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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
November 30, 2021 - Introduced by Senators Roth,
Bernier, Cowles and
Felzkowski, cosponsored by Representatives Zimmerman, Armstrong,
Brandtjen, Dittrich, Edming, Gundrum, James, Kurtz, Murphy, Plumer,
Tauchen and Snodgrass. Referred to Committee on Human Services,
Children and Families.
SB725,1,1
1An Act relating to: a substance use disorder treatment platform.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill requires the Department of Health Services to request supplemental
funding from the Joint Committee on Finance, and if received, to contract in fiscal
year 2022-23 for a substance use disorder treatment platform that allows for the
comparison of the quality of substance use disorder treatment programs. The DHS
appropriations may be supplemented after JCF approves a request by DHS for the
funding, and JCF is not required to find an emergency to make the supplement. The
bill limits the expenditure by DHS to $300,000.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB725,1
2Section
1.
Nonstatutory provisions.
SB725,2,63
(1)
Addiction treatment platform. The department of health services shall
4request supplemental funding from the joint committee on finance and, upon
5receiving a supplement, shall contract in fiscal year 2022-23 for a substance use
6disorder treatment platform that allows for the comparison of the quality of
1substance use disorder treatment programs in the state. The joint committee on
2finance, upon its approval of a request by the department of health services and
3without needing a finding of emergency, shall supplement applicable appropriations
4of the department of health services for the purposes of this subsection. The
5department of health services may expend no more than $300,000 in fiscal year
62022-23 under this subsection.
