Amendment ASA1-AB614

AB614-ASA1,9,12 153.21 (title) Consumer guide; list for hospital charge disclosures.

AB614-ASA1, s. 7 Section 7. 153.21 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

AB614-ASA1,9,19 153.21 (3) The entity under contract under s. 153.05 (2m) (a) shall, using data collected under s. 153.05 (1) (b), annually identify the 75 diagnosis related groups for which hospitals in this state most frequently provide inpatient care and the 75 outpatient surgical procedures most frequently performed by hospitals in this state, and shall distribute a list of the identified diagnosis related groups and surgical procedures to all hospitals in the state and to the department.

AB614-ASA1, s. 8 Section 8. 185.981 (4t) of the statutes, as affected by 2009 Wisconsin Act 28, is amended to read:

AB614-ASA1,9,25 185.981 (4t) A sickness care plan operated by a cooperative association is subject to ss. 252.14, 631.17, 631.89, 631.95, 632.72 (2), 632.745 to 632.749, 632.798, 632.85, 632.853, 632.855, 632.87 (2m), (3), (4), (5), and (6), 632.885, 632.895 (10) to (17), and 632.897 (10) and chs. 149 and 155.

AB614-ASA1, s. 9 Section 9. 185.983 (1) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2009 Wisconsin Act 28, is amended to read:

AB614-ASA1,10,9 185.983 (1) (intro.) Every such voluntary nonprofit sickness care plan shall be exempt from chs. 600 to 646, with the exception of ss. 601.04, 601.13, 601.31, 601.41, 601.42, 601.43, 601.44, 601.45, 611.67, 619.04, 628.34 (10), 631.17, 631.89, 631.93, 631.95, 632.72 (2), 632.745 to 632.749, 632.775, 632.79, 632.795, 632.798, 632.85, 632.853, 632.855, 632.87 (2m), (3), (4), (5), and (6), 632.885, 632.895 (5) and (9) to (17), 632.896, and 632.897 (10) and chs. 609, 630, 635, 645, and 646, but the sponsoring association shall:

AB614-ASA1, s. 10 Section 10. 609.71 of the statutes is created to read:

AB614-ASA1,10,12 609.71 Disclosure of payments. Limited service health organizations, preferred provider plans, and defined network plans are subject to s. 632.798.

AB614-ASA1, s. 11 Section 11. 632.798 of the statutes is created to read:

AB614-ASA1,10,14 632.798 Out-of-pocket costs. (1) Definitions. In this section:

AB614-ASA1,10,15 (a) "Disability insurance policy" has the meaning given in s. 632.895 (1) (a).

AB614-ASA1,10,17 (b) "Health care provider" has the meaning given in s. 146.903 (1) (c) and includes a hospital, as defined in s. 50.33 (2).

AB614-ASA1,10,19 (c) "Insured" includes an enrollee under a self-insured health plan and a representative or designee of an insured or enrollee.

AB614-ASA1,10,21 (d) "Self-insured health plan" means a self-insured health plan of the state or a county, city, village, town, or school district.

AB614-ASA1,11,3 (2) Provide estimate. (a) A self-insured health plan or an insurer that provides coverage under a disability insurance policy shall, at the request of an insured, provide to the insured a good faith estimate, as of the date of the request and assuming no medical complications or modifications in the insured's treatment plan, of the insured's total out-of-pocket cost according to the insured's benefit terms for a specified health care service in the geographic region in which the health care service will be provided.

AB614-ASA1,11,5 (b) An estimate provided by an insurer or self-insured health plan under this section is not a legally binding estimate of the out-of-pocket cost.

AB614-ASA1,11,7 (c) An insurer or self-insured health plan may not charge an insured for providing the information under this section.

AB614-ASA1,11,10 (d) Before providing the information requested under par. (a), the insurer or self-insured health plan may require the insured to provide in writing any of the following information:

AB614-ASA1,11,11 1. The name of the health care provider providing the service.

AB614-ASA1,11,12 2. The facility at which the service will be provided.

AB614-ASA1,11,13 3. The date the service will be provided.

AB614-ASA1,11,14 4. The health care provider's estimate of the charge for the service.

AB614-ASA1,11,17 5. The codes for the service under the Current Procedural Terminology of the American Medical Association or under the Current Dental Terminology of the American Dental Association.

AB614-ASA1,11,20 (e) The requirement to provide the information requested under par. (a) does not apply if the health care provider providing the health care service is any of the following:

AB614-ASA1,11,22 1. A health care provider that practices individually or in association with not more than 2 other individual health care providers.

AB614-ASA1,11,24 2. A health care provider that is an association of 3 or fewer individual health care providers.

AB614-ASA1, s. 12 Section 12. Initial applicability.

AB614-ASA1,12,7 (1) Disclosures. If a disability insurance policy or a governmental self-insured health plan that is in effect on the effective date of this subsection, or a contract or agreement between a provider and a health care plan that is in effect on the effective date of this subsection, contains a provision that is inconsistent with this act, this act first applies to that disability insurance policy, governmental self-insured health plan, or contract or agreement on the date on which it is modified, extended, or renewed.

AB614-ASA1, s. 13 Section 13. Effective date.

AB614-ASA1,12,10 (1) This act takes effect on the first day of the 10th month beginning after publication.

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