49.45 (6x) (a) Notwithstanding sub. (3) (e), from the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (4) (b), (gp), (o), and (w), the department shall distribute not more than $4,748,000 in each fiscal year, to provide funds to an essential access city hospital hospitals, except that the department may not allocate funds to an essential access city hospital to the extent that the allocation would exceed any limitation under 42 USC 1396b (i) (3).
SECTION 1135e. 49.45 (6x) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.45 (6x) (b) The department shall develop procedures for solicitation and review of requests for funds and a method to distribute the funds under par. (a) to an individual hospital hospitals that shall include establishment of criteria for the designation as an essential access city hospital. Beginning on July 1, 2007, the criteria established by the department may not include reference to criteria that were required to have been met during July 1, 1995, to June 30, 1996, but shall include the requirement that more than 30 percent of a hospital's total inpatient days are reimbursable under Medical Assistance. No hospital that qualifies for a Medical Assistance pediatric inpatient supplement is eligible for funds under this subsection.".
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
LFB:......Moore - MA, BadgerCare and Senior Care reimbursement for prescription drugs
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT ,
TO 2005 ASSEMBLY BILL 100
At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:
1.
Page 572, line 7: delete lines 7 to 11.
2.
Page 1082, line 16: after that line insert:
"(14k) PROHIBITION AGAINST LIMITATIONS ON MEDICAL ASSISTANCE REIMBURSEMENT FOR PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATIONS. During the 2005-07 fiscal biennium, the department of health and family services may not impose new limitations on reimbursement under the Medical Assistance Program, Badger Care, or the program under section 49.688 of the statutes for psychotropic medications, other than stimulants and related agents or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, that are prescribed to treat a mental illness.
(14p) REPORT ON PHYSICIAN PRESCRIBING PRACTICES UNDER MEDICAL ASSISTANCE. By January 1, 2006, the department of health and family services shall submit to the joint committee on finance and, in the manner provided under section 13.172 (3) of the statutes, the appropriate standing committees of the legislature a report that includes the following information for each physician who is a certified provider of Medical Assistance, concerning prescriptions written by the physician in fiscal year 2004-05 for recipients of the Medical Assistance Program or Badger Care:
(a) The percentage of the prescriptions written for generic drugs and the percentage written for nongeneric drugs.
(b) The number and percentage of the prescriptions that required prior authorization.
(c) Of the prescriptions written for drugs for which a generic drug was available, the number and percentage that specified a nongeneric drug.".
3.
Page 1112, line 12: delete lines 12 to 14.
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
LFB:......Carmichael - Inmate release MA mental health pilot program
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT ,
TO 2005 ASSEMBLY BILL 100
At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:
1.
Page 1082, line 16: after that line insert:
"(14x) INMATE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES PILOT PROGRAM.(a) The department of health and family services shall in state fiscal year 2006-07 provide reimbursement for the provision of Medical Assistance-reimbursable services to up to 12 eligible inmates with severe and persistent mental illness following release from the Wisconsin Resource Center. Services provided to participants under the program under this subsection shall include all of the following:
1. Intensive case management, treatment, and support services.
2. Access to safe, secure residences.
3. Medication and medication monitoring.
4. Mental health counseling and other mental health treatment interventions, as appropriate.
5. Alcohol and other drug abuse treatment.
6. Vocational rehabilitation services.
7. Social skills training.
8. Educational and skill-based training, as appropriate.
(b) A program participant under this subsection shall be assigned a case manager 6 months before release, who will do all the following:
1. Apply for Medical Assistance on behalf of the participant 6 months before release.
2. Together with the participant's probation and parole agent, develop a comprehensive treatment and supervision plan for reentry into the community, under which all services will be available upon the participant's release and which shall be updated at least every 6 months and more frequently if necessary.
3. Complete progress notes every 3 months.
(c) Under the program under this subsection, the department of health and family services and the department of corrections shall seek to do all of the following:
1. Create programmatic continuity among institutional, community correctional, and community-based providers to enhance communication, coordination, and planning for offenders with severe and persistent mental illness who are scheduled for release from the Wisconsin Resource Center.
2. Ensure that mental health services that are necessary for successful reintegration are not interrupted.
3. Enhance the availability and coordination of community-based services.
4. Increase opportunities for employment and residential stability of released inmates.
5. Reduce reconvictions and rates of prison return.
(d) The department of corrections and the department of health and family services shall coordinate supervision services for participants in the program under this subsection.
(e) The department shall conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the program under this subsection, including data collection, analysis, and an annual report.".
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
LFB:......Moore - Report on savings and costs resulting from cap on number of brand name prescription drugs under Medical Assistance, BadgerCare and Senior Care
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT ,
TO 2005 ASSEMBLY BILL 100
At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:
1.
Page 1082, line 16: after that line insert:
"(13n) REPORT ON CAPPING NUMBER OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS PER RECIPIENT UNDER PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. By July 1, 2006, the department of health and family services shall submit a report to the joint committee on finance and, in the manner provided under section 13.172 (3) of the statutes, the appropriate standing committees of the legislature that includes an estimate of any savings that would accrue under the Medical Assistance program, the Badger Care health care program, and the program under section 49.688 of the statutes and any costs that would be incurred by the department or providers as a result of requiring prior authorization under these programs for a brand name prescription drug if the recipient has already received 5 or more covered brand name prescription drugs in the preceding 30 days.".
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
LFB:......Stott - Lawton grants
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT ,
TO 2005 ASSEMBLY BILL 100
At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:
1.
Page 314, line 23: after that line insert:
"SECTION 210p. 20.285 (4) (dd) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.285 (4) (dd) Lawton minority undergraduate grants program. A sum sufficient equal to $3,080,000 $5,218,300 in the 2003-04 2005-06 fiscal year and $3,080,000 $5,531,400 in the 2004-05 2006-07 fiscal year, and in subsequent fiscal years a sum sufficient equal to the amount determined calculated under s. 36.34 (1) (c), for the Lawton minority undergraduate grant program under s. 36.34 (1).".
2.
Page 425, line 5: after that line insert:
"SECTION 704g. 36.34 (1) (c) 1. a. and b. of the statutes are amended to read:
36.34 (1) (c) 1. a. For purposes of determining the appropriation calculating the amount to be appropriated under s. 20.285 (4) (dd) for fiscal year 2005-06 2007-08, "base amount" means the amount shown in the schedule under s. 20.005 for that appropriation for fiscal year 2004-05 2006-07.
b. For purposes of determining the appropriation calculating the amount to be appropriated under s. 20.285 (4) (dd) for each fiscal year after fiscal year 2005-06 2007-08, "base amount" means the appropriation determined under subd. 2. for the previous fiscal year.
SECTION 704m. 36.34 (1) (c) 2. (intro.) and a. of the statutes are amended to read:
36.34 (1) (c) 2. (intro.) Beginning in 2005, annually 2007, biennially, by February 1, the board shall determine the appropriation calculate the amounts to be appropriated under s. 20.285 (4) (dd) for the next fiscal year biennium as follows:
a. The board shall determine the percentage by which the undergraduate academic fees that will be charged for the current next academic year at each institution within the University of Wisconsin System has increased or decreased, as estimated by the board, will increase or decrease from the undergraduate academic fees charged for the previous current academic year.
SECTION 704r. 36.34 (1) (c) 2am. of the statutes is created to read:
36.34 (1) (c) 2am. The board shall determine the percentage by which the undergraduate academic fees that will be charged for the academic year after the next academic year at each institution within the University of Wisconsin System, as estimated by the board, will increase or decrease from the estimated undergraduate fees that will be charged for the next academic year.
SECTION 704p. 36.34 (1) (c) 2. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
36.34 (1) (c) 2. b. The appropriation for the next first fiscal year of the next biennium shall be the result obtained by increasing, to the nearest $100, the base amount by the highest average of the percentage increase increases determined under subd. 2a., except that, if the undergraduate academic fees for the current next academic year decreased or did are estimated to decrease or not change from the undergraduate academic fees charged for the previous current academic year at each institution specified in subd. 2a., the appropriation shall be the base amount.
SECTION 704s. 36.34 (1) (c) 2bm. of the statutes is created to read:
36.34 (1) (c) 2bm. The appropriation for the 2nd fiscal year of the next biennium shall be the result obtained by increasing, to the nearest $100, the base amount by the average of the percentage increases determined under subd. 2am., except that, if the undergraduate academic fees for the academic year after the next academic year are estimated to decrease or not change from the estimated undergraduate academic fees charged for the next academic year at each institution specified under subd. 2am., the appropriation shall be the base amount.".
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
LFB:......Moore - Funding for rural health clinic in Chippewa Falls
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT ,
TO 2005 ASSEMBLY BILL 100
At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:
1.
Page 952, line 10: after that line insert:
"SECTION 2031m. 146.65 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
146.65 (1) (c) In each fiscal year, not more than $400,000, to a rural health clinic in Chippewa Falls to provide dental services to persons who are developmentally disabled or elderly or who have low income, in the area surrounding Chippewa Falls, including the counties of Chippewa, Dunn, Barron, Taylor, Clark, and Eau Claire.".
2.
Page 1125, line 25: after that line insert:
"(11k) CHIPPEWA FALLS RURAL HEALTH CLINIC. The treatment of section 146.65 (1) (c) of the statutes takes effect on July 1, 2006.".
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
LFB:......Bonderud - Petroleum inspection fund and diesel truck idling reduction grants
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT ,
TO 2005 ASSEMBLY BILL 100
At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:
1.
Page 300, line 6: after that line insert:
"SECTION 156k. 20.143 (3) (sm) of the statutes is created to read:
20.143 (3) (sm) Diesel truck idling reduction grants. From the petroleum inspection fund, the amounts in the schedule for diesel truck idling reduction grants under s. 560.125. No funds may be encumbered under this paragraph after June 30, 2011.
SECTION 156L. 20.143 (3) (sn) of the statutes is created to read:
20.143 (3) (sn) Diesel truck idling reduction grant administration. From the petroleum inspection fund, the amounts in the schedule for administering the Diesel Truck Idling Reduction Grant Program under s. 560.125. No funds may be encumbered under this paragraph after December 31, 2012.".
2.
Page 886, line 17: after that line insert:
"SECTION 1829p. 101.143 (9m) (g) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
101.143 (9m) (g) 2. Revenue obligations issued under this subsection may not exceed $436,000,000 $386,924,000 in principal amount, excluding any obligations that have been defeased under a cash optimization program administered by the building commission. In addition to this limit on principal amount, the building commission may contract revenue obligations under this subsection as the building commission determines is desirable to fund or refund outstanding revenue obligations, to pay issuance or administrative expenses, to make deposits to reserve funds, or to pay accrued or capitalized interest.".
3.
Page 975, line 6: after that line insert: