; suspected cases; protection of public. No person who is knowingly infected with a communicable disease may willfully violate the recommendations of the local health officer or subject others to danger of contracting the disease. No person may knowingly and willfully take, aid in taking, advise or cause to be taken, a person who is infected or is suspected of being infected with a communicable disease into any public place or conveyance where the infected person would expose any other person to danger of contracting the disease.
252.19 History History: 1981 c. 291; 1993 a. 27 s. 299; Stats. 1993 s. 252.19.
252.21 252.21 Communicable diseases; schools; duties of teachers, parents, officers.
252.21(1) (1) If a teacher, school nurse or principal of any school or day care center knows or suspects that a communicable disease is present in the school or center, he or she shall at once notify the local health officer.
252.21(6) (6) Any teacher, school nurse or principal may send home pupils who are suspected of having a communicable disease or any other disease the department specifies by rule. Any teacher, school nurse or principal who sends a pupil home shall immediately notify the parents of the pupil of the action and the reasons for the action. A teacher who sends a pupil home shall also notify the principal of the action and the reasons for the action.
252.21 History History: 1981 c. 291; 1993 a. 27 s. 301; Stats. 1993 s. 252.21.
252.23 252.23 Regulation of tattooists.
252.23(1) (1)Definitions. In this section:
252.23(1)(a) (a) "Tattoo" has the meaning given in s. 948.70 (1) (b).
252.23(1)(b) (b) "Tattoo establishment" means the premises where a tattooist performs tattoos.
252.23(1)(c) (c) "Tattooist" means a person who tattoos another.
252.23(2) (2)Department; duty. Except as provided in ss. 250.041 and 252.241, the department shall provide uniform, statewide licensing and regulation of tattooists and uniform, statewide licensing and regulation of tattoo establishments under this section. The department shall inspect a tattoo establishment once before issuing a license for the tattoo establishment under this section and may make additional inspections that the department determines are necessary.
252.23(3) (3)License required. Except as provided in sub. (5), no person may tattoo or attempt to tattoo another, designate or represent himself or herself as a tattooist or use or assume the title "tattooist" and no tattoo establishment may be operated unless the person and the establishment are licensed by the department under this section or by a local health department that is designated as the department's agent under s. 252.245.
252.23(4) (4)Rule making. The department shall promulgate all of the following as rules:
252.23(4)(a) (a) Except as provided in ss. 250.041 and 252.241, standards and procedures, including fee payment to offset the cost of licensing tattooists and tattoo establishments, for the annual issuance of licenses as tattooists or as tattoo establishments to applicants under this section.
252.23(4)(b) (b) Standards for the performance of tattoos by a licensed tattooist and for the maintenance of a licensed tattoo establishment, which will promote safe and adequate care and treatment for individuals who receive tattoos and eliminate or greatly reduce the danger of exposure by these individuals to communicable disease or infection.
252.23(5) (5)Exception. This section does not apply to a dentist who is licensed under s. 447.03 (1) or to a physician who tattoos or offers to tattoo a person in the course of the dentist's or physician's professional practice.
252.23 History History: 1995 a. 468; 1997 a. 191, 237.
252.23 Cross-reference Cross Reference: See also chs. HFS 173 and Med 15, Wis. adm. code.
252.24 252.24 Regulation of body piercing and body-piercing establishments.
252.24(1) (1)Definitions. In this section:
252.24(1)(a) (a) "Body piercer" means a person who performs body piercing on another.
252.24(1)(b) (b) "Body piercing" means perforating any human body part or human tissue, except an ear, and placing a foreign object in the perforation in order to prevent the perforation from closing.
252.24(1)(c) (c) "Body-piercing establishment" means the premises where a body piercer performs body piercing.
252.24(2) (2)Department; duty. Except as provided in ss. 250.041 and 252.241, the department shall provide uniform, statewide licensing and regulation of body piercers and uniform, statewide licensing and regulation of body-piercing establishments under this section. The department shall inspect a body-piercing establishment once before issuing a license for the body-piercing establishment under this section and may make additional inspections that the department determines are necessary.
252.24(3) (3)License required. Except as provided in sub. (5), no person may pierce the body of or attempt to pierce the body of another, designate or represent himself or herself as a body piercer or use or assume the title "body piercer" unless the person is licensed under this section.
252.24(4) (4)Rule making. The department shall promulgate all of the following as rules:
252.24(4)(a) (a) Except as provided in ss. 250.041 and 252.241, standards and procedures, including fee payment to offset the cost of licensing body piercers and body-piercing establishments, for the annual issuance of licenses as body piercers or as body-piercing establishments to applicants under this section.
252.24(4)(b) (b) Standards for the performance of body piercing by a licensed body piercer and for the maintenance of a licensed body-piercing establishment, which will promote safe and adequate care and treatment for individuals who receive body piercing and eliminate or greatly reduce the danger of exposure by these individuals to communicable disease or infection.
252.24(5) (5)Exception. This section does not apply to a dentist who is licensed under s. 447.03 (1) or to a physician who pierces the body of or offers to pierce the body of a person in the course of the dentist's or physician's professional practice.
252.24 History History: 1995 a. 468; 1997 a. 191, 237; 1999 a. 32.
252.24 Cross-reference Cross Reference: See also chs. HFS 173 and Med 15, Wis. adm. code.
252.241 252.241 Denial, nonrenewal and revocation of license based on tax delinquency.
252.241(1) (1) Except as provided in sub. (1m), the department shall require each applicant to provide the department with the applicant's social security number, if the applicant is an individual, or the applicant's federal employer identification number, if the applicant is not an individual, as a condition of issuing or renewing a license under s. 252.23 (2) or (4) (a) or 252.24 (2) or (4) (a).
252.241(1m) (1m) If an individual who applies for or to renew a license under sub. (1) does not have a social security number, the individual, as a condition of obtaining the license, shall submit a statement made or subscribed under oath or affirmation to the department that the applicant does not have a social security number. The form of the statement shall be prescribed by the department of workforce development. A license issued or renewed in reliance upon a false statement submitted under this subsection is invalid.
252.241(2) (2) The department may not disclose any information received under sub. (1) to any person except to the department of revenue for the sole purpose of requesting certifications under s. 73.0301.
252.241(3) (3) Except as provided in sub. (1m), the department shall deny an application for the issuance or renewal of a license specified in sub. (1) if the applicant does not provide the information specified in sub. (1).
252.241(4) (4) The department shall deny an application for the issuance or renewal of a license specified in sub. (1), or shall revoke the license specified in sub. (1), if the department of revenue certifies under s. 73.0301 that the applicant for or holder of the license is liable for delinquent taxes.
252.241 History History: 1997 a. 237; 1999 a. 9.
252.245 252.245 Agent status for local health departments.
252.245(1)(1) In the administration and enforcement of ss. 252.23 and 252.24, the department may enter into a written agreement with a local health department with a jurisdictional area that has a population greater than 5,000, which designates the local health department as the department's agent in issuing licenses to and making investigations or inspections of tattooists and tattoo establishments and body piercers and body-piercing establishments. In a jurisdictional area of a local health department without agent status, the department of health and family services may issue licenses, collect license fees established by rule under ss. 252.23 (4) (a) and 252.24 (4) (a) and make investigations or inspections of tattooists and tattoo establishments and body piercers and body-piercing establishments. If the department designates a local health department as its agent, the department or local health department may require no license for the same operations other than the license issued by the local health department under this subsection. If the designation is made and the services are furnished, the department shall reimburse the local health department furnishing the service at the rate of 80% of the net license fee per license per year issued in the jurisdictional area.
252.245(2) (2) A local health department designated as the department's agent under this section shall meet standards promulgated under ss. 252.23 (4) (a) and 252.24 (4) (a). The department shall annually evaluate the licensing, investigation and inspection program of each local health department granted agent status. If, at any time, a local health department designated as the department's agent fails to meet the standards, the department of health and family services may revoke its agent status.
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