Wisconsin Legislature: Medical assistance

Family Care program expanded, districts renamed ``long-term care districts"; JCF authority revised; changes re county use of COP funds, Wisconsin Partnership Program operations, resource center governing boards and local and regional committees [for section numbers, see entry under ``Nursing homes and adult care"] - SB40

Family Care program expanded; JCF authority revised; county use of COP funds for mental health, substance abuse, or Family Support Program services permitted in certain cases [for sections numbers, see entry under ``Persons with disabilities"] - SB40

Family planning demonstration project re MA: minimum age requirement increased; federal poverty line provision - AB852

Family planning demonstration project re MA: minimum age requirement increased; federal poverty line provision - SB460

Family planning services under MA for men: DHFS to request federal waiver [Sec. 1549] - SB40

Health care plan or self-insured health plan required to disclose certain information re coverage and costs to insured or enrollee upon request; payments a health care provider may accept from uninsured or patient without public coverage restricted, disclosure of certain information required; DHFS duties and emergency rule provisions - AB872

Health care providers required to provide consumers with certain charge or payment rate information upon request - SB337

Health care providers required to provide consumers with certain charge or payment rate information upon request; penalty provision - AB729

Health care quality fund created; funding from cigarette excise tax increase, money transfer from Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund, and other sources; to be another funding source for MA, Badger Care, prescription drugs for seniors, and tobacco use control [for section numbers, see entry under ``Insurance — Health"] - SB40

Health care tax credit (HCTC) program: current HIRSP Authority requirements repealed; provisions re Badger Care Plus as an HCTC qualifying plan [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 1605 (2m), 2895h] - SB40

Health insurers, self-insured plans, service benefit plans, and pharmacy benefits managers (third parties): requirement re providing DHFS information to help identify persons eligible for certain MA services [Sec. 395, 1017, 1610-1625, 1642, 1650, 1655, 3067] - SB40

HealthNet of Janesville, Inc.: grant increased [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 3033r] - SB40

Hearing aids or cochlear implants for children under age 18: Badger Care Plus to cover - AB912

HIRSP Authority changes; Health Care Tax Credit Program requirement repealed - AB445

HIRSP Authority changes; Health Care Tax Credit Program requirement repealed [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, Health Care Tax Credit Program provision removed, OCI to approve exceptions for persons ineligible for HIRSP coverage, MA demonstration project provision added] - SB226

HMO rate increase re MA: pass-through to health providers [S.Sub.Amdt.1 as amended by Senate; deleted by Conf.Sub.Amdt.1] - SB40

HMOs to pay increased rates to hospitals for inpatient and outpatient services re MA recipients; DHFS duties - MR8 AB1

Hospital assessment revisions; MA, Badger Care, Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund, and HMO provisions; DHFS duties and report required - SB490

Indian child high-cost out-of-home care funding [Sec. 93, 94, 96, 97, 99, 419, 421, 438, 439, 9121 (1m) [misnumbered; follows 9121 (4)], 9421 (5)] - SB40

Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund transfer to MA trust fund; sum sufficient GPR appropriation created [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 212p, 697p, 3701c, 3702d-L, 9225 (2)] - SB40

Insurance claim intercept for MA liability or child support obligation: requirements created [Sec. 1754, 9321 (9)] - SB40

Long-term care facilities, information, referral, and assessment: requirements revised [Sec. 909, 916, 921, 927, 928, 1760-1762, 1765-1767, 1769, 1770, 1773, 1774, 1777, 1779, 1780, 1806, 1808] - SB40

MA asset transfer rule changes [Sec. 1533, 1560-1586, 1596, 1599-1602, 3666, 3698-3701, 9321 (4), 9421 (2)] - SB40

MA, Badger Care, Senior Care, and Family Care claims: time limits for paying [A.Sub.Amdt.1 or A.Amdt.1; deleted by Conf.Sub.Amdt.1] - SB40

MA collections and other recoveries [Sec. 391] - SB40

MA coverage of certain childless adults under age 65: DHFS to request federal waiver for demonstration project [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 382, 390, 392w, 393, 1392, 1546, 2881, 2894h, 9421 (4)] - SB40

MA coverage of certain childless adults under age 65: DHFS to request federal waiver for demonstration project; relief block grant revision [Sec. 382, 390, 1392, 1546, 2881] - SB40

MA dental rate and inpatient and outpatient hospital rate increased [A.Sub.Amdt.1 or A.Amdt.1; deleted by Conf.Sub.Amdt.1] - SB40

MA dental rate increase pilot project; DHFS to increase MA pediatric dental rates in certain counties; report to JCF [S.Sub.Amdt.1; deleted by A.Sub.Amdt.1 or A.Amdt.1] - SB40

MA eligibility: DHFS to request a waiver re disregarding income and assets of person's spouse under certain conditions - AB691

MA eligibility: documentary evidence of U.S. citizenship or nationality required [Sec. 1678] - SB40

MA eligibility for long-term care services: revisions re assets and divestment - SB144

MA false claim recoveries; treble damages in certain cases; qui tam [whistleblower] provisions; AG duties [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 635, 1629m, 2902, 2904, 3751, 3753-3756, 3775, 9329 (2)] - SB40

MA labor region expanded to include Rock County; nursing home payment methodology [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 1530h] - SB40

MA labor region re Rock County; JCF approval of enhanced CIP II eliminated; nursing home beds cap [Sec. 929, 1530, 2896, 2898] - SB40

MA or Badger Care eligibility extended for parents following death of a child; DHFS to request federal waiver [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 1554m] - SB40

MA program benefits funding decreased [Conf.Sub.Amdt.1] - MR8 AB1

MA program: funding decreased for fiscal year 2006-07 [Sec. 9221 (2)] - AB72

MA program: funding decreased for fiscal year 2006-07 [Sec. 9221 (2)] - SB39

MA retroactive eligibility repayments [Sec. 1632] - SB40

Medicare Part B enrollment and premium payment [Sec. 1544] - SB40

Medicare Part D re persons with HIV infections: restriction on DHFS subsidization of premiums revised [Sec. 3037, 3038] - SB40

Outpatient prescription drug dual eligibles: MA coverage eliminated [Sec. 1589, 1591, 1603] - SB40

Outpatient treatment of nervous and mental disorders and AODA problems: coverage by group health insurance policies and defined network plans of treatment by clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, and professional counselors required; MA revisions re service providers and physician prescribed requirement - AB463

Pediatric dental care and adult emergency dental services provided by certain counties: DHFS to request federal waiver and submit amendments to state MA plan for pilot program, reports required - AB927

Pharmacy dispensing fee increase for generic drugs re certain MA programs; DHFS duties specified [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 9121 (7j)] - SB40

Physical health risk assessment and disease management re MA or Badger Care enrollees [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 1559g, h, 1641d, e, 9121 (7j)] - SB40

Physical health risk assessment required for everyone eligible for MA or Badger Care; DHFS to develop and implement disease management programs - SB147

Prescription drug assistance program for the elderly: DHFS to seek amendment to federal Medicaid waiver to allow property taxes be deducted from income when determining eligibility - AB137

Prescription drug assistance program for the elderly: DHFS to seek amendment to federal Medicaid waiver to allow property taxes be deducted from income when determining eligibility - SB76

Primary care physicians and dentists who provide services to MA recipients at a high rate of service: nonrefundable individual and corporate income tax credits created - AB748

Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE): DHFS may administer under the MA program (remedial legislation) - AB616

Provider claims under MA, Badger Care, and the prescription drug assistance program for the elderly: DHFS requirements to issue payments codified, exceptions provided - AB385

Publicly financed health plan for Wisconsin established; Department of Health Planning and Finance and Health Policy Board created; regional consumer health councils and LRB provisions - AB94

Publicly financed health plan for Wisconsin established; Department of Health Planning and Finance and Health Policy Board created; regional consumer health councils and LRB provisions - SB51

Respiratory care services for ventilator-dependent recipients under MA: specified hourly rates eliminated (remedial legislation) - SB326

Smoking cessation program for MA recipients [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 9121 (7L)] - SB40

Soft drink tax re wholesale sales created; revenue deposited into the dental access trust fund to supplement MA and DHFS dental services - AB237

Soft drink tax re wholesale sales created; revenue deposited into the dental access trust fund to supplement MA and DHFS dental services - SB117

SSN requirement re MA, Badger Care, or elderly drug assistance program: exemption expanded re well-established religious objections [Sec. 1673, 1674, 9321 (8)] - SB40

State Long-Term Care Partnership Program: DHFS to submit certain amendment to DHHS - AB213

State Long-Term Care Partnership Program: DHFS to submit certain amendment to DHHS - SB114

State long-term care partnerships and MA eligibility: DHFS requirement re federal pilot project repealed [Sec. 1551, 1604, 2873, 2874; Enrolled SB-40: provisions re MA eligibility determinations, long-term care insurance requirements, 1551c, 1598r, 1634r, 3652m, 3664c, deletes 1551] - SB40

Tobacco settlement endowment fund: amount transferred to the MA trust fund increased; GPR funding to MA program decreased - MR8 AB1

Tobacco settlement permanent endowment fund revisions; MA trust fund, MA and Badger Care Plus benefits, appropriation obligation bonds, and DOA provisions [Conf.Sub.Amdt.1] - MR8 AB1

Tobacco settlement permanent endowment fund: transfer to MA trust fund [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 697, 697n] - SB40

U.W. physician services to MA recipients: intergovernmental transfer program funding created [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 254, 697d, m] - SB40

medical clinic or centerMedical clinic or center, see Hospitals

medical college of wisconsin, incMedical College of Wisconsin, Inc.

Appropriation for ``translational research" [Sec. 234, 3034; Enrolled SB-40: further revisions, 9c-n, 596i, 9105 (1)(m), deletes 3034] - SB40

Health professional shortage area: loan program through HEAB for U.W. Madison Medical School or Medical College of Wisconsin graduates willing to serve in - AB90

Physician loan forgiveness program for certain medical students who agree to practice in a health professional shortage area; HEAB provisions [A.Sub.Amdt.1 or A.Amdt.1; deleted by Conf.Sub.Amdt.1] - SB40

medical educationMedical education, see also Dentistry; Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.; Nurses; University of Wisconsin — College of Medicine; Veterinary medicine

Medical practice in underserved areas: funding to support certain programs; receipt of gifts and grants from private sources required [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 732t] - SB40

medical examinerMedical examiner, see Coroner

medical examining boardMedical Examining Board

Genetic counselor regulations and licensing requirements created, Genetic Counselors Affiliated Credentialing Board created - SB570

Needle electromyography, surface electromyography, and nerve conduction studies: MEB licensure requirement expanded to include; exceptions provided - AB325

Needle electromyography, surface electromyography, and nerve conduction studies: MEB licensure requirement expanded to include; exceptions provided - SB175

Partial-birth abortion prohibition revised, definition provision; physician granted a hearing before the MEB; civil cause of action granted to the father limited - AB710

Partial-birth abortion prohibition revised, definition provision; physician granted a hearing before the MEB; civil cause of action granted to the father limited - SB416

Physical Therapists Affiliated Credentialing Board changed to Physical Therapy Examining Board and no longer attached to or advised by MEB - AB545

Physical Therapists Affiliated Credentialing Board changed to Physical Therapy Examining Board and no longer attached to or advised by MEB - SB488

Respiratory care: MEB may issue a temporary certificate under certain conditions - AB413

medical leaveMedical leave, see Family

medical malpracticeMedical malpractice

Health care: confidentiality provisions of services reviews modified; provider reports or employee statements prohibited as evidence in a civil or criminal action, exception provided; criminal liability eliminated re negligent abuse or neglect of an individual at risk or a patient or resident; not guilty of negligent handling of a dangerous weapon, explosive, or fire if within scope of health care provider's practice - AB863