Amendment AA24-SB21

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2015 - 2016 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 24, TO SENATE BILL 21

July 8, 2015 - Offered by Representatives Barnes, Goyke, Kessler, Genrich and Hebl.

SB21-AA24,1,2 At the locations indicated, amend the bill, as shown by senate substitute amendment 1, as follows:

SB21-AA24,1,5 1. Page 181, line 5: decrease the dollar amount for fiscal year 2015-16 by $560,900 and decrease the dollar amount for fiscal year 2016-17 by $4,429,400 for the purpose of decreasing funding for adult correctional services.

SB21-AA24,1,9 2. Page 195, line 7: decrease the dollar amount for fiscal year 2015-16 by $113,100,000 and decrease the dollar amount for fiscal year 2016-17 by $247,400,000 for the purpose of providing Medical Assistance to certain adults with incomes up to 133 percent of the federal poverty line.

SB21-AA24,1,13 3. Page 220, line 13: increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2015-16 by $560,900 and increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2016-17 by $4,429,400 for the purpose of providing grants to counties that provide alternatives to prosecution and incarceration.

SB21-AA24,2,4 4. Page 266, line 6: increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2015-16 by $88,200 and increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2016-17 by $88,200 for the purpose of funding the position of a statewide coordinator for problem-solving courts.

SB21-AA24,2,5 5. Page 557, line 18: after that line insert:

SB21-AA24,2,6 " Section 1794m. 49.45 (23) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-AA24,2,14 49.45 (23) (a) The department shall request a waiver from the secretary of the federal department of health and human services to permit the department to conduct a demonstration project to provide health care coverage to adults who are under the age of 65, who have family incomes not to exceed 100 133 percent of the poverty line before application of the 5 percent income disregard under 42 CFR 435.603 (d), except as provided in s. 49.471 (4g), and who are not otherwise eligible for medical assistance under this subchapter, the Badger Care health care program under s. 49.665, or Medicare under 42 USC 1395 et seq.".

SB21-AA24,2,15 6. Page 568, line 17: after that line insert:

SB21-AA24,2,16 " Section 1827d. 49.471 (1) (cr) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21-AA24,2,18 49.471 (1) (cr) "Enhanced federal medical assistance percentage" means a federal medical assistance percentage described under 42 USC 1396d (y) or (z).

SB21-AA24,1827m Section 1827m. 49.471 (4) (a) 4. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-AA24,2,22 49.471 (4) (a) 4. b. The Except as provided in sub. (4g), the individual's family income does not exceed 100 133 percent of the poverty line before application of the 5 percent income disregard under 42 CFR 435.603 (d).

SB21-AA24,1827s Section 1827s. 49.471 (4g) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21-AA24,3,8 49.471 (4g) Medicaid expansion; federal medical assistance percentage. (a) For services provided to individuals described under sub. (4) (a) 4. and s. 49.45 (23), the department shall comply with all federal requirements to qualify for the highest available enhanced federal medical assistance percentage. The department shall submit any amendment to the state medical assistance plan, request for a waiver of federal Medicaid law, or other approval required by the federal government to provide services to the individuals described under sub. (4) (a) 4. and s. 49.45 (23) and qualify for the highest available enhanced federal medical assistance percentage.

SB21-AA24,3,19 (b) If the department does not qualify for an enhanced federal medical assistance percentage, or if the enhanced federal medical assistance percentage obtained by the department is lower than printed in federal law as of July 1, 2013, for individuals eligible under sub. (4) (a) 4. or s. 49.45 (23), the department shall submit to the joint committee on finance a fiscal analysis comparing the cost to maintain coverage for adults who are not pregnant and not elderly at up to 133 percent of the poverty line to the cost of limiting eligibility to those adults with family incomes up to 100 percent of the poverty line. The department may reduce income eligibility for adults who are not pregnant and not elderly from up to 133 percent of the poverty line to up to 100 percent of the poverty line only if this reduction in income eligibility levels is approved by the joint committee on finance.".

SB21-AA24,3,21 7. Page 1159, line 14: delete " information that" and substitute "personally identifying information contained within the report.".

SB21-AA24,3,22 8. Page 1159, line 15: delete that line.

SB21-AA24,3,23 9. Page 1538, line 3: after that line insert:

SB21-AA24,4,12 "(4j) New assistant district attorney positions. In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the department of administration under section 20.475 (1) (d) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 2015, the dollar amount is increased by $4,328,000 for the first fiscal year of the fiscal biennium in which this subsection takes effect to increase the authorized FTE positions for the department by 84.9 GPR assistant district attorney positions. In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the department of administration under section 20.475 (1) (d) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 2015, the dollar amount is increased by $6,348,900 for the second fiscal year of the fiscal biennium in which this subsection takes effect to increase the authorized FTE positions for the department by 84.9 GPR assistant district attorney positions. The district attorney positions shall be allocated to the following counties:

SB21-AA24,4,13 (a) Barron County, 1.0 FTE position.

SB21-AA24,4,14 (b) Brown County, 4.0 FTE positions.

SB21-AA24,4,15 (c) Clark County, 0.50 FTE position.

SB21-AA24,4,16 (d) Dane County, 11.0 FTE positions.

SB21-AA24,4,17 (e) Dodge County, 2.0 FTE positions.

SB21-AA24,4,18 (f) Douglas County, 1.0 FTE position.

SB21-AA24,4,19 (g) Dunn County, 0.50 FTE position.

SB21-AA24,4,20 (h) Eau Claire County, 2.0 FTE positions.

SB21-AA24,4,21 (i) Fond du Lac County, 4.0 FTE positions.

SB21-AA24,4,22 (j) Green County, 0.50 FTE position.

SB21-AA24,4,23 (k) Jackson County, 1.0 FTE position.

SB21-AA24,4,24 (L) Kenosha County, 2.0 FTE positions.

SB21-AA24,4,25 (m) La Crosse County, 3.0 FTE positions.

SB21-AA24,5,1 (n) Lincoln County, 1.0 FTE position.

SB21-AA24,5,2 (o) Manitowoc County, 2.0 FTE positions.

SB21-AA24,5,3 (p) Marinette County, 2.0 FTE positions.

SB21-AA24,5,4 (q) Marquette County, 0.50 FTE position.

SB21-AA24,5,5 (r) Milwaukee County, 4.0 FTE positions.

SB21-AA24,5,6 (s) Monroe County, 3.0 FTE positions.

SB21-AA24,5,7 (t) Outagamie County, 5.90 FTE positions.

SB21-AA24,5,8 (u) Ozaukee County, 2.0 FTE positions.

SB21-AA24,5,9 (v) Portage County, 2.0 FTE positions.

SB21-AA24,5,10 (w) Racine County, 4.0 FTE positions.

SB21-AA24,5,11 (x) Rock County, 2.0 FTE positions.

SB21-AA24,5,12 (y) Saint Croix County, 1.50 FTE positions.

SB21-AA24,5,13 (z) Shawano and Menominee Counties, 1.0 FTE position.