25.36 (1) Except as provided in sub. (2), all moneys appropriated or transferred by law shall constitute the veterans trust fund which shall be used for the lending of money to the mortgage loan repayment fund under s. 45.37 (5) (a) 12. and for the veterans programs under ss. 20.485 (2) (m), (tm), (u), and (z), and (5) (mn), (v), (vo), and (zm), 45.03 (19), 45.07, 45.20, 45.21, 45.40 (1m), 45.41, 45.42, 45.43, and 45.82 and administered by the department of veterans affairs, including all moneys received from the federal government for the benefit of veterans or their dependents, and for the veteran grant jobs pilot program under s. 38.31 administered by the technical college system board; all moneys paid as interest on and repayment of loans under the post-war rehabilitation fund; soldiers rehabilitation fund, veterans housing funds as they existed prior to July 1, 1961; all moneys paid as interest on and repayment of loans under this fund; all moneys paid as expenses for, interest on, and repayment of veterans trust fund stabilization loans under s. 45.356, 1995 stats.; all moneys paid as expenses for, interest on, and repayment of veterans personal loans; the net proceeds from the sale of mortgaged properties related to veterans personal loans; all mortgages issued with the proceeds of the 1981 veterans home loan revenue bond issuance purchased with moneys in the veterans trust fund; all moneys received from the state investment board under s. 45.42 (8) (b); all moneys received from the veterans mortgage loan repayment fund under s. 45.37 (7) (a) and (c); and all gifts of money received by the board of veterans affairs for the purposes of this fund.
9,338m
Section 338m. 25.40 (1) (k) of the statutes is created to read:
25.40 (1) (k) Fees deposited under s. 168.128.
9,339
Section
339. 25.43 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
25.43 (3) Except for the purpose of investment as provided in s. 25.17 (2) (d), the environmental improvement fund may be used only for the purposes authorized under ss. 20.320 (1) (r), (s), (sm), (t), and (x) and (2) (r), (s), and (x), 20.370 (4) (mt), (mx) and (nz), (8) (mr) and (9) (mt), (mx) and (ny), 20.505 (1) (v), (x) and (y), 281.58, 281.59, 281.60, 281.61, 281.62, and 283.31.
9,339d
Section 339d. 25.46 of the statutes is renumbered 25.46 (1).
9,339f
Section 339f. 25.46 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
25.46 (2m) Of the moneys described in sub. (1) that are received for the purpose of environmental management, except the moneys described in sub. (1) (ej), (ek), (hm), (j), (jj), (t), and (u), $6,150,000 shall, in each fiscal year, be considered to have been received for the purpose of nonpoint source water pollution abatement.
9,339m
Section 339m. 25.47 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
25.47 (1) The fees imposed
deposited under s. 168.12 (1) 168.128.
9,341
Section
341. 25.79 of the statutes is repealed.
9,348
Section
348. 29.024 (11) of the statutes is created to read:
29.024 (11) Automatic reissuance of approvals. The department may develop a system under which, when a person purchases an approval, the person may opt to automatically purchase the same approval for subsequent years. The department may contract with a 3rd party to store customer information in order to carry out this system.
9,348p
Section 348p. 31.385 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
31.385 (7) Notwithstanding the limitations under sub. (2) (a), and beginning with fiscal year 2011-12 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20 2021-22, the department shall set aside from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) not more than a total of $6,000,000 that may be obligated only to provide financial assistance to counties for projects to maintain, repair, modify, abandon, or remove dams. For purposes of s. 23.0917, beginning with fiscal year 2015-16, the moneys provided under this subsection from s. 20.866 (2) (ta) shall be treated as moneys obligated under s. 23.0917 (5g) (c) 2. c. To be eligible for financial assistance, a county must be under an order issued by the department to maintain, repair, modify, abandon, or remove a dam that is owned by the county and the order must be in effect on July 1, 2011. The amount of the financial assistance may not be for more than 25 percent of the costs of a project or $2,500,000, whichever is less. Subsection (2) (c) does not apply to a project for which financial assistance is provided under this subsection. A project need not be included under the inventory maintained by the department under sub. (4) in order for a county to receive financial assistance under this subsection.
9,361
Section
361. 36.25 (57) of the statutes is created to read:
36.25 (57) University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point paper science program. The Board of Regents shall ensure that at least 1.0 full-time equivalent position, funded from the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (qm), is
created in the paper science program at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
9,374
Section
374. 38.001 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
38.001 (3) (e) Provide education and services which address barriers created by stereotyping and discriminating and assist individuals with disabilities, minorities, women, and the handicapped or disadvantaged to participate in the work force and the full range of technical college programs and activities.
9,383
Section
383. 38.27 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
38.27 (1) (a) The creation or expansion of adult high school, adult basic education and English as a 2nd language courses. The board shall give priority to courses serving students with disabilities or minority, unemployed, or disadvantaged or handicapped students.
9,385
Section
385. 38.38 of the statutes is amended to read:
38.38 Services for handicapped students with disabilities. Annually the board may award a grant to each district board, from the appropriation under s. 20.292 (1) (f), to assist in funding transitional services for handicapped students with disabilities. Each district board shall contribute matching funds equal to 25 percent of the amount awarded.
9,386
Section
386. 39.11 (16) of the statutes is created to read:
39.11 (16) When appropriate and related to the programs of the state educational radio and television network, procure or publish instructional material. A reasonable handling charge may be established to cover the costs of providing this material.
9,388
Section
388. 39.36 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
39.36 (title) Repayment of stipends for teachers of the handicapped impaired.
9,392
Section
392. 39.435 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
39.435 (5) The board shall ensure that grants under this section are made available to students attending private or public institutions in this state who are deaf or hard of hearing or visually handicapped impaired and who demonstrate need. Grants may also be made available to such handicapped students attending private or public institutions in other states under criteria established by the board. In determining the financial need of these students special consideration shall be given to their unique and unusual costs.
9,392m
Section 392m. 39.465 of the statutes is created to read:
39.465
Rural dentistry scholarship program.
(1) Definitions. In this section:
(a) “Actual practice total” is the total number of months that a student upon graduation practices
dentistry in a dental health shortage area in this state. For purposes of this paragraph, a fraction of a month is counted as one month.
(b) “Dental health shortage area” has the meaning given in s. 36.60 (1) (ad), except that “dental health shortage area” does not include an area in the county of Brown, Dane, Kenosha, Milwaukee, or Waukesha.
(c) “Repayment liability percentage” means the percentage that results from dividing the difference between a student's required practice total and the student's actual practice total by the student's required practice total.
(d) “Required practice total” means the total number of months a student upon graduation is required under sub. (3) to practice dentistry in a
dental health shortage area in this state.
(e) “School” means the Marquette University School of Dentistry.
(2) Scholarships. In consultation with the department of health services, the board shall establish a program for awarding
to no more than 5 first-year students an annual scholarship, including a stipend, equal to $40,000 for each year of a student's enrollment but not exceeding 4 years. The board shall pay the scholarships from the appropriation account under s. 20.235 (1) (dg).
(3) Eligibility; agreements. (a) A student is not eligible for a scholarship under the program established under sub. (2) unless he or she is a resident of the state and enters into an agreement with board in which he or she agrees upon graduation to practice dentistry in a
dental health shortage area in this state for a period equal to 18 months multiplied by the number of annual scholarships the board awards to the student under the program.
(b) An agreement under par. (a) shall specify that if a student fails to practice dentistry in a
dental health shortage area in this state for the period required under par. (a), he or she is liable to the state for an amount equal to the total dollar amount of annual scholarships awarded to the student multiplied by the student's repayment liability percentage.
(4) Geographic diversity.
In cooperation with the school, the board shall make every effort to ensure that students who are awarded scholarships under the program established under sub. (2) practice
dentistry upon graduation in geographically diverse dental health shortage areas in this state.
(5) Administrative grants. The board shall make grants from the appropriation account under s. 20.235 (1) (dr) to the school to defray the school's administrative costs related to the program established under sub. (2).
9,393
Section
393. 40.01 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
40.01 (2) Purpose. The public employee trust fund is a public trust and shall be managed, administered, invested and otherwise dealt with solely for the purpose of ensuring the fulfillment at the lowest possible cost of the benefit commitments to participants, as set forth in this chapter, and shall not be used for any other purpose. Revenues collected for and balances in the accounts of a specific benefit plan shall be used only for the purposes of that benefit plan, including amounts allocated under s. 20.515 (1) (um) or (ut) or 40.04 (2), and shall not be used for the purposes of any other benefit plan. Each member of the employee trust funds board shall be a trustee of the fund and the fund shall be administered by the department of employee trust funds. All statutes relating to the fund shall be construed liberally in furtherance of the purposes set forth in this section.
9,406
Section
406. 40.04 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
40.04 (2) (a) An administrative account shall be maintained within the fund from which administrative costs of the department shall be paid, except charges for services performed by the investment board, costs of medical and vocational evaluations used in determinations of eligibility for benefits under ss. 40.61, 40.63 and 40.65 and costs of contracting for insurance data collection and analysis services under s. 40.03 (6) (j).
9,407
Section
407. 40.04 (2) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
9,427
Section
427. 45.03 (15) of the statutes is amended to read:
45.03 (15) Deferral of payments and interest on loans. When a veteran or a member of the veteran's family makes application for deferment of payment of monthly installments and waiver of interest charges on veterans loans made under this chapter, showing that the ability of the veteran to make payment is materially and adversely affected by reason of military service, the department may, with the approval of the board, defer payment of monthly installments and waive interest charges on veterans loans made under this chapter for the duration of any period of service in the armed forces of the United States during a national emergency or in time of war or under P.L. 87-117 and 6 months from date of discharge or separation and the time for payment may be extended for the same period. However, when funds estimated to be received in the veterans mortgage loan repayment fund to pay debt service on public debt contracted under s. 20.866 (2) (zn) and (zo) are less than the funds estimated to be required for the payment of the debt service, the board may grant deferral of payments and interest on loans provided under s. 45.37 only when so required by federal law.
9,428
Section
428. 45.03 (16) (c) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
45.03 (16) (c) 2. (intro.) The department shall declare immediately due and payable any loan made after July 29, 1979, under a program administered by the department under s. 45.40 or subch. III, if it finds that the loan was granted to an ineligible person due to any of the following circumstances:
9,429
Section
429. 45.03 (16) (c) 3. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
45.03 (16) (c) 3. (intro.) Loan application forms processed by the department for programs administered under s. 45.40 or subch. III shall do all of the following:
9,430
Section
430. 45.03 (16) (c) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
45.03 (16) (c) 4. The department shall incorporate the payment acceleration requirements of subd. 2. in all loan documents for programs administered by the department under s. 45.40 or subch. III.
9,431
Section
431. Subchapter III of chapter 45 [precedes 45.30] of the statutes is repealed.
9,432
Section
432. 45.42 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
45.42 (4) The department may execute necessary instruments, collect interest and principal, compromise indebtedness, sue and be sued, post bonds, and write off indebtedness that it considers uncollectible. If a loan under this section is secured by a real estate mortgage, the department may exercise the rights of owners and mortgagees generally and the rights and powers set forth in s. 45.32, 2017 stats. The department shall pay all interest and principal repaid on the loan into the veterans trust fund.
9,433
Section
433. 45.42 (8) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
9,434
Section
434. 45.42 (8) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 45.42 (8).
9,435
Section
435. 45.48 of the statutes is created to read:
45.48 Veterans outreach and recovery program. (1) To be funded from the appropriation under s. 20.485 (2) (qs), the department shall administer a program to provide outreach, mental health services, and support to individuals who reside in this state, who may have a mental health condition or substance use disorder, and who meet one of the following conditions:
(a) Are serving in the national guard of any state or a reserve component of the U.S. armed forces.
(b) Served on active duty in the U.S. armed forces, forces incorporated as part of the U.S. armed forces, a reserve component of the U.S. armed forces, or the national guard of any state and were discharged under conditions other than dishonorable.
(2) The eligibility requirements under s. 45.02 do not apply to an individual receiving services under sub. (1).
(3) The department may provide payments to facilitate the provision of services under sub. (1).
9,436
Section
436. 45.57 of the statutes is amended to read:
45.57 Veterans homes; transfer of funding. The department may transfer all or part of the unencumbered balance of any of the appropriations under s. 20.485 (1) (g), (gd), (gk), or (i) to the veterans trust fund or to the veterans mortgage loan repayment fund. The department shall notify the joint committee on finance in writing of any balance transferred under this section.
9,440
Section
440. 46.057 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.057 (2) From the appropriation account under s. 20.410 (3) (ba), the department of corrections shall transfer to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (2) (kx) $1,365,500 in each fiscal year and, from the appropriation account under s. 20.410 (3) (hm), the department of corrections shall transfer to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (2) (kx) $2,869,200 $3,224,100 in fiscal year 2017-18 2019-20 and $2,932,600 $5,429,000 in fiscal year 2018-19 2020-21, for services for juveniles placed at the Mendota juvenile treatment center. The department of health services may charge the department of corrections not more than the actual cost of providing those services.
9,441
Section
441. 46.10 (16) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.10 (16) The department shall delegate to county departments under ss. 51.42 and 51.437 or the local providers of care and services meeting the standards established by the department under s. 46.036, the responsibilities vested in the department under this section for collection of patient fees for services other than those provided at state facilities, those provided to children that are reimbursed under a waiver under s. 46.27 (11), 46.275, 46.278, or 46.2785, or those provided under the disabled children's long-term support program if the county departments or providers meet the conditions that the department determines are appropriate. The department may delegate to county departments under ss. 51.42 and 51.437 the responsibilities vested in the department under this section for collection of patient fees for services provided at the state facilities if the necessary conditions are met.
9,442
Section
442. 46.21 (2m) (b) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
46.21 (2m) (b) 1. a. The powers and duties of the county departments under ss. 46.215, 51.42 and 51.437, including the administration of the long-term support community options program under s. 46.27, if the county department under s. 46.215 is designated as the administering agency under s. 46.27 (3) (b) 1.
9,443
Section
443. 46.21 (2m) (b) 1. b. of the statutes is repealed.
9,444
Section
444. 46.215 (1) (m) of the statutes is repealed.
9,445
Section
445. 46.22 (1) (b) 1. e. of the statutes is repealed.
9,446
Section
446. 46.23 (3) (bm) of the statutes is repealed.
9,447
Section
447. 46.269 of the statutes is amended to read:
46.269 Determining financial eligibility for long-term care programs. To the extent approved by the federal government, the department or its designee shall exclude any assets accumulated in a person's independence account, as defined in s. 49.472 (1) (c), and any income or assets from retirement benefits earned or accumulated from income or employer contributions while employed and receiving state-funded benefits under s. 46.27 or medical assistance under s. 49.472 in determining financial eligibility and cost-sharing requirements, if any, for a long-term care program under s. 46.27, 46.275, or 46.277, for the family care program that provides the benefit defined in s. 46.2805 (4), for the Family Care Partnership program, or for the self-directed services option, as defined in s. 46.2897 (1).
9,448
Section
448. 46.27 of the statutes is repealed.
9,449
Section
449. 46.271 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.271 (1) (c) The department may contract with an aging unit, as defined in s. 46.27 46.82 (1) (a), for administration of services under par. (a) if, by resolution, the county board of supervisors of that county so requests the department.
9,450
Section
450. 46.275 (3) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
9,451
Section
451. 46.275 (5) (b) 7. of the statutes is amended to read:
46.275 (5) (b) 7. Provide services in any community-based residential facility unless the county or department uses as a service contract the approved model contract developed under s. 46.27 (2) (j), 2017 stats., or a contract that includes all of the provisions of the approved model contract.
9,452
Section
452. 46.277 (1m) (at) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.277 (1m) (at) “Private nonprofit agency"
has the meaning specified in s. 46.27 (1) (bm) means a nonprofit corporation, as defined in s. 181.0103 (17), that provides a program of all-inclusive care for the elderly under 42 USC 1395eee or 1396u-4.
9,453
Section
453. 46.277 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.277 (3) (a) Sections 46.27 (3) (b) and Section 46.275 (3) (a) and (c) to (e) apply applies to county participation in this program, except that services provided in the program shall substitute for care provided a person in a skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility who meets the level of care requirements for medical assistance reimbursement to that facility rather than for care provided at a state center for the developmentally disabled. The number of persons who receive services provided by the program under this paragraph may not exceed the number of nursing home beds, other than beds specified in sub. (5g) (b), that are delicensed as part of a plan submitted by the facility and approved by the department.
