Amendment SSA1-AB1038

AB1038-SSA1,5,3 (a) “COVID-19” means an infection caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.

AB1038-SSA1,5,7 (b) “Eligible provider” means a health system, health care clinic, health care provider as defined in s. 146.81 (1) (i) to (q), pharmacy licensed under ch. 450, or any other health care facility or long-term care facility or setting where assisted living services or health care services are or may be provided.

AB1038-SSA1,5,11 (2) Grants; purposes. Subject to sub. (3), from the appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (ft), the secretary may assist any eligible providers with costs relating to planning or preparing for or responding to an outbreak of COVID-19 by awarding grants that may only be used for one or more of the following purposes:

AB1038-SSA1,5,13 (a) Establishment and operation of temporary sites to provide testing services or treatment beds or to isolate or quarantine affected individuals.

AB1038-SSA1,5,15 (b) Temporary conversion of space for another purpose that after a COVID-19 outbreak will revert to its original use.

AB1038-SSA1,5,16 (c) Staff overtime and hiring additional staff.

AB1038-SSA1,5,17 (d) Staff training and orientation.

AB1038-SSA1,5,19 (e) Purchasing of consumable protective or treatment supplies and equipment to protect or treat staff, visitors, and patients.

AB1038-SSA1,5,21 (f) Development and implementation of COVID-19 screening and testing procedures.

AB1038-SSA1,5,22 (g) Patient outreach activities related to COVID-19.

AB1038-SSA1,5,23 (h) Emergency transportation of patients that exceeds usual capacity.

AB1038-SSA1,5,25 (i) Information technology and systems costs to support telehealth activities, patient triage, and COVID-19 screening.

AB1038-SSA1,6,2 (j) Purchasing replacement parts or filters that are necessary for the operation of medical equipment.

AB1038-SSA1,6,3 (k) Specialty cleaning supplies for facilities and equipment.

AB1038-SSA1,6,5 (L) Expenses related to the isolation and quarantine of staff, except for the payment of wages for the staff being isolated or quarantined.

AB1038-SSA1,6,9 (m) Expenses that assist with planning or preparing for or responding to an outbreak of COVID-19 but that, in the determination of the secretary, cannot reasonably be expected to generate income for the grant recipient after the outbreak ends.

AB1038-SSA1,6,11 (3) Eligibility; process. (a) The secretary shall do all of the following relating to grants described under sub. (2):

AB1038-SSA1,6,12 1. Determine the number of grants and the amount of each grant.

AB1038-SSA1,6,14 2. Develop an application form and process for an eligible provider to apply for a grant and demonstrate an urgent or emergency need for a grant.

AB1038-SSA1,6,16 3. Establish conditions to which an eligible provider must agree in order to obtain a grant under this section.

AB1038-SSA1,6,19 (b) If the secretary determines that a recipient of a grant under this section has used awarded moneys for a purpose not authorized under this section or has otherwise violated the grant agreement, the secretary may do any of the following:

AB1038-SSA1,6,20 1. Immediately terminate any portions or all of the grant agreement.

AB1038-SSA1,6,22 2. Recover from the grant recipient any moneys paid and used for the unauthorized purpose.

AB1038-SSA1,6,23 3. Pursue any other remedy available under law.

AB1038-SSA1,7,2 (c) Notwithstanding ss. 227.01 (3m) and (13), 227.10, and 227.112, the grant application process and eligibility criteria under this section need not be promulgated as rules under ch. 227, are not a guidance document, and are not subject to the requirements of s. 227.112.

AB1038-SSA1,7,10 (4) Temporary sites. Notwithstanding sub. (2), if no eligible provider is reasonably capable of establishing and operating temporary sites to provide testing services to test for COVID-19, provide treatment beds for patients affected by a COVID-19 outbreak, or isolate or quarantine individuals affected by a COVID-19 outbreak the secretary may expend moneys from the appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (ft) to establish and operate temporary sites for these purposes. The secretary may direct local units of government and eligible providers to operate a temporary site established under this subsection.

AB1038-SSA1,7,14 (5) Report. By the date that is 12 months after the date that the state of emergency related to public health declared by the governor on March 12, 2020, by executive order 72, is discontinued, the secretary shall submit to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) and to the governor a report that contains all of the following:

AB1038-SSA1,7,16 (a) The total number of grants issued and the total number of temporary sites established and operated under sub. (4).

AB1038-SSA1,7,18 (b) The total amount of money issued as grants under this section and the total amount of money expended on temporary sites under sub. (4).

AB1038-SSA1,7,20 (c) For each grant recipient, the name of the recipient, the grant amount, the uses of the grant funds, and the amount spent for each use.

AB1038-SSA1,9 Section 9. 16.245 of the statutes is created to read:

AB1038-SSA1,7,23 16.245 Hazard pay grants during a public health emergency. (1) Definitions. In this section:

AB1038-SSA1,8,3 (a) “Critical workforce member” means an employee, contractor, or other individual working in a vital public or private sector or in critical infrastructure, as determined by the secretary under sub. (2) (b).

AB1038-SSA1,8,5 (b) “Public health emergency” means a public health emergency declared by the governor under s. 323.10.

AB1038-SSA1,8,13 (2) Hazard pay grants for work during a public health emergency. (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (mb), the department shall award grants to employers and organizations to provide hazard pay to critical workforce members who work during a public health emergency. The department may establish eligibility criteria and guidelines, including proration of pay, for administering the grants under this section, which, notwithstanding ss. 227.01 (3m) and (13), 227.10, and 227.112, need not be promulgated as rules under ch. 227, are not guidance documents, and are not subject to the requirements of s. 227.112.

AB1038-SSA1,8,16 (b) The secretary shall determine which are vital public and private sectors, critical infrastructure, and critical workforce members during a public health emergency.

AB1038-SSA1,10 Section 10 . 16.5165 of the statutes is created to read:

AB1038-SSA1,8,18 16.5165 Costs related to a public health emergency. (1) In this section:

AB1038-SSA1,8,20 (a) “Public health emergency” means a public health emergency declared by the governor under s. 323.10.

AB1038-SSA1,8,25 (b) “State agency" means any office, department, agency, institution of higher education, association, society, or other body in state government that is created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law and is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, including any authority, but not including the legislature or the courts.

AB1038-SSA1,9,2 (2) The department may expend moneys from the appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (am) for all of the following:

AB1038-SSA1,9,5 (a) Facilitating coordination between and among federal, state, local, and tribal agencies, social services agencies, and public and private health care entities that the secretary determines may be affected by a public health emergency.

AB1038-SSA1,9,7 (b) Awarding grants and entering into contracts pertaining to a public health emergency.

AB1038-SSA1,9,9 (c) Supporting emergency operations related to a public health emergency, including investigation, education, and eradication.

AB1038-SSA1,9,11 (d) Expenditures for information technology directly related to a public health emergency, as determined by the secretary.

AB1038-SSA1,9,13 (e) Facilities expenditures directly related to a public health emergency, as determined by the secretary.

AB1038-SSA1,9,16 (f) Personnel costs, including all salary, fringe, overtime, and additional leave benefits, for any state agency, if those costs are directly related to a public health emergency, as determined by the secretary.

AB1038-SSA1,9,18 (g) Purchasing under ss. 16.70 to 16.78 that is directly related to a public health emergency, as determined by the secretary.

AB1038-SSA1,9,21 (h) Operating as a procurement clearinghouse for state and local governments and select private entities, as determined by the secretary, during a public health emergency.

AB1038-SSA1,9,24 (i) Expenditures associated with continuity of state government, if those expenditures are directly related to a public health emergency, as determined by the secretary.

AB1038-SSA1,10,2 (j) Carrying out other activities as the secretary determines applicable and appropriate.

AB1038-SSA1,10,6 (3) (a) The department may submit a request to the joint committee on finance under s. 13.10 to expend moneys under sub. (2) in excess of the amount specified in s. 20.505 (1) (am). The department may expend excess moneys under this paragraph only to the extent approved under par. (b).

AB1038-SSA1,10,8 (b) A request under par. (a) is approved upon the occurrence of any of the following:

AB1038-SSA1,10,12 1. The joint committee on finance approves the request or modifies and approves the request. If the committee modifies and approves the request, the department may expend excess moneys under the request only as modified by the committee.

AB1038-SSA1,10,14 2. No member of the joint committee on finance objects to the request within 24 hours after the request is received.

AB1038-SSA1,10,16 3. If a member objects under subd. 2., the joint committee on finance does not approve, reject, or modify the request within 48 hours after the request is received.

AB1038-SSA1,10,18 (c) Notwithstanding s. 13.10 (3), no public hearing is required for a request under par. (a).

AB1038-SSA1,10,20 (d) Notwithstanding s. 13.10 (4), the committee may vote on a request under par. (a) by mail ballot or by polling.

AB1038-SSA1,10,24 (4) In each fiscal year, no later than 75 days after first expending moneys under sub. (2), and no later than the end of each month after that in which the department expends moneys under sub. (2), the department shall submit to the joint committee on finance a report on those expenditures.

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AB1038-SSA1,12 Section 12. 20.145 (5) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1038-SSA1,13,2 20.145 (5) (c) Reinsurance plan; COVID-19 costs. The amounts in the schedule for reinsurance payments under s. 601.83 (7).

AB1038-SSA1,13 Section 13 . 20.155 (3) (a) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1038-SSA1,13,6 20.155 (3) (a) Broadband expansion grants; general purpose revenue. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for broadband expansion grants under s. 196.504.

AB1038-SSA1,14 Section 14 . 20.192 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1038-SSA1,13,12 20.192 (1) (c) Emergency assistance to small businesses. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for grants and loans to small businesses adversely affected by a public health emergency, and for associated administrative costs and technical assistance, under 2019 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 149 (10).

AB1038-SSA1,15 Section 15. 20.192 (1) (c) of the statutes, as created by 2019 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.

AB1038-SSA1,16 Section 16. 20.410 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1038-SSA1,13,18 20.410 (1) (am) Institutional costs related to a public health emergency. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for institutional costs related to responding to a public health emergency under s. 323.10.

AB1038-SSA1,17 Section 17. 20.435 (1) (bw) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1038-SSA1,13,22 20.435 (1) (bw) Reimbursement for COVID-19 services. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule to pay reimbursements to health care providers for testing, treatment, and vaccination under s. 46.968.

AB1038-SSA1,18 Section 18. 20.435 (1) (by) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1038-SSA1,13,25 20.435 (1) (by) Public health emergency general costs. A sum sufficient for public health emergency costs under s. 323.21.

AB1038-SSA1,19 Section 19. 20.437 (3) (f) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1038-SSA1,14,4 20.437 (3) (f) Public health emergency funds. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for the purpose of the grant programs under s. 49.259, and programs for youth who are runaways, homeless, or in independent living arrangements.

AB1038-SSA1,20 Section 20. 20.445 (1) (ag) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1038-SSA1,14,7 20.445 (1) (ag) Unemployment insurance; benefit claims during public health emergency. A sum sufficient for the payment of benefits under s. 108.07 (8).

AB1038-SSA1,21 Section 21 . 20.465 (3) (em) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1038-SSA1,14,12 20.465 (3) (em) Public health emergencies. A sum sufficient to pay public health emergency costs as provided under s. 323.22 for a public health emergency declared under s. 323.10. Except as provided in s. 323.22 (2), no more than $300,000,000 may be expended from this appropriation in a fiscal biennium.

AB1038-SSA1,22 Section 22. 20.490 (3) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1038-SSA1,14,16 20.490 (3) (b) Foreclosure prevention and down payment assistance fund. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for a foreclosure prevention and down payment assistance fund in accordance with s. 234.535.

AB1038-SSA1,23 Section 23. 20.505 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1038-SSA1,14,21 20.505 (1) (am) Costs related to a public health emergency. A sum sufficient for costs related to a public health emergency under s. 16.5165. Except as provided in s. 16.5165, no more than $200,000,000 may be expended from this appropriation in any fiscal biennium.

AB1038-SSA1,24 Section 24. 20.505 (1) (ft) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1038-SSA1,14,25 20.505 (1) (ft) Grants to health care providers and temporary sites. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for grants to eligible providers and for establishment of temporary sites under s. 16.24.

AB1038-SSA1,25 Section 25. 20.505 (1) (fv) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1038-SSA1,15,5 20.505 (1) (fv) Meal delivery grants. The amounts in the schedule to award grants for providing and delivering meals under s. 16.23. Notwithstanding ss. 20.001 (3) (a) and 20.002 (1), the department may transfer moneys appropriated under this paragraph between fiscal years.

AB1038-SSA1,26 Section 26. 20.505 (1) (gh) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1038-SSA1,15,9 20.505 (1) (gh) Printing services. All moneys received from printing services rendered to counties, towns, villages, and cities under s. 16.004 (25) for the cost of providing those services.