AB56: Bill Text

AB56,9106 Section 9106. Nonstatutory provisions; Children and Families.

AB56,1100,11 (1) Emergency rule making for background checks for congregate care workers. The department of children and families may promulgate emergency rules under s. 227.24 to implement the background check requirements for congregate care workers under s. 48.685. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (c) and (2), emergency rules promulgated under this subsection remain in effect until January 1, 2022, 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.

AB56,1100,18 (2) Background checks for congregate care workers. No later than the first day of the 7th month beginning after the effective date of this subsection, the department of children and families, the county department as defined in s. 48.02 (2g), the child welfare agency, or the congregate care facility as defined in s. 48.685 (1) (ao) shall perform a comprehensive background check as required by s. 48.685 (2) for all congregate care workers, as defined in s. 48.685 (1) (ap), who are working at a congregate care facility on the effective date of this subsection.

AB56,1101,2 (3) Wisconsin Works; Internet service provider subscriptions. Using the procedure under s. 227.24, the department of children and families may promulgate the rules authorized under s. 49.148 (2) as emergency rules. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (a) and (3), the department of children and families 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.

AB56,1101,7 (4) Seventeen-year-old juvenile justice aids, county facilities, and the community youth and family aids formula. The department of children and families shall consult with county representatives to determine eligible expenses to be reimbursed under ss. 48.5275 and 48.5276 and on modifications to the community youth and family aids formula under s. 48.526.

AB56,9107 Section 9107. Nonstatutory provisions; Circuit Courts.

AB56,9108 Section 9108. Nonstatutory provisions; Corrections.

AB56,1101,24 (1) Juvenile corrections grant committee; recommendations. Notwithstanding 2017 Wisconsin Act 185, section 110 (4) (e) and (f), the juvenile corrections grant committee may submit an individual grant recommendation to the joint committee on finance for approval before the juvenile corrections grant committee submits the statewide plan to the joint committee on finance. If the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance do not notify the juvenile corrections grant committee within 14 working days after the date that the grant recommendation was submitted that the joint committee on finance has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the grant recommendation, the grant may be awarded as proposed by the juvenile corrections grant committee. If, within 14 working days after the date the grant recommendation was submitted, the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance notify the juvenile corrections grant committee that the joint committee on finance has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the grant recommendation, the grant may be awarded only upon approval of the joint committee on finance.

AB56,9109 Section 9109. Nonstatutory provisions; Court of Appeals.

AB56,9110 Section 9110. Nonstatutory provisions; District Attorneys.

AB56,9111 Section 9111. Nonstatutory provisions; Educational Communications Board.

AB56,9112 Section 9112. Nonstatutory provisions; Elections Commission.

AB56,1102,19 (1) Report on voter registration information integration. No later than July 1, 2020, the elections commission shall report to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature, in the manner specified in s. 13.172 (3), concerning its progress in initially implementing a system to ensure the complete and continuous registration of all eligible electors in this state, specifically including the operability and utility of information integration with the department of transportation and the feasibility and desirability of integrating public information maintained by other state agencies and by technical colleges with the commission's registration information to enhance the completeness and accuracy of the information. At a minimum, the report shall contain an assessment of the feasibility and desirability of the integration of registration information with information maintained by the departments of health services, children and families, workforce development, revenue, safety and professional services, and natural resources; the University of Wisconsin System; and the technical college system board, as well as the technical colleges within each technical college district.

AB56,1102,23 (2) Voter identification. No later than August 1, 2019, each technical college in this state that is is a member of and governed by the technical college system under ch. 38 and each University of Wisconsin System institution shall issue student identification cards that qualify as identification under s. 5.02 (6m) (f).

AB56,9113 Section 9113. Nonstatutory provisions; Employee Trust Funds.

AB56,1102,25 (1) Transfer of oversight of group disability benefit insurance plans.

AB56,1103,5 (a) Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all tangible personal property, including records, of the group insurance board that is primarily related to the group income continuation insurance plan or long-term disability insurance plan, as determined by the secretary of employee trust funds, is transferred to the employee trust funds board.

AB56,1103,12 (b) Contracts. All contracts entered into by the group insurance board in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to the group income continuation insurance plan or long-term disability insurance plan, as determined by the secretary of employee trust funds, remain in effect and are transferred to the employee trust funds board. The employee trust funds board shall carry out any obligations under those contracts unless modified or rescinded by the employee trust funds board to the extent allowed under the contract.

AB56,1103,17 (c) Rules. All rules promulgated by the group insurance board in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to the group income continuation insurance plan or long-term disability insurance plan remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until amended or repealed by the employee trust funds board.

AB56,1103,24 (d) Pending matters. Any matter pending with the group insurance board on the effective date of this paragraph that is primarily related to the group income continuation insurance plan or long-term disability insurance plan, as determined by the secretary of employee trust funds, is transferred to the employee trust funds board. All materials submitted to or actions taken by the group insurance board with respect to the pending matter are considered as having been submitted to or taken by the employee trust funds board.

AB56,1104,7 (2) Study of fixed-dollar premium subsidy model. The group insurance board, in consultation with the actuary selected under s. 40.03 (1) (d) to perform actuarial services for the group health insurance plan, shall conduct a study of the feasibility and potential cost savings associated with including a fixed-dollar employee premium subsidy program in the group health insurance plan for active state employees. No later than June 30, 2020, the group insurance board shall submit a report of the study to the governor and the joint committee on finance.

AB56,1104,15 (3) Prescription drug pooling study. The department of employee trust funds, in consultation with the department of corrections, the department of health services, and the department of veterans affairs, shall study the options and opportunities for cost savings to state agencies through prescription drug pooling. No later than January 1, 2020, the department of employee trust funds shall submit a report of the study to the governor and the appropriate standing committees of the legislature, as determined by the speaker of the assembly and the president of the senate, in the manner provided under s. 13.172 (3).

AB56,1104,16 (4) Private sector retirement security plan committee.

AB56,1104,19 (a) The secretary of employee trust funds shall establish a private sector retirement security plan committee. The committee shall consist of the following members:

AB56,1104,20 1. The state treasurer.

AB56,1104,21 2. One member of the employee trust funds board appointed by the governor.

AB56,1104,22 3. One member of the investment board appointed by the governor.

AB56,1104,23 4. Three members of the public appointed by the governor.

AB56,1104,24 5. One member appointed by the speaker of the assembly.

AB56,1104,25 6. One member appointed by the minority leader of the assembly.

AB56,1105,1 7. One member appointed by the majority leader of the senate.

AB56,1105,2 8. One member appointed by the minority leader of the senate.

AB56,1105,4 (b) Not less than 3 of the members appointed under par. (a) shall have at least 10 years of experience in making investments.

AB56,1105,8 (c) The committee created under par. (a) shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of establishing a private retirement security plan administered by the department of employee trust funds to provide retirement benefits for residents of this state who choose to participate in the plan.

AB56,1105,12 (d) No later than September 30, 2020, the committee shall submit to the governor and the joint survey committee on retirement systems a report that includes recommendations regarding the creation of a private sector retirement security plan that is administered by the department of employee trust funds.

AB56,1105,14 (e) The private sector retirement security plan committee terminates upon submission of the report under par. (d).

AB56,9114 Section 9114. Nonstatutory provisions; Employment Relations Commission.

AB56,9115 Section 9115. Nonstatutory provisions; Ethics Commission.

AB56,9116 Section 9116. Nonstatutory provisions; Financial Institutions.

AB56,9117 Section 9117. Nonstatutory provisions; Governor.

AB56,9118 Section 9118. Nonstatutory provisions; Health and Educational Facilities Authority.

AB56,9119 Section 9119. Nonstatutory provisions; Health Services.

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.