AB100-engrossed,822,22
21(5) Seek to qualify the plan as a state pharmacy assistance program, as defined
22in
42 CFR 423.464.
AB100-engrossed,822,24
23(6) Annually submit a report to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) and to the
24governor on the operation of the plan.
AB100-engrossed,823,54
149.155
(2) The plan administrator shall perform Perform all eligibility and
5administrative claims payment functions relating to the plan.
AB100-engrossed,823,108
149.155
(3) The plan administrator shall establish Establish a premium billing
9procedure for collection of premiums from insured persons. Billings shall be made
10on a periodic basis as determined by the
department
board.
AB100-engrossed, s. 2058m
11Section 2058m. 149.16 (3) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 149.155 (4), and
12149.155 (4) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,823,1513
149.155
(4) (intro.)
The plan administrator shall perform Perform all necessary
14functions to assure timely payment of benefits to covered persons under the plan,
15including:
AB100-engrossed,823,2221
149.17
(1) Subject to
ss. 149.14 (5m),
s. 149.143
and 149.146 (2) (b), a rating
22plan calculated in accordance with generally accepted actuarial principles.
AB100-engrossed,824,94
153.05
(6m) The department may contract with the group insurance board for
5the provision of data collection and analysis services related to health maintenance
6organizations and insurance companies that provide health insurance for state
7employees. The department shall establish contract fees for the provision of the
8services. All moneys collected under this subsection shall be credited to the
9appropriation under s. 20.435
(4) (1) (hg).
AB100-engrossed,824,1311
153.05
(14) With respect to health care information required to be collected
12under this section from health care providers that are not hospitals or ambulatory
13surgery centers, the department shall do all of the following:
AB100-engrossed,824,1614
(a) Develop procedures to ensure that data are submitted consistently and
15accurately, including clarifying the place-of-service codes and types of ancillary
16services that are required to be reported.
AB100-engrossed,824,1817
(b) Work directly with individual physician practice groups to identify and
18correct data submission errors.
AB100-engrossed,824,2019
(c) Develop and publish standard reports under s. 153.45 (1) (a) that are
20understandable by individuals other than medical professionals.
AB100-engrossed,824,2121
(d) Make program data available in a timely fashion.
AB100-engrossed,824,2422
(e) Enter into a memorandum of understanding with the department of
23regulation and licensing to improve the timeliness of updating physician information
24and to improve the assessment process under s. 153.60 (1).
AB100-engrossed,825,22
1153.60
(1) The department shall, by the first October 1 after the
2commencement of each fiscal year, estimate the total amount of expenditures under
3this chapter for the department and the board for that fiscal year for data collection,
4database development and maintenance, generation of data files and standard
5reports, orientation and training provided under s. 153.05 (9) (a) and maintaining
6the board. The department shall assess the estimated total amount for that fiscal
7year
, less the estimated total amount to be received for purposes of administration
8of this chapter under s. 20.435
(4) (1) (hi) during the fiscal year
, and the
9unencumbered balance of the amount received for purposes of administration of this
10chapter under s. 20.435
(4) (1) (hi) from the prior fiscal year
and the amount in the
11appropriation account under s. 20.435 (1) (dg), 1997 stats., for the fiscal year, to
12health care providers, other than hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers, who are
13in a class of health care providers from whom the department collects data under this
14chapter in a manner specified by the department by rule. The department shall
15obtain approval from the board for the amounts of assessments for health care
16providers other than hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers. The department
17shall work together with the department of regulation and licensing to develop a
18mechanism for collecting assessments from health care providers other than
19hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers. No health care provider that is not a
20facility may be assessed under this subsection an amount that exceeds $75 per fiscal
21year. All payments of assessments shall be credited to the appropriation under s.
2220.435
(4) (1) (hg).
AB100-engrossed,826,924
153.60
(3) The department shall, by the first October 1 after the
25commencement of each fiscal year, estimate the total amount of expenditures
1required for the collection, database development and maintenance and generation
2of public data files and standard reports for health care plans that voluntarily agree
3to supply health care data under s. 153.05 (6r). The department shall assess the
4estimated total amount for that fiscal year to health care plans in a manner specified
5by the department by rule and may enter into an agreement with the office of the
6commissioner of insurance for collection of the assessments. Each health plan that
7voluntarily agrees to supply this information shall pay the assessments on or before
8December 1. All payments of assessments shall be deposited in the appropriation
9under s. 20.435
(4) (1) (hg) and may be used solely for the purposes of s. 153.05 (6r).
AB100-engrossed,826,1711
153.65
(1) The department may, but is not required to, provide, upon request
12from a person, a data compilation or a special report based on the information
13collected by the department. The department shall establish user fees for the
14provision of these compilations or reports, payable by the requester, which shall be
15sufficient to fund the actual necessary and direct cost of the compilation or report.
16All moneys collected under this subsection shall be credited to the appropriation
17under s. 20.435
(4) (1) (hi).
AB100-engrossed,826,1919
157.061
(2g) "Cemetery board" means the board created in s. 15.405 (3m).
AB100-engrossed,827,1421
157.08
(2) (b) Before a cemetery authority sells or encumbers any cemetery
22land, except for a sale described in par. (a), the cemetery authority shall notify the
23department cemetery board in writing of the proposed sale or encumbrance. If
24within 60 days after the
department cemetery board is notified of the proposed sale
25or encumbrance the
department cemetery board notifies the cemetery authority in
1writing that the
department cemetery board objects to the sale or encumbrance the
2cemetery authority may not sell or encumber the cemetery land unless the
3department cemetery board subsequently notifies the cemetery authority in writing
4that the objection is withdrawn. The
department
cemetery board may object to a sale
5or encumbrance only if it determines that the cemetery authority will not be
6financially solvent or that the rights and interests of owners of cemetery lots and
7mausoleum spaces will not be adequately protected if the sale or encumbrance
8occurs. The
department cemetery board may, before the expiration of the 60-day
9period, notify the cemetery authority in writing that the
department cemetery board 10approves of the sale or encumbrance. Upon receipt of the
department's cemetery
11board's written approval, the cemetery authority may sell or encumber the cemetery
12land and is released of any liability under this paragraph. The
department cemetery
13board shall make every effort to make determinations under this paragraph in an
14expeditious manner.
AB100-engrossed,827,1916
157.08
(5) Subsections (1) and (2) (b) do not apply to a religious society
17organized under ch. 187, and sub. (2) (b) does not apply to a cemetery authority that
18is not required to be
registered licensed under s. 440.91 (1) and that is not organized
19or conducted for pecuniary profit.
AB100-engrossed,827,2321
157.11
(11) Exemption for certain nonprofit cemeteries. Subsection (9g) does
22not apply to a cemetery authority that is not required to be
registered licensed under
23s. 440.91 (1) and that is not organized or conducted for pecuniary profit.
AB100-engrossed,828,3
1157.128
(3) (b) A cemetery consisting of less than 20 contiguous acres may be
2dedicated by a cemetery authority that is not required to be
registered licensed under
3s. 440.91 (1) and that is not organized or conducted for pecuniary profit.
AB100-engrossed,828,115
157.19
(5) (a) This section does not apply to care funds under s. 157.11 (9g) that
6are deposited with a city or county as provided under s. 157.11 (9g) (a), to care funds
7of a cemetery for which a certification under s. 157.63 is effective, to preneed trust
8funds of a cemetery for which a certification under s. 440.92 (9) is effective, or to care
9funds or preneed trust funds of a cemetery authority that is not required to be
10registered licensed under s. 440.91 (1) and that is not organized or conducted for
11pecuniary profit.
AB100-engrossed,828,1513
157.625
(3) Section 157.62 does not apply to a cemetery authority that is not
14required to be
registered licensed under s. 440.91 (1) and that is not organized or
15conducted for pecuniary profit.
AB100-engrossed,829,217
157.65
(2) The department of justice or any district attorney, upon informing
18the department of justice, may commence an action in circuit court in the name of
19the state to restrain by temporary or permanent injunction any violation of this
20subchapter. The court may, prior to entry of final judgment, make such orders or
21judgments as may be necessary to restore to any person any pecuniary loss suffered
22because of the acts or practices involved in the action, if proof of such loss is submitted
23to the satisfaction of the court. The department of justice may subpoena persons and
24require the production of books and other documents, and may request the
25department of regulation and licensing board described in s. 15.405 (3m) or the
1department of commerce to exercise its authority under sub. (1) to aid in the
2investigation of alleged violations of this subchapter.
AB100-engrossed,829,74
165.755
(1) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), a court shall impose under ch. 814
5a crime laboratories and drug law enforcement surcharge of
$7 $8 if the court
6imposes a sentence, places a person on probation, or imposes a forfeiture for a
7violation of state law or for a violation of a municipal or county ordinance.
AB100-engrossed,829,9
9165.89 (title)
Grants to certain counties for law enforcement programs.
AB100-engrossed,829,13
10(4) Notwithstanding subs. (1) and (2) and any criteria and procedures
11developed under sub. (3), the department shall allocate $300,000 to Forest County
12each fiscal year from the appropriation account under s. 20.455 (2) (kq) to fund law
13enforcement services.
AB100-engrossed,829,15
15165.91 (title)
Grants to tribes for law enforcement programs.
AB100-engrossed,830,517
168.01
(2) "Supplier" includes a person who imports, or acquires immediately
18upon import, petroleum products by pipeline or marine vessel from a state, territory
19or possession of the United States or from a foreign country into a terminal and who
20is registered under
26 USC 4101 for tax-free transactions in gasoline. "Supplier"
21also includes a person who produces in this state; or imports into a terminal or bulk
22plant; or acquires immediately upon import by truck, railcar or barge into a terminal;
23alcohol or alcohol derivative products. "Supplier" also includes a person who
24produces, manufactures or refines petroleum products in this state. "Supplier" also
25includes a person who acquires petroleum products pursuant to an industry terminal
1exchange agreement
or by a 2-party exchange under section 4105 of the Internal
2Revenue Code. "Supplier" does not include a retail dealer or wholesaler who merely
3blends alcohol with gasoline before the sale or distribution of the product and does
4not include a terminal operator who merely handles in a terminal petroleum
5products consigned to the terminal operator.
AB100-engrossed,830,137
168.12
(1) Except as provided in subs. (1g) and (1r), there is imposed a
8petroleum inspection fee at the rate of
3 2 cents per gallon on all petroleum products
9that are received by a supplier for sale in this state or for sale for export to this state.
10The department of revenue shall determine when a petroleum product is received
11under this subsection in the same manner that it determines under s. 78.07 when
12motor vehicle fuel is received. The fee shall be paid under s. 168.125 and shall be
13based on the number of gallons reported under s. 168.125.
AB100-engrossed,830,1815
180.0122
(1) (u) Application for certificate of authority, $100, and
$2 $3 for
16every $1,000 or fraction thereof of the foreign corporation's capital exceeding $60,000
17employed or to be employed in this state, computed as provided in s. 180.1503, as
18shown by the application.
AB100-engrossed,830,2520
180.0122
(1) (w) Application for certificate of withdrawal, $40, and in case that
21application shows that the foreign corporation employs in this state capital in excess
22of the amount of capital on which a fee has previously been paid, computed as
23provided in s. 180.1520 (2) (f), an additional fee which, with previous payments made
24on account of capital employed in this state, will amount to
$2 $3 for each $1,000 or
25fraction thereof of the excess.
AB100-engrossed,831,72
180.0122
(1) (y) Annual report of a foreign corporation, $65, and in case the
3annual report shows that the foreign corporation employs in this state capital in
4excess of the amount of capital on which a fee has previously been paid, computed
5as provided in s. 180.1503, an additional fee which, with previous payments made
6on account of capital employed in this state, will amount to
$2 $3 for each $1,000 or
7fraction thereof of the excess.
AB100-engrossed,831,21
9182.028 School corporations. Any corporation formed for the establishment
10and maintenance of schools, academies, seminaries, colleges
, or universities or for
11the cultivation and practice of music shall have power to enact bylaws for the
12protection of its property, and provide fines as liquidated damages upon its members
13and patrons for violating the bylaws, and may collect the same in tort actions, and
14to prescribe and regulate the courses of instruction therein, and to confer such
15degrees and grant such diplomas as are usually conferred by similar institutions or
16as shall be appropriate to the courses of instruction prescribed, except that no
17corporation shall operate or advertise a school that is subject to s.
45.54 38.50 (10)
18without complying with the requirements of s.
45.54
38.50. Any stockholder may
19transfer his or her stock to the corporation for its use; and if the written transfer so
20provides the stock shall be perpetually held by the board of directors with all the
21rights of a stockholder, including the right to vote.
AB100-engrossed, s. 2097m
22Section 2097m. 196.20 (7) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 196.20 (7) (c) 1.
23and amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,832,224
196.20
(7) (c) 1.
The Except as provided in subd. 2., the commission shall only
25approve a mitigation payment agreement that is received by the commission before
1June 10, 2003, and, if the commission finds the agreement to be reasonable, shall not
2subsequently modify the agreement.
AB100-engrossed,832,84
196.20
(7) (c) 2. If the commission receives a mitigation payment agreement
5before June 10, 2003, and does not determine that the agreement is unreasonable
6before November 11, 2003, mitigation payments in accordance with the terms of the
7agreement shall be recoverable in rates, notwithstanding any subsequent
8limitations imposed by the commission on the mitigation payments.
AB100-engrossed,832,1310
196.218
(3) (e) Except as provided in
par. (f) and s. 196.196 (2) (d), a
11telecommunications provider or other person may not establish a surcharge on
12customers' bills to collect from customers contributions required under this
13subsection.
AB100-engrossed,832,2415
196.218
(3) (f) Notwithstanding ss. 196.196 (1) and (5) (d) 2., 196.20 (2m), (5)
16and (6), 196.213 and 196.215, a telecommunications utility that provides local
17exchange service may make adjustments to local exchange service rates for the
18purpose of recovering the portion of its contributions to the universal service fund
19that is determined by the commission under par. (a) 4.
A telecommunications utility
20that adjusts local exchange service rates for the purpose of recovering all or any
21amount of that portion shall identify on customer bills a single amount that is the
22total amount of the adjustment. The public service commission shall provide
23telecommunications utilities the information necessary to identify such amounts on
24customer bills.
AB100-engrossed,833,5
1196.219
(3m) Late payment charges. (a)
Maximum allowed. 1. Except as
2provided in subds. 2. and 3., a telecommunications utility may not impose a late
3payment charge on a retail consumer at a rate that exceeds $1.50 upon $100 for each
4month computed upon the declining principal balance of any amount that is not paid
5when due.
AB100-engrossed,833,96
2. Except as provided in subd. 3., if the maximum late payment charge for any
7month that is allowed under subd. 1. is less than $5 for that month, the
8telecommunications utility may impose a late payment charge that does not exceed
9$5 for that month. This subdivision does not apply to residential retail consumers.
AB100-engrossed,833,1310
3. The commission may allow a telecommunications utility to impose a late
11payment charge at a rate that is greater than that allowed under subd. 1. or 2. if the
12commission determines that the greater amount is consistent with the factors
13specified in s. 196.03 (6).
AB100-engrossed,833,1614
(c)
Commission jurisdiction. The commission does not have jurisdiction over
15late payment charges except as may be necessary to enforce the requirements of this
16subsection.
AB100-engrossed,834,618
196.491
(3) (gm) The commission may not approve an application filed after
19October 29, 1999, under this subsection for a certificate of public convenience and
20necessity for a high-voltage transmission line that is designed for operation at a
21nominal voltage of 345 kilovolts or more unless the approval includes the condition
22that the applicant shall pay the fees specified in sub. (3g) (a). If the commission has
23approved an application under this subsection for a certificate of public convenience
24and necessity for a high-voltage transmission line that is designed for operation at
25a nominal voltage of 345 kilovolts or more that was filed after April 1,
1999, and
1before October 29, 1999, the commission shall require the applicant to pay the fees
2specified in sub. (3g) (a). For any application subject to this paragraph, the
3commission shall determine the
cost net book value of the high-voltage transmission
4line, identify the counties, towns, villages and cities through which the high-voltage
5transmission line is routed and allocate the amount of investment associated with
6the high-voltage transmission line to each such county, town, village and city.
AB100-engrossed,834,88
218.0116
(1) (gr) Being a dealer who violates s. 218.0146 (4).