SB70: Bill Text

SB70,,1903 45.40 (title) Veterans assistance grants.

SB70,763 Section 763. 45.40 (1g) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,,1905 45.40 (1g) (a) “Health care provider” means an advanced practice nurse prescriber certified under s. 441.16 (2), an audiologist licensed under ch. 459, a dentist licensed under ch. 447, an optometrist licensed under ch. 449, a physician licensed under s. 448.02, or a podiatrist licensed under s. 448.63 has the meaning given in s. 146.81 (1) and includes an ambulatory surgery center.

SB70,764 Section 764. 45.40 (1m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,,1907 45.40 (1m) (a) The department may provide subsistence payments to a veteran on a month-to-month basis or for a 3-month period. The department may pay subsistence aid for a 3-month period if the veteran will be incapacitated for more than 3 months and if earned or unearned income or aid from sources other than those listed in the application will not be available in the 3-month period. The department may provide subsistence payments only to a veteran who has suffered a loss of income due to illness, injury, or natural disaster. The department may grant subsistence aid under this subsection to a veteran whose loss of income is the result of abuse of alcohol or other drugs only if the veteran is participating in an alcohol and other drug abuse treatment program that is approved by the department. No payment may be made under this subsection if the veteran has other assets or income available to meet basic subsistence needs or if the veteran is eligible to receive aid from other sources to meet those needs. When determining the assets available to the veteran, the department may not include the first $50,000 of cash surrender value of any life insurance.

SB70,765 Section 765. 45.40 (1m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,,1909 45.40 (1m) (b) The maximum amount that any veteran may receive under this subsection per occurrence during a consecutive 12-month period may not exceed $3,000 $5,000.

SB70,766 Section 766. 45.40 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,,1911 45.40 (2) (a) The department may provide health care aid to a veteran for dental care, including dentures; vision care, including eyeglass frames and lenses; and hearing care, including hearing aids; and for any other medical device prescribed by a health care provider.

SB70,767 Section 767. 45.40 (2m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,,1913 45.40 (2m) (a) The unremarried spouse and dependent children of a veteran who died on active duty, or in the line of duty while on active or inactive duty for training purposes, in the U.S. armed forces or forces incorporated in the U.S. armed forces are eligible to receive payments under subs. (1m) and (2) if the household income of those persons does not exceed the income limitations established under sub. (3m).

SB70,768 Section 768. 45.40 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,,1915 45.40 (3) Limitations. The total cumulative amount that any veteran may receive under this section may not exceed $7,500 $10,000.

SB70,769 Section 769. 45.44 (3) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,,1917 45.44 (3) (c) (intro.) A veteran, as defined in s. 45.01 (12) (a) to (f) (fm), or one of the following:

SB70,770 Section 770. 45.51 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,,1919 45.51 (2) (a) 1. A veteran, other than a veteran described under s. 45.01 (12) (fm).

SB70,771 Section 771. 45.51 (3) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,,1921 45.51 (3) (c) 2. The department may deviate from this sequence upon order of the board to prevent the separation of a husband and wife spouses.

SB70,772 Section 772. 45.51 (5) (a) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,,1923 45.51 (5) (a) 1. b. Was married to the person under sub. (2) (a) 1. or 2. at the time the person entered the service and who became a widow or widower surviving spouse by the death of the person while in the service or as a result of physical disability of the person incurred during the service.

SB70,773 Section 773. 45.51 (5) (a) 1. c. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,,1925 45.51 (5) (a) 1. c. The period during which the surviving spouse was married to and lived with the deceased person under sub. (2) (a) 1. or 2. plus the period of widowhood or widowerhood after the death of the deceased person is 6 months or more.

SB70,774 Section 774. 45.55 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,,1927 45.55 Notes and mortgages of minor veterans. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or any other law to the contrary, any minor who served in the active armed forces of the United States at any time after August 27, 1940, and the husband or wife spouse of such a minor may execute, in his or her own right, notes or mortgages, as defined in s. 851.15, the payment of which is guaranteed or insured by the U.S. department of veterans affairs or the federal housing administrator under the servicemen’s readjustment act of 1944, the national housing act, or any acts supplementing or amending these acts. In connection with these transactions, the minors may sell, release, or convey the mortgaged property and litigate or settle controversies arising therefrom, including the execution of releases, deeds, and other necessary papers or instruments. The notes, mortgages, releases, deeds, and other necessary papers or instruments when so executed are not subject to avoidance by the minor or the husband or wife spouse of the minor upon either or both of them attaining the age of 18 because of the minority of either or both of them at the time of the execution thereof.

SB70,775 Section 775. 45.61 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,,1929 45.61 (2) (a) A person who died while on active duty or who was discharged or released from active duty in the U.S. armed forces under conditions other than dishonorable and who was a resident of this state at the time of his or her entry into active service and his or her dependent child and surviving spouse.

SB70,776 Section 776. 45.61 (2) (am) of the statutes is repealed.

SB70,777 Section 777. 45.61 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

SB70,778 Section 778. 45.61 (2) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is repealed.

SB70,779 Section 779. 45.61 (2) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,,1934 45.61 (2) (c) 1. Is The spouse or dependent child of a person who is serving on active duty at the time of the spouse’s or dependent child’s death if the person was a resident of this state at the time of his or her entry or reentry into active service.

SB70,780 Section 780. 45.61 (2) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,,1936 45.61 (2) (c) 2. Was a resident of this state at the time of his or her entry or reentry into active service and The spouse of a person who was discharged or released from active duty in the U.S. armed forces under honorable conditions.

SB70,781 Section 781. 45.61 (2) (c) 3. of the statutes is repealed.

SB70,782 Section 782. 45.61 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,,1939 45.61 (2) (d) A person who was a resident of this state at the time of his or her entry or reentry into service served in any a national guard or a reserve component of the U.S. armed forces or who was a resident of this state for at least 12 consecutive months immediately preceding his or her death, and the person’s spouse, surviving spouse, and dependent children, if the person is eligible for burial in a national cemetery under 38 USC 2402.

SB70,783 Section 783. 45.61 (2) (e) of the statutes is repealed.

SB70,784 Section 784. 45.61 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,,1942 45.61 (3) Fees and costs. The department may charge a fee for burials under this section and may promulgate rules for the assessment of any fee. The cost of preparing the grave and the erection of a marker for a person described under sub. (2) (a), (b), or (d), or (e) shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.485 (1) (gk).

SB70,785 Section 785. 45.61 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,,1944 45.61 (4) (a) Application for burial shall be made to the department. The surviving spouse of the person described under sub. (2) (a), (b), or (d), or (e), if that person is interred at the Central Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery, shall have the privilege of selecting a plot next to that person if available. The department shall hold the plot for the surviving spouse for a period of one year from the date of granting the privilege, but may extend the hold, on request, for additional one-year periods.

SB70,786 Section 786. 45.61 (5) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 45.61 (5) and amended to read:

SB70,,1946 45.61 (5) Expenses incident to the burial under this section of persons described in sub. (2) (a) and (b) to (e) shall be paid from the estate of the decedent, except that if there is no estate or the estate is insufficient, the expense of burial, or necessary part of the burial, shall be paid from the appropriation accounts under s. 20.485 (4) (g), (m), or (q) or, for members of veterans homes, from the appropriation account under s. 20.485 (1) (gk) for members of veterans homes, and the. The amount expended for those expenses under this subsection shall not exceed the amount established for funeral and burial expenses under s. 49.785 (1) (b).

SB70,787 Section 787. 45.61 (5) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

SB70,788 Section 788. 45.82 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,,1949 45.82 (2) The department of veterans affairs shall award a grant annually to a county that meets the standards developed under this section if the county executive, administrator, or administrative coordinator certifies to the department that it employs a county veterans service officer who, if chosen after April 15, 2015, is chosen from a list of candidates who have taken a civil service examination for the position of county veterans service officer developed and administered by the bureau of merit recruitment and selection in the department of administration, or is appointed under a civil service competitive examination procedure under s. 59.52 (8) or ch. 63. The grant shall be $9,350 $18,700 for a county with a population of less than 20,000, $11,000 $22,000 for a county with a population of 20,000 to 45,499, $12,650 $25,300 for a county with a population of 45,500 to 74,999, and $14,300 $28,600 for a county with a population of 75,000 or more. The department of veterans affairs shall use the most recent Wisconsin official population estimates prepared by the demographic services center when making grants under this subsection.

SB70,789 Section 789. 45.82 (3) of the statutes is repealed.

SB70,790 Section 790. 45.82 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,,1952 45.82 (4) The department shall provide grants to the governing bodies of federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands from the appropriation under s. 20.485 (2) (km) or (vu) if that governing body enters into an agreement with the department regarding the creation, goals, and objectives of a tribal veterans service officer, appoints a veteran to act as a tribal veterans service officer, and gives that veteran duties similar to the duties described in s. 45.80 (5), except that the veteran shall report to the governing body of the tribe or band. The department may make annual grants in an amount not to exceed $16,500 $33,000 per grant under this subsection and shall promulgate rules to implement this subsection.

SB70,791 Section 791. 46.03 (44) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,,1954 46.03 (44) Sexually transmitted disease treatment information. Prepare and keep current an information sheet to be distributed to a patient by a physician, a physician assistant, or certified an advanced practice registered nurse prescriber who may issue prescription orders under s. 441.09 (2) providing expedited partner therapy to that patient under s. 441.092, 448.035, or 448.9725. The information sheet shall include information about sexually transmitted diseases and their treatment and about the risk of drug allergies. The information sheet shall also include a statement advising a person with questions about the information to contact his or her physician, advanced practice registered nurse, pharmacist, or local health department, as defined in s. 250.01 (4).

SB70,792 Section 792. 46.056 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 46.056.

SB70,793 Section 793. 46.056 (2) of the statutes is repealed.

SB70,794 Section 794. 46.10 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,,1958 46.10 (2) Except as provided in subs. (2m) and (14) (b) and (c), any person, including but not limited to a person admitted, committed, protected, or placed under s. 975.01, 1977 stats., s. 975.02, 1977 stats., s. 975.17, 1977 stats., s. 55.05 (5), 2003 stats., and s. 55.06, 2003 stats., and ss. 51.10, 51.13, 51.15, 51.20, 51.35 (3), 51.37 (5), 51.45 (10), (11), (12) and (13), 55.05, 55.055, 55.12, 55.13, 55.135, 971.14 (2) and (5), 971.17 (1), 975.06 and 980.06, receiving care, maintenance, services, and supplies provided by any institution in this state including University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, in which the state is chargeable with all or part of the person’s care, maintenance, services, and supplies, any person receiving care and services from a county department established under s. 51.42 or 51.437 or from a facility established under s. 49.73, and any person receiving treatment and services from a public or private agency under s. 980.06 (2) (c), 1997 stats., s. 980.08 (5), 2003 stats., or s. 971.17 (3) (d) or (4) (e) or 980.08 (4) (g) and the person’s property and estate, including the homestead, and the spouse of the person, and the spouse’s property and estate, including the homestead, and, in the case of a minor child, the parents of the person, and their property and estates, including their homestead, and, in the case of a foreign child described in s. 48.839 (1) who became dependent on public funds for his or her primary support before an order granting his or her adoption, the resident of this state appointed guardian of the child by a foreign court who brought the child into this state for the purpose of adoption, and his or her property and estate, including his or her homestead, shall be liable for the cost of the care, maintenance, services, and supplies in accordance with the fee schedule established by the department under s. 46.03 (18). If a spouse, widow surviving spouse, or minor, or an incapacitated person may be lawfully dependent upon the property for their support, the court shall release all or such part of the property and estate from the charges that may be necessary to provide for those persons. The department shall make every reasonable effort to notify the liable persons as soon as possible after the beginning of the maintenance, but the notice or the receipt thereof is not a condition of liability.

SB70,795 Section 795. 46.250 of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,,1960 46.250 Service dog training grants. (1) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (cm), the department shall award grants to organizations that train service dogs for the purpose of assisting providers in attaining accreditation specific to post-traumatic stress disorder training from Assistance Dog International.

SB70,,1961 (2) The department shall promulgate rules to establish a process and criteria for organizations to apply for the grants under this section.

SB70,796 Section 796. 46.2895 (8) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,,1963 46.2895 (8) (a) 1. If the long-term care district offers employment to any individual who was previously employed by a county, which participated in creating the district and at the time of the offer had not withdrawn or been removed from the district under sub. (14), and who while employed by the county performed duties relating to the same or a substantially similar function for which the individual is offered employment by the district and whose wages were established in who was covered by a collective bargaining agreement with the county under subch. IV of ch. 111 that is in effect on the date that the individual commences employment with the district, with respect to that individual, abide by the terms of the collective bargaining agreement concerning the individual’s wages until the time of the expiration of that collective bargaining agreement or adoption of a collective bargaining agreement with the district under subch. IV of ch. 111 covering the individual as an employee of the district, whichever occurs first.

SB70,797 Section 797. 46.40 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,,1965 46.40 (8) Alzheimer’s family and caregiver support allocation. Subject to sub. (9), for services to persons with Alzheimer’s disease and their caregivers under s. 46.87, the department shall distribute not more than $2,808,900 $3,308,900 in each fiscal year.

SB70,798 Section 798. 46.41 of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,,1967 46.41 Grants for tribal long-term care system development. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (b), the department shall annually allocate not more than $5,500,000 in each fiscal year to federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands located in this state for capital improvements to tribal facilities serving tribal members with long-term care needs and for improvements and repairs to homes of tribal members with long-term care needs to enable tribal members to receive long-term care services at home.

SB70,799 Section 799. 46.48 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,,1969 46.48 (3m) Deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind behavioral health treatment center. The department may distribute not more than $1,936,000 in each fiscal year, beginning in fiscal year 2024-25, to a statewide provider of behavioral health treatment services for individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind.

SB70,800 Section 800. 46.48 (22) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,,1971 46.48 (22) Health care provider innovation grants. The department may distribute not more than $15,000,000 in each fiscal year as grants to health care providers and long-term care providers to implement best practices and innovative solutions to increase worker recruitment and retention.

SB70,801 Section 801. 46.48 (31) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,,1973 46.48 (31) Peer run respite centers. The From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (bc), the department may distribute not more than $1,200,000 in each fiscal year, beginning in fiscal year 2014-15, grants to regional peer run respite centers for individuals with mental health and substance abuse concerns.

SB70,802 Section 802. 46.48 (33) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,,1975 46.48 (33) Opioid antagonist funding. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (bc), the department shall annually award up to $2,000,000 to entities for the purchase of opioid antagonists, as defined under s. 450.01 (13v).

SB70,803 Section 803. 46.48 (34) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,,1977 46.48 (34) Stimulant prevention and treatment response programs. The department may distribute not more than $1,644,000 in each fiscal year to support stimulant use prevention and treatment programs and services.

SB70,804 Section 804. 46.48 (35) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,,1979 46.48 (35) Psychiatric residential treatment facilities. The department may distribute not more than $1,790,000 in each fiscal year to support psychiatric residential treatment facilities.

SB70,805 Section 805. 46.48 (36) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,,1981 46.48 (36) Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (b), the department shall award $250,000 in each fiscal year as a grant to an organization that supports and provides services to individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis for the purposes of assisting individuals diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and their families with the costs of respite care and costs associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis that are not covered by insurance.

SB70,806 Section 806. 46.48 (37) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,,1983 46.48 (37) Peer recovery centers. The department may distribute not more than $260,000 in each fiscal year to regional peer recovery centers for individuals experiencing mental health and substance abuse issues.

SB70,807 Section 807. 46.482 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 46.482 (1) (bm).

SB70,808 Section 808. 46.482 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,,1986 46.482 (1) (am) “Certified peer specialist” means an individual described under s. 49.45 (30j) (a) 1m. who has met the certification requirements established by the department.

SB70,809 Section 809. 46.482 (1) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 46.482 (1) (c) and amended to read:

SB70,,1988 46.482 (1) (c) “Peer recovery coach” means an individual described under s. 49.45 (30j) (a) 2. 3. who has completed the training requirements specified under s. 49.45 (30j) (b) 4.

SB70,810 Section 810. 46.482 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,,1990 46.482 (2) (a) Use peer recovery coaches and certified peer specialists to encourage individuals to seek treatment for a substance use disorder following an overdose.

SB70,811 Section 811. 46.482 (2) (f) of the statutes is amended to read: