AB133-ASA1-AA2,132,77 i. Coverage of kidney disease treatment, as required under s. 632.895 (4).
AB133-ASA1-AA2,132,88 j. Coverage for a newly born child, as required under s. 632.895 (5).
AB133-ASA1-AA2,132,99 k. Coverage for a child of a covered child, as required under s. 632.895 (5m).
AB133-ASA1-AA2,132,1010 L. Coverage of diabetes treatment, as required under s. 632.895 (6).
AB133-ASA1-AA2,132,1111 m. Maternity coverage, as required under s. 632.895 (7).
AB133-ASA1-AA2,132,1212 n. Coverage of mammograms, as required under s. 632.895 (8).
AB133-ASA1-AA2,132,1413 o. Coverage of prescription medication for the treatment of human
14immunodeficiency virus infection, as required under s. 632.895 (9).
AB133-ASA1-AA2,132,1515 p. Coverage of blood lead tests for children, as required under s. 632.895 (10).
AB133-ASA1-AA2,132,1716 q. Coverage of treatment for the correction of temporomandibular disorders,
17as required under s. 632.895 (11).
AB133-ASA1-AA2,132,1918 r. Coverage related to hospital or ambulatory surgery center charges and
19anesthetics associated with dental care, as required under s. 632.895 (12).
AB133-ASA1-AA2,132,2120 s. Coverage of breast reconstruction incident to a mastectomy, as required
21under s. 632.895 (13).
AB133-ASA1-AA2,132,2322 3. The department shall ensure that at least one health care coverage plan
23includes all of the coverages specified in subd. 2.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,133,1124 (bm) No health care coverage plan under the health care coverage program may
25provide coverage of a nontherapeutic abortion except by an optional rider or

1supplemental coverage provision that is offered and provided on an individual basis
2and for which an additional, separate premium or charge is paid by the individual
3to be covered under the rider or supplemental coverage provision. Only funds
4attributable to premiums or charges paid for coverage under the rider or
5supplemental coverage provision may be used for the payment of any claim, and
6related administrative expenses, that relates to a nontherapeutic abortion. Such
7funds may not be used for the payment of any claim or administrative expenses that
8relate to any other type of coverage provided by the insurer under the health care
9coverage plan. Nothing in this paragraph requires an insurer or an employer to offer
10or provide coverage of an abortion under a health care coverage plan under the health
11care coverage program.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,133,1412 (c) The health care coverage program established under par. (a), or any health
13care coverage plan included in the program, may not be combined with any health
14care coverage plan under subch. IV.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,133,1815 (d) All insurance rates for health care coverage under the program shall be
16published annually in a single publication that is made available to employers and
17employes. The rates may be listed by county or by any other regional factor that the
18board considers appropriate.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,133,2019 (e) All plans under the health care coverage program shall have an enrollment
20period that is established by the board.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,134,321 (f) 1. If the department has selected an administrator under par. (a) 2., the
22administrator shall charge employers who participate in the health care coverage
23program a fee to cover the cost of administrative services for the health care coverage
24program. The administrator shall reimburse the department for the expenses
25incurred by the department in designing, marketing and contracting for

1administrative services for the program. All moneys received by the department
2under this subdivision shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.515
3(2) (g).
AB133-ASA1-AA2,134,94 2. If the department has not selected an administrator under par. (a) 2., the
5department shall charge employers who participate in the health care coverage
6program a fee to cover the costs incurred by the department in designing, marketing
7and providing administrative services for the health care coverage program. All
8moneys received by the department under this subdivision shall be credited to the
9appropriation account under s. 20.515 (2) (g).
AB133-ASA1-AA2,134,1310 (g) The department may not sell any health care coverage under the health care
11coverage program to an employer or enroll any employe in the health care coverage
12program, but the department shall make information about the program available
13to employers on a statewide basis.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,134,15 14(3) Any employer who participates in the health care coverage program shall
15do all of the following:
AB133-ASA1-AA2,134,1816 (a) Offer health care coverage under one or more plans to all of its permanent
17employes who have a normal work week of 30 or more hours and may offer health
18care coverage under one or more plans to any of its other employes.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,134,2319 (b) Provide health care coverage under one or more plans to at least 50% of its
20permanent employes who have a normal work week of 30 or more hours and who do
21not otherwise receive health care coverage as a dependent under any other plan that
22is not offered by the employer or a percentage of such employes specified by the board,
23whichever percentage is greater.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,135,3
1(c) Pay for each employe at least 50% but not more than 100% of the lowest
2premium rate that would be available to the employer for that employe's coverage
3under the health care coverage program.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,135,54 (d) Make premium payments for the health care coverage of its employes in the
5manner specified by the board.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,135,9 6(4) Any employer that provides health care coverage for its employes under the
7program and that voluntarily terminates coverage under the program is not eligible
8to participate in the program for at least 3 years from the date that coverage is
9terminated.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,135,15 10(5) Any insurer that offers a health care coverage plan under the health care
11coverage program shall provide coverage under the plan to any employer that applies
12for coverage, and to all of the employer's employes who elect coverage under the
13health care coverage plan, without regard to the health condition or claims
14experience of any individual who would be covered under the health care coverage
15plan if all of the following apply:
AB133-ASA1-AA2,135,1716 (a) The employer agrees to pay the premium required for coverage under the
17health care coverage plan.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,135,2018 (b) The employer agrees to comply with all provisions of the health care
19coverage plan that apply generally to a policyholder or an insured without regard to
20health condition or claims experience.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,135,22 21(6) (a) Health care coverage under the health care coverage program may only
22be sold by insurance agents licensed under ch. 628.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,136,223 (b) An insurance agent may not sell any health care coverage under the health
24care coverage program on behalf of an insurer unless he or she is employed by the

1insurer or has a contract with the insurer to sell the health care coverage on behalf
2of the insurer.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,136,73 (c) The board shall set, and may adjust as often as semiannually, the
4commission rate for the sale of a policy under the health care coverage program. The
5rate shall be based on the average commission rate that insurance agents are paid
6in the state for the sale of comparable health insurance policies at the time that the
7rate is set or adjusted.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,136,98 (d) An insurer shall specify on the first page of any policy sold under the health
9care coverage program the amount of the commission paid to the insurance agent.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,136,16 10(7) (a) Annually, on or before December 31, the board shall submit a report to
11the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3) and to the governor on the
12operation of the health care coverage program. The report shall specify the number
13of employers and employes participating in the health care coverage program,
14calculate the costs of the health care coverage program to employers and their
15employes and include recommendations for improving the health care coverage
16program.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,136,2517 (b) No later than January 1, 2008, the board shall submit a report to the
18appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3) and to the governor that offers
19recommendations as to whether the department should continue to be involved in
20the design, marketing and contracting for administrative services for the health care
21coverage program. If the board recommends that the department not be involved in
22the performance of these functions, the board shall submit proposed legislation
23eliminating the department's involvement in the performance of these functions to
24the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3) at the time that the board
25submits its report.
AB133-ASA1-AA2, s. 944yr
1Section 944yr. Subchapter X of chapter 40 [precedes 40.98] of the statutes, as
2created by 1999 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 944ym, is repealed.".
AB133-ASA1-AA2,137,3 3423. Page 537, line 19: after that line insert:
AB133-ASA1-AA2,137,4 4" Section 945dm. 42.035 of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-ASA1-AA2,137,17 542.035 Treatment of certain state fair park board employes.
6Notwithstanding s. 230.08 (2) (pm), those employes holding positions in the
7classified service at the state fair park board on the effective date of this section ....
8[revisor inserts date], who have achieved permanent status in class before that date,
9shall retain, while serving in the unclassified service at the state fair park board,
10those protections afforded employes in the classified service under ss. 230.34 (1) (a)
11and 230.44 (1) (c) relating to demotion, suspension, discharge, layoff or reduction in
12base pay. Those employes of the state fair park board on the effective date of this
13section .... [revisor inserts date], who have not achieved permanent status in class
14in any position at the state fair park board on that date are eligible to receive the
15protections, privileges and rights preserved under this section if they successfully
16complete service equivalent to the probationary period required in the classified
17service for the position that they hold on that date.".
AB133-ASA1-AA2,137,18 18424. Page 537, line 19: after that line insert:
AB133-ASA1-AA2,137,19 19" Section 945de. 43.24 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1-AA2,137,2220 43.24 (1) (intro.) Each public library system shall be paid state aid for the
21operation and maintenance of the system. The Except as provided in pars. (b) and
22(c), the
amount paid to each system shall be determined as follows:
AB133-ASA1-AA2, s. 945dh 23Section 945dh. 43.24 (1) (a) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB133-ASA1-AA2,138,3
143.24 (1) (a) 1. Determine the percentage change in the total amount
2appropriated under s. 20.255 (3) (e) between the previous fiscal year and the current
3fiscal year.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,138,54 2. Multiply the amount of state aid received by the system in the previous fiscal
5year by the sum of 1.0 and the result under subd. 1. expressed as a decimal.
AB133-ASA1-AA2, s. 945dp 6Section 945dp. 43.24 (1) (b) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB133-ASA1-AA2,138,107 43.24 (1) (b) If the territory of a public library system is altered, the department
8shall adjust the aid paid to that system under par. (a). The department shall
9promulgate rules establishing the method the department will use to make the
10adjustment.
AB133-ASA1-AA2, s. 945dt 11Section 945dt. 43.24 (1) (c) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB133-ASA1-AA2,138,1712 43.24 (1) (c) Beginning in the fiscal year in which the total amount of state aid
13appropriated for public library systems under s. 20.255 (3) (e), as determined by the
14department, equals at least 11.25% of the total operating expenditures for public
15library services from local and county sources in the calendar year ending in that
16fiscal year, the amount paid to each system shall be determined by adding the result
17of each of the following calculations:
AB133-ASA1-AA2,138,1918 1. Multiply the system's percentage of the state's population by the product of
19the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (3) (e) and 0.85.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,138,2120 2. Multiply the system's percentage of the state's geographical area by the
21product of the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (3) (e) and 0.075.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,139,222 3. Divide the sum of the payments to the municipalities and counties in the
23system under subch. I of ch. 79 for the current fiscal year, as reflected in the
24statement of estimated payments under s. 79.015, by the total of all payments under
25subch. I of ch. 79 for the current fiscal year, as reflected in the statement of estimated

1payments under s. 79.015, and multiply the result by the product of the amount
2appropriated under s. 20.255 (3) (e) and 0.075.".
AB133-ASA1-AA2,139,3 3425. Page 541, line 4: after that line insert:
AB133-ASA1-AA2,139,4 4" Section 946p. 44.51 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
AB133-ASA1-AA2, s. 946r 5Section 946r. 44.51 (3) of the statutes is repealed.".
AB133-ASA1-AA2,139,6 6426. Page 541, line 5: delete lines 5 to 8.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,139,7 7427. Page 541, line 9: delete lines 9 to 11.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,139,8 8428. Page 541, line 12: delete lines 12 to 15.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,139,9 9429. Page 541, line 15: after that line insert:
AB133-ASA1-AA2,139,10 10" Section 948m. 44.57 of the statutes is repealed.".
AB133-ASA1-AA2,139,12 11430. Page 541, line 19: delete "School for the Visually" and substitute "Center
12for the Blind and Visually Impaired".
AB133-ASA1-AA2,139,13 13431. Page 541, line 20: delete "Handicapped".
AB133-ASA1-AA2,139,15 14432. Page 552, line 2: before "to" insert "including a community-based
15residential facility,
".
AB133-ASA1-AA2,139,16 16433. Page 555, line 10: after that line insert:
AB133-ASA1-AA2,139,17 17" Section 999d. 46.036 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1-AA2,140,518 46.036 (4) (a) Except as provided in this paragraph, maintain a uniform double
19entry accounting system and a management information system which are
20compatible with cost accounting and control systems prescribed by the department.
21The department shall establish a simplified double entry bookkeeping system for use
22by family-operated group homes. Each purchaser shall determine whether a
23family-operated group home from which it purchases services shall use the double

1entry accounting system or the simplified system and shall include this
2determination in the purchase of service contract. In this paragraph,
3"family-operated group home" means a group home licensed under s. 48.66 (1) (a) for
4which the licensee is one or more individuals who operate not more than one group
5home.".
AB133-ASA1-AA2,140,6 6434. Page 555, line 25: after that line insert:
AB133-ASA1-AA2,140,7 7" Section 999p. 46.041 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1-AA2,140,158 46.041 (1) (a) Provide for the temporary residence and evaluation of children
9referred from courts assigned to exercise jurisdiction under chs. 48 and 938, the
10institutions and services under the jurisdiction of the department, University of
11Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, county departments under s. 46.215,
1246.22 or 46.23, private child welfare agencies, schools the Wisconsin School for the
13deaf and visually handicapped, Deaf, the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and
14Visually Impaired
and mental health facilities within the state at the discretion of
15the superintendent director of the institution providing services under this section.".
AB133-ASA1-AA2,140,16 16435. Page 559, line 21: after that line insert:
AB133-ASA1-AA2,140,17 17" Section 1003c. 46.10 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1-AA2,140,2318 46.10 (2m) The liability specified in sub. (2) shall not apply to tuberculosis
19patients receiving care, maintenance, services and supplies under ss. 58.06 and
20252.07 to 252.10, to persons 18 and older receiving care, maintenance, services and
21supplies provided by prisons named in s. 302.01 or to parents of a minor who receives
22care for alcohol or drug abuse under s. 51.47 (1) without consent of the minor's parent
23or guardian.
AB133-ASA1-AA2, s. 1003t 24Section 1003t. 46.18 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1-AA2,141,8
146.18 (1) Trustees. Every county home, infirmary, hospital, tuberculosis
2hospital or sanatorium,
or similar institution, shall, subject to regulations approved
3by the county board, be managed by a board of trustees, electors of the county, chosen
4by ballot by the county board. At its annual meeting, the county board shall appoint
5an uneven number of trustees, from 3 to 9 at the option of the board, for staggered
63-year terms ending the first Monday in January. Any vacancy shall be filled for the
7unexpired term by the county board; but the chairperson of the county board may
8appoint a trustee to fill the vacancy until the county board acts.
AB133-ASA1-AA2, s. 1003u 9Section 1003u. 46.20 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1-AA2,141,1810 46.20 (1) Any 2 or more counties may jointly, by majority vote of all the
11members of each county board, provide for a county home, infirmary, hospital,
12tuberculosis hospital or sanatorium, or similar institution, or juvenile detention
13home, which shall be established, maintained and operated pursuant to all the
14statutes relating to the establishment, maintenance and operation of similar
15institutions, respectively, by any single county whose population is less than
16250,000, except as otherwise provided in this section; and in all respects, except as
17herein specified, each such institution shall be the county institution of each of the
18counties so joining.
AB133-ASA1-AA2, s. 1003v 19Section 1003v. 46.20 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1-AA2,142,220 46.20 (3) Upon approval of the site, plans and specifications, as provided in s.
21252.073 as to tuberculosis sanatoriums and
ss. 46.17 and 301.37, as to other
22institutions, the joint committee shall report to the several county boards the
23estimated cost of the site and buildings, and the amount thereof chargeable to each
24county on the basis set forth in sub. (6) (a), appending to each report a copy of the
25plans and specifications and all matter relating to the site and buildings. If the

1report is approved by each county board, the joint committee shall purchase the site
2and cause the buildings to be erected in accordance with the plans and specifications.
AB133-ASA1-AA2, s. 1003w 3Section 1003w. 46.20 (8) of the statutes is repealed.
AB133-ASA1-AA2, s. 1003x 4Section 1003x. 46.20 (10) of the statutes is repealed.".
AB133-ASA1-AA2,142,6 5436. Page 559, line 24: delete the material beginning with ", 252.11 (7)" and
6ending with "(c)" on line 25 and substitute ", and 252.11 (7) and 253.07 (3) (c)".
AB133-ASA1-AA2,142,8 7437. Page 561, line 8: delete the material beginning with ", 253.07" and
8ending with "(c)" on line 9 and substitute ", 253.07 (3) (c)".
AB133-ASA1-AA2,142,10 9438. Page 563, line 18: delete the material beginning with ", 253.07" and
10ending with "(c)" on line 19 and substitute ", 253.07 (3) (c)".
AB133-ASA1-AA2,142,12 11439. Page 564, line 25: delete the material beginning with ", 253.07" and
12ending with "(c)" on page 565, line 1, and substitute ", 253.07 (3) (c)".
AB133-ASA1-AA2,142,13 13440. Page 566, line 6: after that line insert:
AB133-ASA1-AA2,142,14 14" Section 1032m. 46.27 (3) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1-AA2,142,2215 46.27 (3) (f) Beginning on January 1, 1996, from the annual allocation to the
16county for the provision of long-term community support services under subs. (7) (b)
17and (11), annually establish a maximum total amount that may be encumbered in
18a calendar year for services for eligible individuals in community-based residential
19facilities. Notwithstanding the maximum, however, a county may not deny services
20under this section to an eligible individual who resides in a community-based
21residential facility when the individual becomes eligible, solely because the
22maximum total amount has been reached.
".
AB133-ASA1-AA2,143,4 23441. Page 569, line 25: delete "whether or not the person is a private pay
24admittee at the time of admission." and substitute "whether or not the person is a

1private pay admittee at the time of admission.
except that a person seeking
2admission or about to be admitted on a private pay basis may waive the assessment,
3unless the person will be eligible for medical assistance within 6 months of
4assessment.
".
AB133-ASA1-AA2,143,5 5442. Page 570, line 4: after that line insert:
AB133-ASA1-AA2,143,6 6" Section 1045g. 46.27 (7) (cL) of the statutes is created to read:
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