(f) Health care providers. 1. The department may grant payments for health care aid to a health care provider if the health care services are rendered within 90 days after the department confirms that the applicant is eligible and only after a description of benefits has been transmitted to the applicant or the county veterans service officer.
2. The department may accept a second application for the health care listed on the first description of benefits if the department receives a statement from the health care provider, within 14 calendar days before the expiration listed on the first description of benefits, that the health care authorized is still being provided and that the patient will not incur costs.
(g) Extensions. A health care provider providing health care services under par. (f) may submit an application to the department to request an extension of the 90 days. The application requesting the extension shall comply with all of the following:
1. Include a statement that the health care services to be provided are included in the description of benefits authorized under par. (f).
2. Include a statement that the patient will not incur additional costs for health care services authorized under par. (f).
3. Be received by the department no later than 14 calendar days before the expiration date listed on the description of benefits authorized under par. (f).
(h) Limitations. 1. The department may not pay health care aid under this subsection if the liquid assets of the veteran are in excess of $1,000. When determining the liquid assets of the veteran, the department may not include the first $50,000 of cash surrender value of any life insurance policy.
2. The department may provide a grant only if the health care provider accepts payments from the grant, available health insurance, 3rd party payments on behalf of the applicant, and any department-approved payment from the veteran as payment in full.
3. The department may approve a payment by the veteran when a provider refuses to accept the maximum grant available to the veteran as payment in full if the veteran has sufficient available liquid assets to contribute an amount that will induce the provider to accept the aggregate payment as payment in full.
section 21.
VA 2.01 (3) (d) to (g) is renumbered VA 2.01 (3m) (i) and amended to read: VA 2.01 (3m) (i) Dental care aid Types of health care aid. 1. ‘Dental care aid.’ a. A dental health care professional provider shall indicate in writing that the dental procedures performed were directly necessary to dental care.
b. Such Aid for the dental procedures shall may not exceed $500.00 $800.00 in any consecutive 12-month period except where a full or partial upper / or a lower denture is required.
c. The grant for such denture or dentures shall Aid for extended dental care may not exceed $1,875 for one or $3,750 for both $4,000 in any consecutive 48 24-month period.
2. ‘Hearing care aid.’ a. Hearing care shall aid may not exceed $200.00 in any consecutive 12-month period except where a left and / or right ear hearing aid, or both, is required.
b. The grant Aid for each hearing aid shall may not exceed $1,875 in any consecutive 48 24-month period.
c. A participant An applicant may obtain qualify for a grant to fund for an additional or more costly hearing aids and a related examination, if a licensed audiological health hearing care professional provider identifies, in writing, compelling a medical circumstances which have required this added condition that warrants additional financial assistance.
3. ‘Vision care aid.’ a. A grant for vision care shall may not exceed $400.00 in any consecutive 12-month period; however, a participant an applicant may obtain a grant for replacement glasses before 12 consecutive months have elapsed if the eyewear is prescribed because of a documented change in refractive error.
b. Vision care replacement. A participant An applicant may obtain a grant qualify for vision care aid for an additional visit to a licensed vision care provider and for a more costly set of corrective eyewear or for an additional set of corrective eyewear where if an optometrist or an ophthalmologist identifies, in writing, a compelling medical circumstance which has required this added condition that warrants additional financial assistance.
section 22.
VA 2.02 (1g) is created to read: VA 2.02 (1g) Authority and purpose. The purpose of ss. VA 2.02 to 2.05 is to establish rules for the implementation and administration of grants to veterans for tuition reimbursement and retraining, as authorized under ss. 45.20 and 45.21, Stats. section 23.
VA 2.02 (1) (intro.) is renumbered VA 2.02 (1r) (intro.) and amended to read: VA 2.02 (1r) (intro.) Definitions. In this section ss. VA 2.02 to 2.05, the following terms shall have the designated meanings: section 24.
VA 2.02 (1) (a) is repealed.section 25.
VA 2.02 (1) (b), (c), and (d) are renumbered VA 2.02 (1r) (b), (c), and (d). section 26.
VA 2.02 (1) (e) is repealed. section 27.
VA 2.02 (2) (title) is amended to read: VA 2.02 (2) (title) Reimbursement application Application.
section 28.
VA 2.02 (2) is renumbered VA 2.02 (2) (a) and amended to read: VA 2.02 (2) (a) An application shall be submitted electronically through an online portal or manually on a form approved by the department.
(b) It The application may be submitted through a county veterans service officer, through any other agent authorized by the department, or directly to the department, either manually or electronically.
(c) Applications shall be received by the department or an authorized agent no later than 60 days after the starting date of the course, term, or semester for which reimbursement is requested.
(d) Applications are considered received if all student information is completed and a physical or electronic date stamp is affixed to the application.
(e) The school veterans coordinator shall list the completion date of the semester, the cost of tuition, other assistance received or applied for by the applicant, the number of credits enrolled in during the semester, and the semester grade point average.
(f) Applications are considered complete when all required information has been provided and the completed application is submitted to the department manually or electronically.
(g) Completed applications submitted more than 60 days following after the last day of the course, term, or semester for which reimbursement is requested shall be denied unless good cause can be shown for the delay in submission.
section 29.
VA 2.02 (2) (a) (Note) is created to read: VA 2.02 (2) (a) (Note) Note: The Veterans Education Grant Application (form WDVA 2200) may be obtained at WisVets.com or by request: 1-800-WIS-VETS or 2135 Rimrock Road, PO Box 7843, Madison, WI 53707-7843.
section 30.
VA 2.02 (2) (Note) is repealed.section 31.
VA 2.02 (3) (a) is amended to read:
