Amendment SA5-AB68

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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE

SENATE AMENDMENT 5, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 68

June 30, 2021 - Offered by Senator Carpenter.

AB68-SA5,1,2 At the locations indicated, amend the bill, as shown by assembly substitute amendment 2, as follows:

AB68-SA5,1,3 1. Page 294, line 2: after that line insert:

AB68-SA5,1,4 “ Section 235m. 49.688 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SA5,2,2 49.688 (11) The department shall request from the federal secretary of health and human services a waiver, under 42 USC 1315 (a), of federal medicaid laws necessary to permit the department of health services to conduct a project, under all of the requirements of this section, to expand eligibility for medical assistance, for purposes of receipt of prescription drugs as a benefit, to include individuals who are eligible under sub. (2). The department may implement a waiver requested under this subsection only if the conditions of the waiver are consistent with the requirements of this section. The department shall implement the program under this section regardless of whether a waiver, as specified in this subsection, is received or extended.”.

AB68-SA5,2,3 2. Page 389, line 10: after that line insert:

AB68-SA5,2,7 “(7u) SeniorCare permanence. Before the expiration of the current waiver, the department of health services shall request from the federal secretary of health and human services a waiver of federal law to continue permanently the prescription drug assistance program for elderly persons under s. 49.688.”.

AB68-SA5,2,8 (End)