An Act to repeal 20.435 (4) (gp), 20.435 (4) (xe), 49.45 (5m) (ag) and 146.99; to amend 46.27 (9) (a), 46.27 (10) (a) 1., 46.275 (5) (a), 46.275 (5) (c), 46.283 (5), 46.284 (5) (a), 46.485 (2g) (intro.), 49.45 (2) (a) 17., 49.45 (5m) (am), 49.45 (6m) (ag) (intro.), 49.45 (6v) (b), 49.45 (6x) (a), 49.45 (6y) (a), 49.45 (6y) (am), 49.45 (6z) (a) (intro.), 49.45 (8) (b), 49.45 (24m) (intro.), 49.45 (52), 49.472 (6) (a), 49.472 (6) (b), 49.473 (5) and 50.375 (4); and to create 13.101 (18), 20.435 (4) (xc), 20.435 (4) (xd), 20.435 (4) (xe), 25.17 (1) (gs), 25.772, 49.45 (58) and 50.375 of the statutes; relating to: eliminating an assessment on the gross private patient revenue of hospitals, creating an assessment on the gross patient revenue of hospitals, creating a hospital assessment trust fund, increasing the Medical Assistance and Badger Care payment rate for hospitals, requiring monthly payments by health maintenance organizations to hospitals and reconciliation of payments with actual utilization of services, increasing supplemental Medical Assistance payments to rural hospitals, transferring moneys from the hospital assessment fund to the injured patients and families compensation fund, requiring the Department of Health and Family Services annually to submit a report for review by the Joint Committee on Finance, and making appropriations.
