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2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
May 14, 2007 - Introduced by Senators Darling, Roessler, Cowles, A. Lasee,
Olsen and Schultz, cosponsored by Representatives Strachota and Albers.
Referred to Committee on Transportation, Tourism and Insurance.
SB183,1,4
1An Act to renumber 49.665 (6);
to amend 49.665 (6) (title); and
to create
249.665 (6) (b) of the statutes;
relating to: percentages of group health
3insurance plan costs paid by employers of Badger Care health care program
4recipients and requiring a report.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, a family may be eligible for coverage under the Badger Care
health care program (BadgerCare) if, among other things, the family has access to
coverage under a group health insurance plan offered by an employer for which the
employer pays less than 80 percent of the cost, excluding any required deductibles
or copayments.
This bill requires the Department of Health and Family Services (DHFS),
which administers BadgerCare, annually to determine, for BadgerCare recipients
who have access to coverage under group health insurance plans offered by
employers, the actual percentages of the insurance plan costs that are paid by the
employers. DHFS must report its findings annually in a report to the Joint
Committee on Finance and to the appropriate standing committees of the
legislature.
For further information see the state 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:
SB183, s. 1
1Section
1. 49.665 (6) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB183,2,22
49.665
(6) (title)
Annual report reports.
SB183, s. 2
3Section
2. 49.665 (6) of the statutes is renumbered 49.665 (6) (a).
SB183, s. 3
4Section
3. 49.665 (6) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
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49.665
(6) (b) Beginning in 2008, the department shall annually determine, for
6any Badger Care health care program recipients who have access to coverage under
7group health insurance plans for which the recipients' employers pay less than 80
8percent of the costs, excluding any deductibles or copayments that may be required
9under the plan, the actual percentages of the insurance plan costs paid. The
10department shall annually submit a report of its findings to the joint committee on
11finance and to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172
12(3).
