AB100-ASA1,969,1813 (c) Employee status. The employee transferred under paragraph (b ) 3. shall
14have all the same rights and the same status under subchapter V of chapter 111 and
15chapter 230 of the statutes in the department of commerce that he or she enjoyed in
16the department of health and family services immediately before the transfer.
17Notwithstanding section 230.28 (4) of the statutes, no employee so transferred who
18has attained permanent status in class is required to serve a probationary period.
AB100-ASA1,969,2319 (d) Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all
20tangible personal property, including records, of the department of health and family
21services that is primarily related to mental health services for homeless individuals
22under section 46.972 (3) of the statutes, as affected by this act, as determined by the
23secretary of administration, is transferred to the department of commerce.
AB100-ASA1,970,624 (e) Contracts. All contracts entered into by the department of health and family
25services in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related

1to mental health services for homeless individuals under section 46.972 (3) of the
2statutes, as affected by this act, as determined by the secretary of administration,
3remain in effect and are transferred to the department of commerce. The department
4of commerce shall carry out any obligations under such a contract until the contract
5is modified or rescinded by the department of commerce to the extent allowed under
6the contract.
AB100-ASA1,970,167 (f) Rules and orders. All rules promulgated by the department of health and
8family services that are in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are
9primarily related to mental health services for homeless individuals under section
1046.972 (3) of the statutes, as affected by this act, remain in effect until their specified
11expiration date or until amended or repealed by the department of commerce. All
12orders issued by the department of health and family services that are in effect on
13the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to mental health
14services for homeless individuals under section 46.972 (3) of the statutes, as affected
15by this act, remain in effect until their specified expiration date or until modified or
16rescinded by the department of commerce.
AB100-ASA1,970,18 17(10) Waiver for cost-saving measures under the Badger Care health care
18program.
AB100-ASA1,970,2319 (a) The department of health and family services shall request one or more
20waivers from the secretary of the federal department of health and human services
21to permit the department of health and family services to implement cost-saving
22measures under the Badger Care health care program, including any of the
23following:
AB100-ASA1,971,3
11. Establishing a 3-tiered prescription drug copayment requirement that does
2not exceed the maximum copayment amount established by the group insurance
3board for state employees.
AB100-ASA1,971,4 42. Establishing a benchmark plan, as described in 42 CFR 457.420.
AB100-ASA1,971,6 53. Establishing mandatory copayments for benefits in addition to the
6copayments for prescription drug coverage.
AB100-ASA1,971,97 (b) If a federal waiver under paragraph (a) is approved, the department of
8health and family services shall seek enactment of statutory language to implement
9cost-saving measures authorized under the waiver.
AB100-ASA1,971,19 10(12) Transfer of help desk and desktop support positions. All incumbent
11employees holding positions in the department of health and family services
12performing duties primarily related to information technology assistance services,
13as determined by the secretary of health and family services, are transferred on the
14effective date of this subsection to the department of administration. Employees
15transferred under this subsection have all rights and the same status under
16subchapter V of chapter 111 and chapter 230 of the statutes that they enjoyed in the
17department of health and family services. Notwithstanding section 230.28 (4) of the
18statutes, no employee so transferred who has attained permanent status in class
19may be required to serve a probationary period.
AB100-ASA1,971,23 20(12c) Benefit specialist funding. The department of health and family
21services shall inform aging units, as defined in section 46.81 (1) (a) of the statutes,
22that the funding increase for benefit specialist services as specified under section
2346.81 (2) of the statutes, as affected by this act, is for state fiscal year 2006-07 only.
AB100-ASA1,972,7 24(12d) Child welfare caseworker retention activities. By January 1, 2006, the
25department of health and family services shall submit to the joint committee on

1finance a report regarding the activities conducted by the bureau of Milwaukee child
2welfare in that department to retain caseworkers providing services to children and
3families in Milwaukee County. If the department of health and family services
4contracts with an outside consultant to review the causes of turnover of those
5caseworkers and to identify and prioritize strategies to improve the retention of
6those caseworkers, that department shall include the results of that review in the
7report under this subsection.
AB100-ASA1,972,14 8(12k) Contracts for new family care resource centers. Notwithstanding
9sections 46.281 (1) (e) 2. and 46.283 (2) (b) of the statutes, as affected by this act, the
10department of health and family services may during the 2005-07 fiscal biennium
11enter into contracts with 9 entities to provide services under section 46.283 (3) and
12(4) of the statutes in a total of 13 counties and may subsequently renew the contracts
13without submitting the contracts to the joint committee on finance or obtaining
14approval from the joint committee on finance of the contracts.
AB100-ASA1,972,20 15(12L) Budget request for operation of family care resource centers. The
16department of health and family services shall include a plan in its 2007-09 biennial
17budget request to reallocate funds in the department's base appropriations to
18support projected annual costs of operating resource centers under section 46.283 of
19the statutes, as affected by this act, which exceed the amount appropriated for the
20operation of resource centers in the 2006-07 fiscal year.
AB100-ASA1,973,5 21(12q) Joint services programs plan and report. By December 31, 2005, the
22department of health and family services, the department of veterans affairs, and
23the department of corrections shall together develop a plan and submit to the joint
24committee on finance a report on proposed programs for the joint provision of
25personnel, payroll, purchasing, custodianship, grounds and maintenance,

1distribution, warehouse, and security services at the Northern Center for the
2Developmentally Disabled and the Southern Center for the Developmentally
3Disabled, for all programs that each agency conducts at these places. The report
4shall also contain the projected impact of the proposed programs on expenditures
5and numbers of authorized positions for each agency.
AB100-ASA1,973,10 6(12r) Community integration program relocations from nursing homes;
7report.
By January 1, 2007, the department of health and family services shall
8submit a report to the joint committee on finance that includes information collected
9for the 2005-07 fiscal biennium through at least July 1, 2006, and that identifies all
10of the following:
AB100-ASA1,973,14 11(a) The administration, housing, and services expenditures under the
12Community Integration Program that are associated with any relocations made
13under section 46.277 (5) (g) of the statutes, as affected by this act, including the
14average expenditures by individual and collective expenditures.
AB100-ASA1,973,16 15(b) The nature and duration of the community placements made under section
1646.277 (5) (g) of the statutes, as affected by this act.
AB100-ASA1,973,20 17(c) The impact of the relocations made under section 46.277 (5) (g) of the
18statutes, as affected by this act, on the health and safety of individuals relocated,
19utilization of services allowable under the Medical Assistance Program, and the
20costs of providing Medical Assistance Program services per individual.
AB100-ASA1,973,23 21(d) The savings, if any, generated as the result of the relocations authorized
22under section 46.277 (5) (g) of the statutes, as affected by this act, including the
23average savings generated per relocation and total savings.
AB100-ASA1,973,24 24(12s) Transfer of alcohol and other drug abuse counselor certification.
AB100-ASA1,974,5
1(a) Certified alcohol and drug counselors. All persons who are certified as
2alcohol and drug counselors under section HFS 75.02 (84) (a) of the Wisconsin
3Administrative Code immediately before the effective date of this paragraph are
4certified as alcohol and other drug abuse counselors under section 440.75 of the
5statutes, as created by this act.
AB100-ASA1,974,136 (b) Rules and orders. All rules of the department of health and family services
7regulating certification of alcohol and drug counselors, as determined by the
8secretary of administration, that are in effect immediately before the effective date
9of this paragraph are void on the effective date of this paragraph. All orders of the
10department of health and family services regulating certified alcohol and drug
11counselors, as determined by the secretary of administration, that are in effect on the
12effective date of this paragraph remain in effect until their specified expiration date
13or until modified or rescinded by the department of regulation and licensing.
AB100-ASA1,974,1714 (c) Assets and liabilities. On the effective date of this paragraph, the assets and
15liabilities of the department of health and family services relating to the certification
16of alcohol and drug counselors, as determined by the secretary of administration,
17shall become the assets and liabilities of the department of regulation and licensing.
AB100-ASA1,974,2218 (d) Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all
19tangible personal property, including records, of the department of health and family
20services relating to the certification of alcohol and drug counselors, as determined
21by the secretary of administration, is transferred to the department of regulation and
22licensing.
AB100-ASA1,975,423 (e) Contracts. All contracts entered into by the department of health and family
24services relating to the certification of alcohol and drug counselors in effect on the
25effective date of this paragraph remain in effect and are transferred to the

1department of regulation and licensing. The department of regulation and licensing
2shall carry out any obligations under such a contract until the contract is modified
3or rescinded by the department of regulation and licensing to the extent allowed
4under the contract.
AB100-ASA1,975,105 (f) Pending matters. Any matter pending with the department of health and
6family services relating to the regulation of alcohol and drug counselors on the
7effective date of this paragraph is transferred to the department of regulation and
8licensing and all materials submitted to or actions taken by the department of health
9and family services with respect to the pending matter are considered as having been
10submitted to or taken by the department of regulation and licensing.
AB100-ASA1,975,16 11(13f) Report on alternative funding for Refugee Family Strengthening
12Project.
No later than January 1, 2006, the department of health and family
13services, in cooperation with the recipients under the Refugee Family Strengthening
14Project of grants under section 46.95 of the statutes, as affected by this act, in fiscal
15year 2004-05, shall report to the joint committee on finance on alternative funding
16sources for the Refugee Family Strengthening Project.
AB100-ASA1,975,23 17(13g) Report regarding evidence-based practices for treatment in drug
18offender diversion programs.
By December 31, 2006, the department of health and
19family services shall submit a report to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature,
20for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under section 13.172 (3) of
21the statutes, regarding how it determined, under section 16.964 (12) (c) 4. of the
22statutes, as created by this act, what are the evidence-based practices in substance
23abuse and mental health treatment.
AB100-ASA1,976,8 24(13n) Report on capping number of prescription drugs per recipient under
25public assistance programs.
By July 1, 2006, the department of health and family

1services shall submit a report to the joint committee on finance and, in the manner
2provided under section 13.172 (3) of the statutes, the appropriate standing
3committees of the legislature that includes an estimate of any savings that would
4accrue under the Medical Assistance program, the Badger Care health care program,
5and the program under section 49.688 of the statutes and any costs that would be
6incurred by the department or providers as a result of requiring prior authorization
7under these programs for a brand name prescription drug if the recipient has already
8received 5 or more covered brand name prescription drugs in the preceding 30 days.
AB100-ASA1,976,9 9(13p) Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan; administrator contract.
AB100-ASA1,976,1610 (a) Because the legislature has determined that it is in the best interest of the
11Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan to have the organization formed under section
12149.11 (1) of the statutes, as affected by this act, administer the Health Insurance
13Risk-Sharing Plan, the department of health and family services shall immediately
14give written notice to the plan administrator under section 149.16, 2003 stats.,
15terminating the contract between the department of health and family services and
16the plan administrator 180 days after the notice is given.
AB100-ASA1,977,617 (b) Notwithstanding the treatment of sections 149.12 (1) and (1m) and 149.16
18of the statutes, as affected by this act, the organization formed under section 149.11
19(1) of the statutes, as affected by this act, shall enter into a contract with the plan
20administrator under section 149.16, 2003 stats., that has the same terms and
21conditions as the contract under paragraph (a) and under which the plan
22administrator has the same rights, duties, and obligations as it had under the
23contract under paragraph (a) and the organization has the same rights, duties, and
24obligations as the department of health and family services had under the contract
25under paragraph (a). The contract under this paragraph shall have a term beginning

1on the date on which the contract under paragraph (a) is terminated under
2paragraph (a). The department of health and family services, the plan
3administrator, and the organization shall cooperate with one another to ensure that
4the administration of the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan continues without
5interruption after the termination of the contract under paragraph (a) and the
6commencement of the contract under this paragraph.
AB100-ASA1,977,9 7(13w) Managed care expansion; report. By January 1, 2007, the department
8of health and family services shall submit to the joint committee on finance a report
9that specifies all of the following:
AB100-ASA1,977,18 10(a) The status of the initiatives to enroll for services in managed care plans
11those recipients of Medical Assistance who are eligible for the Supplemental Security
12Income program and to expand managed care services for low-income families. The
13report shall include information that compares the assumptions regarding managed
14care plan enrollments and cost savings under the Medical Assistance program that
15are contained in the documents of the department of administration that accompany
162005 Assembly Bill 100 with the managed care plan enrollments and cost savings
17realized before July 1, 2006, and with the managed care plan enrollments and cost
18savings projected to occur before July 1, 2007.
AB100-ASA1,977,22 19(b) Any initiatives other than those specified in paragraph (a) that were
20assumed under the initiatives specified in paragraph (a) and that have been
21implemented by the department of health and family services to realize cost savings
22under the Medical Assistance program.
AB100-ASA1,978,4 23(14k) Prohibition against limitations on Medical Assistance reimbursement
24for psychotropic medications.
During the 2005-07 fiscal biennium, the department
25of health and family services may not impose new limitations on reimbursement

1under the Medical Assistance Program, Badger Care, or the program under section
249.688 of the statutes for psychotropic medications, other than stimulants and
3related agents or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, that are prescribed to treat
4a mental illness.
AB100-ASA1,978,11 5(14p) Report on physician prescribing practices under Medical Assistance.
6By January 1, 2006, the department of health and family services shall submit to the
7joint committee on finance and, in the manner provided under section 13.172 (3) of
8the statutes, the appropriate standing committees of the legislature a report that
9includes the following information for each physician who is a certified provider of
10Medical Assistance, concerning prescriptions written by the physician in fiscal year
112004-05 for recipients of the Medical Assistance Program or Badger Care:
AB100-ASA1,978,13 12(a) The percentage of the prescriptions written for generic drugs and the
13percentage written for nongeneric drugs.
AB100-ASA1,978,15 14(b) The number and percentage of the prescriptions that required prior
15authorization.
AB100-ASA1,978,17 16(c) Of the prescriptions written for drugs for which a generic drug was
17available, the number and percentage that specified a nongeneric drug.
AB100-ASA1,978,18 18(14x) Inmate mental health services pilot program.
AB100-ASA1,978,24 19(a) The department of health and family services shall in state fiscal year
202006-07 provide reimbursement for the provision of Medical
21Assistance-reimbursable services to up to 12 eligible inmates with severe and
22persistent mental illness following release from the Wisconsin Resource Center.
23Services provided to participants under the program under this subsection shall
24include all of the following:
AB100-ASA1,978,25 251. Intensive case management, treatment, and support services.
AB100-ASA1,979,1
12. Access to safe, secure residences.
AB100-ASA1,979,2 23. Medication and medication monitoring.
AB100-ASA1,979,4 34. Mental health counseling and other mental health treatment interventions,
4as appropriate.
AB100-ASA1,979,5 55. Alcohol and other drug abuse treatment.
AB100-ASA1,979,6 66. Vocational rehabilitation services.
AB100-ASA1,979,7 77. Social skills training.
AB100-ASA1,979,8 88. Educational and skill-based training, as appropriate.
AB100-ASA1,979,10 9(b) A program participant under this subsection shall be assigned a case
10manager 6 months before release, who will do all the following:
AB100-ASA1,979,12 111. Apply for Medical Assistance on behalf of the participant 6 months before
12release.
AB100-ASA1,979,16 132. Together with the participant's probation and parole agent, develop a
14comprehensive treatment and supervision plan for reentry into the community,
15under which all services will be available upon the participant's release and which
16shall be updated at least every 6 months and more frequently if necessary.
AB100-ASA1,979,17 173. Complete progress notes every 3 months.
AB100-ASA1,979,19 18(c) Under the program under this subsection, the department of health and
19family services and the department of corrections shall seek to do all of the following:
AB100-ASA1,979,23 201. Create programmatic continuity among institutional, community
21correctional, and community-based providers to enhance communication,
22coordination, and planning for offenders with severe and persistent mental illness
23who are scheduled for release from the Wisconsin Resource Center.
AB100-ASA1,979,25 242. Ensure that mental health services that are necessary for successful
25reintegration are not interrupted.
AB100-ASA1,980,1
13. Enhance the availability and coordination of community-based services.
AB100-ASA1,980,3 24. Increase opportunities for employment and residential stability of released
3inmates.
AB100-ASA1,980,4 45. Reduce reconvictions and rates of prison return.
AB100-ASA1,980,7 5(d) The department of corrections and the department of health and family
6services shall coordinate supervision services for participants in the program under
7this subsection.
AB100-ASA1,980,9 8(e) The department shall conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the program
9under this subsection, including data collection, analysis, and an annual report.
AB100-ASA1, s. 9122 10Section 9122. Nonstatutory provisions; higher educational aids
board.
AB100-ASA1, s. 9123 11Section 9123. Nonstatutory provisions; historical society.
AB100-ASA1, s. 9124 12Section 9124. Nonstatutory provisions; Housing and Economic
Development Authority.
AB100-ASA1, s. 9125 13Section 9125. Nonstatutory provisions; insurance.
AB100-ASA1, s. 9126 14Section 9126. Nonstatutory provisions; investment board.
AB100-ASA1, s. 9127 15Section 9127. Nonstatutory provisions; joint committee on finance.
AB100-ASA1, s. 9128 16Section 9128. Nonstatutory provisions; judicial commission.
AB100-ASA1, s. 9129 17Section 9129. Nonstatutory provisions; justice.
AB100-ASA1, s. 9130 18Section 9130. Nonstatutory provisions; legislature.
AB100-ASA1,980,19 19(1) Appropriation lapses and reestimates.
AB100-ASA1,980,2120 (a) In this subsection, "state operations" means all purposes except aids to
21individuals and organizations and local assistance.
AB100-ASA1,981,522 (b) The cochairpersons of the joint committee on legislative organization shall
23take actions during the 2005-07 fiscal biennium to ensure that from general purpose

1revenue appropriations for state operations to the legislature under section 20.765
2of the statutes, as affected by this act, an amount equal to a total of $4,675,000 in
3fiscal year 2005-06 and a total of $4,675,000 in fiscal year 2006-07 are lapsed from
4sum certain appropriation accounts or are subtracted from the expenditure
5estimates for any other types of appropriations, or both.
AB100-ASA1,981,106 (c) The cochairpersons of the joint committee on legislative organization shall
7take actions during the 2005-07 fiscal biennium to ensure that the authorized FTE
8positions for the legislature are decreased by a total of 38.0 FTE positions from the
9FTE position level that is authorized for the legislature on the effective date of this
10subsection.
AB100-ASA1,981,18 11(2q) Audit of elections board information technology development projects.
12The joint legislative audit committee is requested to direct the legislative audit
13bureau to conduct a performance evaluation audit of the most recent information
14technology development projects undertaken by the elections board, including the
15project to create a statewide voter registration system and the project to create a
16State of Wisconsin Elections Board Information System. If the audit is performed,
17the bureau is requested to file a report of its findings as provided in section 13.94 (1)
18(b) of the statutes.
AB100-ASA1, s. 9131 19Section 9131. Nonstatutory provisions; lieutenant governor.
AB100-ASA1, s. 9132 20Section 9132. Nonstatutory provisions; lower Wisconsin state
riverway board.
AB100-ASA1, s. 9133 21Section 9133. Nonstatutory provisions; Medical College of Wisconsin.
AB100-ASA1, s. 9134 22Section 9134. Nonstatutory provisions; military affairs.
AB100-ASA1, s. 9135 23Section 9135. Nonstatutory provisions; natural resources.
AB100-ASA1,982,6
1(2e) Study of Cladaphora in Lake Michigan. The department of natural
2resources shall make a grant of $25,000 during the 2005-07 fiscal biennium from the
3appropriation account under section 20.370 (4) (mq) of the statutes, as affected by
4this act, to Manitowoc County for a study of Cladaphora algae in Lake Michigan at
5Hika Bay. The study may include monitoring of Fischer Creek and Point Creek in
6Manitowoc County.
AB100-ASA1,982,16 7(3) Turkey hunting approvals; rules. Using the procedure under section
8227.24 of the statutes, the department of natural resources may promulgate rules
9implementing section 29.164 of the statutes, as affected by this act, for the period
10before the date on which permanent rules take effect, but not to exceed the period
11authorized under section 227.24 (1) (c) and (2) of the statutes. Notwithstanding
12section 227.24 (1) (a), (2) (b), and (3) of the statutes, the department of natural
13resources is not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule under this
14subsection as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of the public peace,
15health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of emergency for a
16rule promulgated under this subsection.
AB100-ASA1,982,19 17(4k) Air permit report. No later than December 15, 2006, the department of
18natural resources shall submit a report to the joint committee on finance that does
19all of the following:
AB100-ASA1,982,23 20(a) Describes the department's progress on implementing changes in the air
21pollution permitting program made by 2003 Wisconsin Act 118 and on the
22development of an information technology system for the air pollution permitting
23program.
AB100-ASA1,983,2 24(b) States the number of sources for which operation permits are required
25under section 285.60 of the statutes but not federal law that are covered by

1registration permits, general permits, and operation permits that are not
2registration permits or general permits.
AB100-ASA1,983,9 3(c) States, for sources for which operation permits are required under section
4285.60 of the statutes but not federal law, the average number of days from receipt
5of a complete application until the department issues a determination of coverage
6under a registration permit, the average number of days from receipt of a complete
7application until the department issues a determination of coverage under a general
8permit, and the average number of days from receipt of a complete application until
9issuance of an operation permit that is not a registration permit or general permit.
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