LRB-2607/1
TJD:sac:jf
2013 - 2014 LEGISLATURE
August 23, 2013 - Introduced by Representatives C. Taylor, Richards, Zamarripa,
Kolste, Johnson, Bernard Schaber, Shankland, Sinicki, Berceau, Wright,
Genrich, Young, Kahl, Wachs, Jorgensen, Ohnstad, Hebl and Ringhand.
Referred to Joint Committee on Finance.
AB313,1,2
1An Act to repeal 49.45 (24s); and
to create 49.45 (24v) of the statutes;
relating
2to: family planning services provided through the Medical Assistance program.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, the Department of Health Services (DHS) is required to
request a waiver from the federal Department of Health and Human Services
(federal DHHS) to provide optional services for family planning under the Medical
Assistance program. DHS is required to implement any waiver granted. In addition,
under current law, DHS is required to seek waivers from the federal DHHS to require
parental notification of any female under age 18 receiving family planning services
under the waiver program and to determine income eligibility for a female under age
18 using the family income of the female's parent or guardian instead of only the
female's income. This bill replaces the current family planning waiver program
requirement with a requirement that DHS administer a family planning only
services program under the Medical Assistance program to provide family planning
services to any female or male between the ages of 15 and 44 whose family income
does not exceed 300 percent of the federal poverty line for a family the size of the
female's family or male's family.
For further information see the state and local 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:
AB313,2
3Section
2. 49.45 (24v) of the statutes is created to read:
AB313,2,104
49.45
(24v) Family planning services. The department shall administer a
5family planning only services program under the Medical Assistance program to
6provide family planning services to any female between the ages of 15 and 44 whose
7family income does not exceed 300 percent of the poverty line for a family the size of
8the female's family and to any male between the ages of 15 and 44 whose family
9income does not exceed 300 percent of the poverty line for a family the size of the
10male's family.
