AB100-ASA1,1362,1612 (b) May require hospitals to submit to the office department information from
13sources identified under sub. (1) (a) to (e) that the office department deems necessary
14for the preparation of reports, plans and recommendations under ss. 153.10 to 153.35
15and any other reports required of the office department in the form specified by the
16office department.
AB100-ASA1,1362,2017 (bm) Shall require a hospital to submit to the office department information
18from sources identified under sub. (1) (e) by the date that is 4 months following the
19close of the hospital's fiscal year unless the office department grants an extension of
20time to file the information.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2267 21Section 2267. 153.05 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1363,222 153.05 (6) If the requirements of s. 153.07 (2) are first met, the office
23department may contract with a public or private entity that is not a major
24purchaser, payer or provider of health care services in this state for the provision of
25data processing services for the collection, analysis and dissemination of health care

1information under sub. (1) or the department of health and family services shall
2provide the services under s. 153.07 (2).
AB100-ASA1, s. 2268 3Section 2268. 153.05 (6m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1363,114 153.05 (6m) If the requirements of s. 153.07 (2) are first met, the office
5department may contract with the group insurance board for the provision of data
6collection and analysis services related to health maintenance organizations and
7insurance companies that provide health insurance for state employes or the
8commissioner department shall provide the services under s. 153.07 (2). The office
9department shall establish contract fees for the provision of the services. All moneys
10collected under this subsection shall be credited to the appropriation under s. 20.145
11(8)
20.435 (1) (kx).
AB100-ASA1, s. 2269 12Section 2269. 153.05 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1363,1613 153.05 (7) The office department may require each insurer authorized to write
14disability insurance to submit to the office department information obtained on
15uniform patient billing forms regarding reported claims for health care services
16which insureds who are residents of this state obtain in another state.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2270 17Section 2270. 153.05 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1364,218 153.05 (8) Beginning April 1, 1992, the office department shall collect, analyze
19and disseminate, in language that is understandable to lay persons, health care
20information under the provisions of this chapter, as determined by rules
21promulgated by the commissioner department, from health care providers, as
22defined by rules promulgated by the commissioner department, other than hospitals
23and ambulatory surgery centers. Data from physicians shall be obtained through
24sampling techniques in lieu of collection of data on all patient encounters and data

1collection procedures shall minimize unnecessary duplication and administrative
2burdens.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2271 3Section 2271. 153.05 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1364,74 153.05 (9) The office department shall provide orientation and training to
5physicians, hospital personnel and other health care providers to explain the process
6of data collection and analysis and the procedures for data verification,
7interpretation and release.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2272 8Section 2272. 153.05 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1364,129 153.05 (11) In order to elicit public comment concerning the reports required
10under ss. 153.10 to 153.35, the office department shall, following the release of the
11reports and by a date that is determined by the board, provide notice of and hold
12public hearings.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2273 13Section 2273. 153.05 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1364,1614 153.05 (12) The office department shall, to the extent possible and upon
15request, assist members of the public in interpreting data in health care information
16disseminated by the office department.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2274 17Section 2274. 153.07 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1364,2018 153.07 (1) The board shall advise the director of the office department with
19regard to the collection, analysis and dissemination of health care information
20required by this chapter.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2275 21Section 2275. 153.07 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1365,822 153.07 (2) The board, upon advice of the office department, shall first
23determine whether to contract for services pursuant to s. 153.05 (6) or (6m). If the
24board determines to contract for such services, it shall approve specifications for a
25contract including the length of the contract and the standards for determining

1potential contractor conflicts with the purposes of the office department as specified
2under s. 153.05 (1). In the alternative, the board may direct the office to have the
3department of health and family services
department to provide the services under
4s. 153.05 (6) or (6m). The board may subsequently determine to contract for these
5services in subsequent years. If the board decides to bid the contract for services
6under s. 153.05 (6) or (6m), the department of health and family services may offer
7a bid as would any other potential contractor. The board shall evaluate a contractor's
8performance 6 months prior to the close of each existing contract.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2276 9Section 2276. 153.07 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1365,1110 153.07 (3) The board shall approve all rules which are proposed by the
11commissioner department for promulgation to implement this chapter.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2277 12Section 2277. 153.08 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1365,2413 153.08 (2) (b) No sooner than 15 days after a notice is published under par. (a)
14and no later than 15 days before the date of the proposed rate change, conducts a
15public hearing on the proposed rate change. The hearing shall be on the expected
16impact of the proposed rate change on health care costs, the expected improvement,
17if any, in the local health care delivery system, and any other issue related to the
18proposed rate change. Management staff, if any, of the hospital proposing the rate
19change and, if possible, at least 3 members of the governing board of any
20not-for-profit hospital proposing the rate change shall attend the public hearing to
21review public testimony. The hospital shall record accurate minutes of the meeting
22and shall provide copies of the minutes and any written testimony presented at the
23hearing to the office of health care information in the office of the commissioner of
24insurance
department within 10 days after the date of the public hearing.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2278 25Section 2278. 153.10 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1366,5
1153.10 (1) Beginning in 1990 and quarterly thereafter, the office department
2shall prepare and submit to the governor and the chief clerk of each house of the
3legislature for distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2), in a manner that
4permits comparisons among hospitals, a report setting forth all of the following for
5every hospital for the preceding quarter:
AB100-ASA1,1366,76 (a) The charges for up to 100 health care services or diagnostic-related groups
7selected by the office department.
AB100-ASA1,1366,98 (b) The utilization and charge information for ambulatory surgery and other
9outpatient health care services selected by the office department.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2279 10Section 2279. 153.15 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1366,16 11153.15 Small area analysis reports. Beginning in 1990 and annually
12thereafter, the office department shall prepare and submit to the governor and the
13chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the legislature under
14s. 13.172 (2) reports identifying health care services or procedures provided by one
15or more hospitals in specific areas of the state for which the rate of utilization of the
16service or procedure is significantly different than the state or area average.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2280 17Section 2280. 153.20 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1366,25 18153.20 Uncompensated health care services report. (1) Beginning in
191990 and annually thereafter, the office department shall prepare and submit to the
20governor and to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the
21legislature under s. 13.172 (2) a report setting forth the number of patients to whom
22uncompensated health care services were provided by each hospital and the total
23charges for the uncompensated health care services provided to the patients for the
24preceding year, together with the number of patients and the total charges that were
25projected by the hospital for that year in the plan filed under sub. (2).
AB100-ASA1,1367,5
1(2) Beginning in 1990 and annually thereafter, every hospital shall file with
2the office department a plan setting forth the projected number of patients to whom
3uncompensated health care services will be provided by the hospital and the
4projected total charges for the uncompensated health care services to be provided to
5the patients for the ensuing year.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2281 6Section 2281. 153.25 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1367,13 7153.25 Mortality and morbidity report. Beginning in 1990 and annually
8thereafter, the office department shall prepare and submit to the governor and to the
9chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the legislature under
10s. 13.172 (2) reports setting forth mortality and morbidity rates for every hospital.
11Before the release of a report under this section, the office department shall provide
12the physicians, hospitals or other health care providers identified in the report with
13the opportunity to review and comment under s. 153.40 (6).
AB100-ASA1, s. 2282 14Section 2282. 153.30 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1367,20 15153.30 Health care insurance report. Beginning in 1990 and annually
16thereafter, the office department and the office of the commissioner of insurance may
17jointly prepare and submit to the governor, and to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2),
18a report specifying, to the extent possible, on a regional basis, the number, nature of
19coverage and costs of health care coverage plans covering residents of this state
20during the preceding year.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2283 21Section 2283. 153.35 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1368,2 22153.35 (title) Report by the office department. (intro.) The office
23department shall annually, by October 1, under rules promulgated by the
24commissioner department, submit under s. 13.172 (3) a report to the legislature for

1distribution to standing committees with jurisdiction over health matters, that shall
2include all of the following:
AB100-ASA1, s. 2284 3Section 2284. 153.35 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1368,64 153.35 (1) The range, median and mean of charges and increases or decreases
5in specific charges by hospitals for up to 100 charge elements, as selected by the office
6department, as reported to the office department under s. 153.05 (1) (c) 1.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2285 7Section 2285. 153.40 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1368,148 153.40 (1) Prior to data submission, hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers or
9other health care providers shall review discharge data for accuracy and shall obtain
10verification by the physician of the principal and secondary diagnoses and primary
11and secondary procedures. The verification shall occur within the time specified by
12rules promulgated by the commissioner department for data submission to the office
13department. If the verification is not made on a timely basis, the hospital or other
14health care provider shall submit the data noting the lack of verification.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2286 15Section 2286. 153.40 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1368,2316 153.40 (2) The office department shall be responsible for assuring that
17appropriate editing is conducted for all submitted data to identify systematic errors,
18missing data, values beyond an allowed range, illegal codes within a range, illogical
19sequence of dates, diagnoses and procedures inconsistent with age and sex, other
20data failing internal consistency checks and other patterns inconsistent with what
21would be expected. The office department shall notify hospitals, ambulatory surgery
22centers or, beginning April 1, 1992, other health care providers of missing or incorrect
23information under this subsection.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2287 24Section 2287. 153.40 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1369,4
1153.40 (3) Hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers or, beginning April 1, 1992,
2other health care providers shall be responsible for resolving the errors found by the
3editing under sub. (2) and shall resubmit corrected data within 10 working days after
4receiving written notification from the office department of the errors.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2288 5Section 2288. 153.40 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1369,86 153.40 (4) The office department shall send edited and corrected data to
7hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers or, beginning April 1, 1992, other health care
8providers for a 10-working-day review period before the data are released.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2289 9Section 2289. 153.40 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1369,1310 153.40 (5) The office department may, by rules promulgated by the
11commissioner department, require that other forms of data verification, including
12reabstracting studies and comparisons with information collected from other data
13systems, be conducted prior to the release of physician-specific data.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2290 14Section 2290. 153.40 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1369,2315 153.40 (6) At least 30 calendar days prior to the release of a report under s.
16153.25, the office department shall notify a physician, hospital or other health care
17provider identified in the report of the office's department's intent to release the
18report. The notification shall include a copy of the draft report and a statement that
19those identified may submit comments on the report to the office department. If the
20office department receives comments prior to the release of the report, the office
21department shall append the comments to the report. If the office department
22receives comments after the report is released, the office department shall make the
23comments available to anyone requesting the comments.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2291 24Section 2291. 153.45 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1370,2
1153.45 (1) (intro.)  After completion of data verification and review procedures
2under s. 153.40, the office department shall release data in the following forms:
AB100-ASA1, s. 2292 3Section 2292. 153.45 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1370,84 153.45 (1) (b) Public use tapes which do not permit the identification of specific
5patients, physicians, employers or other health care providers, as defined by rules
6promulgated by the commissioner department. The identification of these groups
7shall be protected by all necessary means, including the deletion of patient
8identifiers and the use of calculated variables and aggregated variables.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2293 9Section 2293. 153.45 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1370,1210 153.45 (2) The office department shall provide to other entities the data
11necessary to fulfill their statutory mandates for epidemiological purposes or to
12minimize the duplicate collection of similar data elements.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2294 13Section 2294. 153.45 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1370,1614 153.45 (3) The office department shall release physician-specific and
15employer-specific data, except in public use tapes as specified under sub. (1) (b), in
16a manner that is specified in rules promulgated by the commissioner department.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2295 17Section 2295. 153.50 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1371,4 18153.50 Protection of patient confidentiality. Patient-identifiable data
19obtained under this chapter and contained in the discharge data base of the office
20department is not subject to inspection, copying or receipt under s. 19.35 (1) and may
21not be released by the office department, except to the patient or to a person granted
22permission for release by the patient and except that a hospital, a physician, or the
23agent of a hospital or physician or the commissioner may have access to
24patient-identifiable data to ensure the accuracy of the information in the discharge
25data base. The department of health and family services may have access to the

1discharge data base for the purposes of completing epidemiological reports and
2eliminating the need to maintain a data base that duplicates that of the office, if the
3department of health and family services does not release or otherwise provide
4access to the patient-identifiable data.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2296 5Section 2296. 153.60 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1371,7 6153.60 (title) Assessments to fund operations of office department and
7board.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2297 8Section 2297. 153.60 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1371,209 153.60 (1) The office department shall, by the first October 1 after the
10commencement of each fiscal year, estimate the total amount of expenditures under
11this chapter
for the office department and the board for that fiscal year. The office
12department shall assess the estimated total amount for that fiscal year less the
13estimated total amount to be received under s. 20.145 (8) (hi), (hj), (kx) and (mr)
1420.435 (1) (hi) during the fiscal year and the unencumbered balances balance of the
15amounts amount received under s. 20.145 (8) (hi), (hj) and (mr) 20.435 (1) (hi) from
16the prior fiscal year, to hospitals in proportion to each hospital's respective gross
17private-pay patient revenues during the hospital's most recently concluded entire
18fiscal year. Each hospital shall pay the assessment on or before December 1. All
19payments of assessments shall be deposited in the appropriation under s. 20.145 (8)
2020.435 (1) (hg).
AB100-ASA1, s. 2298 21Section 2298. 153.60 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1371,2522 153.60 (2) The office department may assess ambulatory surgery centers under
23this section, using as the basis for individual ambulatory surgery center assessments
24the methods and criteria promulgated by rule by the commissioner department
25under s. 153.75 (1) (k).
AB100-ASA1, s. 2299
1Section 2299. 153.65 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1372,9 2153.65 Provision of special information; user fees. The office department
3may provide, upon request from a person, a data compilation or a special report based
4on the information collected by the office department under s. 153.05 (1), (3), (4) (b),
5(5), (7) or (8) or 153.08. The office department shall establish user fees for the
6provision of these compilations or reports, payable by the requester, which shall be
7sufficient to fund the actual necessary and direct cost of the compilation or report.
8All moneys collected under this section shall be credited to the appropriation under
9s. 20.145 (8) 20.435 (1) (hi).
AB100-ASA1, s. 2300 10Section 2300. 153.75 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1372,1211 153.75 (1) (intro.) Following approval by the board, the commissioner
12department shall promulgate the following rules:
AB100-ASA1, s. 2301 13Section 2301. 153.75 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1372,1614 153.75 (1) (b) Establishing procedures under which hospitals and health care
15providers are permitted to review and verify patient-related information prior to its
16submission to the office department.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2302 17Section 2302. 153.75 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1372,1918 153.75 (2) (intro.) With the approval of the board, the commissioner
19department may promulgate all of the following rules:
AB100-ASA1, s. 2303 20Section 2303. 153.75 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1372,2321 153.75 (2) (c) Providing for the efficient collection, analysis and dissemination
22of health care information which the office department may require under this
23chapter.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2304 24Section 2304. 153.90 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1373,7
1153.90 (3) The commissioner department may directly assess forfeitures under
2sub. (2). If the commissioner department determines that a forfeiture should be
3assessed for a particular violation or for failure to correct the violation, the
4commissioner department shall send a notice of assessment to the alleged violator.
5The notice shall specify the alleged violation of the statute or rule and the amount
6of the forfeiture assessed and shall inform the alleged violator of the right to contest
7the assessment under s. 227.44.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2305 8Section 2305. 165.25 (3r) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1373,129 165.25 (3r) Avoid conflict of interest. Require that attorneys in different
10organizational subunits in the department prosecute violations of chs. 561 562 to 569
11or Indian gaming compacts entered into under s. 14.035 and defend any department,
12agency, official, employe or agent under subs. (1), (4) (a) and (6).
AB100-ASA1, s. 3096m 13Section 3096m. 165.30 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-ASA1,1373,1614 165.30 (1m) Generally. The department of justice shall represent the
15interests of and furnish legal services to departments relating to the collection of
16obligations.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2306 17Section 2306. 165.70 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1373,2018 165.70 (3m) The attorney general shall establish a separate bureau in the
19division of criminal investigation in which all of the department's gaming law
20enforcement responsibilities under chs. 561 562 to 569 and 945 shall be performed.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2307 21Section 2307. 165.72 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1373,2422 165.72 (7) Publicity. The department shall cooperate with the department of
23education public instruction in publicizing, in public schools, the use of the toll-free
24telephone number under sub. (2).
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