SB1,761,54 (b) Educating health care providers on health care process improvement by
5developing best practice models.
SB1,761,86 (c) The improvement and expansion of care management programs to assist in
7standardization of best practices, patient education, support systems, and
8information gathering.
SB1,761,109 (d) Establishment of a system of provider compensation that is aligned with
10clinical quality, practice management, and cost of care.
SB1,761,1211 (e) Focus on patient care interventions for certain chronic conditions, to reduce
12hospital admissions.
SB1, s. 1641e 13Section 1641e. 49.665 (4m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB1,761,1814 49.665 (4m) Physical health risk assessment. The department shall
15encourage each individual who is determined on or after the effective date of this
16subsection .... [revisor inserts date], to be eligible under sub. (4) to receive a physical
17health risk assessment as part of the first physical examination the individual
18receives under Badger Care.
SB1, s. 1642 19Section 1642. 49.665 (5m) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
SB1,761,2220 49.665 (5m) Information about Badger Care recipients. The department
21shall obtain and share information about Badger Care health care program
22recipients as provided in s. 49.475.
SB1, s. 1644 23Section 1644. 49.665 (7) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,762,224 49.665 (7) (a) 1. Notwithstanding sub. (4) (a) 3m. and (ap) 2., the department
25shall mail information verification forms to the employers of the individuals required

1to provide the verifications under sub. (4) (a) 3m. and (ap) 2. to obtain the information
2specified.
SB1, s. 1646 3Section 1646. 49.686 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
SB1,762,94 49.686 (6) Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan pilot program. (a) Subject
5to par. (b), the department shall conduct a 3-year pilot program, to begin on January
61, 2008, under which the department may pay premiums for coverage under the
7Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan under subch. II of ch. 149, and pay copayments
8under that plan for prescription drugs for which reimbursement may be provided
9under sub. (2), for individuals who satisfy all of the following:
SB1,762,1010 1. The individuals are eligible for reimbursement under this section.
SB1,762,1111 2. The individuals are currently taking antiretroviral drugs.
SB1,762,1212 3. The individuals do not have health insurance coverage.
SB1,762,1613 4. The individuals are not eligible for premium subsidies under s. 252.16 or
14252.17 because they are not on unpaid medical leave, are not unable to continue
15employment, and have not had to reduce their employment hours because of an
16illness or medical condition arising from or related to HIV.
SB1,762,1817 (b) The pilot program shall be open to a minimum of 100 participants, with
18more participants if the department determines that it is cost-effective.
SB1,762,2119 (c) The department may promulgate rules for the administration of the pilot
20program. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (3), rules under this paragraph may be
21promulgated as emergency rules under s. 227.24 without a finding of emergency.
SB1, s. 1650 22Section 1650. 49.687 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
SB1,762,2523 49.687 (6) The department shall obtain and share information about
24individuals who receive benefits under s. 49.68, 49.683, or 49.685 as provided in s.
2549.475.
SB1, s. 1651
1Section 1651. 49.688 (5) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,763,72 49.688 (5) (a) (intro.) Beginning on September 1, 2002, except as provided in
3sub. (7) (b), as a condition of participation by a pharmacy or pharmacist in the
4program under s. 49.45, 49.46, or 49.47, or 49.471, the pharmacy or pharmacist may
5not charge a person who presents a valid prescription order and a card indicating
6that he or she meets eligibility requirements under sub. (2) an amount for a
7prescription drug under the order that exceeds the following:
SB1, s. 1655 8Section 1655. 49.688 (8m) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
SB1,763,109 49.688 (8m) The department shall obtain and share information about
10participants in the program under this section as provided in s. 49.475.
SB1, s. 1656 11Section 1656. 49.775 (2) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,763,2012 49.775 (2) (bm) The custodial parent assigns to the state any right of the
13custodial parent or of the dependent child to support from any other person. No
14amount of support that begins to accrue after the individual ceases to receive
15payments under this section may be considered assigned to the state. Any money
16that is received by the department of workforce development children and families
17under an assignment to the state under this paragraph and that is not the federal
18share of support shall be paid to the custodial parent. The department of workforce
19development
children and families shall pay the federal share of support assigned
20under this paragraph as required under federal law or waiver.
SB1, s. 1657 21Section 1657. 49.78 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,764,322 49.78 (4) Rules; merit system. The department of workforce development
23children and families shall promulgate rules for the efficient administration of aid
24to families with dependent children in agreement with the requirement for federal
25aid, including the establishment and maintenance of personnel standards on a merit

1basis. The provisions of this section relating to personnel standards on a merit basis
2supersede any inconsistent provisions of any law relating to county personnel. This
3subsection shall not be construed to invalidate the provisions of s. 46.22 (1) (d).
SB1, s. 1658 4Section 1658. 49.78 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,764,125 49.78 (5) Personnel examinations. Statewide examinations to ascertain
6qualifications of applicants in any county department administering aid to families
7with dependent children shall be given by the administrator of the division of merit
8recruitment and selection in the office of state employment relations. The office of
9state employment relations shall be reimbursed for actual expenditures incurred in
10the performance of its functions under this section from the appropriations available
11to the department of health and family services children and families for
12administrative expenditures.
SB1, s. 1659 13Section 1659. 49.78 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,764,1914 49.78 (7) County personnel systems. Pursuant to rules promulgated under
15sub. (4), the department of workforce development children and families where
16requested by the county shall delegate to that county, without restriction because of
17enumeration, any or all of the authority of the department of workforce
18development's authority
children and families under sub. (4) to establish and
19maintain personnel standards including salary levels.
SB1, s. 1660 20Section 1660. 49.785 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,765,321 49.785 (1) (intro.) Except as provided in sub. (1m), if any recipient of benefits
22under s. 49.148, 49.46 or 49.77, or under 42 USC 1381 to 1385 in effect on
23May 8, 1980,
specified in sub. (1c) dies and the estate of the deceased recipient is
24insufficient to pay the funeral, burial, and cemetery expenses of the deceased
25recipient, the county or applicable tribal governing body or organization responsible

1for burial of the recipient shall pay, to the person designated by the county
2department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23 or applicable tribal governing body or
3organization responsible for the burial of the recipient, all of the following:
SB1, s. 1661 4Section 1661. 49.785 (1c) of the statutes is created to read:
SB1,765,55 49.785 (1c) All of the following are eligible recipients under this section:
SB1,765,76(a) A recipient of benefits under s. 49.148, 49.46, or 49.77, or under 42 USC 1381
7to 1385 in effect on May 8, 1980.
SB1,765,88 (b) A recipient of benefits under s. 49.471 who is any of the following:
SB1,765,109 1. A pregnant woman or a child under 6 years of age with a family income not
10exceeding 185 percent of the poverty line at the time of death.
SB1,765,1211 2. A child at least 6 years of age but less than 19 years of age with a family
12income not exceeding 100 percent of the poverty line at the time of death.
SB1,765,1413 3. A parent or caretaker relative with a family income not exceeding 50 percent
14of the poverty line at the time of death.
SB1, s. 1662 15Section 1662. 49.79 (1) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
SB1, s. 1663 16Section 1663. 49.79 (1) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
SB1, s. 1664 17Section 1664. 49.79 (1) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
SB1, s. 1665 18Section 1665. 49.79 (1) (g) of the statutes is created to read:
SB1,765,2019 49.79 (1) (g) "Wisconsin Works employment position" has the meaning given
20in s. 49.141 (1) (r).
SB1, s. 1666 21Section 1666. 49.79 (2) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
SB1, s. 1667 22Section 1667. 49.79 (2) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 49.79 (2) and
23amended to read:
SB1,766,3
149.79 (2) An individual who fails to comply with the work requirements of the
2employment and training program under s. 49.13 (2) (a) sub. (9) is ineligible to
3participate in the food stamp program as specified under s. 49.13 (3) sub. (9) (b).
SB1, s. 1667f 4Section 1667f. 49.79 (8m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB1,766,85 49.79 (8m) Applicants from correctional institutions. (a) The department
6shall allow a prisoner who is applying for the food stamp program from a correctional
7institution in anticipation of being released from the institution to use the address
8of the correctional institution as his or her address on the application.
SB1,766,129 (b) The department shall allow an employee of a correctional institution who
10has been authorized by a prisoner of the institution to act on his or her behalf in
11matters related to the food stamp program to receive and conduct telephone calls on
12behalf of the prisoner in matters related to the food stamp program.
SB1, s. 1669 13Section 1669. 49.79 (10) of the statutes is repealed.
SB1, s. 1670 14Section 1670. 49.81 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,766,19 1549.81 Public assistance recipients' bill of rights. (intro.) The department
16of health and family services, the department of workforce development children and
17families,
and all public assistance and relief-granting agencies shall respect rights
18for recipients of public assistance. The rights shall include all rights guaranteed by
19the U.S. constitution and the constitution of this state, and in addition shall include:
SB1, s. 1671 20Section 1671. 49.81 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,766,2421 49.81 (4) The right to a speedy determination of the recipient's status or
22eligibility for public assistance, to notice of any proposed change in such status or
23eligibility, and, in the case of assistance granted under s. 49.19, 49.46, 49.468 or,
2449.47, or 49.471, to a speedy appeals process for resolving contested determinations.
SB1, s. 1672 25Section 1672. 49.82 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,767,10
149.82 (1) Departments to advise counties. The department of health and
2family services and the department of workforce development children and families
3shall advise all county officers charged with the administration of requirements
4relating to public assistance programs under this chapter and shall render all
5possible assistance in securing compliance therewith, including the preparation of
6necessary forms and reports. The department of health and family services and the
7department of workforce development children and families shall also publish any
8information that those departments consider advisable to acquaint persons entitled
9to public assistance, and the public generally, with the laws governing public
10assistance under this chapter.
SB1, s. 1673 11Section 1673. 49.82 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 49.82 (2) (a) and
12amended to read:
SB1,767,1913 49.82 (2) (a) Proof shall be provided Except as provided in par. (b), for each
14person included in an application for public assistance under this chapter, except for
15a child who is eligible for medical assistance under s. 49.46 or 49.47 because of 42
16USC 1396a
(e) (4) or an unborn child who is eligible for coverage under the Badger
17Care health care program under s. 49.665 (4) (ap),
proof shall be provided of his or
18her social security number or that an application for a social security number has
19been made.
SB1, s. 1674 20Section 1674. 49.82 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
SB1,767,2121 49.82 (2) (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to any of the following:
SB1,767,2322 1. A child who is eligible for medical assistance under s. 49.46 or 49.47 because
23of 42 USC 1396a (e) (4).
SB1,767,2524 2. An unborn child who is eligible for coverage under the Badger Care health
25care program under s. 49.665 (4) (ap).
SB1,768,5
13. A person who is applying for medical assistance under subch. IV, coverage
2under the Badger Care health care program under s. 49.665, or coverage under the
3program for prescription drug assistance for elderly persons under s. 49.688 and who
4refuses to obtain a social security number because of well-established religious
5objections, as defined in 42 CFR 435.910 (h) (2).
SB1, s. 1675 6Section 1675 . 49.82 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes, as created by 2007 Wisconsin Act
7.... (this act), is amended to read:
SB1,768,98 49.82 (2) (b) 1. A child who is eligible for medical assistance under s. 49.46 or,
949.47, or 49.471 because of 42 USC 1396a (e) (4).
SB1, s. 1676 10Section 1676 . 49.82 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes, as created by 2007 Wisconsin Act
11.... (this act), is amended to read:
SB1,768,1312 49.82 (2) (b) 2. An unborn child who is eligible for coverage under s. 49.471 or
13the Badger Care health care program under s. 49.665 (4) (ap).
SB1, s. 1677 14Section 1677. 49.83 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,768,25 1549.83 Limitation on giving information. Except as provided under s. 49.32
16(9), (10), and (10m), no person may use or disclose information concerning applicants
17and recipients of relief funded by a relief block grant, aid to families with dependent
18children, Wisconsin Works under ss. 49.141 to 49.161, social services, child and
19spousal support and establishment of paternity and medical support liability
20services under s. 49.22, or supplemental payments under s. 49.77 for any purpose not
21connected with the administration of the programs, except that the department of
22workforce development children and families may disclose such information to the
23department of revenue for the sole purpose of administering state taxes. Any person
24violating this section may be fined not less than $25 nor more than $500 or
25imprisoned in the county jail not less than 10 days nor more than one year or both.
SB1, s. 1678
1Section 1678. 49.84 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
SB1,769,32 49.84 (6) (a) In this subsection, "department" means the department of health
3and family services.
SB1,769,94 (b) 1. Notwithstanding any other eligibility requirements for the programs
5specified in par. (c), unless excepted by par. (c) an applicant for or recipient under any
6of those programs who declares himself or herself to be a citizen or national of the
7United States shall provide, as a further condition of eligibility, satisfactory
8documentary evidence, as provided in par. (d), that he or she is a citizen or national
9of the United States.
SB1,769,1610 2. An applicant shall provide the documentation at the time of application. If
11a recipient was not required to provide documentation at the time he or she applied,
12the recipient shall provide the documentation the first time his or her eligibility is
13reviewed or redetermined after the effective date of this subdivision .... [revisor
14inserts date]. An applicant or recipient shall be granted a reasonable time, as
15determined by the department, to submit the documentation before his or her
16eligibility is denied or terminated.
SB1,769,1817 (c) The requirement to provide satisfactory documentary evidence under par.
18(b) applies to applicants for and recipients under all of the following:
SB1,769,2019 1. The Medical Assistance program under subch. IV, except for any of the
20following:
SB1,769,2221 a. An applicant or recipient who is entitled to benefits under or enrolled in any
22part of Medicare under 42 USC 1395 et seq., as amended.
SB1,769,2423 b. An applicant or recipient who is receiving supplemental security income
24under 42 USC 1381 to 1383c.
SB1,769,2525 c. A person who is eligible for medical assistance under s. 49.45 (27).
SB1,770,2
1d. A child who is receiving medical assistance under s. 49.46 (1) (a) 13. or 49.47
2(4) (am) 3.
SB1,770,33 e. A pregnant woman who is receiving medical assistance under s. 49.465.
SB1,770,54 2. The Badger Care health care program under s. 49.665, except for an unborn
5child under s. 49.665 (4) (ap).
SB1,770,86 3. The part of the prescription drug assistance for elderly persons program
7under s. 49.688 that is supported by a Medical Assistance waiver under 42 USC 1315
8(a), as authorized under s. 49.688 (11).
SB1,770,119 (d) Satisfactory documentary evidence that an applicant or a recipient is a
10citizen or national of the United States consists of the documents or other forms of
11evidence specified in 42 CFR 435.407.
SB1, s. 1679 12Section 1679. 49.84 (6) (c) 1. d. of the statutes, as created by 2007 Wisconsin
13Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
SB1,770,1614 49.84 (6) (c) 1. d. A child who is receiving medical assistance under s. 49.46 (1)
15(a) 13. or, 49.47 (4) (am) 3., or 49.471 (4) (a) 2. or (b) 2. or an unborn child receiving
16prenatal care under s. 49.471.
SB1, s. 1680 17Section 1680. 49.84 (6) (c) 1. e. of the statutes, as created by 2007 Wisconsin
18Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
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