AB56: Bill Text

AB56,549,12 20.9315 (19) Whoever knowingly presents or causes to be presented to any officer, employee, or agent of this state a false claim for medical assistance shall forfeit not less than $5,000 nor more than $10,000, plus 3 times the amount of the damages that were sustained by the state or would have been sustained by the state, whichever is greater, as a result of the false claim. The attorney general may bring an action on behalf of the state to recover any forfeiture incurred under this section.

AB56,711 Section 711 . 49.686 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,549,19 49.686 (3) (d) Has applied for coverage under and has been denied eligibility for medical assistance within 12 months prior to application for reimbursement under sub. (2). This paragraph does not apply to an individual who is eligible for benefits under the demonstration project for childless adults under s. 49.45 (23) BadgerCare Plus under s. 49.471 (4) (a) 8. or to an individual who is eligible for benefits under BadgerCare Plus under s. 49.471 (11).

AB56,712 Section 712. 49.79 (1) (bg) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,713 Section 713. 49.79 (1) (em) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,714 Section 714. 49.79 (6m) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,715 Section 715. 49.79 (6q) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,716 Section 716. 49.79 (6t) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,717 Section 717. 49.79 (6u) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,718 Section 718. 49.79 (9) (a) 1g. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,550,10 49.79 (9) (a) 1g. Except as provided in subds. 2. and 3., beginning October 1, 2019, the department shall require, to the extent allowed by the federal government, all able-bodied adults without dependents in this state to participate in the employment and training program under this subsection, except for able-bodied adults without dependents who are employed, as determined by the department. The department may require other able individuals who are 18 to 60 years of age, or a subset of those individuals to the extent allowed by the federal government, who are not participants in a Wisconsin Works employment position to participate in the employment and training program under this subsection.

AB56,719 Section 719. 49.79 (9) (d) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,720 Section 720. 49.79 (9) (f) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,721 Section 721. 49.791 of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,722 Section 722. 49.849 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,550,18 49.849 (1) (e) “Public assistance" means any services provided as a benefit under a long-term care program, as defined in s. 49.496 (1) (bk), medical assistance under subch. IV, long-term community support services funded under s. 46.27 (7), or aid under s. 49.68, 49.683, 49.685, or 49.785.

AB56,723 Section 723. 49.849 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,551,2 49.849 (2) (a) (intro.) Subject to par. (b), the department may collect from the property of a decedent by affidavit under sub. (3) (b) or by lien under sub. (4) (a) an amount equal to the medical assistance that is recoverable under s. 49.496 (3) (a), the long-term community support services under s. 46.27, 2017 stats., that is recoverable under s. 46.27 (7g) (c) 1., 2017 stats., or the aid under s. 49.68, 49.683, 49.685, or 49.785 that is recoverable under s. 49.682 (2) (a) or (am), and that was paid on behalf of the decedent or the decedent's spouse, if all of the following conditions are satisfied:

AB56,724 Section 724. 49.849 (6) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 49.849 (6).

AB56,725 Section 725. 49.849 (6) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,726 Section 726 . 49.855 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,552,4 49.855 (3) Receipt of a certification by the department of revenue shall constitute a lien, equal to the amount certified, on any state tax refunds or credits owed to the obligor. The lien shall be foreclosed by the department of revenue as a setoff under s. 71.93 (3), (6), and (7). When the department of revenue determines that the obligor is otherwise entitled to a state tax refund or credit, it shall notify the obligor that the state intends to reduce any state tax refund or credit due the obligor by the amount the obligor is delinquent under the support, maintenance, or receiving and disbursing fee order or obligation, by the outstanding amount for past support, or medical expenses, or birth expenses under the court order, or by the amount due under s. 46.10 (4), 49.345 (4), or 301.12 (4). The notice shall provide that within 20 days the obligor may request a hearing before the circuit court rendering the order under which the obligation arose. Within 10 days after receiving a request for hearing under this subsection, the court shall set the matter for hearing. Pending further order by the court or a circuit court commissioner, the department of children and families or its designee, whichever is appropriate, is prohibited from disbursing the obligor's state tax refund or credit. A circuit court commissioner may conduct the hearing. The sole issues at that hearing shall be whether the obligor owes the amount certified and, if not and it is a support or maintenance order, whether the money withheld from a tax refund or credit shall be paid to the obligor or held for future support or maintenance, except that the obligor's ability to pay shall also be an issue at the hearing if the obligation relates to an order under s. 767.805 (4) (d) 1. or 767.89 (3) (e) 1. regarding birth expenses and the order specifies that the court found that the obligor's income was at or below the poverty line established under 42 USC 9902 (2).

AB56,727 Section 727 . 49.855 (4m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,553,9 49.855 (4m) (b) The department of revenue may provide a certification that it receives under sub. (1), (2m), (2p), or (2r) to the department of administration. Upon receipt of the certification, the department of administration shall determine whether the obligor is a vendor or is receiving any other payments from this state, except for wages, retirement benefits, or assistance under s. 45.352, 1971 stats., s. 45.40 (1m), this chapter, or ch. 46, 108, or 301. If the department of administration determines that the obligor is a vendor or is receiving payments from this state, except for wages, retirement benefits, or assistance under s. 45.352, 1971 stats., s. 45.40 (1m), this chapter, or ch. 46, 108, or 301, it shall begin to withhold the amount certified from those payments and shall notify the obligor that the state intends to reduce any payments due the obligor by the amount the obligor is delinquent under the support, maintenance, or receiving and disbursing fee order or obligation, by the outstanding amount for past support, or medical expenses, or birth expenses under the court order, or by the amount due under s. 46.10 (4), 49.345 (4), or 301.12 (4). The notice shall provide that within 20 days after receipt of the notice the obligor may request a hearing before the circuit court rendering the order under which the obligation arose. An obligor may, within 20 days after receiving notice, request a hearing under this paragraph. Within 10 days after receiving a request for hearing under this paragraph, the court shall set the matter for hearing. A circuit court commissioner may conduct the hearing. Pending further order by the court or circuit court commissioner, the department of children and families or its designee, whichever is appropriate, may not disburse the payments withheld from the obligor. The sole issues at the hearing are whether the obligor owes the amount certified and, if not and it is a support or maintenance order, whether the money withheld shall be paid to the obligor or held for future support or maintenance, except that the obligor's ability to pay is also an issue at the hearing if the obligation relates to an order under s. 767.805 (4) (d) 1. or 767.89 (3) (e) 1. regarding birth expenses and the order specifies that the court found that the obligor's income was at or below the poverty line established under 42 USC 9902 (2).

AB56,728 Section 728 . 50.03 (3) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,553,15 50.03 (3) (b) (intro.) The application for a license and, except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, the report of a licensee shall be in writing upon forms provided by the department and shall contain such information as the department requires, including the name, address and type and extent of interest of each of the following persons:

AB56,729 Section 729. 50.03 (4) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,554,2 50.03 (4) (c) 1. A community-based residential facility license is valid until it is revoked or suspended under this section. Every 24 months, on a schedule determined by the department, a community-based residential facility licensee shall submit through an online system prescribed by the department a biennial report in the form and containing the information that the department requires, including payment of the fees required any fee due under s. 50.037 (2) (a). If a complete biennial report is not timely filed, the department shall issue a warning to the licensee. The department may revoke a community-based residential facility license for failure to timely and completely report within 60 days after the report date established under the schedule determined by the department.

AB56,730 Section 730. 50.033 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,554,11 50.033 (2m) Reporting. Every 24 months, on a schedule determined by the department, a licensed adult family home shall submit through an online system prescribed by the department a biennial report in the form and containing the information that the department requires, including payment of the any fee required due under sub. (2). If a complete biennial report is not timely filed, the department shall issue a warning to the licensee. The department may revoke the license for failure to timely and completely report within 60 days after the report date established under the schedule determined by the department.

AB56,731 Section 731. 50.034 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,554,21 50.034 (1) (a) No person may operate a residential care apartment complex that provides living space for residents who are clients under s. 46.27 (11) or 46.277 and publicly funded services as a home health agency or under contract with a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, 46.23, 51.42 or 51.437 that is a home health agency unless the residential care apartment complex is certified by the department under this section. The department may charge a fee, in an amount determined by the department, for certification under this paragraph. The amount of any fee charged by the department for certification of a residential care apartment complex need not be promulgated as a rule under ch. 227.

AB56,732 Section 732 . 50.034 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,555,6 50.034 (2m) Reporting. Every 24 months, on a schedule determined by the department, a residential care apartment complex shall submit through an online system prescribed by the department a report in the form and containing the information that the department requires, including payment of any fee required under sub. (1). If a complete report is not timely filed, the department shall issue a warning to the operator of the residential care apartment complex. The department may revoke a residential care apartment complex's certification or registration for failure to timely and completely report within 60 days after the report date established under the schedule determined by the department.

AB56,733 Section 733. 50.034 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,734 Section 734. 50.034 (5m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,555,16 50.034 (5m) Provision of information required. Subject to sub. (5p), when When a residential care apartment complex first provides written material regarding the residential care apartment complex to a prospective resident, the residential care apartment complex shall also provide the prospective resident information specified by the department concerning the services of a resource center under s. 46.283, the family care benefit under s. 46.286, and the availability of a functional screening and a financial and cost-sharing screening to determine the prospective resident's eligibility for the family care benefit under s. 46.286 (1).

AB56,735 Section 735. 50.034 (5n) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,555,24 50.034 (5n) Required referral. (intro.) Subject to sub. (5p), when When a residential care apartment complex first provides written material regarding the residential care apartment complex to a prospective resident who is at least 65 years of age or has developmental disability or a physical disability and whose disability or condition is expected to last at least 90 days, the residential care apartment complex shall refer the prospective resident to a resource center under s. 46.283, unless any of the following applies:

AB56,736 Section 736. 50.034 (5p) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,737 Section 737. 50.034 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,556,7 50.034 (6) Funding. Funding for supportive, personal or nursing services that a person who resides in a residential care apartment complex receives, other than private or 3rd-party funding, may be provided only under s. 46.27 (11) (c) 7. or 46.277 (5) (e), except if the provider of the services is a certified medical assistance provider under s. 49.45 or if the funding is provided as a family care benefit under ss. 46.2805 to 46.2895.

AB56,738 Section 738. 50.035 (4m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,556,16 50.035 (4m) Provision of information required. Subject to sub. (4p), when When a community-based residential facility first provides written material regarding the community-based residential facility to a prospective resident, the community-based residential facility shall also provide the prospective resident information specified by the department concerning the services of a resource center under s. 46.283, the family care benefit under s. 46.286, and the availability of a functional screening and a financial and cost-sharing screening to determine the prospective resident's eligibility for the family care benefit under s. 46.286 (1).

AB56,739 Section 739. 50.035 (4n) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,557,2 50.035 (4n) Required referral. (intro.) When a community-based residential facility first provides written information regarding the community-based residential facility to a prospective resident who is at least 65 years of age or has developmental disability or a physical disability and whose disability or condition is expected to last at least 90 days, the community-based residential facility shall refer the individual to a resource center under s. 46.283 or, if the secretary has not certified under s. 46.281 (3) that a resource center is available in the area of the community-based residential facility to serve individuals in an eligibility group to which the prospective resident belongs, to the county department that administers a program under ss. 46.27 or 46.277, unless any of the following applies:

AB56,740 Section 740. 50.035 (4p) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,741 Section 741. 50.04 (2g) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,557,10 50.04 (2g) (a) Subject to sub. (2i), a A nursing home shall, within the time period after inquiry by a prospective resident that is prescribed by the department by rule, inform the prospective resident of the services of a resource center under s. 46.283, the family care benefit under s. 46.286, and the availability of a functional screening and a financial and cost-sharing screening to determine the prospective resident's eligibility for the family care benefit under s. 46.286 (1).

AB56,742 Section 742. 50.04 (2h) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,557,16 50.04 (2h) (a) (intro.) Subject to sub. (2i), a A nursing home shall, within the time period prescribed by the department by rule, refer to a resource center under s. 46.283 a person who is seeking admission, who is at least 65 years of age or has developmental disability or physical disability and whose disability or condition is expected to last at least 90 days, unless any of the following applies:

AB56,743 Section 743. 50.04 (2i) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,744 Section 744. 50.04 (2m) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,745 Section 745. 50.06 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,558,5 50.06 (7) An individual who consents to an admission under this section may request that an assessment be conducted for the incapacitated individual under the long-term support community options program under s. 46.27 (6) or, if the secretary has certified under s. 46.281 (3) that a resource center is available for the individual, a functional screening and a financial and cost-sharing screening to determine eligibility for the family care benefit under s. 46.286 (1). If admission is sought on behalf of the incapacitated individual or if the incapacitated individual is about to be admitted on a private pay basis, the individual who consents to the admission may waive the requirement for a financial and cost-sharing screening under s. 46.283 (4) (g), unless the incapacitated individual is expected to become eligible for medical assistance within 6 months.

AB56,746 Section 746 . 51.03 (7) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,558,10 51.03 (7) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (dg), the department shall award grants to regional crisis stabilization facilities for adults. The department shall establish criteria for a regional crisis stabilization facility to receive a grant under this subsection.

AB56,747 Section 747. 51.06 (8) (b) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,558,16 51.06 (8) (b) 6. The extent of Medical Assistance provided to relocated or diverted individuals that is in addition to Medical Assistance provided to the individuals under s. 46.27 (11), 46.275, 46.277, or 46.278, as a family care benefit under ss. 46.2805 to 46.2895, or under any other home-based or community-based program for which the department has received a waiver under 42 USC 1396n (c).

AB56,748 Section 748. 51.42 (3) (ar) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,559,5 51.42 (3) (ar) 3. Plan for and establish a community developmental disabilities program to deliver the services required under s. 51.437 if, under s. 51.437 (4g) (b), the county board of supervisors in a county with a single-county department of community programs or the county boards of supervisors in counties with a multicounty department of community programs transfer the powers and duties of the county department under s. 51.437 to the county department of community programs. The county board of supervisors in a county with a single-county department of community programs and the county boards of supervisors in counties with a multicounty department of community programs may designate the county department of community programs to which these powers and duties have been transferred as the administrative agency of the long-term support community options program under s. 46.27 (3) (b) 1. and 5. and the community integration programs under ss. 46.275, 46.277 and 46.278.

AB56,749 Section 749. 51.421 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,559,15 51.421 (1) Purpose. In order to provide the least restrictive and most appropriate care and treatment for persons with serious and persistent mental illness, community support programs should be available in all parts of the state. In order to integrate community support programs with other long-term care programs, community support programs shall be coordinated, to the greatest extent possible, with the community options program under s. 46.27, with the protective services system in a county, with the medical assistance program under subch. IV of ch. 49 and with other care and treatment programs for persons with serious and persistent mental illness.

AB56,750 Section 750. 51.422 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,559,24 51.422 (1) Program creation. The department shall create 2 or 3 new, regional comprehensive opioid treatment programs, and in the 2017-19 fiscal biennium, shall create 2 or 3 additional regional comprehensive opioid and methamphetamine treatment programs, to provide treatment for opioid and opiate addiction and methamphetamine addiction in underserved, high-need areas. The department shall obtain and review proposals for opioid and methamphetamine treatment programs in accordance with its request-for-proposal procedures. A program under this section may not offer methadone treatment.

AB56,751 Section 751 . 51.422 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,560,10 51.422 (2) Program components. An opioid or methamphetamine treatment program created under this section shall offer an assessment to individuals in need of service to determine what type of treatment is needed. The program shall transition individuals to a certified residential program, if that level of treatment is necessary. The program shall provide counseling, medication-assisted treatment, including both long-acting opioid antagonist and partial agonist medications that have been approved by the federal food and drug administration if for treating opioid addiction, and abstinence-based treatment. The program shall transition individuals who have completed treatment to county-based or private post-treatment care.

AB56,752 Section 752. 51.441 of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,560,18 51.441 Comprehensive mental health consultation program. The department shall convene a statewide group of interested persons, including at least one representative of the Medical College of Wisconsin, to develop a concept paper, business plan, and standards for a comprehensive mental health consultation program that incorporates general psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, addiction medicine and psychiatry, a perinatal psychiatry consultation program, and the child psychiatry consultation program under s. 51.442.

AB56,753 Section 753. 54.21 (2) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,560,22 54.21 (2) (g) The current and likely future effect of the proposed transfer of assets on the ward's eligibility for public benefits, including medical assistance or a benefit under s. 46.27.

AB56,754 Section 754. 54.34 (1) (k) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,560,25 54.34 (1) (k) Whether the proposed ward is a recipient of a public benefit, including medical assistance or a benefit under s. 46.27.

AB56,755 Section 755. 59.17 (2) (b) 7. of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,756 Section 756. 59.40 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,561,12 59.40 (4) Clerk of circuit court; debt collector contract. If authorized by the board under s. 59.52 (28), the clerk of circuit court may contract with a debt collector, as defined in s. 427.103 (3), or enter into an agreement with the department of revenue under s. 71.93 (8) for the collection of debt. Any contract entered into with a debt collector shall provide that the debt collector shall be paid from the proceeds recovered by the debt collector. Any contract entered into with the department shall provide that the department shall charge a collection fee, as provided under s. 71.93 (8) (b) 1. (am). The net proceeds received by the clerk of circuit court after the payment to the debt collector shall be considered the amount of debt collected for purposes of distribution to the state and county under sub. (2) (m).

AB56,757 Section 757. 59.52 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,562,2 59.52 (6) (a) How acquired; purposes. Take and hold land acquired under ch. 75 and acquire, lease or rent property, real and personal, for public uses or purposes of any nature, including without limitation acquisitions for county buildings, airports, parks, recreation, highways, dam sites in parks, parkways and playgrounds, flowages, sewage and waste disposal for county institutions, lime pits for operation under s. 59.70 (24), equipment for clearing and draining land and controlling weeds for operation under s. 59.70 (18), ambulances, acquisition and transfer of real property to the state for new collegiate institutions or research facilities, and for transfer to the state for state parks and for the uses and purposes specified in s. 23.09 (2) (d). The power of condemnation may not be used to acquire property for the purpose of establishing or extending a recreational trail; a bicycle way, as defined in s. 340.01 (5s); a bicycle lane, as defined in s. 340.01 (5e); or a pedestrian way, as defined in s. 346.02 (8) (a).

AB56,758 Section 758 . 59.54 (25) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,562,14 59.54 (25) (a) (intro.) The board may enact and enforce an ordinance to prohibit the possession of more than 25 grams of marijuana, as defined in s. 961.01 (14), subject to par. (c) and the exceptions in s. 961.41 (3g) (intro.), and provide a forfeiture for a violation of the ordinance; except that if . Any ordinance enacted under this paragraph shall provide a person who is prosecuted under it with the defenses that the person has under s. 961.436 to prosecutions under s. 961.41 (1) (h), (1m) (h), or (3g) (e). If a complaint is issued regarding an allegation of alleging possession of more than 25 grams of marijuana, or possession of any amount of marijuana following a conviction in this state for possession of more than 25 grams of marijuana, the subject of the complaint may not be prosecuted under this subsection for the same action that is the subject of the complaint unless all of the following occur:

AB56,759 Section 759 . 59.54 (25) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,562,18 59.54 (25) (c) A person may not be prosecuted under an ordinance enacted under par. (a) if, under s. 968.072 (2) or (4) (b), the person would not be subject to prosecution under s. 961.41 (3g) (e).

AB56,760 Section 760. 59.54 (25m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,563,4 59.54 (25m) Drug paraphernalia. The board may enact an ordinance to prohibit conduct that is the same as that prohibited by s. 961.573 (1) or (2), 961.574 (1) or (2), or 961.575 (1) or (2) and provide a forfeiture for violation of the ordinance. Any ordinance enacted under this subsection shall provide a person prosecuted under it with the defenses that the person has under s. 961.5755 to prosecutions under s. 961.573 (1), 961.574 (1), or 961.575 (1). A person may not be prosecuted under an ordinance enacted under this subsection if, under s. 968.072 (3) or (4) (b), the person would not be subject to prosecution under s. 961.573 (1), 961.574 (1), or 961.575 (1). The board may enforce an ordinance enacted under this subsection in any municipality within the county.

AB56,761 Section 761. 59.796 of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,762 Section 762. 60.782 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read: