AB68,999
1Section
999. 49.19 (4) (d) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.19
(4) (d) 4. Is the
wife
spouse of a
husband person who has continuously
3abandoned or failed to support
him or her, if proceedings have been commenced
4against the
husband person under ch. 769; or
AB68,1000
5Section 1000
. 49.19 (4) (d) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.19
(4) (d) 5. Has been divorced and is without a
husband spouse or legally
7separated from
his or her
husband
spouse and is unable through use of the provisions
8of law to compel
his or her former
husband spouse to adequately support the child
9for whom aid is sought; or
AB68,1001
10Section
1001. 49.343 (1g) of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.343
(1g) Establishment of rates. For services provided beginning on
12January 1, 2011, the department shall establish the per client rate that a residential
13care center for children and youth or a group home may charge for its services, and
14the per client administrative rate that a child welfare agency may charge for the
15administrative portion of its foster care services, as provided in this section. In
16establishing rates for a placement specified in s. 938.357 (4) (c) 1. or 2.,
2019 stats., 17the department shall consult with the department of corrections. A residential care
18center for children and youth and a group home shall charge all purchasers the same
19rate for the same services and a child welfare agency shall charge all purchasers the
20same administrative rate for the same foster care services. The department shall
21determine the levels of care created under the rules promulgated under s. 48.62 (8)
22to which this section applies.
AB68,1002
23Section 1002
. 49.345 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.345
(2) Except as provided in sub. (14) (b) and (c), any person, including a
25person placed under s. 48.32 (1) (am) or (b), 48.345 (3), 48.357 (1) or (2m), 938.183,
1938.34 (3) or (4d), or 938.357 (1), (2m), (4), or (5) (e), receiving care, maintenance,
2services, and supplies provided by any institution in this state, in which the state is
3chargeable with all or part of the person's care, maintenance, services, and supplies,
4and the person's property and estate, including the homestead, and the spouse of the
5person, and the spouse's property and estate, including the homestead, and, in the
6case of a minor child, the parents of the person, and their property and estates,
7including their homestead, and, in the case of a foreign child described in s. 48.839
8(1) who became dependent on public funds for his or her primary support before an
9order granting his or her adoption, the resident of this state appointed guardian of
10the child by a foreign court who brought the child into this state for the purpose of
11adoption, and his or her property and estate, including his or her homestead, shall
12be liable for the cost of the care, maintenance, services, and supplies in accordance
13with the fee schedule established by the department under s. 49.32 (1). If a spouse,
14widow surviving spouse, or minor, or an incapacitated person may be lawfully
15dependent upon the property for his or her support, the court shall release all or such
16part of the property and estate from the charges that may be necessary to provide for
17the person. The department shall make every reasonable effort to notify the liable
18persons as soon as possible after the beginning of the maintenance, but the notice or
19the receipt of the notice is not a condition of liability.
AB68,1003
20Section
1003
. 49.345 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 2021 Wisconsin Act ....
21(this act), is amended to read:
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49.345
(2) Except as provided in sub. (14) (b) and (c), any person, including a
23person placed under s. 48.32 (1) (am) or (b), 48.345 (3), 48.357 (1) or (2m), 938.183,
24938.34 (3)
or (4d), or 938.357 (1), (2m), (4), or (5) (e), receiving care, maintenance,
25services, and supplies provided by any institution in this state, in which the state is
1chargeable with all or part of the person's care, maintenance, services, and supplies,
2and the person's property and estate, including the homestead, and the spouse of the
3person, and the spouse's property and estate, including the homestead, and, in the
4case of a minor child, the parents of the person, and their property and estates,
5including their homestead, and, in the case of a foreign child described in s. 48.839
6(1) who became dependent on public funds for his or her primary support before an
7order granting his or her adoption, the resident of this state appointed guardian of
8the child by a foreign court who brought the child into this state for the purpose of
9adoption, and his or her property and estate, including his or her homestead, shall
10be liable for the cost of the care, maintenance, services, and supplies in accordance
11with the fee schedule established by the department under s. 49.32 (1). If a spouse,
12surviving spouse, or minor, or an incapacitated person may be lawfully dependent
13upon the property for his or her support, the court shall release all or such part of the
14property and estate from the charges that may be necessary to provide for the person.
15The department shall make every reasonable effort to notify the liable persons as
16soon as possible after the beginning of the maintenance, but the notice or the receipt
17of the notice is not a condition of liability.
AB68,1004
18Section
1004. 49.37 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.37
(1) Beginning in fiscal year 2017-18, the department of children and
20families shall establish a
5-year 6-year offender reentry demonstration project
21focused on noncustodial fathers in a 1st class city.
AB68,1005
22Section
1005. 49.37 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.37
(2) Upon completion of the demonstration project under sub. (1) and by
24June 30,
2023 2024, the department of children and families shall conduct an
25evaluation of the demonstration project.
AB68,1006
1Section
1006. 49.43 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.43
(12) “Spouse" means the
legal husband or wife of person to whom the
3beneficiary
is legally married, whether or not
the person is eligible for medical
4assistance.
AB68,1007
5Section
1007. 49.45 (2p) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,1008
6Section
1008. 49.45 (2t) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,1009
7Section
1009. 49.45 (3) (e) 11. of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.45
(3) (e) 11. The department shall use a portion of the moneys collected
9under s. 50.38 (2) (a) to pay for services provided by eligible hospitals, as defined in
10s. 50.38 (1), other than critical access hospitals, under the Medical Assistance
11Program under this subchapter, including services reimbursed on a fee-for-service
12basis and services provided under a managed care system. For state fiscal year
132008-09, total payments required under this subdivision, including both the federal
14and state share of Medical Assistance, shall equal the amount collected under s.
1550.38 (2) (a) for fiscal year 2008-09 divided by 57.75 percent. For each state fiscal
16year after state fiscal year 2008-09, total payments required under this subdivision,
17including both the federal and state share of Medical Assistance, shall equal the
18amount collected under s. 50.38 (2) (a) for the fiscal year divided by 61.68 percent
,
19except that if the department has expanded eligibility under section 2001 (a) (1) (C)
20of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, P.L. 111-148, for the Medical
21Assistance program under this subchapter, the amount collected for the fiscal year
22shall be divided by 53.69 percent.
AB68,1010
23Section 1010
. 49.45 (3) (e) 12. of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.45
(3) (e) 12. The department shall use a portion of the moneys collected
25under s. 50.38 (2) (b) to pay for services provided by critical access hospitals under
1the Medical Assistance Program under this subchapter, including services
2reimbursed on a fee-for-service basis and services provided under a managed care
3system. For each state fiscal year, total payments required under this subdivision,
4including both the federal and state share of Medical Assistance, shall equal the
5amount collected under s. 50.38 (2) (b) for the fiscal year divided by 61.68 percent
,
6except that if the department has expanded eligibility under section 2001 (a) (1) (C)
7of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, P.L. 111-148, for the Medical
8Assistance program under this subchapter, the amount collected for the fiscal year
9shall be divided by 53.69 percent.
AB68,1011
10Section
1011. 49.45 (3m) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.45
(3m) (a) (intro.) Subject to par.
(c) (d) and notwithstanding sub. (3) (e),
12from the appropriations under s. 20.435 (4) (b) and (o), in each fiscal year, the
13department shall pay to hospitals that serve a disproportionate share of low-income
14patients an amount equal to the sum of $27,500,000, as the state share of payments,
15and the matching federal share of payments. The department may make a payment
16to a hospital under this subsection under the calculation method described in par. (b)
17if the hospital meets all of the following criteria:
AB68,1012
18Section
1012. 49.45 (3m) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
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49.45
(3m) (cm) Notwithstanding the total amount of state share paid to
20hospitals under par. (a) and the limit paid to a single hospital under par. (b) 3. a., if
21the department has expanded eligibility under section 2001 (a) (1) (C) of the Patient
22Protection and Affordable Care Act, P.L.
111-148, for the Medical Assistance
23program under this subchapter, the department shall pay as the state share to
24hospitals $47,500,000 under par. (a) and pay no single hospital more than $7,950,000
25under par. (b) 3. a.
AB68,1013
1Section
1013. 49.45 (5g) of the statutes is created to read:
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49.45
(5g) Payments to tribes. (a)
Tribal care coordination agreements. A
3tribal health care provider's care coordination agreement with a nontribal health
4care provider shall meet federal requirements, including that a service provided by
5the nontribal health care provider be at the request of the tribal health care provider
6on behalf of a tribal member who remains in the tribal health care provider's care
7according to the care coordination agreement; that both the tribal health care
8provider and nontribal health care provider are providers, as defined in s. 49.43 (10);
9that an established relationship exists between the tribal health care provider and
10the tribal member; and that the care be provided pursuant to a written care
11coordination agreement.