AB 892

Under current law, the Department of Health Services (DHS) administers the

Wisconsin Well-Woman Program, under which service providers are reimbursed for

providing preventive health care services to low-income, underinsured, and

uninsured women. This bill provides $50,000,000 in additional general purpose

revenue for the program over the 2013-2015 fiscal biennium.

Under current law, the health department of the city of Racine is required to

implement a program to reduce fetal and infant mortality and morbidity. This bill

provides an additional $10,000,000 in general purpose revenue for the program over

the 2013-2015 fiscal biennium.

The bill creates the BadgerCare Plus restoration fund. The bill requires DHS

to create a program to provide outreach services to individuals who lost eligibility for

the Medical Assistance program known as BadgerCare Plus and to provide payment

for claims that would have been paid by the BadgerCare Plus program had the

individual not lost eligibility for the program. To be eligible for reimbursement from

the BadgerCare Plus restoration fund, an individual must make a claim within one

year of losing eligibility for BadgerCare Plus. The bill transfers $36,000,000 from the

general fund to the BadgerCare Plus restoration fund during the 2013-2014 fiscal

year.