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12. Subchapter II of chapter 619 [precedes 619.10] of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Acts 27 and .... (this act), is repealed.
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Section
13. 619.115 of the statutes is created to read:
619.115 Replacement and repeal of plan. If before January 1, 1998, the commissioner determines that a health care program that replaces the plan is enacted into law in this state and is operational, on January 1, 1998, the commissioner shall certify in writing that determination to the revisor of statutes. Upon receiving the certification, the revisor of statutes shall publish notice in the Wisconsin administrative register of the determination, the date of the certification and that on the date of the certification this subchapter is repealed.
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Section 15
. 619.14 (5) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
619.14 (5) (e) Using the procedure under s. 227.24, the commissioner may promulgate rules under par. (a) for the schedule of premiums for the period before the effective date of any permanent rules promulgated under par. (a) for the schedule of premiums, but not to exceed the period authorized under s. 227.24 (1) (c) and (2). Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) and (3), the commissioner is not required to make a finding of emergency.
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Section 15m. 619.167 of the statutes is created to read:
619.167 Reductions in premiums for other eligible persons. (1) The board may use the moneys appropriated under s. 20.145 (7) (b) to reduce premiums during the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 1996, for eligible persons who do not receive a premium subsidy under s. 619.165, who have a household income, as defined in s. 71.52 (5), that is less than $40,000 and who apply to the board for a reduction in their premium.
(2) If the board reduces premiums under sub. (1), the board shall direct the administering carrier to collect, under s. 619.16 (3) (b), from the eligible persons under sub. (1) the premiums as reduced under sub. (1) rather than the premiums established by the commissioner.
(3) The commissioner shall forward to the board moneys appropriated under s. 20.145 (7) (b) in an amount sufficient to pay for any premium reductions under sub. (1).
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16. 631.36 (7) (a) (intro.) and 2. of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 631.36 (7) (a) and amended to read:
631.36 (7) (a) Notice of cancellation or nonrenewal required under sub. (2) (b) or (4) is not effective: 2. Unless unless the notice contains adequate instructions to the policyholder for applying for insurance through a risk-sharing plan under subch. I of ch. 619, if a risk-sharing plan exists under subch. I of ch. 619 for the kind of coverage being canceled or nonrenewed, except as provided in par. (b).
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17. 631.36 (7) (a) 1. of the statutes is repealed.
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18. 631.36 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
631.36 (7) (b) Paragraph (a) 2. does not apply to a notice of cancellation or nonrenewal issued by the mandatory health care liability risk-sharing plan established under s. 619.04.
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19. 632.785 of the statutes is repealed.
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20. 635.254 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
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Section 21
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Nonstatutory provisions.
(1) Study on replacement for the health insurance risk-sharing plan.
(a) The office of the commissioner of insurance and the department of health and family services shall conduct a study for the purpose of establishing a replacement health care program for the health insurance risk-sharing plan under subchapter II of chapter 619 of the statutes
, as affected by this act. The study shall include an examination of all of the following:
1. The feasibility of establishing a basic health insurance plan for different groups of people, including low-income persons, persons with coverage under the health insurance risk-sharing plan and recipients of medical assistance or of health care benefits under another public assistance program.
2. The feasibility of providing health care coverage for persons with coverage under the health insurance risk-sharing plan under the Wisconsin works health plan or under a health care plan under subchapter IV of chapter 40 of the statutes covering state employes.
3. The availability of medical assistance block grants from the federal government and whether those block grants, if established before the completion of the study, could be used to provide coverage for persons with coverage under the health insurance risk-sharing plan.
4. The feasibility of providing funding for the replacement health care program through a surcharge on
health care providers that could be passed on by the health care providers to 3rd-party payers and others.
5. Whether the replacement health care program should be required to use managed care and whether health maintenance organizations should be required to provide coverage under the replacement health care program as a condition of providing coverage to state employes under a health care plan under subchapter IV of chapter 40 of the statutes.
6. Whether, and what types of, health insurance market reforms would alleviate some or all of the need for a replacement health care program.
7. The benefits to be provided, and the reimbursement rates for health care providers, under the replacement health care program.
8. Whether administrative savings could be achieved by administering the replacement health care program jointly with another public health care program or plan.
9. The income criteria to be used for the replacement health care program and the need for modification regarding the treatment of assets and depreciation to reflect disposable income.
(b) No later than February 1, 1997, the office and the department shall submit to the legislature in the manner provided under section 13.172 (2) of the statutes a report of the study and proposed legislation establishing and implementing a replacement health care program for the health insurance risk-sharing plan under subchapter II of chapter 619 of the statutes, as affected by this act.
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22.
Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication, except as follows:
(1) Repeal of health insurance risk-sharing plan. The treatment of sections 71.65 (4), 71.78 (4) (i), 71.80 (13), 185.983 (1) (intro.), 613.03 (3), 614.05 (1), 631.36 (7) (a) (intro.), 1. and 2. and (b), 632.785 and 635.254 (3) of the statutes, the repeal of section 20.145 (7) and subchapters I (title) and II of chapter 619 of the statutes and the renumbering of subchapter I of chapter 619 of the statutes take effect on the day on which the commissioner of insurance makes the certification to the revisor of statutes under section 619.115 of the statutes, as created by this act.
