AB40-ASA1,1441,222 (a) Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all
23tangible personal property, including records, of the department of commerce that
24is primarily related to the functions of the department of commerce with respect to

1section 231.35, 2009 stats., as determined by the secretary of administration, is
2transferred to the department of administration.
AB40-ASA1,1441,63 (b) Rules. All rules promulgated by the department of commerce under section
4231.35 (7), 2009 stats., that are in effect on the effective date of this paragraph
5remain in effect until their specified expiration date or until amended or repealed by
6the department of administration.
AB40-ASA1,1441,7 7(8q) Electronic medical records credit; transfer.
AB40-ASA1,1441,12 8(a) Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all
9tangible personal property, including records, of the department of commerce that
10is primarily related to the functions of the department of commerce with respect to
11section 560.204, 2009 stats., as determined by the secretary of administration, is
12transferred to the department of revenue.
AB40-ASA1,1441,16 13(b) Rules. All rules promulgated by the department of commerce under section
14560.204 (4), 2009 stats., that are in effect on the effective date of this paragraph
15remain in effect until their specified expiration date or until amended or repealed by
16the department of revenue.
AB40-ASA1,1441,17 17(9u) Relocation assistance transfer.
AB40-ASA1,1441,2218 (a) Assets and liabilities. On the effective date of this paragraph, the assets and
19liabilities of the department of commerce primarily related to the functions of the
20department under sections 32.19 to 32.27, 2009 stats., as determined by the
21secretary of administration, shall become the assets and liabilities of the department
22of administration.
AB40-ASA1,1442,223 (b) Employee transfers. All positions and all incumbent employees holding
24those positions in the department of commerce performing duties primarily related
25to the functions of the department under sections 32.19 to 32.27, 2009 stats., as

1determined by the secretary of administration, are transferred on the effective date
2of this paragraph to the department of administration.
AB40-ASA1,1442,83 (c) Employee status. Employees transferred under paragraph (b) have all the
4rights and the same status under subchapter V of chapter 111 and chapter 230 of the
5statutes in the department of administration that they enjoyed in the department
6of commerce immediately before the transfer. Notwithstanding section 230.28 (4) of
7the statutes, no employee so transferred who has attained permanent status in class
8is required to serve a probationary period.
AB40-ASA1,1442,139 (d) Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all
10tangible personal property, including records, of the department of commerce that
11is primarily related to the functions of the department under sections 32.19 to 32.27,
122009 stats., as determined by the secretary of administration, is transferred to the
13department of administration.
AB40-ASA1,1442,2014 (e) Contracts. All contracts entered into by the department of commerce in
15effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to the
16functions of the department under sections 32.19 to 32.27, 2009 stats., as determined
17by the secretary of administration, remain in effect and are transferred to the
18department of administration. The department of administration shall carry out
19any obligations under such a contract until the contract is modified or rescinded by
20the department of administration to the extent allowed under the contract.
AB40-ASA1,1443,321 (f) Rules and orders. All rules promulgated by the department of commerce
22under sections 32.19 to 32.27, 2009 stats., that are in effect on the effective date of
23this paragraph, remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until
24amended or repealed by the department of administration. All orders issued by the
25department of commerce relating to the functions of the department under sections

132.19 to 32.27, 2009 stats., as determined by the secretary of administration, that are
2in effect on the effective date of this paragraph remain in effect until their specified
3expiration dates or until modified or rescinded by the department of administration.
AB40-ASA1,1443,104 (g) Pending matters. Any matter pending with the department of commerce
5on the effective date of this paragraph that is primarily related to the functions of the
6department under sections 32.19 to 32.27, 2009 stats., as determined by the
7secretary of administration, is transferred to the department of administration and
8all materials submitted to or actions taken by the department of commerce with
9respect to the pending matters are considered as having been submitted to or taken
10by the department of administration.
AB40-ASA1, s. 9111 11Section 9111. Nonstatutory provisions; Corrections.
AB40-ASA1,1443,17 12(1u) Report; nursing services. The secretary of corrections shall, before
13October 1, 2011, submit a report to the joint committee on finance that identifies the
14number of nursing staff and associated costs for each correctional facility in fiscal
15years 2009-10 and 2010-11 and that summarizes each contract for nursing services
16entered into by the department of corrections in or for fiscal years 2009-10 and
172010-11.
AB40-ASA1,1443,18 18(2q) Department report on juvenile corrections.
AB40-ASA1,1443,22 19(a) In this subsection, "juvenile correctional services" includes those services
20for which section 301.26 (4) (d) 2. and 3. of the statutes, as affected by this act,
21provides daily cost assessments to counties and any other
22juvenile-delinquency-related care or services provided by counties or the state.
AB40-ASA1,1444,2 23(b) No later than June 30, 2012, the department of corrections shall submit to
24the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the legislature

1under section 13.172 (2) of the statutes, a report on juvenile correctional services
2provided to juveniles that includes all of the following:
AB40-ASA1,1444,3 31. A list of all providers of juvenile correctional services.
AB40-ASA1,1444,5 42. The number of juveniles receiving juvenile correctional services and whether
5each juvenile was supervised by a county or the state.
AB40-ASA1,1444,6 63. An accounting of the costs of the juvenile correctional services provided.
AB40-ASA1, s. 9112 7Section 9112. Nonstatutory provisions; Court of Appeals.
AB40-ASA1, s. 9113 8Section 9113. Nonstatutory provisions; District Attorneys.
AB40-ASA1,1445,5 9(3c) Assistant district attorney pay progression plan. The Association of
10State Prosecutors and the director of the office of state employment relations shall
11develop a pay progression plan for attorneys who are included in the collective
12bargaining unit under section 111.825 (2) (d) of the statutes, to be funded from any
13salary savings resulting from hiring new attorneys to fill the positions of attorneys
14who retired from state employment during the period that begins on January 1, 2011,
15and ends on June 30, 2013. The plan shall include a detailed description of how a
16pay progression system would be structured and administered and the fiscal cost of
17the pay progression system in the 2011-13 fiscal biennium, by fund source, and the
18projected costs of the pay progression system in the succeeding 4 fiscal biennia.
19Before October 1, 2011, the Association of State Prosecutors and the director of the
20office of state employment relations shall submit the proposed plan to the joint
21committee on finance. If the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance do not
22notify the Association of State Prosecutors and the director of the office of state
23employment relations within 14 working days after the date of the submittal of the
24plan that the committee has scheduled a meeting to review the plan, the plan may
25be implemented as proposed by the Association of State Prosecutors and the director

1of the office of state employment relations. If, within 14 days after the date of the
2submittal of the plan, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the Association of
3State Prosecutors and the director of the office of state employment relations that the
4committee has scheduled a meeting to review the plan, the plan may only be
5implemented as approved by the committee.
AB40-ASA1, s. 9114 6Section 9114. Nonstatutory provisions; Educational Communications
Board.
AB40-ASA1, s. 9115 7Section 9115. Nonstatutory provisions; Employee Trust Funds.
AB40-ASA1,1446,2 8(1q) Supplemental appropriations for department of employee trust funds.
9During the 2011-13 fiscal biennium, the secretary of employee trust funds may
10submit one or more requests to the joint committee on finance to supplement the
11appropriation under section 20.515 (1) (w) of the statutes from the appropriation
12account under section 20.865 (4) (u) of the statutes for additional agency funding and
13authorized positions. Any request shall include a detailed expenditure plan and a
14description of how the plan addresses increasing workload and service
15improvements and a request for additional positions shall be consistent with the
16methodology developed under 2009 Wisconsin Act 28, section 9115 (1x). If the
17secretary intends to request additional authorized positions beyond the number
18derived from the methodology, the employee trust funds board must first approve the
19request before the secretary submits the request to the joint committee on finance.
20Any request submitted under this subsection shall be submitted by the applicable
21due date for agency requests for any of the joint committee on finance's quarterly
22meetings under section 13.10 of the statutes and shall also include the methodology
23used by the secretary. Notwithstanding section 13.101 (3) of the statutes, the joint

1committee on finance is not required to find that an emergency exists prior to making
2the supplementation under this subsection.
AB40-ASA1,1446,9 3(2q) Supplemental appropriations for audit of dependent eligibility under
4benefit programs administered by the department of employee trust funds.
The
5joint committee on finance may supplement, from the appropriation under section
620.865 (4) (u) of the statutes, the appropriation under section 20.515 (1) (w) of the
7statutes for the purpose of conducting an audit of dependent eligibility under benefit
8programs administered by the department of employee trust funds if all of the
9following occur:
AB40-ASA1,1446,13 10(a) The department of employee trust funds submits a report to the joint
11committee on finance on the results of any pilot survey relating to dependent
12eligibility and provides a detailed budget for a full audit of dependent eligibility
13under benefit programs administered by the department.
AB40-ASA1,1446,17 14(b) The department of employee trust funds submits a request to the joint
15committee on finance to supplement the appropriation under section 20.515 (1) (w)
16of the statutes for the purpose of conducting an audit of dependent eligibility under
17benefit programs administered by the department.
AB40-ASA1,1446,25 18(c) The cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance do not notify the
19department of employee trust funds that the committee has scheduled a meeting for
20the purpose of reviewing the request within 14 working days after the date of the
21receipt of the request. If, within 14 working days after the date of the receipt of the
22request, however, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the department of
23employee trust funds that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose
24of reviewing the proposed supplement, the supplement may occur only upon
25approval of the committee.
AB40-ASA1,1447,1
1(3q) Modifications to Wisconsin Retirement System.
AB40-ASA1,1447,62 (a) The secretary of administration, the director of the office of state
3employment relations, and the secretary of employee trust funds shall study the
4structure of the Wisconsin Retirement System and benefits provided under the
5Wisconsin Retirement System. The study shall specifically address the following
6issues:
AB40-ASA1,1447,87 1. Establishing a defined contribution plan as an option for participating
8employees, as defined in section 40.02 (46) of the statutes.
AB40-ASA1,1447,129 2. Permitting employees to not make employee required contributions under
10section 40.05 (1) (a) of the statutes and limiting retirement benefits for employees
11who do not make employee required contributions to a money purchase annuity
12calculated under section 40.23 (3) of the statutes.
AB40-ASA1,1447,1613 (b) No later than June 30, 2012, the secretary of administration, the director
14of the office of state employment relations, and the secretary of employee trust funds
15shall report their findings and recommendations to the governor and the joint
16committee on finance.
AB40-ASA1,1448,217 (4q) Promulgation of emergency rules for determination of eligibility to
18participate in the Wisconsin Retirement System.
The department of employee trust
19funds may use the procedure under section 227.24 of the statutes to promulgate rules
20under section 40.22 (2) (am) of the statutes, as created by this act. Notwithstanding
21section 227.24 (1) (c) and (2) of the statutes, emergency rules promulgated under this
22subsection remain in effect until July 1, 2012, or the date on which permanent rules
23take effect, whichever is sooner. Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (a) and (3) of the
24statutes, the department is not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule
25under this subsection as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of the

1public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of
2emergency for a rule promulgated under this subsection.
AB40-ASA1,1448,7 3(6j) Group insurance board study of assisted births in nonhospital settings.
4The group insurance board shall study the feasibility of including in the uniform
5benefits of state employee health insurance coverage the costs of certified
6nurse-midwife services to assist in births at home or at stand-alone birth centers,
7for health insurance coverage beginning on January 1, 2012.
AB40-ASA1, s. 9116 8Section 9116. Nonstatutory provisions; Employment Relations
Commission.
AB40-ASA1, s. 9117 9Section 9117. Nonstatutory provisions; Financial Institutions.
AB40-ASA1, s. 9118 10Section 9118. Nonstatutory provisions; Government Accountability
Board.
AB40-ASA1,1449,2 11(1q) Review of proposed expenditures for outreach and public information.
12No later than July 1, 2011, and before making any expenditures under section 7.08
13(12) of the statutes or 2011 Wisconsin Act 23, section 144 (1), for the purpose of
14outreach or public information, the government accountability board shall transmit
15to the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance in writing a plan identifying
16the specific proposed purposes for the expenditures and proposed amounts to be
17expended for each specific purpose. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not
18notify the board that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of
19reviewing the plan within 14 working days after the date of the board's submittal of
20the plan to the cochairpersons, the board may make the proposed expenditures
21identified in the plan. If, within 14 working days after the date of the board's
22submittal, the cochairpersons notify the board that the committee has scheduled a
23meeting for the purpose of reviewing the plan, the board shall not make any

1expenditures for the purpose of outreach or public information as identified in this
2subsection without the approval of the committee.
AB40-ASA1, s. 9119 3Section 9119. Nonstatutory provisions; Governor.
AB40-ASA1, s. 9120 4Section 9120. Nonstatutory provisions; Health and Educational
Facilities Authority.
AB40-ASA1, s. 9121 5Section 9121. Nonstatutory provisions; Health Services.
AB40-ASA1,1449,6 6(1g) Long-term care services cap.
AB40-ASA1,1449,7 7(a) Definitions. In this subsection and subsections (2g) and (3g):
AB40-ASA1,1449,8 81. "Department" means the department of health services.
AB40-ASA1,1449,11 92. "Family care partnership program" means an integrated health and
10long-term care program operated under an amendment to the state medical
11assistance plan, as authorized in 42 USC 1396n (i).
AB40-ASA1,1449,13 123. "Family care program" means the benefit program under section 46.286 of
13the statutes.
AB40-ASA1,1449,17 144. "Institutional facility" means a nursing home under section 50.01 (3) of the
15statutes, an intermediate care facility for persons with mental retardation under
16section 50.14 (1) (b) of the statutes, or a center for the developmentally disabled
17under section 51.01 (3) of the statutes.
AB40-ASA1,1449,19 185. "Long-term care program" means any of the following that are available in
19a county on June 30, 2011, or the effective date of this subdivision, whichever is later:
AB40-ASA1,1449,20 20a. The family care program.
AB40-ASA1,1449,21 21b. The self-directed services option.
AB40-ASA1,1449,22 22c. The family care partnership program.
AB40-ASA1,1449,23 23d. The program for all-inclusive care for the elderly under 42 USC 1396u-4.
AB40-ASA1,1450,2
16. "Resource center" has the meaning given under section 46.2805 (10) of the
2statutes.
AB40-ASA1,1450,4 37. "Resource center service area" means the geographical area prescribed for
4a resource center by the department.
AB40-ASA1,1450,8 58. "Self-directed services option" means the program operated under a waiver
6from the secretary of the federal department of health and human services under 42
7USC 1396n
(c) that allows participants to self-manage publicly funded long-term
8care services.
AB40-ASA1,1450,9 9(b) Enrollment cap.
AB40-ASA1,1450,1710 1. Notwithstanding section 46.286 (3) of the statutes and subject to subdivision
112. and paragraph (c), the department may not enroll more individuals in long-term
12care programs in a resource center service area than the number of individuals
13enrolled in long-term care programs in that resource center service area on June 30,
142011, or the effective date of this subdivision, whichever is later. This subdivision
15does not authorize the department to enroll an individual in a long-term care
16program that is not available in the individual's county of residence. This
17subdivision does not apply after June 30, 2013.
AB40-ASA1,1450,2018 2. Individuals enrolled in a long-term care program under paragraph (c) are
19not counted for the purpose of determining the number of individuals enrolled in
20long-term care programs in a resource center service area under subdivision 1.
AB40-ASA1,1450,2421 3. A month during which subdivision 1. is in effect is not counted for purposes
22of determining the date under section 46.286 (3) (c) of the statutes by which the
23department must assure that there is sufficient capacity in care management
24organizations to provide the family care benefit to all entitled individuals in a county.
AB40-ASA1,1451,3
1(c) Exception to the enrollment cap. The department may enroll an individual
2who is relocating from an institutional facility in a long-term care program if any of
3the following applies:
AB40-ASA1,1451,44 1. The individual has resided at the institutional facility for at least 90 days.
AB40-ASA1,1451,65 2. The department removes the individual from the institutional facility under
6section 50.03 (5m) (a) of the statutes.
AB40-ASA1,1451,87 3. The institutional facility is closing or relocating residents under section
8 50.03 (14) of the statutes.
AB40-ASA1,1451,99 4. The institutional facility is not licensed to operate in this state.
AB40-ASA1,1451,1110 5. The individual is relocated due to an emergency, as determined by the
11department.
AB40-ASA1,1451,1212 (2g) Family care benefit emergency funding.
AB40-ASA1,1451,1913 (a) 2011-13 biennium. The department may expend $12,639,000 in fiscal year
142011-12 and $12,600,800 in fiscal year 2012-13 to provide the long-term care
15services and support items that are offered under the family care program to
16individuals who are on a waiting list for a long-term care program and who are in
17urgent need of long-term care services, as determined by the department. The
18department may provide services and support items to an individual under this
19paragraph until the individual is permanently enrolled in a long-term care program.
AB40-ASA1,1451,2520 (b) 2013-15 biennium. Notwithstanding section 16.42 (1) (e) of the statutes,
21in submitting information under section 16.42 of the statutes for purposes of the
222013-15 biennial budget bill, the department shall submit information concerning
23the appropriation under section 20.435 (4) (b) of the statutes as though the increases
24in the dollar amounts of that appropriation for the purposes of paragraph (a) had not
25been made.
AB40-ASA1,1452,11
1(3g) Long-term care cost-effectiveness study. The secretary of the
2department shall study the cost-effectiveness of the family care program, the family
3care partnership program, the self-directed services option, and the program for
4all-inclusive care for the elderly under 42 USC 1396u-4. The study shall compare
5the cost-effectiveness of each program to each of the other programs; the
6cost-effectiveness of each program to the benefits provided to medical assistance
7recipients under section 49.46 (2) (a) and (b) of the statutes; and the
8cost-effectiveness of the care that individuals receive before they enroll in a
9long-term care program to the care that the individuals receive in a long-term care
10program. The department shall submit the findings of its study to the joint
11committee on finance by March 1, 2012.
AB40-ASA1,1452,1812 (5) Expansion of Family Care. Beginning on July 1, 2011, and ending on June
1330, 2013, the department of health services may not propose to contract with entities
14to administer the family care benefit, as described in section 46.286 of the statutes,
15in a county in which the family care benefit is not available on July 1, 2011, unless
16the department of health services determines that administering the family care
17benefit in such a county would be more cost-effective than the county's current
18mechanism for delivering long-term care services.
AB40-ASA1,1452,19 19(6u) Income maintenance program administration; multicounty consortia.
AB40-ASA1,1452,20 20(a) In this subsection:
AB40-ASA1,1452,21 211. "Department" means the department of health services.
AB40-ASA1,1452,23 222. "Income maintenance program" has the meaning given in section 49.78 (1)
23(b) of the statutes.
AB40-ASA1,1452,25 243. "Multicounty consortium" has the meaning given in section 49.78 (1) (br) of
25the statutes, as created by this act.
AB40-ASA1,1453,3
1(b) Counties with a population of less than 750,000 shall organize themselves
2into no more than 10 consortia and notify the department of the composition of the
3organized consortia no later than October 1, 2011.
AB40-ASA1,1453,9 4(c) In each of calendar years 2012 and 2013, a county that is part of a
5multicounty consortium shall contribute funds to its multicounty consortium in an
6amount that is not less than the amount the county expended for the administration
7of income maintenance programs in calendar year 2009. For the purposes of this
8paragraph, Kenosha County expended $673,000 for the administration of income
9maintenance programs in calendar year 2009.
AB40-ASA1,1453,12 10(6v) Income maintenance program administration; data processing unit. The
11department of health services shall relocate the document processing unit to a
12location that is outside of Dane County no later than July 1, 2012.
AB40-ASA1,1453,18 13(7u) Milwaukee County enrollment services unit. No later than 30 days after
14the effective date of this subsection, the department of health services shall discuss
15with Milwaukee County any issues relating to the employment of county employees
16with the state to provide services for the Milwaukee County enrollment services unit.
17The department of health services shall submit a report to the joint committee on
18finance on this issue no later than 60 days after the effective date of this subsection.
AB40-ASA1,1453,23 19(8r) Veterans home exemption from nursing home bed assessment.
20Notwithstanding section 50.14 (2) of the statutes, the Wisconsin veterans homes
21under section 45.50 of the statutes, as affected by this act, are not required to pay the
22per-bed assessment on nursing homes under section 50.14 (2) (am) of the statutes
23during the fiscal biennium in which this subsection takes effect.
AB40-ASA1,1454,10 24(9) Congenital disorder testing fees; rules. Using the procedure under
25section 227.24 of the statutes, the department of health services shall promulgate

1rules required under section 253.13 (2) of the statutes, as affected by this act, for the
2period before the effective date of the permanent rules promulgated under section
3253.13 (2) of the statutes, as affected by this act, but not to exceed the period
4authorized under section 227.24 (1) (c) of the statutes, subject to extension under
5section 227.24 (2) of the statutes. Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (a), (2) (b), and
6(3) of the statutes, the department of health services is not required to provide
7evidence that promulgating a rule under this subsection as an emergency rule is
8necessary for the preservation of public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not
9required to provide a finding of emergency for a rule promulgated under this
10subsection.
AB40-ASA1,1454,15 11(10q) Medical Assistance nursing home payment base funding. For the
12purpose of submitting information under section 16.42 of the statutes for purposes
13of preparing the 2013-15 biennial budget bill, the department of health services
14shall increase its adjusted base year funding for nursing home payments by $415,600
15in general purpose revenue moneys and by $925,100 in federal moneys.
AB40-ASA1,1454,23 16(10x) Audit of statewide income maintenance program administration. The
17joint legislative audit committee is requested to direct the legislative audit bureau
18to conduct a performance evaluation audit of the statewide administration of income
19maintenance programs, as defined in section 49.78 (1) (b) of the statutes. If
20conducted, the audit shall address timeliness, program integrity, and efficiency. If
21the committee directs the legislative audit bureau to conduct the audit, the bureau
22shall file its reports in the manner described under section 13.94 (1) (b) of the statutes
23by March 1, 2013.
AB40-ASA1,1455,5 24(11i) Study on purchase of generic drugs for Medical Assistance. The
25department of health services shall conduct a study to determine whether the use of

1a competitive bidding process for the purchase of generic drug equivalents that are
2provided to recipients under the Medical Assistance program would generate cost
3savings in the Medical Assistance program. No later than December 31, 2011, the
4department of health services shall submit a report of its findings under the study
5to the joint committee on finance.
AB40-ASA1,1455,6 6(12b) Study on Medical Assistance and Food Share changes.
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