4. The debtor's or 3rd party's failure to accept or receive service of the levy does not invalidate the levy.
(n) Within 20 days after the service of the levy upon a 3rd party, the 3rd party shall file an answer with the department stating whether the 3rd party is in possession of or obligated with respect to property or rights to property of the debtor, including a description of the property or the rights to property and the nature and dollar amount of any such obligation.
(p) A levy is effective from the date on which the levy is first served on the 3rd party until the liability out of which the levy arose is satisfied, until the levy is released or until one year from the date of service, whichever occurs first.
(q) 1. The debtor is entitled to an exemption from levy of the greater of the following:
a. A subsistence allowance of 75% of the debtor's disposable earnings then due and owing.
b. An amount equal to 30 times the federal minimum hourly wage for each full week of the debtor's pay period; or, in the case of earnings for a period other than a week, a subsistence allowance computed so that it is equivalent to that amount using a multiple of the federal minimum hourly wage prescribed by the department by rule.
2. The first $1,000 of an account in a depository institution is exempt from any levy to recover a benefit overpayment.
(r) No employer may discharge or otherwise discriminate with respect to the terms and conditions of employment against any employe by reason of the fact that his or her earnings have been subject to levy for any one levy or because of compliance with any provision of this subsection. Any person who violates this paragraph may be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year or both.
(s) Any debtor who is subject to a levy proceeding made by the department has the right to appeal the levy proceeding under ch. 227.44. The appeal is limited to questions of prior payment of the debt that the department is proceeding against, and mistaken identity of the debtor. The levy is not stayed pending an appeal in any case where property is secured through the levy.
(t) Any 3rd party is entitled to a levy fee of $5 for each levy in any case where property is secured through the levy. The 3rd party shall deduct the fee from the proceeds of the levy.
SECTION 1343. 49.195 (3n) (k) of the statutes, as created by 1999 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
49.195 (3n) (k) Any person who removes, deposits or conceals or aids in removing, depositing or concealing any property upon which a levy is authorized under this subsection with intent to evade or defeat the assessment or collection of any debt may be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned for not more than 3 years 4 years and 6 months or both, and shall be liable to the state for the costs of prosecution.
SECTION 1344. 49.195 (3n) (r) of the statutes, as created by 1999 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
49.195 (3n) (r) No employer may discharge or otherwise discriminate with respect to the terms and conditions of employment against any employe by reason of the fact that his or her earnings have been subject to levy for any one levy or because of compliance with any provision of this subsection. Any person who violates this paragraph may be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year 2 years or both.
SECTION 1345. 49.195 (3p) of the statutes is created to read:
49.195 (3p) The availability of the remedies under subs. (3m) and (3n) does not abridge the right of the department to pursue other remedies.
SECTION 1346. 49.195 (3r) of the statutes is created to read:
49.195 (3r) From the appropriation under s. 20.445 (3) (L) the department may contract with or employ a collection agency or other person to enforce a repayment obligation of a person who is found liable under sub. (3) who is delinquent in making repayments.
SECTION 1347. 49.20 of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 1348. 49.21 of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 1350m. 49.23 of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 1352. 49.24 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, section 1882n, is amended to read:
49.24 (1) From the appropriation under s. 20.445 (3) (k), the department shall provide child support incentive payments to counties to offset reduced federal child support incentive payments. Total payments under this subsection may not exceed $3,178,000 in fiscal year 1997-98 or $3,850,000 in fiscal year 1998-99 $5,690,000 per year.
SECTION 1352f. 49.24 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 49.24 (2) (a) and amended to read:
49.24 (2) (a) The department shall distribute the payments under sub. (1) in accordance with a formula developed by the department, in consultation with representatives of counties, promulgate a rule that specifies the formula according to which the payments under sub. (1) and federal child support incentive payments will be distributed to counties. The rule shall provide that the total of state and federal incentive payments per year to a county may not exceed the costs per year of the county's child support program under s. 49.22.
(b) The total of payments made to counties under sub. (1) and in federal child support incentive payments may not exceed $10,500,000 in a state fiscal $12,340,000 per year.
SECTION 1352g. 49.24 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.24 (3) A county that receives any state child support incentive payment under sub. (1) or any federal child support incentive payment may use the funds only to pay costs under its child support program under s. 49.22.
SECTION 1353. 49.25 of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 1354. 49.26 (1) (h) 1. as. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.26 (1) (h) 1. as. The individual has failed to request a hearing or has failed to show good cause for not cooperating with case management efforts in a hearing. If the individual is a recipient of aid under s. 49.19, the hearing shall be requested and held under s. 49.21 (1). If the individual is a member of a Wisconsin works group, as defined in s. 49.141 (1) (s), the The hearing shall be requested and held under s. 49.152. The department shall determine by rule the criteria for good cause.
SECTION 1355. 49.27 of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 1356. 49.30 (1m) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
49.30 (1m) (c) If a request for payment under sub. (1) is made more than 12 months after the death of the recipient, the county or applicable tribal governing body or organization responsible for burial of the recipient is not required to make a payment for cemetery, funeral or burial expenses.
SECTION 1356m. 49.33 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.33 (1) (b) "Income maintenance program" means aid to families with dependent children under s. 49.19, Wisconsin works under ss. 49.141 to 49.161, medical assistance under subch. IV of ch. 49 or the food stamp program under 7 USC 2011 to 2029.
SECTION 1356n. 49.33 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.33 (8) (a) The department shall reimburse each county for reasonable costs of income maintenance relating to the administration of the programs under this subchapter and subch. IV according to a formula based on workload within the limits of available state and federal funds under s. 20.445 (3) (dz), (md) and (nL) by contract under s. 49.33 (2). The amount of reimbursement calculated under this paragraph and par. (b) is in addition to any reimbursement provided to a county for fraud and error reduction under s. 49.197 (1m) and (4).
SECTION 1357. 49.36 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.36 (2) The department may contract with any county or Wisconsin works agency to administer a work experience and job training program for parents who are not custodial parents and who fail to pay child support or to meet their children's needs for support as a result of unemployment or underemployment. The program may provide the kinds of work experience and job training services available from the program under s. 49.193, 1997 stats., or s. 49.147 (3) or (4). The program may also include job search and job orientation activities. The department shall fund the program from the appropriation under s. 20.445 (3) (dz).
SECTION 1358. 49.36 (3) (g) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 1359. 49.36 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.36 (7) The department shall pay a county or Wisconsin works agency $200 $400 for each person who participates in the program under this section in the region in which the county or Wisconsin works agency administers the program under this section. The county or Wisconsin works agency shall pay any additional costs of the program.
SECTION 1360. 49.37 of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 1361. 49.43 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.43 (8) "Medical assistance" means any services or items under ss. 49.45 to 49.47 49.472, except s. 49.472 (6), and under ss. 49.49 to 49.497, or any payment or reimbursement made for such services or items.
SECTION 1361v. 49.45 (2) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.45 (2) (a) 3. Determine the eligibility of persons for medical assistance, rehabilitative and social services under ss. 49.46, 49.468 and 49.47 and rules and policies adopted by the department and may designate this function to the county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23 or, to the extent permitted by federal law or a waiver from federal secretary of health and human services, to a Wisconsin works agency. Any person who determines eligibility for medical assistance in a location other than in an office of the department or of a county department of human services or of social services shall be permitted to review and update information on existing records of an individual who is seeking from that person an eligibility determination for medical assistance, even if the individual's case was assigned to a different person as a result of the individual's seeking or receiving other public assistance.
SECTION 1362. 49.45 (2) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.45 (2) (a) 4. To the extent funds are available under s. 20.435 (1) (4) (bm), certify all proper charges and claims for administrative services to the department of administration for payment and the department of administration shall draw its warrant forthwith.
SECTION 1371. 49.45 (2) (a) 17. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.45 (2) (a) 17. Notify the governor, the joint committee on legislative organization, the joint committee on finance and appropriate standing committees, as determined by the presiding officer of each house, if the appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (4) (b) is insufficient to provide the state share of medical assistance.
SECTION 1373v. 49.45 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.45 (3) (a) Reimbursement shall be made to each county department under ss. 46.215, 46.22 and 46.23 for the administrative services performed in the medical assistance program on the basis of s. 49.33 (8) according to a formula based on workload. For purposes of reimbursement under this paragraph, assessments completed under s. 46.27 (6) (a) are administrative services performed in the medical assistance program.
SECTION 1374. 49.45 (3) (ag) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.45 (3) (ag) Reimbursement shall be made to each entity contracted with under s. 46.271 (2m) 46.281 (1) (d) for assessments completed functional screens performed under s. 46.271 (2m) (a) 2. 46.281 (1) (d).
SECTION 1375. 49.45 (3) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.45 (3) (am) 1. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (4) (bm), the department shall make incentive payments to counties to encourage counties to identify medical assistance applicants and recipients who have other health care coverage and the providers of the health care coverage and give that information to the department.
SECTION 1376m. 49.45 (3) (fm) of the statutes is created to read:
49.45 (3) (fm) The department shall seek, on behalf of dentists who are providers, federal reimbursement for the cost of any equipment that the department requires dentists to use to verify medical assistance eligibility electronically. If the department is successful in obtaining federal reimbursement of that expense, the department shall reimburse dentists who are providers for the portion of the cost of the equipment that is reimbursed by the federal government.
SECTION 1381. 49.45 (3) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.45 (3) (j) Reimbursement for administrative contract costs under this section is limited to the funds available under s. 20.435 (1) (4) (bm).
SECTION 1382. 49.45 (5m) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 49.45 (5m) (am) and amended to read:
49.45 (5m) (am) Notwithstanding sub. (3) (e), from the appropriations under s. 20.435 (5) (4) (b) and (o) the department shall distribute not more than $2,256,000 in each fiscal year, to provide supplemental funds to rural hospitals that, as determined by the department, have high utilization of inpatient services by patients whose care is provided from governmental sources, and to provide supplemental funds to critical access hospitals, except that the department may not distribute funds to a rural hospital or to a critical access hospital to the extent that the distribution would exceed any limitation under 42 USC 1396b (i) (3).
SECTION 1383. 49.45 (5m) (ag) of the statutes is created to read:
49.45 (5m) (ag) In this subsection, "critical access hospital" has the meaning given in s. 50.33 (1g).
SECTION 1384. 49.45 (5m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.45 (5m) (b) The supplemental funding for rural hospitals under par. (a) (am) shall be based on the utilization, by recipients of medical assistance, of the total inpatient days of a rural hospital in relation to that utilization in other rural hospitals.
SECTION 1385. 49.45 (6b) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 49.45 (6b) and amended to read:
49.45 (6b) CENTERS FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (2) (gk), the department may reimburse the cost of services provided by the centers for the developmentally disabled. Reimbursement to the centers for the developmentally disabled shall be reduced following each placement made under s. 46.275 which that involves a relocation from a center for the developmentally disabled, as follows: by $184 per day, beginning in fiscal year 1999-2000, and by $190 per day, beginning in fiscal year 2000-01.
SECTION 1386. 49.45 (6b) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 1387. 49.45 (6b) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 1388. 49.45 (6b) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 1389. 49.45 (6m) (ag) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.45 (6m) (ag) (intro.) Payment for care provided in a facility under this subsection made under s. 20.435 (1) (p) or (5) (b) (4) (b), (pa) or (o) shall, except as provided in pars. (bg), (bm) and (br), be determined according to a prospective payment system updated annually by the department. The payment system shall implement standards that are necessary and proper for providing patient care and that meet quality and safety standards established under subch. II of ch. 50 and ch. 150. The payment system shall reflect all of the following:
SECTION 1390b. 49.45 (6m) (ag) 3m. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.45 (6m) (ag) 3m. For state fiscal year 1997-98 1999-2000, rates that shall be set by the department based on information from cost reports for the 1996 1998 fiscal year of the facility and for state fiscal year 1998-99 2000-01, rates that shall be set by the department based on information from cost reports for the 1997 1999 fiscal year of the facility.
SECTION 1391. 49.45 (6m) (ag) 8. of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 1392. 49.45 (6m) (ar) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.45 (6m) (ar) 1. a. The department shall establish standards for payment of allowable direct care costs, for facilities that do not primarily serve the developmentally disabled, that are not less than the median for take into account direct care costs for a sample of all of those facilities in this state and separate standards for payment of allowable direct care costs, for facilities that primarily serve the developmentally disabled, that are not less than the median for take into account direct care costs for a sample of all of those facilities in this state. The standards shall be adjusted by the department for regional labor cost variations.
SECTION 1393. 49.45 (6m) (ar) 1. cm. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.45 (6m) (ar) 1. cm. Notwithstanding the limitations under par. (ag) 8., funding Funding distributed to facilities for the provision of active treatment to residents with a diagnosis of developmental disability shall be distributed in accordance with a method developed by the department which is consistent with a prudent buyer approach to payment for services.
SECTION 1394. 49.45 (6m) (ar) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.45 (6m) (ar) 2. a. The department shall establish one or more standards for the payment of support service costs that are not less than the median of take into account support service costs for a sample of all facilities within the state.
SECTION 1395. 49.45 (6m) (ar) 3. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.45 (6m) (ar) 3. a. The department shall establish standards, adjusted for heating degree day variations in the state, for payment of fuel and utility costs that are not less than the median of take into account heating fuel and utility costs for a sample of all facilities within the state.
SECTION 1396. 49.45 (6m) (ar) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.45 (6m) (ar) 4. For net property taxes or municipal services, payment shall be made for those costs that range from the amount of the previous calendar year's tax or the amount of municipal service costs for a period specified by the department, subject to a maximum limit as determined by the department.
SECTION 1397. 49.45 (6m) (ar) 5. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
