AB56: Bill Text

AB56,1106,2 (1) Dental therapy training program. The department of health services shall award, on a competitive basis, a total of $500,000 in fiscal year 2019-20 and $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2020-21 as onetime grants to educational institutions for costs associated with beginning a dental therapy training program. The department shall establish criteria for approving and distributing grants under this subsection.

AB56,1106,7 (2) Medical Assistance reimbursement for services provided through telehealth. The department of health services shall develop, by rule, a method of reimbursing providers under the Medical Assistance program for a service that is covered by the Medical Assistance program under subch. IV of ch. 49 and that satisfies any of the following:

AB56,1106,10 (a) The service is a consultation between a provider at an originating site and a provider at a remote location using a combination of interactive video, audio, and externally acquired images through a networking environment.

AB56,1106,13 (b) The service is an asynchronous transmission of digital clinical information through a secure electronic system from a Medical Assistance recipient or provider to a provider.

AB56,1106,14 (3) Academic detailing training program.

AB56,1106,19 (a) In this subsection, “academic detailing” means a teaching model under which health care experts are taught techniques for engaging in interactional educational outreach to other health care providers and clinical staff to provide information on evidence-based practices and successful therapeutic interventions with the goal of improving patient care.

AB56,1106,22 (b) The department of health services shall establish and implement a 2-year academic detailing primary care clinic dementia training program in 10 primary care clinics in the state through a contract with the Wisconsin Alzheimer's Institute.

AB56,1107,2 (c) The department shall, as part of the training program, provide primary care providers with clinical training and access to educational resources on best practices for diagnosis and management of common cognitive disorders, and referral strategies to dementia specialists for complicated or rare cognitive or behavioral disorders.

AB56,1107,4 (d) The department shall ensure that the training program under this subsection includes at least the following three components:

AB56,1107,6 1. The most current research on effective clinical treatments and practices is systematically evaluated by the academic detailing team.

AB56,1107,9 2. Information gathered and evaluated under subd. 1. is packaged into an easily accessible format that is clinically relevant, rigorously sourced, and compellingly formatted.

AB56,1107,13 3. Training is provided for clinicians to serve as academic detailers that equips them with clinical expertise and proficiency in conducting an interactive educational exchange to facilitate individualized learning among participating primary care practitioners in the target clinics.

AB56,1107,21 (4) Childless adults demonstration project. The department of health services shall submit any necessary request to the federal department of health and human services for a state plan amendment or waiver of federal Medicaid law or to modify or withdraw from any waiver of federal Medicaid law relating to the childless adults demonstration project under s. 49.45 (23), 2017 stats., to reflect the incorporation of recipients of Medical Assistance under the demonstration project into the BadgerCare Plus program under s. 49.471 and the termination of the demonstration project.

AB56,1107,25 (5) Childless adults demonstration project reform waiver. The department of health services may submit a request to the federal department of health and human services to modify or withdraw the waiver granted under s. 49.45 (23) (g), 2017 stats.

AB56,1108,6 (6) Evidence-based oral health grants and Seal-A-Smile program. Notwithstanding s. 250.10 (1m) (b), in fiscal year 2019-20, the department of health services shall, from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (de), award to qualified applicants grants totaling $50,000 for fluoride varnish and other evidence-based oral health activities, $525,000 for school-based preventive dental services, and $100,000 for school-based restorative dental services.

AB56,1108,12 (7) Prescription drug importation program. The department of health services shall submit the first report required under s. 250.048 (5) by the next January 1 or July 1, whichever is earliest, that is at least 180 days after the date the prescription drug importation program is fully operational under s. 250.048 (4). The department of health services shall include in the first 3 reports submitted under s. 250.048 (5) information on the implementation of the audit functions under s. 250.048 (1) (n).

AB56,1108,18 (8) Community-based doulas. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (4) (bm), the department of health services shall in fiscal year 2019-20 allocate $192,000 to public or private entities, American Indian tribes or tribal organizations, or community-based organizations for grants for community-based doulas. The recipients of the grants shall use the moneys to identify and train local community workers to mentor pregnant women.

AB56,1108,24 (9) Dental services under Medical Assistance. During the 2019-21 fiscal biennium, the department of health services shall allocate a total of $2,000,000 in the 2019-20 fiscal year and $3,000,000 in the 2020-21 fiscal year from all funding sources to increase reimbursement rates for dental services that are covered under the Medical Assistance program under subch. IV of ch. 49 and that are provided to recipients of Medical Assistance who have disabilities.

AB56,1109,5 (10) Infant mortality prevention program. The department of health services shall allocate 5.0 FTE positions that are authorized for the department of health services to staff an infant mortality prevention program. The department of health services shall report in its 2021-23 budget request any necessary budget adjustments to reflect this allocation of positions.

AB56,1109,11 (11) Medical Assistance reimbursement rate increase for direct care. The department of health services shall increase the Medical Assistance rates paid for direct care to nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities for persons with an intellectual disability with a 1 percent annual rate increase related to an increase in acuity of patients in those facilities and an additional 1.5 percent annual rate increase to support staff in those facilities who perform direct care.

AB56,1109,16 (12) Medical Assistance reimbursement rate increase for direct care in personal care agencies. The department of health services shall increase the Medical Assistance rates paid for direct care to agencies that provide personal care services 1.5 percent annually to support staff in those agencies who perform direct care.

AB56,9120 Section 9120. Nonstatutory provisions; Higher Educational Aids Board.

AB56,9121 Section 9121. Nonstatutory provisions; Historical Society.

AB56,9122 Section 9122. Nonstatutory provisions; Housing and Economic Development Authority.

AB56,9123 Section 9123. Nonstatutory provisions; Office of Commissioner of Insurance.

AB56,1110,2 (1) Prescription drug cost survey. The commissioner of insurance shall conduct a statistically-valid survey of pharmacies in this state regarding whether the pharmacy agreed to not disclose that customer drug benefit cost sharing exceeds the cost of the dispensed drug.

AB56,9124 Section 9124. Nonstatutory provisions; Investment Board.

AB56,9125 Section 9125. Nonstatutory provisions; Joint Committee on Finance.

AB56,9126 Section 9126. Nonstatutory provisions; Judicial Commission.

AB56,9127 Section 9127. Nonstatutory provisions; Justice.

AB56,1110,7 (1) Transfer of office of school safety.

AB56,1110,11 (a) Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all tangible personal property of the department of justice that is primarily related to the duties of the office of school safety, as determined by the state superintendent of public instruction, is transferred to the department of public instruction.

AB56,1110,18 (b) Contracts. All contracts entered into by the department of justice in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to the duties of the office of school safety, as determined by the state superintendent of public instruction, remain in effect and are transferred to the department of public instruction. The department of public instruction shall carry out any obligations under those contracts unless modified or rescinded by the department of public instruction to the extent allowed under the contract.

AB56,1111,2 (c) Rules and orders. All rules promulgated by the department of justice in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to the duties of the office of school safety, as determined by the state superintendent of public instruction, remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until amended or repealed by the department of public instruction. All orders issued by the department of justice in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to the duties of the office of school safety, as determined by the state superintendent of public instruction, remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until modified or rescinded by the department of public instruction.

AB56,1111,7 (2) Diversion pilot program. From the appropriation under s. 20.455 (2) (en), the department of justice shall establish a diversion pilot program for nonviolent offenders to be diverted to a treatment program and under the program shall allocate $250,000 in each fiscal year of the 2019-21 biennium to law enforcement agencies in cities of the first class.

AB56,9128 Section 9128. Nonstatutory provisions; Legislature.

AB56,9129 Section 9129. Nonstatutory provisions; Lieutenant Governor.

AB56,9130 Section 9130. Nonstatutory provisions; Local Government.

AB56,9131 Section 9131. Nonstatutory provisions; Military Affairs.

AB56,1111,18 (1) Washington Island disaster assistance. From the appropriation under s. 20.465 (3) (s), the department of military affairs shall pay to the Washington Island Electric Cooperative utility up to $1,000,000 in each fiscal year of the 2019-21 fiscal biennium for costs incurred for disaster relief. The Washington Island Electric Cooperative utility shall pay 30 percent of the reasonable and necessary costs incurred for the disaster relief, and the department shall pay the remaining costs up to $1,000,000 in each fiscal year of the 2019-21 fiscal biennium.

AB56,1111,19 (2) Emergency communications.

AB56,1111,24 (a) Assets and liabilities. On the effective date of this paragraph, the assets and liabilities of the department of military affairs primarily relating to Next Generation 911, the statewide public safety interoperable communication system, or the interoperability council, as determined by the secretary of administration, become the assets and liabilities of the department of transportation.

AB56,1112,6 (b) Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all tangible personal property, including records, of the department of military affairs primarily relating to Next Generation 911, the statewide public safety interoperable communication system, or the interoperability council, as determined by the secretary of administration, becomes the personal property of the department of transportation.

AB56,1112,13 (c) Pending matters. Any matter pending with the department of military affairs primarily relating to Next Generation 911, the statewide public safety interoperable communication system, or the interoperability council, as determined by the secretary of administration, on the effective date of this paragraph is transferred to the department of transportation. All materials submitted to or actions taken by the department of military affairs are considered as having been submitted to or taken by the department of transportation.

AB56,1112,20 (d) Contracts. All contracts entered into by the department of military affairs primarily relating to Next Generation 911, the statewide public safety interoperable communication system, or the interoperability council, as determined by the secretary of administration, in effect on the effective date of this paragraph remain in effect and are transferred to the department of transportation. The department of transportation shall carry out any obligations under those contracts unless modified or rescinded to the extent allowed under the contract.

AB56,9132 Section 9132. Nonstatutory provisions; Natural Resources

AB56,1112,23 (1) Transfer of abandoned underground petroleum storage tank removal program.

AB56,1113,3 (a) Positions and employees. On the effective date of this paragraph, 1.0 FTE position, and all incumbent employees holding that position, in the department of natural resources primarily related to the underground petroleum storage tank removal program, as determined by the secretary of administration, are transferred to the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.

AB56,1113,9 (b) Employee status. Employees transferred under paragraph (a) have all the rights and the same status under ch. 230 in the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection that they enjoyed in the department of natural resources immediately before the transfer. Notwithstanding s. 230.28 (4), no employee so transferred who has attained permanent status in class is required to serve a probationary period.

AB56,1113,17 (c) Contracts. All contracts entered into by the department of natural resources primarily related to the abandoned underground petroleum storage tank removal program, as determined by the secretary of administration, that are in effect on the effective date of this paragraph remain in effect and are transferred to the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection. The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection shall carry out any obligations under those contracts unless modified or rescinded by that department to the extent allowed under the contract.

AB56,1113,22 (d) Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all tangible personal property, including records, of the department of natural resources primarily related to the abandoned underground petroleum storage tank removal program, as determined by the secretary of administration, is transferred to the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.

AB56,1114,5 (e) Pending matters. Any matter pending with the department of natural resources primarily relating to the abandoned underground petroleum storage tank removal program, as determined by the secretary of administration, on the effective date of this paragraph is transferred to the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection. All materials submitted to or actions taken by the department of natural resources with respect to the pending matter are considered as having been submitted to or taken by the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.

AB56,1114,10 (f) Assets and liabilities. The assets and liabilities of the department of natural resources primarily relating to the abandoned underground petroleum storage tank removal program, as determined by the secretary of administration, become the assets and liabilities of the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection on the effective date of this paragraph.

AB56,1114,13 (2) Bureau of natural resources science. The department of natural resources shall convert the existing office of applied science into the bureau of natural resources science created under s. 15.345 (9).

AB56,9133 Section 9133. Nonstatutory provisions; Public Defender Board.

AB56,9134 Section 9134. Nonstatutory provisions; Public Instruction.

AB56,1114,16 (1) Secondary guarantee.

AB56,1114,20 (a) Notwithstanding s. 121.07 (7) (b), for the purpose of setting the secondary guaranteed valuation per member in the 2019-2020 school year, the department of public instruction shall treat the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) as if $75,000,000 were appropriated in the 2018-19 fiscal year.

AB56,1114,24 (b) Notwithstanding s. 121.07 (7) (b), for the purpose of setting the secondary guaranteed valuation per member in the 2020-21 school year, the department of public instruction shall treat the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) as if an additional $1,090,000,000 were appropriated in the 2020-21 fiscal year.

AB56,1115,9 (2) After-school program grants; emergency rules. The department of public instruction may promulgate emergency rules under s. 227.24 to implement and administer s. 115.446. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (c) and (2), emergency rules promulgated under this subsection remain in effect until July 1, 2020, or the date on which permanent rules take effect, whichever is sooner. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (a) and (3), the department is not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule under this subsection as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of emergency for a rule promulgated under this subsection.

AB56,1115,21 (3) Special needs scholarship payments based on actual costs; 2019-20 school year. If before the effective date of this subsection, the department of public instruction made a scholarship payment to a private school for a child with a disability the amount of which is based on a financial statement submitted to the department under s. 115.7915 (4c), 2017 stats., the department of public instruction shall consider the amount paid to the private school as an installment payment of the amount for the 2019-20 school year under s. 115.7915 (4m) (a) 4. The department of public instruction shall adjust the remaining installment payments under s. 115.7915 (4m) (b) to ensure that the private school receives the total scholarship amount for the 2019-20 school year under s. 115.7915 (4m) (a) 4. for the child with a disability for whom the private school submitted a financial statement under s. 115.7915 (4c), 2017 stats., in the 2018-19 school year.

AB56,9135 Section 9135. Nonstatutory provisions; Public Lands, Board of Commissioners of.

AB56,9136 Section 9136. Nonstatutory provisions; Public Service Commission.

AB56,1115,25 (1) Broadband report.

AB56,1116,1 (a) In this subsection:

AB56,1116,2 1. “Underserved” has the meaning given in s. 196.504 (1) (b).

AB56,1116,3 2. “Unserved” has the meaning given in s. 196.504 (1) (c).

AB56,1116,7 (b) No later than June 30, 2020, the public service commission and the department of administration shall jointly submit a report to the legislature in the manner provided under s. 13.172 (3) and to the governor that provides all of the following:

AB56,1116,9 1. Updates on emerging broadband technologies and how they can be used to provide broadband service to state residents.

AB56,1116,11 2. Recommendations on how to provide incentives to broadband providers to serve underserved or unserved areas of the state.

AB56,1116,14 3. Proposals on how existing state agency technology, resources, or a combination of technology and resources can be leveraged to serve underserved or unserved areas of the state.

AB56,1116,15 (2) Office of energy innovation.

AB56,1116,16 (a) Definitions. In this subsection:

AB56,1116,17 1. “Commission" means the public service commission.

AB56,1116,18 2. “Department" means the department of administration.

AB56,1116,20 3. “Focus on energy programs” means the statewide energy efficiency and renewable resource programs established under s. 196.374 (2) (a) 1.

AB56,1116,21 4. “Office" means the office of energy innovation in the commission.

AB56,1116,25 (b) Assets and liabilities. On the effective date of this paragraph, the assets and liabilities of the commission primarily relating to the office, except for assets and liabilities primarily relating to focus on energy programs, as determined by the secretary of administration, become the assets and liabilities of the department.

AB56,1117,5 (c) Employee transfers. On the effective date of this paragraph, 5.0 FTE FED positions, and the incumbent employees holding those positions, in the commission who perform duties primarily related to the office, except for duties primarily relating to focus on energy programs, as determined by the secretary of administration, are transferred to the department.

AB56,1117,10 (d) Employee status. Employees transferred under par. (c ) have all the rights and the same status under ch. 230 in the department that they enjoyed in the commission immediately before the transfer. Notwithstanding s. 230.28 (4), no employee so transferred who has attained permanent status in class is required to serve a probationary period.

AB56,1117,15 (e) Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all tangible personal property, including records, of the commission primarily relating to the office, except for property primarily relating to focus on energy programs, as determined by the secretary of administration, becomes the personal property of the department.

AB56,1117,21 (f) Pending matters. Any matter pending with the commission primarily relating to the office, except for matters primarily relating to focus on energy programs, as determined by the secretary of administration, on the effective date of this paragraph is transferred to the department. All materials submitted to or actions taken by the commission are considered as having been submitted to or taken by the department.

AB56,1118,2 (g) Contracts. All contracts entered into by the commission primarily relating to the office, except for contracts primarily relating to focus on energy programs, as determined by the secretary of administration, in effect on the effective date of this paragraph remain in effect and are transferred to the department. The department shall carry out any obligations under those contracts unless modified or rescinded to the extent allowed under the contract.

AB56,1118,8 (h) Rules and orders. All rules promulgated by the commission under s. 196.025 (7), 2017 stats., in effect on the effective date of this paragraph remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until amended or repealed by the department. All orders issued by the commission under s. 196.025 (7), 2017 stats., in effect on the effective date of this paragraph remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until modified or rescinded by the department.

AB56,9137 Section 9137. Nonstatutory provisions; Revenue.

AB56,1118,18 (1) Inventory tax imposed on vapor products. On the effective date of this subsection, an inventory tax is imposed upon vapor products, as defined under s. 139.75 (14), that are held in inventory for sale or resale in the possession of distributors or retailers. Any person who is in possession of any vapor products shall pay the tax at the rate of 71 percent of the manufacturer's list price, as defined under s. 139.75 (5b). Any person liable for this tax shall determine the number of vapor products in the person's possession on the effective date of this subsection, and shall file a return, and pay the tax due, no later than the 30th day after the effective date of this subsection.

AB56,9138 Section 9138. Nonstatutory provisions; Safety and Professional Services.