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AB1,18,114 40.26 (5m) During the public health a national emergency declared on March
512, 2020,
by executive order 72 the U.S. president under 50 USC 1621 in response
6to the 2019 novel coronavirus and ending when the national emergency is no longer
7in effect or 60 days after the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB enters date],
8whichever is earlier
, sub. (5) does not apply if at least 15 days have elapsed between
9the termination of employment with a participating employer and becoming a
10participating employee if the position for which the participant is hired is a critical
11position, as determined by the secretary of health services under s. 323.19 (3).
AB1,3 12Section 3 . 40.26 (6) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1,18,1913 40.26 (6) (intro.) A participant who is hired during the public health a national
14emergency declared on March 12, 2020, by executive order 72 the U.S. president
15under 50 USC 1621 in response to the 2019 novel coronavirus and ending when the
16national emergency is no longer in effect or 60 days after the effective date of this
17subsection .... [LRB enters date], whichever is earlier
, may elect to not suspend his
18or her retirement annuity or disability annuity under sub. (1m) for the duration of
19the state of emergency that period if all of the following conditions are met:
AB1,4 20Section 4 . 49.45 (3) (e) 9m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB1,18,2221 49.45 (3) (e) 9m. a. In this subdivision, “hospital-associated service” has the
22meaning given in s. 50.33 (2d).
AB1,19,223 b. Any hospital-associated service that is provided by a hospital in accordance
24with s. 50.36 (5m) that is of the type for which payment could be claimed as an
25inpatient hospital service under the federal Medicare program, 42 USC 1395 et seq.,

1shall be included as part of and reimbursed or paid as an inpatient service under this
2section.
AB1,5 3Section 5 . 49.45 (4r) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1,19,74 49.45 (4r) Utilization data. (a) In this subsection, “health care data
5aggregator” means a data organization or entity that collects, analyzes, and
6disseminates health care information under subch. I of ch. 153 and that requests the
7department to provide data under this subsection.
AB1,19,108 (b) Semiannually, the department shall provide to any health care data
9aggregator all Medical Assistance program fee-for-service and managed care
10encounter claims data and data specifications maintained by the department.
AB1,19,1911 (c) Within 5 business days or a longer period specified by the department, of the
12receipt of data under par. (b), a health care data aggregator shall create a data set
13from the data received that is de-identified health information, as described in 42
14CFR 164.514
(a), and that meets the requirements for de-identification described in
1542 CFR 164.514 (b) and then shall destroy the original data provided by the
16department under par. (b). The health care data aggregator shall make the
17de-identified data set available to the public and may disseminate custom data sets
18and reports if the data sets and reports contain only de-identified health
19information.
AB1,19,2420 (d) Data provided by the department to a health care data aggregator under
21par. (b) is not subject to inspection or copying under s. 19.35. A health care data
22aggregator shall comply with the requirements under s. 153.50 (3) to ensure
23protection of patient identity with regard to data received and made available or
24disseminated under this subsection.
AB1,6 25Section 6. 49.45 (39n) of the statutes is created to read:
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149.45 (39n) Pharmacist reimbursement for vaccines and COVID-19 tests. The
2department shall ensure that any vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and
3any test for COVID-19, which is the infection caused by the SARS-CoV-2
4coronavirus, that are covered under this subchapter and for which reimbursement
5for administration is made to any provider, are covered and reimbursed when the
6vaccine or test is administered by a pharmacist acting under his or her scope of
7practice, including under s. 450.035. As necessary to comply with this subsection,
8the department shall certify pharmacists as providers of Medical Assistance services
9for the purposes of covering and reimbursing pharmacists for administering vaccines
10and tests described in this subsection.
AB1,7 11Section 7 . 50.083 of the statutes is created to read:
AB1,20,16 1250.083 Visitation by essential visitor. (1) In this section, “essential visitor”
13means an individual designated by a nursing home resident or assisted living facility
14resident to visit and provide support to the resident in the nursing home or assisted
15living facility or the resident's health care agent under a power of attorney for health
16care.
AB1,20,20 17(2) Each nursing home and assisted living facility shall allow an essential
18visitor, who agrees to comply with any public health policies of the nursing home or
19assisted living facility, to enter the nursing home or assisted living facility to visit the
20resident in compassionate care situations, including any of the following:
AB1,20,2321 (a) The resident has recently been admitted to the nursing home or assisted
22living facility and is experiencing difficulty in adjusting to the change in
23environment and lack of family presence.
AB1,20,2424 (b) The resident is grieving the recent death of a friend or family member.
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1(c) The resident is experiencing weight loss or dehydration due to lack of
2support from family or caregivers when eating or drinking.
AB1,21,43 (d) The resident is experiencing emotional distress or a decline in ability or
4willingness to communicate.
AB1,21,8 5(3) If the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services issues guidance
6that is more restrictive in allowing visitation than sub. (2), a nursing home or
7assisted living facility may comply with that guidance instead of complying with sub.
8(2).
AB1,21,12 9(4) This section applies at any time the nursing home or assisted living facility
10limits visitors to the nursing home or assisted living facility due to an outbreak or
11epidemic of communicable disease in the community in which the nursing home or
12assisted living facility is located.
AB1,8 13Section 8 . 50.33 (2d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1,21,1514 50.33 (2d) “Hospital-associated service” means a health care service that
15meets all of the following conditions:
AB1,21,1716 (a) The service is of the same type as those furnished by a hospital in an
17inpatient or outpatient facility.
AB1,21,1918 (b) The service is of a type for which a payment could be claimed as a hospital
19service under the federal Medicare program, 42 USC 1395 et seq.
AB1,21,2120 (c) The service is provided at a location other than in a facility approved by the
21department under s. 50.35.
AB1,21,2222 (d) The service is provided in a home setting.
AB1,9 23Section 9 . 50.36 (5m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1,22,324 50.36 (5m) If the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services has
25approved a hospital to provide any hospital-associated service, the department may

1apply to and enforce upon the hospital as the state standard for the
2hospital-associated service any rule or standard that is required by the centers for
3medicare and medicaid services for the service.
AB1,10 4Section 10 . 50.49 (6m) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1,22,65 50.49 (6m) (d) A hospital that is providing hospital-associated services in
6accordance with s. 50.36 (5m).
AB1,11 7Section 11 . 70.511 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1,22,208 70.511 (2) (a) If the reviewing authority has not made a determination prior
9to the time of the tax levy with respect to a particular objection to the amount,
10valuation or taxability of property, the tax levy on the property or person shall be
11based on the contested assessed value of the property. A tax bill shall be sent to, and
12paid by, the person subject to the tax levy as though there had been no objection filed,
13except that the payment shall be considered to be made under protest. The entire
14tax bill shall be paid when due under s. 74.11, 74.12 or 74.87 even though the
15reviewing authority has reduced the assessment prior to the time for full payment
16of the tax billed. The requirement to pay a tax timely under this paragraph does not
17apply to taxes due and payable in 2020 if paid by October 1, 2020, or by any
18installment date for which taxes are due after October 1, 2020, nor to taxes due and
19payable in 2021 if paid by October 1, 2021, or by any installment date for which taxes
20are due after October 1, 2021
.
AB1,12 21Section 12 . 74.35 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1,23,322 74.35 (5) (c) No claim may be filed or maintained under this section unless the
23tax for which the claim is filed, or any authorized installment payment of the tax, is
24timely paid under s. 74.11, 74.12 or 74.87. This paragraph does not apply to taxes
25due and payable in 2020 if paid by October 1, 2020, or by any installment date for

1which taxes are due after October 1, 2020, nor to taxes due and payable in 2021 if paid
2by October 1, 2021, or by any installment date for which taxes are due after October
31, 2021
.
AB1,13 4Section 13 . 74.37 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1,23,115 74.37 (4) (b) No claim or action for an excessive assessment may be brought or
6maintained under this section unless the tax for which the claim is filed, or any
7authorized installment of the tax, is timely paid under s. 74.11 or 74.12. This
8paragraph does not apply to taxes due and payable in 2020 if paid by October 1, 2020,
9or by any installment date for which taxes are due after October 1, 2020, nor to taxes
10due and payable in 2021 if paid by October 1, 2021, or by any installment date for
11which taxes are due after October 1, 2021
.
AB1,14 12Section 14. 101.643 of the statutes is created to read:
AB1,23,17 13101.643 Occupancy before inspection; permit. (1) A dwelling unit that
14is occupied in accordance with local ordinances before undergoing all inspections for
15compliance with the one- and 2-family dwelling code may be granted an occupancy
16permit if the dwelling unit later passes a final inspection for compliance with the
17one- and 2-family dwelling code.
AB1,23,20 18(2) If an occupancy permit for a dwelling unit is granted after the dwelling unit
19is occupied as described in sub. (1), any missed inspection of the dwelling unit may
20not be listed as a finding on the occupancy permit.
AB1,15 21Section 15 . 103.375 of the statutes is created to read:
AB1,24,2 22103.375 Mandatory vaccination for employment prohibited. No
23employer may require an employee or prospective employee to receive a vaccine
24against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which causes COVID-19, or show proof of

1having received such a vaccine, as a condition of an offer of employment or continued
2employment with the employer.
AB1,16 3Section 16 . 108.04 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1,24,84 108.04 (3) (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply with respect to benefit years that
5begin after March 12, 2020, and before February 7 March 14, 2021. The department
6shall seek the maximum amount of federal reimbursement for benefits that are,
7during the time period specified in this paragraph, payable for the first week of a
8claimant's benefit year as a result of the application of this paragraph.
AB1,17 9Section 17 . 108.062 (20) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1,24,1910 108.062 (20) Suspensions of certain provisions. (intro.) Notwithstanding sub.
11(2), this subsection, and not sub. (2), applies to work-share plans submitted on or
12after April 17, 2020, and before December 31, 2020, and to work-share plans
13submitted during each week that begins while a national emergency declared by the
14U.S. president under 50 USC 1621 in response to the 2019 novel coronavirus remains
15in effect
, subject to sub. (19), except that this subsection does not apply to work-share
16plans submitted on or after July 4, 2021
. During that period those periods, prior to
17implementing a work-share program, an employer shall submit a work-share plan
18for the approval of the department. In its submittal, the employer shall certify that
19its plan is in compliance with all requirements under this section. Each plan shall:
AB1,18 20Section 18 . 108.07 (5) (bm) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1,24,2521 108.07 (5) (bm) 1. The Subject to subd. 1m., the department shall, when
22processing initial claims for regular benefits, determine whether a claim or plan is
23related to the public health emergency declared on March 12, 2020, by executive
24order 72. If a claim is so related, the regular benefits for that claim shall, except as
25provided in subd. 2., be paid as provided in subd. 3.
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1Section 19. 108.07 (5) (bm) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB1,25,92 108.07 (5) (bm) 1m. For purposes of this paragraph, the department shall
3presume that an initial claim for benefit years beginning on or after March 15, 2020,
4through March 13, 2021, relates to the public health emergency declared on March
512, 2020, by Executive Order 72 unless the claimant's most recent separation from
6employment is due to a labor dispute, voluntary termination of work, discharge for
7misconduct, or discharge for substantial fault. An employer is not required to submit
8a request for charging relief under this paragraph for initial claims described in this
9subdivision.
AB1,20 10Section 20 . 108.07 (5) (bm) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1,25,1311 108.07 (5) (bm) 2. a. Subdivision 1. applies only with respect to benefits payable
12for weeks beginning after March 12, 2020, and beginning before December 31, 2020
13March 14, 2021.
AB1,21 14Section 21 . 118.133 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1,25,1915 118.133 (1) (a) A school board shall permit a pupil who resides in the school
16district and is enrolled in a home-based private educational program or a virtual
17charter school
to participate in interscholastic athletics in the school district on the
18same basis and to the same extent that it permits pupils enrolled in the school district
19to participate.
AB1,22 20Section 22 . 118.133 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1,26,221 118.133 (1) (b) Upon request, the home-based educational program or virtual
22charter school
in which the pupil is enrolled shall provide the school board with a
23written statement that the pupil meets the school board's requirements for
24participation in interscholastic athletics based on age and academic and disciplinary
25records. No person may provide a false statement under this paragraph. The school

1board may not question the accuracy or validity of the statement or request
2additional information.
AB1,23 3Section 23 . 118.133 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1,26,84 118.133 (2) Extracurricular activities. A school board shall permit a pupil
5who resides in the school district and is enrolled in a home-based private educational
6program or a virtual charter school to participate in extracurricular activities in the
7school district on the same basis and to the same extent that it permits pupils
8enrolled in the school district to participate.
AB1,24 9Section 24 . 153.23 (1) of the statutes is repealed.
AB1,25 10Section 25 . 153.23 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 153.23 and amended to
11read:
AB1,26,25 12153.23 Public health emergency dashboard. During the a public health
13emergency related to the 2019 novel coronavirus declared under 42 USC 247d by the
14secretary of the federal department of health and human services that is related to
15an outbreak or epidemic of communicable disease and that applies to any portion of
16this state
, the entity under contract under s. 153.05 (2m) (a) shall prepare and
17publish a public health emergency dashboard using health care emergency
18preparedness program information collected by the state from acute care hospitals.
19A dashboard published under this section shall include information to assist
20emergency response planning activities. For purposes of this section, the entity and
21the department shall enter into a data use agreement and mutually agree to the
22health care emergency preparedness program information the department will
23provide to the entity, the information the entity will include in the dashboard, any
24publication schedule, and any other terms considered necessary by the entity or the
25department.
AB1,26
1Section 26. 252.02 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1,27,52 252.02 (3) The department may close schools and forbid public gatherings in
3schools, churches, and other places to control outbreaks and epidemics. The
4department may not order the closure of or forbid gatherings in places of worship to
5control outbreaks and epidemics of the 2019 novel coronavirus.
AB1,27 6Section 27 . 252.02 (5m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1,27,97 252.02 (5m) Notwithstanding sub. (6) and s. 252.041, the department may not
8require individuals to receive a vaccine against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which
9causes COVID-19.
AB1,28 10Section 28 . 252.03 (2g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1,27,1311 252.03 (2g) (a) A local health officer may not order the closure of or forbid
12gatherings in places of worship to control outbreaks and epidemics of the 2019 novel
13coronavirus.
AB1,27,2014 (b) The duration of any order issued by a local health officer to close or restrict
15capacity of businesses to control outbreaks and epidemics of the 2019 novel
16coronavirus may not exceed 14 days unless the governing body of the local
17governmental unit in which the order is intended to apply approves by a vote of
18two-thirds of the elected members an extension of the order, with each extension not
19to exceed 14 days. In this paragraph, “local governmental unit” means a city, village,
20town, or county.
AB1,29 21Section 29 . 252.03 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1,27,2422 252.03 (2m) Notwithstanding sub. (2), a local health officer may not require
23individuals to receive a vaccine against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which causes
24COVID-19.
AB1,30 25Section 30 . 323.19 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1323.19 (3) Based on guidance provided by the secretary of health services, the
2head of each state agency and each local health department shall determine which
3public employee positions within the respective state agency or local government are
4critical during the public health a national emergency declared on March 12, 2020,
5by executive order 72 the U.S. president under 50 USC 1621 in response to the 2019
6novel coronavirus and ending when the national emergency is no longer in effect or
760 days after the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB enters date], whichever
8is earlier
, for the purposes of s. 40.26 (5m) and (6) (b).
AB1,31 9Section 31 . 440.08 (2) (a) 69g. of the statutes is created to read:
AB1,28,1110 440.08 (2) (a) 69g. Third-party logistics provider: July 1 of each
11even-numbered year.
AB1,32 12Section 32. 440.094 of the statutes is created to read:
AB1,28,14 13440.094 Practice by health care providers from other states. (1)
14Definitions. In this section:
AB1,28,1515 (a) “Credential” means a license, permit, certificate, or registration.
AB1,28,1816 (b) “Health care employer” means a system, care clinic, care provider,
17long-term care facility, or any entity whose employed, contracted, or affiliated staff
18provide health care service to individuals in this state.
AB1,28,2219 (c) “Health care provider” means an individual who holds a valid, unexpired
20credential granted by another state or territory that authorizes or qualifies the
21individual to perform acts that are substantially the same as the acts that any of the
22following are licensed or certified to perform:
AB1,28,2423 1. A registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, or nurse midwife licensed under
24ch. 441, or advanced practice nurse prescriber certified under ch. 441.
AB1,28,2525 2. A chiropractor licensed under ch. 446.
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13. A dentist licensed under ch. 447.
AB1,29,32 4. A physician, physician assistant, perfusionist, or respiratory care
3practitioner licensed or certified under subch. II of ch. 448.
AB1,29,54 5. A physical therapist or physical therapist assistant licensed under subch. III
5of ch. 448 or who holds a compact privilege under subch. IX of ch. 448.
AB1,29,66 6. A podiatrist licensed under subch. IV of ch. 448.
AB1,29,77 7. A dietitian certified under subch. V of ch. 448.
AB1,29,88 8. An athletic trainer licensed under subch. VI of ch. 448.
AB1,29,109 9. An occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant licensed under
10subch. VII of ch. 448.
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