AB100: Bill Text

AB100,544,24 49.175 (1) (ze) 10m. `Safety services.' For services provided in counties having a population of 500,000 or more to ensure the safety of children who the department of health and family services determines may remain at home if appropriate services are provided, $7,045,500 $7,323,600 in each fiscal year.

AB100, s. 1105 Section 1105. 49.175 (1) (ze) 12. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,545,5 49.175 (1) (ze) 12. `Milwaukee and statewide child welfare administration.' For the costs associated with the Milwaukee child welfare information system and the Wisconsin statewide automated child welfare information system, $1,695,700 $1,310,800 in fiscal year 2003-04 2005-06 and $1,741,300 $1,317,700 in fiscal year 2004-05 2006-07.

AB100, s. 1106 Section 1106. 49.175 (1) (zh) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,545,11 49.175 (1) (zh) Taxable years 1999 and thereafter Earned income tax credit supplement. For the transfer of moneys from the appropriation account under s. 20.445 (3) (md) to the appropriation account under s. 20.835 (2) (kf) for the earned income tax credit, $57,892,000 in fiscal year 2003-04 and $59,532,000 $59,532,000 in each fiscal year 2004-05.

AB100, s. 1107 Section 1107. 49.175 (1) (zj) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 1108 Section 1108. 49.175 (1) (zL) of the statutes is renumbered 115.28 (35) and amended to read:

AB100,545,18 115.28 (35) English for Southeast Asian children. To Annually pay to the school board of the Wausau school district for English training instruction for 3-year-old, 4-year-old and 5-year-old Southeast Asian children, $100,000 in each fiscal year the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (ce).

AB100, s. 1109 Section 1109. 49.175 (1) (zn) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 1110 Section 1110. 49.195 (3m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,546,5 49.195 (3m) (b) The clerk of circuit court shall accept, file, and enter the each warrant under par. (a) and each satisfaction, release, or withdrawal under par. (d), (e), (g), or (h) in the judgment and lien docket without prepayment of any fee, but the clerk of circuit court shall submit a statement of the proper fee semiannually to the department covering the periods from January 1 to June 30 and July 1 to December 31 unless a different billing period is agreed to between the clerk of circuit court and the department. The department shall pay the fees, but shall add the fees provided by s. 814.61 (5) for entering the warrants to the amount of the warrant and shall collect the fees from the person named in the warrant when satisfaction or release is presented for entry.

AB100, s. 1111 Section 1111. 49.195 (3m) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,546,11 49.195 (3m) (h) If the department arranges a payment schedule with the debtor and the debtor complies with the payment schedule, the department shall may issue a notice of withdrawal of the warrant to the clerk of circuit court for the county in which the warrant is filed. The If the department issues a notice of withdrawal of the warrant, the clerk shall void the warrant and the resulting liens.

AB100, s. 1112 Section 1112. 49.195 (3n) (p) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,546,15 49.195 (3n) (p) A levy is effective from the date on which the levy is first served on the 3rd party until the liability out of which the levy arose is satisfied, or until the levy is released or until one year from the date of service, whichever occurs first.

AB100, s. 1113 Section 1113. 49.195 (3n) (t) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,546,20 49.195 (3n) (t) Any 3rd party is entitled to a levy fee of $5 for each levy in any case where in which property is secured through the levy. The If the 3rd party retains the fee, the 3rd party shall increase the levy amount by the amount of the fee and deduct the fee from the proceeds of the levy.

AB100, s. 1114 Section 1114. 49.197 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,547,14 49.197 (1m) Fraud investigation. From the appropriations under s. 20.445 (3) (dz), (kx), (L), (md), (n), and (nL), the department shall establish a program to investigate suspected fraudulent activity on the part of recipients of aid to families with dependent children under s. 49.19, on the part of participants in the Wisconsin works Works program under ss. 49.141 to 49.161, and, if the department of health and family services contracts with the department under sub. (5), on the part of recipients of medical assistance under subch. IV and, food stamp benefits under the food stamp program under 7 USC 2011 to 2036, supplemental security income payments under s. 49.77, payments for the support of children of supplemental security income recipients under s. 49.775, and health care benefits under the Badger Care health care program under s. 49.665. The department's activities under this subsection may include, but are not limited to, comparisons of information provided to the department by an applicant and information provided by the applicant to other federal, state, and local agencies, development of an advisory welfare investigation prosecution standard, and provision of funds to county departments under ss. 46.215, 46.22, and 46.23 and to Wisconsin works Works agencies to encourage activities to detect fraud. The department shall cooperate with district attorneys regarding fraud prosecutions.

AB100, s. 1115 Section 1115. 49.197 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,547,23 49.197 (3) State error reduction activities. The department shall conduct activities to reduce payment errors in Wisconsin works Works under ss. 49.141 to 49.161 and, if the department of health and family services contracts with the department under sub. (5), the medical assistance Medical Assistance program under subch. IV and, the food stamp program under 7 USC 2011 to 2036, the supplemental security income payments program under s. 49.77, the program providing payments for the support of children of supplemental security income recipients under s. 49.775, and the Badger Care health care program under s. 49.665.

AB100, s. 1116 Section 1116. 49.197 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,548,10 49.197 (4) County and tribal error reduction. If the department of health and family services contracts with the department under sub. (5), the department shall provide funds from the appropriation under s. 20.445 (3) (kx) to counties and governing bodies of federally recognized American Indian tribes administering medical assistance Medical Assistance under subch. IV or, the food stamp program under 7 USC 2011 to 2036, the supplemental security income payments program under s. 49.77, the program providing payments for the support of children of supplemental security income recipients under s. 49.775, and the Badger Care health care program under s. 49.665 to offset administrative costs of reducing payment errors in those programs.

AB100, s. 1117 Section 1117. 49.197 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,548,25 49.197 (5) Contracts for medical assistance and, food stamps, supplemental security income, and caretaker supplement. The Notwithstanding s. 49.845 (1) and (2), the department of health and family services may contract with the department to investigate suspected fraudulent activity on the part of recipients of medical assistance under subch. IV or recipients of, food stamp benefits under the food stamp program under 7 USC 2011 to 2036, supplemental security income payments under s. 49.77, payments for the support of children of supplemental security income recipients under s. 49.775, and health care benefits under the Badger Care health care program under s. 49.665 and to conduct activities to reduce payment errors in the Medical Assistance program under subch. IV, the food stamp program under 7 USC 2011 to 2036, the supplemental security income payments program under s. 49.77, the program providing payments for the support of children of supplemental security income recipients under s. 49.775, and the Badger Care health care program under s. 49.665, as provided in this section.

AB100, s. 1118 Section 1118. 49.22 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,549,16 49.22 (1) There is created a child and spousal support and establishment of paternity and medical liability support liability program in the department. The purpose of this program is to establish paternity when possible, to establish or modify support obligations, to enforce support obligations owed by parents to their children and maintenance obligations owed to spouses or former spouses with whom the children reside in this state or owed in other states if the support order was issued in this state or owed in other states if the parent, spouse, or former spouse resides in this state, to locate persons who are alleged to have taken their child in violation of s. 948.31 or of similar laws in other states, and to locate and value property of any person having a support duty. To accomplish the objectives of this program and of other assistance programs under this chapter, county and state agencies will cooperate with one another to implement a child and spousal support and paternity establishment and medical support liability program in accordance with state and federal laws, regulations, and rules and to assure proper distribution of benefits of all assistance programs authorized under this chapter.

AB100, s. 1119 Section 1119. 49.36 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,550,2 49.36 (2) The department may contract with any county, tribal governing body, or Wisconsin works Works agency to administer a work experience and job training program for parents who are not custodial parents and who fail to pay child support or to meet their children's needs for support as a result of unemployment or underemployment. The program may provide the kinds of work experience and job training services available from the program under s. 49.193, 1997 stats., or s. 49.147 (3) or (4). The program may also include job search and job orientation activities. The department shall fund the program from the appropriation appropriations under s. 20.445 (3) (dz) and (k).

AB100, s. 1120 Section 1120. 49.45 (2) (a) 3m. of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 1121 Section 1121. 49.45 (2) (a) 17. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,550,9 49.45 (2) (a) 17. Notify the governor, the joint committee on legislative organization, the joint committee on finance, and appropriate standing committees, as determined by the presiding officer of each house, if the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (4) (b) and, (gp), (r), and (rg) are insufficient to provide the state share of medical assistance.

AB100, s. 1122 Section 1122 . 49.45 (2) (a) 17. of the statutes, as affected by 2005 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

AB100,550,16 49.45 (2) (a) 17. Notify the governor, the joint committee on legislative organization, the joint committee on finance and appropriate standing committees, as determined by the presiding officer of each house, if the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (4) (b), (gp), and (r), and (rg) are insufficient to provide the state share of medical assistance.

AB100, s. 1123 Section 1123. 49.45 (2) (a) 26. of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,551,18 49.45 (2) (a) 26. a. Impose on each health maintenance organization, as defined in s. 609.01 (2), with a contract under sub. (2) (b) 2. to provide health care to recipients of Medical Assistance or Badger Care, for the privilege of doing business in this state, an annual assessment of 6 percent of the health maintenance organization's gross revenues for the current calendar year. The assessment shall be deposited into the Medical Assistance trust fund. Each health maintenance organization subject to this subdivision shall file with the office of the commissioner of insurance annually, by March 1, a statement of the gross revenues for the health maintenance organization for the immediately preceding calendar year. If a health maintenance organization fails to file such a report by March 1, the department may withhold payment under this section until the report is filed. The department shall determine the amount of each health maintenance organization's assessment, based on the statement that the health maintenance organization files with the office of the commissioner of insurance. Each health maintenance organization shall pay one-fourth of the total assessment quarterly. For 2007 and every year thereafter, on March 31 payment is due based on estimated gross revenues for the health maintenance organization for the period January 1 to March 31 of that year, and the department may adjust the payment amount to ensure that payments made for the previous calendar year equaled an assessment of 6 percent of the health maintenance organization's actual gross revenues for the immediately preceding calendar year; on June 30 payment is due based on actual gross revenues for the health maintenance organization for the period January 1 to March 31 of that year; on September 30 payment is due based on actual gross revenues for the health maintenance organization for the period April 1 to June 30 of that year; and on December 31 payment is due based on actual gross revenues for the health maintenance organization for the period July 1 to September 30 of that year.

AB100,551,23 b. Sections 77.59 (1) to (5), (6) (intro.), (a), and (c), and (7) to (10), 77.60 (1) to (7), (9), and (10), 77.61 (9) and (12) to (14), and 77.62, as they apply to the taxes under subch. III of ch. 77, apply to the assessment under this subdivision, except that the amount of any assessment collected under subd. 26. a. shall be deposited into the Medical Assistance trust fund.

AB100,552,3 c. The department shall levy, enforce, and collect the assessment under this subdivision and shall develop and distribute forms necessary for levying and collection.

AB100,552,5 d. The department shall establish procedures and requirements for levying the assessment under this subdivision.

AB100,552,10 e. An affected health maintenance organization may contest an action by the department of health and family services under this subdivision by submitting a written request for a hearing to the division of hearings and appeals in the department of administration within 30 days after the date of the action by the department of health and family services.

AB100,552,13 f. Any order or determination made by the division of hearing and appeals in the department of administration under a hearing as specified in subd. 26. e. is subject to judicial review as prescribed under ch. 227.

AB100, s. 1124 Section 1124. 49.45 (3) (i) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 1125 Section 1125. 49.45 (5m) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,552,23 49.45 (5m) (am) Notwithstanding sub. (3) (e), from the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (4) (b), (gp), (o), and (w) (rm), the department shall distribute not more than $2,256,000 in each fiscal year, to provide supplemental funds to rural hospitals that, as determined by the department, have high utilization of inpatient services by patients whose care is provided from governmental sources, and to provide supplemental funds to critical access hospitals, except that the department may not distribute funds to a rural hospital or to a critical access hospital to the extent that the distribution would exceed any limitation under 42 USC 1396b (i) (3).

AB100, s. 1126 Section 1126. 49.45 (6m) (ag) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,553,7 49.45 (6m) (ag) (intro.) Payment for care provided in a facility under this subsection made under s. 20.435 (4) (b), (gp), (pa), (o), (r), (rg), (w), or (wm) shall, except as provided in pars. (bg), (bm), and (br), be determined according to a prospective payment system updated annually by the department. The payment system shall implement standards that are necessary and proper for providing patient care and that meet quality and safety standards established under subch. II of ch. 50 and ch. 150. The payment system shall reflect all of the following:

AB100, s. 1127 Section 1127 . 49.45 (6m) (ag) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2005 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

AB100,553,16 49.45 (6m) (ag) (intro.) Payment for care provided in a facility under this subsection made under s. 20.435 (4) (b), (gp), (pa), (o), (r), (rg), (w), or (wm) shall, except as provided in pars. (bg), (bm), and (br), be determined according to a prospective payment system updated annually by the department. The payment system shall implement standards that are necessary and proper for providing patient care and that meet quality and safety standards established under subch. II of ch. 50 and ch. 150. The payment system shall reflect all of the following:

AB100, s. 1128 Section 1128. 49.45 (6m) (ag) 3m. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,553,20 49.45 (6m) (ag) 3m. For each state fiscal year, rates that shall be set by the department based on information from cost reports for costs specified under par. (am) 1. bm., 4., 5m., and 6. for the most recently completed fiscal year of the facility.

AB100, s. 1129 Section 1129. 49.45 (6m) (ag) 3r. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,553,23 49.45 (6m) (ag) 3r. Flat-rate payment for all costs specified under par. (am) 1. a. and 2.

AB100, s. 1130 Section 1130. 49.45 (6m) (ar) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,554,11 49.45 (6m) (ar) 1. a. The department shall establish standards for payment of allowable direct care costs under par. (am) 1. bm., for facilities that do not primarily serve the developmentally disabled, that take into account direct care costs for a sample of all of those facilities in this state and separate standards for payment of allowable direct care costs, for facilities that primarily serve the developmentally disabled, that take into account direct care costs for a sample of all of those facilities in this state. The standards shall be adjusted by the department for regional labor cost variations. For facilities in Douglas, Pierce, and St. Croix counties, the department shall perform the adjustment by use of the wage index that is used by the federal department of health and human services for hospital reimbursement under 42 USC 1395 to 1395ggg.

AB100, s. 1131 Section 1131. 49.45 (6m) (ar) 1. b. of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 1132 Section 1132. 49.45 (6m) (ar) 1. c. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,554,18 49.45 (6m) (ar) 1. c. If a facility has an approved program for provision of service to mentally retarded residents, residents dependent upon ventilators, or residents requiring supplemental skilled care due to complex medical conditions, a supplement to the direct care component of the facility rate under subd. 1. b. may be made to that facility according to a method developed by the department.

AB100, s. 1133 Section 1133. 49.45 (6t) of the statutes, as affected by 2003 Wisconsin Act 318, is repealed.

AB100, s. 1134 Section 1134. 49.45 (6v) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,555,2 49.45 (6v) (b) The department shall, each year, submit to the joint committee on finance a report for the previous fiscal year, except for the 1997-98 fiscal year, that provides information on the utilization of beds by recipients of medical assistance in facilities and a discussion and detailed projection of the likely balances, expenditures, encumbrances, and carry over of currently appropriated amounts in the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (4) (b), (gp), and (o), (r), and (rg).

AB100, s. 1135 Section 1135 . 49.45 (6v) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 2005 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

AB100,555,10 49.45 (6v) (b) The department shall, each year, submit to the joint committee on finance a report for the previous fiscal year, except for the 1997-98 fiscal year, that provides information on the utilization of beds by recipients of medical assistance in facilities and a discussion and detailed projection of the likely balances, expenditures, encumbrances and carry over of currently appropriated amounts in the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (4) (b), (gp), (o), and (r), and (rg).

AB100, s. 1136 Section 1136. 49.45 (6x) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,555,17 49.45 (6x) (a) Notwithstanding sub. (3) (e), from the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (4) (b), (gp), (o), and (w) (rm), the department shall distribute not more than $4,748,000 $6,248,000 in each fiscal year, to provide funds to an essential access city hospital, except that the department may not allocate funds to an essential access city hospital to the extent that the allocation would exceed any limitation under 42 USC 1396b (i) (3).

AB100, s. 1137 Section 1137. 49.45 (6y) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,556,3 49.45 (6y) (a) Notwithstanding sub. (3) (e), from the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (4) (b), (gp), (o), (r), (rg), and (w), the department shall distribute funding in each fiscal year to provide supplemental payment to hospitals that enter into a contract under s. 49.02 (2) to provide health care services funded by a relief block grant, as determined by the department, for hospital services that are not in excess of the hospitals' customary charges for the services, as limited under 42 USC 1396b (i) (3). If no relief block grant is awarded under this chapter or if the allocation of funds to such hospitals would exceed any limitation under 42 USC 1396b (i) (3), the department may distribute funds to hospitals that have not entered into a contract under s. 49.02 (2).

AB100, s. 1138 Section 1138 . 49.45 (6y) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2005 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

AB100,556,15 49.45 (6y) (a) Notwithstanding sub. (3) (e), from the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (4) (b), (gp), (o), (r), (rg), and (w), the department shall distribute funding in each fiscal year to provide supplemental payment to hospitals that enter into a contract under s. 49.02 (2) to provide health care services funded by a relief block grant, as determined by the department, for hospital services that are not in excess of the hospitals' customary charges for the services, as limited under 42 USC 1396b (i) (3). If no relief block grant is awarded under this chapter or if the allocation of funds to such hospitals would exceed any limitation under 42 USC 1396b (i) (3), the department may distribute funds to hospitals that have not entered into a contract under s. 49.02 (2).

AB100, s. 1139 Section 1139. 49.45 (6y) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,556,23 49.45 (6y) (am) Notwithstanding sub. (3) (e), from the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (4) (b), (h), (gp), (o), (r), (rg), and (w), the department shall distribute funding in each fiscal year to provide supplemental payments to hospitals that enter into contracts under s. 49.02 (2) with a county having a population of 500,000 or more to provide health care services funded by a relief block grant, as determined by the department, for hospital services that are not in excess of the hospitals' customary charges for the services, as limited under 42 USC 1396b (i) (3).

AB100, s. 1140 Section 1140 . 49.45 (6y) (am) of the statutes, as affected by 2005 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

AB100,557,7 49.45 (6y) (am) Notwithstanding sub. (3) (e), from the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (4) (b), (h), (gp), (o), (r), (rg), and (w), the department shall distribute funding in each fiscal year to provide supplemental payments to hospitals that enter into contracts under s. 49.02 (2) with a county having a population of 500,000 or more to provide health care services funded by a relief block grant, as determined by the department, for hospital services that are not in excess of the hospitals' customary charges for the services, as limited under 42 USC 1396b (i) (3).

AB100, s. 1141 Section 1141. 49.45 (6z) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,557,19 49.45 (6z) (a) (intro.) Notwithstanding sub. (3) (e), from the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (4) (b), (gp), (o), (r), (rg), and (w), the department shall distribute funding in each fiscal year to supplement payment for services to hospitals that enter into a contract under s. 49.02 (2) to provide health care services funded by a relief block grant under this chapter, if the department determines that the hospitals serve a disproportionate number of low-income patients with special needs. If no medical relief block grant under this chapter is awarded or if the allocation of funds to such hospitals would exceed any limitation under 42 USC 1396b (i) (3), the department may distribute funds to hospitals that have not entered into a contract under s. 49.02 (2). The department may not distribute funds under this subsection to the extent that the distribution would do any of the following:

AB100, s. 1142 Section 1142 . 49.45 (6z) (a) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2005 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

AB100,558,7 49.45 (6z) (a) (intro.) Notwithstanding sub. (3) (e), from the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (4) (b), (gp), (o), (r), (rg), and (w), the department shall distribute funding in each fiscal year to supplement payment for services to hospitals that enter into a contract under s. 49.02 (2) to provide health care services funded by a relief block grant under this chapter, if the department determines that the hospitals serve a disproportionate number of low-income patients with special needs. If no medical relief block grant under this chapter is awarded or if the allocation of funds to such hospitals would exceed any limitation under 42 USC 1396b (i) (3), the department may distribute funds to hospitals that have not entered into a contract under s. 49.02 (2). The department may not distribute funds under this subsection to the extent that the distribution would do any of the following:

AB100, s. 1143 Section 1143. 49.45 (8) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,558,13 49.45 (8) (b) Reimbursement under s. 20.435 (4) (b), (gp), (o), (r), (rg), and (w) for home health services provided by a certified home health agency or independent nurse shall be made at the home health agency's or nurse's usual and customary fee per patient care visit, subject to a maximum allowable fee per patient care visit that is established under par. (c).

AB100, s. 1144 Section 1144 . 49.45 (8) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 2005 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

AB100,558,20 49.45 (8) (b) Reimbursement under s. 20.435 (4) (b), (gp), (o), (r), (rg), and (w) for home health services provided by a certified home health agency or independent nurse shall be made at the home health agency's or nurse's usual and customary fee per patient care visit, subject to a maximum allowable fee per patient care visit that is established under par. (c).

AB100, s. 1145 Section 1145. 49.45 (24m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,559,2 49.45 (24m) Home health care and personal care pilot program. (intro.) From the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (4) (b), (gp), (o), (r), (rg), and (w), in order to test the feasibility of instituting a system of reimbursement for providers of home health care and personal care services for medical assistance recipients that is based on competitive bidding, the department shall:

AB100, s. 1146 Section 1146 . 49.45 (24m) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2005 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

AB100,559,9 49.45 (24m) Home health care and personal care pilot program. (intro.) From the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (4) (b), (gp), (o), (r), (rg), and (w), in order to test the feasibility of instituting a system of reimbursement for providers of home health care and personal care services for medical assistance recipients that is based on competitive bidding, the department shall:

AB100, s. 1147 Section 1147. 49.45 (39) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,560,18 49.45 (39) (b) 1. `Payment for school medical services.' If a school district or a cooperative educational service agency elects to provide school medical services and meets all requirements under par. (c), the department shall reimburse the school district or the cooperative educational service agency for 60% of the federal share of allowable charges for the school medical services that it provides and, as specified in subd. 2., for allowable administrative costs. If the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired or the Wisconsin Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing elects to provide school medical services and meets all requirements under par. (c), the department shall reimburse the department of public instruction for 60% of the federal share of allowable charges for the school medical services that the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired or the Wisconsin Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing provides and, as specified in subd. 2., for allowable administrative costs. A school district, cooperative educational service agency, the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired or the Wisconsin Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing may submit, and the department shall allow, claims for common carrier transportation costs as a school medical service unless the department receives notice from the federal health care financing administration that, under a change in federal policy, the claims are not allowed. If the department receives the notice, a school district, cooperative educational service agency, the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired, or the Wisconsin Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing may submit, and the department shall allow, unreimbursed claims for common carrier transportation costs incurred before the date of the change in federal policy. The department shall promulgate rules establishing a methodology for making reimbursements under this paragraph. Except as provided in subd. 1m., all All other expenses for the school medical services provided by a school district or a cooperative educational service agency shall be paid for by the school district or the cooperative educational service agency with funds received from state or local taxes. The school district, the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired, the Wisconsin Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, or the cooperative educational service agency shall comply with all requirements of the federal department of health and human services for receiving federal financial participation.

AB100, s. 1148 Section 1148. 49.45 (39) (b) 1m. of the statutes is repealed.