AB50-ASA2-AA8,234,148(1) Windows Plus lead exposure program. In the schedule under s. 20.005 9(3) for the appropriation to the department of health services under s. 20.435 (1) 10(ef), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2025-26 is increased by $100,169,400 and the 11dollar amount for fiscal year 2026-27 is increased by $219,100 for the Windows Plus 12lead exposure program costs and increasing the authorized FTE positions for the 13department of health services by 2.0 GPR positions, beginning in fiscal year 2025-1426.”. AB50-ASA2-AA8,236,71720.435 (2) (gk) Institutional operations and charges. The amounts in the 18schedule for care, other than under s. 51.06 (1r), provided by the centers for the 19developmentally disabled, to reimburse the cost of providing the services and to 20remit any credit balances to county departments that occur on and after 21July 1, 1978, in accordance with s. 51.437 (4rm) (c); for care, other than under s. 2246.043, provided by the mental health institutes, to reimburse the cost of providing 23the services and to remit any credit balances to county departments that occur on
1and after January 1, 1979, in accordance with s. 51.42 (3) (as) 2.; for care of 2juveniles placed at the Mendota juvenile treatment center for whom counties are 3financially responsible under s. 938.357 (3) (d), to reimburse the cost of providing 4that care; for maintenance of state-owned housing at centers for the 5developmentally disabled and mental health institutes; for repair or replacement of 6property damaged at the mental health institutes or at centers for the 7developmentally disabled; for reimbursing the total cost of using, producing, and 8providing services, products, and care; and to transfer to the appropriation account 9under sub. (5) (kp) for funding centers. All moneys received as payments from 10medical assistance on and after August 1, 1978; as payments from all other sources 11including other payments under s. 46.10 and payments under s. 51.437 (4rm) (c) 12received on and after July 1, 1978; as medical assistance payments, other payments 13under s. 46.10, and payments under s. 51.42 (3) (as) 2. received on and after 14January 1, 1979; as payments from counties for the care of juveniles placed at the 15Mendota juvenile treatment center; as payments for the rental of state-owned 16housing and other institutional facilities at centers for the developmentally 17disabled and mental health institutes; for the sale of electricity, steam, or chilled 18water; as payments in restitution of property damaged at the mental health 19institutes or at centers for the developmentally disabled; for the sale of surplus 20property, including vehicles, at the mental health institutes or at centers for the 21developmentally disabled; and for other services, products, and care shall be 22credited to this appropriation, except that any payment under s. 46.10 received for 23the care or treatment of patients admitted under s. 51.10, 51.15, or 51.20 for which 24the state is liable under s. 51.05 (3), of forensic patients committed under ch. 971 or
1975, admitted under ch. 975, or transferred under s. 51.35 (3), or of patients 2transferred from a state prison under s. 51.37 (5), to the Mendota Mental Health 3Institute or the Winnebago Mental Health Institute shall be treated as general 4purpose revenue — earned, as defined under s. 20.001 (4); and except that moneys 5received under s. 51.06 (6) may be expended only as provided in s. 13.101 (17). All 6moneys transferred under 2025 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9219 (1), shall 7be credited to this appropriation account. AB50-ASA2-AA8,236,129(1) Winnebago Mental Health Institute. There is transferred from the 10general fund to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (2) (gk) $18,599,500 in 11fiscal year 2025-26 and $15,251,000 in fiscal year 2026-27 to support the operations 12of Winnebago Mental Health Institute.”. AB50-ASA2-AA8,236,2215(1) Support for Mendota Juvenile Treatment Center costs. In the 16schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of health 17services under s. 20.435 (2) (bm), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2025-26 is 18increased by $11,583,400 to support supplies and services costs for the Mendota 19Juvenile Treatment Center. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the 20appropriation to the department of health services under s. 20.435 (2) (bm), the 21dollar amount for fiscal year 2026-27 is increased by $11,583,400 to support 22supplies and services costs for the Mendota Juvenile Treatment Center.”. AB50-ASA2-AA8,237,92(1) Geropsychiatric treatment expansion. In the schedule under s. 20.005 3(3) for the appropriation to the department of health services under s. 20.435 (2) 4(bm), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2025-26 is increased by $524,000 to increase 5FTE positions to 6.0 positions for staffing the geropsychiatric unit at the Mendota 6Mental Health Institute. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation 7to the department of health services under s. 20.435 (2) (bm), the dollar amount for 8fiscal year 2026-27 is increased by $678,700 to fund the 6.0 FTE positions staffing 9the geropsychiatric unit at the Mendota Mental Health Institute.”. AB50-ASA2-AA8,237,1612(1) WIC adjunct eligibility module; GPR. In the schedule under s. 20.005 13(3) for the appropriation to the department of health services under s. 20.435 (1) 14(em), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2026-27 is increased by $618,100 to 15incorporate a supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children 16module into the CARES and ACCESS systems. AB50-ASA2-AA8,237,2117(2) WIC adjunct eligibility module; FED. In the schedule under s. 20.005 18(3) for the appropriation to the department of health services under s. 20.435 (1) 19(na), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2026-27 is increased by $618,100 to 20incorporate a supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children 21module into the CARES and ACCESS systems.”. AB50-ASA2-AA8,238,8
1(1) Dental Clinics Serving Low-Income Patients. In the schedule under 2s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of health under s. 20.435 (1) 3(dk), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2025-26 is increased by $1,800,000 to increase 4funding for grants provided to dental clinics that serve low-income patients. In the 5schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of health 6under s. 20.435 (1) (dk), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2026-27 is increased by 7$1,800,000 to increase funding for grants provided to dental clinics that serve low-8income patients.” AB50-ASA2-AA8,238,1211250.15 (2) (d) Two million two hundred fifty thousand dollars to To free and 12charitable clinics, $2,500,000.” AB50-ASA2-AA8,238,1515250.15 (1) (b) 7. The organizations are not health center look-alikes. AB50-ASA2-AA8,216Section 2. 250.15 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read: AB50-ASA2-AA8,238,1917250.15 (1) (c) “Health center look-alike” means a health care entity that is 18designated by the federal health resources and services administration as a 19federally qualified health center look-alike. AB50-ASA2-AA8,320Section 3. 250.15 (2) (e) of the statutes is created to read: AB50-ASA2-AA8,238,2221250.15 (2) (e) To health center look-alikes, $200,000. A grant awarded to a 22health center look-alike under this paragraph may not exceed $100,000.”. AB50-ASA2-AA8,239,62(1) Guardianship grants. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the 3appropriation to the department of health services under s. 20.435 (1) (cg), the 4dollar amount for fiscal year 2025-26 is adjusted to $200,000. In the schedule under 5s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of health services under s. 620.435 (1) (cg), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2026-27 is adjusted to $200,000.”. AB50-ASA2-AA8,239,139(1) Health care provider innovation grants. From the appropriation 10under s. 20.435 (4) (bm), the department of health services shall award $7,500,000 11in fiscal year 2025-26 as grants to health care providers and long-term care 12providers to implement best practices and innovative solutions to increase worker 13recruitment and retention. AB50-ASA2-AA8,239,1815(1) Health care provider innovation grants. In the schedule under s. 1620.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of health services under s. 1720.435 (4) (bm), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2025-26 is increased by $7,500,000 18for grants under Section 9119 (1) of this act.”. AB50-ASA2-AA8,240,22220.435 (1) (fk) Grants to establish advanced practice clinician health care 23provider training programs. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for grants to
1hospitals, health systems, clinics, and educational entities that form health care 2education and training consortia under s. 146.615. AB50-ASA2-AA8,240,54146.615 (title) Advanced practice clinician Health care provider 5training grants. AB50-ASA2-AA8,3926Section 392. 146.615 (1) (ag) and (ar) of the statutes are created to read: AB50-ASA2-AA8,240,107146.615 (1) (ag) “Allied health professional” means any individual who is a 8health care provider other than a physician, dentist, pharmacist, chiropractor, or 9podiatrist and who provides diagnostic, technical, therapeutic, or direct patient 10care and support services to a patient. AB50-ASA2-AA8,240,1311(ar) “Behavioral health provider” means any individual who is licensed as a 12psychologist or is certified as a social worker or licensed as a clinical social worker, 13a marriage and family therapist, or a professional counselor. AB50-ASA2-AA8,240,2115146.615 (2) Beginning in fiscal year 2018-19 2025-26, from the appropriation 16under s. 20.435 (1) (fk), subject to sub. (3), the department shall distribute grants to 17hospitals, health systems, and clinics that provide new training opportunities for 18advanced practice clinicians. The department shall distribute the grants under 19this section subsection to hospitals, health systems, and clinics that apply, in the 20form and manner determined by the department, to receive grants and that satisfy 21the criteria under sub. (3). AB50-ASA2-AA8,39422Section 394. 146.615 (2g) and (2r) of the statutes are created to read: AB50-ASA2-AA8,241,523146.615 (2g) Beginning in fiscal year 2025-26, from the appropriation under 24s. 20.435 (1) (fk), subject to sub. (3), the department shall distribute grants to
1hospitals, health systems, clinics, and educational entities that form health care 2education and training consortia for allied health professionals. The department 3shall distribute the grants under this subsection to hospitals, health systems, 4clinics, and educational entities that apply, in the form and manner determined by 5the department, to receive a grant. AB50-ASA2-AA8,241,126(2r) Beginning in fiscal year 2025-26, from the appropriation under s. 20.435 7(1) (fk), subject to sub. (3), the department shall distribute grants to hospitals, 8health systems, clinics, and educational entities that form health care education 9and training consortia for behavioral health providers. The department shall 10distribute the grants under this subsection to hospitals, health systems, clinics, and 11educational entities that apply, in the form and manner determined by the 12department, to receive a grant. AB50-ASA2-AA8,241,2115146.615 (3) (b) If the department distributes a grant to a hospital or clinic 16that has not previously received a grant under this section, the hospital or clinic 17receiving the grant may use the grant to create the education and infrastructure for 18training advanced practice clinicians or for activities authorized under par. (c). In 19distributing grants under this section, the department shall give preference to 20advanced practice clinician clinical training programs that include rural hospitals 21and rural clinics as clinical training locations. AB50-ASA2-AA8,242,223146.615 (3) (bm) Acceptable uses of grant moneys received under this section 24include reasonable expenses incurred by a trainee to fully succeed in training and
1eventual placement, expenses related to planning and implementing a training 2program, and up to $5,000 in equipment expenses. AB50-ASA2-AA8,242,116(1) Health care provider training grants. In the schedule under s. 20.005 7(3) for the appropriation to the department of health services under s. 20.435 (1) 8(fk), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2025-26 is adjusted to $3,500,000. In the 9schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of health 10services under s. 20.435 (1) (cg), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2026-27 is 11adjusted to $3,500,000.”. AB50-ASA2-AA8,242,181449.45 (25d) Health-related social needs. The department shall request a 15waiver from the federal department of health and human services to provide 16reimbursement for services for health-related social needs under the Medical 17Assistance program. If the waiver is granted, the department shall provide 18reimbursement for services for health-related social needs under this subsection.”. AB50-ASA2-AA8,242,2120“Section 400. Subchapter IX of chapter 150 [precedes 150.99] of the statutes 21is created to read: AB50-ASA2-AA8,243,2
1SUBCHAPTER IX
2HEALTH CARE ENTITY OVERSIGHT AND TRANSPARENCY AB50-ASA2-AA8,243,44150.99 Definitions. In this subchapter: AB50-ASA2-AA8,243,105(1) “Acquisition” means the direct or indirect purchase, including lease, 6transfer, exchange, option, receipt of a conveyance, or creation of a joint venture, or 7any other manner of purchase, such as by a health care system, private equity 8group, hedge fund, publicly traded company, real estate investment trust, 9management services organization, insurance carrier, or any subsidiaries thereof, 10of a material amount of the assets or operations of a health care entity. AB50-ASA2-AA8,243,1111(2) “Affiliate” means any of the following: AB50-ASA2-AA8,243,1412(a) A person, entity, or organization that directly, indirectly, or through one or 13more intermediaries controls, is controlled by, or is under common control or 14ownership of another person, entity, or organization. AB50-ASA2-AA8,243,1815(b) A person whose business is operated under a lease, management, or 16operating agreement by another entity, or a person substantially all of whose 17property is operated under a management or operating agreement with that other 18entity. AB50-ASA2-AA8,243,2019(c) An entity that operates the business or substantially all the property of 20another entity under a lease, management, or operating agreement. AB50-ASA2-AA8,243,2321(d) Any out-of-state operations and corporate affiliates of an affiliate as 22defined in pars. (a) to (c), including significant equity investors, health care real 23estate investment trusts, or management services organizations. AB50-ASA2-AA8,244,424(3) “Arrangement” includes any agreement, association, partnership, joint
1venture, management services agreement, professional services agreement, health 2care staffing company agreement, or other arrangement that results in a change of 3governance or control of a health care entity or a department, subdivision, or 4subsidiary of a health care entity. AB50-ASA2-AA8,244,75(4) “Change of control” means an arrangement in which any person, 6corporation, partnership, or any entity acquires direct or indirect control over the 7operations of a health care entity in whole or in substantial part. AB50-ASA2-AA8,244,108(5) “Control,” “controlling,” “controlled by,” and “under common control 9with” means the direct or indirect power through ownership, contractual 10agreement, or otherwise to do any of the following: AB50-ASA2-AA8,244,1211(a) Vote 10 percent or more of any class of voting shares or interests of a health 12care entity. AB50-ASA2-AA8,244,1313(b) Direct the actions or policies of the specified entity. AB50-ASA2-AA8,244,2014(6) “Health care facility” means an institution that provides health care 15services or a health care setting, including hospitals and other inpatient facilities, 16health systems consisting of one or more health care entities that are jointly owned 17or managed, ambulatory surgical or treatment centers, skilled nursing facilities, 18residential treatment centers, diagnostic, laboratory, and imaging centers, 19freestanding emergency facilities, outpatient clinics, and rehabilitation and other 20therapeutic health settings. AB50-ASA2-AA8,244,2321(7) “Health care provider” means any person, corporation, partnership, 22governmental unit, state institution, medical practice, or other entity that performs 23or provides health care services to persons in the state. AB50-ASA2-AA8,245,224(8) “Health care services” means services and payments for the care,
1prevention, diagnosis, treatment, cure, or relief of a medical, dental, or behavioral 2health condition, illness, injury, or disease, including any of the following: AB50-ASA2-AA8,245,53(a) Inpatient, outpatient, habilitative, rehabilitative, dental, palliative, 4therapeutic, supportive, home health, or behavioral services provided by a health 5care entity. AB50-ASA2-AA8,245,76(b) Pharmacy, retail, and specialty, including any drug, device, or medical 7supply. AB50-ASA2-AA8,245,88(c) Performance of functions to refer, arrange, or coordinate care. AB50-ASA2-AA8,245,109(d) Equipment used such as durable medical equipment, diagnostic, surgical 10devices, or infusion. AB50-ASA2-AA8,245,1311(e) Technology associated with the provision of services or equipment in pars. 12(a) to (d) above, such as telehealth, electronic health records, software, claims 13processing, or utilization systems. AB50-ASA2-AA8,245,1914(9) “Health care staffing company” means a person, firm, corporation, 15partnership, or other business entity engaged in the business of providing or 16procuring, for temporary employment or contracting by a health care facility, any 17health care personnel, but does not include an individual who independently 18provides the individual’s own services on a temporary basis to health care facilities 19as an employee or contractor.
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