SB44-SSA1, s. 2094w 22Section 2094w. 153.45 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,831,323 153.45 (5) The department may not release any health care information that
24is subject to rules promulgated under s. 153.75 (1) (b) until the verification, comment
25and review procedures required under those rules have been complied with. Nothing

1in this subsection prohibits release of health care provider-specific information to
2the a health care provider that is not a hospital or ambulatory surgery center, to
3whom the information relates is specific.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2094x 4Section 2094x. 153.46 of the statutes is created to read:
SB44-SSA1,831,7 5153.46 Release of data by entity. (1) After completion of data verification,
6comment, and review procedures, the entity under contract under s. 153.05 (2m) (a)
7shall release data, together with comments, if any, in the following forms:
SB44-SSA1,831,88 (a) Standard reports.
SB44-SSA1,831,119 (c) Custom-designed reports containing portions of the data under par. (b).
10Reports under this paragraph may include the patient's zip code only if at least one
11of the following applies:
SB44-SSA1,831,1212 1. Other potentially identifying data elements are not released.
SB44-SSA1,831,1313 2. Population density is sufficient to mask patient identity.
SB44-SSA1,831,1514 3. Other potentially identifying data elements are grouped to provide
15population density sufficient to protect identity.
SB44-SSA1,831,1616 4. Multiple years of data elements are added to protect identity.
SB44-SSA1,831,19 17(1m) After completion of data verification and review procedures specified
18under s. 153.01 (4j), the entity may, but is not required to, release special data
19compilations.
SB44-SSA1,831,23 20(2) The entity under contract under s. 153.05 (2m) (a) shall provide to the
21department and to any other organization or agency the data necessary to fulfill the
22department's, organization's, or agency's statutory mandates for epidemiological
23purposes.
SB44-SSA1,832,2 24(3) The entity under contract under s. 153.05 (2m) (a) may, but is not required
25to, release hospital-specific, ambulatory surgery center-specific, and hospital or

1ambulatory surgery center employer-specific data, except in public use data files as
2specified under sub. (1) (b).
SB44-SSA1,832,5 3(4) The entity under contract under s. 153.05 (2m) (a) shall, as limited by this
4section and s. 153.50, provide equal access to the data collected and reports
5generated by the entity to all requesters that pay the fees under s. 153.65 (2).
SB44-SSA1,832,8 6(5) The entity under contract under s. 153.05 (2m) (a) shall provide to the
7department, without charge, claims and provider survey information that is
8requested by or required to be provided to the department.
SB44-SSA1,832,11 9(6) No person who purchases a data compilation or report under s. 153.65 (2)
10may release or sell the data sets so purchased, except that the department may
11release data and information as part of reports created by the department.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2094y 12Section 2094y. 153.50 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,832,1713 153.50 (3) Departmental measures Measures to ensure protection of patient
14identity.
(intro.) To ensure that the identity of patients is protected when
15information obtained by the department or by the entity under contract under s.
16153.05 (2m) (a)
is disseminated, the department and the entity shall do all of the
17following:
SB44-SSA1, s. 2095c 18Section 2095c. 153.50 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,832,2219 153.50 (3) (a) Aggregate any data element category containing small numbers,
20using
. The department, in so doing, shall use procedures that are developed by the
21department and approved by the board and that follow commonly accepted
22statistical methodology.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2095d 23Section 2095d. 153.50 (3) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,833,3
1153.50 (3) (b) (intro.) Remove and destroy all of the following data elements on
2the uniform patient billing forms that are received by the department or by the entity
3under the requirements of this chapter:
SB44-SSA1, s. 2095e 4Section 2095e. 153.50 (3) (b) 7. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,833,65 153.50 (3) (b) 7. The patient's account number, after use only as verification of
6data by the department or by the entity.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2095f 7Section 2095f. 153.50 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,833,108 153.50 (3) (d) Require that a purchaser of data under this chapter sign and have
9notarized the data use agreement of the department or of the entity specified in par.
10(c).
SB44-SSA1, s. 2095g 11Section 2095g. 153.50 (4) (a) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 153.50 (4) (a)
121. a.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2095h 13Section 2095h. 153.50 (4) (a) 1. b. of the statutes is created to read:
SB44-SSA1,833,1614 153.50 (4) (a) 1. b. An agent of the entity under contract under s. 153.05 (2m)
15(a) who is responsible for the patient-identifiable data of the entity, in order to store
16the data and ensure the accuracy of the information in the database of the entity.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2095i 17Section 2095i. 153.50 (4) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,833,2318 153.50 (4) (a) 2. A health care provider that is not a hospital or ambulatory
19surgery center
or the agent of such a health care provider, to ensure the accuracy of
20the information in the database of the department, or a health care provider that is
21a hospital or ambulatory surgery center or the agent of such a health care provider,
22to ensure the accuracy of the information in the database of the entity under contract
23under s. 153.05 (2m) (a)
.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2095j 24Section 2095j. 153.50 (4) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,834,3
1153.50 (4) (a) 3. The department, for purposes of epidemiological investigation
2or, with respect to information from health care providers that are not hospitals or
3ambulatory surgery centers,
to eliminate the need for duplicative databases.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2095k 4Section 2095k. 153.50 (4) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,834,75 153.50 (4) (a) 4. An entity agency or organization that is required by federal
6or state statute to obtain patient-identifiable data for purposes of epidemiological
7investigation or to eliminate the need for duplicative databases.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2095L 8Section 2095L. 153.50 (5) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,834,139 153.50 (5) (a) (intro.) The department or an entity that is under contract under
10s. 153.05 (2m) (a)
may not release or provide access to patient-identifiable data to
11a person authorized under sub. (4) (a) unless the authorized person requests the
12department or entity, in writing, to release the patient-identifiable data. The
13request shall include all of the following:
SB44-SSA1, s. 2095m 14Section 2095m. 153.50 (5) (a) 4. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,834,1715 153.50 (5) (a) 4. (intro.) For an entity agency or organization that is authorized
16under sub. (4) (a) 4. to receive or have access to patient-identifiable data, evidence,
17in writing, of all of the following:
SB44-SSA1, s. 2095n 18Section 2095n. 153.50 (5) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,834,2219 153.50 (5) (b) (intro.) Upon receipt of a request under par. (a), the department
20or entity under contract under s. 153.05 (2m) (a), whichever is appropriate, shall, as
21soon as practicable, comply with the request or notify the requester, in writing, of all
22of the following:
SB44-SSA1, s. 2095p 23Section 2095p. 153.50 (5) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,834,2524 153.50 (5) (b) 1. That the department or entity is denying the request in whole
25or in part.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2095q
1Section 2095q. 153.50 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,835,42 153.50 (6) (a) The department or entity under contract under s. 153.05 (2m) (a)
3may not require a health care provider submitting health care information under
4this chapter to include the patient's name, street address or social security number.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2095rc 5Section 2095rc. 153.60 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,836,36 153.60 (1) The department shall, by the first October 1 after the
7commencement of each fiscal year, estimate the total amount of expenditures under
8this chapter for the department and the board for that fiscal year for data collection,
9database development and maintenance, generation of data files and standard
10reports, orientation and training provided under s. 153.05 (9) (a) and maintaining
11the board. The department shall assess the estimated total amount for that fiscal
12year less the estimated total amount to be received for purposes of administration
13of this chapter under s. 20.435 (4) (hi) during the fiscal year, the unencumbered
14balance of the amount received for purposes of administration of this chapter under
15s. 20.435 (4) (hi) from the prior fiscal year and the amount in the appropriation
16account under s. 20.435 (1) (dg), 1997 stats., for the fiscal year, to health care
17providers, other than hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers, who are in a class
18of health care providers from whom the department collects data under this chapter
19in a manner specified by the department by rule. The department shall obtain
20approval from the board for the amounts of assessments for health care providers
21other than hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers. The department shall work
22together with the department of regulation and licensing to develop a mechanism for
23collecting assessments from health care providers other than hospitals and
24ambulatory surgery centers. No health care provider that is not a facility may be
25assessed under this subsection an amount that exceeds $75 per fiscal year. Each

1hospital shall pay the assessment on or before December 1.
All payments of
2assessments shall be deposited in credited to the appropriation under s. 20.435 (4)
3(hg).
SB44-SSA1, s. 2095rd 4Section 2095rd. 153.65 of the statutes is renumbered 153.65 (1) and amended
5to read:
SB44-SSA1,836,126 153.65 (1) The department may, but is not required to, provide, upon request
7from a person, a data compilation or a special report based on the information
8collected by the department. The department shall establish user fees for the
9provision of these compilations or reports, payable by the requester, which shall be
10sufficient to fund the actual necessary and direct cost of the compilation or report.
11All moneys collected under this section subsection shall be credited to the
12appropriation under s. 20.435 (4) (hi).
SB44-SSA1, s. 2095re 13Section 2095re. 153.65 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
SB44-SSA1,836,2314 153.65 (2) Beginning January 1, 2004, unless the entity under contract under
15s. 153.05 (2m) (a) otherwise agrees and except as provided in s. 153.46 (6), the entity
16has the exclusive right to use and to provide for a fee, upon request from a person,
17a data compilation or a special report based on the information concerning hospitals
18and ambulatory surgery centers that is collected by the entity or provided by the
19department to the entity. Subject to approval by the group specified under s. 153.01
20(4j) (b), the entity shall establish reasonable and necessary user fees for the provision
21of a compilation or report, payable by the requester, which shall be sufficient to fund
22the actual necessary and direct cost of the compilation or report. The entity may
23retain all user fees paid under this subsection.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2095rf 24Section 2095rf. 153.75 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,837,3
1153.75 (1) (a) Providing procedures, for information submitted by health care
2providers who are not hospitals or ambulatory surgery centers,
to ensure the
3protection of patient confidentiality under s. 153.50.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2095rg 4Section 2095rg. 153.75 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,837,75 153.75 (1) (b) Establishing procedures under which health care providers who
6are not hospitals or ambulatory surgery centers
are permitted to review, verify and
7comment on information and include the comments with the information.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2095rh 8Section 2095rh. 153.75 (1) (L) of the statutes is repealed.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2095ri 9Section 2095ri. 153.75 (1) (m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,837,1210 153.75 (1) (m) Specifying the classes of health care providers, other than
11hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers,
from whom claims data and other health
12care information will be collected.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2095rj 13Section 2095rj. 153.75 (1) (n) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,837,1614 153.75 (1) (n) Specifying the uniform data set of health care information, as
15adjusted for case mix and severity, to be collected from health care providers other
16than hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers
.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2095rk 17Section 2095rk. 153.75 (1) (p) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,837,2218 153.75 (1) (p) Specifying the methods for using and disseminating health care
19data in order for health care providers other than hospitals and ambulatory surgery
20centers
to provide health care that is effective and economically efficient and for
21consumers and purchasers to make informed decisions in selecting health care plans
22and health care providers.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2095rL 23Section 2095rL. 153.75 (1) (q) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,837,2524 153.75 (1) (q) Specifying the information to be provided by the department in
25the consumer guide under s. 153.21 (1).
SB44-SSA1, s. 2095rm
1Section 2095rm. 153.75 (1) (r) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,838,32 153.75 (1) (r) Specifying the standard reports that will be issued by the
3department in addition to those required in ss. 153.20 and s. 153.21 (1).
SB44-SSA1, s. 2095rn 4Section 2095rn. 153.75 (1) (t) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,838,75 153.75 (1) (t) Establishing standards for determining under s. 153.05 (13) (a)
6if a requirement under s. 153.05 (1) (a), (5) (a), or (8) (a) is burdensome for a health
7care provider other than a hospital or ambulatory surgery center.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2095rp 8Section 2095rp. 153.75 (1) (u) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,838,119 153.75 (1) (u) Specifying the methods for adjusting health care information
10obtained from health care providers other than hospitals and ambulatory surgery
11centers
for case mix and severity.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2095rt 12Section 2095rt. 153.75 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,838,1513 153.75 (2) (a) Exempting certain classes of health care providers that are not
14hospitals or ambulatory surgery centers
from providing all or portions of the data
15required under this chapter.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2099 16Section 2099. 165.30 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,838,1917 165.30 (3) Collection proceeds. (a) All obligations collected by the
18department of justice under this section shall be paid to the state treasurer secretary
19of administration
and deposited in the appropriate fund.
SB44-SSA1,838,2420 (b) From the amount of obligations collected by the department of justice under
21this section, the treasurer secretary of administration shall credit an amount equal
22to the reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by the department of justice
23related to collecting those obligations to the appropriation account under s. 20.455
24(1) (gs).
SB44-SSA1, s. 2099f 25Section 2099f. 165.60 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,839,6
1165.60 Law enforcement. The department of justice is authorized to enforce
2ss. 101.123 (2), (5), and (8), 944.30, 944.31, 944.33, 944.34, 945.02 (2), 945.03 (1m),
3and 945.04 (1m) and is invested with the powers conferred by law upon sheriffs and
4municipal police officers in the performance of those duties. This section does not
5deprive or relieve sheriffs, constables, and other local police officers of the power and
6duty to enforce those sections, and those officers shall likewise enforce those sections.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2099j 7Section 2099j. 165.70 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,839,118 165.70 (1) (b) Enforce Except as provided in sub. (1m), enforce chs. 945 and 961
9and ss. 940.20 (3), 940.201, 941.25 to 941.27, 943.01 (2) (c), 943.011, 943.27, 943.28,
10943.30, 944.30, 944.31, 944.32, 944.33, 944.34, 946.65, 947.02 (3) and (4), 948.075,
11and 948.08.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2099p 12Section 2099p. 165.70 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB44-SSA1,839,1413 165.70 (1m) The department may not investigate violations of or otherwise
14enforce s. 945.03 (2m) or 945.04 (2m).
SB44-SSA1, s. 2099v 15Section 2099v. 165.70 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,839,2116 165.70 (3) It is the intention of this section to give the attorney general
17responsibility for devising programs to control crime statewide in nature,
18importance or influence, drugs and narcotics abuse, commercial gambling other than
19what is described in s. 945.03 (2m) or 945.04 (2m)
, prostitution, and arson. Nothing
20herein shall deprive or relieve local peace officers of the power and duty to enforce
21those provisions enumerated in sub. (1).
SB44-SSA1, s. 2100 22Section 2100. 165.755 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,840,223 165.755 (1) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), a court shall impose a crime
24laboratories and drug law enforcement assessment of $5 $7 if the court imposes a

1sentence, places a person on probation or imposes a forfeiture for a violation of state
2law or for a violation of a municipal or county ordinance.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2101 3Section 2101. 165.755 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,840,84 165.755 (3) Except as provided in sub. (4), after the court determines the
5amount due under sub. (1) (a), the clerk of the court shall collect and transmit the
6amount to the county treasurer under s. 59.40 (2) (m). The county treasurer shall
7then make payment to the state treasurer secretary of administration under s. 59.25
8(3) (f) 2.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2102 9Section 2102. 165.755 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,840,1310 165.755 (4) If a municipal court imposes a forfeiture, after determining the
11amount due under sub. (1) (a) the court shall collect and transmit such amount to the
12treasurer of the county, city, town, or village, and that treasurer shall make payment
13to the state treasurer secretary of administration as provided in s. 66.0114 (1) (bm).
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