2007 Wisconsin Act 20

20,605 Section 605. 20.867 (3) (br) of the statutes is amended to read:

20.867 (3) (br) Principal repayment, interest and rebates. A sum sufficient to reimburse s. 20.866 (1) (u) for the payment of principal and interest costs incurred in financing the construction of the youth activities center specified in s. 13.48 (34), and to make the payments determined by the building commission under s. 13.488 (1) (m) that are attributable to the proceeds of obligations incurred in financing the construction of that the youth activities center, and to make payments under an agreement or ancillary arrangement entered into under s. 18.06 (8) (a).

20,606d Section 606d. 20.867 (3) (bt) of the statutes is repealed.

20,606h Section 606h. 20.867 (3) (bu) of the statutes is created to read:

20.867 (3) (bu) Principal repayment, interest and rebates; Civil War exhibit at the Kenosha Public Museums. A sum sufficient to reimburse s. 20.866 (1) (u) for the payment of principal and interest costs incurred in financing the construction of a Civil War exhibit as part of the Kenosha Public Museums, to make the payments determined by the building commission under s. 13.488 (1) (m) that are attributable to the proceeds of obligations incurred in financing the construction of the exhibit, and to make payments under an agreement or ancillary arrangement entered into under s. 18.06 (8) (a).

20,606k Section 606k. 20.867 (3) (bv) of the statutes is created to read:

20.867 (3) (bv) Principal repayment, interest, and rebates; Bond Health Center. A sum sufficient to reimburse s. 20.866 (1) (u) for the payment of principal and interest costs incurred in financing construction costs related to the Bond Health Center expansion specified in s. 13.48 (36p) (b), to make the payments determined by the building commission under s. 13.488 (1) (m) that are attributable to the proceeds of obligations incurred in financing the construction costs, and to make payments under an agreement or ancillary arrangement entered into under s. 18.06 (8) (a).

20,607 Section 607. 20.867 (3) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

20.867 (3) (g) Principal repayment, interest and rebates; program revenues. From the appropriate program revenue accounts, a sum sufficient to pay all principal and interest costs on self-amortizing borrowing issued under s. 20.866 (2) which are not initially allocable to the respective programs and, to make any payments determined by the building commission under s. 13.488 (1) (m) on the proceeds of such borrowing, and to make payments under an agreement or ancillary arrangement entered into under s. 18.06 (8) (a).

20,608 Section 608. 20.867 (3) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:

20.867 (3) (h) Principal repayment, interest, and rebates. A sum sufficient to guarantee full payment of principal and interest costs for self-amortizing or partially self-amortizing facilities enumerated under ss. 20.190 (1) (j), 20.245 (1) (j), 20.285 (1) (im), (je), (jq), (kd), (km), and (ko), 20.370 (7) (eq) and, 20.485 (1) (go), and 20.505 (5) (kd) if moneys available in those appropriations are insufficient to make full payment, and to make full payment of the amounts determined by the building commission under s. 13.488 (1) (m) if the appropriation under s. 20.190 (1) (j), 20.245 (1) (j), 20.285 (1) (im), (je), (jq), (kd), (km), or (ko), or 20.485 (1) (go), or 20.505 (5) (kd) is insufficient to make full payment of those amounts, and to make payments under an agreement or ancillary arrangement entered into under s. 18.06 (8) (a). All amounts advanced under the authority of this paragraph shall be repaid to the general fund whenever the balance of the appropriation for which the advance was made is sufficient to meet any portion of the amount advanced. The department of administration may take whatever action is deemed necessary including the making of transfers from program revenue appropriations and corresponding appropriations from program receipts in segregated funds and including actions to enforce contractual obligations that will result in additional program revenue for the state, to ensure recovery of the amounts advanced.

20,609 Section 609. 20.867 (3) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:

20.867 (3) (i) Principal repayment, interest and rebates; capital equipment. A sum sufficient to pay principal and interest on public debt contracted under s. 20.866 (2) (ym) and, to make the payments determined by the building commission under s. 13.488 (1) (m) that are attributable to the proceeds of obligations contracted under s. 20.866 (2) (ym) for programs financed from program revenue or program revenue-service appropriations, and to make payments under an agreement or ancillary arrangement entered into under s. 18.06 (8) (a). All payments under this paragraph shall be repaid to the general fund from the revenues of state agencies for which capital equipment is financed under s. 20.866 (2) (ym).

20,610 Section 610. 20.867 (3) (q) of the statutes is amended to read:

20.867 (3) (q) Principal repayment and interest; segregated revenues. From the appropriate segregated funds, a sum sufficient to pay all principal and interest costs on self-amortizing borrowing issued under s. 20.866 (2) which are not initially allocable to the respective programs and to make payments under an agreement or ancillary arrangement entered into under s. 18.06 (8) (a).

20,611p Section 611p. 20.903 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

20.903 (2) (b) Notwithstanding sub. (1), liabilities may be created and moneys expended from the appropriations under ss. 20.370 (8) (mt), 20.395 (4) (eq), (er) and (es) and 20.505 (1) (im), (ka), (kb), and (kc), (kd), and (kL) in an additional amount not exceeding the depreciated value of equipment for operations financed under ss. 20.370 (8) (mt), 20.395 (4) (eq), (er) and (es) and 20.505 (1) (im), (ka), (kb), and (kc), (kd), and (kL). The secretary of administration may require such statements of assets and liabilities as he or she deems necessary before approving expenditure estimates in excess of the unexpended moneys in the appropriation account.

20,612 Section 612. 20.907 (5) (e) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:

20.907 (5) (e) 6. Advances from child caring institutions residential care centers for children and youth and counties and moneys receivable from counties under s. 46.037 49.343.

20,614 Section 614. 20.921 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

20.921 (2) (a) Whenever it becomes necessary in pursuance of any federal or state law or court-ordered assignment of income under s. 46.10 (14) (e), 49.345 (14) (e), 301.12 (14) (e), 767.225 (1) (L), 767.513 (3), or 767.75 to make deductions from the salaries of state officers or employees or employees of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the state agency or authority by which the officers or employees are employed is responsible for making such those deductions and paying over the total thereof of those deductions for the purposes provided by the laws or orders under which they were made.

20,616 Section 616. 20.923 (4) (b) 7. of the statutes is repealed.

20,617 Section 617. 20.923 (4) (d) 7. of the statutes is renumbered 20.923 (4) (f) 7t.

20,618 Section 618. 20.923 (4) (d) 10s. of the statutes is renumbered 20.923 (4) (f) 8m.

20,619 Section 619. 20.923 (4) (e) 5. of the statutes is renumbered 20.923 (4) (f) 7v.

20,619m Section 619m. 20.923 (4) (e) 6. of the statutes is repealed.

20,620 Section 620. 20.923 (4) (e) 7. of the statutes is renumbered 20.923 (4) (f) 8e.

20,621 Section 621. 20.923 (4) (e) 10. of the statutes is renumbered 20.923 (4) (f) 8h.

20,622 Section 622. 20.923 (4) (f) 2d. of the statutes is created to read:

20.923 (4) (f) 2d. Children and families, department of: secretary.

20,623 Section 623. 20.923 (4) (f) 2g. of the statutes is renumbered 20.923 (4) (h) 2g.

20,624 Section 624. 20.923 (4) (f) 4. of the statutes is renumbered 20.923 (4) (g) 6.

20,625 Section 625. 20.923 (4) (h) 5. of the statutes is created to read:

20.923 (4) (h) 5. Health and family services, department of: secretary.

20,626 Section 626. 20.923 (4) (i) of the statutes is repealed.

20,628 Section 628. 20.923 (6) (bd) of the statutes is amended to read:

20.923 (6) (bd) Health and family services Children and families, department of: director of the office of urban development.

20,628m Section 628m. 20.923 (6) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

20.923 (6) (d) Judicial council: attorney, technical and clerical help.

20,629 Section 629. 20.923 (6) (hr) of the statutes is repealed.

20,630 Section 630. 20.923 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:

20.923 (12) Other department of regulation and licensing positions. The salaries for division administrators and bureau directors appointed under s. 440.04 (6) shall not exceed the maximum of the salary range for executive salary group 1 3.

20,631 Section 631. 20.927 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:

20.927 (1m) Except as provided under subs. (2) and (3), no funds of this state or of any county, city, village, town or family long-term care district under s. 46.2895 or of any subdivision or agency of this state or of any county, city, village or town and no federal funds passing through the state treasury shall be authorized for or paid to a physician or surgeon or a hospital, clinic or other medical facility for the performance of an abortion.

20,632 Section 632. 20.9275 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

20.9275 (1) (b) "Local governmental unit" means a city, village, town, county or family long-term care district under s. 46.2895 or an agency or subdivision of a city, village, town, or county.

20,633 Section 633. 20.9275 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

20.9275 (2) (intro.) No state agency or local governmental unit may authorize payment of funds of this state, of any local governmental unit or, subject to sub. (3m), of federal funds passing through the state treasury as a grant, subsidy or other funding that wholly or partially or directly or indirectly involves pregnancy programs, projects or services, that is a grant, subsidy or other funding under s. 46.99, 46.995, 48.487, 48.545, 253.05, 253.07, 253.08, or 253.085 or 42 USC 701 to 710, if any of the following applies:

20,635 Section 635. 20.931 of the statutes is created to read:

20.931 False claims for medical assistance; actions by or on behalf of state. (1) In this section:

(b) "Claim" includes any request or demand for medical assistance made to any officer, employee, or agent of this state.

(c) "Employer" includes all agencies and authorities.

(d) "Knowingly" means, with respect to information, having actual knowledge of the information, acting in deliberate ignorance of the truth or falsity of the information, or acting in reckless disregard of the truth or falsity of the information. "Knowingly" does not mean specifically intending to defraud.

(dm) "Medical assistance" has the meaning given under s. 49.43 (8).

(e) "Proceeds" includes damages, civil penalties, surcharges, payments for costs of compliance, and any other economic benefit realized by this state as a result of an action or settlement of a claim.

(f) "State public official" has the meaning given in s. 19.42 (14).

(2) Except as provided in sub. (3), any person who does any of the following is liable to this state for 3 times the amount of the damages sustained by this state because of the actions of the person, and shall forfeit not less than $5,000 nor more than $10,000 for each violation:

(a) Knowingly presents or causes to be presented to any officer, employee, or agent of this state a false claim for medical assistance .

(b) Knowingly makes, uses, or causes to be made or used a false record or statement to obtain approval or payment of a false claim for medical assistance.

(c) Conspires to defraud this state by obtaining allowance or payment of a false claim for medical assistance, or by knowingly making or using, or causing to be made or used, a false record or statement to conceal, avoid, or decrease an obligation to pay or transmit money or property to the Medical Assistance program.

(g) Knowingly makes, uses, or causes to be made or used a false record or statement to conceal, avoid, or decrease any obligation to pay or transmit money or property to the Medical Assistance program.

(h) Is a beneficiary of the submission of a false claim for medical assistance to any officer, employee, or agent of this state, knows that the claim is false, and fails to disclose the false claim to this state within a reasonable time after the person becomes aware that the claim is false.

(3) The court may assess against a person who violates sub. (2) not less than 2 nor more than 3 times the amount of the damages sustained by the state because of the acts of the person, and shall not assess any forfeiture, if the court finds all of the following:

(a) The person who commits the acts furnished the attorney general with all information known to the person about the acts within 30 days after the date on which the person obtained the information.

(b) The person fully cooperated with any investigation of the acts by this state.

(c) At the time that the person furnished the attorney general with information concerning the acts, no criminal prosecution or civil or administrative enforcement action had been commenced with respect to any such act, and the person did not have actual knowledge of the existence of any investigation into any such act.

(5) (a) Except as provided in subs. (10) and (12), any person may bring a civil action as a qui tam plaintiff against a person who commits an act in violation of sub. (2) for the person and the state in the name of the state.

(b) The plaintiff shall serve upon the attorney general a copy of the complaint and documents disclosing substantially all material evidence and information that the person possesses. The plaintiff shall file a copy of the complaint with the court for inspection in camera. Except as provided in par. (c), the complaint shall remain under seal for a period of 60 days from the date of filing, and shall not be served upon the defendant until the court so orders. Within 60 days from the date of service upon the attorney general of the complaint, evidence, and information under this paragraph, the attorney general may intervene in the action.

(c) The attorney general may, for good cause shown, move the court for one or more extensions of the period during which a complaint in an action under this subsection remains under seal.

(d) Before the expiration of the period during which the complaint remains under seal, the attorney general shall do one of the following:

1. Proceed with the action or an alternate remedy under sub. (10), in which case the action or proceeding under sub. (10) shall be prosecuted by the state.

2. Notify the court that he or she declines to proceed with the action, in which case the person bringing the action may proceed with the action.

(e) If a person brings a valid action under this subsection, no person other than the state may intervene or bring a related action while the original action is pending based upon the same facts underlying the pending action.

(f) In any action or other proceeding under sub. (10) brought under this subsection, the plaintiff is required to prove all essential elements of the cause of action or complaint, including damages, by a preponderance of the evidence.

(6) If the state proceeds with an action under sub. (5) or an alternate remedy under sub. (10), the state has primary responsibility for prosecuting the action or proceeding under sub. (10). The state is not bound by any act of the person bringing the action, but that person has the right to continue as a party to the action, subject to the limitations under sub. (7).

(7) (a) The state may move to dismiss an action under sub. (5) or an administrative proceeding under sub. (10) to which the state is a party for good cause shown, notwithstanding objection of the person bringing the action, if that person is served with a copy of the state's motion and is provided with an opportunity to oppose the motion before the court or the administrative agency before which the proceeding is conducted.

(b) With the approval of the governor, the attorney general may compromise and settle an action under sub. (5) or an administrative proceeding under sub. (10) to which the state is a party, notwithstanding objection of the person bringing the action, if the court determines, after affording to the person bringing the action the right to a hearing at which the person is afforded the opportunity to present evidence in opposition to the proposed settlement, that the proposed settlement is fair, adequate, and reasonable considering the relevant circumstances pertaining to the violation.

(c) Upon a showing by the state that unrestricted participation in the prosecution of an action under sub. (5) or an alternate proceeding to which the state is a party by the person bringing the action would interfere with or unduly delay the prosecution of the action or proceeding, or would result in consideration of repetitious or irrelevant evidence or evidence presented for purposes of harassment, the court may limit the person's participation in the prosecution, such as:

1. Limiting the number of witnesses that the person may call.

2. Limiting the length of the testimony of the witnesses.

3. Limiting the cross-examination of witnesses by the person.

4. Otherwise limiting the participation by the person in the prosecution of the action or proceeding.

(d) Upon showing by a defendant that unrestricted participation in the prosecution of an action under sub. (5) or alternate proceeding under sub. (10) to which the state is a party by the person bringing the action would result in harassment or would cause the defendant undue burden or unnecessary expense, the court may limit the person's participation in the prosecution.

(8) Except as provided in sub. (7), if the state elects not to participate in an action filed under sub. (5), the person bringing the action may prosecute the action. If the attorney general so requests, the attorney general shall, at the state's expense, be served with copies of all pleadings and deposition transcripts in the action. If the person bringing the action initiates prosecution of the action, the court, without limiting the status and rights of that person, may permit the state to intervene at a later date upon showing by the state of good cause for the proposed intervention.

(9) Whether or not the state participates in an action under sub. (5), upon showing in camera by the attorney general that discovery by the person bringing the action would interfere with the state's ongoing investigation or prosecution of a criminal or civil matter arising out of the same facts as the facts upon which the action is based, the court may stay such discovery in whole or in part for a period of not more than 60 days. The court may extend the period of any such stay upon further showing in camera by the attorney general that the state has pursued the criminal or civil investigation of the matter with reasonable diligence and the proposed discovery in the action brought under sub. (5) will interfere with the ongoing criminal or civil investigation or prosecution.

(10) The attorney general may pursue a claim relating to an alleged violation of sub. (2) through an alternate remedy available to the state or any state agency, including an administrative proceeding to assess a civil forfeiture. If the attorney general elects any such alternate remedy, the attorney general shall serve timely notice of his or her election upon the person bringing the action under sub. (5), and that person has the same rights in the alternate venue as the person would have had if the action had continued under sub. (5). Any finding of fact or conclusion of law made by a court or by a state agency in the alternate venue that has become final is conclusive upon all parties named in an action under sub. (5). For purposes of this subsection, a finding or conclusion is final if it has been finally determined on appeal, if all time for filing an appeal or petition for review with respect to the finding or conclusion has expired, or if the finding or conclusion is not subject to judicial review.

(11) (a) Except as provided in pars. (b) and (e), if the state proceeds with an action brought by a person under sub. (5) or the state pursues an alternate remedy relating to the same acts under sub. (10), the person who brings the action shall receive at least 15 percent but not more than 25 percent of the proceeds of the action or settlement of the claim, depending upon the extent to which the person contributed to the prosecution of the action or claim.

(b) Except as provided in par. (e), if an action or claim is one in which the court or other adjudicator finds to be based primarily upon disclosures of specific information not provided by the person who brings an action under sub. (5) relating to allegations or transactions specifically in a criminal, civil, or administrative hearing, or in a legislative or administrative report, hearing, audit, or investigation, or report made by the news media, the court or other adjudicator may award such amount as it considers appropriate, but not more than 10 percent of the proceeds of the action or settlement of the claim, depending upon the significance of the information and the role of the person bringing the action in advancing the prosecution of the action or claim.

(c) Except as provided in par. (e), in addition to any amount received under par. (a) or (b), a person bringing an action under sub. (5) shall be awarded his or her reasonable expenses necessarily incurred in bringing the action together with the person's costs and reasonable actual attorney fees. The court or other adjudicator shall assess any award under this paragraph against the defendant.