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| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2023 SENATE BILL 129 |
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| 5 | 5 | | March 14, 2023 - Introduced by Senators JACQUE and TAYLOR, cosponsored by |
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| 6 | 6 | | Representatives PENTERMAN, DITTRICH, BALDEH, BRANDTJEN, EDMING, |
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| 7 | 7 | | GUNDRUM, TITTL, WICHGERS and BEHNKE. Referred to Committee on Licensing, |
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| 8 | 8 | | Constitution and Federalism. |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT to create 49.45 (2) (a) 7m. of the statutes; relating to: participation in |
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| 10 | 10 | | the federal Public Assistance Reporting Information System. |
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| 11 | 11 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 12 | 12 | | This bill requires the Department of Health Services to enter into any |
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| 13 | 13 | | necessary agreements with the federal Department of Health and Human Services |
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| 14 | 14 | | and neighboring states to join and participate as an active member in the Public |
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| 15 | 15 | | Assistance Reporting Information System. The Public Assistance Reporting |
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| 16 | 16 | | Information System is a federal database used to check whether public assistance |
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| 17 | 17 | | recipients may be receiving duplicate benefits in more than one state. The bill also |
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| 18 | 18 | | requires DHS to identify any veterans, dependents of veterans, and survivors |
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| 19 | 19 | | receiving benefits under the Medical Assistance program that are eligible for federal |
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| 20 | 20 | | military-related health care benefits and encourage those individuals to apply for |
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| 21 | 21 | | the federal benefits for which they are eligible. |
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| 22 | 22 | | For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as |
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| 23 | 23 | | an appendix to this bill. |
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| 24 | 24 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 25 | 25 | | enact as follows: |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 1. 49.45 (2) (a) 7m. of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 27 | 27 | | 49.45 (2) (a) 7m. Enter into any necessary agreements with the federal |
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| 28 | 28 | | department of health and human services and neighboring states to join and |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 1 SENATE BILL 129 |
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| 36 | 36 | | participate as an active member in the public assistance reporting information |
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| 37 | 37 | | system operated by the federal department of health and human services. The |
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| 38 | 38 | | department shall review information in the public assistance reporting information |
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| 39 | 39 | | system to identify any veterans, dependents of veterans, and survivors receiving |
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| 40 | 40 | | benefits under the Medical Assistance program that are eligible for federal |
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| 41 | 41 | | military-related health care benefits and encourage those veterans, dependents of |
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| 42 | 42 | | veterans, and survivors to apply for the federal benefits for which they are eligible. |
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