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AB444,22,21 18(2) Funds provided under s. 20.395 (2) (fc) shall be distributed under this
19section as discretionary grants to reimburse eligible applicants for eligible projects.
20The department shall solicit and provide discretionary grants under this section
21until all funds appropriated under s. 20.395 (2) (fc) have been expended.
AB444,43 22Section 43 . 86.31 (3s) of the statutes is repealed.
AB444,44 23Section 44 . 115.28 (66) of the statutes is created to read:
AB444,23,224 115.28 (66) The Literacy Lab. Annually distribute the amounts appropriated
25under s. 20.255 (3) (fs) to The Literacy Lab, a Virginia nonstock corporation, to

1provide evidence-based literacy interventions to pupils in prekindergarten to 3rd
2grade in this state.
AB444,45 3Section 45 . Subchapter III of chapter 153 [precedes 153.85] of the statutes is
4created to read:
AB444,23,55 Chapter 153
AB444,23,66 Subchapter III
AB444,23,87 Opioid and
8 METHAMPHETAMINE data
AB444,23,11 9153.85 Definition; opioid and methamphetamine data. In this
10subchapter, “vendor” means a person awarded the contract following a request for
11proposals described under s. 153.87.
AB444,23,16 12153.87 Opioid and methamphetamine data system. (1) Subject to sub.
13(3), the department of administration shall issue a request for proposals to establish
14and maintain an opioid and methamphetamine data system to collect, format,
15analyze, and disseminate information on opioid and methamphetamine use, which
16shall include all of the following:
AB444,23,1817 (a) Hospital discharge data from visits and stays related to opioid use or
18overdose.
AB444,23,2019 (b) Hospital discharge data from visits and stays related to methamphetamine
20use or overdose.
AB444,23,2121 (c) Ambulance service run data related to opioid use or overdose.
AB444,23,2422 (d) The number of opioid-related overdoses in the state, the number of
23individuals who overdose on opioids, and the opioids on which the individuals
24overdose.
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1(e) The number of methamphetamine-related overdoses in the state, the
2number of individuals who overdose on methamphetamines, and the forms of
3methamphetamines on which the individuals overdose.
AB444,24,44 (f) Death records related to opioid use or overdose.
AB444,24,55 (g) Death records related to methamphetamine use or overdose.
AB444,24,76 (h) The number of opioid treatment centers in the state, by the owner or
7operator of each opioid treatment center.
AB444,24,98 (i) The number of methamphetamine treatment centers in the state, by the
9owner or operator of each methamphetamine treatment center.
AB444,24,1410 (j) The number of providers in this state that are allowed to prescribe a drug
11that is a combination of buprenorphine and naloxone, the patient capacity for those
12prescribers, the number of patients taking such a combination drug, and the number
13of patients who have discontinued such a combination drug due to successful
14completion of a treatment program.
AB444,24,1915 (k) The number of methadone clinics in the state, the number of patients taking
16methadone, the number of patients who more than once have been on courses of
17methadone, the number of patients who have discontinued methadone use due to
18successful completion of a treatment program, and the number of patients who are
19receiving methadone treatment for each of the following durations:
AB444,24,2020 1. Longer than 12 months.
AB444,24,2121 2. Longer than 3 years.
AB444,24,2222 3. Longer than 4 years.
AB444,24,2323 4. Longer than 5 years.
AB444,24,2424 5. Longer than 8 years.
AB444,24,2525 6. Longer than 10 years.
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1(L) The amount of naloxone doses dispensed, the total number of naloxone
2doses administered, and the number of unique patients who have received doses of
3naloxone.
AB444,25,54 (m) The number of adults in the state who use opioids, the extent to which those
5adults use opioids, and the type of opioids used.
AB444,25,86 (n) The number of adults in the state who use methamphetamines, the extent
7to which those adults use methamphetamines, and the forms of methamphetamines
8used.
AB444,25,109 (o) The number of minors in the state who use opioids, the extent to which those
10minors use opioids, and the type of opioids used.
AB444,25,1311 (p) The number of minors in the state who use methamphetamines, the extent
12to which those minors use methamphetamines, and the forms of methamphetamines
13used.
AB444,25,1714 (q) The number of minors who enter the child protective services system due
15to opioid use by a parent or guardian, length of time those minors are in out-of-home
16care, and the type of reporter who notified child protective services of the needs of
17the minor.
AB444,25,2518 (r) The number of persons who are incarcerated and who are receiving
19naltrexone for extended-release in injectable suspension, the number of persons
20who are on extended supervision or probation or on parole and who are receiving
21extended-release naltrexone, the total number of doses of extended-release
22naltrexone administered to persons who are incarcerated, on extended supervision
23or probation, or on parole in this state, and the length of time that persons who are
24incarcerated, on extended supervision or probation, or on parole are receiving
25extended-release naltrexone.
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1(s) The number of arrests and convictions related to methadone and the
2number related to a drug that is a combination of buprenorphine and naloxone.
AB444,26,33 (t) The number of arrests and convictions related to methamphetamines.
AB444,26,7 4(2) The opioid and methamphetamine data system under sub. (1) shall identify,
5to the extent possible, for sub. (1) (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (j), (k), (m), (n), (o), (p),
6and (r), the number of individuals who have each of the following forms of health care
7coverage:
AB444,26,88 (a) Public health care coverage under the Medical Assistance program.
AB444,26,119 (b) Public health care coverage under Medicare, a veteran or military health
10plan, or another public form of coverage other than Medical Assistance, including
11any self-insured governmental health plan.
AB444,26,1212 (c) Private insurance or a private heath plan.
AB444,26,1313 (d) Self-coverage or uninsured.
AB444,26,25 14(3) (a) The department of administration shall submit the proposed request for
15proposals described under sub. (1) to the joint committee on finance before issuing
16the request for proposal. If the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance do
17not notify the department of administration within 14 working days after the date
18of the submittal of the proposed request for proposals under this paragraph that the
19committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed
20request for proposals, the department may issue the request for proposals. If, within
2114 working days after the date of the submittal of the proposed request for proposals
22under this paragraph, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the department of
23administration that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of
24reviewing the proposed request for proposals, the department may issue the
25proposed request for proposals only upon approval by the committee.
AB444,27,10
1(b) At the time the department of administration submits the proposal under
2par. (a), the departments of health services, children and families, corrections,
3justice, and safety and professional services may submit to the joint committee on
4finance suggestions of opioid-related or methamphetamine-related information to
5collect, analyze, and disseminate in addition to information specified under sub. (1)
6to assist the agencies in analyzing the behavioral health status of the state's
7population, reducing relapse of opioid and methamphetamine misuse, improving
8patient outcomes after opioid or methamphetamine use or overdose, assisting
9minors who are in out-of-home care, and monitoring health costs related to
10substance use.
AB444,27,14 11(4) The department of administration shall collaborate with and collect data
12from the departments of health services, corrections, justice, safety and professional
13services, and children and families and any other applicable agencies for the opioid
14and methamphetamine data system under sub. (1).
AB444,27,20 15(5) (a) The department of administration shall administer the contract with the
16vendor to operate the opioid and methamphetamine data system and shall have
17access to the data contained in the opioid and methamphetamine data system. The
18department of administration shall work with the vendor to disseminate information
19and advanced analytics from the opioid and methamphetamine data system in as
20close to real time as possible.
AB444,27,2421 (b) The opioid and methamphetamine data system shall allow the state
22agencies that submit data to the opioid and methamphetamine data system access
23to the data in the opioid and methamphetamine data system as appropriate for the
24agency to fulfill its functions and as allowed by state and federal confidentiality laws.
AB444,28,5
1153.89 Reports; opioid and methamphetamine data system. By January
231, 2022, and annually thereafter, the department of administration shall submit a
3report to the joint committee on finance summarizing the information from the
4opioid and methamphetamine data system under s. 153.87 (1) and analyzing trends
5in that information across years of data collection.
AB444,46 6Section 46 . 165.932 of the statutes is created to read:
AB444,28,7 7165.932 Victim services; grants. (1) Definitions. In this section:
AB444,28,88 (a) “Department" means the department of justice.
AB444,28,99 (b) “Victim" has the meaning given in s. 950.02 (4) (a).
AB444,28,11 10(2) Grants. (a) The department shall provide grants to eligible organizations
11from the appropriation under s. 20.455 (5) (ec) to provide services for victims.
AB444,28,1312 (b) An organization is eligible to apply for and receive a grant under this section
13if the organization meets all of the following criteria:
AB444,28,1414 1. The organization is a nonprofit corporation or a public agency.
AB444,28,1715 2. The organization provides or proposes to provide, either directly or through
16a contract, subcontract, service agreement, or collaborative agreement with other
17organizations, entities, or individuals, all of the following for victims:
AB444,28,1818 a. Advocacy and counseling services.
AB444,28,2019 b. Crisis telephone line services on a 24 hours per day and 7 days per week
20basis.
AB444,28,2221 c. Professional education about intervention for victims and community
22education programs for the prevention of crime.
AB444,29,223 d. Services for persons living in rural areas, children, elderly persons,
24physically disabled persons, minority groups, and other groups of victims that have

1special needs. This subd. 2. d. does not require the applicant to provide services to
2any group of persons that does not reside in the applicant's service area.
AB444,29,43 3. The organization does not receive more than 70 percent of its operating
4budget from grants under this section.
AB444,29,75 4. The organization does not provide all of its services under subd. 2. a. to d.
6by contract, subcontract, service agreement, or collaborative agreement with other
7organizations, entities, or individuals.
AB444,29,98 (c) Whenever the department reviews applications for grants under this
9section, the department shall consider all of the following:
AB444,29,1110 1. The need for victim services in the community in which the applicant
11provides services or proposes to provide services.
AB444,29,1312 2. The degree to which the applicant's services or proposed services are
13coordinated with other resources in the community and state.
AB444,29,1414 3. The needs of urban and rural communities.
AB444,29,1515 4. The needs of existing and proposed programs and services.
AB444,29,18 16(3) Reporting requirements. An organization that receives a grant under this
17section shall report all of the following information to the department for each fiscal
18year covered by the grant:
AB444,29,2019 (a) The total expenditures that the organization made on victim services in the
20period for which the grant was provided during that fiscal year.
AB444,29,2321 (b) The number of persons served by general type of victim services provided
22in the period for which the grant was provided during that fiscal year. The
23department shall identify for organizations the general types of services provided.
AB444,30,3
1(c) The number of persons who requested victim services in the period for which
2the grant was provided during that fiscal year but who did not receive the victim
3services that the persons requested.
AB444,30,6 4(4) List of eligible organizations. (a) The department shall certify to the
5elections commission, on a continuous basis, a list containing the name and address
6of each organization that is eligible to receive grants under sub. (2).
AB444,30,97 (b) The department shall make available to law enforcement agencies a current
8list containing the name and address of each organization that is eligible to receive
9grants under sub. (2).
AB444,47 10Section 47 . 196.504 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB444,30,1411 196.504 (2) (a) To make broadband expansion grants to eligible applicants for
12the purpose of constructing broadband infrastructure in underserved areas
13designated under par. (d). Grants awarded under this section subsection shall be
14paid from the appropriations under s. 20.155 (3) (a), (r), and (rm).
AB444,48 15Section 48 . 250.15 (2) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB444,30,1616 250.15 (2) (d) To free and charitable clinics, $3,500,000.
AB444,49 17Section 49 . 250.16 of the statutes is created to read:
AB444,30,20 18250.16 Grants for community health workers. From the appropriation
19under s. 20.435 (1) (fh), the department shall annually award $15,000,000 for
20community health workers.
AB444,50 21Section 50 . 250.20 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
AB444,30,2522 250.20 (7) Black women's health grants. From the appropriation under s.
2320.435 (1) (cr), the department shall annually award grants in the total amount of
24$1,750,000 to community-serving organizations that are led by Black women that
25improve Black women's health in Dane, Milwaukee, Rock, and Kenosha Counties.
AB444,51
1Section 51. 250.20 (8) of the statutes is created to read:
AB444,31,52 250.20 (8) Infant and maternal mortality grants. From the appropriation
3under s. 20.435 (1) (cr), the department shall annually award grants in the total
4amount of $1,750,000 to organizations that work to reduce racial disparities related
5to infant and maternal mortality.
AB444,52 6Section 52 . 281.61 (8) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB444,31,107 281.61 (8) (b) The department of administration shall allocate the amount
8appropriated under s. 20.320 (2) (a) to projects involving forgivable loans to private
9users of public water systems to cover not more than 50 percent of the cost to replace
10lead service lines.
AB444,53 11Section 53 . 292.66 of the statutes is created to read:
AB444,31,12 12292.66 PFAS municipal grant program. (1) Definitions. In this section:
AB444,31,1313 (a) “Class B fire fighting foam” has the meaning given in s. 299.48 (1) (a).
AB444,31,1514 (b) “Municipality” means a city, village, town, county, utility district, lake
15protection district, sewerage district, or municipal airport.
AB444,31,1616 (c) “PFAS” means a perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance.
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