Wisconsin Legislative Council
AMENDMENT MEMO
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Memo published: June 15, 2023 Contact: Anna Henning, Principal Attorney
2023 Assembly Bill 161
Assembly
Amendment 1
2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 161
2023 Assembly Bill 161 creates an appropriation to make payments from the ambulance service
provider trust fund to eligible ambulance service providers as specified under 2021 Wisconsin Act 228.
Act 228 created new programs to facilitate supplemental reimbursements under the Medical Assistance
(MA) program for both privately owned and public ambulance services. Specific to private ambulance
providers, Act 228 created a provider assessment with fees collected going to an ambulance service
provider trust fund. Act 228 also directed the state Department of Health Services (DHS) to seek any
federal approval needed to implement this new component of the state Medicaid program.
In addition to creating the trust fund appropriation account, the bill requires DHS to begin making
payments to eligible ambulance service providers within 60 days of federal approval. The bill also
requires the Department of Administration to transfer money annually from the ambulance service
provider trust fund to cover the administrative costs associated with administering the ambulance
assessment and making supplemental reimbursements to ambulance providers.
ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1
Assembly Amendment 1 eliminates the requirement that DHS begin making payments to eligible
ambulance service providers within 60 days of federal approval.
BILL HISTORY
Representative Kurtz offered Assembly Amendment 1 on May 18, 2023. On June 14, 2023, the
Assembly Committee on Local Government voted to recommend adoption of the amendment, and
passage of the bill, as amended, on votes of Ayes, 11; Noes, 0.
For a full history of the bill, visit the Legislature’s bill history page.
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