SB21-AA31,1,3 31. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:
SB21-AA31,1,4 4" Section 1. 49.45 (23) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-AA31,1,125 49.45 (23) (a) The department shall request a waiver from the secretary of the
6federal department of health and human services to permit the department to
7conduct a demonstration project to provide health care coverage to adults who are
8under the age of 65, who have family incomes not to exceed 100 133 percent of the
9poverty line before application of the 5 percent income disregard under 42 CFR
10435.603 (d)
, except as provided in s. 49.471 (4g), and who are not otherwise eligible
11for medical assistance under this subchapter, the Badger Care health care program
12under s. 49.665, or Medicare under 42 USC 1395 et seq.
SB21-AA31,2 13Section 2. 49.471 (1) (cr) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-AA31,2,2
149.471 (1) (cr) "Enhanced federal medical assistance percentage" means a
2federal medical assistance percentage described under 42 USC 1396d (y) or (z).
SB21-AA31,3 3Section 3. 49.471 (4) (a) 4. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-AA31,2,64 49.471 (4) (a) 4. b. The Except as provided in sub. (4g), the individual's family
5income does not exceed 100 133 percent of the poverty line before application of the
65 percent income disregard under 42 CFR 435.603 (d)
.
SB21-AA31,4 7Section 4. 49.471 (4g) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-AA31,2,158 49.471 (4g) Medicaid expansion; federal medical assistance percentage. (a)
9For services provided to individuals described under sub. (4) (a) 4. and s. 49.45 (23),
10the department shall comply with all federal requirements to qualify for the highest
11available enhanced federal medical assistance percentage. The department shall
12submit any amendment to the state medical assistance plan, request for a waiver of
13federal Medicaid law, or other approval required by the federal government to
14provide services to the individuals described under sub. (4) (a) 4. and s. 49.45 (23) and
15qualify for the highest available enhanced federal medical assistance percentage.
SB21-AA31,3,216 (b) If the department does not qualify for an enhanced federal medical
17assistance percentage, or if the enhanced federal medical assistance percentage
18obtained by the department is lower than printed in federal law as of July 1, 2013,
19for individuals eligible under sub. (4) (a) 4. or s. 49.45 (23), the department shall
20submit to the joint committee on finance a fiscal analysis comparing the cost to
21maintain coverage for adults who are not pregnant and not elderly at up to 133
22percent of the poverty line to the cost of limiting eligibility to those adults with family
23incomes up to 100 percent of the poverty line. The department may reduce income
24eligibility for adults who are not pregnant and not elderly from up to 133 percent of

1the poverty line to up to 100 percent of the poverty line only if this reduction in income
2eligibility levels is approved by the joint committee on finance.".
SB21-AA31,3,6 32. Page 195, line 7: decrease the dollar amount for fiscal year 2015-16 by
4$113,100,000 and decrease the dollar amount for fiscal year 2016-17 by
5$247,400,000 for the purpose of providing Medical Assistance to certain adults with
6incomes up to 133 percent of the federal poverty line.
SB21-AA31,3,7 73. Page 1219, line 2: after that line insert:
SB21-AA31,3,8 8" Section 3796j. 230.81 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-AA31,3,159 230.81 (2) Nothing in this section prohibits an employee from disclosing
10information to an appropriate law enforcement agency, a state or federal district
11attorney in whose jurisdiction the crime is alleged to have occurred, a state or federal
12grand jury or a judge in a proceeding commenced under s. 968.26, or disclosing
13information pursuant to any subpoena issued by any person authorized to issue
14subpoenas under s. 885.01. Any such disclosure of information , or a report under
15sub. (4),
is a lawful disclosure under this section and is protected under s. 230.83.
SB21-AA31,3796i 16Section 3796i. 230.81 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-AA31,3,2017 230.81 (4) Any employee of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation
18who is aware that a fraud has been perpetrated against the Wisconsin Economic
19Development Corporation shall cause that fraud to be reported to the appropriate
20district attorney.".
SB21-AA31,3,21 214. Page 1223, line 7: delete "one-sixth" and substitute "one-twelfth".
SB21-AA31,3,22 225. Page 1223, line 7: after that line insert:
SB21-AA31,3,23 23" Section 3960h. 238.03 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
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1238.03 (5) Reports to the board. At each meeting of the board, the chief
2executive officer shall report to the board on the development or identification of
3benchmarks under sub. (2).
SB21-AA31,3960i 4Section 3960i. 238.03 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-AA31,4,75 238.03 (6) Reports to the board. At each meeting of the board, the chief
6executive officer shall report to the board on the creation or progress of statutorily
7required policies.
SB21-AA31,3960j 8Section 3960j. 238.03 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-AA31,4,119 238.03 (7) Reports to the board. The chief executive officer shall annually
10report to the board on staff compliance with policies on site visits and reviews of
11contractual compliance.
SB21-AA31,3960k 12Section 3960k. 238.03 (8) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-AA31,4,1613 238.03 (8) The chief executive officer shall annually report to the board on the
14corporation's timeliness of providing past-due notices to loan and grant recipients
15who have not timely submitted to the corporation any report required under this
16chapter.
SB21-AA31,3960kk 17Section 3960kk. 238.03 (9) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-AA31,4,2018 238.03 (9) The chief executive officer shall annually report to the board on loan
19and grant recipient compliance with sub. (3) (a) and the timeliness of efforts by the
20corporation to acquire documents required under sub. (3) (a).
SB21-AA31,3960L 21Section 3960L. 238.07 (2) (at) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-AA31,4,2322 238.07 (2) (at) An accounting of the total number of jobs created or retained in
23the state as a result of each program since July 1, 2011.
SB21-AA31,3960LL 24Section 3960LL. 238.07 (2) (i) of the statutes is created to read:
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1238.07 (2) (i) A description of each instance when the corporation could have
2enforced a provision to recover grant or loan funds or tax credits and the action the
3corporation either took or did not take.
SB21-AA31,3960Lm 4Section 3960Lm. 238.085 of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-AA31,5,7 5238.085 Retention of records. The corporation may not delete or destroy any
6documents, communications, or other records relating to the corporation's
7administration and economic development programs.
SB21-AA31,3960m 8Section 3960m. 238.095 of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-AA31,5,11 9238.095 Execution of contracts. The corporation may not execute any
10contract unless the corporation has reviewed the contract to ensure compliance with
11program policy requirements under this chapter.
SB21-AA31,3960n 12Section 3960n. 238.0951 of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-AA31,5,14 13238.0951 Contract terms. All terms of each contract the corporation executes
14shall be in compliance with state law at the time the contract is executed.
SB21-AA31,3960o 15Section 3960o. 238.0952 of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-AA31,5,18 16238.0952 Contract terms. All terms of each contract the corporation executes
17shall be in compliance with all corporation policies and procedures at the time the
18contract is executed.
SB21-AA31,3960p 19Section 3960p. 238.096 of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-AA31,5,22 20238.096 Verification of job creation. (1) The recipient of a loan or grant
21shall submit to the corporation information necessary to verify that the activity for
22which the loan or grant was provided created or retained full-time jobs in this state.
SB21-AA31,5,24 23(2) The corporation shall adopt policies and procedures that specify how the
24corporation is to evaluate information provided under sub. (1).
SB21-AA31,3960pp 25Section 3960pp. 238.0961 of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-AA31,6,3
1238.0961 Report to board concerning loan delinquency. No later than
2August 1 of each year, the chief executive officer of the corporation shall determine,
3and submit a report to the board setting forth, all of the following:
SB21-AA31,6,5 4(1) The loan balance and the total amount of past-due repayments for each
5loan with repayments 90 days or more past due on July 1 of the year of the report.
SB21-AA31,6,8 6(2) The loan balance for each loan with repayments 90 days or more past due
7that was amended to defer repayments, written off, or forgiven during each 6-month
8period after repayments on the loan were 90 days or more past due.
SB21-AA31,6,11 9(3) Each loan that had been 90 days or more past due and was no longer than
1090 days or more past due during each 6-month period after repayments on the loan
11were 90 days or more past due, because the loan recipient made loan repayments.
SB21-AA31,6,13 12(4) The payment delinquency rate and the principal delinquency rate on July
131 of the year of the report.
SB21-AA31,3960q 14Section 3960q. 238.0962 of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-AA31,6,18 15238.0962 Staff review. (1) In this section, "staff review" means a review
16conducted by the corporation's underwriters to determine whether a business is
17eligible for an economic development award based on the law and the corporation's
18policies and procedures.
SB21-AA31,6,22 19(2) The corporation shall establish policies that specify how long a completed
20staff review remains valid and that require when another staff review should be
21completed to ensure compliance with current law and the corporation's policies and
22procedures.
SB21-AA31,3960r 23Section 3960r. 238.097 of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-AA31,7,3
1238.097 Contracts for the allocation of tax credits. The corporation may
2not enter into a contract to allocate tax credits for an economic development project
3that begins before the contract is executed.
SB21-AA31,3960s 4Section 3960s. 238.098 of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-AA31,7,7 5238.098 Recovering tax credits. The corporation shall establish policies and
6procedures for recovering previously awarded tax credits from tax credit recipients
7that did not meet contractual obligations.
SB21-AA31,3960t 8Section 3960t. 238.112 of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-AA31,7,13 9238.112 Notifications concerning job loss. For each economic development
10program for which the creation of full-time jobs is an expected outcome, the recipient
11of a grant, loan, or tax credit under the program shall notify the corporation within
1230 days after each full-time job maintained by the recipient is eliminated in this
13state, including through relocation of the full-time job out of this state.
SB21-AA31,3960ts 14Section 3960ts. 238.113 of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-AA31,7,18 15238.113 Verification of no recent legal action. The corporation shall
16independently verify the certification of each applicant for economic development
17assistance under this chapter that the applicant has not been the subject of any
18recent legal action.
SB21-AA31,3960tt 19Section 3960tt. 238.114 of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-AA31,7,25 20238.114 Certifications concerning job levels. Each entity that receives a
21grant or loan from the corporation under an economic development program shall,
22upon completion of the economic development program, file a certification with the
23corporation that states: "No funds received from the Wisconsin Economic
24Development Corporation were utilized to relocate jobs out of Wisconsin or to reduce
25net employment in Wisconsin."
SB21-AA31,3960u
1Section 3960u. 238.121 of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-AA31,8,5 2238.121 Job creation requirement for tax credits. The corporation may
3not award tax credits to a business under this chapter unless the corporation
4determines that the award recipient will use the tax credits to increase net
5employment in this state.".
SB21-AA31,8,16 66. Page 1232, line 15: after " date." insert "Before imposing a moratorium, or
7any similar restriction, on certifying persons to claim credits under ss. 71.07 (9m),
871.28 (6), and 71.47 (6), the corporation shall submit a plan for doing so to the joint
9committee on finance. If the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance do not
10notify the corporation that the committee has scheduled a meeting to review the
11proposed plan within 14 working days after the plan is submitted to the committee,
12the corporation may implement the plan. If, within 14 working days after the
13corporation submits the proposed plan, the cochairpersons of the committee notify
14the corporation that the committee has scheduled a meeting to review the proposed
15plan, the corporation may implement the proposed plan only with the committee's
16approval.
".
SB21-AA31,8,17 177. Page 1446, line 23: after that line insert:
SB21-AA31,8,18 18" Section 4721s. 946.18 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-AA31,8,22 19946.18 Misconduct sections apply to all public officers. Sections 946.10
20to 946.17 apply to public officers, whether legally constituted or exercising powers
21as if legally constituted, including all officers and employees of the Wisconsin
22Economic Development Corporation
.".
SB21-AA31,8,23 238. Page 1533, line 5: after that line insert:
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1"(5dp) Job performance. It is the sense of the legislature that if the state's job
2performance is below the national average for more than one year, the appointing
3authority of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation's chief executive
4officer shall replace the chief executive officer.".
SB21-AA31,9,5 59. Page 1563, line 20: after that line insert:
SB21-AA31,9,8 6"(5f) Medicaid expansion. The treatment of sections 49.45 (23) (a) and 49.471
7(1) (cr), (4) (a) 4. b., and (4g) takes effect on January 1, 2016, or on the day after
8publication, whichever is later.".
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