Amendment SSA1-AB68

AB68-SSA1,1383,15 49. Folic acid supplement for adult women with reproductive capacity.

AB68-SSA1,1383,16 50. Iron deficiency anemia screening for pregnant and lactating women.

AB68-SSA1,1383,18 51. Preeclampsia preventive medicine for pregnant adult women at high risk for preeclampsia.

AB68-SSA1,1383,20 52. Low-dose aspirin after 12 weeks of gestation for pregnant women at high risk for miscarriage, preeclampsia, or clotting disorders.

AB68-SSA1,1383,21 53. Screenings for hepatitis B and bacteriuria for pregnant women.

AB68-SSA1,1383,23 54. Screening for gonorrhea for pregnant and sexually active females 24 years of age or younger and females older than 24 years of age who are at risk for infection.

AB68-SSA1,1384,3 55. Screening for chlamydia for pregnant and sexually active females 24 years of age and younger and females older than 24 years of age who are at risk for infection.

AB68-SSA1,1384,5 56. Screening for syphilis for pregnant women and adults who are at high risk for infection.

AB68-SSA1,1384,8 57. Human immunodeficiency virus screening for adults who have attained the age of 15 years but have not attained the age of 66 years and individuals at high risk of infection who are younger than 15 years of age or older than 65 years of age.

AB68-SSA1,1384,9 58. All contraceptives and services in accordance with sub. (17).

AB68-SSA1,1384,11 59. Any services not already specified under this paragraph having an A or B rating in current recommendations from the U.S. preventive services task force.

AB68-SSA1,1384,14 60. Any preventive services not already specified under this paragraph that are recommended by the federal health resources and services administration's Bright Futures project.

AB68-SSA1,1384,17 61. Any immunizations, not already specified under sub. (14), that are recommended and determined to be for routine use by the federal advisory committee on immunization practices.

AB68-SSA1,1384,20 (c) Subject to par. (d), no disability insurance policy and no self-insured health plan may subject the coverage of any of the preventive services under par. (b) to any deductibles, copayments, or coinsurance under the policy or plan.

AB68-SSA1,1384,24 (d) 1. If an office visit and a preventive service specified under par. (b) are billed separately by the health care provider, the disability insurance policy or self-insured health plan may apply deductibles to and impose copayments or coinsurance on the office visit but not on the preventive service.

AB68-SSA1,1385,3 2. If the primary reason for an office visit is not to obtain a preventive service, the disability insurance policy or self-insured health plan may apply deductibles to and impose copayments or coinsurance on the office visit.

AB68-SSA1,1385,13 3. Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, if a preventive service specified under par. (b) is provided by a health care provider that is outside the disability insurance policy's or self-insured health plan's network of providers, the policy or plan may apply deductibles to and impose copayments or coinsurance on the office visit and the preventive service. If a preventive service specified under par. (b) is provided by a health care provider that is outside the disability insurance policy's or self-insured health plan's network of providers because there is no available health care provider in the policy's or plan's network of providers that provides the preventive service, the policy or plan may not apply deductibles to or impose copayments or coinsurance on the preventive service.

AB68-SSA1,1385,18 4. If multiple well-woman visits described under par. (b) 47. are required to fulfill all necessary preventive services and are in accordance with clinical recommendations, the disability insurance policy or self-insured health plan may not apply a deductible to or impose a copayment or coinsurance on any of those well-woman visits.

AB68-SSA1,3010 Section 3010. 632.895 (14) (a) 1. i. and j. of the statutes are amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1385,20 632.895 (14) (a) 1. i. Hepatitis A and B.

AB68-SSA1,1385,21 j. Varicella and herpes zoster.

AB68-SSA1,3011 Section 3011. 632.895 (14) (a) 1. k. to o. of the statutes are created to read:

AB68-SSA1,1385,23 632.895 (14) (a) 1. k. Human papillomavirus.

AB68-SSA1,1385,24 L. Meningococcal meningitis.

AB68-SSA1,1385,25 m. Pneumococcal pneumonia.

AB68-SSA1,1386,1 n. Influenza.

AB68-SSA1,1386,2 o. Rotavirus.

AB68-SSA1,3012 Section 3012. 632.895 (14) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1386,9 632.895 (14) (b) Except as provided in par. (d), every disability insurance policy, and every self-insured health plan of the state or a county, city, town, village, or school district, that provides coverage for a dependent of the insured shall provide coverage of appropriate and necessary immunizations, from birth to the age of 6 years, for an insured or plan participant, including a dependent who is a child of the insured or plan participant.

AB68-SSA1,3013 Section 3013. 632.895 (14) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1386,15 632.895 (14) (c) The coverage required under par. (b) may not be subject to any deductibles, copayments, or coinsurance under the policy or plan. This paragraph applies to a defined network plan, as defined in s. 609.01 (1b), only with respect to appropriate and necessary immunizations provided by providers participating, as defined in s. 609.01 (3m), in the plan.

AB68-SSA1,3014 Section 3014. 632.895 (14) (d) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1386,19 632.895 (14) (d) 3. A health care plan offered by a limited service health organization, as defined in s. 609.01 (3), or by a preferred provider plan, as defined in s. 609.01 (4), that is not a defined network plan, as defined in s. 609.01 (1b).

AB68-SSA1,3015 Section 3015. 632.895 (14m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,1386,22 632.895 (14m) Essential health benefits. (a) In this subsection, “self-insured health plan” has the meaning given in s. 632.85 (1) (c).

AB68-SSA1,1387,2 (b) On a date specified by the commissioner, by rule, every disability insurance policy, except as provided in par. (g), and every self-insured health plan shall provide coverage for essential health benefits as determined by the commissioner, by rule, subject to par. (c).

AB68-SSA1,1387,4 (c) In determining the essential health benefits for which coverage is required under par. (b), the commissioner shall do all of the following:

AB68-SSA1,1387,6 1. Include benefits, items, and services in, at least, all of the following categories:

AB68-SSA1,1387,7 a. Ambulatory patient services.

AB68-SSA1,1387,8 b. Emergency services.

AB68-SSA1,1387,9 c. Hospitalization.

AB68-SSA1,1387,10 d. Maternity and newborn care.

AB68-SSA1,1387,12 e. Mental health and substance use disorder services, including behavioral health treatment.

AB68-SSA1,1387,13 f. Prescription drugs.

AB68-SSA1,1387,14 g. Rehabilitative and habilitative services and devices.

AB68-SSA1,1387,15 h. Laboratory services.

AB68-SSA1,1387,16 i. Preventive and wellness services and chronic disease management.

AB68-SSA1,1387,17 j. Pediatric services, including oral and vision care.

AB68-SSA1,1387,22 2. Conduct a survey of employer-sponsored coverage to determine benefits typically covered by employers and ensure that the scope of essential health benefits for which coverage is required under this subsection is equal to the scope of benefits covered under a typical disability insurance policy offered by an employer to its employees.

AB68-SSA1,1387,24 3. Ensure that essential health benefits reflect a balance among the categories described in subd. 1. such that benefits are not unduly weighted toward one category.

AB68-SSA1,1388,2 4. Ensure that essential health benefit coverage is provided with no or limited cost-sharing requirements.

AB68-SSA1,1388,6 5. Require that disability insurance policies and self-insured health plans do not make coverage decisions, determine reimbursement rates, establish incentive programs, or design benefits in ways that discriminate against individuals because of their age, disability, or expected length of life.

AB68-SSA1,1388,9 6. Establish essential health benefits in a way that takes into account the health care needs of diverse segments of the population, including women, children, persons with disabilities, and other groups.

AB68-SSA1,1388,13 7. Ensure that essential health benefits established under this subsection are not subject to a coverage denial based on an insured's or plan participant's age, expected length of life, present or predicted disability, degree of dependency on medical care, or quality of life.

AB68-SSA1,1388,20 8. Require that disability insurance policies and self-insured health plans cover emergency department services that are essential health benefits without imposing any requirement to obtain prior authorization for those services and without limiting coverage for services provided by an emergency services provider that is not in the provider network of a policy or plan in a way that is more restrictive than requirements or limitations that apply to emergency services provided by a provider that is in the provider network of the policy or plan.

AB68-SSA1,1388,25 9. Require a disability insurance policy or self-insured health plan to apply to emergency department services that are essential health benefits provided by an emergency department provider that is not in the provider network of the policy or plan the same copayment amount or coinsurance rate that applies if those services are provided by a provider that is in the provider network of the policy or plan.

AB68-SSA1,1389,2 (d) The commissioner shall periodically update, by rule, the essential health benefits under this subsection to address any gaps in access to coverage.

AB68-SSA1,1389,7 (e) If an essential health benefit is also subject to mandated coverage elsewhere under this section and the coverage requirements are not identical, the disability insurance policy or self-insured health plan shall provide coverage under whichever subsection provides the insured or plan participant with more comprehensive coverage of the medical condition, item, or service.

AB68-SSA1,1389,11 (f) Nothing in this subsection or rules promulgated under this subsection prohibits a disability insurance policy or a self-insured health plan from providing benefits in excess of the essential health benefit coverage required under this subsection.

AB68-SSA1,1389,13 (g) This subsection does not apply to any disability insurance policy that is described in s. 632.745 (11) (b) 1. to 12.

AB68-SSA1,3016 Section 3016. 632.895 (16m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1389,19 632.895 (16m) (b) The coverage required under this subsection may be subject to any limitations, or exclusions , or cost-sharing provisions that apply generally under the disability insurance policy or self-insured health plan. The coverage required under this subsection may not be subject to any deductibles, copayments, or coinsurance.

AB68-SSA1,3017 Section 3017. 632.895 (17) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1389,25 632.895 (17) (b) 2. Outpatient consultations, examinations, procedures, and medical services that are necessary to prescribe, administer, maintain, or remove a contraceptive, if covered for any other drug benefits under the policy or plan sterilization procedures, and patient education and counseling for all females with reproductive capacity.

AB68-SSA1,3018 Section 3018. 632.895 (17) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1390,16 632.895 (17) (c) Coverage under par. (b) may be subject only to the exclusions, and limitations, or cost-sharing provisions that apply generally to the coverage of outpatient health care services, preventive treatments and services, or prescription drugs and devices that is provided under the policy or self-insured health plan. A disability insurance policy or self-insured health plan may not apply a deductible or impose a copayment or coinsurance to at least one of each type of contraceptive method approved by the federal food and drug administration for which coverage is required under this subsection. The disability insurance policy or self-insured health plan may apply reasonable medical management to a method of contraception to limit coverage under this subsection that is provided without being subject to a deductible, copayment, or coinsurance to prescription drugs without a brand name. The disability insurance policy or self-insured health plan may apply a deductible or impose a copayment or coinsurance for coverage of a contraceptive that is prescribed for a medical need if the services for the medical need would otherwise be subject to a deductible, copayment, or coinsurance.

AB68-SSA1,3019 Section 3019. 632.897 (11) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1391,2 632.897 (11) (a) Notwithstanding subs. (2) to (10), the commissioner may promulgate rules establishing standards requiring insurers to provide continuation of coverage for any individual covered at any time under a group policy who is a terminated insured or an eligible individual under any federal program that provides for a federal premium subsidy for individuals covered under continuation of coverage under a group policy, including rules governing election or extension of election periods, notice, rates, premiums, premium payment, application of preexisting condition exclusions, election of alternative coverage, and status as an eligible individual, as defined in s. 149.10 (2t), 2011 stats.

AB68-SSA1,3020 Section 3020 . 700.19 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1391,11 700.19 (2) Husband and wife Spouses. If persons named as owners in a document of title, transferees in an instrument of transfer, or buyers in a bill of sale are described in the document, instrument, or bill of sale as husband and wife married to each other, or are in fact husband and wife married to each other, they are joint tenants, unless the intent to create a tenancy in common is expressed in the document, instrument, or bill of sale. This subsection applies to property acquired before January 1, 1986, and, if ch. 766 does not apply when the property is acquired, to property acquired on or after January 1, 1986.

AB68-SSA1,3021 Section 3021. 704.07 (2) (bm) 1. of the statutes is repealed.

AB68-SSA1,3022 Section 3022. 704.07 (2) (bm) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1391,15 704.07 (2) (bm) 3. The violation presents a significant threat to the prospective tenant's health or safety.

AB68-SSA1,3023 Section 3023. 704.17 (3m) of the statutes is repealed.

AB68-SSA1,3024 Section 3024. 704.17 (5) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 704.17 (5) and amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1391,21 704.17 (5) Contrary provision in the lease. Except as provided in par. (b), provisions Provisions in the lease or rental agreement for termination contrary to this section are invalid except in leases for more than one year.

AB68-SSA1,3025 Section 3025. 704.17 (5) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB68-SSA1,3026 Section 3026. 704.19 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1392,3 704.19 (2) (b) 2. Notwithstanding subd. 1., nothing in this section prevents termination of a tenancy before the end of a rental period because of an imminent threat of serious physical harm, as provided in s. 704.16, or for criminal activity or drug-related criminal activity, nonpayment of rent, or breach of any other condition of the tenancy, as provided in s. 704.17.

AB68-SSA1,3027 Section 3027 . 705.01 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1392,10 705.01 (4) “Joint account" means an account, other than a marital account, payable on request to one or more of 2 or more parties whether or not mention is made of any right of survivorship. “Joint account" also means any account established with the right of survivorship on or after January 1, 1986, by 2 parties who claim to be husband and wife married to each other, which is payable on request to either or both of the parties.

AB68-SSA1,3028 Section 3028 . 705.01 (4m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1392,17 705.01 (4m) “Marital account" means an account established without the right of survivorship on or after January 1, 1986, by 2 parties who claim to be husband and wife married to each other, which is payable on request to either or both of the parties and which is designated as a marital account. An account established by those parties with the right of survivorship under s. 766.58 (3) (f) or 766.60 is a joint account.

AB68-SSA1,3029 Section 3029 . 706.09 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1392,25 706.09 (1) (e) Marital interests. Homestead of the spouse of any transferor of an interest in real estate, if the recorded conveyance purporting to transfer the homestead states that the person executing it is single, unmarried , or widowed a surviving spouse or fails to indicate the marital status of the transferor, and if the conveyance has, in either case, appeared of record for 5 years. This paragraph does not apply to the interest of a married person who is described of record as a holder in joint tenancy or of marital property with that transferor.

AB68-SSA1,3030 Section 3030. 753.06 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1393,2 753.06 (4) (a) Calumet County. The circuit has one branch 2 branches.

AB68-SSA1,3031 Section 3031. 753.06 (7) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1393,4 753.06 (7) (e) Jackson County. The circuit has one branch 2 branches.