Amendment SSA1-SB40

SB40-SSA1, s. 1518 Section 1518. 49.45 (3) (ag) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,696,23 49.45 (3) (ag) Reimbursement shall be made to each entity contracted with under s. 46.281 (1) (e) 46.283 (2) for functional screens screenings performed by the entity.

SB40-SSA1, s. 1519 Section 1519. 49.45 (3) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,697,7 49.45 (3) (b) 1. The contractor, if any, administering benefits or providing prepaid health care under s. 49.46, 49.465, 49.468 or , 49.47, or 49.471 shall be entitled to payment from the department for benefits so paid or prepaid health care so provided or made available when a certification of eligibility is properly on file with the contractor in addition to the payment of administrative expense incurred pursuant to the contract and as provided in sub. (2) (a) 4., but the contractor shall not be reimbursed for benefits erroneously paid where no certification is on file.

SB40-SSA1, s. 1520 Section 1520. 49.45 (3) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,697,12 49.45 (3) (b) 2. The contractor, if any, insuring benefits under s. 49.46, 49.465, 49.468 or, 49.47, or 49.471 shall be entitled to receive a premium, in an amount and on terms agreed, for such benefits for the persons eligible to receive them and for its services as insurer.

SB40-SSA1, s. 1521 Section 1521. 49.45 (3) (dm) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,697,19 49.45 (3) (dm) After distribution of computer software has been made under 1993 Wisconsin Act 16, section 9126 (13h), no payment may be made for home health care services provided to persons who are enrolled in the federal medicare program and are recipients of medical assistance under s. 49.46 or , 49.47, or 49.471 unless the provider of the services has in use the computer software to maximize payments under the federal medicare program under 42 USC 1395.

SB40-SSA1, s. 1522 Section 1522. 49.45 (3) (f) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,698,3 49.45 (3) (f) 2. The department may deny any provider claim for reimbursement which cannot be verified under subd. 1. or may recover the value of any payment made to a provider which cannot be so verified. The measure of recovery will be the full value of any claim if it is determined upon audit that actual provision of the service cannot be verified from the provider's records or that the service provided was not included in s. 49.46 (2) or 49.471 (11). In cases of mathematical inaccuracies in computations or statements of claims, the measure of recovery will be limited to the amount of the error.

SB40-SSA1, s. 1523 Section 1523. 49.45 (3) (L) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,698,10 49.45 (3) (L) 2. The department may not pay a provider for a designated health service that is authorized under this section or s. 49.46 or, 49.47, or 49.471, that is provided as the result of a referral made to the provider by a physician and that, under 42 USC 1396b (s), if made on behalf of a beneficiary of medicare under the requirements of 42 USC 1395nn, as amended to August 10, 1993, would result in the denial of payment for the service under 42 USC 1395nn.

SB40-SSA1, s. 1524 Section 1524. 49.45 (3) (m) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,699,3 49.45 (3) (m) To be certified under sub. (2) (a) 11. to provide transportation by specialized medical vehicle, a person must have at least one human service vehicle, as defined in s. 340.01 (23g), that satisfies the requirements imposed under s. 110.05 for a vehicle that is used to transport a person in a wheelchair. If a certified provider uses 2 or more vehicles to provide transportation by specialized medical vehicle, at least 2 of the vehicles must be human service vehicles that satisfy the requirements imposed under s. 110.05 for a vehicle that is used to transport a person in a wheelchair, and any 3rd or additional vehicle must be a human service vehicle to which the equipment required under s. 110.05 for transporting a person in a wheelchair may be added. The department shall pay for transportation by specialized medical vehicle under s. 49.46 (2) (b) 3. or 49.471 (11) (m) that is provided in a human service vehicle that is not equipped to transport a person in a wheelchair if the person being transported does not use a wheelchair. The reimbursement rate for transportation by specialized medical vehicle provided in a vehicle that is not equipped to accommodate a wheelchair shall be the same as for transportation by specialized medical vehicle provided in a vehicle that is equipped to accommodate a wheelchair.

SB40-SSA1, s. 1525 Section 1525. 49.45 (5m) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,699,12 49.45 (5m) (am) Notwithstanding sub. (3) (e), from the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (4) (b), (gp), (o), and (w), and (xd), 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).

SB40-SSA1, s. 1526 Section 1526. 49.45 (6c) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,700,8 49.45 (6c) (d) 1. No payment may be made under sub. (6m) to a facility or to an institution for mental diseases for the care of an individual who is otherwise eligible for medical assistance under s. 49.46 or, 49.47, or 49.471, who has developmental disability or mental illness and for whom under par. (b) or (c) it is determined that he or she does not need facility care, unless it is determined that the individual requires active treatment for developmental disability or active treatment for mental illness and has continuously resided in a facility or institution for mental diseases for at least 30 months prior to the date of the determination. If that individual requires active treatment and has so continuously resided, he or she shall be offered the choice of receiving active treatment for developmental disability or active treatment for mental illness in the facility or institution for mental diseases or in an alternative setting. A facility resident who has developmental disability or mental illness, for whom under par. (c) it is determined that he or she does not need facility care and who has not continuously resided in a facility for at least 30 months prior to the date of the determination, may not continue to reside in the facility after December 31, 1993, and shall, if the department so determines, be relocated from the facility after March 31, 1990, and before December 31, 1993. The county department shall be responsible for securing alternative residence on behalf of an individual who is required to be relocated from a facility under this subdivision, and the facility shall cooperate with the county department in the relocation.

SB40-SSA1, s. 1527 Section 1527. 49.45 (6c) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,700,16 49.45 (6c) (d) 2. Payment may be made under sub. (6m) to a facility or institution for mental diseases for the care of an individual who is otherwise eligible for medical assistance under s. 49.46 or, 49.47, or 49.471 and who has developmental disability or mental illness and is determined under par. (b) or (c) to need facility care, regardless of whether it is determined under par. (b) or (c) that the individual does or does not require active treatment for developmental disability or active treatment for mental illness.

SB40-SSA1, s. 1528 Section 1528. 49.45 (6m) (ag) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,700,24 49.45 (6m) (ag) (intro.) Payment for care provided in a facility under this subsection made under s. 20.435 (4) (b), (gp), (o), (pa), or (w), or (xd) 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:

SB40-SSA1, s. 1531 Section 1531. 49.45 (6m) (br) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,701,9 49.45 (6m) (br) 1. Notwithstanding s. 20.410 (3) (cd), (ko), or (r), 20.435 (4) (bt) or (7) (b), or 20.445 (3) (dz), the department shall reduce allocations of funds to counties in the amount of the disallowance from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (4) (bt) or (7) (b), or the department shall direct the department of workforce development to reduce allocations of funds to counties or Wisconsin works agencies in the amount of the disallowance from the appropriation account under s. 20.445 (3) (dz) or direct the department of corrections to reduce allocations of funds to counties in the amount of the disallowance from the appropriation account under s. 20.410 (3) (cd), (ko), or (r) in accordance with s. 16.544 to the extent applicable.

SB40-SSA1, s. 1532 Section 1532 . 49.45 (6m) (br) 1. of the statutes, as affected by 2007 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,701,21 49.45 (6m) (br) 1. Notwithstanding s. 20.410 (3) (cd), (ko), or (r), 20.435 (4) (bt) or (7) (b) or 20.445 (3) 20.437 (2) (dz), the department shall reduce allocations of funds to counties in the amount of the disallowance from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (4) (bt) or (7) (b), or the department shall direct the department of workforce development children and families to reduce allocations of funds to counties or Wisconsin works Works agencies in the amount of the disallowance from the appropriation account under s. 20.445 (3) 20.437 (2) (dz) or direct the department of corrections to reduce allocations of funds to counties in the amount of the disallowance from the appropriation account under s. 20.410 (3) (cd), (ko), or (r) in accordance with s. 16.544 to the extent applicable.

SB40-SSA1, s. 1533 Section 1533. 49.45 (6m) (m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB40-SSA1,702,2 49.45 (6m) (m) To hold a bed in a facility, the department may pay the full payment rate under this subsection for up to 30 days for services provided to a person during the pendency of an undue hardship determination, as provided in s. 49.453 (8) (b) 3.

SB40-SSA1, s. 1534 Section 1534. 49.45 (6v) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,702,9 49.45 (6v) (b) The department shall, each year, submit to the joint committee on finance a report for the previous fiscal year, except for the 1997-98 fiscal year, that provides information on the utilization of beds by recipients of medical assistance in facilities and a discussion and detailed projection of the likely balances, expenditures, encumbrances and carry over of currently appropriated amounts in the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (4) (b), (gp), and (o), and (xd).

SB40-SSA1, s. 1535 Section 1535. 49.45 (6x) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,702,16 49.45 (6x) (a) Notwithstanding sub. (3) (e), from the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (4) (b), (gp), (o), and (w), and (xd), the department shall distribute not more than $4,748,000 in each fiscal year, to provide funds to an essential access city hospital, 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).

SB40-SSA1, s. 1536 Section 1536. 49.45 (6y) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,703,2 49.45 (6y) (a) Notwithstanding sub. (3) (e), from the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (4) (b), (gp), (o), and (w), and (xd), the department shall may distribute funding in each fiscal year to provide supplemental payment to hospitals that enter into a contract under s. 49.02 (2) to provide health care services funded by a relief block grant, as determined by the department, for hospital services that are not in excess of the hospitals' customary charges for the services, as limited under 42 USC 1396b (i) (3). If no relief block grant is awarded under this chapter or if the allocation of funds to such hospitals would exceed any limitation under 42 USC 1396b (i) (3), the department may distribute funds to hospitals that have not entered into a contract under s. 49.02 (2).

SB40-SSA1, s. 1537 Section 1537. 49.45 (6y) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,703,10 49.45 (6y) (am) Notwithstanding sub. (3) (e), from the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (4) (b), (h), (gp), (o), and (w), and (xd), the department shall distribute funding in each fiscal year to provide supplemental payments to hospitals that enter into contracts under s. 49.02 (2) with a county having a population of 500,000 or more to provide health care services funded by a relief block grant, as determined by the department, for hospital services that are not in excess of the hospitals' customary charges for the services, as limited under 42 USC 1396b (i) (3).

SB40-SSA1, s. 1538 Section 1538 . 49.45 (6z) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,703,25 49.45 (6z) (a) (intro.) Notwithstanding sub. (3) (e), from the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (4) (b), (gp), (o), and (w), and (xd), the department shall may distribute funding in each fiscal year to supplement payment for services to hospitals that enter into a contract under s. 49.02 (2) to provide health care services funded by a relief block grant under this chapter indigent care agreements, in accordance with the approved state plan for services under 42 USC 1396a, with relief agencies that administer the medical relief block grant under this chapter, if the department determines that the hospitals serve a disproportionate number of low-income patients with special needs. If no medical relief block grant under this chapter is awarded or if the allocation of funds to such hospitals would exceed any limitation under 42 USC 1396b (i) (3), the department may distribute funds to hospitals that have not entered into a contract under s. 49.02 (2) indigent care agreements. The department may not distribute funds under this subsection to the extent that the distribution would do any of the following:

SB40-SSA1, s. 1539 Section 1539. 49.45 (8) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,704,10 49.45 (8) (a) 4. "Patient care visit" means a personal contact with a patient in a patient's home that is made by a registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, home health aide, physical therapist, occupational therapist, or speech-language pathologist who is on the staff of or under contract or arrangement with a home health agency, or by a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse practicing independently, to provide a service that is covered under s. 49.46 or, 49.47, or 49.471. "Patient care visit" does not include time spent by a nurse, therapist, or home health aide on case management, care coordination, travel, record keeping , or supervision that is related to the patient care visit.

SB40-SSA1, s. 1540 Section 1540. 49.45 (8) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,704,16 49.45 (8) (b) Reimbursement under s. 20.435 (4) (b), (gp), (o), and (w), and (xd) for home health services provided by a certified home health agency or independent nurse shall be made at the home health agency's or nurse's usual and customary fee per patient care visit, subject to a maximum allowable fee per patient care visit that is established under par. (c).

SB40-SSA1, s. 1541 Section 1541. 49.45 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,705,17 49.45 (9) Free choice. Any person eligible for medical assistance under ss. s. 49.46, 49.468 and, 49.47, or 49.471 may use the physician, chiropractor, dentist, pharmacist, hospital, skilled nursing home, health maintenance organization, limited service health organization, preferred provider plan or other licensed, registered or certified provider of health care of his or her choice, except that free choice of a provider may be limited by the department if the department's alternate arrangements are economical and the recipient has reasonable access to health care of adequate quality. The department may also require a recipient to designate, in any or all categories of health care providers, a primary health care provider of his or her choice. After such a designation is made, the recipient may not receive services from other health care providers in the same category as the primary health care provider unless such service is rendered in an emergency or through written referral by the primary health care provider. Alternate designations by the recipient may be made in accordance with guidelines established by the department. Nothing in this subsection shall vitiate the legal responsibility of the physician, chiropractor, dentist, pharmacist, skilled nursing home, hospital, health maintenance organization, limited service health organization, preferred provider plan or other licensed, registered or certified provider of health care to patients. All contract and tort relationships with patients shall remain, notwithstanding a written referral under this section, as though dealings are direct between the physician, chiropractor, dentist, pharmacist, skilled nursing home, hospital, health maintenance organization, limited service health organization, preferred provider plan or other licensed, registered or certified provider of health care and the patient. No physician, chiropractor, pharmacist or dentist may be required to practice exclusively in the medical assistance program.

SB40-SSA1, s. 1542 Section 1542. 49.45 (18) (ac) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,706,5 49.45 (18) (ac) Except as provided in pars. (am) to (d), and subject to par. (ag), any person eligible for medical assistance under s. 49.46, 49.468, or 49.47, or for the benefits under s. 49.46 (2) (a) and (b) under s. 49.471 shall pay up to the maximum amounts allowable under 42 CFR 447.53 to 447.58 for purchases of services provided under s. 49.46 (2). The service provider shall collect the specified or allowable copayment, coinsurance, or deductible, unless the service provider determines that the cost of collecting the copayment, coinsurance, or deductible exceeds the amount to be collected. The department shall reduce payments to each provider by the amount of the specified or allowable copayment, coinsurance, or deductible. No provider may deny care or services because the recipient is unable to share costs, but an inability to share costs specified in this subsection does not relieve the recipient of liability for these costs.

SB40-SSA1, s. 1543 Section 1543. 49.45 (18) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,706,9 49.45 (18) (am) No person is liable under this subsection for services provided through prepayment contracts. This paragraph does not apply to a person who is eligible for the benefits under s. 49.46 (2) (a) and (b) under s. 49.471.

SB40-SSA1, s. 1544 Section 1544. 49.45 (18m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB40-SSA1,706,15 49.45 (18m) Medicare Part B enrollment and premium payment. (a) The department may require an individual who is eligible for Medicare Part B under 42 USC 1395j to 1395L and who also is eligible for any of the following medical assistance services under any of the following to enroll in Medicare Part B as a condition of receiving those medical assistance services:

SB40-SSA1,706,16 1. Medical assistance services under s. 49.46, 49.47, or 49.472.

SB40-SSA1,706,18 2. Health care coverage under the Badger Care health care program under s. 49.665.

SB40-SSA1,706,19 3. Services under s. 46.27 (11), 46.275, 46.277, 46.278, or 46.2785.

SB40-SSA1,706,21 4. Medical assistance services provided as part of a family care benefit, as defined in s. 46.2805 (4).

SB40-SSA1,706,23 5. Services provided under a waiver requested under 2001 Wisconsin Act 16, section 9123 (16rs), or 2003 Wisconsin Act 33, section 9124 (8c).

SB40-SSA1,706,25 6. Services provided under the program of all-inclusive care for persons aged 55 or older authorized under 42 USC 1396u-4.

SB40-SSA1,707,2 7. Services provided under the demonstration program under a federal waiver authorized under 42 USC 1315.

SB40-SSA1,707,5 (b) If the department requires an individual specified in par. (a) to enroll in Medicare Part B, the department shall pay the monthly premiums for the coverage under Medicare Part B.

SB40-SSA1, s. 1545 Section 1545. 49.45 (18m) (a) 1. of the statutes, as created by 2007 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,707,9 49.45 (18m) (a) 1. Medical assistance services under s. 49.46, 49.47, 49.471, or 49.472.

SB40-SSA1, s. 1546 Section 1546. 49.45 (23) of the statutes is created to read:

SB40-SSA1,707,21 49.45 (23) Assistance for childless adults demonstration project. (a) The department shall request a waiver from the secretary of the federal department of health and human services to permit the department to conduct a demonstration project to provide health care coverage for basic primary and preventive care to adults who are under the age of 65, who have family incomes not to exceed 200 percent of the poverty line, and who are not otherwise eligible for medical assistance under this subchapter, the Badger Care health care program under s. 49.665, or Medicare under 42 USC 1395 et seq. Any individual who had coverage under the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan under subch. II of ch. 149 within 6 months before applying for the project under this subsection is not eligible to participate in the project under this subsection.

SB40-SSA1,708,3 (b) If the waiver is granted and in effect, the department may promulgate rules defining the health care benefit plan, including more specific eligibility requirements and cost-sharing requirements. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (3), the plan details under this subsection may be promulgated as an emergency rule under s. 227.24 without a finding of emergency. If the waiver is granted and in effect, the demonstration project under this subsection shall begin on January 1, 2009, or on the effective date of the waiver, whichever is later.

SB40-SSA1, s. 1547 Section 1547. 49.45 (24g) of the statutes is repealed.

SB40-SSA1, s. 1548 Section 1548. 49.45 (24m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,708,10 49.45 (24m) (intro.) From the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (4) (b), (gp), (o), and (w), and (xd), in order to test the feasibility of instituting a system of reimbursement for providers of home health care and personal care services for medical assistance recipients that is based on competitive bidding, the department shall:

SB40-SSA1, s. 1549 Section 1549. 49.45 (24r) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,708,21 49.45 (24r) Family planning demonstration project. The department shall request a an amended waiver from the secretary of the federal department of health and human services to permit the department to conduct a demonstration project to provide family planning services, as defined in s. 253.07 (1) (b) (a), under medical assistance to any woman or man between the ages of 15 and 44 whose family income does not exceed 185% 200 percent of the poverty line for a family the size of the woman's or man's family. If The department shall implement any waiver granted and, if the amendment to the waiver is granted and in effect, the department shall implement the amended waiver no later than July 1, 1998 January 1, 2008, or on the federally approved effective date of the amended waiver, whichever is later.

SB40-SSA1, s. 1550 Section 1550. 49.45 (29) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,708,25 49.45 (29) Hospice reimbursement. The department shall promulgate rules limiting aggregate payments made to a hospice under ss. 49.46 and, 49.47, and 49.471.

SB40-SSA1, s. 1551c Section 1551c. 49.45 (31) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

SB40-SSA1,709,10 49.45 (31) Long-Term Care Partnership Program. (a) The department shall submit to the federal department of health and human services, not later than 3 months after the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], an amendment to the state medical assistance plan that establishes in this state a Long-Term Care Partnership Program, as described in this subsection, and shall implement the program if the amendment to the state plan is approved. Under the program, the department shall exclude an amount equal to the amount of benefits that an individual receives under a qualifying long-term care insurance policy, as described in par. (b), when determining any of the following:

SB40-SSA1,709,12 1. The individual's resources for purposes of determining the individual's eligibility for medical assistance.

SB40-SSA1,709,14 2. The amount to be recovered from the individual's estate if the individual receives medical assistance.

SB40-SSA1,709,17 (b) To be eligible for the program, an individual must have been a resident of this state when the long-term care insurance policy was issued, and the policy must satisfy all of the following criteria:

SB40-SSA1,709,20 1. The policy was not issued before the date specified in the amendment to the state plan, which may not be before the first day of the calendar quarter in which the amendment is submitted to the federal department of health and human services.

SB40-SSA1,709,22 2. The policy meets the definition of a qualified long-term care insurance policy under 26 USC 7702B (b).

SB40-SSA1,710,2 3. The policy meets the long-term care insurance model regulations and the requirements of the long-term care insurance model act promulgated by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners that are specified in 42 USC 1396p (b) (5).

SB40-SSA1,710,4 4. The policy includes the applicable inflation protection specified in 42 USC 1396p (b) (1) (C) (iii) (IV).

SB40-SSA1,710,6 5. The commissioner of insurance certifies to the department that the policy meets the criteria under subds. 2. to 4.

SB40-SSA1,710,12 (c) 1. The department and the office of the commissioner of insurance shall work together to develop a training program for individuals who sell long-term care insurance policies in the state to ensure that those individuals understand the relation of long-term care insurance to the Medical Assistance program and are able to explain to consumers the protections offered by long-term care insurance and how this type of insurance relates to private and public financing of long-term care.

SB40-SSA1,710,18 2. The training program developed under this paragraph shall include initial training that is not less than 8 hours long and ongoing training sessions that are not less than 4 hours long per session. Individuals who sell long-term care insurance policies shall be required to attend an ongoing training session every 24 months after the initial training. The commissioner may approve the initial and ongoing training sessions for continuing education requirements under s. 628.04 (3).

SB40-SSA1,710,22 3. The training under this paragraph shall cover at a minimum long-term care insurance, long-term care services, qualified partnerships, and the relationship between qualified partnerships and other public and private coverage of long-term care costs.

SB40-SSA1,711,3 (d) An insurer that issues a long-term care insurance policy described in par. (b) shall be required to submit reports to the secretary of the federal department of health and human services, in accordance with regulations developed by the secretary, that include notice of when benefits are paid under the policy, the amount of the benefits, notice of the termination of the policy, and any other information required by the secretary.

SB40-SSA1, s. 1552 Section 1552. 49.45 (35) of the statutes is repealed.

SB40-SSA1, s. 1553 Section 1553. 49.45 (40) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,711,9 49.45 (40) Periodic record matches. If the department contracts with the department of workforce development children and families under s. 49.197 (5), the department shall cooperate with the department of workforce development children and families in matching records of medical assistance recipients under s. 49.32 (7).

SB40-SSA1, s. 1554 Section 1554. 49.45 (42m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,711,17 49.45 (42m) (a) If, in authorizing the provision of physical or occupational therapy services under s. 49.46 (2) (b) 6. b. or 49.471 (11) (i), the department authorizes a reduced duration of services from the duration that the provider specifies in the authorization request, the department shall substantiate the reduction that the department made in the duration of the services if the provider of the services requests any additional authorizations for the provision of physical or occupational therapy services to the same individual.