Amendment AA1-AB42

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2001 - 2002 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1, TO 2001 ASSEMBLY BILL 42

February 7, 2001 - Offered by Committee on Corrections and the Courts.

AB42-AA1,1,1 At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:

AB42-AA1,1,3 1. Page 1, line 4: after "facilities," insert "primary care in correctional facilities,".

AB42-AA1,1,4 2. Page 5, line 20: after that line insert:

AB42-AA1,1,5 " Section 8m. 301.08 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB42-AA1,1,11 301.08 (1m) Primary care provision. (a) In this subsection, "primary care" means basic health care services, including general assessment, treatment, and management of common acute and chronic physical and mental health conditions, health promotion and disease prevention, routine prenatal and postpartum care, the referral to a health care provider for emergency physical or mental health treatment, and the referral to a specialist for physical and mental health services.

AB42-AA1,2,2 (b) Notwithstanding sub. (1), the department shall provide primary care to inmates of a Type 1 prison exclusively through employees of the department. This requirement does not apply to a Type 1 prison in which the department provides primary care to inmates for less than 20 hours per week on a regular basis.

AB42-AA1,2,11 (c) Except as provided in this paragraph, the department may not, after the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], enter into any contract for the provision of primary care that violates par. (b). If the department has a contract for the provision of primary care on the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], that contract may be extended or renewed for a period that does not extend beyond July 1, 2002. If the department has a contract for the provision of primary care on the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], that expires after July 1, 2002, that contract may not be extended or renewed beyond that expiration date.".

AB42-AA1,2,12 (End)