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2009 - 2010 LEGISLATURE
March 4, 2009 - Introduced by Representatives Bernard Schaber, Berceau, Clark,
Hraychuck, Pope-Roberts, Richards and Seidel, cosponsored by Senators
Vinehout, Carpenter, Coggs, Hansen, Lehman, Miller, Robson, Taylor and
Wirch. Referred to Committee on Health and Healthcare Reform.
AB112,1,2
1An Act to amend 149.12 (1) (a) of the statutes;
relating to: health insurance
2coverage denials for eligibility under the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
The Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan (HIRSP) under current law provides
health insurance coverage for persons who are covered under Medicare because they
are disabled, persons who have tested positive for human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV), persons who have been refused coverage, or coverage at an affordable price,
in the private health insurance market because of their mental or physical health
condition, and persons who do not currently have health insurance coverage but who
were covered under certain types of health insurance coverage (creditable coverage)
for at least 18 months in the past. Persons who are eligible for coverage under HIRSP
on the basis of being denied coverage by a private insurer must have been denied
coverage by two or more insurers. This bill changes that criterion for eligibility to
a denial of coverage by one or more insurers.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB112, s. 1
3Section
1. 149.12 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB112,1,44
149.12
(1) (a) A notice of rejection of coverage from
2 one or more insurers.
AB112,2,2
1(1) This act first applies to persons who apply for coverage under the Health
2Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan on the effective date of this subsection.
