AB56,539,2119 1. For a nonprofit or public provider, 50 percent or more of the individuals
20served by the provider are individuals who are without dental insurance or are
21enrolled in the Medical Assistance program.
AB56,539,2322 2. For a for-profit provider, 5 percent or more of the individuals served by the
23provider are enrolled in the Medical Assistance program.
AB56,540,924 (c) For dental services rendered on or after January 1, 2020, by a qualified
25nonprofit critical access dental provider, the department shall increase

1reimbursement by 50 percent above the reimbursement rate that would otherwise
2be paid to that provider. For dental services rendered on or after January 1, 2020,
3by a qualified for-profit critical access dental provider, the department shall increase
4reimbursement by 30 percent above the reimbursement rate that would otherwise
5be paid to that provider. For dental providers rendering services to individuals in
6managed care under the Medical Assistance program, for services rendered on or
7after January 1, 2020, the department shall increase reimbursement to pay an
8additional amount on the basis of the rate that would have been paid to the dental
9provider had the individual not been enrolled in managed care.
AB56,540,1210 (d) If a provider has more than one service location, the thresholds described
11under par. (b) apply to each location, and payment for each service location would be
12determined separately.
AB56,677 13Section 677. 49.45 (29w) (b) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,540,2314 49.45 (29w) (b) 1. b. “Telehealth" is means a service provided from a remote
15location using a combination of interactive video, audio, and externally acquired
16images through a networking environment between an individual or a provider at
17an originating site and a provider at a remote location with the service being of
18sufficient audio and visual fidelity and clarity as to be functionally equivalent to
19face-to-face contact; or, in circumstances determined by the department, an
20asynchronous transmission of digital clinical information through a secure
21electronic communications system from one provider to another provider
.
22“Telehealth" does not include telephone conversations or Internet-based
23communications between providers or between providers and individuals.
AB56,678 24Section 678. 49.45 (29y) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,679 25Section 679. 49.45 (30y) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,541,3
149.45 (30y) Certified doula services; pilot project. (a) In this subsection,
2“certified doula" means an individual who has received certification from a doula
3certifying organization recognized by the department.
AB56,541,64 (b) For purposes of this subsection, services provided by certified doulas include
5continuous emotional and physical support during labor and birth of a child and
6intermittent services during the prenatal and postpartum periods.
AB56,541,117 (c) Subject to par. (d), the department shall reimburse under the Medical
8Assistance program benefits as provided under this subsection for pregnant women
9enrolled in the Medical Assistance program who reside in the counties of Brown,
10Dane, Milwaukee, Rock, or Sheboygan, or another county as determined by the
11department.
AB56,541,1712 (d) The department shall request from the secretary of the federal department
13of health and human services any approval necessary to allow reimbursement under
14the Medical Assistance program for services provided by a certified doula. The
15department may not pay reimbursement unless federal approval is not required or
16any required federal approval allowing reimbursement under s. 49.46 (2) (b) 12p. is
17approved and in effect.
AB56,680 18Section 680. 49.45 (41) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,541,2419 49.45 (41) Mental health crisis Crisis intervention services. (a) In this
20subsection, “mental health crisis intervention services" means crisis intervention
21services for the treatment of mental illness, intellectual disability, substance abuse,
22and dementia
that are provided by a mental health crisis intervention program
23operated by, or under contract with, a county, if the county is certified as a medical
24assistance provider.
AB56,542,9
1(b) If a county elects to become certified as a provider of mental health crisis
2intervention services, the county may provide mental health crisis intervention
3services under this subsection in the county to medical assistance recipients through
4the medical assistance program. A county that elects to provide the services shall
5pay the amount of the allowable charges for the services under the medical
6assistance program that is not provided by the federal government. The department
7shall reimburse the county under this subsection only for the amount of the allowable
8charges for those services under the medical assistance program that is provided by
9the federal government.
AB56,681 10Section 681. 49.45 (41) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,542,1311 49.45 (41) (c) Notwithstanding par. (b), if a county elects to deliver crisis
12intervention services under the Medical Assistance program on a regional basis
13according to criteria established by the department, all of the following apply:
AB56,542,1714 1. After January 1, 2020, the department shall require the county to annually
15contribute for the crisis intervention services an amount equal to 75 percent of the
16county's expenditures for crisis intervention services under this subsection in
17calendar year 2017, as determined by the department.
AB56,542,2118 2. The department shall reimburse the provider of crisis intervention services
19in the county the amount of allowable charges for those services under the Medical
20Assistance program, including both the federal share and nonfederal share of those
21charges, that exceeds the amount of the county contribution required under subd. 1.
AB56,542,2522 3. If a county submits a certified cost report under s. 49.45 (52) (b) to claim
23federal medical assistance funds, the claim based on certified costs made by a county
24for amounts under subd. 2. may not include any part of the nonfederal share of the
25amount under subd. 2.
AB56,682
1Section 682. 49.45 (47) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,543,52 49.45 (47) (b) No person may receive reimbursement under s. 46.27 (11) for the
3provision of services to clients in an adult day care center unless the adult day care
4center is certified by the department under sub. (2) (a) 11. as a provider of medical
5assistance.
AB56,683 6Section 683 . 49.45 (47) (dm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,543,147 49.45 (47) (dm) Every 24 months, on a schedule determined by the department,
8an adult day care center shall submit through an online system prescribed by the
9department a report in the form and containing the information that the department
10requires, including payment of any fee due under par. (c). If a complete report is not
11timely filed, the department shall issue a warning to the operator of the adult day
12care center. The department may revoke an adult day care center's certification for
13failure to timely and completely report within 60 days after the report date
14established under the schedule determined by the department.
AB56,684 15Section 684. 49.45 (60) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,685 16Section 685. 49.46 (1) (a) 1m. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,543,2017 49.46 (1) (a) 1m. Any pregnant woman whose income does not exceed the
18standard of need under s. 49.19 (11) and whose pregnancy is medically verified.
19Eligibility continues to the last day of the month in which the 60th day or, if approved
20by the federal government, the 365th day
after the last day of the pregnancy falls.
AB56,686 21Section 686. 49.46 (1) (a) 14. of the statutes is amended to read: