Date of enactment:
2023 Senate Bill 434 Date of publication*:
2023 WISCONSIN ACT
AN ACT to amend 49.45 (9r) (e) (intro.); and to create 49.45 (9r) (dm) of the statutes; relating to: repair of complex
rehabilitation technology under the Medical Assistance program.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in
senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 49.45 (9r) (dm) of the statutes is created
to read:
49.45 (9r) (dm) The department may not require a
prescription or prior authorization to reimburse a
provider for the repair of complex rehabilitation technol-
ogy if the complex rehabilitation technology has been
prescribed and reimbursed as provided in this subsection.
This paragraph does not apply to the repair of complex
rehabilitation technology if the complex rehabilitation
technology is intended for use by an individual who is
enrolled in a managed care organization.
SECTION 2. 49.45 (9r) (e) (intro.) of the statutes is
amended to read:
49.45 (9r) (e) (intro.) The Except as provided in par.
(dm), the department shall, consistent with this subsec-
tion and without imposing any additional requirements
or restrictions under this subsection, reimburse a
provider for a complex rehabilitation technology with
prior authorization when prescribed by a physician,
medically necessary, and used by a recipient of Medical
Assistance who is a resident of a nursing home if the
complex rehabilitation technology will do any of the
following:
* Section 991.11, WISCONSIN STATUTES: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor’s
partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication.”