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1(d) As a condition of receiving a loan under this subsection an applicant shall
2do all of the following:
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1. Pledge the security, if any, required by the department of administration
4under this subsection.
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2. Demonstrate to the satisfaction of the department of administration the
6financial capacity to assure sufficient revenues to repay the loan.
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(e) The department of commerce and the department of administration may
8enter into a financial assistance agreement with a governmental unit that applies
9for a loan under this subsection and meets the eligibility requirements for a loan,
10including the requirements under par. (d).
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(f) The department of administration, in consultation with the department of
12commerce, may establish those terms and conditions of a financial assistance
13agreement that relate to its financial management, including what type of municipal
14obligation is required for the repayment of the financial assistance. In setting the
15terms and conditions, the department of administration may consider factors that
16the department of administration finds are relevant, including the type of obligation
17evidencing the loan, the pledge of security for the obligation and the applicant's
18creditworthiness.
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(g) The department of administration shall make and disburse a loan to an
20applicant that has entered into a financial assistance agreement under par. (e). The
21department of administration, in consultation with the department of commerce,
22shall establish procedures for disbursing loans.
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(h) If a governmental unit fails to make a principal repayment after its due
24date, the department of administration shall place on file a certified statement of all
25amounts due under this subsection. After consulting the department of commerce,
1the department of administration may collect all amounts due by deducting those
2amounts from any state payments due the governmental unit or may add a special
3charge to the amount of taxes apportioned to and levied upon the county under s.
470.60. If the department of administration collects amounts due, it shall remit those
5amounts to the fund to which they are due and notify the department of commerce
6of that action.
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8146.185 Minority health. (1) In this section:
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(a) "African American" means a person whose ancestors originated in any of the
10black racial groups of Africa.
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(b) "American Indian" means a person who is enrolled as a member of a
12federally recognized American Indian tribe or band or who possesses documentation
13of at least one-fourth American Indian ancestry or documentation of tribal
14recognition as an American Indian.
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(c) "Asian" means a person whose ancestors originated in Asia south and
16southeast of the Himalayas and west of Wallace's Line in the Malay Archipelago.
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(d) "Economically disadvantaged" means having an income that is at or below
18125% of the poverty line.
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(e) "Hispanic" means a person of any race whose ancestors originated in
20Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Central America or South America or whose culture or
21origin is Spanish.
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(f) "Minority group member" means any of the following:
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1. An African American.
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2. An American Indian.
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(g) "Nonprofit corporation" means a nonstock corporation organized under ch.
3181 that is a nonprofit corporation, as defined in s. 181.0103 (17).
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(h) "Poverty line" means the nonfarm federal poverty line for the continental
5United States, as defined by the federal department of labor under
42 USC 9902 (2).
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(i) "State agency" has the meaning given in s. 16.70 (1).
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7(2) The department shall do all of the following:
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(a) Identify the barriers to health care that prevent economically
9disadvantaged minority group members in this state from participating fully and
10equally in all aspects of life.
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(b) Conduct statewide hearings on issues of concern to the health interests of
12economically disadvantaged minority group members.
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(c) Review, monitor and advise all state agencies with respect to the impact on
14the health of economically disadvantaged minority group members of current and
15emerging state policies, procedures, practices, statutes and rules.
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(d) Work closely with all state agencies, including the board of regents of the
17University of Wisconsin System and the technical college system board, with the
18University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, with the private sector and
19with groups concerned with issues of the health of economically disadvantaged
20minority group members to develop long-term solutions to health problems of
21minority group members.
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(e) Disseminate information on the status of the health of economically
23disadvantaged minority group members in this state.
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(f) Encourage economically disadvantaged minority group members who are
25students to enter career health care professions, by developing materials that are
1culturally sensitive and appropriate and that promote health care professions as
2careers, for use by the University of Wisconsin System, the technical college system
3and the Medical College of Wisconsin in recruiting the students.
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(g) Submit a biennial report on the activities of the department under this
5section that includes recommendations on program policies, procedures, practices
6and services affecting the health status of economically disadvantaged minority
7group members, to the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3) and to
8the governor.
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9(3) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (fh), the department shall award
10grants for activities to improve the health status of economically disadvantaged
11minority group members. A person may apply, in the manner specified by the
12department, for a grant of up to $50,000 in each fiscal year to conduct these activities.
13A grant awarded under this subsection may not exceed 50% of the cost of the
14activities. An applicant's required contribution for a grant may consist of funding or
15an in-kind contribution.
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16(4) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (fh), the department shall award
17a grant of up to $100,000 in each fiscal year to a private nonprofit corporation that
18applies, in the manner specified by the department, to conduct a public information
19campaign on minority health.
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146.19
(2) Cooperative American Indian health project grants. (intro.) From
22the appropriation under s. 20.435 (5)
(ek) (ke), the department shall award grants
23for cooperative American Indian health projects in order to promote cooperation
24among tribes, tribal agencies, inter-tribal organizations and other agencies and
25organizations in addressing specific problem areas in the field of American Indian
1health. A tribe, tribal agency or inter-tribal organization may apply, in the manner
2specified by the department, for a grant of up to $10,000 to conduct a cooperative
3American Indian health project, which meets all of the following requirements:
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146.19
(2m) Grants to tribal health centers. Subject to 1999 Wisconsin Act
6.... (this act), section 9123 (6tu), from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (ke), the
7department shall award grants for the provision or purchase of health care services
8for tribal members and their families to tribal health care entities that provide
9primary health care, health education and social services to tribal members and
10their families and to tribal employes. The department shall establish by rule criteria
11for distributing grants to the health care entities. In developing the criteria, the
12department shall consider each tribe's financial need, resources available to each
13tribe and other demographic health status indicators.
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146.56
(1) Not later than July 1,
2001 2002, the department shall develop and
16implement a statewide trauma care system
. The department shall seek the advice
17of the statewide trauma advisory council under s. 15.197 (25) in developing and
18implementing the system.
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20146.57 (title)
Statewide poison control
program system.
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(1m) Definitions. In this section:
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(a) "Appropriate health-oriented background" means one of the following:
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11. Licensure as an emergency medical technician — basic, emergency medical
2technician — intermediate or emergency medical technician — paramedic under s.
3146.50 (5) (a).
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2. Licensure as a licensed practical nurse under s. 441.10 (3).
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3. Completion of a training program directed by a physician specializing in
6toxicology and, as determined by the medical director of a poison control center,
7background sufficient to understand and interpret standard poison information
8resources and to transmit that information understandably to both health
9professionals and the public under the direct supervision of a staff member specified
10under sub. (3m) (b) or the medical director.
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(b) "On-line staff member" means a member of the staff of a poison control
12center who personally responds to telephone inquiries received by the poison control
13center.
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(c) "Pharmacist" has the meaning given in s. 450.01 (15).
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(d) "Physician" has the meaning given in s. 448.01 (5).
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(e) "Poison control services" means poison prevention education, and rapid and
17accurate poison interpretation, poison intervention and management information.
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(f) "Registered nurse" means a nurse who is licensed under s. 441.06.
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(g) "School of pharmacy" means a school of pharmacy that is accredited by the
20American Council on Pharmaceutical Education.
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(h) "Triage" means assign priority order on the basis of where resources can
22best be used or are most needed.
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(3) (a) The department shall implement a statewide poison control
25program system, which shall provide poison control services that are available
1statewide, on a 24-hour per day and 365-day per year basis and shall provide poison
2information and education to health care professionals and the public. From the
3appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (ds), the department shall, if the requirement
4under par. (b) is met, distribute total funding of not more than $375,000 in each fiscal
5year to supplement the operation of the
program system and to provide for the
6statewide collection and reporting of poison control data. The department may, but
7need not, distribute all of the funds in each fiscal year to a single poison control
8center.
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(3m) Requirements of poison control centers. (a) A poison control
11center shall maintain telephone services capable of providing rapid, accurate and
12complete poison information that is accessible throughout the state and that is free
13to users through a statewide toll-free hotline.
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(b) An on-line staff member who interprets poison exposure data and provides
15poison intervention and management information shall be one of the following:
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1. A registered nurse.
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2. A pharmacist.
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3. A physician.
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4. A person who is certified by or eligible for certification by the American
20Association of Poison Control Centers as a specialist in poison information.
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5. A school of pharmacy graduate who is in residency training.
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6. A school of pharmacy enrollee who has completed the 2nd professional
23practice year.
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7. A person who was employed as an on-line staff member on May 1, 1994, who
25has worked in that capacity at the poison control center for at least 3 years and who
1annually receives at least 16 documented hours of continuing education in
2interpreting poison exposure data and providing poison intervention and
3management information.
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(c) An on-line staff member who is designated as a poison information provider
5may, if he or she annually receives at least 16 documented hours of job-relevant
6continuing education and has an appropriate health-oriented background, provide
7poison information to manage nontoxic exposures and routine follow-up.
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(d) An on-line staff member who is designated as a poison information provider
9shall triage incoming telephone calls concerning toxic exposures and, for health care
10professionals, concerning drug interaction interpretations, and refer such calls to an
11on-duty staff member under par. (b).
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(1) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.435
(1) (4) (gp), the
14department shall maintain a program for the provision of primary health care
15services based on the primary health care program in existence on June 30, 1987.
16The department may promulgate rules necessary to implement the program.
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18146.99 Assessments. The department shall, within 90 days after the
19commencement of each fiscal year, estimate the total amount of expenditures and the
20department shall assess the estimated total amount under s. 20.435
(1) (4) (gp) to
21hospitals, as defined in s. 50.33 (2), in proportion to each hospital's respective gross
22private-pay patient revenues during the hospital's most recently concluded entire
23fiscal year. Each hospital shall pay its assessment on or before December 1 for the
24fiscal year. All payments of assessments shall be deposited in the appropriation
25under s. 20.435
(1) (4) (gp).
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149.10
(3e) "Fund" means the health insurance risk-sharing plan fund.
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3Section
2256. 149.12 (2) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 149.12 (2) (d) 1. and
4amended to read:
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149.12
(2) (d) 1. Except
for a person who is an eligible individual as provided
6in subd. 2., no person who is 65 years of age or older is eligible for coverage under the
7plan.
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149.12
(2) (d) 2. Subdivision 1. does not apply to any of the following:
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a. A person who is an eligible individual.
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b. A person who has coverage under the plan on the date on which he or she
12attains the age of 65 years.
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149.12
(3) (b) Persons for whom deductible or coinsurance amounts are paid
15or reimbursed under ch. 47 for vocational rehabilitation, under s. 49.68 for renal
16disease, under s. 49.685 (8) for hemophilia, under s. 49.683 for cystic fibrosis
or, 17under s. 253.05 for maternal and child health services
or under s. 49.686 for the cost
18of drugs for the treatment of HIV infection or AIDS are not ineligible for coverage
19under the plan by reason of such payments or reimbursements.
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149.14
(2) (a) The plan shall provide every eligible person who is not eligible
23for medicare with major medical expense coverage. Major medical expense coverage
24offered under the plan under this section shall pay an eligible person's covered
25expenses, subject to sub. (3) and deductible
, copayment and coinsurance payments
1authorized under sub. (5), up to a lifetime limit of $1,000,000 per covered individual.
2The maximum limit under this paragraph shall not be altered by the board, and no
3actuarially equivalent benefit may be substituted by the board.
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149.14
(3) Covered expenses. (intro.) Except as
provided in sub. (4), except
6as restricted by cost containment provisions under s. 149.17 (4) and except as
7reduced by the
board under s. 149.15 (3) (e) or by the department under
s. ss. 149.143
8or and 149.144, covered expenses for the coverage under this section shall be the
9usual and customary charges payment rates established by the department under
10s. 149.142 for the services provided by persons licensed under ch. 446 and certified
11under s. 49.45 (2) (a) 11. Except as
provided in sub. (4), except as restricted by cost
12containment provisions under s. 149.17 (4) and except as reduced by the
board under
13s. 149.15 (3) (e) or by the department under
s.
ss. 149.143
or and 149.144, covered
14expenses for the coverage under this section shall also be the
usual and customary
15charges payment rates established by the department under s. 149.142 for the
16following services and articles if the service or article is prescribed by a physician
17who is licensed under ch. 448 or in another state and who is certified under s. 49.45
18(2) (a) 11. and if the service or article is provided by a provider certified under s. 49.45
19(2) (a) 11.:
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149.14
(3) (d) Drugs requiring a physician's prescription
, subject to sub. (4c).