LRB-1021/P1
TJD:cjs:jf
2015 - 2016 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Dombrowski, BB0325 - Excess state share for school based payments; reducing waiting lists for children's long-term care and other services
For 2015-2017 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
health and human services
Medical Assistance
The bill directs that the state share of payments for health care services that are appropriate to a school setting and provided in a school to children who are eligible for Medical Assistance in excess of a certain amount be deposited in the Medical Assistance trust fund and expended for reducing waiting lists for children's long-term care services and other children's services.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section
1. 20.435 (4) (x) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.435 (4) (x) Badger Care health care program; Medical Assistance trust fund; children's services; Badger Care health care program. From the Medical Assistance trust fund, all moneys received under s. 49.45 (39) (bm) for reducing waiting lists for children's long-term care services or other programs benefitting children and all moneys received for the Badger Care health care program under s. 49.665.
****Note: This Section involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
****Note: Allowing expenditure for children's services under s. 20.435 (4) (wm) does not work because that is a sum sufficient appropriation. Assuming that you don't want to expend from the Medical Assistance trust fund enough for elimination of the waiting list for children's services but just want any excess moneys to be used for reducing waiting lists, a sum sufficient appropriation is not appropriate for this purpose and appropriation types should not be mixed. Therefore, since the sub. (4) (x) appropriation was a continuing appropriation, I added the expenditure authority for the excess state share to that appropriation. Please review to ensure that this meets your intent.
Section
2. 25.77 (14) of the statutes is created to read:
25.77 (14) All moneys deposited under s. 49.45 (39) (bm)
Section
3. 49.45 (39) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
49.45 (39) (bm) Excess state share. Any portion of the state share under this subsection in excess of $42,200,000 in fiscal year 2015-16 and in excess of $41,700,000 in fiscal year 2016-17 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be deposited in the Medical Assistance trust fund.
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