SB45,1055,422 149.143 (1) (b) 1. c. Third, by increasing premiums from eligible persons with
23coverage under s. 149.14 to more than 150% but not more than 200% of the rate that
24a standard risk would be charged under an individual policy providing substantially
25the same coverage and deductibles as are provided under the plan, including

1amounts received for premium and deductible subsidies under ss. 20.435 (5) (4) (ah)
2and 149.144, and by increasing premiums from eligible persons with coverage under
3s. 149.146 in accordance with s. 149.146 (2) (b), to the extent that the amounts under
4subd. 1. a. and b. are insufficient to pay 60% of plan costs.
SB45, s. 2266 5Section 2266. 149.143 (2) (a) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1055,136 149.143 (2) (a) 1. a. Estimate the amount of enrollee premiums that would be
7received in the new plan year if the enrollee premiums were set at a level sufficient,
8when including amounts received for premium and deductible subsidies under ss.
920.435 (5) (4) (ah) and 149.144 and from premiums collected from eligible persons
10with coverage under s. 149.146 set in accordance with s. 149.146 (2) (b), to cover 60%
11of the estimated plan costs for the new plan year, after deducting from the estimated
12plan costs the amount available in the appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (4) (af) for
13that plan year.
SB45, s. 2267 14Section 2267. 149.143 (2) (a) 1. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1055,2015 149.143 (2) (a) 1. c. If the amount estimated to be received under subd. 1. a. is
16less than the amount estimated to be received under subd. 1. b., direct the plan
17administrator to provide to the department, prior to the beginning of the plan year
18and according to procedures specified by the department, the amount of the
19difference. The department shall deposit all amounts received under this subd. 1.
20c. in the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (5) (4) (gh).
SB45, s. 2268 21Section 2268. 149.144 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1056,9 22149.144 Adjustments to insurer assessments and provider payment
23rates for premium and deductible reductions.
If the moneys under s. 20.435
24(5) (4) (ah) are insufficient to reimburse the plan for premium reductions under s.
25149.165 and deductible reductions under s. 149.14 (5) (a), or the department

1determines that the moneys under s. 20.435 (5) (4) (ah) will be insufficient to
2reimburse the plan for premium reductions under s. 149.165 and deductible
3reductions under s. 149.14 (5) (a), the department shall, by rule, adjust in equal
4proportions the amount of the assessment set under s. 149.143 (2) (a) 3. and the
5provider payment rate set under s. 149.143 (2) (a) 4., subject to s. 149.143 (1) (b) 1.,
6sufficient to reimburse the plan for premium reductions under s. 149.165 and
7deductible reductions under s. 149.14 (5) (a). The department shall notify the
8commissioner so that the commissioner may levy any increase in insurer
9assessments.
SB45, s. 2269 10Section 2269. 149.146 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1056,1411 149.146 (1) (a) Beginning on January 1, 1998, in addition to the coverage
12required under s. 149.14, the plan shall offer to all eligible persons who are not
13eligible for medicare
a choice of coverage, as described in section 2744 (a) (1) (C), P.L.
14104-191. Any such choice of coverage shall be major medical expense coverage.
SB45, s. 2270 15Section 2270. 149.146 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1056,2416 149.146 (1) (b) 2. An eligible person under par. (a) may elect once each year, at
17the time and according to procedures established by the department, among the
18coverages offered under this section and s. 149.14. If an eligible person elects new
19coverage, any preexisting condition exclusion imposed under the new coverage is met
20to the extent that the eligible person has been previously and continuously covered
21under this chapter. No preexisting condition exclusion may be imposed on an eligible
22person who elects new coverage if the person was an eligible individual when first
23covered under this chapter and the person remained continuously covered under this
24chapter up to the time of electing the new coverage.
SB45, s. 2271 25Section 2271. 149.146 (2) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,1057,4
1149.146 (2) (am) 1. For all eligible persons with coverage under this section,
2the deductible shall be $2,500. Expenses used to satisfy the deductible during the
3last 90 days of a calendar year shall also be applied to satisfy the deductible for the
4following calendar year.
SB45,1057,85 2. Except as provided in subd. 3., if the covered costs incurred by the eligible
6person exceed the deductible for major medical expense coverage in a calendar year,
7the plan shall pay at least 80% of any additional covered costs incurred by the person
8during the calendar year.
SB45,1057,139 3. If the aggregate of the covered costs not paid by the plan under subd. 2. and
10the deductible exceeds $3,500 for any eligible person during a calendar year or $7,000
11for all eligible persons in a family, the plan shall pay 100% of all covered costs
12incurred by the eligible person during the calendar year after the payment ceilings
13under this subdivision are exceeded.
SB45,1057,1814 4. Notwithstanding subds. 1. to 3., the department may establish different
15deductible amounts, a different coinsurance percentage and different covered costs
16and deductible aggregate amounts from those specified in subds. 1. to 3. in
17accordance with cost containment provisions established by the department under
18s. 149.17 (4).
SB45, s. 2272 19Section 2272. 149.15 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1057,2120 149.15 (3) (intro.) The board shall do advise the department on all of the
21following:
SB45, s. 2273 22Section 2273. 149.15 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1057,2523 149.15 (3) (a) Establish Establishing procedures under which applicants and
24participants may have grievances reviewed by an impartial body and reported to the
25board.
SB45, s. 2274
1Section 2274. 149.15 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1058,82 149.15 (3) (c) Collect Determining assessments to be collected from all insurers
3to provide for claims paid under the plan and for administrative expenses incurred
4or estimated to be incurred during the period for which the assessment is made. The
5level of payments shall be established as provided under s. 149.143. Assessment of
6the insurers shall occur at the end of each calendar year or other fiscal year end
7established by the board. Assessments are due and payable within 30 days of receipt
8by the insurer of the assessment notice.
SB45, s. 2275 9Section 2275. 149.15 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1058,1210 149.15 (3) (d) Develop and implement Developing and implementing a
11program to publicize the existence of the plan, the eligibility requirements and
12procedures for enrollment, and to maintain public awareness of the plan.
SB45, s. 2276 13Section 2276. 149.15 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1058,1614 149.15 (3) (e) Establish Establishing for payment of covered expenses, a
15payment rate that is 10% less than the charges approved by the plan administrator
16for reimbursement of covered expenses under s. 149.14 (3).
SB45, s. 2277 17Section 2277. 149.15 (3) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1058,1918 149.15 (3) (f) Advise the department on the The choice of coverage under s.
19149.146.
SB45, s. 2278 20Section 2278. 149.165 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1058,2321 149.165 (4) The department shall reimburse the plan for premium reductions
22under sub. (2) and deductible reductions under s. 149.14 (5) (a) with moneys from the
23appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (4) (ah).
SB45, s. 2279 24Section 2279. 150.84 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1059,6
1150.84 (2) "Health care facility" means a facility, as defined in s. 647.01 (4), or
2any hospital, nursing home, community-based residential facility, county home,
3county infirmary, county hospital, county mental health center, tuberculosis
4sanatorium
or other place licensed or approved by the department under s. 49.70,
549.71, 49.72, 50.02, 50.03, 50.35, 51.08, or 51.09, 58.06, 252.073 or 252.076 or a
6facility under s. 45.365, 51.05, 51.06, 233.40, 233.41, 233.42 or 252.10.
SB45, s. 2280 7Section 2280. 153.05 (6m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1059,138 153.05 (6m) The department may contract with the group insurance board for
9the provision of data collection and analysis services related to health maintenance
10organizations and insurance companies that provide health insurance for state
11employes. The department shall establish contract fees for the provision of the
12services. All moneys collected under this subsection shall be credited to the
13appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (4) (hg).
SB45, s. 2281 14Section 2281. 153.60 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1060,1015 153.60 (1) The department shall, by the first October 1 after the
16commencement of each fiscal year, estimate the total amount of expenditures under
17this chapter for the department and the board for that fiscal year for data collection,
18data base development and maintenance, generation of data files and standard
19reports, orientation and training provided under s. 153.05 (9) and maintaining the
20board. The department shall assess the estimated total amount for that fiscal year
21less the estimated total amount to be received for purposes of administration of this
22chapter under s. 20.435 (1) (4) (hi) during the fiscal year, the unencumbered balance
23of the amount received for purposes of administration of this chapter under s. 20.435
24(1) (4) (hi) from the prior fiscal year and the amount in the appropriation account
25under s. 20.435 (1) (dg) for the fiscal year, to health care providers who are in a class

1of health care providers from whom the department collects data under this chapter
2in a manner specified by the department by rule. The department shall obtain
3approval from the board for the amounts of assessments for health care providers
4other than hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers. The department shall work
5together with the department of regulation and licensing to develop a mechanism for
6collecting assessments from health care providers other than hospitals and
7ambulatory surgery centers. No health care provider that is not a facility may be
8assessed under this subsection an amount that exceeds $75 per fiscal year. Each
9hospital shall pay the assessment on or before December 1. All payments of
10assessments shall be deposited in the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (4) (hg).
SB45, s. 2282 11Section 2282. 153.60 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1060,2212 153.60 (3) The department shall, by the first October 1 after the
13commencement of each fiscal year, estimate the total amount of expenditures
14required for the collection, database development and maintenance and generation
15of public data files and standard reports for health care plans that voluntarily agree
16to supply health care data under s. 153.05 (6r). The department shall assess the
17estimated total amount for that fiscal year to health care plans in a manner specified
18by the department by rule and may enter into an agreement with the office of the
19commissioner of insurance for collection of the assessments. Each health plan that
20voluntarily agrees to supply this information shall pay the assessments on or before
21December 1. All payments of assessments shall be deposited in the appropriation
22under s. 20.435 (1) (4) (hg) and may be used solely for the purposes of s. 153.05 (6r).
SB45, s. 2283 23Section 2283. 153.65 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1061,5 24153.65 Provision of special information; user fees. The department may,
25but is not required to, provide, upon request from a person, a data compilation or a

1special report based on the information collected by the department. The
2department shall establish user fees for the provision of these compilations or
3reports, payable by the requester, which shall be sufficient to fund the actual
4necessary and direct cost of the compilation or report. All moneys collected under
5this section shall be credited to the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (4) (hi).
SB45, s. 2284 6Section 2284. 155.01 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1061,127 155.01 (6) "Health care facility" means a facility, as defined in s. 647.01 (4), or
8any hospital, nursing home, community-based residential facility, county home,
9county infirmary, county hospital, county mental health center, tuberculosis
10sanatorium
or other place licensed or approved by the department under s. 49.70,
1149.71, 49.72, 50.02, 50.03, 50.35, 51.08, or 51.09, 58.06, 252.073 or 252.076 or a
12facility under s. 45.365, 51.05, 51.06, 233.40, 233.41, 233.42 or 252.10.
SB45, s. 2285 13Section 2285. 160.255 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1061,18 14160.255 Exceptions for private certain sewage systems. (1) In this
15section, "private exempt sewage system" has the meaning given means a small
16sewage system, as defined
in s. 145.01 (12) (14m), or a sewage system that is in
17existence on January 1, 2000, and that would be a small sewage system except that
18its design flow exceeds the maximum design flow specified under s. 145.02 (4) (c)
.
SB45,1061,22 19(2) Notwithstanding s. 160.19 (1), (2) and (4) (b), a regulatory agency is not
20required to promulgate or amend rules that define design or management criteria
21for private exempt sewage systems to minimize the amount of nitrate in
22groundwater or to maintain compliance with the preventive action limit for nitrate.
SB45,1062,2 23(3) Notwithstanding s. 160.19 (3), a regulatory agency may promulgate rules
24that define design or management criteria for private exempt sewage systems that

1permit the enforcement standard for nitrate to be attained or exceeded at the point
2of standards application.
SB45,1062,7 3(4) Notwithstanding s. 160.21, a regulatory agency is not required to
4promulgate rules that set forth responses that the agency may take, or require to be
5taken, when the preventive action limit or enforcement standard for nitrate is
6attained or exceeded at the point of standards application if the source of the nitrate
7is a private an exempt sewage system.
SB45,1062,11 8(5) Notwithstanding ss. 160.23 and 160.25, a regulatory agency is not required
9to take any responses for a specific site at which the preventive action limit or
10enforcement standard for nitrate is attained or exceeded at the point of standards
11application if the source of the nitrate is a private an exempt sewage system.
SB45, s. 2286 12Section 2286. 165.017 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 2287 13Section 2287. 165.25 (6) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,1063,314 165.25 (6) (f) Except as provided under ss. 49.49 (6), 100.263, 133.16, 281.98,
15283.91 (5), 289.96 (3), 292.99, 293.87 (4), 295.19 (3) (b), 299.95 and 299.97, any money
16that is received by the department of justice under this subsection as the result of a
17contract or understanding between the department of justice and another state
18agency that is approved under s. 16.505 or 16.515 or as part of the biennial budget
19act shall be credited to the appropriation under s. 20.455 (1) (km). If authority to
20spend the money that is received by the department of justice under this subsection
21as the result of a contract or understanding between the department of justice and
22another state agency is not approved under s. 16.505 or 16.515 or as part of the
23biennial budget act, the money received shall be paid into the general fund as
24provided under s. 20.001 (4) or 165.25 (4) (d). An agency that is not enumerated in
25this section and that does not have a contract or understanding with the department

1of justice that is approved under s. 16.505 or 16.515 or as part of the biennial budget
2act may not be charged for legal services provided to that agency by the department
3of justice.
SB45, s. 2288 4Section 2288. 165.76 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1063,95 165.76 (1) (a) Is in prison or, a secured correctional facility, as defined in s.
6938.02 (15m), or a secured child caring institution, as defined in s. 938.02 (15g), or
7a secured group home, as defined in s. 938.02 (15p),
or on probation, extended
8supervision, parole, supervision or aftercare supervision on or after
9August 12, 1993, for any violation of s. 940.225 (1) or (2), 948.02 (1) or (2) or 948.025.
SB45, s. 2289 10Section 2289. 165.76 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1063,2011 165.76 (2) (b) 2. If the person has been sentenced to prison or placed in a secured
12correctional facility or, a secured child caring institution or a secured group home,
13he or she shall provide the specimen under par. (a) at the office of a county sheriff as
14soon as practicable after release on parole, extended supervision or aftercare
15supervision, as directed by his or her probation, extended supervision and parole
16agent or aftercare agent, except that the department of corrections or the county
17department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23 operating the secured group home in
18which the person is placed
may require the person to provide the specimen while he
19or she is in prison or in a the secured correctional facility or a, secured child caring
20institution or secured group home.
SB45, s. 2290 21Section 2290. 165.85 (5m) of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 2291 22Section 2291. 165.87 (1) (title) of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 2292 23Section 2292. 165.87 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 165.87 and amended
24to read:
SB45,1064,7
1165.87 Law enforcement training fund. Twenty-seven fifty-fifths of all
2moneys
Moneys collected from penalty assessments under this section shall be
3credited
s. 757.05 and transferred to the appropriation account under s. 20.455 (2)
4(i) and utilized (kp) and (kq) shall be used in accordance with ss. 20.455 (2) and s.
5165.85 (5) and (5m). The moneys credited to the appropriation account under s.
620.455 (2) (i), except for the moneys transferred to s. 20.455 (2) (jb),
and shall
7constitute the law enforcement training fund.
SB45, s. 2293 8Section 2293. 165.87 (1) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 2294 9Section 2294. 165.87 (1) (bn) of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 2295 10Section 2295. 165.87 (1) (bp) of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 2296 11Section 2296. 165.87 (1) (br) of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 2297 12Section 2297. 165.87 (1) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 2298 13Section 2298. 165.87 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 757.05.
SB45, s. 2299 14Section 2299. 165.90 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1064,2015 165.90 (4) (intro.) If the department approves a plan, the department shall
16certify the program as eligible to receive aid under s. 20.455 (2) (d) and (hn) (kt). Prior
17to January 15, of the year for which funding is sought, the department shall
18distribute from the appropriations under s. 20.455 (2) (d) and (hn) (kt) to each eligible
19program the amount necessary to implement the plan, subject to the following
20limitations:
SB45, s. 2300 21Section 2300. 165.90 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1064,2322 165.90 (4) (a) A program may use funds received under s. 20.455 (2) (d) or (hn)
23(kt) only for law enforcement operations.
SB45, s. 2301 24Section 2301. 165.90 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1065,4
1165.90 (4) (b) A program shall, prior to the receipt of funds under s. 20.455 (2)
2(d) or (hn) (kt) for the 2nd and any subsequent year, submit a report to the
3department regarding the performance of law enforcement activities on the
4reservation in the previous fiscal year.
SB45, s. 2302 5Section 2302. 166.15 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1065,106 166.15 (1) (f) "Nuclear incident" means any sudden or nonsudden release of
7ionizing radiation, as defined under s. 254.31 (3g), from radioactive waste being
8stored or disposed of in a waste repository or transported. "Nuclear incident" does
9not include any release of radiation from radioactive waste being transported under
10routine operations.
SB45, s. 2303 11Section 2303. 166.20 (7g) of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 2304 12Section 2304. 168.12 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1065,2013 168.12 (1) Except as provided in subs. (1g) and (1r), there is imposed a
14petroleum inspection fee at the rate of 3 cents per gallon specified in sub. (1e) on all
15petroleum products that are received by a supplier for sale in this state or for sale
16for export to this state. The department of revenue shall determine when a
17petroleum product is received under this subsection in the same manner that it
18determines under s. 78.07 when motor vehicle fuel is received. The fee shall be paid
19under s. 168.125 and shall be based on the number of gallons reported under s.
20168.125.
SB45, s. 2305 21Section 2305. 168.12 (1e) of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,1065,2322 168.12 (1e) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), the petroleum inspection fee is
233 cents per gallon.
SB45,1066,624 (b) 1. On or before January 1 of each even-numbered year, beginning with
25January 1, 2002, the department shall determine the total amount claimed as

1reimbursement for claims that have been submitted under s. 101.143 (3) and that are
2unpaid as of the preceding June 30. If that total exceeds $10,000,000, the
3department shall increase the petroleum inspection fee, effective the following April
41, by the amount per gallon, rounded to the nearest 0.1 cent, that the department
5estimates will annually generate revenue equal to the amount by which the total of
6the unpaid claims exceeds $10,000,000.
SB45,1066,157 2. On or before January 1 of each even-numbered year, beginning with January
81, 2002, the department shall determine the unencumbered balance in the petroleum
9inspection fund as of the preceding June 30. If that balance exceeds $10,000,000 and
10if no revenue obligations issued under s. 101.143 (9m) are outstanding, the
11department shall reduce the petroleum inspection fee, effective the following April
121, by the amount per gallon, rounded to the nearest 0.1 cent, that the department
13estimates will reduce the revenue raised annually by the fee in an amount equal to
14$5,000,000 or the amount by which that balance exceeds $10,000,000, whichever is
15greater.
SB45,1066,1716 3. The department shall notify the department of revenue of any change in the
17petroleum inspection fee under this paragraph.
SB45, s. 2306 18Section 2306. 170.12 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1066,2519 170.12 (6) (a) The boundaries of the location where sunken logs may be raised
20pursuant to the permit. The area covered by the permit shall be contiguous, shall
21be contained within a single quarter section
and may not exceed 160 acres. A permit
22may not cover submerged lands that are not contained within Lake Michigan, Lake
23Superior, Star Lake in Villas County, Boom Lake in Oneida County, Rib Lake in
24Taylor County or the Fox River. No location may be covered by more than one permit
25under this section.
SB45, s. 2307
1Section 2307. 177.01 (10) of the statutes is renumbered 177.01 (10) (a).
SB45, s. 2308 2Section 2308. 177.01 (10) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,1067,63 177.01 (10) (b) "Intangible property" does not include a credit balance issued
4to a commercial customer account by a business association in the ordinary course
5of business, unless the credit balance is property described in s. 177.06 (1) or (2) held
6by a banking organization or financial organization.
SB45, s. 2309 7Section 2309. 195.28 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1067,168 195.28 (2) Installation costs. The cost of any signal or other crossing
9protection device which is ordered installed under sub. (1) and the cost of installing
10any such device shall be paid by the department from the appropriations under s.
1120.395 (2) (gj), (gr) and (gx). This subsection applies only if, prior to the order under
12sub. (1), the secretary of transportation or the railroad grade crossings committee
13has recommended that the office consider improvements to the railroad grade
14crossing as provided in 1999 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9150 (5), or if,
15regardless of the recommendation concerning the crossing, the office determines
16that immediate improvements to the crossing are necessary to protect public safety.
SB45, s. 2310 17Section 2310. 196.02 (7m) of the statutes is created to read:
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