(16) Credential renewal during COVID-19 emergency.
(a) Definition. In this subsection, “emergency period” means the period covered by the state of emergency related to public health declared by the governor on March 12, 2020, by executive order 72, and for the 60 days following the date that the state of emergency is terminated.
(b) Emergency medical services renewals. Notwithstanding s. 256.15 (6) (b) and (c), (8) (c) and (cm), and (10), during the emergency period, the department of health services may not require an ambulance service provider, emergency medical services practitioner, or emergency medical responder that holds a license, training permit, or certificate under s. 256.15 that has not been suspended or revoked to renew that license, training permit, or certificate or impose renewal requirements, such as continuing education, on an ambulance service provider, emergency medical services practitioner, or emergency medical responder that holds a license, training permit, or certificate under s. 256.15. A renewal that occurs after the emergency period is not considered a late renewal if the application to renew the credential is received before the next applicable renewal date. The department of health services may, for that next applicable renewal date, provide an exemption from or reduction of continuing education or other conditions for renewal.
(17) Child Care and Development Fund block grant funds. The federal Child Care and Development Fund block grant funds received under the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, P.L. 116-136, shall be credited to the appropriations under s. 20.437 (1) (mc) and (md). No moneys credited under this subsection may be encumbered or expended except as provided under s. 16.54 (2) (a) 2.
(18) Eligibility for local fair aids. Notwithstanding s. 93.23 (1) (c), each agricultural society, board, or association that received aid under s. 93.23 in 1950 shall continue to remain eligible for aid if a fair operated by the society, board, or association is not held during 2020 because of the public health emergency declared on March 12, 2020, by executive order 72.
(19) Applications for heating assistance. Households may apply for heating assistance under s. 16.27 (4) (a) at any time during calendar year 2020.
(20) Pay-for-performance; health information exchange. The department of health services shall develop for the Medical Assistance program a payment system based on performance to incentivize participation in health information data sharing to facilitate better patient care, reduced costs, and easier access to patient information. The department shall establish performance metrics for the payment system under this subsection that satisfy all of the following:
(a) The metric shall include participation by providers in a health information exchange at a minimum level of patient record access.
(b) The payment under the payment system shall increase as the participation level in the health information exchange increases.
(c) The payment system shall begin in the 2021 rate year.
(d) For purposes of this payment system, the department shall seek any available federal moneys, including any moneys available for this purpose under the the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, P.L. 116-136, to assist small, rural providers with the costs of information technology setup to participate in the health information exchange.
(21) Pupil assessments; public health emergency exception for the 2019-20 school year. Sections 115.7915 (5) (b) and (6) (j), 118.30 (1m), (1r), (1s), and (1t), 118.40 (2r) (d) 2. and (2x) (d) 2., 118.60 (7) (b) 1., 119.23 (7) (b) 1., and 121.02 (1) (r) and (s) do not apply in the 2019-20 school year.
(22) Direct hours of instruction; waiver for private schools. In the 2019-20 school year, the governing body of a private school may request the department to waive any requirement related to providing hours of instruction in chs. 115 to 121, including the requirements in ss. 118.165 (1) (c), 118.60 (2) (a) 8., and 119.23 (2) (a) 8., or in administrative rules promulgated by the department under the authority of those chapters.
(23) Statewide parental choice program; applications for the 2020-21 school year.
(a) Notwithstanding s. 118.60 (3) (ar) 1., a private school that submitted a notice of intent to participate under s. 118.60 (2) (a) 3. a. by January 10, 2020, may accept applications for the 2020-21 school year until May 14, 2020, from pupils who reside in a school district, other than an eligible school district, as defined in s. 118.60 (1) (am), or a 1st class city school district.
(b) Notwithstanding s. 118.60 (3) (ar) 2., each private school that receives applications under s. 118.60 (3) (ar) 1. for the 2020-21 school year by the deadline under par. (a), shall report the information required under s. 118.60 (3) (ar) 2. to the department of public instruction by May 29, 2020.
(24) Full-time open enrollment; applications for the 2020-21 school year. Notwithstanding s. 118.51 (3) (a) and (b), (8), and (14) (b), all of the following apply to applications to attend a public school in a nonresident school district under s. 118.51 in the 2020-21 school year:
(a) The deadline for a parent of a pupil to submit an application to a nonresident school district under s. 118.51 (3) (a) 1. is May 29, 2020.
(b) The deadline for a nonresident school board to send a copy of an application to a pupil's resident school board and the department under s. 118.51 (3) (a) 1. is by the end of the day on June 1, 2020.
(c) The deadline for a resident school board to send a copy of a pupil's individualized education program to a nonresident school district under s. 118.51 (3) (a) 1m. is June 8, 2020.
(d) A nonresident school board may not act on any application received under s. 118.51 (3) (a) 1. before June 1, 2020.
(e) The deadline under s. 118.51 (3) (a) 3. by which a nonresident school board must notify an applicant of whether the applicant's application has been accepted is July 2, 2020.
(f) The deadline under s. 118.51 (3) (a) 4. by which a resident school board must notify an applicant and the nonresident school board that an application has been denied is July 9, 2020.
(g) The deadline under s. 118.51 (3) (a) 6. for a pupil's parent to notify a nonresident school board of the pupil's intent to attend school in the nonresident school district in the 2020-21 school year is July 31, 2020, or within 10 days of receiving a notice of acceptance if a pupil is selected from a waiting list under s. 118.51 (5) (d).
(h) By August 7, 2020, each nonresident school board that has accepted a pupil under s. 118.51 for attendance in the 2020-21 school year shall report the name of the pupil to the pupil's resident school board.
(i) The deadline for a resident school board to provide the information under s. 118.51 (8) to a nonresident school board to which a pupil has applied to attend in the 2020-21 school year is June 5, 2020.
(j) The deadline under s. 118.51 (14) (b) for the department to provide parents requesting reimbursement under s. 118.51 (14) (b) an estimate of the amount of reimbursement that the parent will receive if the pupil attends public school in the nonresident school district in the 2020-21 school year is June 12, 2020.
(25) Interest on late property tax payments. Notwithstanding ss. 74.11, 74.12, and 74.87, for property taxes payable in 2020, after making a general or case-by-case finding of hardship, a taxation district may provide that an installment payment that is due and payable after April 1, 2020, and is received after its due date shall not accrue interest or penalties if the total amount due and payable in 2020 is paid on or before October 1, 2020. Interest and penalties shall accrue from October 1, 2020, for any property taxes payable in 2020 that are delinquent after October 1, 2020. A taxation district may not waive interest and penalties as provided in this subsection unless the county board of the county where the taxation district is located first adopts a resolution authorizing such waiver and establishing criteria for determining hardship, and the taxation district subsequently adopts a similar resolution. A county that has adopted a resolution authorizing the waiver of interest and penalties under this subsection shall settle any taxes, interest, and penalties collected on or before July 31, 2020, on August 20, 2020, as provided under s. 74.29 (1), and settle the remaining unpaid taxes, interest, and penalties on September 20, 2020. The August 20, 2020, settlement shall be distributed proportionally to the underlying taxing jurisdictions.
(26m) Plan to assist major industries. No later than June 30, 2020, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation shall submit to the legislature in the manner provided under s. 13.172 (2), and to the governor, a report that includes a plan for providing support to the major industries in this state that have been adversely affected by the COVID-19 public health emergency, including tourism, manufacturing, agriculture, forest products, construction, retail, and services.
(27m) Unemployment insurance; federal advances. The secretary of workforce development shall, to the extent permitted under federal law, seek advances to the unemployment reserve fund established in s. 108.16 from the federal government, so as to allow Schedule D under s. 108.18 (4) to remain in effect through the end of calendar year 2021.
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Unemployment insurance; charging of benefits. The amendment of s. 108.16 (6m) (a) and the creation of ss. 108.04 (2) (d) and 108.07 (5) (bm) first apply retroactively to weeks of benefits described in s. 108.07 (5) (bm).
(2) Deadlines and training requirements falling during a public health emergency. The treatment of s. 323.265 first applies retroactively to a deadline, as defined in s. 323.265 (1) (b), or training requirement falling during the public health emergency declared on March 12, 2020, by executive order 72.
