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139.75
(5m) "Pay" means mail or deliver funds to the department or, if the
3department prescribes another method of submitting or another destination, use
4that other method or submit to that other destination.
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139.77
(1) On or before the 15th day of each month, every distributor with a
7place of business in this state shall file a return
with the department showing the
8quantity and taxable price of each tobacco product brought, or caused to be brought,
9into this state for sale; or made, manufactured or fabricated in this state for sale in
10this state, during the preceding month. Every distributor outside this state shall file
11a return showing the quantity and taxable price of each tobacco product shipped or
12transported to retailers in this state to be sold by those retailers during the preceding
13month.
Returns shall be made upon forms furnished and prescribed by the
14department and shall contain other information that the department requires. Each
15return shall be accompanied by a remittance for the full tax liability shown At the
16time that the return is filed, the distributor shall pay the tax.
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139.78
(2) On or before the 15th day of each month, every consumer who during
19the preceding month has acquired title to or possession for use or storage in this state
20of tobacco products upon which the tax imposed by s. 139.76 (1) has not been paid
21shall file a return
with the department showing the quantity of tobacco products
22acquired.
The return shall be made upon a form furnished and prescribed by the
23department and shall contain the information that the department requires. The
24return shall be accompanied by a remittance for the full unpaid tax liability At the
25time when the return is filed, the consumer shall pay the tax.
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139.79
(1) No person may engage in the business of a distributor or subjobber
3of tobacco products at any place of business
without first having unless that person
4has filed an application for and obtained a permit from the department to engage in
5that business at such place.
Every application for a permit shall be made on a form
6prescribed by the department, and the application form shall require the information
7that is necessary to administer this section.
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139.81
(1) No person may sell or take orders for tobacco products for resale in
10this state for any manufacturer or permittee
without first obtaining unless the
11person has filed an application for and obtained a salesperson's permit from the
12department. No manufacturer or permittee shall authorize any person to sell or take
13orders for tobacco products in this state
without first having such person secure 14unless the person has filed an application for and obtained a salesperson's permit.
15The fee for the permit is $2. Each application for a permit shall disclose the name
16and address of the employer and shall remain effective only while the salesperson
17represents the named employer. If the salesperson is thereafter employed by another
18manufacturer or permittee the salesperson shall obtain a new salesperson's permit.
19Each manufacturer and permittee shall notify the department within 10 days after
20the resignation or dismissal of any salesperson holding a permit.
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139.82
(2) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), every permittee shall render a true
23and correct invoice of every sale of tobacco products at wholesale and shall on or
24before the 15th day of each calendar month
make file a verified report
to the
1department of all tobacco products purchased, sold, received, warehoused or
2withdrawn during the preceding calendar month.
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139.82
(5) If any permittee fails to file a report when due the permittee shall
5be required to pay a late filing fee of $10. A report
that is mailed shall be considered
6filed in time if it is mailed in a properly addressed envelope with first class postage
7prepaid, if the envelope is officially postmarked on the date due, and if the report is
8actually received by the department
or at the destination that the department
9prescribes within 5 days of the due date.
A report that is not mailed is timely if it
10is received on or before the due date by the department or at the destination that the
11department prescribes.
SB77-SSA1,1350,1813
145.19
(6) Groundwater fee. In addition to the fee under sub. (2), the
14governmental unit responsible for the regulation of private sewage systems shall
15collect a groundwater fee of $25 for each sanitary permit. The governmental unit
16shall forward this fee to the department together with the copy of the sanitary permit
17and the fee under sub. (3). The moneys collected under this subsection shall be
18credited to the environmental fund for
groundwater
environmental management.
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146.0255
(3) (b) A statement of explanation that the test results must be
21disclosed to a county department under s.
46.215, 46.22 or 46.23
or, in a county
22having a population of 500,000 or more, to the county department under s. 51.42 or
2351.437 in accordance with s. 46.238 if the test results are positive.
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25Section
2986. 146.19 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB77-SSA1,1351,8
1146.19
(2) Cooperative American Indian health project grants. (intro.) From
2the appropriation under s. 20.435
(1) (5) (ek), the department shall award grants for
3cooperative American Indian health projects in order to promote cooperation among
4tribes, tribal agencies, inter-tribal organizations and other agencies and
5organizations in addressing specific problem areas in the field of American Indian
6health. A tribe, tribal agency or inter-tribal organization may apply, in the manner
7specified by the department, for a grant of up to $10,000 to conduct a cooperative
8American Indian health project, which meets all of the following requirements:
SB77-SSA1,1351,1710
146.55
(4) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.435
(1) (rm) (5) (ch), the
11department shall annually distribute funds for ambulance service vehicles or vehicle
12equipment, emergency medical services supplies or equipment or emergency
13medical training for personnel to an ambulance service provider that is a public
14agency, a volunteer fire department or a nonprofit corporation, under a funding
15formula consisting of an identical base amount for each ambulance service provider
16plus a supplemental amount based on the population of the ambulance service
17provider's primary service or contract area, as established under s. 146.50 (5).
SB77-SSA1,1352,219
146.55
(5) Emergency medical technician training and examination aid. From
20the appropriation under s. 20.435
(1) (rm) (5) (ch), the department shall annually
21distribute funds to entities, including technical college districts, whose courses or
22instructional programs are approved by the department under s. 146.50 (9), to assist
23the entities in providing the training required for licensure and renewal of licensure
24as an emergency medical technician—basic under s. 146.50 (6), and to fund each
1examination administered by the entity for licensure or renewal of licensure as an
2emergency medical technician—basic under s. 146.50 (6) (a) 3. and (b) 1.
SB77-SSA1,1352,104
146.57
(3) (a) The department shall implement a statewide poison control
5program. From the appropriation under s. 20.435
(1)
(5) (ds), the department shall,
6if the requirement under par. (b) is met, distribute total funding of not more than
7$187,500 $375,000 in each fiscal year to supplement the operation of the program
8and to provide for the statewide collection and reporting of poison control data. The
9department may, but need not, distribute all of the funds in each fiscal year to a single
10poison control center.
SB77-SSA1,1352,1312
146.58
(8) Review the annual budget prepared by the department for the
13expenditures under s. 20.435
(1) (rm) (5) (ch).
SB77-SSA1,1352,1715
146.81
(1) (hm) A speech-language pathologist or audiologist licensed under
16subch. II of ch. 459 or a speech and language pathologist licensed by the department
17of
education public instruction.
SB77-SSA1,1352,19
19146.92 Primary health care grant program. (1) In this section:
SB77-SSA1,1352,2320
(a) "Community-based nonprofit corporation" means a nonprofit corporation
21that is governed by a community-based board of directors and that is organized
22primarily to provide primary health care services in a geographic area, or to a
23population, that the department designates as medically underserved.
SB77-SSA1,1352,2524
(b) "Nonprofit corporation" means a nonstock, nonprofit corporation organized
25under ch. 181.
SB77-SSA1,1353,3
1(2) Prior to implementing the grant program under this section, the
2department shall consult with representatives of statewide organizations that
3represent primary health care providers.
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4(3) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (gp), the department shall
5award $1,500,000 in grants in each fiscal year to community-based nonprofit
6corporations under a competitive process established by the department.
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7(4) A community-based nonprofit corporation that receives a grant under this
8section shall do all of the following:
SB77-SSA1,1353,109
(a) Provide comprehensive primary health care services to any person
10regardless of insurance status or ability to pay.
SB77-SSA1,1353,1111
(b) Establish a sliding fee scale for uninsured, low-income persons.
SB77-SSA1,1353,13
13146.93 (title)
Primary Supplemental primary health care program.
SB77-SSA1,1353,1815
146.93
(1) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.435
(1) (gp) (5) (kp), the
16department shall maintain a program for the provision of primary health care
17services based on the primary health care program in existence on June 30, 1987.
18The department may promulgate rules necessary to implement the program.
SB77-SSA1,1353,2220
146.93
(4) (d) The individual received health care services under this section
21on the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], and cannot be served
22by an entity that receives a grant under s. 146.92.
SB77-SSA1,1354,6
24146.99 Assessments. The department shall, within 90 days after the
25commencement of each fiscal year, estimate the total amount of expenditures and the
1department shall assess the estimated total amount under s. 20.435
(1) (5) (gp) to
2hospitals, as defined in s. 50.33 (2), in proportion to each hospital's respective gross
3private-pay patient revenues during the hospital's most recently concluded entire
4fiscal year. Each hospital shall pay its assessment on or before December 1 for the
5fiscal year. All payments of assessments shall be deposited in the appropriation
6under s. 20.435
(1) (5) (gp).
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Mandatory health insurance
10
risk-sharing plan
SB77-SSA1,1354,1212
149.10
(2f) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of insurance.
SB77-SSA1,1354,1514
149.10
(2m) "Department" means the department of health and family
15services.
SB77-SSA1,1354,1817
149.10
(4c) "Health maintenance organization" has the meaning given in s.
18609.01 (2).
SB77-SSA1,1354,2020
149.10
(4p) (a) "Insurance" includes any of the following:
SB77-SSA1,1354,2321
1. Risk distributing arrangements providing for compensation of damages or
22loss through the provision of services or benefits in kind rather than indemnity in
23money.
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2. Contracts of guaranty or suretyship entered into by the guarantor or surety
25as a business and not as merely incidental to a business transaction.
SB77-SSA1,1355,1
13. Plans established and operated under ss. 185.981 to 185.985.
SB77-SSA1,1355,32
(b) "Insurance" does not include a continuing care contract, as defined in s.
3647.01 (2).
SB77-SSA1,1355,65
149.10
(5m) "Limited service health organization" has the meaning given in
6s. 609.01 (3).
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149.10
(8c) "Policy" means any document other than a group certificate used
9to prescribe in writing the terms of an insurance contract, including endorsements
10and riders and service contracts issued by motor clubs.
SB77-SSA1,1355,1612
149.10
(8j) "Preexisting condition exclusion" means, with respect to coverage,
13a limitation or exclusion of benefits relating to a condition of an individual that
14existed before the individual's date of enrollment for coverage, whether or not the
15individual received any medical advice or recommendation, diagnosis, care or
16treatment related to the condition before that date.
SB77-SSA1,1355,1818
149.10
(8m) "Preferred provider plan" has the meaning given in s. 609.01 (4).
SB77-SSA1,1355,2220
149.10
(8p) "Premium" means any consideration for an insurance policy, and
21includes assessments, membership fees or other required contributions or
22consideration, however designated.
SB77-SSA1,1355,2424
149.10
(10) "Secretary" means the secretary of health and family services.
SB77-SSA1,1356,2
1149.10
(11) "State" means the same as in s. 990.01 (40) except that it also
2includes the Panama Canal Zone.
SB77-SSA1,1356,54
149.12
(2) (f) No person who is eligible for medical assistance is eligible for
5coverage under the plan.
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149.14
(4m) Discounted payment is payment in full. A provider of a covered
8service or article shall accept as payment in full for the covered service or article the
9discounted reimbursement rate determined under ss. 149.143 (2) (a) 3. and (3),
10149.144 and 149.15 (3) (e) and may not bill an eligible person who receives the service
11or article for any amount by which the charge for the service or article is reduced
12under s. 149.143 (2) (a) 3. or (3), 149.144 or 149.15 (3) (e).
SB77-SSA1,1356,15
14149.143 Payment of plan costs. (1) The department shall pay or recover the
15operating, administrative and subsidy costs of the plan as follows:
SB77-SSA1,1356,1616
(a) First from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (af).
SB77-SSA1,1356,1717
(b) The remainder of the costs as follows:
SB77-SSA1,1356,1818
1. A total of 60% from all of the following:
SB77-SSA1,1356,1919
a. The appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (ah).
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b. Insurer assessments and provider reimbursement discounts under s.
21149.144.
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c. Subject to sub. (2) (a) 1. and s. 149.146 (2) (b), premiums collected from
23eligible persons.
