AB100: Bill Text

AB100, s. 1161 Section 1161 . 49.472 (6) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2005 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

AB100,563,24 49.472 (6) (a) Notwithstanding sub. (4) (a) 3., from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (4) (b), (gp), (r), (rg), or (w), the department shall, on the part of an individual who is eligible for medical assistance under sub. (3), pay premiums for or purchase individual coverage offered by the individual's employer if the department determines that paying the premiums for or purchasing the coverage will not be more costly than providing medical assistance.

AB100, s. 1162 Section 1162. 49.472 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,564,4 49.472 (6) (b) If federal financial participation is available, from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (4) (b), (gp), (r), (rg), or (w), the department may pay medicare Medicare Part A and Part B premiums for individuals who are eligible for medicare Medicare and for medical assistance under sub. (3).

AB100, s. 1163 Section 1163 . 49.472 (6) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 2005 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

AB100,564,10 49.472 (6) (b) If federal financial participation is available, from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (4) (b), (gp), (r), (rg), or (w), the department may pay Medicare Part A and Part B premiums for individuals who are eligible for Medicare and for medical assistance under sub. (3).

AB100, s. 1164 Section 1164. 49.473 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,564,16 49.473 (5) The department shall audit and pay, from the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (4) (b), (gp), and (o), (r), and (rg) allowable charges to a provider who is certified under s. 49.45 (2) (a) 11. for medical assistance Medical Assistance on behalf of a woman who meets the requirements under sub. (2) for all benefits and services specified under s. 49.46 (2).

AB100, s. 1165 Section 1165 . 49.473 (5) of the statutes, as affected by 2005 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

AB100,564,23 49.473 (5) The department shall audit and pay, from the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (4) (b), (gp), (o), and (r), and (rg) allowable charges to a provider who is certified under s. 49.45 (2) (a) 11. for medical assistance on behalf of a woman who meets the requirements under sub. (2) for all benefits and services specified under s. 49.46 (2).

AB100, s. 1166 Section 1166. 49.475 (6) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,565,10 49.475 (6) Sharing information. The department of health and family services shall provide to the department of workforce development, for purposes of the medical support liability program under s. 49.22, any information that the department of health and family services receives under this section. The department of workforce development may allow a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) or a tribal child support agency access to the information, subject to the use and disclosure restrictions under s. 49.83, and shall consult with the department of health and family services regarding procedures and methods to adequately safeguard the confidentiality of the information provided under this subsection.

AB100, s. 1167 Section 1167. 49.497 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,565,13 49.497 (title) Recovery of incorrect medical assistance Medical Assistance or Badger Care payments.

AB100, s. 1168 Section 1168. 49.497 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 49.497 (1) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB100,565,18 49.497 (1) (a) (intro.) The department may recover any payment made incorrectly for benefits specified under s. 49.46, 49.468 or 49.47 provided under this subchapter or s. 49.665 if the incorrect payment results from any of the following:

AB100,565,20 1. A misstatement or omission of fact by a person supplying information in an application for benefits under s. 49.46, 49.468 or 49.47 this subchapter or s. 49.665.

AB100,565,24 2. The department may also recover if a medical assistance failure of a Medical Assistance or Badger Care recipient or any other person responsible for giving information on the recipient's behalf fails to report the receipt of income or assets in an amount that would have affected the recipient's eligibility for benefits.

AB100,566,7 (b) The department's right of recovery is against any medical assistance Medical Assistance or Badger Care recipient to whom or on whose behalf the incorrect payment was made. The extent of recovery is limited to the amount of the benefits incorrectly granted. The county department under s. 46.215 or 46.22 or the governing body of a federally recognized American Indian tribe administering medical assistance Medical Assistance or Badger Care shall begin recovery actions on behalf of the department according to rules promulgated by the department.

AB100, s. 1169 Section 1169. 49.497 (1) (a) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,566,13 49.497 (1) (a) 3. The failure of a Medical Assistance or Badger Care recipient or any other person responsible for giving information on the recipient's behalf to report any change in the recipient's financial or nonfinancial situation or eligibility characteristics that would have affected the recipient's eligibility for benefits or the recipient's cost-sharing requirements.

AB100, s. 1170 Section 1170. 49.497 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,566,24 49.497 (1m) (a) If, after notice that an incorrect payment was made, a recipient, or parent of a minor recipient, who is liable for repayment of an incorrect payment fails to repay the incorrect payment or enter into, or comply with, an agreement for repayment, the department may bring an action to enforce the liability or may issue an order to compel payment of the liability. Any person aggrieved by an order issued by the department under this paragraph may appeal the order as a contested case under ch. 227 by filing with the department a request for a hearing within 30 days after the date of the order. The only issue at hearing shall be the determination by the department that the person has not repaid the incorrect payment or entered into, or complied with, an agreement for repayment.

AB100,567,10 (b) If any recipient, or parent of a minor recipient, named in an order to compel payment issued under par. (a) fails to pay the department any amount due under the terms of the order and no contested case to review the order is pending and the time for filing for a contested case review has expired, the department may present a certified copy of the order to the circuit court for any county. The sworn statement of the secretary shall be evidence of the incorrect payment. The circuit court shall, without notice, render judgment in accordance with the order. A judgment rendered under this paragraph shall have the same effect and shall be entered in the judgment and lien docket and may be enforced in the same manner as if the judgment had been rendered in an action tried and determined by the circuit court.

AB100,567,12 (c) The recovery procedure under this subsection is in addition to any other recovery procedure authorized by law.

AB100, s. 1171 Section 1171. 49.497 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,567,17 49.497 (2) A county or governing body of a federally recognized American Indian tribe may retain 15% of benefits distributed under s. 49.46, 49.468 or 49.47 provided under this subchapter or s. 49.665 that are recovered under sub. (1) this section due to the efforts of an employee or officer of the county or tribe.

AB100, s. 1172 Section 1172. 49.497 (4) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,567,22 49.497 (4) The department may appear for the state in any and all collection matters under this section, and may commence suit in the name of the department to recover an incorrect payment from the recipient to whom or on whose behalf it was made.

AB100, s. 1173 Section 1173. 49.497 (5) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,568,3 49.497 (5) The department may make an agreement with a recipient, or parent of a minor recipient, who is liable under sub. (1), providing for repayment of an incorrect payment at a specified rate or amount.

AB100, s. 1174 Section 1174. 49.665 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,568,6 49.665 (1) (b) "Child" means a person who is born and who is under the age of 19.

AB100, s. 1175 Section 1175. 49.665 (1) (g) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,568,9 49.665 (1) (g) "Unborn child" means a person from the time of conception until it is born alive.

AB100, s. 1176 Section 1176. 49.665 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 49.665 (2) (a) 1. and amended to read:

AB100,568,22 49.665 (2) (a) 1. The department of health and family services shall request a waiver from the secretary of the federal department of health and human services to permit the department of health and family services to implement, beginning not later than July 1, 1998, or the effective date of the waiver, whichever is later, a health care program under this section. If a waiver that is consistent with all of the provisions of this section, excluding sub. (4) (a) 3m. and (ap) and provisions related to sub. (4) (ap), is granted and in effect, the department of health and family services shall implement the program under this section, subject to subd. 2. The department of health and family services may not implement the program under this section unless a waiver that is consistent with all of the provisions of this section, excluding sub. (4) (a) 3m. and (ap) and provisions related to sub. (4) (ap), is granted and in effect.

AB100, s. 1177 Section 1177. 49.665 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,569,2 49.665 (2) (a) 2. The department may not implement sub. (4) (ap) or provisions related to the coverage under sub. (4) (ap) unless a state plan amendment authorizing the coverage under sub. (4) (ap) is approved by the federal department of health and human services.

AB100, s. 1178 Section 1178. 49.665 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,569,16 49.665 (3) Administration. The Subject to sub. (2) (a) 2., the department shall administer a program to provide the health services and benefits described in s. 49.46 (2) to persons that meet the eligibility requirements specified in sub. (4). The department shall promulgate rules setting forth the application procedures and appeal and grievance procedures. The department may promulgate rules limiting access to the program under this section to defined enrollment periods. The department may also promulgate rules establishing a method by which the department may purchase family coverage offered by the employer of a member of an eligible family or by of a member of a an eligible child's household , or family or individual coverage offered by the employer of an eligible unborn child's mother or her spouse, under circumstances in which the department determines that purchasing that coverage would not be more costly than providing the coverage under this section.

AB100, s. 1179 Section 1179. 49.665 (4) (ap) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,569,22 49.665 (4) (ap) An unborn child whose mother is not eligible for health care coverage under par. (a) or (am) or for medical assistance under s. 49.46 or 49.47, except that she may be eligible for benefits under s. 49.45 (27), is eligible for health care coverage under this section, which shall be limited to coverage for prenatal care, if all of the following requirements are met:

AB100,570,3 1. The income of the unborn child's mother, mother and her spouse, or mother and her family, whichever is applicable, does not exceed 185 percent of the poverty line, except as provided in par. (at) and except that, if an unborn child is already receiving health care coverage under this section, the applicable specified person or persons may have an income that does not exceed 200 percent of the poverty line. The department shall establish by rule the criteria to be used to determine income.

AB100,570,6 2. Each of the following applicable persons who is employed provides verification from his or her employer, in the manner specified by the department, of his or her earnings:

AB100,570,7 a. The unborn child's mother.

AB100,570,8 b. The spouse of the unborn child's mother.

AB100,570,9 c. Members of the unborn child's mother's family.

AB100,570,11 3. The unborn child's mother provides medical verification of her pregnancy, in the manner specified by the department.

AB100,570,13 4. The unborn child and the mother of the unborn child meet all other requirements established by the department by rule except for any of the following:

AB100,570,15 a. The mother is not a U.S. citizen or an alien qualifying for medicaid under 8 USC 1612.

AB100,570,16 b. The mother is an inmate of a public institution.

AB100,570,18 c. The mother does not provide a social security number, but only if subd. 4. a. applies.

AB100, s. 1180 Section 1180. 49.665 (4) (at) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,570,23 49.665 (4) (at) 3. The department may not adjust the maximum income level of 200% of the poverty line for persons already receiving health care coverage under this section or for applicable persons specified in par. (ap) 1. with respect to an unborn child already receiving health care coverage under this section.

AB100, s. 1181 Section 1181. 49.665 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,571,3 49.665 (4) (c) No person may be denied health care coverage under this section solely because of a health condition of that person or , of any family member of that person, or of the mother of an unborn child.

AB100, s. 1182 Section 1182. 49.665 (4) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,571,7 49.665 (4) (d) An unborn child's eligibility for coverage under par. (ap) shall not begin before the first day of the month in which the unborn child's mother provides the medical verification required under par. (ap) 3.

AB100, s. 1183 Section 1183. 49.665 (5) (ag) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,571,17 49.665 (5) (ag) Except as provided in pars. (am), (b), and (bm), a family, or a child who does not reside with his or her parent, or the mother of an unborn child, who receives health care coverage under this section shall pay a percentage of the cost of that coverage in accordance with a schedule established by the department by rule. The department may not establish or implement a schedule that requires a family or child to contribute contribution, including the amounts required under par. (am), of more than 5% of the family's or child's income of the family, child, or applicable persons specified in sub. (4) (ap) 1. towards the cost of the health care coverage provided under this section.

AB100, s. 1184 Section 1184. 49.665 (5) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,571,21 49.665 (5) (am) (intro.) Except as provided in pars. (b) and (bm), a child or, a family member, or the mother of an unborn child, who receives health care coverage under this section shall pay the following cost-sharing amounts:

AB100, s. 1185 Section 1185. 49.665 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,572,2 49.665 (5) (b) The department may not require a family, or child who does not reside with his or her parent, or applicable persons specified in sub. (4) (ap) 1., with an income below 150% of the poverty line, to contribute to the cost of health care coverage provided under this section.

AB100, s. 1186 Section 1186. 49.665 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,572,6 49.665 (5) (c) The department may establish by rule requirements for wage withholding as a means of collecting the a family's or an unborn child's mother's share of the cost of the health care coverage under this section.

AB100, s. 1187 Section 1187. 49.688 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,572,11 49.688 (1) (e) "Program payment rate" means the rate of payment made for the identical drug specified under s. 49.46 (2) (b) 6. h., plus 5%, plus a dispensing fee that is equal to the dispensing fee permitted to be charged for prescription drugs for which coverage is provided under s. 49.46 (2) (b) 6. h.

AB100, s. 1188 Section 1188. 49.77 (6) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,572,15 49.77 (6) Authority to administer; rules. The department shall administer this section and s. 49.775, and may promulgate rules to guide the administration of eligibility determinations and benefits payments.

AB100, s. 1189 Section 1189. 49.78 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,573,2 49.78 (8) (a) From the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (4) (bn) and (nn) and subject to par. (b), the department shall reimburse each county and tribal governing body that contracts with the department under sub. (2) for reasonable costs of administering the income maintenance programs. The amount of each reimbursement paid under this paragraph shall be calculated using a formula based on workload within the limits of available state and federal funds under s. 20.435 (4) (bn) and (nn) by contract under sub. (2). The amount of reimbursement calculated under this paragraph and par. (b) is in addition to any reimbursement provided to a county or tribal governing body for fraud and error reduction under s. 49.197 (1m) and (4) or 49.845.

AB100, s. 1190 Section 1190. 49.78 (11) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,573,16 49.78 (11) Requirement to provide information. (a) 1. The department, a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23, or a tribal governing body may request from any person in this state information it determines appropriate and necessary for determining or verifying eligibility or benefits for a recipient under any income maintenance program. Unless access to the information is prohibited or restricted by law, or unless the person has good cause, as determined by the department in accordance with federal law and regulations, for refusing to cooperate, the person shall make a good faith effort to provide the information within 7 days after receiving a request under this paragraph. The department, county department, or tribal governing body, or employees of any of them, may not disclose information obtained under this subdivision for any purpose not connected with the administration of the income maintenance program for which the information was requested.

AB100,573,20 2. In conjunction with any request for information under subd. 1., including a request made by subpoena under par. (b), the department, county department, or tribal governing body shall advise the person of the time by which the information must be provided.

AB100,573,25 (b) The department, a county department, or a tribal governing body may issue a subpoena, in substantially the form authorized under s. 885.02, to compel the production of financial information or other documentary evidence for determining or verifying eligibility or benefits for a recipient under any income maintenance program.

AB100,574,1 (c) A person is not liable to any person for any of the following:

AB100,574,4 1. Allowing access to financial or other records by the department, a county department, or a tribal governing body in response to a request under par. (a) or a subpoena described in par. (b).

AB100,574,7 2. Disclosing information from financial or other records to the department, a county department, or a tribal governing body in response to a request under par. (a) or a subpoena described in par. (b).

AB100,574,12 3. Any other action taken in good faith to comply with this subsection or a subpoena described in par. (b) or to comply with a request for information or access to records from the department, a county department, or a tribal governing body for determining or verifying eligibility or benefits for a recipient under any income maintenance program.

AB100, s. 1191 Section 1191. 49.785 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,574,23 49.785 (2) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (4) (bn), to the extent that funds are available for this purpose, the department shall reimburse a county or applicable tribal governing body or organization for any amount that the county or applicable tribal governing body or organization is required to pay under sub. (1). From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (4) (bn), the department shall reimburse a county or applicable tribal governing body or organization for cemetery expenses or for funeral and burial expenses for persons described under sub. (1) that the county or applicable tribal governing body or organization is not required to pay under subs. (1) and (1m) only if the department approves the reimbursement due to unusual circumstances and if funds are available for this purpose.

AB100, s. 1192 Section 1192. 49.79 (9) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 1193 Section 1193. 49.82 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,575,6 49.82 (2) Eligibility verification. Proof shall be provided for each person included in an application for public assistance under this chapter, except for a child who is eligible for medical assistance under s. 49.46 or 49.47 because of 42 USC 1396a (e) (4) or an unborn child who is eligible for coverage under the Badger Care health care program under s. 49.665 (4) (ap), of his or her social security number or that an application for a social security number has been made.

AB100, s. 1194 Section 1194. 49.83 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,575,18 49.83 Limitation on giving information. Except as provided under s. 49.32 (9), (10), and (10m), no person may use or disclose information concerning applicants and recipients of relief funded by a relief block grant, aid to families with dependent children, Wisconsin works Works under ss. 49.141 to 49.161, social services, child and spousal support and establishment of paternity and medical support liability services under s. 49.22, or supplemental payments under s. 49.77 for any purpose not connected with the administration of the programs, except that the department may disclose such information to the department of revenue for the sole purpose of administering state taxes. Any person violating this section may be fined not less than $25 nor more than $500 or imprisoned in the county jail not less than 10 days nor more than one year or both.