AB1140,21,324 (a) In consultation with the health care advisory committee and experts on
25creating effective incentives for individuals and employers relating to healthier

1lifestyles, adopt evidence-based policies that create incentives for eligible residents
2to adopt healthier lifestyles and for employers to institute work-based programs
3that have been shown to improve the health status of employees and their families.
AB1140,21,124 (b) In consultation with the health care advisory committee and experts on
5increasing the transparency of health care cost and quality information, and in
6collaboration with the health care advisory committee and health care plans and
7health care providers, adopt policies that provide eligible residents with current,
8comprehensive, easily accessible, and easily understandable information about the
9cost and quality of the care provided by Wisconsin health care providers and by any
10physicians, clinics, or hospitals outside of Wisconsin that are included in a network
11of a health care plan offered under the health insurance purchasing arrangement
12under this chapter.
AB1140,21,1613 (c) In consultation with the health care advisory committee, the Wisconsin
14Health Information Organization, the Wisconsin Collaborative for Health Care
15Quality, and other medical and nonmedical experts on health care quality, promote
16evidence-based improvements in the quality of health care delivery in Wisconsin.
AB1140,21,24 17260.60 Including certain residents who are eligible for Medical
18Assistance.
(1) Plan. The corporation and the department of health and family
19services shall jointly develop a plan for providing health care coverage under the
20health insurance purchasing arrangement established under this chapter to
21individuals who satisfy the criteria under s. 260.01 (3) (a) 1. to 4. and who are eligible
22for Medical Assistance under subch. IV of ch. 49 in the low-income families category,
23as determined under 2005 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 14 (1 ) (b), or for health
24care coverage under the Badger Care health care program under s. 49.665.
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1(2) Waiver request. The department of health and family services shall, no
2later than July 1, 2010, submit to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) the plan
3developed under sub. (1), together with its recommendations concerning the
4desirability of requesting waivers from the secretary of the federal department of
5health and human services for all of the following purposes:
AB1140,22,66 (a) To implement the plan developed under sub. (1).
AB1140,22,97 (b) To allow the use of federal financial participation to fund, to the maximum
8extent possible, health care coverage under the arrangement established under this
9chapter for individuals specified in sub. (1).
AB1140,22,14 10(3) Proposed legislation. If the legislature authorizes or requires the
11department of health and family services to request the waivers specified in sub. (2)
12and if the waivers are granted, the department of health and family services shall
13submit to the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3) proposed
14legislation that will implement the provisions approved under the waivers.
AB1140, s. 12 15Section 12. 632.755 (1g) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1140,22,1916 632.755 (1g) (a) A Except as provided under ch. 260, a disability insurance
17policy may not exclude a person or a person's dependent from coverage because the
18person or the dependent is eligible for assistance under ch. 49 or because the
19dependent is eligible for early intervention services under s. 51.44.
AB1140, s. 13 20Section 13. 632.755 (1g) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1140,22,2421 632.755 (1g) (b) A Except as provided under ch. 260, a disability insurance
22policy may not terminate its coverage of a person or a person's dependent because the
23person or the dependent is eligible for assistance under ch. 49 or because the
24dependent is eligible for early intervention services under s. 51.44.
AB1140, s. 14 25Section 14 . Nonstatutory provisions.
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1(1) Proposed legislation on eligibility of and appropriations for Medical
2Assistance and Badger Care recipients.
AB1140,23,43 (a) Definition. In this subsection, "department" means the department of
4health and family services.
AB1140,23,55 (b) Eligibility categories for Medical Assistance.
AB1140,23,8 61. The department shall review the statutes and determine which statutory
7provisions specify eligibility criteria for Medical Assistance by each of the following
8categories of persons:
AB1140,23,9 9a. Low-income families.
AB1140,23,10 10b. Elderly or disabled persons.
AB1140,23,19 112. No later than April 1, 2008, the department shall submit the findings of its
12review under subdivision 1. to the appropriate standing committees of the
13legislature in the manner provided under section 13.172 (3) of the statutes. If the
14department determines that one or more statutory provisions provide eligibility
15criteria that apply to both categories of persons under subdivision 1., along with its
16findings the department shall submit proposed legislation specifying eligibility
17criteria for Medical Assistance that clearly separates the 2 categories of persons
18under subdivision 1. so that any single statutory unit applies to only one of the 2
19categories.
AB1140,23,2020 (c) Appropriations for Medical Assistance and Badger Care.
AB1140,24,2 211. The department and the legislative fiscal bureau shall review the following
22Medical Assistance and Badger Care health care program appropriations to
23determine what amount of each of the total amounts appropriated under each of the
24appropriations is attributable to benefits provided to, or the administrative costs of

1providing benefits to, Medical Assistance recipients in the category under paragraph
2(b) 1 . a. or Badger Care health care program recipients:
AB1140,24,3 3a. Section 20.435 (2) (gk) of the statutes.
AB1140,24,5 4b. Section 20.435 (4) (a), (b), (bc), (bm), (bn), (gp), (iL), (im), (in), (kt), (L), (vt),
5(w), (wm), (wp), and (x) of the statutes.
AB1140,24,6 6c. Section 20.435 (6) (ga) and (k) of the statutes.
AB1140,24,7 7d. Section 20.435 (7) (b) of the statutes.
AB1140,24,11 82. No later than April 1, 2008, the department and the legislative fiscal bureau
9shall submit the findings of the review under subdivision 1. to the appropriate
10standing committees of the legislature in the manner provided under section 13.172
11(3) of the statutes, along with proposed legislation that does all of the following:
AB1140,24,16 12a. Creates, effective January 1, 2009, separate Medical Assistance
13appropriations for the state's share of benefits and administrative costs for the
14category of persons under paragraph (b ) 1. a ., along with the appropriate amounts
15in the schedule, and funds those appropriations from the health insurance
16purchasing trust fund.
AB1140,24,20 17b. Creates, effective January 1, 2009, separate appropriations for the state's
18share of benefits and administrative costs for the Badger Care health care program,
19along with the appropriate amounts in the schedule, and funds those appropriations
20from the health insurance purchasing trust fund.
AB1140,25,2 21c. Modifies, effective January 1, 2009, the Medical Assistance and Badger Care
22health care program appropriations in current law that are affected by the creation
23of the appropriations under subdivision 2 . a. and b., along with the amounts in the
24schedule, to account for the creation of the appropriations under subdivision 2. a. and

1b., and funds the modified appropriations in the same manner as those
2appropriations are funded under current law.
AB1140, s. 15 3Section 15. Initial applicability.
AB1140,25,64 (1) Health savings accounts. The treatment of sections 71.83 (1) (ce) and
5subchapter XVI of chapter 71 of the statutes first applies to taxable years beginning
6on January 1, 2008.
AB1140,25,77 (End)
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