{"meta":{"key":"s_wi--pass-07","task":"S_WI","title":"SWI Wisconsin hospital / medical-bill financial assistance, charity care, patient billing, and assistance-related collection protections","parent_title":"Wisconsin debt and debt relief law","edition":"pass-07","path":"/research/s_wi--pass-07/","kind":"split_pass","category":"state","role":"state","area_numbers":[66],"groups":["collections"],"date":"2026-10-27","tables":10,"claims":32,"sources":17,"review_status":"scoped_review_complete_with_explicit_limits","review_complete":true,"sha256":"5ad642b7a82605e464080728558757c17ddc3942d1f8ce93f987c9e0e8fd13b1","headings":["Executive findings","1. Federal §501(r) actor and facility gateway","Actor / service classification matrix","2. Wisconsin's currently verified state layer","3. What a qualifying FAP must contain","4. Provider-list boundary","5. Publicity, paper copies, billing statements, and translations","6. Emergency care and FAP eligibility are separate","7. 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No preferred setting is inferred as actual execution."},"public_id":"S_WI/pass-07","facets":{"geography":["us","us-wi"],"debt_type":["medical"],"stage":["collection"],"subject":["medical-assistance","employment-care-benefits"]},"scope":"Only reviewed P04row9 hospital medical-bill financial assistance/charitycare and directly related collection","pending_corrections":0},"markdown":"# SettleADebt S_WI PASS-07 — Wisconsin hospital / medical-bill financial assistance, charity care, patient billing, and assistance-related collection protections\n\n**Actual fresh public-source access date:** October 26, 2026, America/Los_Angeles; October 27, 2026 UTC.\n**Historical baseline:** October 22, 2026 Pacific.\n**Chat/model:** Regular Chat on GPT-5.6 Sol. No Pro label or measured-power ranking is claimed.\n**Scope:** This is the distinct medical financial-assistance component left open by PASS-04 row 9. P01-P03 remain unreviewed. P04-P06 supply only the expressly reviewed boundary information quoted in the prompt; no broader Wisconsin, component, parent, or A066 acceptance follows.\n\n## Executive findings\n\nThe strongest verified assistance regime for Wisconsin hospital bills is **federal Internal Revenue Code §501(r)**, but it applies only to a qualifying **501(c)(3) hospital organization and separately to each hospital facility it operates**. It is not a Wisconsin-wide right attaching to every hospital, clinic, physician, emergency group, laboratory, or medical bill. A hospital facility under the regulations is a facility a state requires to be licensed, registered, or similarly recognized as a hospital; a “hospital organization” is an organization recognized, or seeking recognition, under §501(c)(3) that operates one or more such facilities. **S_WI-P07-C001–C004.** [U.S. Code+1](https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-121/t26/s501/)\n\nFor covered facilities, the law is substantial. A written financial-assistance policy must specify its own eligibility criteria, assistance levels, charge-calculation method, application procedure, nonpayment actions or cross-reference a separate collection policy, and a provider-coverage list. Emergency and other medically necessary hospital care must be covered by the FAP; covered FAP-eligible patients cannot personally be charged more than amounts generally billed, or AGB, for emergency/medically necessary care. The facility must publicize the program and must make reasonable efforts to determine FAP eligibility before specified extraordinary collection actions. **There is no federal uniform poverty-percentage cutoff or fixed charity discount.** The facility's own compliant FAP supplies those eligibility terms. **C005–C013.** [U.S. Code+3](https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-121/t26/s501/)\n\nThe collection protection is considerably more precise than “wait 120/240 days.” The regulations create a **120-day minimum no-ECA period after the first post-discharge billing statement** for the ordinary notification route, a **30-day advance ECA notice** with a plain-language FAP summary and reasonable oral notification, and an **application period generally extending through at least the 240th day after the first post-discharge statement**, subject to the regulation's later-ending branches. A timely incomplete application triggers a missing-information process and suspension; a complete application triggers suspension, a written eligibility determination, corrected billing, qualifying refunds, and reversal of reasonably reversible ECAs if assistance is awarded. **C014–C024.** [eCFR+3](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-26/section-1.501%28r%29-1)\n\nThe Wisconsin-specific result is more limited. Fresh official DHS guidance says **“some hospitals offer charity care”** and describes eligibility/process as hospital-dependent. I did **not** establish from the official Wisconsin materials read a universal statewide charity-care income cutoff, mandatory discount percentage, or general statutory FAP equivalent applying to every Wisconsin hospital. A current DHS publication for a **narrow inpatient/residential behavioral-health/developmental-disability population** says patients may examine their hospital bill and, on request, receive information about financial assistance available through the hospital. But an official 2023 **proposed**, not verified-final, rule order proposed repeal of DHS 124.06. I could not establish the provision's exact 2026 enforceable status from a current official rule body. That point therefore remains **held**, not treated as a universal Wisconsin right. **C025–C028.** [Wisconsin Department of Health Services+4](https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/guide/freehosp.htm?utm_source=chatgpt.com)\n\n# G1. Facility, patient, and authority gateway\n\n## 1. Federal §501(r) actor and facility gateway\n\n26 U.S.C. §501(r) conditions §501(c)(3) treatment of a qualifying hospital organization on separate compliance with the community-health-needs, financial-assistance, charge, and billing/collection requirements. If an organization operates more than one hospital facility, the requirements apply **separately to each facility**. **C001–C003.** [U.S. Code+1](https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-121/t26/s501/)\n\nThe implementing regulation defines:\n\n- **hospital facility** as a state-licensed, registered, or similarly recognized hospital facility;\n- **hospital organization** as an organization recognized, or seeking recognition, under §501(c)(3) that operates at least one hospital facility;\n- **FAP** as the written financial-assistance policy satisfying §1.501(r)-4(b);\n- **FAP-eligible** as eligible under the facility's FAP for care covered by that FAP, whether or not the person actually applied;\n- **application period** as beginning when care is provided and ending on the later regulatory endpoint described below. **C003–C004, C014.** [eCFR+1](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-26/section-1.501%28r%29-1)\n\n### Actor / service classification matrix\n\n| Actor or arrangement | §501(r) result for this pass | Wisconsin-specific result established here | Exact boundary |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| §501(c)(3) hospital organization operating a Wisconsin-licensed hospital facility | **Covered**, facility by facility | Wisconsin hospital licensing is acknowledged by DHS, but exact charity-right content remains separate | Must establish actual §501(c)(3) and facility status; no named lookup performed |\n| Multi-hospital charitable system | Each facility separately must meet §501(r) | No system-wide Wisconsin charity percentage established | A common policy can sometimes cover multiple facilities, but each facility remains separately subject to the requirements |\n| For-profit hospital facility | §501(r) does not by its own terms apply absent qualifying §501(c)(3) hospital-organization status | No universal Wisconsin charity-care right established in this pass | Other state/federal duties may exist; not inferred away |\n| Governmental hospital | §501(r) applies only if the relevant organization fits the §501(c)(3) hospital-organization gateway | Governmental ownership alone neither establishes nor defeats every assistance duty | §115, governmental tax status, local obligations remain unresearched |\n| Independent physician / physician group billing separately | Not automatically covered by hospital's FAP | No generic Wisconsin physician charity entitlement established | Covered hospital must list whether the provider's care is or is not covered |\n| Independent emergency or specialty group inside hospital | Same: hospital FAP does not automatically cover group merely because care occurred onsite | No state blanket found | Provider list must disclose coverage/exclusion |\n| Substantially related entity providing emergency/medically necessary care in facility | Hospital FAP must cover such care | Separate Wisconsin classification not researched | Federal “substantially related” status requires facts |\n| Collection agency acting for covered hospital | Hospital can be treated as engaging in the ECA when agent acts for it | General Wisconsin collector law deliberately deferred | §501(r) does not itself license the agency |\n| Debt purchaser receiving hospital debt | Assistance-related obligations can follow through special sale/referral agreement rules | General debt-buyer law deferred | Some debt sales themselves are ECAs unless special conditions are met |\n| Guarantor or another individual responsible for patient bill | ECA rules can extend to collection against another **individual** who accepted/is required to accept responsibility | Guarantor contract/status not decided | Estate/entity treatment is not automatically identical |\n| Estate | No universal §501(r) conclusion established from the passages read | Probate/estate law deferred | “Individual” language should not be silently extended to an estate |\n| Uninsured patient | Can qualify if facility's FAP criteria are met | DHS says some Wisconsin hospitals offer charity programs | No uniform income threshold |\n| Insured patient with deductible/co-insurance/uncovered amount | Can be FAP-eligible; personal responsibility remains subject to AGB cap where applicable | No Wisconsin universal underinsured formula established | Insurance reimbursement is applied before determining personal amount under the rule |\n| Underinsured patient | Same conditional FAP route | Hospital policy controls actual eligibility | Underinsurance does not automatically establish FAP eligibility |\n| Employer/business debtor | §501(r) is built around an individual receiving hospital care and individual payment liability | Commercial medical obligations not established as consumer assistance claims | Employee patient's personal liability must be separated from employer account |\n| Medicaid/BadgerCare applicant | Facility may postpone FAP decision while Medicaid eligibility is processed in the narrow regulatory circumstance | Full Wisconsin benefit eligibility not researched | Medicaid screening is not a universal substitute for FAP consideration |\n| Hill-Burton obligated facility | Separate federal historic program may matter | DHS says some Wisconsin facilities may still have obligations | Named-facility verification expressly excluded |\n\n**C001–C004, C012, C023, C026.**\n\n## 2. Wisconsin's currently verified state layer\n\nDHS's current consumer guide does **not** describe charity care as a universal entitlement. It states that “some hospitals” offer uncompensated or charity care and that the amount and process can vary by hospital. The page describes typical income documentation, governmental-assistance screening, payment-plan consideration, and hospital review as common practices—not a uniform statute. **C025.** [Wisconsin Department of Health Services](https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/guide/freehosp.htm?utm_source=chatgpt.com)\n\nDHS's current hospital-regulations page identifies Wisconsin Stat. ch. 50 and Wis. Admin. Code ch. DHS 124 as Wisconsin hospital authorities. The operative integrated DHS 124 body was not successfully recovered in this investigation. [Wisconsin Department of Health Services](https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/regulations/hospital/regulations.htm?utm_source=chatgpt.com)\n\nA current DHS publication released October 18, 2024 for people receiving **inpatient or residential services for mental illness, alcoholism, drug abuse, or developmental disability** states that within that publication's scope a patient has a right to examine the hospital bill, receive an explanation regardless of source of payment, and, on request, receive information relating to financial assistance available through the hospital. The PDF itself cites Wis. Stat. §§51.61(1), 51.30 and DHS 92, DHS 94, DHS 124, plus 42 CFR 482.13. **C027.** [Wisconsin Department of Health Services+1](https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/library/collection/p-20195a?utm_source=chatgpt.com)\n\nBut an official Wisconsin DHS **proposed** omnibus rule order expressly states “DHS 124.06 is repealed.” The proposal is labeled “PROPOSED ORDER TO ADOPT PERMANENT RULES”; it is not proof that the repeal became effective. A targeted search did not retrieve a final/current official DHS 124.06 enactment or repeal instrument. Accordingly, the enforceable 2026 status of that particular state-rule right remains **unresolved**. **C028.** [Wisconsin Department of Health Services+1](https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/document/dhs-omnibus-2023-biennial-review-proposed-rule-order.pdf)\n\nThat evidence supports this bounded conclusion:\n\nThis pass establishes a strong federal §501(r) regime for qualifying charitable hospital facilities and identifies Wisconsin DHS assistance guidance plus a narrow DHS patient-rights publication. It does **not** establish a uniform Wisconsin statute requiring every hospital or medical provider to provide charity care at a fixed income threshold or discount.\n\n# G2. FAP, bill, notice, eligibility, and publicity requirements\n\n## 3. What a qualifying FAP must contain\n\nA covered hospital facility's written FAP must apply to all emergency and other medically necessary care provided by the facility, including covered care provided by a substantially related entity. It must state:\n\n| Required subject | Federal requirement | Claim |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Eligibility | Criteria for each free-care, discount, or other assistance level | C005 |\n| Benefit type | Whether assistance includes free or discounted care | C005 |\n| Charge calculation | Basis used to calculate patient charges | C006 |\n| Application | Method for applying for assistance | C007 |\n| Presumptive eligibility | If used, outside data/prior determinations and when used | C008 |\n| Collection consequences | Actions in nonpayment if no separate written billing/collection policy | C009 |\n| Separate collection policy | If separate, FAP must explain how public can obtain it free | C009 |\n| Provider coverage | List of other providers delivering emergency/medically necessary care and whether their services are covered | C012 |\n| AGB methodology | Method for calculating amounts generally billed; look-back percentage or free method to obtain calculation if applicable | C006 |\n| Publicity | FAP, application and plain-language summary must be widely publicized | C010 |\n\nThere is **no federal percentage-of-FPL eligibility threshold in these provisions**. The regulation's examples intentionally use variables such as “x% of FPL,” illustrating that the FAP must define its own threshold. No Wisconsin uniform FPL threshold was established either. **C005.** [eCFR](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-26/section-1.501%28r%29-6)\n\n## 4. Provider-list boundary\n\nNotice 2015-46 confirms that the list may identify individual physicians, groups, or other entities using the name under which they contract or bill, and can distinguish covered from noncovered services of the same outside provider. A provider excluded from the hospital FAP might have a separate financial-assistance policy, but the hospital's list need not explain that separate program. **C012.** [IRS](https://www.irs.gov/irb/2015-28_IRB?utm_source=chatgpt.com)\n\nThus:\n\n“The emergency-room doctor treated me at a nonprofit hospital” does **not**, without more, establish that the physician's separate bill is governed by the hospital's FAP.\n\nThe hospital must disclose the coverage status of the outside provider under its own FAP; actual provider-specific status is a fact this assignment forbids looking up.\n\n## 5. Publicity, paper copies, billing statements, and translations\n\nThe final regulations require the hospital facility to:\n\n- post the FAP, application, and plain-language summary online;\n- make paper copies free on request by mail and in public locations including the emergency room and admissions;\n- notify the community in a manner reasonably calculated to reach likely assistance populations;\n- offer the plain-language summary during intake or discharge;\n- place a conspicuous FAP notice, contact number, and direct web address on billing statements;\n- display conspicuous assistance notices in public locations; and\n- provide translated FAP documents for each LEP language group meeting the regulation's threshold of the **lesser of 1,000 persons or 5%** of the relevant community/population. **C010–C011.** [eCFR+1](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-26/section-1.501%28r%29-4)\n\nElectronic provision can be used for specified documents when the individual indicates a preference for electronic access. **C011.** [eCFR](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-26/section-1.501%28r%29-4)\n\n## 6. Emergency care and FAP eligibility are separate\n\nThe hospital's written emergency policy must require nondiscriminatory emergency care regardless of FAP eligibility. It also must prohibit actions discouraging emergency care, including demanding advance payment for an emergency condition or permitting debt collection that interferes with emergency treatment. This is a §501(r) emergency-policy requirement, not a conclusion that all emergency care is free. **C013.** [eCFR](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-26/section-1.501%28r%29-4)\n\nThe broader EMTALA treatment framework is deliberately not re-researched here.\n\n## 7. Charges for FAP-eligible patients\n\nFor FAP-eligible emergency and medically necessary care, the patient's personally responsible amount may not exceed AGB. For other care covered under the FAP, charges must be less than gross charges. “Charged” is measured after deductions, FAP discounts, and insurance reimbursement. An insured FAP-eligible patient therefore can receive FAP protection even when insurer and patient payments together exceed the AGB amount, provided the individual's own responsibility does not exceed AGB. **C006, C029.** [eCFR+1](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-26/section-1.501%28r%29-5)\n\nThe regulation allows a look-back method or prospective Medicare/Medicaid method. It does **not** supply one universal Wisconsin AGB percentage. **C029.**\n\n# G3. Billing and collection clocks\n\n## 8. What qualifies as an extraordinary collection action\n\nFor a covered hospital facility, ECAs include specified actions against an individual to obtain payment, including:\n\n| ECA category | Examples actually specified by rule | Claim |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Sale of debt | Sale, subject to the special non-ECA sale exception | C015 |\n| Credit reporting | Reporting adverse information to consumer reporting agencies/credit bureaus | C015 |\n| Care-related pressure | Deferring, denying, or requiring payment before medically necessary care because of unpaid prior covered care | C015 |\n| Judicial/legal actions | Liens other than specified personal-injury proceeds liens; foreclosure; account/property attachment/seizure; civil suit; arrest; writ of body attachment; wage garnishment | C015 |\n| Third-party ECA | Purchaser, collector, referral party, or substantially related entity acting to collect the hospital care | C016 |\n\nA state-law lien against personal-injury judgment/settlement proceeds described in §1.501(r)-6(b)(3) and a bankruptcy proof of claim are expressly not ECAs under this regulation. **C015.** [eCFR](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-26/section-1.501%28r%29-6)\n\n### Debt sale that is not treated as an ECA\n\nA sale can avoid ECA classification only when a binding written agreement requires, among other things:\n\n- purchaser cannot use ECAs;\n- purchaser's interest cannot exceed the specified federal rate;\n- debt is returnable/recallable if FAP eligibility is determined; and\n- if not returned, hospital and purchaser procedures ensure the individual pays no more than the FAP-responsible amount. **C016.** [eCFR](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-26/section-1.501%28r%29-6)\n\nThat exception does not create general collector authorization or displace Wisconsin collection law.\n\n## 9. Ordinary notification route\n\nA facility relying on the ordinary notification route makes reasonable efforts only if it:\n\n1. refrains from initiating ECAs—apart from the special prior-care deferral/denial ECA—for at least **120 days from the first post-discharge billing statement**;\n2. at least **30 days before** first initiating an ECA, gives written notice that assistance is available, identifies the intended ECA, and states a deadline no earlier than 30 days after that notice;\n3. includes the FAP plain-language summary; and\n4. makes a reasonable oral effort to notify the individual of the FAP and application assistance. **C017–C018.** [eCFR](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-26/section-1.501%28r%29-6)\n\nFor multiple aggregated episodes, the 120-day period is measured from the first post-discharge statement for the **most recent** episode included in the aggregation. **C018.**\n\n## 10. Application period\n\nThe “application period” starts on the care date. It ends on the **later** of:\n\n- the 240th day after the first post-discharge billing statement; or\n- the applicable later deadline under the ECA-notification or presumptive-eligibility branches identified in §1.501(r)-1(b)(3). **C014.** [eCFR](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-26/section-1.501%28r%29-1)\n\nTherefore “240 days” is a minimum structural endpoint in the ordinary case, **not a universal statement that every application becomes untimely exactly on day 240**.\n\n## 11. Incomplete application\n\nIf a FAP application is incomplete during the application period, the facility must tell the applicant how to complete it and give a reasonable opportunity to do so. While a FAP application is pending, ECAs generally must be suspended; for an incomplete application, suspension can end after the individual fails to respond within the reasonable response period. **C019–C020.** [eCFR](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-26/section-1.501%28r%29-6)\n\nThe facility cannot deny assistance merely because the person failed to provide information or documentation not required by the FAP/application instructions. **C007.** [eCFR](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-26/section-1.501%28r%29-4)\n\n## 12. Complete application\n\nFor a complete application submitted during the application period, reasonable efforts require the facility, in a timely manner, to:\n\n- suspend applicable ECAs;\n- determine FAP eligibility;\n- give a written decision and basis;\n- if assistance other than free care is awarded, issue a bill stating the FAP-responsible amount, calculation method, and AGB information/access;\n- refund qualifying overpayments; and\n- take all reasonably available measures to reverse applicable ECAs already taken. **C021–C022.** [eCFR+1](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-26/section-1.501%28r%29-6)\n\nReasonably available reversal measures generally include seeking to vacate judgments, lifting non-exempt levies/liens, and removing adverse CRA information arising from the ECA. **C022.** [eCFR](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-26/section-1.501%28r%29-6)\n\n## 13. Refund rule\n\nIf the person is later determined FAP-eligible, the facility must refund payments exceeding the person's FAP responsibility unless the **excess itself is less than $5**, or another amount is later specified in governing IRS guidance. **C023.** [eCFR](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-26/section-1.501%28r%29-6)\n\nThis is an overpayment-reconciliation rule, not an automatic statutory damages award.\n\n## 14. Medicaid screening\n\nIf a complete FAP applicant is someone the hospital believes may qualify for Medicaid, the facility does not fail the reasonable-efforts standard merely by postponing the FAP decision until the Medicaid application has been completed, submitted, and decided. **C024.** [eCFR](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-26/section-1.501%28r%29-6)\n\nThis does **not** establish that every applicant must apply for Medicaid, that Wisconsin BadgerCare eligibility is automatic, or that Medicaid denial is itself a FAP requirement unless the facility's compliant policy says so.\n\n## 15. Referral or sale to a collector\n\nExcept for the specialized non-ECA debt-sale branch, a hospital that sells or refers an individual's debt to another party must first use and enforce a binding agreement reasonably designed to prevent ECAs before reasonable FAP efforts have occurred. The agreement must require suspension if a FAP application arrives during the application period, cap combined liability at the FAP amount if eligibility is granted, and require ECA reversals where the downstream party has authority. Further transfers during the application period require equivalent written protections. **C016, C030.** [eCFR](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-26/section-1.501%28r%29-6)\n\nThis assistance rule is separate from whether the collector needs a Wisconsin license, complies with FDCPA/Reg F, or owns the debt.\n\n# G4. Worked Wisconsin classifications and calculations\n\nThese are invented arrangements. No actual hospital, patient, creditor, collector, or account is represented.\n\n## Example 1 — Uninsured person at a qualifying charitable hospital\n\n**Facts:** Facility H is stipulated to be operated by a §501(c)(3) hospital organization and to be a Wisconsin-licensed hospital facility. Patient U is uninsured and receives medically necessary hospital care.\n\n**Result:** §501(r) applies facility-by-facility. H must have a FAP stating its own eligibility criteria. U's uninsured status does **not** itself establish eligibility. If U qualifies under that policy, the personally responsible amount for emergency/medically necessary care cannot exceed AGB. **C001, C005–C007, C029.**\n\n**Required document:** H's actual FAP and its current AGB method/percentage.\n\n**Adverse branch:** If U's income/resources fall outside H's compliant criteria, federal law does not create eligibility merely from inability to pay.\n\n**Missing question:** What are H's actual eligibility rules? This assignment prohibits named-policy lookup.\n\n## Example 2 — Insured person with an uncovered balance\n\n**Facts:** Patient I has insurance but faces a hypothetical $6,000 patient-responsibility amount after insurer processing. H's applicable AGB for the care is hypothetically $4,100, and I is independently stipulated to qualify under H's FAP.\n\n**Calculation:** Maximum personally responsible amount under the assumed AGB facts = **$4,100**, not $6,000.\n\n**Reason:** The regulation measures what the FAP-eligible person personally must pay after insurance, even if insurer + patient payments together exceed AGB. **C006, C029.** [eCFR](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-26/section-1.501%28r%29-5)\n\n**Adverse branch:** If I is not FAP-eligible, the §501(r)(5) FAP charge cap does not apply merely because I has high cost sharing.\n\n**Missing evidence:** Actual insurer adjudication, facility FAP eligibility, and real AGB calculation.\n\n## Example 3 — Independent emergency physician bill\n\n**Facts:** Patient P receives emergency treatment inside covered Hospital H. Hospital H's own bill is FAP-covered, but a separately billing emergency group issues another bill.\n\n**Result:** H's provider list must state whether that outside provider's emergency/medically necessary care is covered by H's FAP. It is not automatically covered simply because care occurred in H. **C012.**\n\n**Adverse branch:** The group could have its own assistance policy, but Notice 2015-46 does not require H's list to describe that separate program.\n\n**Missing evidence:** H's provider list and the group's legal relationship. Named lookup is forbidden.\n\n## Example 4 — Incomplete FAP application\n\n**Facts:** First post-discharge statement: March 3, 2026. Applicant submits a FAP application within the application period but omits a document that the application instructions expressly require.\n\n**Result:** Hospital must identify the missing information/documentation, give a reasonable opportunity to supply it, and generally suspend applicable ECAs while the application remains pending. **C019–C020.**\n\n**Calendar calculation:** March 3, 2026 + 240 calendar days = **October 29, 2026**. March 3 was a Tuesday; October 29 is a Thursday. This is the ordinary 240-day reference point, but the legal application period can end later if one of the regulation's later-end branches applies. **C014.**\n\n**Adverse branch:** If the applicant fails to respond within the reasonable completion period, the facility can satisfy the suspension rule without waiting forever.\n\n**Missing evidence:** Actual FAP instructions, date of application receipt, missing-document request, response period, and any later deadline.\n\n## Example 5 — Complete application after collection activity began\n\n**Facts:** Patient C files a complete FAP application during the application period after Hospital H already initiated an ECA.\n\n**Result:** H or its authorized party must suspend applicable ECAs while eligibility is decided. A complete determination must be made timely and delivered in writing with the basis. If C is FAP-eligible, H must take reasonably available steps to reverse applicable ECAs. **C021–C022.**\n\n**Adverse branch:** A debt sale itself and the care-deferral ECA have special treatment under the reversal provision; not every historical act is literally reversed by the same mechanism.\n\n**Missing evidence:** ECA type, application completeness, decision, collector authority, and actual FAP level.\n\n## Example 6 — Later FAP approval and refund\n\n**Facts:** Patient R has already paid **$750**. A timely completed FAP determination later establishes R's personal responsibility at **$500**.\n\n**Calculation:** Excess payment = **$750 − $500 = $250**.\n\nBecause $250 is not less than the regulation's $5 de minimis threshold, the rule requires a $250 refund on these stipulated facts. **C023.**\n\n**Alternative branch:** If R paid $503 and proper FAP responsibility were $500, the excess would be $3. Because $3 is less than $5, §1.501(r)-6(c)(6)(i)(C)(2) would not require the refund under that specific federal provision.\n\n**Important limit:** This is refund arithmetic, not damages or an award.\n\n## Example 7 — Changed provider status / nonqualifying facility\n\n**Facts:** Facility F was formerly operated by a qualifying charitable hospital organization but later is stipulated to be operated by an entity that does not satisfy the §501(c)(3) hospital-organization gateway for the later episode of care.\n\n**Result:** §501(r) cannot simply be carried forward based on historical branding or former tax status. The applicable organization's status and facility operation during the relevant taxable period must be established. **C001–C004, C031.**\n\n**Adverse branch:** If the operating organization remains a qualifying hospital organization, facility-specific §501(r) obligations continue even if ownership structures changed.\n\n**Missing evidence:** Operative tax status, operating entity, effective date of change, and applicable FAP. No named entity research is authorized.\n\n## 16. Calendar example — 120-day and 30-day ECA gates\n\nAssume a qualifying hospital sends the first post-discharge statement on **March 3, 2026** and later supplies the complete written ECA notice on **June 1, 2026**.\n\n- March 3 + 120 calendar days = **July 1, 2026**.\n- June 1 + 30 calendar days = **July 1, 2026**.\n- The regulation's own structure means the stated ECA deadline cannot be earlier than July 1; the official Treasury example with the same March 3/June 1 relationship treats **July 2** as the first day the ECA may begin after the July 1 deadline where all other required steps were satisfied.\n- March 3 + 240 calendar days = **October 29, 2026**, subject to later-ending application-period branches.\n\nNo weekend or holiday extension was identified in these specific clauses; the calculations use ordinary calendar-day addition. Actual dates require actual statement provision, notice provision, application, and ECA facts. **C014, C017–C018.** [eCFR](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-26/section-1.501%28r%29-6)\n\n# G5. Remedy, official routes, and boundaries\n\n## 17. Federal consequence is principally tax-compliance enforcement\n\nTreasury Regulation §1.501(r)-2 provides for tax-exemption consequences, correction of minor errors, excusable non-willful/non-egregious failures, and taxation of noncompliant facility income in specified multi-facility circumstances. IRS materials also describe possible loss of §501(c)(3) status and the separate §4959 CHNA excise tax. **C031.** [eCFR+1](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-26/section-1.501%28r%29-2)\n\nThis pass did **not** establish from §501(r) or its regulations an express patient private damages cause of action. That does not mean no contractual, state-law, federal-consumer-law, equitable, or other private theory can ever exist. The private-enforcement question remains **unresolved outside the tax-compliance structure researched here**. **C032.**\n\nA FAP violation does not automatically mean the medical debt is void.\n\n## 18. Generic official routes\n\n| Issue | Generic authority / route | What was established | What is not promised |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| §501(r) tax compliance | IRS Tax Exempt and Government Entities | IRS accepts referrals concerning exempt-organization federal tax compliance | No particular audit, outcome, refund, or private damages |\n| Wisconsin hospital regulatory issue | Wisconsin DHS Division of Quality Assurance | DHS identifies DQA as hospital regulator and accepts facility complaints within jurisdiction | DQA does not automatically decide every billing or contract dispute |\n| Behavioral-health client rights | DHS Client Rights / grievance structure | Narrow rights/grievance route exists for covered client populations | Not a generic all-hospital financial-assistance appeal |\n| General consumer billing issue | Wisconsin DATCP Bureau of Consumer Protection | DATCP accepts consumer complaints and may contact businesses or refer matters | DATCP expressly says it cannot force every business to resolve a complaint |\n| Potential state prosecution | DATCP can refer serious/widespread matters to DOJ or DA | Referral authority described in official guidance | DOJ action is discretionary; no direct individual remedy implied |\n\nNo complaint, form, referral, or contact was submitted.\n\n## 19. Evidence-backed SettleADebt article/tool opportunities\n\nUseful future content can safely be framed around **classification and document retrieval**, rather than telling readers they automatically qualify. For example, a Wisconsin hospital-bill page could ask whether the bill comes from the hospital facility or an outside physician; whether the facility is subject to §501(r); whether a FAP/provider list exists; date of the first post-discharge statement; whether a complete or incomplete FAP application was submitted; and whether an ECA has begun. Those questions map directly to C001–C024 without pretending every medical bill has the same assistance rights.\n\nA useful calculator could compute only **conditional federal deadlines** after the user supplies the actual first post-discharge statement date and notice date, while warning that the application period may extend beyond day 240 and that a facility's own FAP controls eligibility. A separate AGB comparator can operate only after the user supplies the facility's actual published AGB method/percentage. It must not invent a Wisconsin charity percentage.\n\n# G6. Old-to-new disposition\n\n| Prior reviewed/boundary row | PASS-07 disposition | New supporting claims | Acceptance status |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| P04 coverage row 9: “Wisconsin medical-charity-care and sector protections” — Excluded | **Now substantively researched in PASS-07**, but remains separately reviewable; not retroactively “accepted” in P04 | C001–C032 | PASS-07 not yet coordinator-accepted |\n| P04 C031: federal medical-provider identification / medical-use / veteran protections remain separate | **Preserved as a boundary only.** PASS-07 does not rerun credit-reporting law | C032 deferred-boundary treatment | No expansion of P04 claim |\n| P04 C032: three nationwide CRA voluntary medical-policy claim requiring clarification | **Not adopted or rerun.** P05/P06 corrections remain controlling for that prior scope | None; explicitly excluded below | No all-three-CRA assertion in PASS-07 |\n\n# Source register — S_WI-P07-S001 onward\n\nAll fresh reads below occurred on **October 26, 2026 Pacific / October 27, 2026 UTC**. No source-specific access times are claimed. “Printed page” and “zero-based PDF index” are given for PDFs actually used; HTML sources have no PDF page number.\n\n| Source ID | Issuer / title / complete literal URL | Exact pinpoint, version and legal status | Actual read and limitation |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| **S_WI-P07-S001** | U.S. House OLRC, 26 U.S.C. §501, *Exemption from tax on corporations, certain trusts, etc.* — [https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-121/t26/s501/](https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-121/t26/s501/?utm_source=chatgpt.com) | §501(r)(1)–(7), especially lines 722–797; text contains laws effective through Pub. L. 119-121, Oct. 9, 2026 | **Fresh primary body read.** Statutory tax gateway; not Wisconsin law |\n| **S002** | eCFR, 26 CFR §1.501(r)-1, *Definitions* — [https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-26/section-1.501(r)-1](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-26/section-1.501%28r%29-1?utm_source=chatgpt.com) | (b)(3), (9)–(19), including application period, FAP, FAP-eligible, hospital facility, hospital organization | **Fresh operative body read.** eCFR authoritative but unofficial; Title 26 current-page version tied to current eCFR set |\n| **S003** | eCFR, 26 CFR §1.501(r)-2, *Failures to satisfy section 501(r)* — [https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-26/section-1.501(r)-2](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-26/section-1.501%28r%29-2?utm_source=chatgpt.com) | (a), (b), (c), (d), (e); displayed eCFR header up to date Oct. 14, 2026, last amended Oct. 6, 2026 | **Fresh primary regulatory body read.** Header is older than later -4/-5/-6 page headers; no claim of unified Oct. 23 compilation for this section |\n| **S004** | eCFR, 26 CFR §1.501(r)-4, *Financial assistance policy and emergency medical care policy* — [https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-26/section-1.501(r)-4](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-26/section-1.501%28r%29-4?utm_source=chatgpt.com) | (a), (b)(1)–(8), (c)(1)–(3); eligibility, application, provider list, collection policy, publicity, translations, emergency policy | **Fresh operative body read.** Same Title 26 current system; no PDF pages |\n| **S005** | eCFR, 26 CFR §1.501(r)-5, *Limitation on charges* — [https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-26/section-1.501(r)-5](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-26/section-1.501%28r%29-5?utm_source=chatgpt.com) | (a), (b)(1)–(4); AGB and insured-patient treatment. Displayed Title 26 up to date Oct. 23, 2026; last amended Oct. 19, 2026 | **Fresh primary regulatory body read** |\n| **S006** | eCFR, 26 CFR §1.501(r)-6, *Billing and collection* — [https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-26/section-1.501(r)-6](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-26/section-1.501%28r%29-6?utm_source=chatgpt.com) | (b)(1)–(4), (c)(1)–(12); 120/240/30-day structure, incomplete/complete FAP applications, refunds, reversal, third parties | **Fresh primary regulatory body read** |\n| **S007** | IRS, *Financial assistance policies (FAPs)* — [https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/financial-assistance-policies-faps](https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/financial-assistance-policies-faps?utm_source=chatgpt.com) | Final-regulation effective framework; FAP minimum requirements; publicity; LEP translation; audit guidance | **Fresh official IRS guidance read.** Guidance supports, but does not replace, regulations |\n| **S008** | IRS, Notice 2015-46 in Internal Revenue Bulletin 2015-28 — [https://www.irs.gov/irb/2015-28_IRB](https://www.irs.gov/irb/2015-28_IRB?utm_source=chatgpt.com) | Notice 2015-46 §§1–3, provider-list coverage, partial provider coverage, separately maintained list | **Fresh official historical guidance body read; still interpretive clarification of final rule** |\n| **S009** | IRS, *Billing and collections — Section 501(r)(6)* — [https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/billing-and-collections-section-501r6](https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/billing-and-collections-section-501r6?utm_source=chatgpt.com) | Notification and complete-FAP processing overview | **Fresh official explanatory guidance read** |\n| **S010** | IRS, *Taxes for Failure to Meet the Requirements of Section 501* — [https://www.irs.gov/government-entities/taxes-for-failure-to-meet-the-requirements-of-section-501](https://www.irs.gov/government-entities/taxes-for-failure-to-meet-the-requirements-of-section-501?utm_source=chatgpt.com) | §501(r) failures, §4959, minor errors, correction/disclosure, noncompliant facility income | **Fresh official IRS enforcement guidance read** |\n| **S011** | IRS, *Exempt Organizations General Issues: Complaints about activities of exempt organizations* — [https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organizations-general-issues-complaints-about-activities-of-exempt-organizations](https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organizations-general-issues-complaints-about-activities-of-exempt-organizations?utm_source=chatgpt.com) | Public referral route for suspected tax-exempt-organization tax-law noncompliance | **Fresh official route read. No referral made** |\n| **S012** | Wisconsin DHS, *Consumer Guide: Free Hospitals and Charity Care in Wisconsin* — [https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/guide/freehosp.htm](https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/guide/freehosp.htm?utm_source=chatgpt.com) | “Some hospitals offer charity care”; hospital-dependent eligibility/process; Hill-Burton boundary | **Fresh official Wisconsin guidance read. Not enacted law; no universal-benefit inference** |\n| **S013** | Wisconsin DHS, *Hospitals: Rules and Regulations* — [https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/regulations/hospital/regulations.htm](https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/regulations/hospital/regulations.htm?utm_source=chatgpt.com) | Identifies Wis. Stat. ch. 50, Wis. Admin. Code DHS 124, DQA hospital oversight | **Fresh official Wisconsin regulatory index read. Underlying integrated DHS 124 body not recovered** |\n| **S014** | Wisconsin DHS, P-20195A, *Client Rights and the Grievance Procedure for Inpatient Services* — [https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/publications/p2/p20195a.pdf](https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/library/collection/p-20195a?utm_source=chatgpt.com) | Released Oct. 18, 2024; printed p.1 / zero PDF index 0: bill examination/explanation and financial-assistance-information request within narrow inpatient/residential scope | **Fresh PDF page 0 visually inspected** via turn460701view2. Narrow client-rights publication; not universal hospital rule |\n| **S015** | Wisconsin DHS, *2023 Biennial Review Proposed Rule Order* — [https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/document/dhs-omnibus-2023-biennial-review-proposed-rule-order.pdf](https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/document/dhs-omnibus-2023-biennial-review-proposed-rule-order.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com) | PDF printed p.42 / zero index 41, §129: “DHS 124.06 is repealed”; cover labels instrument **PROPOSED ORDER** | **Fresh PDF cover text and page 41 visually inspected** via turn460701view3. No final-effect claim |\n| **S016** | Wisconsin DHS, *File a Complaint or Report Fraud* / DQA resources — [https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/complaints/index.htm](https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/complaints/index.htm?utm_source=chatgpt.com) | DQA and client-rights complaint routes | **Fresh official general route read. No complaint submitted** |\n| **S017** | Wisconsin DATCP, *File a Consumer Complaint* — [https://datcp.wi.gov/pages/programs_services/fileconsumercomplaint.aspx](https://datcp.wi.gov/pages/programs_services/fileconsumercomplaint.aspx?utm_source=chatgpt.com) | Bureau of Consumer Protection complaint route; agency says it cannot force resolution | **Fresh official route read. No form or complaint submitted** |\n\n**Source-register count: 17.**\n\n# Atomic claim register — S_WI-P07-C001 onward\n\n| Claim ID | Atomic assertion | Actor / service / predicates | Exceptions / consequence | Evidence / pinpoint | Current limit | A066 / parent status |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| **C001** | §501(r) conditions §501(c)(3) treatment on hospital FAP, charges and billing/collection requirements | Qualifying hospital organization | Facility-by-facility | S001 §501(r)(1)–(2) | No named tax-status lookup | Open/no acceptance |\n| **C002** | Multi-facility organization must comply separately for each hospital facility | Hospital organization with >1 facility | No system-wide shortcut | S001 §501(r)(2)(B) | Actual organizational structure unsupplied | Open |\n| **C003** | Hospital facility means state-licensed/registered/similarly recognized hospital | Facility classification | Non-hospital sites excluded from this definition | S002 (b)(17) | Other §501(r)(2)(A)(ii) organization route remains statutory | Open |\n| **C004** | Hospital organization is recognized/seeking §501(c)(3) organization operating hospital facility | Organization classification | For-profit/governmental status requires facts | S002 (b)(18) | No named entity classification | Open |\n| **C005** | FAP must state all assistance and eligibility criteria; no uniform FPL cutoff imposed by these provisions | Covered facility/FAP care | Facility policy controls criteria | S004 (b)(1)–(2) | Actual policy not supplied | Open |\n| **C006** | FAP must state basis for patient charges and AGB method | FAP-eligible care | Multiple approved AGB methods | S004 (b)(1)(iii)(B), (b)(2); S005 | No universal AGB percentage | Open |\n| **C007** | FAP must describe application method and required information/documentation | Applicant | Cannot deny based solely on omitted item not required by application/instructions | S004 (b)(3) | Policy-specific documents unknown | Open |\n| **C008** | FAP must disclose qualifying presumptive-eligibility sources/prior determinations if used | Facility using presumptive method | Less-than-most-generous presumption triggers opportunity for more assistance | S004 (b)(1)(iii)(E); S006 (c)(2) | Actual screening method unknown | Open |\n| **C009** | FAP or separate policy must describe nonpayment actions, timing, reasonable efforts, and final authority | Covered facility | Separate policy must be obtainable free | S004 (b)(4) | No named policy | Open |\n| **C010** | FAP/application/plain summary require website, paper, community and patient publicity | Covered facility | Details vary by community | S004 (b)(5) | Implementation facts absent | Open |\n| **C011** | LEP translations required at lesser-of-1,000-or-5% threshold | Covered facility/community | Reasonable population method permitted | S007; S004 (b)(5)(ii) | Actual language population unknown | Open |\n| **C012** | Provider list must state which outside emergency/medically necessary providers are covered | Other providers in facility | Same provider may be partly covered | S004 (b)(1)(iii)(F); S008 | Provider's separate aid policy need not be listed | Open |\n| **C013** | Emergency policy must require nondiscriminatory emergency care regardless of FAP status and prohibit discouraging payment/collection conduct | Covered facility emergency care | Does not make care free | S004 (c)(1)–(3) | EMTALA dossier deferred | Open |\n| **C014** | Application period starts with care and ordinarily extends at least through day 240 after first post-discharge statement, subject to later endpoints | Individual receiving covered care | Later §6 deadlines can extend period | S002 (b)(3) | Actual dates required | Open |\n| **C015** | Debt sale, adverse credit reporting, prior-care treatment pressure, and listed legal processes can be ECAs | Covered facility / responsible individual | §6(b)(2)-(4) exceptions | S006 (b)(1)–(4) | General collection-law legality separate | Open |\n| **C016** | Hospital can be deemed to engage in ECA through collectors/purchasers; special written agreements govern sales/referrals | Hospital + third party | Certain debt sales are non-ECAs if every condition met | S006 (a), (b)(2), (c)(10) | Collector authorization deferred | Open |\n| **C017** | Ordinary route requires at least 120 days free from most ECAs after first post-discharge statement | Covered facility | Prior-care deferral/denial branch special | S006 (c)(3)(i) | Calendar facts needed | Open |\n| **C018** | At least 30 days before ECA, written notice + plain FAP summary + reasonable oral effort required | Covered facility using notice route | Multiple-care and prior-care branches differ | S006 (c)(4) | Actual delivery/notice facts absent | Open |\n| **C019** | Incomplete timely FAP application requires completion notice and reasonable opportunity | Applicant | Required-document universe comes from policy/application | S006 (c)(3)(ii), (c)(5) | Exact reasonable time fact-specific | Open |\n| **C020** | ECA generally suspended while timely FAP application pending | Hospital/authorized party | Suspension can end after incomplete applicant fails to respond reasonably; prior-care ECA exception | S006 (c)(8) | Actual application completeness unknown | Open |\n| **C021** | Complete timely application requires suspension, eligibility decision and written decision/basis | Hospital | Timely—not a fixed universal decision-day count | S006 (c)(6)(i)(A)-(B) | Exact timeliness fact-specific | Open |\n| **C022** | FAP approval requires corrected bill and reasonably available reversal of applicable prior ECAs | FAP-eligible applicant | Sale and prior-care ECA have specific exclusions | S006 (c)(6)(i)(C) | Actual ECA authority/facts unknown | Open |\n| **C023** | Excess payment must be refunded unless excess < $5, absent later IRS-set amount | FAP-eligible patient | Threshold tests **excess**, not original bill | S006 (c)(6)(i)(C)(2) | No later alternative amount found in this pass | Open |\n| **C024** | Hospital may postpone FAP decision while plausible Medicaid eligibility is processed | Complete FAP applicant thought potentially Medicaid eligible | Does not impose universal Medicaid application mandate | S006 (c)(6)(iv) | Wisconsin benefits eligibility deferred | Open |\n| **C025** | Current Wisconsin DHS guidance describes charity care as offered by “some hospitals,” with variable processes | Wisconsin hospitals generally | Guidance, not enacted universal right | S012 | Bounded search only | Open |\n| **C026** | No uniform Wisconsin charity-care FPL/discount entitlement was established in official sources read | Statewide inquiry | Negative finding is bounded, not exhaustive | S012–S015 and targeted official search | Current integrated DHS 124 unavailable | Open |\n| **C027** | Narrow DHS inpatient/residential rights guide says covered patients may inspect bill and request hospital financial-assistance information | Behavioral/developmental inpatient/residential population described by guide | Not universal all-hospital rule | S014 printed 1/zero 0 | Underlying current DHS124.06 status unresolved | Open |\n| **C028** | Official 2023 document proposed repeal of DHS124.06, but final/current repeal status was not established | Wisconsin DHS rule history | Proposal ≠ effective law | S015 cover; §129 printed 42/zero 41 | Exact 2026 operative rule is a hold | Open |\n| **C029** | FAP-eligible emergency/medically necessary patient responsibility ≤ AGB; insured patient protection applies after insurance reimbursement | Covered facility and eligible individual | Other FAP-covered care < gross charges | S005 (a), (b) | Actual AGB/facility policy unknown | Open |\n| **C030** | Sale/referral agreements must preserve application-period suspension and FAP liability protection | Hospital and downstream party | Special non-ECA sale branch differs | S006 (c)(10) | Private contract not supplied | Open |\n| **C031** | §501(r) failures principally trigger federal tax-compliance consequences, including possible status/facility-income consequences | Hospital organization | Minor/corrected failures have special rules | S003; S010 | No patient damages conclusion | Open |\n| **C032** | This pass did not establish an express §501(r) patient private damages action; credit reporting/insurance/medical-sector remedies remain separate | Remedy boundary | No inference of immunity or debt voidness | S001, S003, S010 | Requires separate cause-of-action research | Open |\n\n**Atomic claim count: 32.**\n\n# Complete core coverage table\n\nThere are **40 core coverage rows** below.\n\n| # | Required subissue | Status | Claims | Exact evidence | Remaining question / next action |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 1 | §501(c)(3) hospital gateway | Answered | C001, C004 | S001, S002 | Apply only after actual tax status established |\n| 2 | Facility-by-facility rule | Answered | C002 | S001 | Actual system structure unsupplied |\n| 3 | State-recognized hospital definition | Answered federal definition | C003 | S002 | Wisconsin license status of any entity excluded |\n| 4 | For-profit facility | Answered as §501(r) boundary | C001, C004 | S001, S002 | Other assistance laws remain possible |\n| 5 | Governmental facility | Partial | C004 | S002 | Governmental tax/status regime unresearched |\n| 6 | Independent physician | Answered FAP boundary | C012 | S004, S008 | Actual provider list needed |\n| 7 | Independent emergency group | Answered FAP boundary | C012 | S004, S008 | Actual coverage may be service-specific |\n| 8 | Collector/debt buyer | Answered assistance crossover | C015, C016, C030 | S006 | Licensing/conduct deferred |\n| 9 | Guarantor/responsible individual | Answered conditionally | C015–C016 | S006 | Contract/liability facts needed |\n| 10 | Estate | Unresolved | C016 | S006 | Probate/entity-specific research |\n| 11 | Uninsured patient | Answered conditionally | C005 | S004 | No automatic eligibility |\n| 12 | Insured patient | Answered | C029 | S005 | Actual FAP eligibility needed |\n| 13 | Underinsured patient | Answered conditionally | C005, C029 | S004, S005 | No uniform test |\n| 14 | Employer/commercial debt | Partial/boundary | C001–C004 | S001, S002 | Individual versus business liability must be classified |\n| 15 | Uniform Wisconsin eligibility cutoff | Not established / bounded negative | C025–C026 | S012–S015 | Current state enacted body remains gap |\n| 16 | Written FAP | Answered | C005–C009 | S004 | Actual facility policy prohibited from lookup |\n| 17 | Eligibility criteria | Answered structure | C005 | S004 | Policy supplies actual thresholds |\n| 18 | Free versus discounted care | Answered structure | C005 | S004 | No universal discount |\n| 19 | Emergency/medically necessary scope | Answered | C005, C013 | S004 | Medical necessity definition can vary |\n| 20 | Provider coverage list | Answered | C012 | S004, S008 | Actual provider status unknown |\n| 21 | Application method | Answered | C007 | S004 | Actual form/doc list unknown |\n| 22 | Presumptive eligibility | Answered | C008 | S006 | Facility's outside-data method unknown |\n| 23 | Publicity | Answered | C010 | S004, S007 | Actual compliance untested |\n| 24 | LEP translation | Answered | C011 | S004, S007 | Actual population unknown |\n| 25 | Billing statement FAP notice | Answered | C010 | S004 | Actual bill not reviewed |\n| 26 | Emergency payment coercion | Answered under §501(r) | C013 | S004 | EMTALA broader analysis deferred |\n| 27 | AGB cap | Answered | C006, C029 | S005 | Actual percentage/method unknown |\n| 28 | Insured FAP patient | Answered | C029 | S005 | Actual insurer/payment facts absent |\n| 29 | ECA definition | Answered | C015 | S006 | Other collection law separate |\n| 30 | Debt-sale exception | Answered | C016 | S006 | Actual agreement absent |\n| 31 | 120-day protection | Answered | C017 | S006 | First statement date required |\n| 32 | 30-day ECA notice | Answered | C018 | S006 | Actual notice date/content required |\n| 33 | 240-day application-period structure | Answered with qualification | C014 | S002 | Later-ending branch may extend |\n| 34 | Incomplete application | Answered | C019–C020 | S006 | “Reasonable” response time fact-specific |\n| 35 | Complete application | Answered | C021–C022 | S006 | No fixed universal decision deadline |\n| 36 | Refund | Answered | C023 | S006 | Later IRS alternative threshold not located |\n| 37 | ECA reversal | Answered | C022 | S006 | Actual authority and ECA type matter |\n| 38 | Medicaid overlap | Answered narrowly | C024 | S006 | BadgerCare eligibility deferred |\n| 39 | Wisconsin bill/aid-information right | Partial / currentness held | C027–C028 | S014–S015 | Current official DHS124.06 text/final repeal required |\n| 40 | Federal enforcement / private cause | Partial | C031–C032 | S003, S010 | Separate private-right/remedy research |\n\n# Explicit deferred-family coverage\n\nThere are **14 deferred rows**.\n\n| Deferred row | Status / reason | Relevant boundary claims | Exact future investigation |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| D1. Health-insurance benefit denial / appeals | Excluded | C029 | Wisconsin insurance law, ERISA/ACA plan rules |\n| D2. No Surprises Act / balance billing | Excluded | C012 | Federal NSA and Wisconsin surprise-billing interaction |\n| D3. EMTALA full treatment/transfer rules | Excluded except FAP emergency-policy overlap | C013 | Separate emergency-care pass |\n| D4. Credit reporting / CRA voluntary medical policy | Excluded | None newly adopted | Preserve P04-P06 corrected scope |\n| D5. General Wisconsin collector licensing/conduct | Excluded | C016, C030 | P02 remains unreviewed; separate collection pass |\n| D6. Validation/documentation | Excluded | — | P03 remains unreviewed |\n| D7. Ordinary debt limitation/revival | Excluded | — | Separate medical/ordinary limitations pass |\n| D8. Litigation/service/default/judgment | Excluded | C015 | Separate court-process pass |\n| D9. Garnishment | Excluded except ECA classification | C015 | Full Wisconsin garnishment law |\n| D10. Debt-settlement provider fees/contracts/funds | Excluded | — | P01 and later provider passes |\n| D11. Bankruptcy | Excluded except §501(r) bankruptcy-claim/ECA boundary | C015 | Bankruptcy discharge/claim reporting pass |\n| D12. Medical-sector charity programs / Hill-Burton / public hospitals | Partial/deferred | C025–C028 | Facility-class-specific federal/state program research without named lookup unless authorized |\n| D13. Local/tribal obligations | Excluded | — | Separate Wisconsin local/tribal research |\n| D14. Actual facility FAP, provider list, contract, patient facts | Excluded by prompt | C005–C012, C029 | Requires separate authorized named/entity or private-data workflow |\n\n# Example coverage count\n\nThe **7 worked examples** above are:\n\n| Example | Arrangement | Main claims |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 1 | §501(c)(3) hospital + uninsured applicant | C001, C005–C007, C029 |\n| 2 | Insured person with uncovered balance | C006, C029 |\n| 3 | Noncovered/unknown independent physician | C012 |\n| 4 | Incomplete FAP application | C014, C019–C020 |\n| 5 | Complete FAP application after ECA | C021–C022 |\n| 6 | Later approval and refund | C023 |\n| 7 | Changed/nonqualifying provider status | C001–C004, C031 |\n\nA separate calendar calculation illustrates C014/C017/C018 rather than adding an eighth classification.\n\n# Researcher self-check\n\n**Actually read in fresh public sources:** current 26 U.S.C. §501(r); Treasury Regulations §§1.501(r)-1, -2, -4, -5 and -6; IRS FAP, provider-list, billing/collection, enforcement and exempt-organization complaint materials; Wisconsin DHS charity-care, hospital-regulation, complaint and inpatient-rights materials; Wisconsin's proposed DHS rule order; and DATCP's consumer complaint material. The relevant page of P-20195A and zero-based page 41 of the proposed Wisconsin rule order were visually inspected because they are PDFs.\n\n**Currentness limits:** The current eCFR §1.501(r)-5 page displayed Title 26 up to date as of October 23, 2026 and last amended October 19, 2026. The §1.501(r)-2 page retrieved in this session displayed an older eCFR header—up to date October 14, 2026, last amended October 6. I therefore do not claim that every §1.501(r) page was served from an identical compilation snapshot. The OLRC §501 page states laws in effect through Public Law 119-121, October 9, 2026.\n\n**Wisconsin rule gap:** A current official integrated DHS 124.06 body or final repeal/adoption instrument was not recovered. The 2023 DHS document is expressly a **proposed** rule. The October 2024 DHS client-rights publication continues to refer to DHS 124 and contains a financial-assistance-information statement, but that publication does not resolve the exact 2026 rule-enactment status. No conclusion of repeal, survival, or statewide applicability is invented.\n\n**Bounded negative result:** Searching official Wisconsin legislative sources for “charity care,” hospital “financial assistance,” “uncompensated care,” and DHS 124.06 did not produce a current enacted general charity-care statute during this pass. That search failure is **not proof that no narrower Wisconsin statute, reimbursement rule, public-hospital obligation, local ordinance, contract, Hill-Burton obligation, or case exists**. DHS's own current consumer page supports only the narrower statement that some hospitals offer charity care and processes vary.\n\n**Calculations checked:** March 3, 2026 + 120 days = July 1, 2026; March 3 + 240 days = October 29, 2026; June 1 + 30 days = July 1, 2026. The $750 − $500 = $250 and $503 − $500 = $3 refund examples are scalar arithmetic under stipulated FAP-responsibility assumptions. None validates an individual's eligibility, debt amount, damages, or claim.\n\n**Register reconciliation:** 17 source rows; 32 atomic claim rows; 40 core coverage rows; 14 deferred rows; 7 classification examples; 3 old-to-new disposition rows. No hidden CSV, attachment, local file, or promised continuation substitutes for these visible registers.\n\n**No actions performed:** No named hospital, provider, physician, collector, patient, account, license, policy, tax-exemption record, credit report, clinical record, case docket, or private document was searched. No application, complaint, referral, form, contact, filing, records request, payment, purchase, site change, or publication occurred.\n\nThis is the researcher's self-check, **not independent review, operational approval, legal advice to an individual, or acceptance of Wisconsin PASS-07, the full state dossier, any parent dimension, or A066**.\n\nEND S_WI PASS-07. \n\n","tables":[{"headers":["Actor or arrangement","§501(r) result for this pass","Wisconsin-specific result established here","Exact boundary"],"index":0,"links":[],"row_links":[[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[]],"rows":[["Actor or arrangement","§501(r) result for this pass","Wisconsin-specific result established here","Exact boundary"],["§501(c)(3) hospital organization operating a Wisconsin-licensed hospital facility","Covered, facility by facility","Wisconsin hospital licensing is acknowledged by DHS, but exact charity-right content remains separate","Must establish actual §501(c)(3) and facility status; no named lookup performed"],["Multi-hospital charitable system","Each facility separately must meet §501(r)","No system-wide Wisconsin charity percentage established","A common policy can sometimes cover multiple facilities, but each facility remains separately subject to the requirements"],["For-profit hospital facility","§501(r) does not by its own terms apply absent qualifying §501(c)(3) hospital-organization status","No universal Wisconsin charity-care right established in this pass","Other state/federal duties may exist; not inferred away"],["Governmental hospital","§501(r) applies only if the relevant organization fits the §501(c)(3) hospital-organization gateway","Governmental ownership alone neither establishes nor defeats every assistance duty","§115, governmental tax status, local obligations remain unresearched"],["Independent physician / physician group billing separately","Not automatically covered by hospital's FAP","No generic Wisconsin physician charity entitlement established","Covered hospital must list whether the provider's care is or is not covered"],["Independent emergency or specialty group inside hospital","Same: hospital FAP does not automatically cover group merely because care occurred onsite","No state blanket found","Provider list must disclose coverage/exclusion"],["Substantially related entity providing emergency/medically necessary care in facility","Hospital FAP must cover such care","Separate Wisconsin classification not researched","Federal “substantially related” status requires facts"],["Collection agency acting for covered hospital","Hospital can be treated as engaging in the ECA when agent acts for it","General Wisconsin collector law deliberately deferred","§501(r) does not itself license the agency"],["Debt purchaser receiving hospital debt","Assistance-related obligations can follow through special sale/referral agreement rules","General debt-buyer law deferred","Some debt sales themselves are ECAs unless special conditions are met"],["Guarantor or another individual responsible for patient bill","ECA rules can extend to collection against another individual who accepted/is required to accept responsibility","Guarantor contract/status not decided","Estate/entity treatment is not automatically identical"],["Estate","No universal §501(r) conclusion established from the passages read","Probate/estate law deferred","“Individual” language should not be silently extended to an estate"],["Uninsured patient","Can qualify if facility's FAP criteria are met","DHS says some Wisconsin hospitals offer charity programs","No uniform income threshold"],["Insured patient with deductible/co-insurance/uncovered amount","Can be FAP-eligible; personal responsibility remains subject to AGB cap where applicable","No Wisconsin universal underinsured formula established","Insurance reimbursement is applied before determining personal amount under the rule"],["Underinsured patient","Same conditional FAP route","Hospital policy controls actual eligibility","Underinsurance does not automatically establish FAP eligibility"],["Employer/business debtor","§501(r) is built around an individual receiving hospital care and individual payment liability","Commercial medical obligations not established as consumer assistance claims","Employee patient's personal liability must be separated from employer account"],["Medicaid/BadgerCare applicant","Facility may postpone FAP decision while Medicaid eligibility is processed in the narrow regulatory circumstance","Full Wisconsin benefit eligibility not researched","Medicaid screening is not a universal substitute for FAP consideration"],["Hill-Burton obligated facility","Separate federal historic program may matter","DHS says some Wisconsin facilities may still have obligations","Named-facility verification expressly excluded"]]},{"headers":["Required subject","Federal requirement","Claim"],"index":1,"links":[],"row_links":[[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[]],"rows":[["Required subject","Federal requirement","Claim"],["Eligibility","Criteria for each free-care, discount, or other assistance level","C005"],["Benefit type","Whether assistance includes free or discounted care","C005"],["Charge calculation","Basis used to calculate patient charges","C006"],["Application","Method for applying for assistance","C007"],["Presumptive eligibility","If used, outside data/prior determinations and when used","C008"],["Collection consequences","Actions in nonpayment if no separate written billing/collection policy","C009"],["Separate collection policy","If separate, FAP must explain how public can obtain it free","C009"],["Provider coverage","List of other providers delivering emergency/medically necessary care and whether their services are covered","C012"],["AGB methodology","Method for calculating amounts generally billed; look-back percentage or free method to obtain calculation if applicable","C006"],["Publicity","FAP, application and plain-language summary must be widely publicized","C010"]]},{"headers":["ECA category","Examples actually specified by rule","Claim"],"index":2,"links":[],"row_links":[[],[],[],[],[],[]],"rows":[["ECA category","Examples actually specified by rule","Claim"],["Sale of debt","Sale, subject to the special non-ECA sale exception","C015"],["Credit reporting","Reporting adverse information to consumer reporting agencies/credit bureaus","C015"],["Care-related pressure","Deferring, denying, or requiring payment before medically necessary care because of unpaid prior covered care","C015"],["Judicial/legal actions","Liens other than specified personal-injury proceeds liens; foreclosure; account/property attachment/seizure; civil suit; arrest; writ of body attachment; wage garnishment","C015"],["Third-party ECA","Purchaser, collector, referral party, or substantially related entity acting to collect the hospital care","C016"]]},{"headers":["Issue","Generic authority / route","What was established","What is not promised"],"index":3,"links":[],"row_links":[[],[],[],[],[],[]],"rows":[["Issue","Generic authority / route","What was established","What is not promised"],["§501(r) tax compliance","IRS Tax Exempt and Government Entities","IRS accepts referrals concerning exempt-organization federal tax compliance","No particular audit, outcome, refund, or private damages"],["Wisconsin hospital regulatory issue","Wisconsin DHS Division of Quality Assurance","DHS identifies DQA as hospital regulator and accepts facility complaints within jurisdiction","DQA does not automatically decide every billing or contract dispute"],["Behavioral-health client rights","DHS Client Rights / grievance structure","Narrow rights/grievance route exists for covered client populations","Not a generic all-hospital financial-assistance appeal"],["General consumer billing issue","Wisconsin DATCP Bureau of Consumer Protection","DATCP accepts consumer complaints and may contact businesses or refer matters","DATCP expressly says it cannot force every business to resolve a complaint"],["Potential state prosecution","DATCP can refer serious/widespread matters to DOJ or DA","Referral authority described in official guidance","DOJ action is discretionary; no direct individual remedy implied"]]},{"headers":["Prior reviewed/boundary row","PASS-07 disposition","New supporting claims","Acceptance status"],"index":4,"links":[],"row_links":[[],[],[],[]],"rows":[["Prior reviewed/boundary row","PASS-07 disposition","New supporting claims","Acceptance status"],["P04 coverage row 9: “Wisconsin medical-charity-care and sector protections” — Excluded","Now substantively researched in PASS-07, but remains separately reviewable; not retroactively “accepted” in P04","C001–C032","PASS-07 not yet coordinator-accepted"],["P04 C031: federal medical-provider identification / medical-use / veteran protections remain separate","Preserved as a boundary only. PASS-07 does not rerun credit-reporting law","C032 deferred-boundary treatment","No expansion of P04 claim"],["P04 C032: three nationwide CRA voluntary medical-policy claim requiring clarification","Not adopted or rerun. P05/P06 corrections remain controlling for that prior scope","None; explicitly excluded below","No all-three-CRA assertion in PASS-07"]]},{"headers":["Source ID","Issuer / title / complete literal URL","Exact pinpoint, version and legal status","Actual read and 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ID","Issuer / title / complete literal URL","Exact pinpoint, version and legal status","Actual read and limitation"],["S_WI-P07-S001","U.S. House OLRC, 26 U.S.C. §501, Exemption from tax on corporations, certain trusts, etc. — https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-121/t26/s501/","§501(r)(1)–(7), especially lines 722–797; text contains laws effective through Pub. L. 119-121, Oct. 9, 2026","Fresh primary body read. Statutory tax gateway; not Wisconsin law"],["S002","eCFR, 26 CFR §1.501(r)-1, Definitions — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-26/section-1.501(r)-1","(b)(3), (9)–(19), including application period, FAP, FAP-eligible, hospital facility, hospital organization","Fresh operative body read. eCFR authoritative but unofficial; Title 26 current-page version tied to current eCFR set"],["S003","eCFR, 26 CFR §1.501(r)-2, Failures to satisfy section 501(r) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-26/section-1.501(r)-2","(a), (b), (c), (d), (e); displayed eCFR header up to date Oct. 14, 2026, last amended Oct. 6, 2026","Fresh primary regulatory body read. Header is older than later -4/-5/-6 page headers; no claim of unified Oct. 23 compilation for this section"],["S004","eCFR, 26 CFR §1.501(r)-4, Financial assistance policy and emergency medical care policy — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-26/section-1.501(r)-4","(a), (b)(1)–(8), (c)(1)–(3); eligibility, application, provider list, collection policy, publicity, translations, emergency policy","Fresh operative body read. Same Title 26 current system; no PDF pages"],["S005","eCFR, 26 CFR §1.501(r)-5, Limitation on charges — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-26/section-1.501(r)-5","(a), (b)(1)–(4); AGB and insured-patient treatment. Displayed Title 26 up to date Oct. 23, 2026; last amended Oct. 19, 2026","Fresh primary regulatory body read"],["S006","eCFR, 26 CFR §1.501(r)-6, Billing and collection — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-26/section-1.501(r)-6","(b)(1)–(4), (c)(1)–(12); 120/240/30-day structure, incomplete/complete FAP applications, refunds, reversal, third parties","Fresh primary regulatory body read"],["S007","IRS, Financial assistance policies (FAPs) — https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/financial-assistance-policies-faps","Final-regulation effective framework; FAP minimum requirements; publicity; LEP translation; audit guidance","Fresh official IRS guidance read. Guidance supports, but does not replace, regulations"],["S008","IRS, Notice 2015-46 in Internal Revenue Bulletin 2015-28 — https://www.irs.gov/irb/2015-28_IRB","Notice 2015-46 §§1–3, provider-list coverage, partial provider coverage, separately maintained list","Fresh official historical guidance body read; still interpretive clarification of final rule"],["S009","IRS, Billing and collections — Section 501(r)(6) — https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/billing-and-collections-section-501r6","Notification and complete-FAP processing overview","Fresh official explanatory guidance read"],["S010","IRS, Taxes for Failure to Meet the Requirements of Section 501 — https://www.irs.gov/government-entities/taxes-for-failure-to-meet-the-requirements-of-section-501","§501(r) failures, §4959, minor errors, correction/disclosure, noncompliant facility income","Fresh official IRS enforcement guidance read"],["S011","IRS, Exempt Organizations General Issues: Complaints about activities of exempt organizations — https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organizations-general-issues-complaints-about-activities-of-exempt-organizations","Public referral route for suspected tax-exempt-organization tax-law noncompliance","Fresh official route read. No referral made"],["S012","Wisconsin DHS, Consumer Guide: Free Hospitals and Charity Care in Wisconsin — https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/guide/freehosp.htm","“Some hospitals offer charity care”; hospital-dependent eligibility/process; Hill-Burton boundary","Fresh official Wisconsin guidance read. Not enacted law; no universal-benefit inference"],["S013","Wisconsin DHS, Hospitals: Rules and Regulations — https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/regulations/hospital/regulations.htm","Identifies Wis. Stat. ch. 50, Wis. Admin. Code DHS 124, DQA hospital oversight","Fresh official Wisconsin regulatory index read. Underlying integrated DHS 124 body not recovered"],["S014","Wisconsin DHS, P-20195A, Client Rights and the Grievance Procedure for Inpatient Services — https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/publications/p2/p20195a.pdf","Released Oct. 18, 2024; printed p.1 / zero PDF index 0: bill examination/explanation and financial-assistance-information request within narrow inpatient/residential scope","Fresh PDF page 0 visually inspected via turn460701view2. Narrow client-rights publication; not universal hospital rule"],["S015","Wisconsin DHS, 2023 Biennial Review Proposed Rule Order — https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/document/dhs-omnibus-2023-biennial-review-proposed-rule-order.pdf","PDF printed p.42 / zero index 41, §129: “DHS 124.06 is repealed”; cover labels instrument PROPOSED ORDER","Fresh PDF cover text and page 41 visually inspected via turn460701view3. No final-effect claim"],["S016","Wisconsin DHS, File a Complaint or Report Fraud / DQA resources — https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/complaints/index.htm","DQA and client-rights complaint routes","Fresh official general route read. No complaint submitted"],["S017","Wisconsin DATCP, File a Consumer Complaint — https://datcp.wi.gov/pages/programs_services/fileconsumercomplaint.aspx","Bureau of Consumer Protection complaint route; agency says it cannot force resolution","Fresh official route read. No form or complaint submitted"]]},{"headers":["Claim ID","Atomic assertion","Actor / service / predicates","Exceptions / consequence","Evidence / pinpoint","Current limit","A066 / parent status"],"index":6,"links":[],"row_links":[[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[]],"rows":[["Claim ID","Atomic assertion","Actor / service / predicates","Exceptions / consequence","Evidence / pinpoint","Current limit","A066 / parent status"],["C001","§501(r) conditions §501(c)(3) treatment on hospital FAP, charges and billing/collection requirements","Qualifying hospital organization","Facility-by-facility","S001 §501(r)(1)–(2)","No named tax-status lookup","Open/no acceptance"],["C002","Multi-facility organization must comply separately for each hospital facility","Hospital organization with >1 facility","No system-wide shortcut","S001 §501(r)(2)(B)","Actual organizational structure unsupplied","Open"],["C003","Hospital facility means state-licensed/registered/similarly recognized hospital","Facility classification","Non-hospital sites excluded from this definition","S002 (b)(17)","Other §501(r)(2)(A)(ii) organization route remains statutory","Open"],["C004","Hospital organization is recognized/seeking §501(c)(3) organization operating hospital facility","Organization classification","For-profit/governmental status requires facts","S002 (b)(18)","No named entity classification","Open"],["C005","FAP must state all assistance and eligibility criteria; no uniform FPL cutoff imposed by these provisions","Covered facility/FAP care","Facility policy controls criteria","S004 (b)(1)–(2)","Actual policy not supplied","Open"],["C006","FAP must state basis for patient charges and AGB method","FAP-eligible care","Multiple approved AGB methods","S004 (b)(1)(iii)(B), (b)(2); S005","No universal AGB percentage","Open"],["C007","FAP must describe application method and required information/documentation","Applicant","Cannot deny based solely on omitted item not required by application/instructions","S004 (b)(3)","Policy-specific documents unknown","Open"],["C008","FAP must disclose qualifying presumptive-eligibility sources/prior determinations if used","Facility using presumptive method","Less-than-most-generous presumption triggers opportunity for more assistance","S004 (b)(1)(iii)(E); S006 (c)(2)","Actual screening method unknown","Open"],["C009","FAP or separate policy must describe nonpayment actions, timing, reasonable efforts, and final authority","Covered facility","Separate policy must be obtainable free","S004 (b)(4)","No named policy","Open"],["C010","FAP/application/plain summary require website, paper, community and patient publicity","Covered facility","Details vary by community","S004 (b)(5)","Implementation facts absent","Open"],["C011","LEP translations required at lesser-of-1,000-or-5% threshold","Covered facility/community","Reasonable population method permitted","S007; S004 (b)(5)(ii)","Actual language population unknown","Open"],["C012","Provider list must state which outside emergency/medically necessary providers are covered","Other providers in facility","Same provider may be partly covered","S004 (b)(1)(iii)(F); S008","Provider's separate aid policy need not be listed","Open"],["C013","Emergency policy must require nondiscriminatory emergency care regardless of FAP status and prohibit discouraging payment/collection conduct","Covered facility emergency care","Does not make care free","S004 (c)(1)–(3)","EMTALA dossier deferred","Open"],["C014","Application period starts with care and ordinarily extends at least through day 240 after first post-discharge statement, subject to later endpoints","Individual receiving covered care","Later §6 deadlines can extend period","S002 (b)(3)","Actual dates required","Open"],["C015","Debt sale, adverse credit reporting, prior-care treatment pressure, and listed legal processes can be ECAs","Covered facility / responsible individual","§6(b)(2)-(4) exceptions","S006 (b)(1)–(4)","General collection-law legality separate","Open"],["C016","Hospital can be deemed to engage in ECA through collectors/purchasers; special written agreements govern sales/referrals","Hospital + third party","Certain debt sales are non-ECAs if every condition met","S006 (a), (b)(2), (c)(10)","Collector authorization deferred","Open"],["C017","Ordinary route requires at least 120 days free from most ECAs after first post-discharge statement","Covered facility","Prior-care deferral/denial branch special","S006 (c)(3)(i)","Calendar facts needed","Open"],["C018","At least 30 days before ECA, written notice + plain FAP summary + reasonable oral effort required","Covered facility using notice route","Multiple-care and prior-care branches differ","S006 (c)(4)","Actual delivery/notice facts absent","Open"],["C019","Incomplete timely FAP application requires completion notice and reasonable opportunity","Applicant","Required-document universe comes from policy/application","S006 (c)(3)(ii), (c)(5)","Exact reasonable time fact-specific","Open"],["C020","ECA generally suspended while timely FAP application pending","Hospital/authorized party","Suspension can end after incomplete applicant fails to respond reasonably; prior-care ECA exception","S006 (c)(8)","Actual application completeness unknown","Open"],["C021","Complete timely application requires suspension, eligibility decision and written decision/basis","Hospital","Timely—not a fixed universal decision-day count","S006 (c)(6)(i)(A)-(B)","Exact timeliness fact-specific","Open"],["C022","FAP approval requires corrected bill and reasonably available reversal of applicable prior ECAs","FAP-eligible applicant","Sale and prior-care ECA have specific exclusions","S006 (c)(6)(i)(C)","Actual ECA authority/facts unknown","Open"],["C023","Excess payment must be refunded unless excess < $5, absent later IRS-set amount","FAP-eligible patient","Threshold tests excess, not original bill","S006 (c)(6)(i)(C)(2)","No later alternative amount found in this pass","Open"],["C024","Hospital may postpone FAP decision while plausible Medicaid eligibility is processed","Complete FAP applicant thought potentially Medicaid eligible","Does not impose universal Medicaid application mandate","S006 (c)(6)(iv)","Wisconsin benefits eligibility deferred","Open"],["C025","Current Wisconsin DHS guidance describes charity care as offered by “some hospitals,” with variable processes","Wisconsin hospitals generally","Guidance, not enacted universal right","S012","Bounded search only","Open"],["C026","No uniform Wisconsin charity-care FPL/discount entitlement was established in official sources read","Statewide inquiry","Negative finding is bounded, not exhaustive","S012–S015 and targeted official search","Current integrated DHS 124 unavailable","Open"],["C027","Narrow DHS inpatient/residential rights guide says covered patients may inspect bill and request hospital financial-assistance information","Behavioral/developmental inpatient/residential population described by guide","Not universal all-hospital rule","S014 printed 1/zero 0","Underlying current DHS124.06 status unresolved","Open"],["C028","Official 2023 document proposed repeal of DHS124.06, but final/current repeal status was not established","Wisconsin DHS rule history","Proposal ≠ effective law","S015 cover; §129 printed 42/zero 41","Exact 2026 operative rule is a hold","Open"],["C029","FAP-eligible emergency/medically necessary patient responsibility ≤ AGB; insured patient protection applies after insurance reimbursement","Covered facility and eligible individual","Other FAP-covered care < gross charges","S005 (a), (b)","Actual AGB/facility policy unknown","Open"],["C030","Sale/referral agreements must preserve application-period suspension and FAP liability protection","Hospital and downstream party","Special non-ECA sale branch differs","S006 (c)(10)","Private contract not supplied","Open"],["C031","§501(r) failures principally trigger federal tax-compliance consequences, including possible status/facility-income consequences","Hospital organization","Minor/corrected failures have special rules","S003; S010","No patient damages conclusion","Open"],["C032","This pass did not establish an express §501(r) patient private damages action; credit reporting/insurance/medical-sector remedies remain separate","Remedy boundary","No inference of immunity or debt voidness","S001, S003, S010","Requires separate cause-of-action research","Open"]]},{"headers":["#","Required subissue","Status","Claims","Exact evidence","Remaining question / next action"],"index":7,"links":[],"row_links":[[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[]],"rows":[["#","Required subissue","Status","Claims","Exact evidence","Remaining question / next 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conditionally","C015–C016","S006","Contract/liability facts needed"],["10","Estate","Unresolved","C016","S006","Probate/entity-specific research"],["11","Uninsured patient","Answered conditionally","C005","S004","No automatic eligibility"],["12","Insured patient","Answered","C029","S005","Actual FAP eligibility needed"],["13","Underinsured patient","Answered conditionally","C005, C029","S004, S005","No uniform test"],["14","Employer/commercial debt","Partial/boundary","C001–C004","S001, S002","Individual versus business liability must be classified"],["15","Uniform Wisconsin eligibility cutoff","Not established / bounded negative","C025–C026","S012–S015","Current state enacted body remains gap"],["16","Written FAP","Answered","C005–C009","S004","Actual facility policy prohibited from lookup"],["17","Eligibility criteria","Answered structure","C005","S004","Policy supplies actual thresholds"],["18","Free versus discounted care","Answered structure","C005","S004","No universal discount"],["19","Emergency/medically necessary scope","Answered","C005, C013","S004","Medical necessity definition can vary"],["20","Provider coverage list","Answered","C012","S004, S008","Actual provider status unknown"],["21","Application method","Answered","C007","S004","Actual form/doc list unknown"],["22","Presumptive eligibility","Answered","C008","S006","Facility's outside-data method unknown"],["23","Publicity","Answered","C010","S004, S007","Actual compliance untested"],["24","LEP translation","Answered","C011","S004, S007","Actual population unknown"],["25","Billing statement FAP notice","Answered","C010","S004","Actual bill not reviewed"],["26","Emergency payment coercion","Answered under §501(r)","C013","S004","EMTALA broader analysis deferred"],["27","AGB cap","Answered","C006, C029","S005","Actual percentage/method unknown"],["28","Insured FAP patient","Answered","C029","S005","Actual insurer/payment facts absent"],["29","ECA definition","Answered","C015","S006","Other collection law separate"],["30","Debt-sale exception","Answered","C016","S006","Actual agreement absent"],["31","120-day protection","Answered","C017","S006","First statement date required"],["32","30-day ECA notice","Answered","C018","S006","Actual notice date/content required"],["33","240-day application-period structure","Answered with qualification","C014","S002","Later-ending branch may extend"],["34","Incomplete application","Answered","C019–C020","S006","“Reasonable” response time fact-specific"],["35","Complete application","Answered","C021–C022","S006","No fixed universal decision deadline"],["36","Refund","Answered","C023","S006","Later IRS alternative threshold not located"],["37","ECA reversal","Answered","C022","S006","Actual authority and ECA type matter"],["38","Medicaid overlap","Answered narrowly","C024","S006","BadgerCare eligibility deferred"],["39","Wisconsin bill/aid-information right","Partial / currentness held","C027–C028","S014–S015","Current official DHS124.06 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Health-insurance benefit denial / appeals","Excluded","C029","Wisconsin insurance law, ERISA/ACA plan rules"],["D2. No Surprises Act / balance billing","Excluded","C012","Federal NSA and Wisconsin surprise-billing interaction"],["D3. EMTALA full treatment/transfer rules","Excluded except FAP emergency-policy overlap","C013","Separate emergency-care pass"],["D4. Credit reporting / CRA voluntary medical policy","Excluded","None newly adopted","Preserve P04-P06 corrected scope"],["D5. General Wisconsin collector licensing/conduct","Excluded","C016, C030","P02 remains unreviewed; separate collection pass"],["D6. Validation/documentation","Excluded","—","P03 remains unreviewed"],["D7. Ordinary debt limitation/revival","Excluded","—","Separate medical/ordinary limitations pass"],["D8. Litigation/service/default/judgment","Excluded","C015","Separate court-process pass"],["D9. Garnishment","Excluded except ECA classification","C015","Full Wisconsin garnishment law"],["D10. Debt-settlement provider fees/contracts/funds","Excluded","—","P01 and later provider passes"],["D11. Bankruptcy","Excluded except §501(r) bankruptcy-claim/ECA boundary","C015","Bankruptcy discharge/claim reporting pass"],["D12. Medical-sector charity programs / Hill-Burton / public hospitals","Partial/deferred","C025–C028","Facility-class-specific federal/state program research without named lookup unless authorized"],["D13. Local/tribal obligations","Excluded","—","Separate Wisconsin local/tribal research"],["D14. Actual facility FAP, provider list, contract, patient facts","Excluded by prompt","C005–C012, C029","Requires separate authorized named/entity or private-data workflow"]]},{"headers":["Example","Arrangement","Main claims"],"index":9,"links":[],"row_links":[[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[]],"rows":[["Example","Arrangement","Main claims"],["1","§501(c)(3) hospital + uninsured applicant","C001, C005–C007, C029"],["2","Insured person with uncovered balance","C006, C029"],["3","Noncovered/unknown independent physician","C012"],["4","Incomplete FAP application","C014, C019–C020"],["5","Complete FAP application after ECA","C021–C022"],["6","Later approval and refund","C023"],["7","Changed/nonqualifying provider status","C001–C004, C031"]]}],"claims":[{"claim_id":"S_WI-P07-C001","area_numbers":[66],"researcher_record":{"Claim ID":"C001","Atomic assertion":"§501(r) conditions §501(c)(3) treatment on hospital FAP, charges and billing/collection requirements","Actor / service / predicates":"Qualifying 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rules","Evidence / pinpoint":"S003; S010","Current limit":"No patient damages conclusion","A066 / parent status":"Open"},"raw_table_index":6,"coordinator_verification_status":"scoped_review_complete_with_retained_limits_not_component_acceptance","coordinator_review":"[internal evidence reference]"},{"claim_id":"S_WI-P07-C032","area_numbers":[66],"researcher_record":{"Claim ID":"C032","Atomic assertion":"This pass did not establish an express §501(r) patient private damages action; credit reporting/insurance/medical-sector remedies remain separate","Actor / service / predicates":"Remedy boundary","Exceptions / consequence":"No inference of immunity or debt voidness","Evidence / pinpoint":"S001, S003, S010","Current limit":"Requires separate cause-of-action research","A066 / parent status":"Open"},"raw_table_index":6,"coordinator_verification_status":"scoped_review_complete_with_retained_limits_not_component_acceptance","coordinator_review":"[internal evidence reference]"}],"sources":[{"source_id":"S_WI-P07-S001","urls":["https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-121/t26/s501/"],"researcher_record":{"Source ID":"S_WI-P07-S001","Issuer / title / complete literal URL":"U.S. House OLRC, 26 U.S.C. §501, Exemption from tax on corporations, certain trusts, etc. — https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-121/t26/s501/","Exact pinpoint, version and legal status":"§501(r)(1)–(7), especially lines 722–797; text contains laws effective through Pub. L. 119-121, Oct. 9, 2026","Actual read and limitation":"Fresh primary body read. Statutory tax gateway; not Wisconsin law"},"raw_table_index":5,"coordinator_verification_status":"scoped_review_complete_with_retained_limits_not_component_acceptance","coordinator_review":"[internal evidence reference]","coordinator_read_bounds":"OLRC 501(r)(1)-(7), L722-797; version PL119-121 October9,2026. Later laws not certified."},{"source_id":"S_WI-P07-S002","urls":["https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-26/section-1.501(r)-1"],"researcher_record":{"Source ID":"S002","Issuer / title / complete literal URL":"eCFR, 26 CFR §1.501(r)-1, Definitions — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-26/section-1.501(r)-1","Exact pinpoint, version and legal status":"(b)(3), (9)–(19), including application period, FAP, FAP-eligible, hospital facility, hospital organization","Actual read and limitation":"Fresh operative body read. eCFR authoritative but unofficial; Title 26 current-page version tied to current eCFR set"},"raw_table_index":5,"coordinator_verification_status":"scoped_review_complete_with_retained_limits_not_component_acceptance","coordinator_review":"[internal evidence reference]","coordinator_read_bounds":"Selected definitions: (a), (b)(1)-(7),(9)-(19),(22)-(29); application and actor bounds. No actual hospital/status lookup."},{"source_id":"S_WI-P07-S003","urls":["https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-26/section-1.501(r)-2"],"researcher_record":{"Source ID":"S003","Issuer / title / complete literal URL":"eCFR, 26 CFR §1.501(r)-2, Failures to satisfy section 501(r) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-26/section-1.501(r)-2","Exact pinpoint, version and legal status":"(a), (b), (c), (d), (e); displayed eCFR header up to date Oct. 14, 2026, last amended Oct. 6, 2026","Actual read and limitation":"Fresh primary regulatory body read. Header is older than later -4/-5/-6 page headers; no claim of unified Oct. 23 compilation for this section"},"raw_table_index":5,"coordinator_verification_status":"scoped_review_complete_with_retained_limits_not_component_acceptance","coordinator_review":"[internal evidence reference]","coordinator_read_bounds":"Selected failure/correction, exemption and facility-income provisions (a)-(e), L102-158. Fresh header October23/October19 differs from the attributed older original header; no retroactive provenance change."},{"source_id":"S_WI-P07-S004","urls":["https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-26/section-1.501(r)-4"],"researcher_record":{"Source ID":"S004","Issuer / title / complete literal URL":"eCFR, 26 CFR §1.501(r)-4, Financial assistance policy and emergency medical care policy — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-26/section-1.501(r)-4","Exact pinpoint, version and legal status":"(a), (b)(1)–(8), (c)(1)–(3); eligibility, application, provider list, collection policy, publicity, translations, emergency policy","Actual read and limitation":"Fresh operative body read. Same Title 26 current system; no PDF pages"},"raw_table_index":5,"coordinator_verification_status":"scoped_review_complete_with_retained_limits_not_component_acceptance","coordinator_review":"[internal evidence reference]","coordinator_read_bounds":"Selected policy requirements, documentary eligibility, provider list, nonpayment-policy contents, publicity/LEP, electronic delivery, medical necessity, emergency policy and adoption bodies. (b)(6) was not separately fully reread; no whole-section certification."},{"source_id":"S_WI-P07-S005","urls":["https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-26/section-1.501(r)-5"],"researcher_record":{"Source ID":"S005","Issuer / title / complete literal URL":"eCFR, 26 CFR §1.501(r)-5, Limitation on charges — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-26/section-1.501(r)-5","Exact pinpoint, version and legal status":"(a), (b)(1)–(4); AGB and insured-patient treatment. Displayed Title 26 up to date Oct. 23, 2026; last amended Oct. 19, 2026","Actual read and limitation":"Fresh primary regulatory body read"},"raw_table_index":5,"coordinator_verification_status":"scoped_review_complete_with_retained_limits_not_component_acceptance","coordinator_review":"[internal evidence reference]","coordinator_read_bounds":"Selected (a), (b)(1)-(2), look-back portions L113-125, prospective branch (b)(4), example6, (c)-(e) L152-158. Some look-back details remain outside review. Before-complete-application safe harbor must qualify any allegation based on a provisional overcharge."},{"source_id":"S_WI-P07-S006","urls":["https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-26/section-1.501(r)-6"],"researcher_record":{"Source ID":"S006","Issuer / title / complete literal URL":"eCFR, 26 CFR §1.501(r)-6, Billing and collection — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-26/section-1.501(r)-6","Exact pinpoint, version and legal status":"(b)(1)–(4), (c)(1)–(12); 120/240/30-day structure, incomplete/complete FAP applications, refunds, reversal, third parties","Actual read and limitation":"Fresh primary regulatory body read"},"raw_table_index":5,"coordinator_verification_status":"scoped_review_complete_with_retained_limits_not_component_acceptance","coordinator_review":"[internal evidence reference]","coordinator_read_bounds":"Selected (a), (b), (c)(1)-(12) operative rules and selected examples; not every example. Application, suspension, notice, sale, reversal and downstream conditions checked. No complete Part1 or actual collection-event audit."},{"source_id":"S_WI-P07-S007","urls":["https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/financial-assistance-policies-faps"],"researcher_record":{"Source ID":"S007","Issuer / title / complete literal URL":"IRS, Financial assistance policies (FAPs) — https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/financial-assistance-policies-faps","Exact pinpoint, version and legal status":"Final-regulation effective framework; FAP minimum requirements; publicity; LEP translation; audit guidance","Actual read and limitation":"Fresh official IRS guidance read. Guidance supports, but does not replace, regulations"},"raw_table_index":5,"coordinator_verification_status":"scoped_review_complete_with_retained_limits_not_component_acceptance","coordinator_review":"[internal evidence reference]","coordinator_read_bounds":"IRS FAP guidance selected requirements L97-131; not every linked resource."},{"source_id":"S_WI-P07-S008","urls":["https://www.irs.gov/irb/2015-28_IRB"],"researcher_record":{"Source ID":"S008","Issuer / title / complete literal URL":"IRS, Notice 2015-46 in Internal Revenue Bulletin 2015-28 — https://www.irs.gov/irb/2015-28_IRB","Exact pinpoint, version and legal status":"Notice 2015-46 §§1–3, provider-list coverage, partial provider coverage, separately maintained list","Actual read and limitation":"Fresh official historical guidance body read; still interpretive clarification of final rule"},"raw_table_index":5,"coordinator_verification_status":"scoped_review_complete_with_retained_limits_not_component_acceptance","coordinator_review":"[internal evidence reference]","coordinator_read_bounds":"Notice2015-46 purpose/background and section3.01-.04; selected sections4/5 context. No whole bulletin or later-guidance audit."},{"source_id":"S_WI-P07-S009","urls":["https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/billing-and-collections-section-501r6"],"researcher_record":{"Source ID":"S009","Issuer / title / complete literal URL":"IRS, Billing and collections — Section 501(r)(6) — https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/billing-and-collections-section-501r6","Exact pinpoint, version and legal status":"Notification and complete-FAP processing overview","Actual read and limitation":"Fresh official explanatory guidance read"},"raw_table_index":5,"coordinator_verification_status":"scoped_review_complete_with_retained_limits_not_component_acceptance","coordinator_review":"[internal evidence reference]","coordinator_read_bounds":"IRS billing guidance selected gateway and ECA/sale body L97-133. Controlling regulation separately checked; guidance tail not fully reread."},{"source_id":"S_WI-P07-S010","urls":["https://www.irs.gov/government-entities/taxes-for-failure-to-meet-the-requirements-of-section-501"],"researcher_record":{"Source ID":"S010","Issuer / title / complete literal URL":"IRS, Taxes for Failure to Meet the Requirements of Section 501 — https://www.irs.gov/government-entities/taxes-for-failure-to-meet-the-requirements-of-section-501","Exact pinpoint, version and legal status":"§501(r) failures, §4959, minor errors, correction/disclosure, noncompliant facility income","Actual read and limitation":"Fresh official IRS enforcement guidance read"},"raw_table_index":5,"coordinator_verification_status":"scoped_review_complete_with_retained_limits_not_component_acceptance","coordinator_review":"[internal evidence reference]","coordinator_read_bounds":"IRS selected effective-date, requirements and tax consequences L97-107/120-158. No actual tax determination or patient cause-of-action universe."},{"source_id":"S_WI-P07-S011","urls":["https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organizations-general-issues-complaints-about-activities-of-exempt-organizations"],"researcher_record":{"Source ID":"S011","Issuer / title / complete literal URL":"IRS, Exempt Organizations General Issues: Complaints about activities of exempt organizations — https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organizations-general-issues-complaints-about-activities-of-exempt-organizations","Exact pinpoint, version and legal status":"Public referral route for suspected tax-exempt-organization tax-law noncompliance","Actual read and limitation":"Fresh official route read. No referral made"},"raw_table_index":5,"coordinator_verification_status":"scoped_review_complete_with_retained_limits_not_component_acceptance","coordinator_review":"[internal evidence reference]","coordinator_read_bounds":"IRS generic exempt-organization complaint body L97-100. No referral or entity query."},{"source_id":"S_WI-P07-S012","urls":["https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/guide/freehosp.htm"],"researcher_record":{"Source ID":"S012","Issuer / title / complete literal URL":"Wisconsin DHS, Consumer Guide: Free Hospitals and Charity Care in Wisconsin — https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/guide/freehosp.htm","Exact pinpoint, version and legal status":"“Some hospitals offer charity care”; hospital-dependent eligibility/process; Hill-Burton boundary","Actual read and limitation":"Fresh official Wisconsin guidance read. Not enacted law; no universal-benefit inference"},"raw_table_index":5,"coordinator_verification_status":"scoped_review_complete_with_retained_limits_not_component_acceptance","coordinator_review":"[internal evidence reference]","coordinator_read_bounds":"DHS charity-care guidance L285-327, revision footer October30,2025. Hospital-dependent guidance, not universal state entitlement."},{"source_id":"S_WI-P07-S013","urls":["https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/regulations/hospital/regulations.htm"],"researcher_record":{"Source ID":"S013","Issuer / title / complete literal URL":"Wisconsin DHS, Hospitals: Rules and Regulations — https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/regulations/hospital/regulations.htm","Exact pinpoint, version and legal status":"Identifies Wis. Stat. ch. 50, Wis. Admin. Code DHS 124, DQA hospital oversight","Actual read and limitation":"Fresh official Wisconsin regulatory index read. Underlying integrated DHS 124 body not recovered"},"raw_table_index":5,"coordinator_verification_status":"scoped_review_complete_with_retained_limits_not_component_acceptance","coordinator_review":"[internal evidence reference]","coordinator_read_bounds":"DHS hospital-regulations index L271-307. Linked current official DHS124 HTML and one PDF alternative timed out; bounded official search found proposal material only. Current124.06 body/effectivity unverified."},{"source_id":"S_WI-P07-S014","urls":["https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/publications/p2/p20195a.pdf"],"researcher_record":{"Source ID":"S014","Issuer / title / complete literal URL":"Wisconsin DHS, P-20195A, Client Rights and the Grievance Procedure for Inpatient Services — https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/publications/p2/p20195a.pdf","Exact pinpoint, version and legal status":"Released Oct. 18, 2024; printed p.1 / zero PDF index 0: bill examination/explanation and financial-assistance-information request within narrow inpatient/residential scope","Actual read and limitation":"Fresh PDF page 0 visually inspected via turn460701view2. Narrow client-rights publication; not universal hospital rule"},"raw_table_index":5,"coordinator_verification_status":"scoped_review_complete_with_retained_limits_not_component_acceptance","coordinator_review":"[internal evidence reference]","coordinator_read_bounds":"P20195A parsed population/scope, bill/aid information L80-88 at PDFindex0, footer10/2024 at index1. Exact October18 release date not freshly established. Screenshot request returned references without pixels; no coordinator visual verification."},{"source_id":"S_WI-P07-S015","urls":["https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/document/dhs-omnibus-2023-biennial-review-proposed-rule-order.pdf"],"researcher_record":{"Source ID":"S015","Issuer / title / complete literal URL":"Wisconsin DHS, 2023 Biennial Review Proposed Rule Order — https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/document/dhs-omnibus-2023-biennial-review-proposed-rule-order.pdf","Exact pinpoint, version and legal status":"PDF printed p.42 / zero index 41, §129: “DHS 124.06 is repealed”; cover labels instrument PROPOSED ORDER","Actual read and limitation":"Fresh PDF cover text and page 41 visually inspected via turn460701view3. No final-effect claim"},"raw_table_index":5,"coordinator_verification_status":"scoped_review_complete_with_retained_limits_not_component_acceptance","coordinator_review":"[internal evidence reference]","coordinator_read_bounds":"Proposed2023 omnibus order cover and section129 at L1698/PDFindex41/printed42. Proposal classification checked; not enacted repeal. Screenshot request returned references without pixels; no coordinator visual verification."},{"source_id":"S_WI-P07-S016","urls":["https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/complaints/index.htm"],"researcher_record":{"Source ID":"S016","Issuer / title / complete literal URL":"Wisconsin DHS, File a Complaint or Report Fraud / DQA resources — https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/complaints/index.htm","Exact pinpoint, version and legal status":"DQA and client-rights complaint routes","Actual read and limitation":"Fresh official general route read. No complaint submitted"},"raw_table_index":5,"coordinator_verification_status":"scoped_review_complete_with_retained_limits_not_component_acceptance","coordinator_review":"[internal evidence reference]","coordinator_read_bounds":"DHS generic complaints index L259-281; not the complete hospital-complaint procedure. No form/contact."},{"source_id":"S_WI-P07-S017","urls":["https://datcp.wi.gov/pages/programs_services/fileconsumercomplaint.aspx"],"researcher_record":{"Source ID":"S017","Issuer / title / complete literal URL":"Wisconsin DATCP, File a Consumer Complaint — https://datcp.wi.gov/pages/programs_services/fileconsumercomplaint.aspx","Exact pinpoint, version and legal status":"Bureau of Consumer Protection complaint route; agency says it cannot force resolution","Actual read and limitation":"Fresh official route read. No form or complaint submitted"},"raw_table_index":5,"coordinator_verification_status":"scoped_review_complete_with_retained_limits_not_component_acceptance","coordinator_review":"[internal evidence reference]","coordinator_read_bounds":"DATCP general complaint page selected full body; linked filing-tips page additional read L27-98 supplies conditional DOJ/DA referral and court-only award qualification. Additional page is a coordinator annotation, not an eighteenth original source row."}],"coverage":[{"topic":"1 §501(c)(3) hospital gateway","researcher_record":{"#":"1","Required subissue":"§501(c)(3) hospital gateway","Status":"Answered","Claims":"C001, C004","Exact evidence":"S001, S002","Remaining question / next action":"Apply only after actual tax status established"},"raw_table_index":7,"coordinator_acceptance":"scoped_review_complete_with_retained_limits_not_component_acceptance","coordinator_review":"[internal evidence reference]"},{"topic":"2 Facility-by-facility rule","researcher_record":{"#":"2","Required subissue":"Facility-by-facility rule","Status":"Answered","Claims":"C002","Exact evidence":"S001","Remaining question / next action":"Actual system structure unsupplied"},"raw_table_index":7,"coordinator_acceptance":"scoped_review_complete_with_retained_limits_not_component_acceptance","coordinator_review":"[internal evidence reference]"},{"topic":"3 State-recognized hospital definition","researcher_record":{"#":"3","Required subissue":"State-recognized hospital definition","Status":"Answered federal definition","Claims":"C003","Exact evidence":"S002","Remaining question / next action":"Wisconsin license status of any entity excluded"},"raw_table_index":7,"coordinator_acceptance":"scoped_review_complete_with_retained_limits_not_component_acceptance","coordinator_review":"[internal evidence reference]"},{"topic":"4 For-profit facility","researcher_record":{"#":"4","Required subissue":"For-profit facility","Status":"Answered as §501(r) boundary","Claims":"C001, C004","Exact evidence":"S001, S002","Remaining question / next action":"Other assistance laws remain possible"},"raw_table_index":7,"coordinator_acceptance":"scoped_review_complete_with_retained_limits_not_component_acceptance","coordinator_review":"[internal evidence reference]"},{"topic":"5 Governmental facility","researcher_record":{"#":"5","Required subissue":"Governmental facility","Status":"Partial","Claims":"C004","Exact evidence":"S002","Remaining question / next action":"Governmental tax/status regime unresearched"},"raw_table_index":7,"coordinator_acceptance":"scoped_review_complete_with_retained_limits_not_component_acceptance","coordinator_review":"[internal evidence reference]"},{"topic":"6 Independent physician","researcher_record":{"#":"6","Required subissue":"Independent physician","Status":"Answered FAP boundary","Claims":"C012","Exact evidence":"S004, S008","Remaining question / next action":"Actual provider list needed"},"raw_table_index":7,"coordinator_acceptance":"scoped_review_complete_with_retained_limits_not_component_acceptance","coordinator_review":"[internal evidence reference]"},{"topic":"7 Independent emergency group","researcher_record":{"#":"7","Required subissue":"Independent emergency group","Status":"Answered FAP boundary","Claims":"C012","Exact evidence":"S004, S008","Remaining question / next action":"Actual coverage may be service-specific"},"raw_table_index":7,"coordinator_acceptance":"scoped_review_complete_with_retained_limits_not_component_acceptance","coordinator_review":"[internal evidence reference]"},{"topic":"8 Collector/debt buyer","researcher_record":{"#":"8","Required subissue":"Collector/debt buyer","Status":"Answered assistance crossover","Claims":"C015, C016, C030","Exact evidence":"S006","Remaining question / next action":"Licensing/conduct deferred"},"raw_table_index":7,"coordinator_acceptance":"scoped_review_complete_with_retained_limits_not_component_acceptance","coordinator_review":"[internal evidence reference]"},{"topic":"9 Guarantor/responsible individual","researcher_record":{"#":"9","Required subissue":"Guarantor/responsible individual","Status":"Answered conditionally","Claims":"C015–C016","Exact evidence":"S006","Remaining question / next action":"Contract/liability facts needed"},"raw_table_index":7,"coordinator_acceptance":"scoped_review_complete_with_retained_limits_not_component_acceptance","coordinator_review":"[internal evidence reference]"},{"topic":"10 Estate","researcher_record":{"#":"10","Required subissue":"Estate","Status":"Unresolved","Claims":"C016","Exact evidence":"S006","Remaining question / next action":"Probate/entity-specific research"},"raw_table_index":7,"coordinator_acceptance":"scoped_review_complete_with_retained_limits_not_component_acceptance","coordinator_review":"[internal evidence reference]"},{"topic":"11 Uninsured patient","researcher_record":{"#":"11","Required subissue":"Uninsured patient","Status":"Answered conditionally","Claims":"C005","Exact evidence":"S004","Remaining question / next action":"No automatic eligibility"},"raw_table_index":7,"coordinator_acceptance":"scoped_review_complete_with_retained_limits_not_component_acceptance","coordinator_review":"[internal evidence reference]"},{"topic":"12 Insured patient","researcher_record":{"#":"12","Required subissue":"Insured patient","Status":"Answered","Claims":"C029","Exact evidence":"S005","Remaining question / next action":"Actual FAP eligibility needed"},"raw_table_index":7,"coordinator_acceptance":"scoped_review_complete_with_retained_limits_not_component_acceptance","coordinator_review":"[internal evidence reference]"},{"topic":"13 Underinsured patient","researcher_record":{"#":"13","Required subissue":"Underinsured patient","Status":"Answered conditionally","Claims":"C005, C029","Exact evidence":"S004, S005","Remaining question / next action":"No uniform test"},"raw_table_index":7,"coordinator_acceptance":"scoped_review_complete_with_retained_limits_not_component_acceptance","coordinator_review":"[internal evidence reference]"},{"topic":"14 Employer/commercial debt","researcher_record":{"#":"14","Required subissue":"Employer/commercial debt","Status":"Partial/boundary","Claims":"C001–C004","Exact evidence":"S001, S002","Remaining 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