AB1-ASA1-AA1,163,15 15" Section 335m. 146.70 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,163,1616 146.70 (3m) Wireless providers. (a) Definitions. In this subsection:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,163,1717 1. "Board" means the wireless 911 board.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,163,2018 2. "Federal wireless orders" means the orders of the federal communications
19commission regarding 911 emergency services for wireless telephone users in FCC
20docket no. 94-102.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,163,2221 3. "Wireless provider" means a commercial mobile radio service provider, as
22defined in s. 196.01 (2g), that is subject to the federal wireless orders.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,164,323 4. "Wireless public safety answering point" means a facility to which a call on
24a wireless provider's system is initially routed for response, and on which a public

1agency directly dispatches the appropriate emergency service provider, relays a
2message to the appropriate emergency service provider, or transfers the call to the
3appropriate emergency services provider.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,164,134 (b) Grants. 1. From the appropriations under s. 20.143 (3) (js) and (kv), the
5board shall make grants to public agencies that operate public safety answering
6points for eligible expenses under par. (c). A public agency is eligible for a grant
7under this subdivision only if the board determines that the public agency has
8complied with the federal wireless orders and either is providing 911 emergency
9services for wireless telephone users or has begun to implement 911 emergency
10services for wireless telephone users that will be provided within 2 years after
11implementation has begun. The total amount in grants that a public agency may
12receive under this subdivision may not exceed 50% of the public agency's total eligible
13expenses under par. (c).
AB1-ASA1-AA1,164,1914 2. From the appropriation under s. 20.143 (3) (jm), the board shall make grants
15to wireless providers for actual costs and expenses incurred by wireless providers in
16complying with the federal wireless orders, including costs and expenses for
17designing, upgrading, purchasing, leasing, programming, installing, testing,
18operating, and maintaining data, hardware, and software necessary to provide 911
19emergency services for wireless telephone users.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,165,220 3. If the board determines that there are insufficient funds in the appropriation
21account under s. 20.143 (3) (jm) to make a grant under subd. 2., and the board has
22not paid a grant under subd. 1. or an installment under subd. 4. in the preceding 3
23months, the board may make the grant to the wireless provider from the
24appropriation account under s. 20.143 (3) (js). If the board makes a grant under this
25subdivision, the board shall, as soon as practicable, transfer moneys from the

1appropriation account under s. 20.143 (3) (jm) to the appropriation account under s.
220.143 (3) (kv) in an amount equal to the amount of the grant.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,165,53 4. If the board determines that there are insufficient funds in an appropriation
4to make a grant under this paragraph, the board may make the grant in
5installments.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,165,86 5. The board shall contract for independent audits of applications for grants
7under this paragraph. An applicant shall provide an auditor with any relevant
8confidential business information.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,165,129 (c) Public agency eligible expenses. 1. A public agency may receive a grant
10under par. (b) 1. for actual expenses that the public agency directly and primarily
11incurred for leasing, purchasing, operating, or maintaining a wireless public safety
12answering point, including expenses for all of the following:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,165,1513 a. Necessary network equipment, computer hardware and software, database
14equipment, and radio and telephone equipment, that are located within the public
15safety answering point.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,165,1616 b. Training operators of a public safety answering point.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,165,1817 c. Network costs for delivery of calls from a wireless provider to a public safety
18answering point.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,165,2019 2. Except for expenses under subd. 1., a public agency may not receive a grant
20under par. (b) 1. for any of the following:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,165,2321 a. Emergency service dispatch, including personnel, training, equipment,
22software, records management, radio communications, and mobile data network
23systems.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,165,2424 b. Vehicles and equipment in vehicles.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,166,2
1c. Communications equipment and software used to communicate with
2vehicles.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,166,43 d. Real estate and improvements to real estate, other than improvements
4necessary to maintain the security of a public safety answering point.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,166,55 e. Salaries and benefits of operators of a public safety answering point.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,166,126 (d) Wireless surcharge. 1. Each wireless provider shall impose a surcharge of
750 cents per month for each telephone number that has a billable address in this state
8and shall identify the surcharge on a customer's bill on a separate line that is
9identified as "Wireless 911 Surcharge." The board may promulgate rules that
10increase or decrease the surcharge, except that the board may not increase the
11surcharge more than once per year, any increase must be uniform statewide and may
12not exceed 10 cents, and the surcharge may not exceed $1.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,166,1413 2. A wireless provider may not prorate the surcharge and shall collect the entire
14amount of the surcharge for a month of partial service.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,166,2115 3. The board shall promulgate rules establishing requirements for wireless
16providers to collect the surcharge from their customers beginning with the first bills
17issued after July 1, 2002. Except as provided in subd. 4., a wireless provider shall
18pay the surcharges to the board no more than 60 days after the end of the calendar
19month in which the surcharges are collected. The board shall bring an action to
20collect a surcharge that is not paid by a customer and the customer's wireless
21provider is not liable for the unpaid surcharge.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,166,2422 4. Wireless providers may retain 2% of the surcharges collected in fiscal year
232002-03 for reimbursing costs related to collecting the surcharge, including
24reprogramming billing systems.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,167,5
1(e) Confidentiality of information. The board may withhold from public
2inspection any information that would aid a competitor of a wireless provider in
3competition with the wireless provider. The board shall establish procedures for
4internal management that prohibit members of the board from having access to
5confidential business information submitted by wireless providers.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,167,116 (f) Public information. The board shall promulgate rules establishing
7requirements and procedures for informing the public about the purpose and uses
8of the surcharge required under this subsection. The rules shall require the board
9to maintain a toll-free telephone number to provide such information to the public
10and require wireless providers to identify the toll-free number on bills and direct
11customers to contact the board regarding questions about the surcharge.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,167,1412 (g) Other charges prohibited. No city, village, town, county, or state agency, as
13defined in s. 16.375 (1), except the board, may require a wireless provider to collect
14or pay a surcharge or fee related to wireless emergency telephone service.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,167,1715 (h) Liability exemption. A wireless provider shall not be liable to any person
16who uses a wireless emergency telephone number system for which a grant is made
17under par. (b).
AB1-ASA1-AA1,167,2218 (i) Report to governor and legislature. Annually, the board shall submit a report
19to the governor, and to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution
20to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2), that describes the costs incurred by wireless
21providers and public agencies in providing wireless emergency telephone service and
22the grants made by the board.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,167,2423 (j) Board powers. The board shall possess all powers necessary or convenient
24for administering the requirements of this subsection.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,168,2
1(k) Sunset. This subsection does not apply after the first day of the 120th month
2beginning after the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date].".
AB1-ASA1-AA1,168,3 3211. Page 172, line 10: after that line insert:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,168,4 4" Section 336d. 146.96 of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,168,8 5146.96 Uniform claim processing form. Beginning no later than July 1,
62004, every health care provider, as defined in s. 146.81 (1), shall use the uniform
7claim processing form developed by the commissioner of insurance under s. 601.41
8(9) (b) when submitting a claim to an insurer.".
AB1-ASA1-AA1,168,9 9212. Page 172, line 10: after that line insert:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,168,10 10" Section 336im. 149.10 (8b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB1-ASA1-AA1, s. 336ip 11Section 336ip. 149.15 (3) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,168,1612 149.15 (3) (g) Establish oversight committees to address various
13administrative issues, such as financial management of the plan and, selection of the
14plan administrator, and
plan administrator performance standards. A
15representative of the department may not be the chairperson of any committee
16established under this paragraph.
AB1-ASA1-AA1, s. 336ir 17Section 336ir. 149.16 (1) of the statutes is repealed.
AB1-ASA1-AA1, s. 336is 18Section 336is. 149.16 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,168,2219 149.16 (1m) (a) The plan administrator shall be selected by the department
20and the board together in a competitive, request-for-proposals process. The
21department shall work with the board and the plan administrator selection
22committee established under s. 149.15 (3) (g) to do all of the following:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,168,2423 1. Develop and issue a request for proposals to be used to solicit contract
24proposals.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,169,2
12. Evaluate technical proposals and accompanying cost proposals submitted in
2response to the request for proposals.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,169,33 3. Request and evaluate best and final offers.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,169,54 4. Select a plan administrator and, subject to sub. (5), award a contract for plan
5administration.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,169,96 (b) 1. Any contract awarded under this subsection shall have a term of 3 years,
7beginning on July 1 and ending on June 30 of the 3rd year beginning after the year
8in which the contract commences. The start work date of the initial contract awarded
9under this subsection may not be later than July 1, 2003.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,169,1210 2. Notwithstanding subd. 1, the department, with the concurrence of the board,
11may negotiate not more than 2 one-year extensions of a contract described under
12subd. 1.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,169,1513 3. Notwithstanding subds. 1. and 2., a contract awarded under this subsection
14may be extended beyond its 3-year term or a one-year extension in order to facilitate
15the transition to administration of the plan by a succeeding plan administrator.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,169,2016 (c) The plan administrator selected under this subsection must have in place
17at the time the plan administrator is selected information systems that are in
18compliance with the standards adopted under the administrative simplification
19provisions of the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of
201996.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,169,2221 (d) The plan shall be administered in the state but the administration may not
22be limited to any particular geographic location within the state.
AB1-ASA1-AA1, s. 336itc 23Section 336itc. 149.16 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,170,324 149.16 (3m) The plan administrator shall submit regular reports to the
25department, the board, and the plan administrator selection committee established

1under s. 149.15 (3) (g) regarding the operation of the plan. The frequency, content,
2and form of the reports shall be determined by the department, the board, and the
3plan administrator selection committee.
AB1-ASA1-AA1, s. 336itm 4Section 336itm. 149.16 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,170,85 149.16 (4) The If the plan administrator selected under sub. (1m) is the fiscal
6agent under s. 49.45 (2) (b) 2., the
plan administrator shall account for costs related
7to the plan separately from costs related to medical assistance under subch. IV of ch.
849
.
AB1-ASA1-AA1, s. 336itr 9Section 336itr. 149.16 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,170,1210 149.16 (5) The department shall obtain the approval of the board before
11implementing any contract with the plan administrator, including any extension of
12a contract under sub. (1m) (b) 2
.".
AB1-ASA1-AA1,170,13 13213. Page 173, line 16: after that line insert:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,170,14 14" Section 338g. 157.055 of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,170,16 15157.055 Disposal of human remains during state of emergency relating
16to public health.
(1) In this section:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,170,1717 (a) "Funeral establishment" has the meaning given in s. 445.01 (6).
AB1-ASA1-AA1,170,1818 (b) "Public health authority" has the meaning given in s. 250.01 (6g).
AB1-ASA1-AA1,170,22 19(2) Notwithstanding ss. 69.18 (4), 445.04 (2), 445.14, 979.01 (3), (3m), and (4),
20979.02, and 979.10, during a period of a state of emergency related to public health
21declared by the governor under s. 166.03 (1) (b) 1., a public health authority may do
22all of the following:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,171,3
1(a) Issue and enforce orders that are reasonable and necessary to provide for
2the safe disposal of human remains, including by embalming, burial, cremation,
3interment, disinterment, transportation, and other disposal.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,171,44 (b) Take possession and control of any human remains.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,171,95 (c) Order the disposal, through burial or cremation, of any human remains of
6an individual who has died of a communicable disease, within 24 hours after the
7individual's death and consider, to the extent feasible, the religious, cultural, or
8individual beliefs of the deceased individual or his or her family in disposing of the
9remains.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,171,1710 (d) If reasonable and necessary for emergency response, require a funeral
11establishment, as a condition of its permit under s. 445.105 (1), to accept human
12remains or provide the use of its business or facility, including by transferring the
13management and supervision of the funeral establishment to the public health
14authority, for a period of time not to exceed the period of the state of emergency.
15Reasonable and necessary expenses of a funeral establishment in complying with the
16requirements under this paragraph may be paid by the department from the
17appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (e).
AB1-ASA1-AA1,171,2218 (e) Require the labeling of all human remains before disposal with all available
19identifying information and information concerning the circumstances of death and,
20in addition, require that the human remains of an individual with a communicable
21disease be clearly tagged to indicate that remains contain a communicable disease
22and, if known, the specific communicable disease.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,172,423 (f) Maintain or require the maintenance of a written or electronic record of all
24human remains that are disposed of, including all available identifying information
25and information concerning the circumstances of death and disposal. If it is

1impossible to identify human remains prior to disposal, the public health authority
2may require that a qualified person obtain any fingerprints, photographs, or
3identifying dental information, and collect a specimen of deoxyribonucleic acid from
4the human remains and transmit this information to the public health authority.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,172,165 (g) Notwithstanding s. 59.34 (1) or 59.35 (1), authorize a county medical
6examiner or a county coroner to appoint emergency assistant medical examiners or
7emergency deputy coroners, whichever is applicable, if necessary to perform the
8duties of the office of medical examiner or coroner, and to prescribe the duties of the
9emergency assistant medical examiners or emergency deputy coroners. The term of
10any emergency appointment authorized under this paragraph may not exceed the
11period of the state emergency. A county medical examiner or county coroner may
12terminate an emergency appointment before the end of the period of the state
13emergency, if termination of the appointment will not impede the performance of the
14duties of his or her office. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (e), the
15department shall reimburse counties for the cost of any emergency medical
16examiners or emergency deputy coroners appointed under this paragraph.".
AB1-ASA1-AA1,172,17 17214. Page 173, line 16: after that line insert:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,172,18 18" Section 338n. 160.257 of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,172,20 19160.257 Exceptions for certain aquifer storage and recovery systems.
20(1) In this section:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,172,2221 (a) "Aquifer storage and recovery system" means all of the aquifer storage and
22recovery wells and related appurtenances that are part of a municipal water system.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,173,3
1(b) "Aquifer storage and recovery well" means a well through which treated
2drinking water is placed underground for the purpose of storing and later recovering
3the water through the same well for use as drinking water.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,173,74 (c) "Municipal water system" means a community water system, as defined in
5s. 281.62 (1) (a), that is owned by a city, village, town, county, town sanitary district,
6utility district, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district, or municipal
7water district, or by a privately owned water utility serving any of the foregoing.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,173,88 (d) "Specified substance" means one of the following:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,173,99 1. Chloroform.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,173,1010 2. Bromodichloromethane.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,173,1111 3. Dibromochloromethane.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,173,1212 4. Bromoform.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,173,1513 (e) "Treated drinking water" means potable water that has been treated so that
14it complies with the primary drinking water standards promulgated under ss. 280.11
15and 281.17 (8).
AB1-ASA1-AA1,173,23 16(2) Notwithstanding s. 160.19 (1) and (2), the department is not required to
17promulgate or amend rules that define design or management criteria for aquifer
18storage and recovery systems in Oak Creek or Brown County to minimize the amount
19of a specified substance in groundwater or to maintain compliance with the
20preventive action limit for a specified substance, however, the department shall
21promulgate rules that define design or management criteria for aquifer storage and
22recovery systems to maintain compliance with drinking water standards
23promulgated under ss. 280.11 and 281.17 (8).
AB1-ASA1-AA1,174,3
1(3) Notwithstanding s. 160.21 (2), the point of standards application for an
2aquifer storage and recovery well in Oak Creek or Brown County with respect to a
3specified substance is 1,200 feet from the aquifer storage and recovery well.".
AB1-ASA1-AA1,174,4 4215. Page 176, line 3: after that line insert:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,174,5 5" Section 340g. 166.02 (1p) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,174,66 166.02 (1p) "Biological agent" means any of the following:
AB1-ASA1-AA1,174,87 (a) A select agent that is a virus, bacterium, rickettsia, fungus, or toxin that is
8specified under 42 CFR 72, Appendix A.
AB1-ASA1-AA1,174,119 (b) A genetically modified microorganism or genetic element from an organism
10under par. (a) that is shown to produce or encode for a factor associated with a
11disease.
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