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 Wisconsin Statutes (Last Updated: January 10, 2017)
 Chapter 49. Public Assistance And Children And Family Services
 SubChapter IV. MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

  Section 49.48. Denial, nonrenewal and suspension of certification of service providers based on certain delinquency in payment.  

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    (1)  Except as provided in sub. (1m) , the department shall require each applicant to provide the department with the applicant's social security number, if the applicant is an individual, as a condition of issuing or renewing a certification under s. 49.45 (2) (a) 11. as an eligible provider of services.
    (1m)  If an individual who applies for or to renew a certification under sub. (1) does not have a social security number, the individual, as a condition of obtaining the certification, shall submit a statement made or subscribed under oath or affirmation to the department that the applicant does not have a social security number. The form of the statement shall be prescribed by the department of children and families. A certification issued or renewed in reliance upon a false statement submitted under this subsection is invalid.
    (2)  The department may not disclose any information received under sub. (1) to any person except to the department of children and families for the purpose of making certifications required under s. 49.857 .
    (3)  The department shall deny an application for the issuance or renewal of a certification specified in sub. (1) , shall suspend a certification specified in sub. (1) or may, under a memorandum of understanding under s. 49.857 (2) , restrict a certification specified in sub. (1) if the department of children and families certifies under s. 49.857 that the applicant for or holder of the certificate is delinquent in the payment of court-ordered payments of child or family support, maintenance, birth expenses, medical expenses or other expenses related to the support of a child or former spouse or fails to comply, after appropriate notice, with a subpoena or warrant issued by the department of children and families or a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and related to paternity or child support proceedings.