2019 Wisconsin Act 57

  Date of enactment: November 25, 2019
2019 Senate Bill 155   Date of publication*: November 26, 2019

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication."

2019 WISCONSIN ACT 57

An Act to amend 146.89 (3) (a) and 146.89 (3) (d) 2.; and to create 146.89 (3g) of the statutes; relating to: participation in the Volunteer Health Care Provider program by agencies serving homeless individuals.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

57,1 Section 1. 146.89 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

146.89 (3) (a) The volunteer health care provider shall provide services under par. (b) without charge, except as provided in sub. (3g) or (3m), at the nonprofit agency, if the joint application of the volunteer health care provider and the nonprofit agency has received approval under sub. (2) (a).

57,2 Section 2. 146.89 (3) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

146.89 (3) (d) 2. Except as provided in sub. (3g) or (3m), Medical Assistance under subch. IV of ch. 49.

57,3 Section 3. 146.89 (3g) of the statutes is created to read:

146.89 (3g) A nonprofit agency and volunteer health care providers providing services at the nonprofit agency that provide services to persons who are recipients of Medical Assistance may participate in the program under this section if the Medical Assistance recipients served are primarily homeless individuals, as self-reported.