Date of enactment: March 3, 2020
2019 Assembly Bill 650   Date of publication*: March 4, 2020

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication."

2019 WISCONSIN ACT 122

An Act to create 46.482, 49.45 (30j) and 49.46 (2) (b) 14p. of the statutes; relating to: reimbursement for peer recovery coach services under the Medical Assistance program, coordination and continuation of care following an overdose, granting rule-making authority, and extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

122,1 Section 1 . 46.482 of the statutes is created to read:

46.482 Coordination of care in substance use overdose. (1) Definitions. In this section:

(a) “Overdose treatment provider” means an entity, including an emergency department of a hospital, that offers treatment or other services to individuals in response to or following a substance use overdose.

(b) “Peer recovery coach” means an individual described under s. 49.45 (30j) (a) 2. and who has completed the training requirements specified under s. 49.45 (30j) (b) 4.

(2) The department shall establish and maintain a program to facilitate overdose treatment providers to do all of the following:

(a) Use peer recovery coaches to encourage individuals to seek treatment for a substance use disorder following an overdose.

(b) Provide access to medications to reverse overdose, as appropriate.

(c) Coordinate and continue care and treatment of individuals after an overdose, including through referrals to treatment services, to peer support, to community organizations that support recovery, to education, training, and employment services, to housing services, and to child welfare agencies. An overdose treatment provider may coordinate and continue care and treatment under this paragraph by establishing an integrated model of care for patients who have experienced an overdose that may include assessment, follow-up services, and transportation to and from treatment.

(d) Provide education to patients and families on preventing and reversing an overdose.

(e) Provide follow-up services for patients after overdose to ensure continued recovery and connection to support services.

(f) Collect and evaluate data on the outcomes of patients receiving peer recovery coach services and coordination and continuation of care services under this section.