Amendment AA1-AB788

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2019 - 2020 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 788

February 12, 2020 - Offered by Representative Murphy.

AB788-AA1,1,1 At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:

AB788-AA1,1,2 1. Page 1, line 5: after “practice law," insert “the practice of pharmacy,".

AB788-AA1,1,3 2. Page 2, line 1: before that line insert:

AB788-AA1,1,4 “ Section 1g. 450.01 (11o) of the statutes is created to read:

AB788-AA1,1,8 450.01 (11o) “Free and charitable clinics” means health care organizations that use a volunteer and staff model to provide health services to uninsured, underinsured, underserved, economically and socially disadvantaged, and vulnerable populations and that meet all of the following criteria:

AB788-AA1,1,10 (a) The organizations are nonprofit and tax exempt or are a part of a larger nonprofit, tax-exempt organization.

AB788-AA1,1,11 (b) The organizations are located in this state or serve residents in this state.

AB788-AA1,2,3 (c) The organizations restrict eligibility to receive services to individuals who are uninsured, underinsured, or have limited or no access to primary, specialty, or prescription care.

AB788-AA1,2,4 (d) The organizations provide one or more of the following services:

AB788-AA1,2,5 1. Medical care.

AB788-AA1,2,6 2. Mental health care.

AB788-AA1,2,7 3. Dental care.

AB788-AA1,2,8 4. Prescription medications.

AB788-AA1,2,11 (e) The organizations use volunteer health care professionals, nonclinical volunteers, and partnerships with other health care providers to provide the services under par. (d)

AB788-AA1,2,15 (f) The organizations are not federally qualified health centers as defined in 42 USC 1396d (l) (2) and do not receive reimbursement from the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services under a federally qualified health center payment methodology.”.

AB788-AA1,2,16 3. Page 2, line 8: after that line insert:

AB788-AA1,2,17 “ Section 2m. 450.03 (1) (L) of the statutes is created to read:

AB788-AA1,2,19 450.03 (1) (L) A person who is providing services as directed, supervised, and inspected by a person described in par. (e) in any of the following settings:

AB788-AA1,2,21 1. A narcotic treatment service for opiate addiction, as defined in s. 51.4224 (1) (a).

AB788-AA1,2,22 2. A free and charitable clinic.”.

AB788-AA1,2,23 (End)