AB36: Bill Text

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2001 - 2002 LEGISLATURE

2001 Assembly BILL 36

January 19, 2001 - Introduced by Representatives Lippert, Gard, Underheim, Loeffelholz, Montgomery, Krawczyk, Wade, Freese, Kestell, Vrakas, J. Lehman, McCormick, Stone, Seratti, Gunderson, Gronemus, Schooff, Huebsch, Berceau, Urban, Rhoades, Suder, Powers, Miller, Carpenter, Shilling, Bock, Cullen, Petrowski, Huber, Sykora, Lassa and Pocan, cosponsored by Senators Plache, Roessler, Rosenzweig, George, Robson, Shibilski, Moore, Jauch, Wirch, Chvala, Baumgart, Hansen, Grobschmidt, Erpenbach, Decker, Burke, Risser, Moen, M. Meyer and Breske. Referred to Committee on Health.

AB36,1,2 An Act relating to: funding for the badger care health care program and making appropriations.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Currently, the department of health and family services (DHFS) administers the badger care health care (BadgerCare) program. This program provides health care coverage to eligible low-income families and to eligible low-income children who do not reside with a parent. A family or child is generally considered low-income if the family's or child's income does not exceed 185% of the poverty line.

This bill appropriates an additional $13,542,500 of general purpose revenue for the BadgerCare program in the 2000-2001 fiscal year. The bill also requires that $11,237,100 of certain unanticipated federal moneys received under the federal Medicare, federal medical assistance, and federal foster care and adoption assistance programs (income augmentation moneys) lapse to the general fund.

For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB36, s. 1 Section 1. Appropriation changes.

AB36,2,2 (1) Badger care health care program. In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the department of health and family services under section 20.435 (4) (bc) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 2001, the dollar amount is increased by $13,542,500 for fiscal year 2000-01.

AB36,2,7 (2) Income augmentation moneys. Notwithstanding section 20.001 (3) (c) of the statutes, not later than 30 days after the effective date of this subsection, there is lapsed to the general fund $11,237,100 from the appropriation account of the department of health and family services under section 20.435 (8) (mb) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 2001.

AB36,2,8 (End)