SB111,1780,2417 (5) Actuarial study by group insurance board. The group insurance board,
18in consultation with the actuary selected under s. 40.03 (1) (d) to perform actuarial
19services for group health insurance plans offered by the group insurance board, shall
20conduct a study of the potential costs and savings to school districts and current plan
21participants if all Wisconsin school districts are required to participate in a group
22health insurance plan offered by the group insurance board. No later than June 30,
232022, the group insurance board shall submit a written report of the study to the
24governor and the joint committee on finance.
SB111,9114
1Section 9114. Nonstatutory provisions; Employment Relations
2Commission.
SB111,9115 3Section 9115. Nonstatutory provisions; Ethics Commission.
SB111,1781,114 (1) Temporary lobbying surcharge. With regard to lobbying for the 2021-22
5legislative session, a person who files the principal registration form under s. 13.64
6or the authorization statement under s. 13.65 shall pay to the ethics commission, in
7addition to the fees under s. 13.75 (1g) (b) and (d), a $55 surcharge for each such filing.
8If the fees have not been paid prior to the effective date of this subsection, the
9surcharge shall be submitted with the fees. If the fees have been paid prior to the
10effective date of this subsection, the surcharge shall be paid at the time and in the
11manner determined by the ethics commission.
SB111,9116 12Section 9116. Nonstatutory provisions; Financial Institutions.
SB111,1781,1313 (1) Student loan servicers; implementation.
SB111,1781,1714 (a) No later than October 1, 2021, the department of financial institutions shall
15determine whether it can fully implement the provisions created in this act as subch.
16V of ch. 224 by October 1, 2021, and shall provide notice of this determination to the
17legislative reference bureau by that date.
SB111,1781,2418 (b) If the notice of the department of financial institutions under par. (a) states
19that the department cannot fully implement the provisions created in this act as
20subch. V of ch. 224 by October 1, 2021, the department shall provide notice to the
21legislative reference bureau of the date on which the provisions created in this act
22as subch. V of ch. 224 will be fully implemented, which date may not be later than
23January 1, 2023, and the legislative reference bureau shall publish a notice in the
24Wisconsin Administrative Register that specifies this date.
SB111,1782,5
1(2) Small business retirement savings board; staggered terms.
2Notwithstanding the length of terms specified for the members of the small business
3retirement savings board under s. 15.185 (4) (b), the members appointed under s.
415.185 (4) (a) 3., 4., 6., and 8. shall be appointed for initial terms expiring on May 1,
52023.
SB111,1782,66 (3) Children's savings and investment program.
SB111,1782,107 (a) The department of financial institutions shall collaborate with one or more
8philanthropic organizations to develop a statewide children's savings and
9investment program, funded and administered by the philanthropic organization or
10organizations.
SB111,1782,1311 (b) The program under par. (a) shall allow the balance of an account established
12under the program to be transferred to a college savings account established under
13s. 224.50, consistent with any contribution limits or requirements under s. 224.50.
SB111,9117 14Section 9117. Nonstatutory provisions; Governor.
SB111,9118 15Section 9118. Nonstatutory provisions; Health and Educational
16Facilities Authority.
SB111,9119 17Section 9119. Nonstatutory provisions; Health Services.
SB111,1783,218 (1) Childless adults demonstration project. The department of health
19services shall submit any necessary request to the federal department of health and
20human services for a state plan amendment or waiver of federal Medicaid law or to
21modify or withdraw from any waiver of federal Medicaid law relating to the childless
22adults demonstration project under s. 49.45 (23), 2019 stats., to reflect the
23incorporation of recipients of Medical Assistance under the demonstration project
24into the BadgerCare Plus program under s. 49.471 and the termination of the
25demonstration project. The department of health services may submit a request to

1the federal department of health and human services to modify or withdraw from the
2waiver granted under s. 49.45 (23) (g), 2019 stats.
SB111,1783,33 (2) Coverage of group physical therapy under medical assistance.
SB111,1783,84 (a) The department of health services shall promulgate rules to include group
5physical therapy as a covered service for recipients of medical assistance under s.
6DHS 107.16, Wis. Admin. Code. The department of health services shall submit in
7proposed form the rules required under this paragraph to the legislative council staff
8under s. 227.15 (1) no later than July 1, 2022.
SB111,1783,179 (b) The department of health services may promulgate emergency rules under
10s. 227.24 to implement par. (a). Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (c) and (2), emergency
11rules promulgated under this paragraph remain in effect until the first day of the
1225th month beginning after the effective date of the emergency rule, or the date on
13which permanent rules take effect, whichever is sooner. Notwithstanding s. 227.24
14(1) (a) and (3), the department of health services is not required to provide evidence
15that promulgating a rule under this paragraph as an emergency rule is necessary for
16the preservation of public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to
17provide a finding of emergency for a rule promulgated under this paragraph.
SB111,1783,2318 (3) Use of cost report data for rate setting. For purposes of determining
19payments for a facility under s. 49.45 (6m) (am), the department of health services
20may use data other than data from calendar year 2020 or calendar year 2021 if the
21department of health services determines that calendar year 2020 or calendar year
222021 are not appropriate bases for prospective rate setting due to fluctuations in
23costs caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
SB111,1784,3
1(4) Centralized drug repository. The department of health services shall
2study and implement a centralized physical drug repository program under s.
3255.056.
SB111,1784,104 (5) Community-based psychosocial services. The department of health
5services may promulgate rules, including amending rules promulgated under s.
649.45 (30e) (b), update Medical Assistance program policies, and request any state
7plan amendment or waiver of federal Medicaid law from the federal government
8necessary to provide reimbursement to providers who are not county-based
9providers for psychosocial services provided to Medical Assistance recipients under
10s. 49.45 (30e).
SB111,1784,1811 (6) Medical assistance reimbursement rate increase for direct care in
12personal care agencies.
The department of health services shall increase the
13Medical Assistance rates paid for direct care to agencies that provide personal care
14services by a budgeted sum of $15,000,000, as the state share of payments, and the
15matching federal share of payments, in fiscal year 2021-22, and by a budgeted sum
16of $15,000,000, as the state share of payments, and the matching federal share of
17payments, in fiscal year 2022-23, to support staff in those agencies who perform
18direct care.
SB111,1784,1919 (7) Direct support professional training pilot program.
SB111,1784,2520 (a) In the 2021-23 biennium, the department of health services shall develop
21and implement a pilot program to provide person-centered direct support
22professional training to achieve consistent standards of health care practice. The
23department shall provide identified standards of practice that allow health care
24providers the flexibility to apply the standards of practice to their existing training
25while also meeting the needs of patients in both community and facility settings.
SB111,1785,2
1(b) Any training developed and implemented under par. (a) shall be consistent
2with state and federal requirements.
SB111,1785,53 (c) The department of health services shall collaborate with the department of
4workforce development, the Wisconsin technical college system, and health care
5providers in developing and implementing the pilot program under this section.
SB111,1785,76 (d) The department of health services shall develop a career plan that describes
7the steps that lead to potential certification as a nurse aide.
SB111,1785,118 (8) Tailored caregiver assessment and referral pilot program. During fiscal
9year 2021-22, the department of health services shall conduct a one-year tailored
10caregiver assessment and referral pilot program as described in the September 2020
11report of the governor's task force on caregiving.