AB68-ASA2-AA2,31,7 (d) If a provider has more than one service location, the thresholds described under par. (b) apply to each location, and the department will determine the payment for each separate service location.

AB68-ASA2-AA2,31,9 (e) Any provider that receives reimbursement through the pilot project under sub. (24k) is not eligible for reimbursement under this subsection.

AB68-ASA2-AA2,229p Section 229p. 49.45 (25r) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA2,31,11 49.45 (25r) Community health worker services. (a) In this subsection:

AB68-ASA2-AA2,31,13 1. “Community health services” means services provided by a community health worker.

AB68-ASA2-AA2,31,21 2. “Community health worker” means a front-line public health worker who is a trusted member of or has a close understanding of the community served, enabling the worker to serve as a liaison, link, or intermediary between health and social services and the community to facilitate access to services and improve the quality and cultural competence of service delivery, and who builds individual and community capacity by increasing health knowledge and self-sufficiency through a range of activities such as outreach, community education, informal counseling, social support, and advocacy.

AB68-ASA2-AA2,32,4 (b) The department shall request any necessary waiver from, or submit any necessary amendments to the state Medical Assistance plan to, the secretary of the federal department of health and human services to provide community health services to eligible Medical Assistance recipients. If the waiver or state plan amendment is granted, the department shall reimburse certified providers for those community health services approved by the federal department of health and human services for Medical Assistance coverage and as provided to Medical Assistance recipients under s. 49.46 (2) (b) 9m.

AB68-ASA2-AA2,229r Section 229r. 49.45 (30e) (a) 2. of the statutes is repealed.

AB68-ASA2-AA2,229s Section 229s. 49.45 (30e) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA2,32,9 49.45 (30e) (b) 3. Requirements for certification of community-based psychosocial service programs. The department may certify county-based providers and providers that are not county-based providers.

AB68-ASA2-AA2,229t Section 229t. 49.45 (30e) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 49.45 (30e) (c) 1. and amended to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA2,32,18 49.45 (30e) (c) 1. A The department shall reimburse a county that elects to make the provide services under s. 49.46 (2) (b) 6. Lm. available shall reimburse a provider of the services for the amount of the allowable charges for those services under the medical assistance Medical Assistance program that is not provided by the federal government. The department shall reimburse the provider only for and the amount of the allowable charges for those services under the medical assistance Medical Assistance program that is provided by the federal government.

AB68-ASA2-AA2,229u Section 229u. 49.45 (30e) (c) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA2,32,22 49.45 (30e) (c) 2. The department shall reimburse to a provider that is not a county-based provider for services under s. 49.46 (2) (b) 6. Lm. for both the federal and nonfederal share of a fee schedule that is determined by the department.

AB68-ASA2-AA2,229v Section 229v. 49.45 (30e) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA2,33,6 49.45 (30e) (d) Provision of services on regional basis. Notwithstanding par. (c) 1. and subject to par. (e), in counties that elect to deliver provide the services under s. 49.46 (2) (b) 6. Lm. through the Medical Assistance program on a regional basis according to criteria established by the department, the department shall reimburse a provider of the services for the amount of the allowable charges for those services under the Medical Assistance program that is provided by the federal government and for the amount of the allowable charges that is not provided by the federal government.

AB68-ASA2-AA2,229x Section 229x. 49.45 (30t) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA2,33,8 49.45 (30t) Doula services. (a) In this subsection:

AB68-ASA2-AA2,33,10 1. “Certified doula” means an individual who has received certification from a doula certifying organization recognized by the department.

AB68-ASA2-AA2,33,13 2. “Doula services” means childbirth education and support services, including emotional and physical support provided during pregnancy, labor, birth, and the postpartum period.

AB68-ASA2-AA2,33,19 (b) The department shall request from the secretary of the federal department of health and human services any required waiver or any required amendment to the state plan for Medical Assistance to allow reimbursement for doula services provided by a certified doula. If the waiver or state plan amendment is granted, the department shall reimburse a certified doula under s. 49.46 (2) (b) 12p. for the allowable charges for doula services provided to Medical Assistance recipients.”.

AB68-ASA2-AA2,33,21 89. Page 292, line 13: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with page 294, line 2, and substitute:

AB68-ASA2-AA2,33,22 “ Section 230b. 49.46 (1) (a) 1m. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA2,34,2 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 365th day after the last day of the pregnancy falls.

AB68-ASA2-AA2,230d Section 230d. 49.46 (1) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA2,34,7 49.46 (1) (j) An individual determined to be eligible for benefits under par. (a) 9. remains eligible for benefits under par. (a) 9. for the balance of the pregnancy and to the last day of the month in which the 60th 365th day after the last day of the pregnancy falls without regard to any change in the individual's family income.

AB68-ASA2-AA2,230f Section 230f. 49.46 (2) (b) 8m. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA2,34,10 49.46 (2) (b) 8m. Room and board for residential substance use disorder treatment.

AB68-ASA2-AA2,230h Section 230h. 49.46 (2) (b) 9m. of the statutes is created to read: