49.46 (2) (b) (intro.) Except as provided in pars. (be) and (dc) and unless otherwise provided by the department by rule promulgated under s. 49.45 (2m) (c), the department shall audit and pay allowable charges to certified providers for medical assistance on behalf of recipients for the following services:
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143. 49.465 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.465 (2) (intro.) A Unless otherwise provided by the department by rule promulgated under s. 49.45 (2m) (c), a pregnant woman is eligible for medical assistance benefits, as provided under sub. (3), during the period beginning on the day on which a qualified provider determines, on the basis of preliminary information, that the woman's family income does not exceed the highest level for eligibility for benefits under s. 49.46 (1) or 49.47 (4) (am) or (c) 1. and ending as follows:
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144. 49.465 (2) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
49.465 (2) (intro.) Unless otherwise provided by the department by rule promulgated under s. 49.45 (2m) (c), a A pregnant woman is eligible for medical assistance benefits, as provided under sub. (3), during the period beginning on the day on which a qualified provider determines, on the basis of preliminary information, that the woman's family income does not exceed the highest level for eligibility for benefits under s. 49.46 (1) or 49.47 (4) (am) or (c) 1. and ending as follows:
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145. 49.47 (4) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.47 (4) (a) (intro.) Any Unless otherwise provided by the department by rule under s. 49.45 (2m) (c), any individual who meets the limitations on income and resources under pars. (b) to (c) and who complies with pars. (cm) and (cr) shall be eligible for medical assistance under this section if such individual is:
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146. 49.47 (4) (a) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
49.47 (4) (a) (intro.) Unless otherwise provided by the department by rule under s. 49.45 (2m) (c), any Any individual who meets the limitations on income and resources under pars. (b) to (c) and who complies with pars. (cm) and (cr) shall be eligible for medical assistance under this section if such individual is:
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147. 49.47 (5) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.47 (5) Investigation by department. (intro.) The department may make additional investigation of eligibility at any of the following times:
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148. 49.47 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.47 (5) (a) When there is reasonable ground for belief that an applicant may not be eligible or that the beneficiary may have received benefits to which the beneficiary is not entitled; or.
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149. 49.47 (5) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
49.47 (5) (c) Any time determined by the department by rule promulgated under s. 49.45 (2m) (c) to determine eligibility or to reevaluate continuing eligibility, except that if federal law allows a reevaluation of eligibility more frequently than every 12 months and if there is no conflicting provision of state law, the department is not required to promulgate a rule to reevaluate eligibility under this section.
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150. 49.47 (5) (c) of the statutes, as created by 2011 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.
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151. 49.47 (6) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.47 (6) (a) (intro.) The Unless otherwise provided by the department by rule promulgated under s. 49.45 (2m) (c), the department shall audit and pay charges to certified providers for medical assistance on behalf of the following:
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152. 49.47 (6) (a) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
49.47 (6) (a) (intro.) Unless otherwise provided by the department by rule promulgated under s. 49.45 (2m) (c), the The department shall audit and pay charges to certified providers for medical assistance on behalf of the following:
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153. 49.471 (13) of the statutes is created to read:
49.471 (13) Applicability. If the department promulgates a rule under s. 49.45 (2m) (c), subs. (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (10), and (11) do not apply to the extent that those subsections conflict with the rule.
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154. 49.471 (13) of the statutes, as created by 2011 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.
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155. 49.472 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.472 (3) Eligibility. (intro.) Except as provided in sub. (6) (a) and unless otherwise provided by the department by rule promulgated under s. 49.45 (2m) (c), an individual is eligible for and shall receive medical assistance under this section if all of the following conditions are met:
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156. 49.472 (3) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
49.472 (3) Eligibility. (intro.) Except as provided in sub. (6) (a) and unless otherwise provided by the department by rule promulgated under s. 49.45 (2m) (c), an individual is eligible for and shall receive medical assistance under this section if all of the following conditions are met:
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157. 49.472 (4) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.472 (4) (b) (intro.) The department may waive monthly premiums that are calculated to be below $10 per month. The Unless otherwise provided by the department by rule promulgated under s. 49.45 (2m) (c), the department may not assess a monthly premium for any individual whose income level, after adding the individual's earned income and unearned income, is below 150% of the poverty line.
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158. 49.472 (4) (b) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
49.472 (4) (b) (intro.) The department may waive monthly premiums that are calculated to be below $10 per month. Unless otherwise provided by the department by rule promulgated under s. 49.45 (2m) (c), the The department may not assess a monthly premium for any individual whose income level, after adding the individual's earned income and unearned income, is below 150% of the poverty line.
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159. 49.473 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.473 (2) (intro.) A Unless otherwise provided by the department by rule promulgated under s. 49.45 (2m) (c), a woman is eligible for medical assistance as provided under sub. (5) if, after applying to the department or a county department, the department or a county department determines that she meets all of the following requirements:
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160. 49.473 (2) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
49.473 (2) (intro.) Unless otherwise provided by the department by rule promulgated under s. 49.45 (2m) (c), a A woman is eligible for medical assistance as provided under sub. (5) if, after applying to the department or a county department, the department or a county department determines that she meets all of the following requirements:
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161. 49.473 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.473 (5) The department shall audit and pay, from the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (4) (b) and (o), allowable charges to a provider who is certified under s. 49.45 (2) (a) 11. for medical assistance on behalf of a woman who meets the requirements under sub. (2) for all benefits and services specified under s. 49.46 (2), unless otherwise provided by the department by rule promulgated under s. 49.45 (2m) (c).
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162. 49.473 (5) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
49.473 (5) The department shall audit and pay, from the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (4) (b) and (o), allowable charges to a provider who is certified under s. 49.45 (2) (a) 11. for medical assistance on behalf of a woman who meets the requirements under sub. (2) for all benefits and services specified under s. 49.46 (2), unless otherwise provided by the department by rule promulgated under s. 49.45 (2m) (c).
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163. 49.825 (3) (b) 4. of the statutes is repealed.
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164. 49.826 (3) (b) 4. of the statutes is repealed.
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165. Chapter 52 of the statutes is repealed.
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166. 59.875 of the statutes is created to read:
59.875 Payment of contributions in an employee retirement system of populous counties. (1) In this section, "county" means any county having a population of 500,000 or more.
(2) Beginning on the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], in any employee retirement system of a county, except as otherwise provided in a collective bargaining agreement entered into under subch. IV of ch. 111, employees shall pay half of all actuarially required contributions for funding benefits under the retirement system. The employer may not pay on behalf of an employee any of the employee's share of the actuarially required contributions.
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167. 62.623 of the statutes is created to read:
62.623 Payment of contributions in an employee retirement system of a 1st class city. Beginning on the effective date of this section .... [LRB inserts date], in any employee retirement system of a 1st class city, except as otherwise provided in a collective bargaining agreement entered into under subch. IV of ch. 111, employees shall pay all employee required contributions for funding benefits under the retirement system. The employer may not pay on behalf of an employee any of the employee's share of the required contributions.
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168. 66.0506 of the statutes is created to read:
66.0506 Referendum; increase in employee wages. (1) In this section, "local governmental unit" means any city, village, town, county, metropolitan sewerage district, long-term care district, transit authority under s. 59.58 (7) or 66.1039, local cultural arts district under subch. V of ch. 229, or any other political subdivision of the state, or instrumentality of one or more political subdivisions of the state.
(2) If any local governmental unit wishes to increase the total base wages of its general municipal employees, as defined in s. 111.70 (1) (fm), in an amount that exceeds the limit under s. 111.70 (4) (mb) 2., the governing body of the local governmental unit shall adopt a resolution to that effect. The resolution shall specify the amount by which the proposed total base wages increase will exceed the limit under s. 111.70 (4) (mb) 2. The resolution may not take effect unless it is approved in a referendum called for that purpose. The referendum shall occur in November for collective bargaining agreements that begin the following January 1. The results of a referendum apply to the total base wages only in the next collective bargaining agreement.
(3) The referendum question shall be substantially as follows: "Shall the .... [general municipal employees] in the .... [local governmental unit] receive a total increase in wages from $....[current total base wages] to $....[proposed total base wages], which is a percentage wage increase that is .... [x] percent higher than the percent of the consumer price index increase, for a total percentage increase in wages of .... [x]?"
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169. 66.0508 of the statutes is created to read:
66.0508 Collective bargaining. (1) In this section, "local governmental unit" has the meaning given in s. 66.0506 (1).
(1m) Except as provided under subch. IV of ch. 111, no local governmental unit may collectively bargain with its employees.
(2) If a local governmental unit has in effect on the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], an ordinance or resolution that is inconsistent with sub. (1m), the ordinance or resolution does not apply and may not be enforced.
(3) Each local governmental unit that is collectively bargaining with its employees shall determine the maximum total base wages expenditure that is subject to collective bargaining under s. 111.70 (4) (mb) 2., calculating the consumer price index change using the same method the department of revenue uses under s. 73.03 (68).
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170. 66.0509 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
66.0509 (1m) (a) A local governmental unit, as defined in s. 66.0131 (1) (a), that does not have a civil service system on the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], shall establish a grievance system not later than the first day of the 4th month beginning after the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date].
(b) To comply with the grievance system that is required under par. (a), a local governmental unit may establish either a civil service system under any provision authorized by law, to the greatest extent practicable, if no specific provision for the creation of a civil service system applies to that local governmental unit, or establish a grievance procedure as described under par. (d).
(c) Any civil service system that is established under any provision of law, and any grievance procedure that is created under this subsection, shall contain at least all of the following provisions:
1. A grievance procedure that addresses employee terminations.
2. Employee discipline.
3. Workplace safety.
(d) If a local governmental unit creates a grievance procedure under this subsection, the procedure shall contain at least all of the following elements:
1. A written document specifying the process that a grievant and an employer must follow.
2. A hearing before an impartial hearing officer.
3. An appeal process in which the highest level of appeal is the governing body of the local governmental unit.
(e) If an employee of a local governmental unit is covered by a civil service system on the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], and if that system contains provisions that address the provisions specified in par. (c), the provisions that apply to the employee under his or her existing civil service system continue to apply to that employee.
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171. 66.0518 of the statutes is created to read:
66.0518 Defined benefit pension plans. A local governmental unit, as defined in s. 66.0131 (1) (a), may not establish a defined benefit pension plan for its employees unless the plan requires the employees to pay half of all actuarially required contributions for funding benefits under the plan and prohibits the local governmental unit from paying on behalf of an employee any of the employee's share of the actuarially required contributions.
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172. 66.1104 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
66.1104 (1) (a) "Authority" means a body created under s. 66.1201, 66.1333, or 66.1335; under subch. II of ch. 114 or subch. III of ch. 149; or under ch. 52, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 237, or 279.
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173. 66.1105 (2) (k) of the statutes is renumbered 66.1105 (2) (k) 1. and amended to read:
66.1105 (2) (k) 1. "Tax incremental district" means a contiguous geographic area within a city defined and created by resolution of the local legislative body, consisting solely of whole units of property as are assessed for general property tax purposes, other than railroad rights-of-way, rivers or highways. Railroad rights-of-way, rivers or highways may be included in a tax incremental district only if they are continuously bounded on either side, or on both sides, by whole units of property as are assessed for general property tax purposes which are in the tax incremental district. "Tax incremental district" does not include any area identified as a wetland on a map under s. 23.32, except for an area identified on such a map that has been converted in compliance with state law so that it is no longer a wetland and except as provided in subd. 2.
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174. 66.1105 (2) (k) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
66.1105 (2) (k) 2. For an area that is identified as a wetland on a map under s. 23.32 and that is within the boundaries of a tax incremental district or is part of a tax incremental district parcel, the area shall be considered part of the tax incremental district for determining the applicability of exemptions from or compliance with water quality standards that are applicable to wetlands.
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175. 70.11 (41s) of the statutes is repealed.
71.05 (6) (b) 47. An amount equal to the increase in the number of full-time equivalent employees employed by the taxpayer in this state during the taxable year, multiplied by $4,000 for a business with gross receipts of no greater than $5,000,000 in the taxable year or $2,000 for a business with gross receipts greater than $5,000,000 in the taxable year. For purposes of this subdivision, the increase in the number of full-time equivalent employees employed by the taxpayer in this state during the taxable year is determined by subtracting from the number of full-time equivalent employees employed by the taxpayer in this state during the taxable year, as determined by computing the average employee count from the taxpayer's quarterly unemployment insurance reports or other information as required by the department for the taxable year, the number of full-time equivalent employees employed by the taxpayer in this state during the immediately preceding taxable year, as determined by computing the average employee count from the taxpayer's quarterly unemployment insurance reports or other information as required by the department for the immediately preceding taxable year. No person may claim a deduction under this subdivision if the person may claim a credit deduction under this subchapter based on the person relocating the person's business from another state to this state and in an amount equal to the person's tax liability. The department shall promulgate rules to administer this subdivision.
71.26 (1) (be) Certain authorities. Income of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, of the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan Authority, of the Wisconsin Quality Home Care Authority, of the Fox River Navigational System Authority, of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, and of the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority.
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178. 73.03 (68) of the statutes is created to read:
73.03 (68) At the request of the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission, as provided under s. 111.91 (3q), to determine the average annual percentage change in the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, as determined by the federal department of labor, for the 12 months immediately preceding the request from the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission.
77.54 (9a) (a) This state or any agency thereof, the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan Authority, the Wisconsin Quality Home Care Authority, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, and the Fox River Navigational System Authority.
100.45 (1) (dm) "State agency" means any office, department, agency, institution of higher education, association, society or other body in state government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law which is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the courts, the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority, the Bradley Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation, the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Wisconsin Quality Home Care Authority, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, and the Fox River Navigational System Authority.
101.177 (1) (d) "State agency" means any office, department, agency, institution of higher education, association, society, or other body in state government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, that is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the courts, the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority, the Bradley Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation, the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Wisconsin Quality Home Care Authority, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, and the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority, but excluding the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan Authority and the Lower Fox River Remediation Authority.
