AB150: Bill Text

AB150, s. 3063 Section 3063. 49.487 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 49.687 (title).

AB150, s. 3064 Section 3064. 49.487 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 49.687 (1) and amended to read:

AB150,1091,22 49.687 (1) The department shall promulgate rules that require a person who is eligible for benefits under s. 49.48, 49.483 or 49.485 49.68, 49.683 or 49.685 and whose current income exceeds specified limits to obligate or expend specified portions of the income for medical care for treatment of kidney disease, cystic fibrosis or hemophilia before receiving benefits under s. 49.48, 49.483 or 49.485 49.68, 49.683 or 49.685.

AB150, s. 3065 Section 3065. 49.487 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 49.687 (2) and amended to read:

AB150,1092,10 49.687 (2) The department shall develop and implement a sliding scale of patient liability for kidney disease aid under s. 49.48 49.68, cystic fibrosis aid under s. 49.483 49.683 and hemophilia treatment under s. 49.485 49.685, based on the patient's ability to pay for treatment. To ensure that the needs for treatment of patients with lower incomes receive priority within the availability of funds under s. 20.435 (1) (e), the department shall revise the sliding scale for patient liability by January 1, 1994, and shall, every 3 years thereafter by January 1, review and, if necessary, revise the sliding scale.

AB150, s. 3066 Section 3066. 49.49 (6) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150,1092,18 49.49 (6) Recovery. In addition to other remedies available under this section, the court may award the department of justice the costs of investigation, an amount reasonably necessary to remedy the harmful effects of the violation and the expenses of prosecution, including attorney fees, from any person who violates this section. The department of justice shall deposit in the state treasury for deposit in the general fund all moneys that the court awards to the department or the state under this subsection.

AB150, s. 3067 Section 3067. 49.493 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 49.493 (1) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB150,1092,21 49.493 (1) (intro.) In this section, "uninsured:

AB150,1092,24 (c) "Uninsured health plan" means a partially or wholly uninsured plan, including a plan that is subject to 29 USC 1001 to 1461, providing health care benefits.

AB150, s. 3068 Section 3068. 49.493 (1) (a) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150,1093,4 49.493 (1) (a) "Department or contract provider" means the department, the county providing the medical benefits or assistance or a health maintenance organization that has contracted with the department to provide the medical benefits or assistance.

AB150, s. 3069 Section 3069. 49.493 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150,1093,7 49.493 (1) (b) "Medical benefits or assistance" means medical benefits under s. 49.02 or 49.046 or medical assistance.

AB150, s. 3070 Section 3070. 49.493 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1093,12 49.493 (2) The providing of medical benefits or assistance constitutes an assignment to the department or contract provider, to the extent of the medical benefits or assistance benefits provided, for benefits to which the recipient would be entitled under any uninsured health plan.

AB150, s. 3071 Section 3071. 49.493 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1093,18 49.493 (3) (d) Impose on the department or contract provider, as assignee of a person or a person's dependent who is covered under the uninsured health plan and who is eligible for medical benefits or assistance, requirements that are different from those imposed on any other agent or assignee of a person who is covered under the uninsured health plan.

AB150, s. 3072 Section 3072. 49.493 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1093,21 49.493 (4) Benefits provided by an uninsured health plan shall be primary to those benefits provided under medical benefits or assistance.

AB150, s. 3073 Section 3073. 49.495 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1094,8 49.495 Jurisdiction of the department of justice. The department of justice or the district attorney may institute, manage, control and direct, in the proper county, any prosecution for violation of criminal laws affecting the medical assistance program including but not limited to laws relating to medical assistance contained in this chapter subchapter and laws affecting the health, safety and welfare of recipients of medical assistance. For this purpose the department of justice shall have and exercise all powers conferred upon district attorneys in such cases. The department of justice or district attorney shall notify the medical examining board or the interested affiliated credentialing board of any such prosecution of a person holding a license granted by the board or affiliated credentialing board.

AB150, s. 3074 Section 3074. 49.496 (3) (a) 2. a. of the statutes, as created by 1993 Wisconsin Act 437, is amended to read:

AB150,1094,13 49.496 (3) (a) 2. a. Home-based or community-based services under 42 USC 1396d (7) and (8) and under any waiver granted under 42 USC 1396n (c) (4) (B) or 42 USC 1396u.

AB150, s. 3075 Section 3075. 49.496 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1095,3 49.496 (4) Administration. The department may require a county department under s. 46.215 or, 46.22 or 46.23 or the governing body of a federally recognized American Indian tribe administering medical assistance to gather and provide the department with information needed to recover medical assistance under this section. The department shall pay to a county department or tribal governing body an amount equal to 5% of the recovery collected by the department relating to a beneficiary for whom the county department or tribal governing body made the last determination of medical assistance eligibility. A county department or tribal governing body may use funds received under this subsection only to pay costs incurred under this subsection and, if any amount remains, to pay for improvements to functions required under s. 46.032 49.33 (2). The department may withhold payments under this subsection for failure to comply with the department's requirements under this subsection. The department shall treat payments made under this subsection as costs of administration of the medical assistance program.

AB150, s. 3076 Section 3076. 49.496 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1095,11 49.496 (5) Use of funds. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (im), the department shall pay the amount of the payments under sub. (4) that is not paid from federal funds, shall pay to the federal government the amount of the funds recovered under this section equal to the amount of federal funds used to pay the benefits recovered under this section and shall spend the remainder of the funds recovered under this section for medical assistance benefits administered under s. 49.45 under this subchapter.

AB150, s. 3077 Section 3077. 49.497 (2e) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150,1095,19 49.497 (2e) A county or elected governing body of a federally recognized American Indian tribe may assess a fee on a person who fails to comply with a plan for recovering benefits distributed under s. 49.46, 49.468 or 49.47, if the person is no longer eligible for benefits under those sections. The fee may not exceed 10% of the amount remaining to be recovered at the time of the noncompliance and may not be assessed more than once with respect to the same overpayment. The fee may be retained by the county or tribal governing body.

AB150, s. 3078 Section 3078. 49.497 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150,1095,25 49.497 (2m) The department may charge a county, or an elected governing body of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band, for the administrative costs that are incurred by the department of health and social services and the department of revenue and that are related to certifications under s. 46.254 (2) to recover payments made incorrectly for benefits under s. 49.46, 49.468 or 49.47.

AB150, s. 3079 Section 3079. 49.497 (2m) of the statutes, as created by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

AB150,1096,7 49.497 (2m) The department may charge a county, or an elected governing body of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band, for the administrative costs that are incurred by the department of health and social services and the department of revenue and that are related to certifications under s. 46.254 49.85 (2) (a) to recover payments made incorrectly for benefits under s. 49.46, 49.468 or 49.47.

****Note: This is reconciled s. 49.497 (2m). This Section has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: -0727/4 and 2153/3.

AB150, s. 3080 Section 3080. The unnumbered subchapter title preceding 49.50 of the statutes is repealed.

****Note: This is the reconciled unnumbered subchapter title preceding s. 49.50. This Section has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: -1701/3 and -2153/1.

AB150, s. 3081 Section 3081. 49.50 (title) of the statutes is repealed.

AB150, s. 3082 Section 3082. 49.50 (1) (title) of the statutes is repealed.

AB150, s. 3083 Section 3083. 49.50 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 49.001 (1) and amended to read:

AB150,1096,16 49.001 (1) In this section, "child "Child care provider" means a child care provider that is licensed under s. 48.65 (1), certified under s. 48.651 or established or contracted for under s. 120.13 (14).

AB150, s. 3084 Section 3084. 49.50 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 49.33 (4).

AB150, s. 3085 Section 3085. 49.50 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 49.33 (5).

AB150, s. 3086 Section 3086. 49.50 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 49.33 (6).

AB150, s. 3087 Section 3087. 49.50 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 49.33 (7) and amended to read:

AB150,1097,5 49.33 (7) County personnel systems. Pursuant to rules promulgated under sub. (2) (4), the department where requested by the county shall delegate to that county, without restriction because of enumeration, any or all of the department's authority under sub. (2) (4) to establish and maintain personnel standards including salary levels.

AB150, s. 3088 Section 3088. 49.50 (6) of the statutes is renumbered 49.82 (1) and amended to read:

AB150,1097,17 49.82 (1) (title) Department Departments to advise counties. The department of health and social services and the department of industry, labor and human relations shall advise all county officers charged with the administration of such laws of these requirements relating to public assistance programs under this chapter and shall render all possible assistance in securing compliance therewith, including the preparation of necessary blanks and reports. The department of health and social services and the department of industry, labor and human relations shall also publish such information as it deems advisable to acquaint persons entitled to public assistance and the public generally with the laws governing the same public assistance under this chapter.

AB150, s. 3089 Section 3089. 49.50 (6e) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 49.191 (1) (title).

AB150, s. 3090 Section 3090. 49.50 (6e) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 49.191 (1) (a).

AB150, s. 3091 Section 3091. 49.50 (6e) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1098,2 49.50 (6e) (b) Within the limits of funds available under s. 20.435 (4) (cn) and (na) and (6) (jg), the department shall provide funds for individuals who are working and who receive aid to families with dependent children to pay child care costs in excess of the amount of the child care disregard under s. 49.19 (5) (a) and child care costs incurred before the child care disregard under s. 49.19 (5) (a) becomes available if the child care is provided by a child care provider.

AB150, s. 3092 Section 3092. 49.50 (6e) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is renumbered 49.191 (1) (b) and amended to read:

AB150,1098,11 49.191 (1) (b) Within the limits of funds available under s. ss. 20.435 (4) (cn) and (na) and (6) (3) (jg) and 20.445 (3) (cn) and (na), the department shall provide funds for individuals who are working and who receive aid to families with dependent children to pay child care costs in excess of the amount of the child care disregard under s. 49.19 (5) (a) and child care costs incurred before the child care disregard under s. 49.19 (5) (a) becomes available if the child care is provided by a child care provider.

AB150, s. 3093 Section 3093. 49.50 (6g) of the statutes is renumbered 49.191 (2).

AB150, s. 3094 Section 3094. 49.50 (6k) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1098,15 49.50 (6k) (title) Administration of day child care funds under the aid to families with dependent children program.

AB150, s. 3095 Section 3095. 49.50 (6k) (title) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is renumbered 49.191 (3) (title).

****Note: This is reconciled s. 49.50 (6k) (title). This Section has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: -0517/3 and -2153/1.

AB150, s. 3096 Section 3096. 49.50 (6k) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 49.191 (3) (a) and amended to read:

AB150,1099,2 49.191 (3) (a) County departments under ss. 46.215, 46.22 and 46.23 shall administer the funds appropriated for the purpose of providing child care under subs. (6e) (b) and (6g) (1) (b) and (2) for recipients and former recipients of aid under s. 49.19 and under sub. (7) (e) s. 49.26 (1) (e) for participants in the learnfare program. The department shall allocate funds to county departments under ss. 46.215, 46.22 and 46.23 for the purposes of this paragraph.

AB150, s. 3097 Section 3097. 49.50 (6k) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 49.191 (3) (b) and amended to read:

AB150,1099,10 49.191 (3) (b) Beginning on January 1, 1994, a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23 may, with the approval of the department, provide payment for, or reimbursement of, child care under sub. (1) (a) or s. 49.193 (8) or 49.50 (6e) (a) using funds allocated under par. (a). The department shall approve or disapprove this use of funds under criteria established to maximize state and federal funding available for child care.

AB150, s. 3098 Section 3098. 49.50 (6k) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150,1099,15 49.50 (6k) (c) Notwithstanding s. 49.41, the department shall promptly recover all overpayments made under subs. (6e), (6g) and (7) (e) and ss. 49.193 (8) and 49.27 (6) (c). The department shall promulgate rules establishing policies and procedures to administer this paragraph.

AB150, s. 3099 Section 3099. 49.50 (6k) (c) of the statutes, as created by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is renumbered 49.191 (3) (c) and amended to read:

AB150,1099,21 49.191 (3) (c) Notwithstanding s. 49.41 49.96, the department shall promptly recover all overpayments made under subs. (6e), (6g), and (7) (e) (1) and (2) and ss. 49.193 (8), 49.26 (1) (e) and 49.27 (6) (c). The department shall promulgate rules establishing policies and procedures to administer this paragraph.

****Note: This is reconciled s. 49.50 (6k) (c). This Section has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: -0517/3 and -2153/1.

AB150, s. 3100 Section 3100. 49.50 (6n) of the statutes is renumbered 49.191 (4).

AB150, s. 3101 Section 3101. 49.50 (7) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 49.26 (title) and amended to read:

AB150,1100,3 49.26 (title) Learnfare pilot program.

AB150, s. 3102 Section 3102. 49.50 (7) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 49.26 (1) (a).

AB150, s. 3103 Section 3103. 49.50 (7) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1100,18 49.50 (7) (e) For an individual who is a recipient of aid under s. 49.19, who is the parent with whom a dependent child lives and who is either required to attend subject to the school attendance requirement under par. (g) (ge) or is under 20 years of age and wants to attend school, the department shall make a monthly payment to the individual or the child care provider for the month's child care costs in an amount based on need with the maximum amount per child equal to the lesser of the actual cost of the care or the rate established under s. 46.98 (4) (d) or, if a higher rate is established under s. 46.98 (4) (e) and if the child care meets the quality standards established under s. 46.98 (4) (e), in an amount based on need with the maximum amount per child equal to the lesser of the actual cost of the care or the rate established under s. 46.98 (4) (e), if the individual demonstrates the need to purchase child care services in order to attend school and those services are available from a child care provider.

AB150, s. 3104 Section 3104. 49.50 (7) (e) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is renumbered 49.26 (1) (e).

****Note: This is reconciled s. 49.50 (7) (e). This Section has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: -0746/2 and -2153/1.

AB150, s. 3105 Section 3105. 49.50 (7) (g) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is renumbered 49.26 (1) (g).

****Note: This is reconciled s. 49.50 (7) (g). This Section has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: -0746/2 and -2153/1.

AB150, s. 3106 Section 3106. 49.50 (7) (g) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1101,5 49.50 (7) (g) (intro.) An individual who is a recipient of aid under s. 49.19 shall attend school to meet the participation requirements of the program under this subsection is subject to the school attendance requirement under par. (ge) if all of the following apply:

AB150, s. 3107 Section 3107. 49.50 (7) (ge) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150,1101,9 49.50 (7) (ge) An individual who is subject to this paragraph fails to meet the school attendance requirement if the individual is a habitual truant, as defined under s. 118.16 (1) (a).

AB150, s. 3108 Section 3108. 49.50 (7) (ge) of the statutes, as created by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is renumbered 49.26 (1) (ge).

****Note: This is reconciled s. 49.50 (7) (ge). This Section has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: -0746/2 and -2153/1.

AB150, s. 3109 Section 3109. 49.50 (7) (gm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1101,16 49.50 (7) (gm) The first time that an individual fails to meet the requirements school attendance requirement under par. (g) (ge), the county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23 shall offer case management services described in s. 46.62 to the individual and his or her family.

AB150, s. 3110 Section 3110. 49.50 (7) (gm) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is renumbered 49.26 (1) (gm) and amended to read:

AB150,1101,22 49.26 (1) (gm) The first time that an individual fails to meet the school attendance requirement under par. (ge), the county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23 shall offer case management services described in s. 46.62 sub. (2) to the individual and his or her family.