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1999 - 2000 LEGISLATURE
March 28, 2000 - Introduced by Representative Gard. Referred to Calendar.
AB942,1,5
1An Act to affect 1999 Wisconsin Act .... (Assembly Bill 456), section 4 (1);
2relating to: providing a supplement for hourly medical assistance
3reimbursement rates for in-home personal care services workers, individual
4income tax modifications for medical insurance premiums and making an
5appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, as affected by
1999 Wisconsin Act 9 (the biennial budget
act), the hourly medical assistance reimbursement rate for workers providing
in-home personal care services is $12.25. This bill increases the reimbursement rate
by $1, to $13.25 per hour.
1999 Wisconsin Act .... (Assembly Bill 456) creates an individual income tax
deduction for 100% of the amount paid by an individual for a medical care insurance
policy that covers the individual, his or her spouse and the individual's dependents
if the individual, other than a self-employed person, has no employer or if the
individual's employer pays no amount of money toward the individual's medical care
insurance.
This bill changes the date of applicability of that tax deduction from January
1, 2000, to January 1, 2001.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB942, s. 1
1Section
1. 1999 Wisconsin Act .... (Assembly Bill 456), section 4 (1) is amended
2to read:
AB942,2,43
[1999 Wisconsin Act .... (Assembly Bill 456)] Section 4 (1) This act first applies
4to taxable years beginning on January 1,
2000 2001.".
AB942,2,116
(1)
Supplement; in-home personal care workers. In the schedule under section
720.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the department of health and family
8services under section 20.435 (5) (b) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 1999,
9the dollar amount is increased by $3,500,000 for fiscal year 2000-01 to supplement,
10beginning July 1, 2000, the hourly medical assistance reimbursement rates for
11workers providing in-home personal care services by $1.
