Wisconsin Legislature: 2023 Wisconsin Act 180

Date of enactment: March 22, 2024
2023 Senate Bill 476 Date of publication*: March 23, 2024

* 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."

2023 WISCONSIN ACT 180

An Act to create 49.45 (61m) of the statutes; relating to: provision of health services through telehealth by out-of-state providers under the Medical Assistance program.

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

180,1 Section 1. 49.45 (61m) of the statutes is created to read:

49.45 (61m) Services provided through telehealth by out-of-state providers. (a) In this subsection, “telehealth” has the meaning given in sub. (61) (a) 4.

(b) The department may not require a health care provider that is licensed, certified, registered, or otherwise authorized to provide health care services in this state and that exclusively offers health care services in this state through telehealth to maintain a physical address or site in this state to be eligible for enrollment as a certified provider under the Medical Assistance program.

(c) The department may not require a provider group with health care providers that are licensed, certified, registered, or otherwise authorized to provide health care services in this state and that exclusively offer health care services in this state through telehealth to maintain a physical address or site in this state to be eligible for enrollment as a provider group under the Medical Assistance program.