DOA:......Bollhorst, BB0076 - Wisconsin Wraparound
For 2025-2027 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Medical Assistance
Children’s behavioral health managed care
This bill authorizes DHS to request a waiver from the federal Department of Health and Human Services to administer a children’s behavioral health specialty managed care program under the Medical Assistance program. The bill provides that DHS may administer the children’s behavioral health specialty managed care program if the waiver is granted. The Medical Assistance program is a joint federal and state program that provides health services to individuals who have limited financial resources.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. 49.45 (25c) of the statutes is created to read:
49.45 (25c) Children’s behavioral health specialty managed care. The department may request a waiver from the federal department of health and human services to administer a children’s behavioral health specialty managed care program under the Medical Assistance program. If the waiver is granted, the department may administer the children’s behavioral health specialty managed care program under this subsection.
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