AB56,540,12 (d) If a provider has more than one service location, the thresholds described under par. (b) apply to each location, and payment for each service location would be determined separately.

AB56,677 Section 677. 49.45 (29w) (b) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,540,23 49.45 (29w) (b) 1. b. “Telehealth" is means a service provided from a remote location using a combination of interactive video, audio, and externally acquired images through a networking environment between an individual or a provider at an originating site and a provider at a remote location with the service being of sufficient audio and visual fidelity and clarity as to be functionally equivalent to face-to-face contact; or, in circumstances determined by the department, an asynchronous transmission of digital clinical information through a secure electronic communications system from one provider to another provider. “Telehealth" does not include telephone conversations or Internet-based communications between providers or between providers and individuals.

AB56,678 Section 678. 49.45 (29y) (d) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,679 Section 679. 49.45 (30y) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,541,3 49.45 (30y) Certified doula services; pilot project. (a) In this subsection, “certified doula" means an individual who has received certification from a doula certifying organization recognized by the department.

AB56,541,6 (b) For purposes of this subsection, services provided by certified doulas include continuous emotional and physical support during labor and birth of a child and intermittent services during the prenatal and postpartum periods.

AB56,541,11 (c) Subject to par. (d), the department shall reimburse under the Medical Assistance program benefits as provided under this subsection for pregnant women enrolled in the Medical Assistance program who reside in the counties of Brown, Dane, Milwaukee, Rock, or Sheboygan, or another county as determined by the department.

AB56,541,17 (d) The department shall request from the secretary of the federal department of health and human services any approval necessary to allow reimbursement under the Medical Assistance program for services provided by a certified doula. The department may not pay reimbursement unless federal approval is not required or any required federal approval allowing reimbursement under s. 49.46 (2) (b) 12p. is approved and in effect.

AB56,680 Section 680. 49.45 (41) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,541,24 49.45 (41) Mental health crisis Crisis intervention services. (a) In this subsection, “mental health crisis intervention services" means crisis intervention services for the treatment of mental illness, intellectual disability, substance abuse, and dementia that are provided by a mental health crisis intervention program operated by, or under contract with, a county, if the county is certified as a medical assistance provider.

AB56,542,9 (b) If a county elects to become certified as a provider of mental health crisis intervention services, the county may provide mental health crisis intervention services under this subsection in the county to medical assistance recipients through the medical assistance program. A county that elects to provide the services shall pay the amount of the allowable charges for the services under the medical assistance program that is not provided by the federal government. The department shall reimburse the county under this subsection only for the amount of the allowable charges for those services under the medical assistance program that is provided by the federal government.

AB56,681 Section 681. 49.45 (41) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,542,13 49.45 (41) (c) Notwithstanding par. (b), if a county elects to deliver crisis intervention services under the Medical Assistance program on a regional basis according to criteria established by the department, all of the following apply:

AB56,542,17 1. After January 1, 2020, the department shall require the county to annually contribute for the crisis intervention services an amount equal to 75 percent of the county's expenditures for crisis intervention services under this subsection in calendar year 2017, as determined by the department.

AB56,542,21 2. The department shall reimburse the provider of crisis intervention services in the county the amount of allowable charges for those services under the Medical Assistance program, including both the federal share and nonfederal share of those charges, that exceeds the amount of the county contribution required under subd. 1.

AB56,542,25 3. If a county submits a certified cost report under s. 49.45 (52) (b) to claim federal medical assistance funds, the claim based on certified costs made by a county for amounts under subd. 2. may not include any part of the nonfederal share of the amount under subd. 2.

AB56,682 Section 682. 49.45 (47) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,543,5 49.45 (47) (b) No person may receive reimbursement under s. 46.27 (11) for the provision of services to clients in an adult day care center unless the adult day care center is certified by the department under sub. (2) (a) 11. as a provider of medical assistance.

AB56,683 Section 683 . 49.45 (47) (dm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,543,14 49.45 (47) (dm) Every 24 months, on a schedule determined by the department, an adult day care center shall submit through an online system prescribed by the department a report in the form and containing the information that the department requires, including payment of any fee due under par. (c). If a complete report is not timely filed, the department shall issue a warning to the operator of the adult day care center. The department may revoke an adult day care center's certification for failure to timely and completely report within 60 days after the report date established under the schedule determined by the department.

AB56,684 Section 684. 49.45 (60) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,685 Section 685. 49.46 (1) (a) 1m. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,543,20 49.46 (1) (a) 1m. Any pregnant woman whose income does not exceed the standard of need under s. 49.19 (11) and whose pregnancy is medically verified. Eligibility continues to the last day of the month in which the 60th day or, if approved by the federal government, the 365th day after the last day of the pregnancy falls.

AB56,686 Section 686. 49.46 (1) (a) 14. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,544,2 49.46 (1) (a) 14. Any person who would meet the financial and other eligibility requirements for home or community-based services under s. 46.27 (11), 46.277, or 46.2785 but for the fact that the person engages in substantial gainful activity under 42 USC 1382c (a) (3), if a waiver under s. 49.45 (38) is in effect or federal law permits federal financial participation for medical assistance coverage of the person and if funding is available for the person under s. 46.27 (11), 46.277, or 46.2785.

AB56,687 Section 687. 49.46 (1) (em) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,544,10 49.46 (1) (em) To the extent approved by the federal government, for the purposes of determining financial eligibility and any cost-sharing requirements of an individual under par. (a) 6m., 14., or 14m., (d) 2., or (e), the department or its designee shall exclude any assets accumulated in a person's independence account, as defined in s. 49.472 (1) (c), and any income or assets from retirement benefits earned or accumulated from income or employer contributions while employed and receiving state-funded benefits under s. 46.27 or medical assistance under s. 49.472.