2005 Wisconsin Act 74

149.14 (3) (c) 3. Subject to the limits under subd. 2. and to rules promulgated by the department of health and family services under s. 149.14 (3) (c) 3., 2003 stats. 1., services for the chronically mentally ill in community support programs operated under s. 51.421.

74,101 Section 101. 149.14 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

149.14 (3) (d) Drugs requiring a physician's prescription, subject to sub. (4c).

74,102 Section 102. 149.14 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

149.14 (3) (e) Services For persons eligible for Medicare, services of a licensed skilled nursing facility for eligible persons eligible for medicare, to the extent required by s. 632.895 (3) and for not more than an aggregate 120 days during a calendar year, if the services are of the type which that would qualify as reimbursable services under medicare Medicare. Coverage under this paragraph which that is not required by s. 632.895 (3) is subject to the any deductible and coinsurance requirements under sub. (5) provided by the authority.

74,103 Section 103. 149.14 (3) (f) of the statutes is created to read:

149.14 (3) (f) Services of a home health agency, as defined in s. 50.49 (1) (a), only to the extent required under s. 632.895 (2).

74,104 Section 104. 149.14 (3) (m) of the statutes is amended to read:

149.14 (3) (m) Oral surgery for excision of partially or completely unerupted, impacted teeth and oral surgery with respect to the gums and other tissues of the mouth when not performed in connection with the extraction or repair of teeth.

74,105 Section 105. 149.14 (3) (o) of the statutes is amended to read:

149.14 (3) (o) Transportation Emergency and other medically necessary transportation provided by a licensed ambulance service to the nearest facility qualified to treat the a covered condition.

74,106 Section 106. 149.14 (3) (p) of the statutes is renumbered 149.14 (3) (em).

74,107 Section 107. 149.14 (4) of the statutes, as affected by 2005 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:

149.14 (4) Plan design. Subject to subs. (1) to (3), (5), and (6), the authority shall establish the plan design, after taking into consideration the levels of health insurance coverage provided in the state and medical economic factors, as appropriate. Subject to subs. (1) to (3), (5), and (6), the authority shall provide benefit levels, deductibles, copayment and coinsurance requirements, exclusions, and limitations under the plan that the authority determines generally reflect and are commensurate with comprehensive health insurance coverage offered in the private individual market in the state. The authority may develop additional benefit designs that are responsive to market conditions.

74,108 Section 108. 149.14 (4) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

149.14 (4) (d) That part of any charge for services or articles rendered or prescribed by a physician, dentist, or other health care personnel that exceeds the payment rate established by the department authority under s. 149.142 and reduced under ss. 149.143 and 149.144 or any charge not medically necessary.

74,109 Section 109. 149.14 (4) (m) of the statutes is amended to read:

149.14 (4) (m) Experimental treatment, as determined by the department authority.

74,110 Section 110. 149.14 (4c) of the statutes is repealed.

74,111 Section 111. 149.14 (4m) of the statutes is renumbered 149.142 (2m) and amended to read:

149.142 (2m) Payment is payment in full. Except for copayments, coinsurance, or deductibles required or authorized under the plan, a provider of a covered service or article shall accept as payment in full for the covered service or article the payment rate determined under ss. 149.142, 149.143 and 149.144 sub. (1) and may not bill an eligible person who receives the service or article for any amount by which the charge for the service or article is reduced under s. 149.142, 149.143 or 149.144 sub. (1).

74,112 Section 112. 149.14 (5) of the statutes, as affected by 2005 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:

149.14 (5) Deductible and copayment subsidies. (a) The authority shall establish and provide subsidies for deductibles paid by eligible persons with coverage under s. 149.14 (2) (a) and household incomes specified in s. 149.165 (2) (a) 1. to 5.

(b) The authority may provide subsidies for prescription drug copayment amounts paid by eligible persons specified in par. (a).

74,113 Section 113. 149.14 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

149.14 (5) (b) Except as provided in pars. (c) and (e) par. (c), if the covered costs incurred by the eligible person exceed the deductible for major medical expense coverage in a calendar year, the plan shall pay at least 80% of any additional covered costs incurred by the person during the calendar year.

74,114 Section 114. 149.14 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

149.14 (5) (c) Except as provided in par. (e), if If the aggregate of the covered costs not paid by the plan under par. (b) and the deductible exceeds $500 for an eligible person receiving medicare, $2,000 for any other eligible person during a calendar year or $4,000 for all eligible persons in a family, the plan shall pay 100% of all covered costs incurred by the eligible person during the calendar year after the payment ceilings under this paragraph are exceeded.

74,115 Section 115. 149.14 (5) (d) of the statutes is repealed.

74,116 Section 116. 149.14 (5) (e) of the statutes is repealed.

74,117 Section 117. 149.14 (5m) of the statutes is repealed.

74,118 Section 118. 149.14 (6) (a) of the statutes is repealed.

74,119 Section 119. 149.14 (6) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 149.14 (6).

74,120 Section 120. 149.14 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

149.14 (7) (b) The department authority has a cause of action against an eligible participant for the recovery of the amount of benefits paid which that are not for covered expenses under the plan. Benefits under the plan may be reduced or refused as a setoff against any amount recoverable under this paragraph.

74,121 Section 121. 149.14 (7) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

149.14 (7) (c) The department authority is subrogated to the rights of an eligible person to recover special damages for illness or injury to the person caused by the act of a 3rd person to the extent that benefits are provided under the plan. Section 814.03 (3) applies to the department under this paragraph.

74,122 Section 122. 149.14 (8) of the statutes is repealed.

74,123 Section 123. 149.141 of the statutes is created to read:

149.141 Premiums. (1) Percentage of costs. Except as provided in sub. (2), the authority shall set premium rates for coverage under the plan at a level that is sufficient to cover 60 percent of plan costs, as provided in s. 149.143 (1).

(2) Limitation. In no event may plan premium rates exceed 200 percent of rates applicable to individual standard risks.

74,124 Section 124. 149.142 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 149.142 (1) and amended to read:

149.142 (1) Establishment of rates. Except as provided in par. (b), the department The authority shall establish provider payment rates for covered expenses that consist of the allowable charges paid under s. 49.46 (2) for the services and articles provided plus an enhancement determined by the department authority. The rates shall be based on the allowable charges paid under s. 49.46 (2), projected plan costs, and trend factors. Using the same methodology that applies to medical assistance under subch. IV of ch. 49, the department authority shall establish hospital outpatient per visit reimbursement rates and hospital inpatient reimbursement rates that are specific to diagnostically related groups of eligible persons. The adjustments to the usual and customary rates shall be sufficient to cover the portion of plan costs specified in s. 149.143 (1) (c) and (2) (b).

74,125 Section 125. 149.142 (1) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

74,126 Section 126. 149.142 (2) of the statutes is repealed.

74,127 Section 127. 149.143 of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

149.143 Payment of plan costs. (1) Costs excluding subsidies. The authority shall pay plan costs, excluding any premium, deductible, and copayment subsidies, first from federal funds, if any, that are transferred to the fund under s. 20.145 (5) (m) and that exceed premium, deductible, and copayment subsidy costs in a policy year. The remainder of the plan costs, excluding premium, deductible, and copayment subsidy costs, shall be paid as follows:

(a) Sixty percent from premiums paid by eligible persons.

(b) Twenty percent from insurer assessments under s. 149.13.

(c) Twenty percent from adjustments to provider payment rates under s. 149.142.

(2) Subsidy costs. The authority shall pay for premium, deductible, and copayment subsidies in a policy year first from federal funds, if any, that are transferred to the fund under s. 20.145 (5) (m) in that year. The remainder of the subsidy costs shall be paid as follows:

(a) Fifty percent from insurer assessments under s. 149.13.

(b) Fifty percent from adjustments to provider payment rates under s. 149.142.

74,128 Section 128. 149.144 of the statutes is repealed.

74,129 Section 129. 149.145 of the statutes is repealed.

74,130 Section 130. 149.146 (1) (a) and (b) of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 149.14 (2) (c) 1. and amended to read:

149.14 (2) (c) 1. Beginning on January 1, 1998, in In addition to the coverage required under s. 149.14 pars. (a) and (b), the plan shall offer to all eligible persons who are not eligible for medicare Medicare a choice of coverage, as described in section 2744 (a) (1) (C), P.L. 104-191. Any such choice of coverage shall be major medical expense coverage. (b) An eligible person under par. (a) who is not eligible for Medicare may elect once each year, at the time and according to procedures established by the department authority, among the coverages offered under this section and s. 149.14 paragraph and par. (a). If an eligible person elects new coverage, any preexisting condition exclusion imposed under the new coverage is met to the extent that the eligible person has been previously and continuously covered under this chapter the plan. No preexisting condition exclusion may be imposed on an eligible person who elects new coverage if the person was an eligible individual when first covered under this chapter the plan and the person remained continuously covered under this chapter the plan up to the time of electing the new coverage.

74,131 Section 131. 149.146 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 149.14 (2) (c) 2. and amended to read:

149.14 (2) (c) 2. Except as specified by the department, the terms of coverage under s. 149.14, including deductible reductions under s. 149.14 (5) (a) and prescription drug copayment reductions under s. 149.14 (5) (e), do not apply to the coverage offered under this section. Premium reductions under s. 149.165 and deductible subsidies and prescription drug copayment subsidies under s. 149.14 (5) do not apply to the coverage offered under this section paragraph.

74,132 Section 132. 149.146 (2) (am) of the statutes is repealed.

74,133 Section 133. 149.146 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

74,134 Section 134. 149.15 of the statutes is repealed.

74,135 Section 135. 149.16 of the statutes is repealed.

74,136 Section 136. 149.165 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

149.165 (1) Except as provided in s. 149.146 (2) (a), the department The authority shall reduce the premiums established under s. 149.11 in conformity with ss. 149.14 (5m), 149.143 and 149.17 s. 149.141 for the eligible persons and in the manner set forth in subs. (2) and (3).

74,137 Section 137. 149.165 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

149.165 (2) (a) (intro.) Subject to sub. (3m), if the household income, as defined in s. 71.52 (5) and as determined under sub. (3), of an eligible person with coverage under s. 149.14 (2) (a) is equal to or greater than the first amount and less than the 2nd amount listed in any of the following, the department authority shall reduce the premium for the eligible person to the rate shown after the amounts:

74,138 Section 138. 149.165 (2) (bc) of the statutes is amended to read:

149.165 (2) (bc) Subject to sub. (3m), if the household income, as defined in s. 71.52 (5) and as determined under sub. (3), of an eligible person with coverage under s. 149.14 (2) (b) is equal to or greater than the first amount and less than the 2nd amount listed in par. (a) 1., 2., 3., 4., or 5., the department authority shall reduce the premium established for the eligible person by the same percentage as the department authority reduces, under par. (a), the premium established for an eligible person with coverage under s. 149.14 (2) (a) who has a household income specified in the same subdivision under par. (a) as the household income of the eligible person with coverage under s. 149.14 (2) (b).

74,139 Section 139. 149.165 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

149.165 (3) (a) Subject to par. (b), the department authority shall establish and implement the method for determining the household income of an eligible person under sub. (2).

74,140 Section 140. 149.165 (3) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

149.165 (3) (b) (intro.) In determining household income under sub. (2), the department authority shall consider information submitted by an eligible person on a completed federal profit or loss from farming form, schedule F, if all of the following apply:

74,141 Section 141. 149.165 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:

149.165 (3m) The board authority may approve adjustment of the household income dollar amounts listed in sub. (2) (a) 1. to 5., except for the first dollar amount listed in sub. (2) (a) 1., to reflect changes in the consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, as determined by the U.S. department of labor.

74,142 Section 142. 149.165 (4) of the statutes is repealed.

74,143 Section 143. 149.17 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

149.17 (1) Subject to ss. 149.14 (5m), s. 149.143 and 149.146 (2) (b), a rating plan calculated in accordance with generally accepted actuarial principles.

74,144 Section 144. 149.17 (2) of the statutes is repealed.

74,145 Section 145. 149.17 (4) of the statutes is repealed.

74,146 Section 146. 149.175 of the statutes is repealed.

74,147 Section 147. 149.18 of the statutes is amended to read:

149.18 Chapters 600 to 645 applicable. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter subchapter, the plan shall comply and be administered in compliance with chs. 600 to 645.

74,148 Section 148. 149.20 of the statutes is repealed.

74,149 Section 149. 149.25 of the statutes is repealed.

74,150 Section 150. Subchapter III of chapter 149 [precedes 149.40] of the statutes is created to read:

CHapter 149

Subchapter III
Health Insurance Risk-Sharing
Plan Authority

149.40 Definitions. In this subchapter: