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49.45
(6u) (bm) In state fiscal years in which $115,200,000 or more in federal
20financial participation relating to facilities is received under
42 CFR 433.51, from the
21appropriations under s. 20.435 (4) (o) and (w), for reduction of operating deficits, as
22defined under criteria developed by the department, incurred by a facility that is
23established under s. 49.70 (1) or that is owned and operated by a city, village, or town,
24the department may not distribute to these facilities more than $77,100,000 in each
1fiscal year, as determined by the department under a methodology as specified in the
2state plan for services under
42 USC 1396.
SB55-SSA1,628,94
49.45
(6x) (a) Notwithstanding sub. (3) (e), from the appropriations under s.
520.435 (4) (b)
and, (o)
, and (w), the department shall distribute not more than
6$4,748,000 in each fiscal year, to provide funds to an essential access city hospital,
7except that the department may not allocate funds to an essential access city hospital
8to the extent that the allocation would exceed any limitation under
42 USC 1396b 9(i) (3).
SB55-SSA1,628,2011
49.45
(6y) (a) Notwithstanding sub. (3) (e), from the appropriations under s.
1220.435 (4) (b)
and, (o)
, and (w), the department shall distribute funding in each fiscal
13year to provide supplemental payment to hospitals that enter into a contract under
14s. 49.02 (2) to provide health care services funded by a relief block grant, as
15determined by the department, for hospital services that are not in excess of the
16hospitals' customary charges for the services, as limited under
42 USC 1396b (i) (3).
17If no relief block grant is awarded under this chapter or if the allocation of funds to
18such hospitals would exceed any limitation under
42 USC 1396b (i) (3), the
19department may distribute funds to hospitals that have not entered into a contract
20under s. 49.02 (2).
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(6y) (am) Notwithstanding sub. (3) (e), from the appropriations under s.
2320.435 (4) (b), (h)
and, (o)
, and (w), the department shall distribute funding in each
24fiscal year to provide supplemental payments to hospitals that enter into contracts
25under s. 49.02 (2) with a county having a population of 500,000 or more to provide
1health care services funded by a relief block grant, as determined by the department,
2for hospital services that are not in excess of the hospitals' customary charges for the
3services, as limited under
42 USC 1396b (i) (3).
SB55-SSA1, s. 1782
4Section
1782. 49.45 (6z) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,629,155
49.45
(6z) (a) (intro.) Notwithstanding sub. (3) (e), from the appropriations
6under s. 20.435 (4) (b)
and, (o)
, and (w), the department shall distribute funding in
7each fiscal year to supplement payment for services to hospitals that enter into a
8contract under s. 49.02 (2) to provide health care services funded by a relief block
9grant under this chapter, if the department determines that the hospitals serve a
10disproportionate number of low-income patients with special needs. If no medical
11relief block grant under this chapter is awarded or if the allocation of funds to such
12hospitals would exceed any limitation under
42 USC 1396b (i) (3), the department
13may distribute funds to hospitals that have not entered into a contract under s. 49.02
14(2). The department may not distribute funds under this subsection to the extent
15that the distribution would do any of the following:
SB55-SSA1,629,2117
49.45
(8) (b) Reimbursement under s. 20.435 (4) (b)
and, (o)
, and (w) for home
18health services provided by a certified home health agency or independent nurse
19shall be made at the home health agency's or nurse's usual and customary fee per
20patient care visit, subject to a maximum allowable fee per patient care visit that is
21established under par. (c).
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(22) (a) If the department contracts with health maintenance
24organizations for the provision of medical assistance it shall give special
1consideration to health maintenance organizations that provide or that contract to
2provide comprehensive, specialized health care services to pregnant teenagers.
SB55-SSA1,630,11
3(b) If the department contracts with health maintenance organizations for the
4provision of medical assistance, the department shall determine which medical
5assistance recipients who have attained the age of 2 but have not attained the age
6of 6 and who are at risk for lead poisoning have not received lead screening from those
7health maintenance organizations. The department shall report annually to the
8appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3) on the
9percentage of medical assistance recipients under the age of 2 who received a lead
10screening test in that year provided by a health maintenance organization compared
11with the percentage that the department set as a goal for that year.
SB55-SSA1,630,2213
49.45
(22) (c)
If the department contracts with health maintenance
14organizations for the provision of medical assistance, each contract shall require a
15health maintenance organization to contract with at least the number of primary
16care providers, within a radius of 30 miles from the boundary of the area the health
17maintenance organization serves, that is sufficient to ensure that each medical
18assistance recipient who is eligible for medical assistance under s. 49.46 (1) (a) 1., 1g.,
191m., 6., 9., 10., 11., 12., or 13. or 49.47 (4) (ag) 1. or 2. will be able to adequately access
20the health care services offered by the health maintenance organization. The
21department shall determine the number of primary care providers with whom each
22health maintenance organization is required to contract.
SB55-SSA1, s. 1788
23Section
1788. 49.45 (24m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,631,324
49.45
(24m) Home health care and personal care pilot program. (intro.)
25From the appropriations under s. 20.435 (4) (b)
and, (o)
, and (w), in order to test the
1feasibility of instituting a system of reimbursement for providers of home health care
2and personal care services for medical assistance recipients that is based on
3competitive bidding, the department shall:
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(30m) Certain services for developmentally disabled. A county shall
6provide the portion of the services under s. 51.06
(1)
(1m) (d) to individuals who are
7eligible for medical assistance that is not provided by the federal government.
SB55-SSA1,631,129
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(40) Periodic record matches.
The If the department contracts with the
10department of workforce development under s. 49.197 (5), the department shall
11cooperate with the department of workforce development in matching records of
12medical assistance recipients under s. 49.32 (7).
SB55-SSA1,631,1414
49.45
(46) (b) This subsection does not apply after
July 1 June 30, 2003.
SB55-SSA1,631,2016
49.45
(48) Payment of medicare part B outpatient hospital services
17coinsurances. The department shall include in the state plan for medical assistance
18a methodology for payment of the medicare part B outpatient hospital services
19coinsurance amounts that are authorized under ss. 49.46 (2) (c) 2., 4., and 5m., 49.468
20(1) (b), and 49.47 (6) (a) 6. b., d., and f.
SB55-SSA1,631,2522
49.46
(1) (a) 1.
Any person included in the Notwithstanding s. 49.19 (20), any
23individual who, without regard to the individual's resources, would qualify for a 24grant of aid to families with dependent children
and any person who does under s.
2549.19.
SB55-SSA1,632,4
11g. Notwithstanding s. 49.19 (20), any individual who, without regard to the
2individual's resources, would qualify for a grant of aid to families with dependent
3children but who would not receive
such the aid solely because of the application of
4s. 49.19 (11) (a) 7.
SB55-SSA1, s. 1797g
5Section 1797g. 49.46 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin
6Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,632,107
49.46
(1) (a) 1. Notwithstanding s. 49.19 (20), any individual who, without
8regard to the individual's resources
or income, would qualify for a grant of aid to
9families with dependent children under s. 49.19
and whose income does not exceed
10the income limit under par. (ar).
SB55-SSA1, s. 1797j
11Section 1797j. 49.46 (1) (a) 1g. of the statutes, as created by 2001 Wisconsin
12Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,632,1713
49.46
(1) (a) 1g. Notwithstanding s. 49.19 (20), any individual who, without
14regard to the individual's resources
or income, would qualify for a grant of aid to
15families with dependent children but
who would not receive the aid solely because
16of the application of s. 49.19 (11) (a) 7
. and whose income does not exceed the income
17limit under par. (ar).
SB55-SSA1,632,2219
49.46
(1) (a) 1m. Any pregnant woman
who meets the resource and whose 20income
limits does not exceed the standard of need under s. 49.19
(4) (bm) and (es) 21(11) and whose pregnancy is medically verified. Eligibility continues to the last day
22of the month in which the 60th day after the last day of the pregnancy falls.
SB55-SSA1, s. 1798g
23Section 1798g. 49.46 (1) (a) 1m. of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin
24Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,633,4
149.46
(1) (a) 1m. Any pregnant woman whose income does not exceed the
2standard of need under s. 49.19 (11) income limit under par. (ar) and whose
3pregnancy is medically verified. Eligibility continues to the last day of the month in
4which the 60th day after the last day of the pregnancy falls.
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(1) (a) 6. Any person not described in pars. (c) to (e) who
is, without regard
7to the individual's resources, would be considered, under federal law, to be receiving
8aid to families with dependent children for the purpose of determining eligibility for
9medical assistance.
SB55-SSA1, s. 1800m
10Section 1800m. 49.46 (1) (a) 6. of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin
11Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,633,1612
49.46
(1) (a) 6. Any person not described in pars. (c) to (e) who, without regard
13to the individual's resources
or income, would be considered, under federal law, to be
14receiving aid to families with dependent children for the purpose of determining
15eligibility for medical assistance
and whose income does not exceed the income limit
16under par. (ar).
SB55-SSA1,633,2018
49.46
(1) (a) 9. Any pregnant woman not described under subd. 1.
, 1g., or 1m.
19whose family income does not exceed 133% of the poverty line for a family the size
20of the woman's family.
SB55-SSA1,633,2422
49.46
(1) (a) 10. Any child not described under subd. 1.
or 1g. who is under 6
23years of age and whose family income does not exceed 133% of the poverty line for
24a family the size of the child's family.
SB55-SSA1,634,8
149.46
(1) (a) 11. If a waiver under s. 49.665 is granted and in effect, any child
2not described under subd. 1.
or 1g. who has attained the age of 6 but has not attained
3the age of 19 and whose family income does not exceed 100% of the poverty line for
4a family the size of the child's family. If a waiver under s. 49.665 is not granted or
5in effect, any child not described in subd. 1.
or 1g. who was born after September
630,1983, who has attained the age of 6 but has not attained the age of 19 and whose
7family income does not exceed 100% of the poverty line for a family the size of the
8child's family.
SB55-SSA1,634,1210
49.46
(1) (a) 12. Any child not described under subd. 1.
or 1g. who is under 19
11years of age and
who meets the resource and whose income
limits does not exceed the
12standard of need under s. 49.19
(4) (11).
SB55-SSA1, s. 1804g
13Section 1804g. 49.46 (1) (a) 12. of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin
14Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,634,1715
49.46
(1) (a) 12. Any child not described under subd. 1. or 1g. who is under 19
16years of age and whose income does not exceed the
standard of need under s. 49.19
17(11) income limit under par. (ar).
SB55-SSA1,634,2419
49.46
(1) (ar) An individual is eligible to receive medical assistance under par.
20(a) 1., 1g., 1m., 6., and 12. if the individual's total income does not exceed the standard
21of need under s. 49.19 (11) (a) 1. a. increased by the same percentage as the
22percentage increase in the consumer price index, as defined in s. 49.455 (1) (b),
23between September 2001 and September of the year immediately before the year in
24which the individual's income is being determined.
SB55-SSA1,635,7
149.46
(1) (e) If an application under s. 49.47 (3) shows that the
person has
2individual meets the income
and resources within the limitations of limits under s.
349.19
, or meets the income and resource requirements under federal Title XVI or s.
449.77, or that the
person individual is an essential person, an accommodated person
, 5or a patient in a public medical institution, the
person individual shall be granted
6the benefits enumerated under sub. (2) whether or not the
person individual requests
7or receives a grant of any of such aids.
SB55-SSA1, s. 1805d
8Section 1805d. 49.46 (1) (e) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act
9.... (this act), is amended to read:
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49.46
(1) (e) If an application under s. 49.47 (3) shows that the individual meets
11the income limits under
s. 49.19 par. (ar) or meets the income and resource
12requirements under federal Title XVI or s. 49.77, or that the individual is an essential
13person, an accommodated person, or a patient in a public medical institution, the
14individual shall be granted the benefits enumerated under sub. (2) whether or not
15the individual requests or receives a grant of any of such aids.
SB55-SSA1,635,1917
49.46
(2) (b) 18. Alcohol or other drug abuse residential treatment services of
18no more than 45 days per treatment episode, under s. 49.45 (46). This subdivision
19does not apply after
July 1 June 30, 2003.
SB55-SSA1,636,821
49.46
(2) (c) 2. For an individual who is entitled to coverage under part A of
22medicare, entitled to coverage under part B of medicare, meets the eligibility criteria
23under sub. (1) and meets the limitation on income under subd. 6., medical assistance
24shall include payment of the deductible and coinsurance portions of medicare
25services under
42 USC 1395 to
1395zz which are not paid under
42 USC 1395 to
11395zz, including those medicare services that are not included in the approved state
2plan for services under
42 USC 1396; the monthly premiums payable under
42 USC
31395v; the monthly premiums, if applicable, under
42 USC 1395i-2 (d); and the late
4enrollment penalty, if applicable, for premiums under part A of medicare. Payment
5of coinsurance for a service under part B of medicare under
42 USC 1395j to
1395w,
6other than payment of coinsurance for outpatient hospital services, may not exceed
7the allowable charge for the service under medical assistance minus the medicare
8payment.
SB55-SSA1,636,2010
49.46
(2) (c) 4. For an individual who is entitled to coverage under part A of
11medicare, entitled to coverage under part B of medicare and meets the eligibility
12criteria for medical assistance under sub. (1), but does not meet the limitation on
13income under subd. 6., medical assistance shall include payment of the deductible
14and coinsurance portions of medicare services under
42 USC 1395 to
1395zz which
15are not paid under
42 USC 1395 to
1395zz, including those medicare services that
16are not included in the approved state plan for services under
42 USC 1396. Payment
17of coinsurance for a service under part B of medicare under
42 USC 1395j to
1395w,
18other than payment of coinsurance for outpatient hospital services, may not exceed
19the allowable charge for the service under medical assistance minus the medicare
20payment.
SB55-SSA1,637,522
49.46
(2) (c) 5m. For an individual who is only entitled to coverage under part
23B of medicare and meets the eligibility criteria under sub. (1), but does not meet the
24limitation on income under subd. 6., medical assistance shall include payment of the
25deductible and coinsurance portions of medicare services under
42 USC 1395j to
11395w, including those medicare services that are not included in the approved state
2plan for services under
42 USC 1396. Payment of coinsurance for a service under
3part B of medicare
, other than payment of coinsurance for outpatient hospital
4services, may not exceed the allowable charge for the service under medical
5assistance minus the medicare payment.
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(1) (b) For an elderly or disabled individual who is entitled to coverage
8under part A of medicare, entitled to coverage under part B of medicare and who does
9not meet the eligibility criteria for medical assistance under s. 49.46 (1), 49.465 or
1049.47 (4) but meets the limitations on income and resources under par. (d), medical
11assistance shall pay the deductible and coinsurance portions of medicare services
12under
42 USC 1395 to
1395zz which are not paid under
42 USC 1395 to
1395zz,
13including those medicare services that are not included in the approved state plan
14for services under
42 USC 1396; the monthly premiums payable under
42 USC
151395v; the monthly premiums, if applicable, under
42 USC 1395i-2 (d); and the late
16enrollment penalty, if applicable, for premiums under part A of medicare. Payment
17of coinsurance for a service under part B of medicare under
42 USC 1395j to
1395w,
18other than payment of coinsurance for outpatient hospital services, may not exceed
19the allowable charge for the service under medical assistance minus the medicare
20payment.
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49.47
(4) (a) 1. Under
18 21 years of age
or, if the person and resides in an
23intermediate care facility, skilled nursing facility
, or inpatient psychiatric hospital
,
24under 21 years of age.
SB55-SSA1, s. 1812
25Section
1812. 49.47 (4) (a) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 49.47 (4) (ag) 2.
SB55-SSA1, s. 1813
1Section
1813
. 49.47 (4) (ag) (intro.) of the statutes is created to read:
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49.47
(4) (ag) (intro.) Any individual whose income does not exceed the limits
3under par. (c) and who complies with par. (cm) is eligible for medical assistance under
4this section if the individual is one of the following:
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(4) (ag) 1. Under the age of 18.
SB55-SSA1, s. 1815
7Section
1815. 49.47 (4) (b) 2m. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.47
(4) (b) 2m. a. For persons who are eligible under par. (a) 1.
or 2., one
9vehicle is exempt from consideration as an asset. A 2nd vehicle is exempt from
10consideration as an asset only if the department determines that it is necessary for
11the purpose of employment or to obtain medical care. The equity value of any
12nonexempt vehicles owned by the applicant is an asset for the purposes of
13determining eligibility for medical assistance under this section.
SB55-SSA1, s. 1815g
14Section 1815g. 49.47 (4) (c) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 49.47 (4) (c) 1.
15(intro.) and amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,638,1716
49.47
(4) (c) 1. (intro.) Except as provided in par. (am) and as limited by subd.
173., eligibility exists if income does not exceed
133 1/3% of the greater of the following:
SB55-SSA1,638,23
18a. An amount equal to the maximum aid to families with dependent children
19payment under s. 49.19 (11)
(a) 1. a. for the applicant's family size
or increased by the
20same percentage as the percentage increase in the consumer price index, as defined
21in s. 49.455 (1) (b), between September 2001 and September of the year immediately
22before the year in which the individual's income is being determined and multiplied
23by 133 1/3%.
SB55-SSA1,639,7
24b. An amount equal to the combined benefit amount available under
25supplemental security income under
42 USC 1381 to
1383c and state supplemental
1aid under s. 49.77
whichever is higher. In this subdivision "income" includes earned
2or unearned income that would be included in determining eligibility for the
3individual or family under s. 49.19 or 49.77, or for the aged, blind or disabled under
442 USC 1381 to 1385. "Income" does not include earned or unearned income which
5would be excluded in determining eligibility for the individual or family under s.
649.19 or 49.77, or for the aged, blind or disabled individual under 42 USC 1381 to
71385.
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(4) (c) 1m. For purposes of determining whether an individual's income
10meets the income requirements under subd. 1., "income" includes all of the
11individual's earned or unearned income that would be included in determining
12eligibility for the individual or family under s. 49.19 or 49.77, or for the aged, blind,
13or disabled under
42 USC 1381 to
1385, and "income" does not include earned or
14unearned income that would be excluded in determining eligibility for the individual
15or family under s. 49.19 or 49.77, or for the aged, blind, or disabled individual under
1642 USC 1381 to
1385.
SB55-SSA1, s. 1816
17Section
1816. 49.47 (6) (a) 6. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,640,418
49.47
(6) (a) 6. b. An individual who is entitled to coverage under part A of
19medicare, entitled to coverage under part B of medicare, meets the eligibility criteria
20under sub. (4) (a) and meets the income limitation, the deductible and coinsurance
21portions of medicare services under
42 USC 1395 to
1395zz which are not paid under
2242 USC 1395 to
1395zz, including those medicare services that are not included in
23the approved state plan for services under
42 USC 1396; the monthly premiums
24payable under
42 USC 1395v; the monthly premiums, if applicable, under
42 USC
251395i-2 (d); and the late enrollment penalty, if applicable, for premiums under part
1A of medicare. Payment of coinsurance for a service under part B of medicare under
242 USC 1395j to
1395w, other than payment of coinsurance for outpatient hospital
3services, may not exceed the allowable charge for the service under medical
4assistance minus the medicare payment.
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(6) (a) 6. d. An individual who is entitled to coverage under part A of
7medicare, entitled to coverage under part B of medicare and meets the eligibility
8criteria for medical assistance under sub. (4) (a) but does not meet the income
9limitation, the deductible and coinsurance portions of medicare services under
42
10USC 1395 to
1395zz which are not paid under
42 USC 1395 to
1395zz, including those
11medicare services that are not included in the approved state plan for services under
1242 USC 1396. Payment of coinsurance for a service under part B of medicare under
1342 USC 1395j to
1395w, other than payment of coinsurance for outpatient hospital
14services, may not exceed the allowable charge for the service under medical
15assistance minus the medicare payment.
SB55-SSA1, s. 1818
16Section
1818. 49.47 (6) (a) 6. f. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-SSA1,640,2517
49.47
(6) (a) 6. f. For an individual who is only entitled to coverage under part
18B of medicare and meets the eligibility criteria under sub. (4), but does not meet the
19income limitation, medical assistance shall include payment of the deductible and
20coinsurance portions of medicare services under
42 USC 1395j to
1395w, including
21those medicare services that are not included in the approved state plan for services
22under
42 USC 1396. Payment of coinsurance for a service under part B of medicare
,
23other than payment of coinsurance for outpatient hospital services, may not exceed
24the allowable charge for the service under medical assistance minus the medicare
25payment.