Subject Index

meat Meat, see Livestock and meat

meb MEB, see Medical Examining Board

mediation Mediation, see Court — Procedure

medicaid Medicaid, see Medical assistance

medical assistance Medical assistance

Assessments on licensed beds of nursing homes and intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded: all revenue deposited into the MA trust fund (remedial legislation)  - SB370

Autism benefit under MA appropriation increased; DHFS to develop and distribute a brochure re activities a child with autism may engage in at home; health care provider that diagnoses certain conditions, injuries, or illnesses in a patient required to provide a treatment plan and referrals  - AB901

Badger Care and certain MA program income limits: DHFS prohibited from adding depreciation re farm or self-employment income -  AB24

Badger Care Plus: new program implemented; current family MA and Badger Care programs merged; health care for populations not currently covered provided; DHFS to request federal waiver [for section numbers see entry under ``Insurance — Health"] -  SB40

Badger Care Plus program for health care created; DHFS to request federal waiver [for section numbers, see entry under ``Insurance — Health"] -  SB40

Badger Care Plus program revisions - SB518

Child abuse and neglect prevention program grant revisions; DHFS and Indian tribe duties set - AB663

Children's long-term managed care: DHFS to seek federal waivers for 3 pilot sites and funding [Sec. 1116, 1559]  - SB40

CIP 1A for residents of state centers: DHFS report re employment effect on state employees eliminated [Sec. 925]  - SB40

CIP II enhanced funding re persons who meet MA level care requirements and are diverted from imminent entry into nursing homes: limitation on number of persons eliminated; DHFS provision -  SB32

Colposcopy program and ongoing costs for serving MA recipients in certain part of the state: grant provided [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 403m, 2870m] -  SB40

Community Connections Free Clinic in Dodgeville: one-time funding for dental services to low-income residents [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 403r, 9121 (8x)] -  SB40

Dental services to MA recipients under a managed care system: DHFS to establish a pilot project, sunset provision  - SB573

Disproportionate share hospitals: revision re DHFS payment of MA supplements [Sec. 1391, 1538, 9321 (7)]  - SB40

Family Care benefit entitlement and eligibility revisions [Sec. 952, 981, 982, 1005-1016, 1018] - SB40

Family Care program expanded, districts renamed ``long-term care districts"; JCF authority revised; changes re county use of COP funds, Wisconsin Partnership Program operations, resource center governing boards and local and regional committees [for section numbers, see entry under ``Nursing homes and adult care"] -  SB40

Family Care program expanded; JCF authority revised; county use of COP funds for mental health, substance abuse, or Family Support Program services permitted in certain cases [for sections numbers, see entry under ``Persons with disabilities"] - SB40

Family planning demonstration project re MA: minimum age requirement increased; federal poverty line provision  - AB852

Family planning demonstration project re MA: minimum age requirement increased; federal poverty line provision  - SB460

Family planning services under MA for men: DHFS to request federal waiver [Sec. 1549] -  SB40

Health care plan or self-insured health plan required to disclose certain information re coverage and costs to insured or enrollee upon request; payments a health care provider may accept from uninsured or patient without public coverage restricted, disclosure of certain information required; DHFS duties and emergency rule provisions -  AB872

Health care providers required to provide consumers with certain charge or payment rate information upon request  - SB337

Health care providers required to provide consumers with certain charge or payment rate information upon request; penalty provision -  AB729

Health care quality fund created; funding from cigarette excise tax increase, money transfer from Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund, and other sources; to be another funding source for MA, Badger Care, prescription drugs for seniors, and tobacco use control [for section numbers, see entry under ``Insurance — Health"] -  SB40

Health care tax credit (HCTC) program: current HIRSP Authority requirements repealed; provisions re Badger Care Plus as an HCTC qualifying plan [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 1605 (2m), 2895h] -  SB40

Health insurers, self-insured plans, service benefit plans, and pharmacy benefits managers (third parties): requirement re providing DHFS information to help identify persons eligible for certain MA services [Sec. 395, 1017, 1610-1625, 1642, 1650, 1655, 3067] -  SB40

HealthNet of Janesville, Inc.: grant increased [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 3033r] -  SB40

Hearing aids or cochlear implants for children under age 18: Badger Care Plus to cover -  AB912

HIRSP Authority changes; Health Care Tax Credit Program requirement repealed -  AB445

HIRSP Authority changes; Health Care Tax Credit Program requirement repealed [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, Health Care Tax Credit Program provision removed, OCI to approve exceptions for persons ineligible for HIRSP coverage, MA demonstration project provision added]  - SB226

HMO rate increase re MA: pass-through to health providers [S.Sub.Amdt.1 as amended by Senate; deleted by Conf.Sub.Amdt.1] -  SB40

HMOs to pay increased rates to hospitals for inpatient and outpatient services re MA recipients; DHFS duties  - MR8 AB1

Hospital assessment revisions; MA, Badger Care, Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund, and HMO provisions; DHFS duties and report required  - SB490

Indian child high-cost out-of-home care funding [Sec. 93, 94, 96, 97, 99, 419, 421, 438, 439, 9121 (1m) [misnumbered; follows 9121 (4)], 9421 (5)] -  SB40

Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund transfer to MA trust fund; sum sufficient GPR appropriation created [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 212p, 697p, 3701c, 3702d-L, 9225 (2)] - SB40

Insurance claim intercept for MA liability or child support obligation: requirements created [Sec. 1754, 9321 (9)]  - SB40

Long-term care facilities, information, referral, and assessment: requirements revised [Sec. 909, 916, 921, 927, 928, 1760-1762, 1765-1767, 1769, 1770, 1773, 1774, 1777, 1779, 1780, 1806, 1808] -  SB40

MA asset transfer rule changes [Sec. 1533, 1560-1586, 1596, 1599-1602, 3666, 3698-3701, 9321 (4), 9421 (2)]  - SB40

MA, Badger Care, Senior Care, and Family Care claims: time limits for paying [A.Sub.Amdt.1 or A.Amdt.1; deleted by Conf.Sub.Amdt.1] -  SB40

MA collections and other recoveries [Sec. 391] -  SB40

MA coverage of certain childless adults under age 65: DHFS to request federal waiver for demonstration project [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 382, 390, 392w, 393, 1392, 1546, 2881, 2894h, 9421 (4)] -  SB40

MA coverage of certain childless adults under age 65: DHFS to request federal waiver for demonstration project; relief block grant revision [Sec. 382, 390, 1392, 1546, 2881]  - SB40

MA dental rate and inpatient and outpatient hospital rate increased [A.Sub.Amdt.1 or A.Amdt.1; deleted by Conf.Sub.Amdt.1] -  SB40

MA dental rate increase pilot project; DHFS to increase MA pediatric dental rates in certain counties; report to JCF [S.Sub.Amdt.1; deleted by A.Sub.Amdt.1 or A.Amdt.1]  - SB40

MA eligibility: DHFS to request a waiver re disregarding income and assets of person's spouse under certain conditions - AB691

MA eligibility: documentary evidence of U.S. citizenship or nationality required [Sec. 1678] - SB40

MA eligibility for long-term care services: revisions re assets and divestment -  SB144

MA false claim recoveries; treble damages in certain cases; qui tam [whistleblower] provisions; AG duties [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 635, 1629m, 2902, 2904, 3751, 3753-3756, 3775, 9329 (2)] -  SB40

MA labor region expanded to include Rock County; nursing home payment methodology [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 1530h]  - SB40

MA labor region re Rock County; JCF approval of enhanced CIP II eliminated; nursing home beds cap [Sec. 929, 1530, 2896, 2898] -  SB40

MA or Badger Care eligibility extended for parents following death of a child; DHFS to request federal waiver [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 1554m] -  SB40

MA program benefits funding decreased [Conf.Sub.Amdt.1] -  MR8 AB1

MA program: funding decreased for fiscal year 2006-07 [Sec. 9221 (2)] -  AB72

MA program: funding decreased for fiscal year 2006-07 [Sec. 9221 (2)] -  SB39

MA retroactive eligibility repayments [Sec. 1632] -  SB40

Medicare Part B enrollment and premium payment [Sec. 1544] - SB40

Medicare Part D re persons with HIV infections: restriction on DHFS subsidization of premiums revised [Sec. 3037, 3038] - SB40

Outpatient prescription drug dual eligibles: MA coverage eliminated [Sec. 1589, 1591, 1603] -  SB40

Outpatient treatment of nervous and mental disorders and AODA problems: coverage by group health insurance policies and defined network plans of treatment by clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, and professional counselors required; MA revisions re service providers and physician prescribed requirement -  AB463

Outpatient treatment of nervous and mental disorders and AODA problems: coverage by group health insurance policies and defined network plans of treatment by clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, and professional counselors required; MA revisions re service providers and physician prescribed requirement -  SB246

Pediatric dental care and adult emergency dental services provided by certain counties: DHFS to request federal waiver and submit amendments to state MA plan for pilot program, reports required -  AB927

Pharmacy dispensing fee increase for generic drugs re certain MA programs; DHFS duties specified [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 9121 (7j)] -  SB40

Physical health risk assessment and disease management re MA or Badger Care enrollees [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 1559g, h, 1641d, e, 9121 (7j)] -  SB40

Physical health risk assessment required for everyone eligible for MA or Badger Care; DHFS to develop and implement disease management programs -  SB147

Prescription drug assistance program for the elderly: DHFS to seek amendment to federal Medicaid waiver to allow property taxes be deducted from income when determining eligibility - AB137

Prescription drug assistance program for the elderly: DHFS to seek amendment to federal Medicaid waiver to allow property taxes be deducted from income when determining eligibility - SB76

Primary care physicians and dentists who provide services to MA recipients at a high rate of service: nonrefundable individual and corporate income tax credits created  - AB748

Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE): DHFS may administer under the MA program (remedial legislation) - AB616

Provider claims under MA, Badger Care, and the prescription drug assistance program for the elderly: DHFS requirements to issue payments codified, exceptions provided  - AB385

Publicly financed health plan for Wisconsin established; Department of Health Planning and Finance and Health Policy Board created; regional consumer health councils and LRB provisions - AB94

Publicly financed health plan for Wisconsin established; Department of Health Planning and Finance and Health Policy Board created; regional consumer health councils and LRB provisions - SB51

Respiratory care services for ventilator-dependent recipients under MA: specified hourly rates eliminated (remedial legislation) -  SB326

Smoking cessation program for MA recipients [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 9121 (7L)] -  SB40

Soft drink tax re wholesale sales created; revenue deposited into the dental access trust fund to supplement MA and DHFS dental services -  AB237

Soft drink tax re wholesale sales created; revenue deposited into the dental access trust fund to supplement MA and DHFS dental services -  SB117

SSN requirement re MA, Badger Care, or elderly drug assistance program: exemption expanded re well-established religious objections [Sec. 1673, 1674, 9321 (8)]  - SB40

State Long-Term Care Partnership Program: DHFS to submit certain amendment to DHHS -  AB213

State Long-Term Care Partnership Program: DHFS to submit certain amendment to DHHS -  SB114

State long-term care partnerships and MA eligibility: DHFS requirement re federal pilot project repealed [Sec. 1551, 1604, 2873, 2874; Enrolled SB-40: provisions re MA eligibility determinations, long-term care insurance requirements, 1551c, 1598r, 1634r, 3652m, 3664c, deletes 1551]  - SB40

Tobacco settlement endowment fund: amount transferred to the MA trust fund increased; GPR funding to MA program decreased -  MR8 AB1

Tobacco settlement permanent endowment fund revisions; MA trust fund, MA and Badger Care Plus benefits, appropriation obligation bonds, and DOA provisions [Conf.Sub.Amdt.1]  - MR8 AB1

Tobacco settlement permanent endowment fund: transfer to MA trust fund [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 697, 697n]  - SB40

U.W. physician services to MA recipients: intergovernmental transfer program funding created [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 254, 697d, m] -  SB40

medical clinic or center Medical clinic or center, see Hospitals