Statutory authority for the rule:
Section 348.07 (4), Stats.
Estimates of the amount of time that state employees will spend developing the rule and of other resources necessary to develop the rule:
It is estimated that state employees will spend 40 hours on the rule-making process, including research, drafting and conducting a public hearing.
Submittal of Rules to Legislative Council Clearinghouse
Notice of Submittal of Proposed Rules to
Wisconsin Legislative Council Rules Clearinghouse
Please check the Bulletin of Proceedings for further information on a particular rule.
Administration
Rule Submittal Date
On April 24, 2000, the Wisconsin Department of Administration submitted a proposed rule, ch. Adm 43, Wis. Adm. Code, to the Wisconsin Legislative Council Rules Clearinghouse.
Analysis
Statutory authority: ss. 16.004 (1) and 16.957 (4) (b), Stats.
Statutes interpreted: ss. 16.957, et seq.
Under s. 16.957 (4) (b), Stats., the Department of Administration is required to promulgate rules establishing the amount of public benefits fees to be collected by certain electric utilities from their customers. These fees are to be paid to the Department in order to fund low-income assistance energy conservation and efficiency, and renewable resource programs statewide. The proposed rule establishes fees that may vary by class of customer, but will be uniform within each class.
Agency Procedure for Promulgation
A public hearing is required and the Department will hold a public hearing on this rule after the Wisconsin Legislative Council Rules Clearinghouse completes its review. The Division of Energy and Public Benefits is primarily responsible for promulgation of this rule.
Contact Information
If you have any questions regarding this rule, please contact:
Donna Sorenson
Dept. of Administration
Telephone (608) 266-2887
Administration
Rule Submittal Date
On April 24, 2000, the Wisconsin Department of Administration submitted a proposed rule, ch. Adm 44, Wis. Adm. Code, to the Wisconsin Legislative Council Rules Clearinghouse.
Analysis
Statutory authority: ss. 16.004 (1) and 16.957 (2) (c), Stats.
Statute interpreted: s. 16.957 (2) (b), Stats.
Under s. 16.957 (2) (b), Stats., the Department of Administration is required to promulgate rules for energy conservation and efficiency and renewable resource public benefits programs. The proposed rule establishes requirements, procedures and criteria to be followed by program administrators in soliciting and selecting applications for grant funding to be awarded by the Department for energy programs established under s. 16.957 (2) (b), Stats.
Agency Procedure for Promulgation
A public hearing is required and the Department will hold a public hearing on this rule after the Wisconsin Legislative Council Rules Clearinghouse completes its review. The Division of Energy and Public Benefits is primarily responsible for promulgation of this rule.
Contact Information
If you have any questions regarding this rule, please contact:
Donna Sorenson
Department of Administration
Telephone (608) 266-2887
Administration
Rule Submittal Date
On April 24, 2000, the Wisconsin Department of Administration submitted a proposed rule, ch. Adm 45, Wis. Adm. Code, to the Wisconsin Legislative Council Rules Clearinghouse.
Analysis
Statutory authority: ss. 16.004 (1) and 16.957 (2) (c), Stats.
Statute interpreted: s. 16.957 (2) (a), Stats.
Under s. 16.957 (2) (c), Stats., the Department of Administration is required to promulgate rules for low-income public benefits programs. The proposed rule establishes eligibility and application requirements and procedures for assistance under a low-income public benefits program established under s. 16.957 (2) (a), Stats.
Agency Procedure for Promulgation
A public hearing is required and the Department will hold a public hearing on this rule after the Wisconsin Legislative Council Rules Clearinghouse completes its review. The Division of Energy and Public Benefits is primarily responsible for promulgation of this rule.
Contact Information
If you have any questions regarding this rule, please contact:
Donna Sorenson
Department of Administration
Telephone (608) 266-2887
Corrections
Rule Submittal Date
Notice is hereby given that pursuant to s. 227.14 (4m), Stats., on April 19, 2000, the Wisconsin Department of Corrections submitted a proposed rule, ch. DOC 306, Wis. Adm. Code, to the Wisconsin Legislative Council Rules Clearinghouse.
Analysis
Statutory authority: ss. 227.11 (2), 302.04, 302.07, 302.08
and 302.11 (2), Stats.
The subject matter of the proposed ch. DOC 306 relates to security.
Agency Procedure for Promulgation
A public hearing is required under s. 227.16 (1), Stats., and will be scheduled at a later date. The organizational unit that is primarily responsible for promulgation of the rule is the Division of Adult Institutions.
Contact Information
If you have any questions regarding this rule, please contact:
Julie Kane
Office of Legal Counsel
Telephone (608) 267-9839
Health and Family Services
(Medical Assistance, Chs. HFS 100--)
Rule Submittal Date
On April 28, 2000, the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services submitted a proposed rule to the Wisconsin Legislative Council Rules Clearinghouse.
Analysis
Statutory authority: Sections 49.45 (10) and 49.472 (3) (h), (4) (a) (intro.) and 2. a., 227.11 (2) and 227.24 (1), Stats.
The proposed rule affects chs. HFS 101 to 103 & 108, Wis. Adm. Code, relating to the Medicaid Purchase Plan.
Reason for rules, intended effects, requirements:
This order creates rules that specify the manner in which a new program called the Medicaid Purchase Plan, established under s. 49.472, Stats., as created by 1999 Wis. Act 9, will operate. Under the Medicaid Purchase Plan, working adults with disabilities whose family net income is less than 250% of the poverty line are eligible to purchase Medical Assistance, the name given to Medicaid in Wisconsin, on a sliding-fee scale. The order incorporates the rules for operation of the Medicaid Purchase Plan into chs. HFS 101 to 103 and 108, four of the Department's chapters of rules for operation of the Medical Assistance program.
The Medicaid Purchase Plan is projected to provide health care coverage to 1,200 Wisconsin residents with disabilities by the end of Fiscal Year 2001.
Health care coverage under the Medicaid Purchase Plan is identical to the comprehensive package of services provided by Medical Assistance. Persons enrolled in the Medicaid Purchase Plan would also be eligible for Wisconsin's home- and community-based waivers under s. 46.27, Stats., provided they meet the functional criteria for these waivers.
The rules created and amended by this order modify the current Medical Assistance rules to accommodate the Medicaid Purchase Plan and in the process:
