AB100-ASA1,1814,126 149.14 (2) (a) The plan shall provide every eligible person who is not eligible
7for medicare with major medical expense coverage. Major medical expense coverage
8offered under the plan under this section shall pay an eligible person's covered
9expenses, subject to sub. (3) and deductible and coinsurance payments authorized
10under sub. (5), up to a lifetime limit of $500,000 $1,000,000 per covered individual.
11The maximum limit under this paragraph shall not be altered by the board, and no
12actuarially equivalent benefit may be substituted by the board.
AB100-ASA1, s. 3427 13Section 3427. 619.14 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 149.14 (3), and 149.14
14(3) (intro.) and (c) 3., as renumbered, are amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1814,2515 149.14 (3) Covered expenses. (intro.) Except as restricted by cost containment
16provisions under s. 619.17 149.17 (4) and except as reduced by the board under s.
17619.15 149.15 (3) (e) or by the department under s. 149.143 (2) (a) 3. or (3) or 149.144,
18covered expenses for the coverage under this section shall be the usual and
19customary charges for the services provided by persons licensed under ch. 446.
20Except as restricted by cost containment provisions under s. 619.17 149.17 (4) and
21except as reduced by the board under s. 619.15 149.15 (3) (e) or by the department
22under s. 149.143 (2) (a) 3. or (3) or 149.144
, covered expenses for the coverage under
23this section
shall also be the usual and customary charges for the following services
24and articles when prescribed by a physician licensed under ch. 448 or in another
25state:
AB100-ASA1,1815,3
1 (c) 3. Subject to the limits under subd. 2. and to rules promulgated by the
2commissioner department, services for the chronically mentally ill in community
3support programs operated under s. 51.421.
AB100-ASA1, s. 3428 4Section 3428. 619.14 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 149.14 (4), and 149.14
5(4) (intro.) and (m), as renumbered, are amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1815,76 149.14 (4) Exclusions. (intro.) Covered expenses for the coverage under this
7section
shall not include the following:
AB100-ASA1,1815,98 (m) Experimental treatment, as determined by the board or its designee
9department.
AB100-ASA1, s. 4852c 10Section 4852c. 619.14 (5) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 149.14 (5) (title)
11and amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1815,1212 149.14 (5) (title) Premiums, deductibles Deductibles and coinsurance.
AB100-ASA1, s. 3429 13Section 3429. 619.14 (5) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 149.14 (5) (a) and
14amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1816,615 149.14 (5) (a) The plan shall offer a deductible in combination with appropriate
16premiums determined under this subchapter chapter for major medical expense
17coverage required under this section. For coverage offered to those persons eligible
18for medicare, the plan shall offer a deductible equal to the deductible charged by part
19A of title XVIII of the federal social security act, as amended. The deductible
20amounts for all other eligible persons shall be dependent upon household income as
21determined under s. 619.165 149.165. For eligible persons under s. 619.165 (1) (b)
221.
149.165 (2) (a), the deductible shall be $500. For eligible persons under s. 619.165
23(1) (b) 2.
149.165 (2) (b), the deductible shall be $600. For eligible persons under s.
24619.165 (1) (b) 3. 149.165 (2) (c), the deductible shall be $700. For eligible persons
25under s. 619.165 (1) (b) 4. 149.165 (2) (d), the deductible shall be $800. For all other

1eligible persons who are not eligible for medicare, the deductible shall be $1,000.
2With respect to all eligible persons, expenses used to satisfy the deductible during
3the last 90 days of a calendar year shall also be applied to satisfy the deductible for
4the following calendar year. The schedule of premiums shall be promulgated by rule
5by the commissioner. The commissioner shall set rates at 60% of the operating and
6administrative costs of the plan.
AB100-ASA1, s. 4854c 7Section 4854c. 619.14 (5) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 149.14 (5) (b).
AB100-ASA1, s. 4855c 8Section 4855c. 619.14 (5) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 149.14 (5) (c)
AB100-ASA1, s. 3430 9Section 3430. 619.14 (5) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 149.14 (5) (d) and
10amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1816,1611 149.14 (5) (d) Notwithstanding pars. (a) to (c), the board department may
12establish different deductible amounts, a different coinsurance percentage and
13different covered costs and deductible aggregate amounts from those specified in
14pars. (a) to (c) in accordance with cost containment provisions established by the
15commissioner department under s. 619.17 (4) (a) and for individuals who enroll in
16an alternative plan under s. 619.145
149.17 (4).
AB100-ASA1, s. 4856v 17Section 4856v. 619.14 (5) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1816,2318 619.14 (5) (e) Using the procedure under s. 227.24, the commissioner may
19promulgate rules under par. (a) or s. 619.146 (2) (b) for the schedule of premiums for
20the period before the effective date of any permanent rules promulgated under par.
21(a) or s. 619.146 (2) (b) for the schedule of premiums, but not to exceed the period
22authorized under s. 227.24 (1) (c) and (2). Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) and (3), the
23commissioner is not required to make a finding of emergency.
AB100-ASA1, s. 4857c 24Section 4857c. 619.14 (5) (e) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act
25.... (this act), is repealed.
AB100-ASA1, s. 4858b
1Section 4858b. 619.14 (6) of the statutes is renumbered 619.14 (6) (a) and
2amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1817,63 619.14 (6) (a) No Except as provided in par. (b), no person who obtains coverage
4under the plan may be covered for any preexisting condition during the first 6 months
5of coverage under the plan if the person was diagnosed or treated for that condition
6during the 6 months immediately preceding the filing of an application with the plan.
AB100-ASA1, s. 4858c 7Section 4858c. 619.14 (6) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act
8.... (this act), is renumbered 149.14 (6).
AB100-ASA1, s. 4858d 9Section 4858d. 619.14 (6) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-ASA1,1817,1510 619.14 (6) (b) An eligible individual who obtains coverage under the plan on
11or after the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], may not be
12subject to any preexisting condition exclusion under the plan. An eligible individual
13who is covered under the plan on the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor
14inserts date], may not be subject to any preexisting condition exclusion on or after
15the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date].
AB100-ASA1, s. 3431 16Section 3431. 619.14 (7) of the statutes is renumbered 149.14 (7), and 149.14
17(7) (b) and (c), as renumbered, are amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1817,2118 149.14 (7) (b) The board department has a cause of action against an eligible
19participant for the recovery of the amount of benefits paid which are not for covered
20expenses under the plan. Benefits under the plan may be reduced or refused as a
21setoff against any amount recoverable under this paragraph.
AB100-ASA1,1817,2522 (c) The board department is subrogated to the rights of an eligible person to
23recover special damages for illness or injury to the person caused by the act of a 3rd
24person to the extent that benefits are provided under the plan. Section 814.03 (3)
25applies to the department under this paragraph.
AB100-ASA1, s. 3432
1Section 3432. 619.145 of the statutes is repealed.
AB100-ASA1, s. 4860c 2Section 4860c. 619.146 of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-ASA1,1818,6 3619.146 Choice of coverage. (1) (a) Beginning on January 1, 1998, in
4addition to the coverage required under s. 619.14, the plan shall offer to all eligible
5persons a choice of coverage, as described in section 2744 (a) (1) (C) of P.L. 104-191.
6Any such choice of coverage shall be major medical expense coverage.
AB100-ASA1,1818,157 (b) An eligible person may elect once each year, at the time and according to
8procedures established by the board, among the coverages offered under this section
9and s. 619.14. If an eligible person elects new coverage, any preexisting condition
10exclusion imposed under the new coverage is met to the extent that the eligible
11person has been previously and continuously covered under this subchapter. No
12preexisting condition exclusion may be imposed on an eligible person who elects new
13coverage if the person was an eligible individual when first covered under this
14subchapter and the person remained continuously covered under this subchapter up
15to the time of electing new coverage.
AB100-ASA1,1818,19 16(2) (a) Except as specified by the board, the terms of coverage under s. 619.14,
17including deductible reductions under s. 619.14 (5) (a), do not apply to the coverage
18offered under this section. Premium reductions under s. 619.165 do not apply to the
19coverage offered under this section.
AB100-ASA1,1818,2320 (b) The schedule of premiums for coverage under this section shall be
21promulgated by rule by the commissioner. The rates for coverage under this section
22shall be set such that they differ from the rates for coverage under s. 619.14 by the
23same percentage as the percentage difference between the following:
AB100-ASA1,1819,3
11. The rate that a standard risk would be charged under an individual policy
2providing substantially the same coverage and deductibles as provided under s.
3619.14.
AB100-ASA1,1819,64 2. The rate that a standard risk would be charged under an individual policy
5providing substantially the same coverage and deductibles as the coverage offered
6under this section.
AB100-ASA1, s. 4860d 7Section 4860d. 619.146 of the statutes, as created by 1997 Wisconsin Act ....
8(this act), is renumbered 149.146, and 149.146 (1) (a) and (b) and (2) (a) and (b)
9(intro.) and 1., as renumbered, are amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1819,1310 149.146 (1) (a) Beginning on January 1, 1998, in addition to the coverage
11required under s. 619.14 149.14, the plan shall offer to all eligible persons a choice
12of coverage, as described in section 2744 (a) (1) (C), P.L. 104-191. Any such choice
13of coverage shall be major medical expense coverage.
AB100-ASA1,1819,2214 (b) An eligible person may elect once each year, at the time and according to
15procedures established by the board, among the coverages offered under this section
16and s. 619.14 149.14. If an eligible person elects new coverage, any preexisting
17condition exclusion imposed under the new coverage is met to the extent that the
18eligible person has been previously and continuously covered under this subchapter
19chapter. No preexisting condition exclusion may be imposed on an eligible person
20who elects new coverage if the person was an eligible individual when first covered
21under this subchapter chapter and the person remained continuously covered under
22this subchapter chapter up to the time of electing the new coverage.
AB100-ASA1,1820,2 23(2) (a) Except as specified by the board, the terms of coverage under s. 619.14
24149.14, including deductible reductions under s. 619.14 149.14 (5) (a), do not apply

1to the coverage offered under this section. Premium reductions under s. 619.165
2149.165 do not apply to the coverage offered under this section.
AB100-ASA1,1820,73 (b) (intro.) The schedule of premiums for coverage under this section shall be
4promulgated by rule by the commissioner department, as provided in s. 149.143. The
5rates for coverage under this section shall be set such that they differ from the rates
6for coverage under s. 619.14 149.14 by the same percentage as the percentage
7difference between the following:
AB100-ASA1,1820,108 1. The rate that a standard risk would be charged under an individual policy
9providing substantially the same coverage and deductibles as provided under s.
10619.14 149.14.
AB100-ASA1, s. 3433 11Section 3433. 619.15 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 149.15 (title).
AB100-ASA1, s. 3434 12Section 3434. 619.15 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 149.15 (1) and amended
13to read:
AB100-ASA1,1821,614 149.15 (1) The plan shall operate subject to the supervision and approval of a
15have a board of governors consisting of representatives of 2 participating insurers
16which are nonprofit corporations, representatives of 2 other participating insurers,
173 health care provider representatives, including one representative of the State
18Medical Society of Wisconsin, one representative of the Wisconsin Health and
19Hospital Association and one representative of an integrated multidisciplinary
20health system,
and 3 public members, including one representative of small
21businesses in the state,
appointed by the commissioner secretary for staggered
223-year terms. In addition, the commissioner, or a designated representative from
23the office of the commissioner, and the secretary, or a designated representative from
24the department,
shall be a member members of the board. The public members shall
25not be professionally affiliated with the practice of medicine, a hospital or an insurer.

1At least 2 of the public members shall be individuals reasonably expected to qualify
2for coverage under the plan or the parent or spouse of such an individual. The
3commissioner secretary or the commissioner's secretary's representative shall be the
4chairperson of the board. Board members, except the commissioner or the
5commissioner's representative and the secretary or the secretary's representative,
6shall be compensated at the rate of $50 per diem plus actual and necessary expenses.
AB100-ASA1, s. 3435 7Section 3435. 619.15 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 149.15 (2) and amended
8to read:
AB100-ASA1,1821,149 149.15 (2) Annually, the board shall make a report to the members of the plan
10and to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the

11appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3), and to the members of the plan
12summarizing the activities of the plan in the preceding calendar year. The annual
13report shall define the cost burden imposed by the plan on all policyholders in this
14state.
AB100-ASA1, s. 3436 15Section 3436. 619.15 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 149.15 (3)
16(intro.) and amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1821,1717 149.15 (3) (intro.) The board shall do all of the following:
AB100-ASA1, s. 3437 18Section 3437. 619.15 (3) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 149.15 (3) (a).
AB100-ASA1, s. 3438 19Section 3438. 619.15 (3) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100-ASA1, s. 4867c 20Section 4867c. 619.15 (3) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 149.15 (3) (c) and
21amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1822,322 149.15 (3) (c) Collect assessments from all insurers to provide for claims paid
23under the plan and for administrative expenses incurred or estimated to be incurred
24during the period for which the assessment is made. The level of payments shall be
25established by the board as provided under s. 149.143. Assessment of the insurers

1shall occur at the end of each calendar year or other fiscal year end established by
2the board. Assessments are due and payable within 30 days of receipt by the insurer
3of the assessment notice.
AB100-ASA1, s. 3439 4Section 3439. 619.15 (3) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 149.15 (3) (d).
AB100-ASA1, s. 4869c 5Section 4869c. 619.15 (3) (e) of the statutes is renumbered 149.15 (3) (e) and
6amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1822,127 149.15 (3) (e) Establish for payment of covered expenses, a payment rate that
8is 10% less than the charges approved by the administering carrier plan
9administrator
for reimbursement of covered expenses under s. 619.14 149.14 (3). A
10provider of a covered service or article may not bill an eligible person who receives
11the service or article for any amount by which the charge is reduced under this
12paragraph.
AB100-ASA1, s. 4869d 13Section 4869d. 619.15 (3) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-ASA1,1822,1514 619.15 (3) (f) In consultation with the office and the department of health and
15family services, establish a choice of coverage under s. 619.146.
AB100-ASA1, s. 4869f 16Section 4869f. 619.15 (3) (f) of the statutes, as created by 1997 Wisconsin Act
17.... (this act), is renumbered 149.15 (3) (f) and amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1822,2018 149.15 (3) (f) In consultation with the office of the commissioner of insurance
19and the department of health and family services, establish a choice of coverage
20under s. 619.146 149.146.
AB100-ASA1, s. 3440 21Section 3440. 619.15 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 149.15 (4)
22(intro.) and amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1822,2323 149.15 (4) (intro.) The board may do any of the following:
AB100-ASA1, s. 3441 24Section 3441. 619.15 (4) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 149.15 (4) (a).
AB100-ASA1, s. 3442 25Section 3442. 619.15 (4) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 149.15 (4) (b).
AB100-ASA1, s. 4873c
1Section 4873c. 619.15 (4) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100-ASA1, s. 3443 2Section 3443. 619.15 (4) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100-ASA1, s. 3444 3Section 3444. 619.15 (4) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100-ASA1, s. 3445 4Section 3445. 619.15 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 149.15 (5) and amended
5to read:
AB100-ASA1,1823,76 149.15 (5) The commissioner department may, by rule, establish additional
7powers and duties of the board.
AB100-ASA1, s. 3446 8Section 3446. 619.15 (6) of the statutes is renumbered 149.15 (6) and amended
9to read:
AB100-ASA1,1823,1110 149.15 (6) If any provision of this subchapter chapter conflicts with s. 625.11
11or 625.12, this subchapter chapter prevails.
AB100-ASA1, s. 3447 12Section 3447. 619.15 (7) of the statutes is renumbered 149.15 (7).
AB100-ASA1, s. 3448 13Section 3448. 619.16 (title) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100-ASA1, s. 3449 14Section 3449. 619.16 (1) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100-ASA1, s. 3450 15Section 3450. 619.16 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100-ASA1, s. 3451 16Section 3451. 619.16 (3) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 149.16 (3) (a) and
17amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1823,1918 149.16 (3) (a) The administering carrier plan administrator shall perform all
19eligibility and administrative claims payment functions relating to the plan.
AB100-ASA1, s. 3452 20Section 3452. 619.16 (3) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 149.16 (3) (b) and
21amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1823,2422 149.16 (3) (b) The administering carrier plan administrator shall establish a
23premium billing procedure for collection of premiums from insured persons. Billings
24shall be made on a periodic basis as determined by the board department.
AB100-ASA1, s. 4884c
1Section 4884c. 619.16 (3) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 149.16 (3) (c), and
2149.16 (3) (c) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1824,53 149.16 (3) (c) (intro.) The administering carrier plan administrator shall
4perform all necessary functions to assure timely payment of benefits to covered
5persons under the plan, including:
AB100-ASA1, s. 3453 6Section 3453. 619.16 (3) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100-ASA1, s. 3454 7Section 3454. 619.16 (3) (e) of the statutes is renumbered 149.16 (3) (e) and
8amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1824,169 149.16 (3) (e) The administering carrier plan administrator, under the
10direction of the department,
shall pay claims expenses from the premium payments
11received from or on behalf of covered persons under the plan. If the administering
12carrier's
plan administrator's payments for claims expenses exceed the portion of
13premiums allocated by the board for payment of claims expenses
premium
14payments
, the board shall forward to the department, and the department shall
15provide to the carrier plan administrator, additional funds for payment of claims
16expenses.
AB100-ASA1, s. 3455 17Section 3455. 619.16 (3) (em) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100-ASA1, s. 3456 18Section 3456. 619.16 (3) (f) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100-ASA1, s. 3457 19Section 3457. 619.165 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 149.165 (title).
AB100-ASA1, s. 3458 20Section 3458. 619.165 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 149.165 (1) and
21amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1824,2522 149.165 (1) The board Except as provided in s. 149.146 (2) (a), the department
23shall reduce the premiums established by the commissioner under s. 619.11 149.11
24in conformity with ss. 619.14 (5) 149.143 and 619.17 149.17, for the eligible persons
25and in the manner set forth in pars. (b) to (d) subs. (2) and (3).
AB100-ASA1, s. 3459
1Section 3459. 619.165 (1) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 149.165 (2), and
2149.165 (2) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1825,73 149.165 (2) (intro.) If the household income, as defined in s. 71.52 (5) and as
4determined under par. (d) sub. (3), of an eligible person is equal to or greater than
5the first amount and less than the 2nd amount listed in any of the following, the
6board department shall reduce the premium for the eligible person, as established
7by the commissioner,
to the rate shown after the amounts:
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