Amendment ASA1-AB64

AB64-ASA1,904 Section 904 . 49.175 (1) (k) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,510,2 49.175 (1) (k) Transform Milwaukee and Transitional Jobs programs. For contract costs under the Transform Milwaukee Jobs program and the Transitional Jobs program under s. 49.163, $6,000,000 $7,000,000 in fiscal year 2015-16 2017-18 and $7,000,000 $8,000,000 in fiscal year 2016-17 2018-19.

AB64-ASA1,905 Section 905 . 49.175 (1) (n) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,510,7 49.175 (1) (n) Fostering futures: connections count. For funding community connectors to interact with vulnerable families with young children and to connect families with formal and informal community support, $360,300 in fiscal year 2016-17 2017-18 and $560,300 in fiscal year 2018-19.

AB64-ASA1,906 Section 906 . 49.175 (1) (p) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,510,11 49.175 (1) (p) Direct child care services. For direct child care services under s. 49.155, $262,064,700 $289,215,200 in fiscal year 2015-16 2017-18 and $280,719,700 $310,369,200 in fiscal year 2016-17 2018-19.

AB64-ASA1,907 Section 907 . 49.175 (1) (q) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,510,16 49.175 (1) (q) Child care state administration and licensing activities. For state administration of child care programs under s. 49.155 and for child care licensing activities, $35,244,600 $36,189,400 in fiscal year 2015-16 2017-18 and $33,248,300 $36,030,000 in fiscal year 2016-17 2018-19.

AB64-ASA1,908 Section 908 . 49.175 (1) (qm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,510,20 49.175 (1) (qm) Quality care for quality kids. For the child care quality improvement activities specified in s. 49.155 (1g), $15,492,700 $15,652,700 in each fiscal year.

AB64-ASA1,909 Section 909 . 49.175 (1) (r) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,510,25 49.175 (1) (r) Children of recipients of supplemental security income. For payments made under s. 49.775 for the support of the dependent children of recipients of supplemental security income, $31,338,200 $26,938,000 in each fiscal year.

AB64-ASA1,910 Section 910. 49.175 (1) (s) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,511,8 49.175 (1) (s) Kinship care and long-term kinship care assistance. For kinship care and long-term kinship care payments under s. 48.57 (3m) (am) and (3n) (am), for assessments to determine eligibility for those payments, and for agreements under s. 48.57 (3t) with the governing bodies of Indian tribes for the administration of the kinship care and long-term kinship care programs within the boundaries of the reservations of those tribes, $21,222,700 $22,012,100 in fiscal year 2015-16 2017-18 and $21,435,000 $22,741,200 in fiscal year 2016-17 2018-19.

AB64-ASA1,911 Section 911 . 49.175 (1) (t) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,511,18 49.175 (1) (t) Safety and out-of-home placement services. For services provided to ensure the safety of children who the department or a county determines may remain at home if appropriate services are provided, and for services provided to families with children placed in out-of-home care, $3,647,200 $6,282,500 in fiscal year 2015-16 2017-18 and $5,392,700 $7,314,300 in fiscal year 2016-17 2018-19. To receive funding under this paragraph, a county shall match a percentage of the amount received that is equal to the percentage the county is required to match for a distribution under s. 48.563 (2) as specified by the schedule established by the department under s. 48.569 (1) (d).

AB64-ASA1,912 Section 912 . 49.175 (1) (u) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,511,22 49.175 (1) (u) Prevention services. For services to prevent child abuse or neglect in counties having a population of 750,000 or more, $1,389,600, $5,289,600 in each fiscal year.

AB64-ASA1,913 Section 913 . 49.175 (1) (v) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,512,2 49.175 (1) (v) General education development. For general education development testing and preparation for individuals who are eligible for temporary assistance for needy families under 42 USC 601 et seq., $127,000 $115,000 in each fiscal year 2015-16 and $115,000 in fiscal year 2016-17.

AB64-ASA1,916 Section 916 . 49.175 (1) (y) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-ASA1,512,6 49.175 (1) (y) Offender reentry demonstration project. For the offender reentry demonstration project under s. 49.37 (1), $187,500 in fiscal year 2017-18 and $250,000 in fiscal year 2018-19.

AB64-ASA1,918 Section 918 . 49.175 (1) (z) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,512,25 49.175 (1) (z) Grants to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. For grants to the Wisconsin Chapter of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America to fund programs that improve social, academic, and employment skills of youth who are eligible to receive temporary assistance for needy families under 42 USC 601 et seq., focusing on study habits, intensive tutoring in math and English, and exposure to career options and role models, $1,175,000 $1,275,000 in each fiscal year. Grants provided under this paragraph may not be used by the grant recipient to replace funding for programs that are being funded, when the grant proceeds are received, with moneys other than those from the appropriations specified in sub. (1) (intro.). The total amount of the grants includes funds for the Green Bay Boys and Girls Clubs for the BE GREAT: Graduate program in the amount of matching funds that the program provides, up to $75,000 in each fiscal year, to be used only for activities for which federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant moneys may be used. The total amount of the grants also includes funds to be equally distributed among the Milwaukee, Oshkosh, and Appleton Boys and Girls Clubs for the BE GREAT: Graduate program in the amount of matching funds that the program provides, up to $100,000 in each fiscal year, to be used only for activities for which federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant moneys may be used.

AB64-ASA1,919 Section 919. 49.175 (1) (zh) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,513,5 49.175 (1) (zh) Earned income tax credit supplement. For the transfer of moneys from the appropriation account under s. 20.437 (2) (md) to the appropriation account under s. 20.835 (2) (kf) for the earned income tax credit, $67,600,000 $69,700,000 in each fiscal year 2015-16 and $69,700,000 in fiscal year 2016-17.

AB64-ASA1,921 Section 921 . 49.255 of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-ASA1,513,10 49.255 Case management incentive payments. An individual who receives case management services under s. 49.1475 is eligible to receive from the department a supplement of $50 per month over a period of 12 months if the individual meets the federal work participation requirements under 42 USC 607.

AB64-ASA1,922 Section 922 . 49.26 (1) (ge) of the statutes is renumbered 49.26 (1) (ge) 1. (intro.) and amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,513,14 49.26 (1) (ge) 1. (intro.) An individual fails to meet the school attendance requirement if the individual meets at least one of the following conditions:

AB64-ASA1,513,16 a. The individual is either not enrolled in school or was not enrolled in the immediately preceding semester or is a habitual truant.

AB64-ASA1,513,18 2. The Wisconsin works Works agency or county department shall verify school enrollment and attendance.

AB64-ASA1,923 Section 923 . 49.26 (1) (ge) 1. b. of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-ASA1,513,21 49.26 (1) (ge) 1. b. During the immediately preceding semester, the individual was either not enrolled in school or was a habitual truant.

AB64-ASA1,923b Section 923b. 49.34 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,514,2 49.34 (4) (c) Unless waived by the department, biennially, or annually if required under federal law, provide the purchaser with a certified financial and compliance audit report if the care and services purchased exceed $25,000 $100,000. The audit shall follow standards that the department prescribes.

AB64-ASA1,923c Section 923c. 49.34 (5m) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,514,18 49.34 (5m) (b) 1. Subject to subds. 2. and 3. and par. (em), if If revenue under a contract for the provision of a rate-based service exceeds allowable costs incurred in the contract period, the contract shall allow the provider may to retain from the surplus generated by that rate-based service up to 5 percent of the contract amount. A provider that retains a surplus under this subdivision shall use that retained surplus to cover a deficit between revenue and allowable costs incurred in any preceding or future contract period for the same rate-based service that generated the surplus or to address the programmatic needs of clients served by the same rate-based service that generated the surplus. This subdivision does not apply to a child welfare agency that is authorized under s. 48.61 (7) to license foster homes, a group home, as defined in s. 48.02 (7), or a residential care center for children and youth, as defined in s. 48.02 (15d) revenue received under the contract unless a uniform rate is established by rule under subd. 5., in which case the contract shall allow the provider to retain the uniform percentage rate established by the rule. The retained surplus is the property of the provider.

AB64-ASA1,923d Section 923d. 49.34 (5m) (b) 2. of the statutes is repealed.

AB64-ASA1,923e Section 923e. 49.34 (5m) (b) 3. of the statutes is repealed.

AB64-ASA1,923f Section 923f. 49.34 (5m) (b) 4. of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-ASA1,515,7 49.34 (5m) (b) 4. If on December 31 of any year the provider's accumulated surplus from all contract periods ending during that year for a rate-based service exceeds the allowable retention rate under subd. 1., the provider shall provide written notice of that excess to all purchasers of the rate-based service. Upon the written request of such a purchaser received no later than 6 months after the date of the notice, the provider shall refund the purchaser's proportional share of that excess. If the department determines based on an audit or fiscal review that the amount of the excess identified by the provider was incorrect, the department may seek to recover funds after the 6-month period has expired. The department shall commence any audit or fiscal review under this subdivision within 6 years after the end of the contract period.

AB64-ASA1,923g Section 923g. 49.34 (5m) (b) 5. of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-ASA1,515,11 49.34 (5m) (b) 5. The department, in consultation with the department of health services and the department of corrections, shall promulgate rules to implement this subsection including all of the following:

AB64-ASA1,515,16 a. Requiring that contracts for rate-based services under this subsection allow a provider to retain from any surplus revenue up to 5 percent of the total revenue received under the contract, or a different percentage rate determined by the department. The percentage rate established under this subd. 5. a. shall apply uniformly to all rate-based service contracts under this subsection.

AB64-ASA1,515,18 b. Establishing a procedure for reviewing rate-based service contracts to determine whether a contract complies with the provisions of this subsection.

AB64-ASA1,923h Section 923h. 49.34 (5m) (em) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,516,2 49.34 (5m) (em) Notwithstanding par. (b) 1. and 2., a county department under s. 46.215, 51.42, or 51.437 providing client services in a county having a population of 750,000 or more or a nonstock, nonprofit corporation providing client services in such a county may not retain a surplus generated by a rate-based service or accumulate funds from more than one contract period for a rate-based service from revenues that are used to meet the maintenance-of-effort requirement under the federal temporary assistance for needy families program under 42 USC 601 to 619.

AB64-ASA1,923i Section 923i. 49.343 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,516,5 49.343 (5) (c) The identification of the measurements specified in sub. (6) (a) and the development of the payment levels specified in sub. (6) (a).

AB64-ASA1,923j Section 923j. 49.343 (6) (a) (intro.) and 1. of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 49.343 (6) (a) and amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,516,13 49.343 (6) (a) For purposes of implementing a performance-based contracting system, the department, in cooperation with the advisory committee created under sub. (5), shall do all of the following: 1. Identify identify measurements by which to evaluate the performance of providers in meeting both the goals for the children placed in their care and the goals for the out-of-home care system in this state and adjust, as needed, those measurements.

AB64-ASA1,923k Section 923k. 49.343 (6) (a) 2. of the statutes is repealed.

AB64-ASA1,923L Section 923L. 49.343 (6) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB64-ASA1,923m Section 923m. 49.343 (6) (c) and (d) of the statutes are amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,516,21 49.343 (6) (c) Beginning on January 1, 2011, the department shall select a representative sample of providers and evaluate the performance of those providers in attaining the measurements identified under par. (a) 1. Based on that evaluation, the department, in consultation with the advisory committee created under sub. (5), shall adjust, as needed, those measurements by December 31, 2011.

AB64-ASA1,517,2 (d) Beginning on January 1, 2013, the department shall evaluate the performance of all providers in this state in attaining the measurements identified under par. (a) 1. Based on that evaluation, the department, in consultation with the advisory committee created under sub. (5), shall adjust, as needed, those measurements by December 31, 2013, and in subsequent years as determined necessary by the department.

AB64-ASA1,924 Section 924 . 49.37 of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-ASA1,517,7 49.37 Offender reentry demonstration project. (1) Beginning in fiscal year 2017-18, the department of children and families shall establish a 5-year offender reentry demonstration project focused on noncustodial fathers in a 1st class city.

AB64-ASA1,517,10 (2) Upon completion of the demonstration project under sub. (1) and by June 30, 2023, the department of children and families shall conduct an evaluation of the demonstration project.

AB64-ASA1,924p Section 924p. 49.45 (3m) (a) (intro.) and (b) 3. a. of the statutes are amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,517,19 49.45 (3m) (a) (intro.) Subject to par. (c) and notwithstanding sub. (3) (e), from the appropriations under s. 20.435 (4) (b) and (o), in each fiscal year, the department shall pay to hospitals that serve a disproportionate share of low-income patients an amount equal to the sum of $15,000,000 $27,500,000, as the state share of payments, and the matching federal share of payments. The department may make a payment to a hospital under this subsection under the calculation method described in par. (b) if the hospital meets all of the following criteria:

AB64-ASA1,517,20 (b) 3. a. No single hospital receives more than $2,500,000 $4,600,000.

AB64-ASA1,924r Section 924r. 49.45 (3p) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-ASA1,518,6 49.45 (3p) Rural critical care access supplement. (a) Subject to par. (c) and notwithstanding sub. (3) (e), from the appropriations under s. 20.435 (4) (b) and (o), in each fiscal year, the department shall pay to hospitals that would meet the criteria under sub. (3m) (a) except that the hospitals do not provide obstetric services an amount equal to the sum of $250,000, as the state share of payments, and the matching federal share of payments. The department may make a payment to a hospital under this subsection under a calculation method determined by the department that provides a fee-for-service supplemental payment that increases as the hospital's percentage of inpatient days for Medical Assistance recipients at the hospital increases.

AB64-ASA1,518,8 (b) The department shall ensure that the total amount of moneys available to pay hospitals described under this subsection is distributed in each fiscal year.

AB64-ASA1,518,11 (c) The department shall limit the maximum payment to hospitals under this subsection such that the amount of payment is in accordance with federal rules concerning any hospital specific limit.

AB64-ASA1,518,19 (d) The department shall seek any necessary approval from the federal department of health and human services to implement the hospital payment supplement described under par. (a). If approval is necessary and approval from the federal department of health and human services is received, the department shall implement the payment methodology described under par. (a). If approval is necessary and the federal department of health and human services does not approve, the department may not implement the hospital payment supplement under par. (a).

AB64-ASA1,926p Section 926p. 49.45 (9r) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-ASA1,518,21 49.45 (9r) Complex rehabilitation technology. (a) In this subsection:

AB64-ASA1,518,23 1. “Complex needs patient" means an individual with a diagnosis or medical condition that results in significant physical impairment or functional limitation.

AB64-ASA1,519,3 2. “Complex rehabilitation technology" means items classified within Medicare as durable medical equipment that are individually configured for individuals to meet their specific and unique medical, physical, and functional needs and capacities for basic activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living identified as medically necessary.

AB64-ASA1,519,10 3. “Individually configured" means having a combination of sizes, features, adjustments, or modifications that a qualified complex rehabilitation technology supplier can customize to the specific individual by measuring, fitting, programming, adjusting, or adapting as appropriate so that the device operates in accordance with an assessment or evaluation of the individual by a qualified health care professional and is consistent with the individual's medical condition, physical and functional needs and capacities, body size, period of need, and intended use.

AB64-ASA1,519,12 4. “Medicare" means coverage under Part A or Part B of Title XVIII of the federal Social Security Act, 42 USC 1395 et seq.

AB64-ASA1,519,15 5. “Qualified complex rehabilitation technology professional" means an individual who is certified as an assistive technology professional by the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America.

AB64-ASA1,519,17 6. “Qualified complex rehabilitation technology supplier" means a company or entity that meets all of the following criteria:

AB64-ASA1,519,19 a. Is accredited by a recognized accrediting organization as a supplier of complex rehabilitation technology.

AB64-ASA1,519,22 b. Is an enrolled supplier for purposes of Medicare reimbursement that meets the supplier and quality standards established for durable medical equipment suppliers, including those for complex rehabilitation technology under Medicare.

AB64-ASA1,520,3 c. Is an employer of at least one qualified complex rehabilitation technology professional to analyze the needs and capacities of the complex needs patient in consultation with qualified health care professionals, to participate in the selection of appropriate complex rehabilitation technology for those needs and capacities of the complex needs patient, and to provide training in the proper use of the complex rehabilitation technology.

AB64-ASA1,520,6 d. Requires a qualified complex rehabilitation technology professional to be physically present for the evaluation and determination of appropriate complex rehabilitation technology for a complex needs patient.

AB64-ASA1,520,8 e. Has the capability to provide service and repair by qualified technicians for all complex rehabilitation technology it sells.

AB64-ASA1,520,12 f. Provides written information at the time of delivery of the complex rehabilitation technology to the complex needs patient stating how the complex needs patient may receive service and repair for the complex rehabilitation technology.

AB64-ASA1,520,13 7. “Qualified health care professional" means any of the following:

AB64-ASA1,520,14 a. A physician or physician assistant licensed under subch. II of ch. 448.

AB64-ASA1,520,15 b. A physical therapist licensed under subch. III of ch. 448.

AB64-ASA1,520,16 c. An occupational therapist licensed under subch VII of ch. 448.

AB64-ASA1,520,19 (b) The department shall promulgate rules and other policies for use of complex rehabilitation technology by recipients of Medical Assistance. The department shall include in the rules all of the following:

AB64-ASA1,520,23 1. Designation of billing codes as complex rehabilitation technology including creation of new billing codes or modification of existing billing codes. The department shall include provisions allowing quarterly updates to the designations under this subdivision.

AB64-ASA1,521,3 2. Establishment of specific supplier standards for companies or entities that provide complex rehabilitation technology and limiting reimbursement only to suppliers that are qualified complex rehabilitation technology suppliers.