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2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
April 11, 2024 - Introduced by Representatives Stubbs, J. Anderson, Shankland,
Sinicki and Subeck, cosponsored by Senators L. Johnson, Carpenter, Wirch,
Smith and Hesselbein. Referred to Committee on Health, Aging and
Long-Term Care.
AB1208,1,1
1An Act to amend 250.20 (3) of the statutes;
relating to: minority health grants.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill adds a funding priority for the minority health program through which
the Department of Health Services annually awards grants to organizations for
activities to improve the health status of economically disadvantaged minority group
members. Under current law, DHS awards grants of up to $50,000 per year per
applicant and requires that applicants that are not federally qualified health centers
receive priority for grants. This bill requires that applicants providing maternal and
child health services also receive priority for these grants.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB1208,1
2Section
1. 250.20 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1208,2,53
250.20
(3) From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (1) (cr), the
4department shall annually award grants for activities to improve the health status
5of economically disadvantaged minority group members. A person may apply, in the
6manner specified by the department, for a grant of up to $50,000 in each fiscal year
7to conduct these activities. An awardee of a grant under this subsection shall
1provide, for at least 50 percent of the grant amount, matching funds that may consist
2of funding or an in-kind contribution. An applicant that is not a federally qualified
3health center, as defined under
42 CFR 405.2401 (b) shall receive priority for grants
4awarded under this subsection.
An applicant that provides maternal and child
5health services shall receive priority for grants awarded under this subsection.
