Amendment ASA1-AB243

AB243-ASA1,6,19 49.471 (4) (a) 4. b. The individual's family income does not exceed 100 133 percent of the poverty line before application of the 5 percent income disregard under 42 CFR 435.603 (d).

AB243-ASA1,12 Section 12. 49.471 (4) (a) 8. of the statutes is created to read:

AB243-ASA1,6,21 49.471 (4) (a) 8. An individual who meets all of the following criteria:

AB243-ASA1,6,22 a. The individual is an adult under the age of 65.

AB243-ASA1,6,24 b. The individual has a family income that does not exceed 133 percent of the poverty line, except as provided in sub. (4g).

AB243-ASA1,7,2 c. The individual is not otherwise eligible for the Medical Assistance program under this subchapter or the Medicare program under 42 USC 1395 et seq.

AB243-ASA1,13 Section 13. 49.471 (4g) of the statutes is created to read:

AB243-ASA1,7,13 49.471 (4g) Medicaid expansion; federal medical assistance percentage. For services provided to individuals described under sub. (4) (a) 8., the department shall comply with all federal requirements to qualify for the highest available enhanced federal medical assistance percentage. The department shall submit any amendment to the state medical assistance plan, request for a waiver of federal Medicaid law, or other approval request required by the federal government to provide services to the individuals described under sub. (4) (a) 8. and qualify for the highest available enhanced federal medical assistance percentage. Sections 20.940 and 49.45 (2t) do not apply to a submission to the federal government under this subsection.

AB243-ASA1,14 Section 14. 49.686 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB243-ASA1,7,20 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) or to an individual who is eligible for benefits under BadgerCare Plus under s. 49.471 (4) (a) 8. or (11).

AB243-ASA1,15 Section 15 . 281.73 of the statutes is created to read:

AB243-ASA1,7,24 281.73 County grants for well testing and public education. (1) The department shall administer a program to provide grants to counties for either of the following purposes:

AB243-ASA1,8,5 (a) To conduct countywide testing and mapping of privately owned wells to assess groundwater quality and to determine the extent and type of any contamination and to study and map geologic characteristics and well construction practices in the county, including depth to bedrock and well age, to determine any correlation between water quality, geology, and well construction.

AB243-ASA1,8,9 (b) For counties that have completed the type of study described under par. (a), to notify the public of the results of the completed study and to notify private well owners whose wells may be contaminated based on the results of the completed study.

AB243-ASA1,8,10 (2) A county may receive a grant under either sub. (1) (a) or (b) but not both.

AB243-ASA1,8,12 (3) More than one county may apply for a joint grant under this section if the counties are applying for the same grant category under sub. (1) (a) or (b).

AB243-ASA1,8,14 (4) The department may not provide more than $10,000 per county under sub. (1) (a) nor more than $2,500 per county under sub. (1) (b).

AB243-ASA1,8,16 (5) As a condition of receiving a grant under this section, a county shall do all of the following:

AB243-ASA1,8,17 (a) Provide matching funds equal to the amount of the proposed grant.

AB243-ASA1,8,20 (b) Submit the results of its testing to the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point Center for Watershed Science and Education. Information submitted under this paragraph may not include any personally identifiable information.

AB243-ASA1,8,22 (6) In making grants under this section, the department shall seek to make a grant to every county that applies.

AB243-ASA1,8,25 (7) The department may promulgate rules necessary to implement this section but may not impose substantive requirements on applicants other than those provided in this section.

AB243-ASA1,9119 Section 9119. Nonstatutory provisions; Health Services.

AB243-ASA1,9,10 (1) Childless adults demonstration project. The department of health services shall submit any necessary request to the federal department of health and human services for a state plan amendment or waiver of federal Medicaid law or to modify or withdraw from any waiver of federal Medicaid law relating to the childless adults demonstration project under s. 49.45 (23), 2019 stats., to reflect the incorporation of recipients of Medical Assistance under the demonstration project into the BadgerCare Plus program under s. 49.471 and the termination of the demonstration project. Sections 20.940 and 49.45 (2t) do not apply to a submission to the federal government under this subsection.

AB243-ASA1,9201 Section 9201. Fiscal changes; Administration.

AB243-ASA1,9,14 (1) Environmental improvement fund transfer. There is transferred from the general fund to the environmental improvement fund $80,000,000 in fiscal year 2021-22.

AB243-ASA1,9,21 (2) Private lead service line replacement. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of administration under s. 20.505 (1) (v), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2021-22 is increased by $80,000,000 to provide, under s. 281.61, principal forgiveness to municipalities to cover up to 50 percent of the costs of lead service line replacement on private property or principal forgiveness to municipalities to provide grants to private users of public water systems to cover up to 50 percent of the costs of lead service line replacement on private property.

AB243-ASA1,9219 Section 9219. Fiscal changes; Health Services.

AB243-ASA1,9,25 (1) Medicaid expansion. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of health services under s. 20.435 (4) (b), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2021-22 is decreased by $849,788,000 as a result of expanding eligibility for the Medical Assistance program. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of health services under s. 20.435 (4) (b), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2022-23 is decreased by $841,925,400 as a result of expanding eligibility for the Medical Assistance program.

AB243-ASA1,9232 Section 9232. Fiscal changes; Natural Resources.

AB243-ASA1,10,7 (1) Environmental fund transfer. There is transferred from the general fund to the environmental fund $41,000,000 in fiscal year 2021-22.

AB243-ASA1,10,12 (2) Urban nonpoint source water pollution abatement and storm water management program. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of natural resources under s. 20.370 (6) (dq), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2021-22 is increased by $24,000,000 for the urban nonpoint source water pollution abatement and storm water management program under s. 281.66.

AB243-ASA1,10,17 (3) Nonpoint source water pollution abatement projects. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of natural resources under s. 20.370 (6) (aq), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2021-22 is increased by $13,000,000 for nonpoint source water pollution abatement projects under s. 281.65 (4c) and (4e).

AB243-ASA1,10,21 (4) Well compensation grant program. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of natural resources under s. 20.370 (6) (cr), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2021-22 is increased by $4,000,000 for the well compensation grant program under s. 281.75.

AB243-ASA1,9400 Section 9400. Effective dates; general. Except as otherwise provided in Section 9419 of this act, this act takes effect on the day after publication, or on the 2nd day after publication of the 2021-23 biennial budget act, whichever is later.

AB243-ASA1,9419 Section 9419. Effective dates; Health Services.

AB243-ASA1,11,3 (1) Medicaid expansion. The treatment of ss. 20.435 (4) (jw), 49.45 (2p), (23), and (23b) (title), (b), (c), and (e), 49.471 (1) (cr), (4) (a) 4. b. and 8. and (4g), and 49.686 (3) (d) and Sections 9119 (1) and 9219 (1) of this act take effect on July 1, 2021.

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