Amendment SA2-SB178

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2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE

SENATE AMENDMENT 2, TO 2007 SENATE BILL 178

February 26, 2008 - Offered by Senator Kapanke.

SB178-SA2,1,1 At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:

SB178-SA2,1,3 1. Page 1, line 4: after "disorders" insert "and requiring a treatment plan and referral when certain diagnoses are made".

SB178-SA2,1,4 2. Page 3, line 4: after that line insert:

SB178-SA2,1,5 " Section 5g. 146.85 of the statutes is created to read:

SB178-SA2,2,2 146.85 Treatment plan and referral required. (1) Except as provided under sub. (2), a health care provider, as defined in s. 146.81 (1), who diagnoses a patient with a condition, injury, or illness, other than alcoholism, drug dependency, mental illness, or developmental disability, shall provide the patient or, if the patient is a minor, the patient's parent, guardian, or legal custodian, with a treatment plan for the patient. For a condition, injury, or illness that requires further treatment or services, the health care provider shall provide the patient or, if the patient is a minor, the patient's parent, guardian, or legal custodian, with any necessary and appropriate referral for the treatment or services.

SB178-SA2,2,5 (2) A health care provider need not provide a treatment plan under sub. (1) for a condition, injury, or illness that may be successfully treated during the patient visit at which the diagnosis is made.".

SB178-SA2,2,8 3. Page 4, line 25: delete "This act" and substitute "The treatment of sections 40.51 (8) and (8m), 66.0137 (4), 111.91 (2) (n), 120.13 (2) (g), 185.981 (4t), 185.983 (1) (intro.), 609.87, and 632.895 (15) of the statutes".

SB178-SA2,2,9 (End)