(e) UW–Parkside — heating and chilling plant curtain wall repairs and replacement.
(f) UW–Whitewater — Anderson Library exterior door and window replacements.
(g) UW–La Crosse — multi-residence hall fire sprinkler system retrofits.
(h) UW–Madison — Waters residence hall exterior envelope renovation.
(i) UW–Whitewater — Benson Hall renovation.
(j) UW–River Falls — Mann Valley Laboratory Farms roadway and utilities replacement.
(k) UW–Milwaukee — core campus building automation system renovation and repairs.
(l) UW–Madison — multi-building direct digital controls renovation.
(m) UW–Platteville — Russell Hall HVAC system energy improvement project.
(n) UW–Green Bay — Kress Event Center air handling unit replacements.
(o) UW–Milwaukee — Maryland Avenue bridge repairs and restoration.
(p) UW–Green Bay — instructional services roof/plaza deck waterproofing and replacement.
(q) UW–Stevens Point — Trainer Natural Resources greenhouse renovation.
(14) University of Wisconsin System minor facilities renewal program, group ii. The amounts specified under sub. (1) (i) 1. c. and 2. b. shall be expended for the following projects:
(a) UW–Madison — multi-building fire alarm and smoke detection system replacements, phases XII and XIII.
(b) UW–Whitewater — Williams Center roof replacement and flood mitigation.
(c) UW–Madison — multi-building elevator replacements and modernizations, phase II.
(d) UW–Stevens Point — multi-activity center and Quandt Gymnasium areas roof replacements.
(e) UW–Milwaukee — Lapham Hall exterior envelope repairs and roof replacement.
(f) UW–La Crosse — heating plant boiler burner replacements.
(g) UW–Parkside — campus-wide exterior electrical infrastructure and lighting renovation.
(h) UW–River Falls — multi-building exterior envelope maintenance and repairs.
(i) UW–Whitewater — Center of the Arts music classroom, laboratory, and studio renovations.
(j) UW–Stout — Johnson Fieldhouse renovation.
(k) UW–Platteville — Karrmann Student Access Center.
(l) UW–Superior — NCAA standards compliance for baseball and softball fields.
(15) University of Wisconsin System instructional space projects program. The amounts specified under sub. (1) (i) 1. a. and 5. a. shall be expended for the following projects:
(a) UW–Green Bay — athletic training and cadaver laboratory renovations.
(b) UW–Stevens Point — science building occupational therapy renovation.
(c) UW–Parkside — Greenquist Hall science laboratory renovations.
(d) UW–Milwaukee — physics instructional laboratory relocations.
(e) UW–Green Bay — Studio Arts C-Wing laboratory renovations.
(f) UW–Milwaukee — Lapham Hall active learning classroom renovation.
(g) UW–Madison — Van Vleck Lecture Hall renovations.
(h) UW–La Crosse — Mitchell Hall and Morris Hall laboratory renovations.
(i) UW–River Falls — North Hall active learning classroom renovation.
(j) UW–Oshkosh — Titan TV remote infrastructure modernization.
15,9106Section 9106. Nonstatutory provisions; Children and Families. (1) Grant for child care facility. From the appropriation under s. 20.437 (1) (br), the department of children and families shall award a grant for the purchase, construction, or renovation of a child care facility in the city of Platteville. The recipient of the grant under this subsection may be a governmental or nongovernmental entity and shall provide match funding of at least $2,000,000.
(2m) Child care center teacher-student ratio pilot project.
(a) The department of children and families shall conduct a 2-year pilot project as provided in this subsection. A child care center is eligible to participate in the pilot project under this subsection if the child care center is licensed under s. 48.65 and certifies to the department of children and families that it is participating in the pilot project and is increasing to 1:7 its ratio of child care workers to children aged 18 months to 30 months. During the pilot project, for the care of a child under the age of 30 months by a participating child care center, in addition to the payments provided under s. 49.155 (6), the department of children and families shall, to the extent funding is available, provide an additional payment in the following amounts:
1. For care of a child for 20 hours or more per week, $200 per month for care of a child who is under the age of 18 months and $100 per month for care of a child aged 18 to 30 months.
2. For care of a child for less than 20 hours per week, $100 per month for care of a child who is under the age of 18 months and $50 per month for care of a child aged 18 to 30 months.
(b) At the conclusion of the pilot project under par. (a), the department of children and families shall prepare and submit to the joint committee on finance, and to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3), a report on the number of child care centers in each year of the pilot project that certified under par. (a) that they were participating in the pilot project.
(3m) Child care bridge payments and pilot project funding. The department of children and families may not use any federal funds for the pilot project under sub. (2m) if any amounts remain in the appropriation account under s. 20.437 (2) (mh). If no such amounts remain in the appropriation account under s. 20.437 (2) (mh), the department may use no more than $5,000,000 in each fiscal year of the 2025-27 fiscal biennium from the allocation under s. 49.175 (1) (p) for this purpose. On the date on which the pilot project under sub. (2m) concludes, any remaining amount in the appropriation account under s. 20.437 (2) (mh) shall be transferred to the appropriation account under s. 20.437 (2) (dz) to be used for any purpose under s. 49.175 (1) as allocated in the 2027-29 biennial budget act. The department of children and families may not use any funding source aside from what is specified in this subsection for the pilot project under sub. (2m).
Section 9108. Nonstatutory provisions; Corrections.
(1) Electrician position at Prairie du Chien. The 1 GPR electrician position authorized for the department of corrections in this act shall be assigned to the correctional institution at Prairie du Chien.
(2) Virtual reality educational and vocational training. Of the money appropriated to the department of corrections under s. 20.410 (1) (ds), in the 2025-26 fiscal year, the department shall allocate $1,000,000 to fund education and vocational training utilizing virtual reality technologies under s. 301.068 (3) (b).
15,9110Section 9110. Nonstatutory provisions; District Attorneys. (1) Allocation of additional assistant district attorney positions. The 42.0 GPR assistant district attorney positions authorized under this act shall be apportioned as follows to the prosecutorial units for the following counties:
(a) Brown County shall receive 7 assistant district attorney positions.
(b) Burnett County shall receive half an assistant district attorney position.
(c) Columbia County shall receive 1 assistant district attorney position.
(d) Crawford County shall receive half an assistant district attorney position.
(e) Dane County shall receive 1 assistant district attorney position.
(f) Eau Claire County shall receive 2 assistant district attorney positions.
(g) Fond du Lac County shall receive 4 assistant district attorney positions.
(h) Grant County shall receive 1 and half an assistant district attorney positions.
(i) Kenosha County shall receive 2 and half an assistant district attorney positions.
(j) Manitowoc County shall receive 2 assistant district attorney positions.
(k) Marinette County shall receive half an assistant district attorney position.
(l) Monroe County shall receive 1 and half an assistant district attorney positions.
(m) Oconto County shall receive half an assistant district attorney position.
(n) Oneida County shall receive half an assistant district attorney position.
(o) Outagamie County shall receive 2 assistant district attorney positions.
(p) St. Croix County shall receive 1 and half an assistant district attorney positions.
(q) Shawano and Menominee Counties shall receive 2 assistant district attorney positions.
(r) Trempealeau County shall receive 1 assistant district attorney position.
(s) Vilas County shall receive half an assistant district attorney position.
(t) Walworth County shall receive 1 assistant district attorney position.
(u) Waukesha County shall receive 6 assistant district attorney positions.
(v) Waupaca County shall receive 1 assistant district attorney position.
(w) Wood County shall receive 2 assistant district attorney positions.
15,9119Section 9119. Nonstatutory provisions; Health Services. (1) Grant to Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (bc), in the 2025-26 fiscal year, the department of health services shall award a grant in the amount of $1,000,000 to Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan, Inc., to assist with the purchase and renovation of the Libertas Treatment Center in the city of Chippewa Falls to provide a 50-bed treatment center to men with substance use disorders who are in need of services.
(2) Disproportionate share hospital program. 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 hospital payment methodology granted under s. 49.45 (3m) (d), 2023 stats., to reflect the termination of the disproportionate share hospital payments program implemented under s. 49.45 (3m), 2023 stats. The department of health services may also 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 any waiver of federal Medicaid law relating to the rural critical care access supplement program under s. 49.45 (3p) to reflect the termination of the disproportionate share hospital payments program implemented under s. 49.45 (3m), 2023 stats.
(3) Budgeting practices; hospital assessments. The changes made by this act to hospital assessments do not affect any requirements under s. 16.46. The department of administration and the department of health services shall review, reestimate, and request general purpose revenue for hospital payments under the Medical Assistance program under subch. IV of ch. 49 as needed.
(4) Federal approval; hospital assessments.
(a) The department of health services shall submit any necessary requests to the federal department of health and human services for a state plan amendment, waiver of federal Medicaid law, or other approval to implement in totality of the changes made by this act relating to hospital assessments.
(b) 1. The department of health services shall submit to the legislative reference bureau for publication in the Wisconsin Administrative Register a notice specifying the information in subd. 2. if all of the following are true:
a. All necessary requests in par. (a) have been approved.
b. Based upon the approvals received in par. (a), the statewide total of assessment payments in s. 50.38 (2) that the department of health services expects to be paid in state fiscal years 2026-27 and 2027-28 equals or exceeds $1,356,000,000 on an annual basis.
c. Based upon the approvals received in par. (a), the statewide total of Medicaid payments required in s. 49.45 (3) (e) 11. that the department of health services expects to be paid on an annual basis in state fiscal years 2026-27 and 2027-28 equals or exceeds the statewide total of assessment payments in s. 50.38 (2) that the department of health services expects to be paid on an annual basis in state fiscal years 2026-27 and 2027-28 divided by 56.1 percent.
2. The notice in subd. 1. shall specify all of the following information:
a. All necessary requests in par. (a) have been approved.
b. Based upon the approvals received in par. (a), the statewide total of assessment payments in s. 50.38 (2) that the department of health services expects to be paid in state fiscal years 2026-27 and 2027-28 equals or exceeds $1,356,000,000 on an annual basis.
c. Based upon the approvals received in par. (a), the statewide total of Medicaid payments required in s. 49.45 (3) (e) 11. that the department of health services expects to be paid on an annual basis in state fiscal years 2026-27 and 2027-28 equals or exceeds the statewide total of assessment payments in s. 50.38 (2) that the department expects to be paid on an annual basis in state fiscal years 2026-27 and 2027-28 divided by 56.1 percent.
(c) Upon any change to the statewide total of assessment payments in s. 50.38 (2), the department of health services shall, notwithstanding s. 50.38 (4), establish a schedule for which hospitals are required to make assessment payments and the amount of the payments accounting for such change. If the department of health services establishes a schedule for which hospitals are required to make assessment payments under this paragraph, the department of health services shall submit a notice to the legislative reference bureau for publication in the Wisconsin Administrative Register that provides the schedule of payments and the amount of payments established by the department of health services under this paragraph.
(6) Quarterly reports; hospital assessments. After submission of a request for federal approval under sub. (4) (a), the department of health services shall submit on a quarterly basis a report to the legislature in the manner provided under s. 13.172 (2) on the status of federal approval until federal approval is received under sub. (4) (a).
