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2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
November 15, 2007 - Introduced by Law Revision Committee. Referred to
Committee on Health, Human Services, Insurance, and Job Creation.
SB326,1,4
1An Act to repeal 49.45 (8m) of the statutes;
relating to: eliminating
2reimbursement rate requirements for certain respiratory care services
3(suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Health and Family
4Services).
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Current law specifies hourly rates of reimbursement to providers of respiratory
care services for ventilator-dependent recipients under the Medical Assistance (MA)
program.
This bill eliminates the specified hourly rates of MA reimbursement for these
respiratory care services.
For further information, see the Notes provided by the Law Revision
Committee of the Joint Legislative Council.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
Law Revision Committee prefatory note: This bill is a remedial legislation
proposal, requested by the Department of Health and Family Services and introduced by
the Law Revision Committee under s. 13.83 (1) (c) 4., stats. After careful consideration
of the various provisions of the bill, the Law Revision Committee has determined that this
bill makes minor substantive changes in the statutes, and that these changes are
desirable as a matter of public policy.
SB326, s. 1
1Section
1. 49.45 (8m) of the statutes is repealed.
Note: This bill eliminates a reference to a specific dollar amount for the
reimbursement rate under the Medical Assistance Program for respiratory care services.
Having this specific reference in the statutes is out of line with the current practice of
setting rates for medical assistance providers. These rates are not established in statute,
but are based on a maximum allowable cost schedule issued by the Department of Health
and Family Services. Rates sought by the department in accordance with this schedule
are then given legislative approval, rather than included in the statutes.
