AB444: Bill Text

AB444,27,20 (5) (a) The department of administration shall administer the contract with the vendor to operate the opioid and methamphetamine data system and shall have access to the data contained in the opioid and methamphetamine data system. The department of administration shall work with the vendor to disseminate information and advanced analytics from the opioid and methamphetamine data system in as close to real time as possible.

AB444,27,24 (b) The opioid and methamphetamine data system shall allow the state agencies that submit data to the opioid and methamphetamine data system access to the data in the opioid and methamphetamine data system as appropriate for the agency to fulfill its functions and as allowed by state and federal confidentiality laws.

AB444,28,5 153.89 Reports; opioid and methamphetamine data system. By January 31, 2022, and annually thereafter, the department of administration shall submit a report to the joint committee on finance summarizing the information from the opioid and methamphetamine data system under s. 153.87 (1) and analyzing trends in that information across years of data collection.

AB444,46 Section 46 . 165.932 of the statutes is created to read:

AB444,28,7 165.932 Victim services; grants. (1) Definitions. In this section:

AB444,28,8 (a) “Department" means the department of justice.

AB444,28,9 (b) “Victim" has the meaning given in s. 950.02 (4) (a).

AB444,28,11 (2) Grants. (a) The department shall provide grants to eligible organizations from the appropriation under s. 20.455 (5) (ec) to provide services for victims.

AB444,28,13 (b) An organization is eligible to apply for and receive a grant under this section if the organization meets all of the following criteria:

AB444,28,14 1. The organization is a nonprofit corporation or a public agency.

AB444,28,17 2. The organization provides or proposes to provide, either directly or through a contract, subcontract, service agreement, or collaborative agreement with other organizations, entities, or individuals, all of the following for victims:

AB444,28,18 a. Advocacy and counseling services.

AB444,28,20 b. Crisis telephone line services on a 24 hours per day and 7 days per week basis.

AB444,28,22 c. Professional education about intervention for victims and community education programs for the prevention of crime.

AB444,29,2 d. Services for persons living in rural areas, children, elderly persons, physically disabled persons, minority groups, and other groups of victims that have special needs. This subd. 2. d. does not require the applicant to provide services to any group of persons that does not reside in the applicant's service area.

AB444,29,4 3. The organization does not receive more than 70 percent of its operating budget from grants under this section.

AB444,29,7 4. The organization does not provide all of its services under subd. 2. a. to d. by contract, subcontract, service agreement, or collaborative agreement with other organizations, entities, or individuals.

AB444,29,9 (c) Whenever the department reviews applications for grants under this section, the department shall consider all of the following:

AB444,29,11 1. The need for victim services in the community in which the applicant provides services or proposes to provide services.

AB444,29,13 2. The degree to which the applicant's services or proposed services are coordinated with other resources in the community and state.

AB444,29,14 3. The needs of urban and rural communities.

AB444,29,15 4. The needs of existing and proposed programs and services.

AB444,29,18 (3) Reporting requirements. An organization that receives a grant under this section shall report all of the following information to the department for each fiscal year covered by the grant:

AB444,29,20 (a) The total expenditures that the organization made on victim services in the period for which the grant was provided during that fiscal year.

AB444,29,23 (b) The number of persons served by general type of victim services provided in the period for which the grant was provided during that fiscal year. The department shall identify for organizations the general types of services provided.

AB444,30,3 (c) The number of persons who requested victim services in the period for which the grant was provided during that fiscal year but who did not receive the victim services that the persons requested.

AB444,30,6 (4) List of eligible organizations. (a) The department shall certify to the elections commission, on a continuous basis, a list containing the name and address of each organization that is eligible to receive grants under sub. (2).

AB444,30,9 (b) The department shall make available to law enforcement agencies a current list containing the name and address of each organization that is eligible to receive grants under sub. (2).

AB444,47 Section 47 . 196.504 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB444,30,14 196.504 (2) (a) To make broadband expansion grants to eligible applicants for the purpose of constructing broadband infrastructure in underserved areas designated under par. (d). Grants awarded under this section subsection shall be paid from the appropriations under s. 20.155 (3) (a), (r), and (rm).

AB444,48 Section 48 . 250.15 (2) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB444,30,16 250.15 (2) (d) To free and charitable clinics, $3,500,000.

AB444,49 Section 49 . 250.16 of the statutes is created to read:

AB444,30,20 250.16 Grants for community health workers. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (fh), the department shall annually award $15,000,000 for community health workers.

AB444,50 Section 50 . 250.20 (7) of the statutes is created to read:

AB444,30,25 250.20 (7) Black women's health grants. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (cr), the department shall annually award grants in the total amount of $1,750,000 to community-serving organizations that are led by Black women that improve Black women's health in Dane, Milwaukee, Rock, and Kenosha Counties.

AB444,51 Section 51. 250.20 (8) of the statutes is created to read:

AB444,31,5 250.20 (8) Infant and maternal mortality grants. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (cr), the department shall annually award grants in the total amount of $1,750,000 to organizations that work to reduce racial disparities related to infant and maternal mortality.

AB444,52 Section 52 . 281.61 (8) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB444,31,10 281.61 (8) (b) The department of administration shall allocate the amount appropriated under s. 20.320 (2) (a) to projects involving forgivable loans to private users of public water systems to cover not more than 50 percent of the cost to replace lead service lines.

AB444,53 Section 53 . 292.66 of the statutes is created to read:

AB444,31,12 292.66 PFAS municipal grant program. (1) Definitions. In this section:

AB444,31,13 (a) “Class B fire fighting foam” has the meaning given in s. 299.48 (1) (a).

AB444,31,15 (b) “Municipality” means a city, village, town, county, utility district, lake protection district, sewerage district, or municipal airport.

AB444,31,16 (c) “PFAS” means a perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance.

AB444,31,20 (2) Financial assistance. The department shall administer a program to provide grants from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (6) (ed) to municipalities that meet the requirements under sub. (3) for the purpose of conducting any of the eligible activities under sub. (4).

AB444,31,22 (3) Eligibility prerequisites. A grant may be awarded under sub. (2) only if one of the following has occurred:

AB444,32,2 (a) The municipality tested or trained with a class B fire fighting foam that contained intentionally added PFAS in accordance with applicable state and federal law, or a 3rd party tested or trained with a class B fire fighting foam that contained intentionally added PFAS within the boundaries of the municipality.

AB444,32,4 (b) The municipality applied biosolids to land under a permit issued by DNR under s. 283.31.

AB444,32,7 (c) PFAS are impacting the municipality's drinking water supply or surface water or groundwater within the municipality and the responsible party is unknown or is unwilling or unable to take the necessary response actions.

AB444,32,9 (4) Eligible activities. The department may award a grant under sub. (2) for any of the following activities:

AB444,32,11 (a) Investigating potential PFAS impacts to the air, land, or water at a site or facility for the purpose of reducing or eliminating environmental contamination.

AB444,32,13 (b) Treating or disposing of PFAS-containing fire fighting foam containers from a municipal site or facility.

AB444,32,15 (c) Sampling a private water supply within 3 miles of a site or facility known to contain PFAS or to have caused a PFAS discharge.

AB444,32,17 (d) Providing a temporary emergency water supply, a water treatment system, or bulk water to replace water contaminated with PFAS.

AB444,32,19 (e) Conducting emergency, interim, or remedial actions to mitigate, treat, dispose of, or remove PFAS contamination to the air, land, or waters of the state.

AB444,32,24 (f) Removing or treating PFAS in a public water system using the most cost-effective method to provide safe drinking water in areas where PFAS levels exceed the maximum contaminant level for PFAS under ch. 281 or an enforcement standard for PFAS under ch. 160 or where the state has issued a health advisory for PFAS.

AB444,33,4 (5) Application. A municipality shall apply for a grant on a form prescribed by the department and shall include any information that the department finds necessary to determine the eligibility of the project, identify the funding requested, determine the priority of the project, and calculate the amount of a grant.

AB444,33,6 (6) Evaluation criteria. The department, in awarding grants under this section, shall consider all of the following criteria:

AB444,33,9 (a) The municipality's demonstrated commitment to performing and completing eligible activities, including the municipality's financial commitment and ability to successfully administer grants.

AB444,33,11 (b) The degree to which the project will have a positive impact on public health and the environment.

AB444,33,13 (c) Other criteria that the department finds necessary to prioritize the funds available for awarding grants.

AB444,33,17 (7) Matching funds. The department may not distribute a grant under this section unless the applicant contributes matching funds equal to at least 20 percent of the amount of the grant. Matching funds may be in the form of cash, in-kind contributions, or both.

AB444,54 Section 54 . 2017 Wisconsin Act 59, sections 202e, 202g, 1646t to 1646y, 1655g to 1655j, 1806f and 9439 (4t) are repealed.

AB444,9101 Section 9101. Nonstatutory provisions; Administration.

AB444,33,23 (1) Miscellaneous projects. From the appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (am), the department of administration shall award grants to eligible recipients, as determined by the department, in the following amounts for the following projects:

AB444,33,25 (a) Green Bay visitor center. $2,000,000 for a visitor center in the city of Green Bay.

AB444,34,1 (b) Hmong cultural center. $2,000,000 for a Hmong cultural center.

AB444,34,3 (c) Potawatomi observation tower. $5,000,000 for historic renovation and accessible access to the Potawatomi State Park observation tower in Door County.

AB444,34,5 (d) Food + Farm Exploration Center. $5,000,000 for a Food + Farm Exploration Center in Portage County.

AB444,34,7 (e) State Laboratory of Hygiene. $30,000,000 for a genomic sequencing wing at the State Laboratory of Hygiene.

AB444,34,8 (f) Blood Research Institute. $15,000,000 for the Blood Research Institute.

AB444,34,10 (g) Western Wisconsin Forensic Center. $4,000,000 for a western Wisconsin forensic center.

AB444,34,12 (h) Children's Research Institute. $400,000 for new laboratory equipment for the Children's Research Institute.

AB444,34,14 (i) Reedsburg community center. $220,000 for improvements to the city of Reedsburg community center.

AB444,34,17 (j) Green Bay coal piles. $5,000,000 for the relocation of coal piles currently located near the mouth of the Fox River in the city of Green Bay and for the revitalization of the neighborhood from which the coal piles are to be relocated.

AB444,34,19 (k) Wisconsin cranberry research station. $400,000 to construct a machine shed and shop at the Wisconsin Cranberry Research Station.

AB444,34,21 (l) Water supply control system. $530,000 for a new water supply control system in the city of Waukesha.

AB444,34,22 (m) Veterans housing. $50,000,000 for veterans housing statewide.

AB444,34,25 (n) Ricardo Diaz Early Learning Academy. $2,000,000 to assist in completion of the United Community Center's Ricardo Diaz Early Learning Academy in the city of Milwaukee.

AB444,9119 Section 9119. Nonstatutory provisions; Health Services.

AB444,35,10 (1) Childless adults demonstration project. The department of health services shall submit any necessary request to the federal department of health and human services for a state plan amendment or waiver of federal Medicaid law or to modify or withdraw from any waiver of federal Medicaid law relating to the childless adults demonstration project under s. 49.45 (23), 2019 stats., to reflect the incorporation of recipients of Medical Assistance under the demonstration project into the BadgerCare Plus program under s. 49.471 and the termination of the demonstration project. Sections 20.940 and 49.45 (2t) do not apply to a submission to the federal government under this subsection.

AB444,35,11 (2) Grant for psychiatric beds.

AB444,35,18 (a) The legislature finds and determines that expanding psychiatric bed capacity as described in par. (b ) would greatly benefit state residents by expanding access to timely inpatient mental health treatment and services and allowing public financial resources to be better distributed to more effectively improve delivery of mental health services. It is therefore in the public interest, and it is the public policy of this state, to assist the hospital described under par. (b) in expanding psychiatric bed capacity.

AB444,35,22 (b) In fiscal year 2021-22, from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (a), the department of health services shall award a grant in the amount of $15,000,000 for the purpose of expanding capacity for psychiatric beds to a hospital that applies to the building commission and meets all of the following criteria:

AB444,35,25 1. The hospital is located in Eau Claire County, south of the Chippewa River, and northeast of the intersection of STH 37 and USH 12 and is part of a health system that has a hospital in Chippewa County.

AB444,36,8 2. The hospital agrees to expand psychiatric bed capacity by 22 beds between the Eau Claire County hospital and the Chippewa County hospital. The hospitals shall give preference in admissions to fill beds added under this subdivision to individuals who meet the criteria for emergency detention under s. 51.15 and who are from Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Buffalo, Burnett, Chippewa, Clark, Douglas, Dunn, Eau Claire, Iron, Jackson, La Crosse, Lincoln, Marathon, Monroe, Oneida, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Price, Rusk, Sawyer, St. Croix, Taylor, Trempealeau, Vilas, Washburn, or Wood Counties.

AB444,36,11 3. The hospital identifies measures that it believes will serve the needs of area residents with mental health needs, especially, as a critical component of the measures, in reducing the burden on the Winnebago Mental Health Institute.