Wisconsin Legislature: Insurance

Health insurance for full-time student on medically necessary leave of absence: insurer required to continue until certain events occur - AB280

Health insurance for full-time student on medically necessary leave of absence: insurer required to continue until certain events occur [A.Sub.Amdt.1 or A.Amdt.1; deleted by Conf.Sub.Amdt.1] - SB40

Health insurance for full-time student on medically necessary leave of absence: insurer required to continue until certain events occur - SB154

Health insurance: insurer disclosure re treatment restriction or termination [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 3677c, 3685f, 3686w, 9325 (1f)] - SB40

Health insurance mandates: insurer authorized to offer single or family coverage in individual policies that do not include, conditions specified - AB871

Health insurance procedural terminology codes re treatment restriction or termination; detailed explanation of clinical rationale required [Sec. 3677, 3680, 3681, 9325 (1)] - SB40

Health insurers, self-insured plans, service benefit plans, and pharmacy benefits managers (third parties): requirement re providing DHFS information to help identify persons eligible for certain MA services [Sec. 395, 1017, 1610-1625, 1642, 1650, 1655, 3067] - SB40

Health opportunity accounts under Badger Care: DHFS to request federal waiver [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 1559e] - SB40

Health savings account: nonrefundable individual income tax credit created - AB47

Health savings account: nonrefundable individual income tax credit created - SB18

Health savings account provisions [A.Sub.Amdt.1 or A.Amdt.1; deleted by Conf.Sub.Amdt.1] - SB40

Healthy Wisconsin Authority and Plan created - SB562

Healthy Wisconsin Authority created; duties re implementation of reinsurance program; funding from health care quality fund and cigarette and tobacco products taxes; not a state agency, but some laws apply [for section numbers, see entry under ``Healthy Wisconsin Authority"] - SB40

Hearing aids or cochlear implants for children under age 18: Badger Care Plus to cover - AB912

Hearing aids or cochlear implants for infants and young children: health insurance policies and plans required to cover; exceptions provided - AB133

Hearing aids or cochlear implants for infants and young children: health insurance policies and plans required to cover; exceptions provided - SB88

HIRSP Authority changes [Sec. 213, 675, 679, 761, 2876-2880, 2885-2895; Enrolled SB-40: further revisions, deletes 2879, 2880, 2886-2891, 2894, 2895] - SB40

HIRSP Authority changes; Health Care Tax Credit Program requirement repealed - AB445

HIRSP Authority changes; Health Care Tax Credit Program requirement repealed [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, Health Care Tax Credit Program provision removed, OCI to approve exceptions for persons ineligible for HIRSP coverage, MA demonstration project provision added] - SB226

HIRSP required to offer certain persons coverage under a high deductible health plan in conjunction with a health savings account - AB394

HIRSP required to offer certain persons coverage under a high deductible health plan in conjunction with a health savings account - SB206

Hospital assessment revisions; MA, Badger Care, Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund, and HMO provisions; DHFS duties and report required - SB490

MA, Badger Care, Senior Care, and Family Care claims: time limits for paying [A.Sub.Amdt.1 or A.Amdt.1; deleted by Conf.Sub.Amdt.1] - SB40

MA or Badger Care eligibility extended for parents following death of a child; DHFS to request federal waiver [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 1554m] - SB40

Maternity coverage for surrogate mothers required - AB631

Medical care insurance costs paid by certain employees: individual income tax subtraction created [Sec. 1955-1958; Enrolled SB-40: subtraction changed to deduction, 1976s] - SB40

Medical care insurance policy that covers an individual, spouse, and dependent children and the employer pays a portion of the cost: income tax deduction created - SB87

Medical care insurance premiums for policy that covers claimant, claimant's spouse, and dependent children: individual income tax credit for certain amount created; employment provision - AB107

Mental health and AODA insurance coverage revisions; consumer price index made basis of change; DHFS report [Sec. 3682-3687, 9325 (3)] - SB40

Outpatient treatment of nervous and mental disorders and AODA problems: coverage by group health insurance policies and defined network plans of treatment by clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, and professional counselors required; MA revisions re service providers and physician prescribed requirement - AB463

Outpatient treatment of nervous and mental disorders and AODA problems: coverage by group health insurance policies and defined network plans of treatment by clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, and professional counselors required; MA revisions re service providers and physician prescribed requirement - SB246

Physical health risk assessment and disease management re MA or Badger Care enrollees [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 1559g, h, 1641d, e, 9121 (7j)] - SB40

Physical health risk assessment required for everyone eligible for MA or Badger Care; DHFS to develop and implement disease management programs - SB147

Preexisting condition: group or individual health insurance provider may not deny coverage based on - AB419

Prescription drug assistance for the elderly: appropriation for payments to pharmacies and pharmacists decreased for fiscal year 2006-07 [Sec. 9221 (3)] - AB72

Prescription drug assistance for the elderly: appropriation for payments to pharmacies and pharmacists decreased for fiscal year 2006-07 [Sec. 9221 (3)] - SB39

Prescription drug assistance for the elderly: DHFS report requirement re compliance of certain pharmacies and pharmacists repealed [Sec. 1654] - SB40

Prescription drug assistance program for the elderly: DHFS to seek amendment to federal Medicaid waiver to allow property taxes be deducted from income when determining eligibility - AB137

Prescription drug assistance program for the elderly: DHFS to seek amendment to federal Medicaid waiver to allow property taxes be deducted from income when determining eligibility - SB76

Provider claims under MA, Badger Care, and the prescription drug assistance program for the elderly: DHFS requirements to issue payments codified, exceptions provided - AB385

Public safety officer annuitants, including chaplains: DETF authorized to make payments for health care coverage or long-term care coverage from retirement annuity or deferred compensation account [Conf.Sub.Amdt.1] - MR8 AB1

Publicly financed health plan for Wisconsin established; Department of Health Planning and Finance and Health Policy Board created; regional consumer health councils and LRB provisions - AB94

Publicly financed health plan for Wisconsin established; Department of Health Planning and Finance and Health Policy Board created; regional consumer health councils and LRB provisions - SB51

Rare disease or condition: health insurance policies and plans required to cover prescription drugs; OCI duty specified; definition provided - AB16

Senior Care (prescription drug assistance program for the elderly): calling for an advisory referendum on continuing the program as a permanent federal-state program - SJR57

Senior Care (prescription drug assistance program for the elderly): DHHS Secretary urged to extend the federal waiver that funds the program - AJR52

Senior Care (prescription drug assistance program for the elderly): U.S. President and DHHS Secretary called on to approve legislation to continue and extend federal waiver that funds the program - AJR50

Senior Care (prescription drug assistance program for the elderly): U.S. President and DHHS Secretary called on to extend the federal waiver that funds the program - AJR51

Senior Care (prescription drug assistance program for the elderly): U.S. President urged to reverse DHHS Secretary's decision not to extend federal waiver - SJR43

Special orders of business for March 5, 2008 established re AB-47, AB-67, AB-92, AB-151, AB-212, AB-281, AB-346, AB-424, AB-479, AB-486, AB-517, AB-543, AB-553, AB-569, AB-579, AB-603, AB-635, AB-645, AB-663, AB-672, AB-673, AB-676, AB-677, AB-692, AB-693, AB-717, AB-736, AB-753, AB-755, AB-771, AB-772, AB-793, AB-804, AB-805, AB-817, AB-819, AB-825, AB-835, AB-842, AB-853, AB-864, AB-869, AB-872, AB-901, SB-69, SB-176, SB-272, SB-289, SB-294, SB-324, SB-325, SB-326, SB-327, SB-328, SB-335, SB-368, SB-369, SB-370 - AR16

Special orders of business for March 11, 2008 established re AB-482, AB-668, AB-685, AB-688, AB-709, AB-735, AB-745, AB-765, AB-769, AB-798, AB-803, AB-807, AB-809, AB-828, AB-846, AB-849, AB-862, AB-863, AB-893, AB-898, SB-49, SB-72, SB-86, SB-142, SB-260, SB-288, SB-403, SB-430 - AR17

Special orders of business for March 12, 2008 established re AJR-106, AB-187, AB-422, AB-702, AB-737, AB-739, AB-778, AB-806, AB-857, AB-874, AB-878, AB-894, AB-896, AB-900, AB-905, AB-906, AB-908, AB-913, SB-20, SB-28, SB-48, SB-124, SB-128, SB-269, SB-351, SB-409, SB-483, SB-514, SB-517 - AR18

SSN requirement re MA, Badger Care, or elderly drug assistance program: exemption expanded re well-established religious objections [Sec. 1673, 1674, 9321 (8)] - SB40

State Children Health Insurance Program (SCHIP): Wisconsin delegation to U.S. Congress and the Governor urged to ensure a timely reauthorization - SR4

State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP): timely reauthorization by Congress and federal funding urged - SR6

State long-term care partnerships and MA eligibility: DHFS requirement re federal pilot project repealed [Sec. 1551, 1604, 2873, 2874; Enrolled SB-40: provisions re MA eligibility determinations, long-term care insurance requirements, 1551c, 1598r, 1634r, 3652m, 3664c, deletes 1551] - SB40

Student health benefit purchasing cooperative: organization authorized; OCI and report provisions - AB779

Value-based health care purchasing initiatives; Wisconsin Health Information Organization and centralized data repository provisions [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 543t, 2898h] - SB40

Veteran interim health care plan created - AB596

Wigs for cancer patients: health care plans required to cover - AB179

WRS annuities and deferred compensation account distributions: payment from for health or long-term care insurance coverage allowed - AB801

WRS annuities and deferred compensation account distributions re public safety officers: payment from for health or long-term care insurance coverage allowed - AB851

WRS annuities and deferred compensation account distributions re public safety officers: payment from for health or long-term care insurance coverage allowed - SB471

Veteran assistance program: exempting cash value of life insurance when determining assets - SB433

Health care plan or self-insured health plan required to disclose certain information re coverage and costs to insured or enrollee upon request; payments a health care provider may accept from uninsured or patient without public coverage restricted, disclosure of certain information required; DHFS duties and emergency rule provisions - AB872

Health care providers required to provide consumers with certain charge or payment rate information upon request - SB337

Health care providers required to provide consumers with certain charge or payment rate information upon request; penalty provision - AB729

Insurance security fund revisions; SWIB allowed to make investments for the local government property insurance fund (LGPIF); other insurance revisions re prohibiting requiring property insurance in amount exceeding replacement value of improvements, group insurance certificates made available electronically, definition of late enrollee, investment in insurance corporation subsidiary, recovering license fee or assessment, employee welfare benefit plan, and OCI duties - AB688

Insurance security fund revisions; SWIB allowed to make investments for the local government property insurance fund (LGPIF); other insurance revisions re prohibiting requiring property insurance in amount exceeding replacement value of improvements, group insurance certificates made available electronically, definition of late enrollee, investment in insurance corporation subsidiary, recovering license fee or assessment, employee welfare benefit plan, and OCI duties - SB386

Long-term care insurance sales: training requirement modified [Conf.Sub.Amdt.1] - MR8 AB1

Motor vehicle or property insurance: insurer or rating plan prohibited from considering information from an individual's credit report - AB387

Motor vehicle or property insurance: insurer or rating plan prohibited from considering information from an individual's credit report - SB259

PECFA sites and private insurance: report by Comm.Dept and DNR [A.Sub.Amdt.1 or A.Amdt.1; deleted by Conf. Sub.Amdt.1] - SB40

Prepaid legal services insurance: GIB to offer to certain WRS participating employees - AB13

Property insurance policy: insurer may agree to cosmetic modifications so undamaged portion can match the repaired damaged portion - AB632

Public safety officer annuitants, including chaplains: DETF authorized to make payments for health care coverage or long-term care coverage from retirement annuity or deferred compensation account [Conf.Sub.Amdt.1] - MR8 AB1

SSN as personal identifier: insurer, risk-sharing plan, or self-insured plan prohibited from using - AB316

State long-term care partnerships and MA eligibility: DHFS requirement re federal pilot project repealed [Sec. 1551, 1604, 2873, 2874; Enrolled SB-40: provisions re MA eligibility determinations, long-term care insurance requirements, 1551c, 1598r, 1634r, 3652m, 3664c, deletes 1551] - SB40

Tribal law enforcement officer's powers to enforce state law: liability insurance option created - AB197

Tribal law enforcement officer's powers to enforce state law: liability insurance option created - SB96

Compulsory financial responsibility for motor vehicle operation: assurance and proof of coverage required; forfeiture, DOT, and law enforcement provisions - SB374

Motor vehicle insurance: factors for setting premium rates specified; insurer prohibited from using zip code as a factor for setting rates - SB348

Motor vehicle insurer may not require insured to use a particular garage, repair shop, or other vendor for damage repair, notice and signage provisions; insured pays for repairs at same rate as general public; insurance adjuster prohibited from preparing or adjusting a damage estimate without inspecting the damage - AB353

Motor vehicle insurer may not require insured to use a particular garage, repair shop, or other vendor for damage repair, notice and signage provisions; insured pays for repairs at same rate as general public; insurance adjuster prohibited from preparing or adjusting a damage estimate without inspecting the damage - SB181

Motor vehicle or property insurance: insurer or rating plan prohibited from considering information from an individual's credit report - AB387