Wisconsin Legislature: Medical assistance

Medal of Honor Day (March 25): Governor to annually proclaim - AB425

Medal of Honor Day (March 25): Governor to annually proclaim - SB293

Administrative contracts for MA: certain program revenues appropriated; provision re enrollment fees for BadgerCare Plus childless adults [Sec. 356, 358, 1301] - AB75

Ambulatory surgical center assessment created; DOR duties [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 601s, 681g, 1623m, 2433x, 9143 (4u)] - AB75

Autism benefit services under MA provided to all eligible individuals, funding provision; DHS to distribute information on autism therapies; Autism Paraprofessional Board and licensing requirements created; health care provider required to provide referral if diagnosing a patient with a condition that requires further treatment, exceptions noted - AB141

BadgerCare Plus Benchmark Plan and HIRSP eligibility [Sec. 1358, 2434] - AB75

BadgerCare Plus: technical changes; certain annual DHS report eliminated [Sec. 873-877, 1297-1299, 1328-1333, 1335-1337, 1338-1353, 1354, 1356, 9422 (1); Enrolled AB-75: further revisions, 872k] - AB75

Base appropriation for MA benefits [Sec. 78; original bill only] - AB75

Birth to 3 Program: DHS to request waiver of federal Medicaid law; counties to pay nonfederal share; reimbursement by MA program [Sec. 363, 438, 912, 1316, 1317, 1324, 1325] - AB75

Centers for the developmentally disabled: CIP reduction; certain DHS report requirements eliminated [Sec. 857, 1290; Enrolled AB-75: CIP-1A funding increased, report requirement retained, deletes 857] - AB75

Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Program revisions; expansion re home visitation program services; matching funds requirement [Sec. 1102-1127, 2547, 2549, 2550, 9108 (6); Enrolled AB-75: certain restrictions reinstated, matching requirement removed, 1106d, 1110d, 1111d; deletes 1104-1110, 1115] - AB75

Children receiving MA and who have health insurance coverage: DHS incentive payments for DCF to identify [Sec. 1300, 1377; Enrolled AB-75: funding re incentive payments to local child support agencies, 487p, 1268p, 1377; deletes 1300] - AB75

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; DHS provision - SB96

Community recovery mental health services: DHS may implement through MA [Sec. 394, 890, 891, 1306, 1310, 1323; Enrolled AB-75: maintenance-of-effort requirement removed, deletes 890, 891] - AB75

Critical access hospital assessment created, MA and DHS provisions; health care provider loan program through U.W. revised re amount and rural areas; rural physician residency assistance program established through the U.W. School of Medicine and Public Health's Department of Family Medicine, annual report to JCF required - AB770

Critical access hospital assessment created, MA and DHS provisions; health care provider loan program through U.W. revised re amount and rural areas; rural physician residency assistance program established through the U.W. School of Medicine and Public Health's Department of Family Medicine, annual report to JCF required - SB553

Family planning demonstration project: DHS may request federal waiver to include men [Sec. 1302, 1303] - AB75

Federal economic stimulus funds: DCF appropriation created [Sec. 510; Enrolled AB-75: further revisions] - AB75

Federal MA percentage calculations [Sec. 9122 (4), 9422 (9)] - AB75

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; DHS duties and emergency rule provisions - AB539

Health care providers and insurers required to disclose to consumer upon request information re median billed charge for certain health services and specified charge information for the most frequent presenting conditions; DHS duties [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, hospital provisions modified; A.Amdt.2: public information reported to a health care information organization provision added] - AB614

Health care providers and insurers required to disclose to consumer upon request information re median billed charge for certain health services and specified charge information for the most frequent presenting conditions; DHS duties - SB418

HIV-related specialty care and hospital services for MA recipients: DHS to pay certain grant moneys to the hospital - AB899

HIV-related specialty care and hospital services for MA recipients: DHS to pay certain grant moneys to the hospital [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, hospital provisions replaced with the creation of HIV-related care coordination services provided to MA recipients, DHHS approval required] - SB647

Hospital assessment increased; DHS duties and MA provisions; independent rural hospital supplements [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 1294d, 3416b, 9122 (5i), (6i), 9222 (4i), 9422 (13i)] - AB75

Hospital assessment increased; MA and rural border hospitals provisions - JN9 SB1

Hospital assessment revisions; MA and DHS provisions; report required [Sec. 6, 11-14, 29-32, 34-40, 46, 47, 49-66, 69, 70, 556, 557, 9122 (1), 9222 (1), 9322 (1), 9422 (1)] - SB62

Hospital certificate of approval: DHS to issue one that covers UWHCA's inpatient and outpatient facilities that satisfy requirements for a hospital; MA reimbursement provision [Sec. 48, 68] - SB62

Insurance claim intercept for MA liability or child support obligation: requirements created [Sec. 1380, 3146, 9326 (2); original bill only] - AB75

Insurance law revisions including repeal of Interstate Insurance Receivership Compact, HIRSP assessments paid by health insurers, insurance security fund, long-term care insurance re MA applicant assets, fraternal insurance organization voting, reinstatement of insurance intermediary license, continuation coverage under a group health insurance policy, town mutual merges, and motor vehicle insurance [A.Amdt.1: HIRSP provision removed, segregated accounts provisions revised; A.Amdt.2: appointment of a special deputy commissioner to rehabilitate an insurer added] - AB701

Insurance law revisions including repeal of Interstate Insurance Receivership Compact, HIRSP assessments paid by health insurers, insurance security fund, long-term care insurance re MA applicant assets, fraternal insurance organization voting, reinstatement of insurance intermediary license, continuation coverage under a group health insurance policy, town mutual merges, and motor vehicle insurance - SB516

MA case management services reimbursement to independent living centers: criteria clarified [Sec. 907, 908, 1305] - AB75

MA dental service delivery in certain southeast Wisconsin counties: DHS to use fee-for-service model [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 1317n] - AB75

MA eligibility: DHS to request a waiver re disregarding income and assets of person's spouse under certain conditions - AB238

MA eligibility: independence account assets disregarded [Sec. 1327; Enrolled AB-75: modified to exclude certain retirement assets] - AB75

MA general purpose revenue lapse [Sec. 9222 (1), 9422 (8); Enrolled AB-75: MA funding shift and carryover balance, 9222 (1c), (1d)] - AB75

MA GPR appropriation increased [Sec. 9222 (3)] - SB62

MA purchase plan eligibility: DHS to seek waiver from DHHS Secretary to disregard income of married person's spouse - AB964

MA purchase plan eligibility: DHS to seek waiver from DHHS Secretary to disregard income of married person's spouse - SB682

MA services by managed care organizations; DHS reports re quality of care for MA recipients and reducing MA program costs [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 1301c, 1313h, p, 1315n, 9122 (10q), 9322 (3f), 9422 (14g)] - AB75

MA services provided by licensed mental health professionals: definitions, funding, and requirements revised [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 1305r, 1321r, 1323c, 1443m, 2995sm, 3137r, 9422 (12r)] - AB75

MA spending plan re MA and SeniorCare programs: DHS to submit plan re efficiencies and reductions [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 9122 (11q)] - AB75

MA trust fund increase; provision re nursing home operating deficits [Sec. 1293, 9222 (2), 9422 (10), (11); Enrolled AB-75: further revisions, 9222 (2u), (4q)] - AB75

Medical Assistance Trust Fund: U.W. Regents to transfer moneys to [Sec. 257, 258, 9454 (1)] - AB75

Milwaukee County enrollment services unit established in DHS re administration of income maintenance and state supplemental payment programs; DCF may contract with DHS to administer child care subsidy program in Milwaukee County; county civil service employees and collective bargaining agreement provisions; JSCRS appendix report - AB194

Milwaukee County enrollment services unit established in DHS re administration of income maintenance and state supplemental payment programs; DCF may contract with DHS to administer child care subsidy program in Milwaukee County; county civil service employees and collective bargaining agreement provisions; JSCRS appendix report - SB161

Municipally-owned nursing homes: supplemental MA payments [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 1292n] - AB75

Nursing home or intermediate care facility operated by a commission created by two or more political subdivisions: assessments and MA payments permitted under certain conditions - AB944

Nursing home or intermediate care facility operated by a commission created by two or more political subdivisions: assessments and MA payments permitted under certain conditions - SB684

Nursing home petitions to modify MA payments: requirement re DHS establishment of reviewing mechanism repealed [Sec. 350, 1292] - AB75

Podiatrists: civil liability immunity for providing aid at certain athletic events, privileged communication with patients, certify to DOT that applicant is fit to teach driving, may diagnose illness or injury for DVA purposes, may submit statement for specialized hunting permit, added to list of enumerated providers of sickness care, insurers to give equal weight to certifications of disability by, added to list of free choice providers for persons eligible for MA; Podiatrists Affiliated Credentialing Board renamed Podiatry Affiliated Credentialing Board - AB273

Podiatrists: civil liability immunity for providing aid at certain athletic events, privileged communication with patients, certify to DOT that applicant is fit to teach driving, may diagnose illness or injury for DVA purposes, may submit statement for specialized hunting permit, added to list of enumerated providers of sickness care, insurers to give equal weight to certifications of disability by, added to list of free choice providers for persons eligible for MA; Podiatrists Affiliated Credentialing Board renamed Podiatry Affiliated Credentialing Board [A.Amdt.1: health care provider definition revised] - SB191

Prenatal, postpartum, and young child care coordination: providers in City of Racine certified re children who have not attained the age of two [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 1313k, 2550d-h, 3410] - AB75

Transporting MA recipients to obtain medical care: advance authorization requirement eliminated [Sec. 1321; Enrolled AB-75: funding revision, DHS reports to JCF re contracting with entity for MA management services and effectiveness of manager program, 9122 (4f)] - AB75

Childhood cancer research programs: individual income tax checkoff created - SB637

Kellner, Mary and Ted: recipients of the Warren P. Knowles Humanitarian Award commended - SJR54

Medical school reports: certain requirements eliminated [Sec. 6-8; original bill only] - AB75

Critical access hospital assessment created, MA and DHS provisions; health care provider loan program through U.W. revised re amount and rural areas; rural physician residency assistance program established through the U.W. School of Medicine and Public Health's Department of Family Medicine, annual report to JCF required - AB770

Critical access hospital assessment created, MA and DHS provisions; health care provider loan program through U.W. revised re amount and rural areas; rural physician residency assistance program established through the U.W. School of Medicine and Public Health's Department of Family Medicine, annual report to JCF required - SB553

MEB and licensed physician duties revised; biennial training requirement; temporary educational permit to practice medicine and surgery - AB877

Technology transfer grant and loan program for research institutions created in Comm.Dept, definition provision - AB641

Technology transfer grant and loan program for research institutions created in Comm.Dept, definition provision - SB409

Anesthesiologist Assistants, Council on, created in DRL; licensure requirements and practice standards created - AB671

Anesthesiologist Assistants, Council on, created in DRL; licensure requirements and practice standards created - SB535

Genetic counselor licensing requirements and Genetic Counselors Affiliated Credentialing Board created - SB634

MEB and its affiliated credentialing boards: DRL to form dedicated work unit to support [Sec. 226, 227, 2995, 9142 (1); Enrolled AB-75: fees and other revisions, 2994mnk-mns, mp-mu, ng, 2995jg-Lg, 9142 (2u)] - AB75

MEB and licensed physician duties revised; biennial training requirement; temporary educational permit to practice medicine and surgery - AB877

MEB and licensed physician duties revised; biennial training requirement; temporary educational permit to practice medicine and surgery - SB635

Physical Therapists Affiliated Credentialing Board changed to Physical Therapy Examining Board and no longer attached to or advised by MEB - AB275

Physician assistants: medically related actions authority expanded - SB698

Expedited partner therapy: physician, physician assistant, and certain nurses may prescribe or dispense antimicrobial drug to a patient to be used by a sexual partner for the treatment of specific STDs, pharmacist and civil liability exemption provisions; DHS duties - AB653

Expedited partner therapy: physician, physician assistant, and certain nurses may prescribe or dispense antimicrobial drug to a patient to be used by a sexual partner for the treatment of specific STDs, pharmacist and civil liability exemption provisions; DHS duties - SB460

Health care provider conduct, statement, or gesture of apology, condolence, or sympathy is inadmissible in a civil action or administrative hearing - AB710

Loss of society and companionship in medical malpractice cases re adult children and parents - AB291

Loss of society and companionship in medical malpractice cases re adult children and parents - SB203

Medical malpractice: notice requirement and liability limits revised re civil actions against local governments, political corporations, volunteer fire companies, and their officers, agents, or employees, and state officers - AB179

Medical malpractice: notice requirement and liability limits revised re civil actions against local governments, political corporations, volunteer fire companies, and their officers, agents, or employees, and state officers [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, limits on liability removed] - SB127

Nurse-midwifery practice revisions, coverage by the Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund, and hospital staff privileges - AB675

Nurse-midwifery practice revisions, coverage by the Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund, and hospital staff privileges - SB451