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AB50-ASA2,910622Section 9106. Nonstatutory provisions; Children and Families.
AB50-ASA2,376,323(1) Grant for child care facility. From the appropriation under s. 20.437
24(1) (br), the department of children and families shall award a grant for the

1purchase, construction, or renovation of a child care facility in the city of Platteville.
2The recipient of the grant under this subsection may be a governmental or
3nongovernmental entity and shall provide match funding of at least $2,000,000.
AB50-ASA2,376,134(2) Child care center teacher-student ratio pilot project. The
5department of children and families shall conduct a 2-year pilot project under which
6the required teacher-to-child ratio for certain children under the care and
7supervision of a participating child care center is changed as provided in this
8subsection. Specifically, for a participating child care center, the teacher-to-child
9ratio is one teacher for every 7 children aged 18 months to 30 months. A child care
10center may participate in the pilot program under this subsection if the child care
11center is licensed under s. 48.65. During the pilot project, for the care of a child
12under the age of 30 months by a participating child care center, the department
13shall increase the monthly maximum payment rate under s. 49.155 (6) by $100.
AB50-ASA2,376,2114(3) Child care bridge payments. The department of children and families
15shall use the amounts transferred from the appropriation account under s. 20.505
16(1) (mb) to the appropriation account under s. 20.437 (2) (cm) as provided under
17Section 87 of this act for the purpose of providing the increased payments
18described in the child care center teacher-student ratio pilot project under sub. (4)
19during the period of that pilot project. On the date on which the pilot project
20concludes, any remaining amount of the amount transferred shall lapse to the
21general fund.
AB50-ASA2,377,722(4) Child care center teacher-student ratio pilot project. The
23department of children and families shall conduct a 2-year pilot project as provided
24in this subsection. A child care center is eligible to participate in the pilot project

1under this subsection if the child care center is licensed under s. 48.65 to provide
2care and supervision for 9 or more children who are not related to the provider and
3certifies to the department of children and families that it has no more than one
4child care worker for every 7 children aged 18 months or older and under the age of
530 months. During the pilot project, for the care of a child under the age of 30
6months by a participating child care center, the department shall increase the
7monthly maximum payment rate under s. 49.155 (6) by the following amounts:
AB50-ASA2,377,88(a) For a child under the age of 18 months, $200.
AB50-ASA2,377,99(b) For a child aged 18 months or older and under the age of 30 months, $100.
AB50-ASA2,377,1210(5) Child care access program. From the amounts allocated under s.
1149.175 (1) (qm), the department of children and families shall allocate $1,000,000 in
12fiscal year 2025-26 to the child care access program under s. 49.1335.
AB50-ASA2,910813Section 9108. Nonstatutory provisions; Corrections.
AB50-ASA2,377,1614(1) Electrician position at Prairie du Chien. The 1.0 GPR electrician
15position authorized for the department of corrections in this act shall be assigned to
16the correctional institution at Prairie du Chien.
AB50-ASA2,377,2117(2) Virtual reality educational and vocational training. Of the money
18appropriated to the department of corrections under s. 20.410 (1) (ds), the
19department shall allocate $1,000,000 in the 2025-26 fiscal year to fund education
20and vocational training utilizing virtual reality technologies under s. 301.068 (3)
21(b).
AB50-ASA2,911022Section 9110. Nonstatutory provisions; District Attorneys.
AB50-ASA2,378,223(1) Allocation of additional assistant district attorney positions. The

142.0 GPR assistant district attorney positions authorized under this act shall be
2apportioned as follows to the prosecutorial units for the following counties:
AB50-ASA2,378,33(a) Brown County shall receive 7.0 assistant district attorney positions.
AB50-ASA2,378,44(b) Burnett County shall receive 0.5 assistant district attorney position.
AB50-ASA2,378,55(c) Columbia County shall receive 1.0 assistant district attorney position.
AB50-ASA2,378,66(d) Crawford County shall receive 0.5 assistant district attorney position.
AB50-ASA2,378,77(e) Dane County shall receive 1.0 assistant district attorney position.
AB50-ASA2,378,88(f) Eau Claire County shall receive 2.0 assistant district attorney positions.
AB50-ASA2,378,99(g) Fond du Lac County shall receive 4.0 assistant district attorney positions.
AB50-ASA2,378,1010(h) Grant County shall receive 1.5 assistant district attorney positions.
AB50-ASA2,378,1111(i) Kenosha County shall receive 2.5 assistant district attorney positions.
AB50-ASA2,378,1212(j) Manitowoc County shall receive 2.0 assistant district attorney positions.
AB50-ASA2,378,1313(k) Marinette County shall receive 0.5 assistant district attorney position.
AB50-ASA2,378,1414(l) Monroe County shall receive 1.5 assistant district attorney positions.
AB50-ASA2,378,1515(m) Oconto County shall receive 0.5 assistant district attorney position.
AB50-ASA2,378,1616(n) Oneida County shall receive 0.5 assistant district attorney position.
AB50-ASA2,378,1717(o) Outagamie County shall receive 2.0 assistant district attorney positions.
AB50-ASA2,378,1818(p) St. Croix County shall receive 1.5 assistant district attorney positions.
AB50-ASA2,378,2019(q) Shawano and Menominee Counties shall receive 2.0 assistant district
20attorney positions.
AB50-ASA2,378,2121(r) Trempealeau County shall receive 1.0 assistant district attorney position.
AB50-ASA2,378,2222(s) Vilas County shall receive 0.5 assistant district attorney position.
AB50-ASA2,378,2323(t) Walworth County shall receive 1.0 assistant district attorney position.
AB50-ASA2,378,2424(u) Waukesha County shall receive 6.0 assistant district attorney positions.
AB50-ASA2,379,1
1(v) Waupaca County shall receive 1.0 assistant district attorney position.
AB50-ASA2,379,22(w) Wood County shall receive 2.0 assistant district attorney positions.
AB50-ASA2,91193Section 9119. Nonstatutory provisions; Health Services.
AB50-ASA2,379,104(1) Grant to Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin and Upper
5Michigan. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (bc), in the 2025-26 fiscal
6year, the department of health services shall award a grant in the amount of
7$1,000,000 to Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan, Inc., to
8assist with the purchase and renovation of the Libertas Treatment Center in the
9city of Chippewa Falls to provide a 50-bed treatment center to men with substance
10use disorders who are in need of services.
AB50-ASA2,379,2211(2) Disproportionate share hospital program. The department of health
12services shall submit any necessary request to the federal department of health and
13human services for a state plan amendment or waiver of federal Medicaid law or to
14modify or withdraw from any waiver of federal Medicaid law relating to the hospital
15payment methodology granted under s. 49.45 (3m) (d), 2023 stats., to reflect the
16termination of the disproportionate share hospital payments program implemented
17under s. 49.45 (3m), 2023 stats. The department of health services may also submit
18any necessary request to the federal department of health and human services for a
19state plan amendment or waiver of federal Medicaid law or to modify any waiver of
20federal Medicaid law relating to the rural critical care access supplement program
21under s. 49.45 (3p) to reflect the termination of the disproportionate share hospital
22payments program implemented under s. 49.45 (3m), 2023 stats.
AB50-ASA2,380,323(3) Budgeting practices; hospital assessments. The changes made by this
24act to hospital assessments do not affect any requirements under s. 16.46. The

1department of administration and the department of health services shall review,
2reestimate, and request general purpose revenue for hospital payments under the
3Medical Assistance program under subch. IV of ch. 49 as needed.
AB50-ASA2,380,44(4) Federal approval; hospital assessments.
AB50-ASA2,380,85(a) The department of health services shall submit any necessary requests to
6the federal department of health and human services for a state plan amendment,
7waiver of federal Medicaid law, or other approval to implement in totality of the
8changes made by this act relating to hospital assessments.
AB50-ASA2,380,119(b) 1. The department of health services shall submit to the legislative
10reference bureau for publication in the Wisconsin Administrative Register a notice
11specifying the information in subd. 2. if all of the following are true:
AB50-ASA2,380,1212a. All necessary requests in par. (a) have been approved.
AB50-ASA2,380,1613b. Based upon the approvals received in par. (a), the statewide total of
14assessment payments in s. 50.38 (2) (a) that the department of health services
15expects to be paid in state fiscal years 2026-27 and 2027-28 equals or exceeds
16$1,130,322,000 on an annual basis.
AB50-ASA2,380,2017c. Based upon the approvals received in par. (a), the statewide total of
18Medicaid payments required in s. 49.45 (3) (e) 11. that the department expects to be
19paid in state fiscal years 2026-27 and 2027-28 equals or exceeds $2,014,835,400 on
20an annual basis.
AB50-ASA2,380,21212. The notice in subd. 1. shall specify all of the following information:
AB50-ASA2,380,2222a. All necessary requests in par. (a) have been approved.
AB50-ASA2,381,223b. Based upon the approvals received in par. (a), the statewide total of
24assessment payments in s. 50.38 (2) (a) that the department of health services

1expects to be paid in state fiscal years 2026-27 and 2027-28 equals or exceeds
2$1,130,322,000 on an annual basis.
AB50-ASA2,381,63c. Based upon the approvals received in par. (a), the statewide total of
4Medicaid payments required in s. 49.45 (3) (e) 11. that the department of health
5services expects to be paid in state fiscal years 2026-27 and 2027-28 equals or
6exceeds $2,014,835,400 on an annual basis.
AB50-ASA2,381,87d. The first date of service for which the department of health services will
8make payments required in s. 49.45 (3) (e) 11.
AB50-ASA2,381,119e. The schedule within which hospitals are required to make initial
10assessment payments under s. 50.38 (2) following the publication of the notice in
11subd. 1.
AB50-ASA2,381,1912(5) Initial reduction; hospital assessments. Notwithstanding s. 50.38 (2),
13if the federal department of health and human services approves any necessary
14requests under sub. (4) (a) such that the changes made by this act relating to
15hospital assessments may not be implemented until after October 1, 2025, the
16department of health services shall proportionately reduce the amount of any
17assessment under s. 50.38 (2) based on the number of full calendar quarters
18between July 1, 2025, and the date that the changes made by this act relating to
19hospital assessments may be implemented.
AB50-ASA2,381,2420(6) Quarterly reports; hospital assessments. After submission of a
21request for federal approval under sub. (4) (a), the department of health services
22shall submit on a quarterly basis a report to the legislature in the manner provided
23under s. 13.172 (2) on the status of federal approval until federal approval is
24received under sub. (4) (a).
AB50-ASA2,9123
1Section 9123. Nonstatutory provisions; Insurance.
AB50-ASA2,382,52(1) Wisconsin Healthcare Stability Plan 2025. Notwithstanding s.
3601.83 (1) (h) and (hm), in policy year 2025, the commissioner of insurance shall
4make reinsurance payments for all requests submitted to the commissioner of
5insurance under s. 601.83 (5) up to a maximum of $265,000,000 in payments.
AB50-ASA2,91276Section 9127. Nonstatutory provisions; Justice.
AB50-ASA2,382,107(1) Community-oriented policing-house grant program appropriation.
8Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (b), at the end of the 2023-25 fiscal biennium, the
9unencumbered balance in s. 20.455 (2) (cp) shall not revert to the fund from which
10appropriated and shall be retained in that account.
AB50-ASA2,912811Section 9128. Nonstatutory provisions; Legislature.
AB50-ASA2,382,1312(1) Date of publication. Notwithstanding s. 35.095 (3) (a), the legislative
13reference bureau shall publish this act on the date of enactment.
AB50-ASA2,382,1614(2) Required general fund structural balance. Section 20.003 (4m)
15shall not apply to the actions of the legislature in enacting any legislation during
16the 2025-26 legislative session.
AB50-ASA2,913217Section 9132. Nonstatutory provisions; Natural Resources.
AB50-ASA2,382,2118(1) Snowmobile trail and project aids lapse. Notwithstanding s. 20.001
19(3) (c), the balance of the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (5) (cr) that is
20unencumbered on June 30, 2025, is lapsed to the conservation fund and credited to
21the snowmobile account of the conservation fund.
AB50-ASA2,382,2422(2) Meat inspection program staff. Notwithstanding s. 230.27 (1), the
23termination date of 2.0 meat inspection project positions provided to the
24department under 2021 Act 58 is extended by 2 years.
AB50-ASA2,383,7
1(3) Transfer to the nonpoint account. Of the moneys described in s. 25.46
2(1) that are received for the purpose of environmental management, except the
3moneys described in s. 25.46 (1) (ej), (ek), (hm), (j), (jj), (t), and (u), $3,195,200 shall,
4in fiscal year 2025-26, and $3,825,200 shall, in fiscal year 2026-27, be considered to
5have been received for the purpose of nonpoint source water pollution abatement.
6These moneys shall be in addition to the moneys considered to have been received
7for the purpose of nonpoint source water pollution abatement under s. 25.46 (2m).
AB50-ASA2,383,138(4) Grant to Iowa County for CTH C construction project. During the
92025-27 fiscal biennium, from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (7) (mr), the
10department of natural resources shall award a grant of $500,000 to Iowa County for
11the maintenance of CTH C between STH 23 and USH 14. The department of
12natural resources shall award the grant under this subsection notwithstanding the
13certification and prioritization requirements of s. 84.28 (1).
AB50-ASA2,383,1814(5) Wisconsin River retaining wall reconstruction. In fiscal year 2025-
1526, from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (5) (hs), the department of natural
16resources shall award a grant in the amount of $500,000 to the city of Wisconsin
17Rapids for reconstruction of a retaining wall as part of the Wisconsin Rapids
18Riverbank Project.
AB50-ASA2,383,2219(6) Town of Norway water abatement. In fiscal year 2025-26, from the
20appropriation under s. 20.370 (6) (at), the department of natural resources shall
21award a grant in the amount of $100,000 to the town of Norway in Racine County to
22assist with the mitigation of water runoff from STH 36.
AB50-ASA2,384,223(7) Deerskin River dredging. In the 2025-26 fiscal year, from the
24appropriation under s. 20.370 (4) (kr), the department of natural resources shall

1make a grant in the amount of $1,750,000 to the town of Washington in Vilas
2County for dredging the Deerskin River.
AB50-ASA2,384,63(8) Lake Vista shoreline stabilization. From the appropriation under s.
420.370 (4) (jr), in fiscal year 2025-26, the department of natural resources shall
5award a grant in the amount of $2,200,000 to the city of Oak Creek for
6environmental remediation and redevelopment of Lake Vista Park.
AB50-ASA2,384,117(9) Green Lake Association sediment inactivation grant. In fiscal year
82025-26, from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (4) (kq), the department of natural
9resources shall award a grant in the amount of $250,000 to the Green Lake
10Association for sediment inactivation in the Silver Creek Estuary and the County K
11Marsh.
AB50-ASA2,384,2212(10) Forest-industry-wide strategic plan. In the 2025-26 fiscal year, the
13department of natural resources shall award a grant of $1,000,000 from the
14appropriation under s. 20.370 (2) (mq) jointly to the Great Lakes Timber
15Professionals Association and the Wisconsin Paper Council to research and develop
16a recommended forest-industry-wide strategic plan for this state. Upon completion,
17the Great Lakes Timber Professionals Association and the Wisconsin Paper Council
18shall provide this research and recommended plan to the council on forestry. No
19later than December 31, 2027, the council on forestry shall provide a report
20detailing the research outcomes and recommendations to the governor and the chief
21clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the appropriate standing
22committees under s. 13.172 (3).
AB50-ASA2,385,223(11) Dredging project on Manitowoc River. From the appropriation
24under s. 20.370 (4) (ma), the department of natural resources shall expend $70,000

1in fiscal year 2025-26 for a dredging project on the Manitowoc River at the Town of
2Brillion.
AB50-ASA2,91343Section 9134. Nonstatutory provisions; Public Instruction.
AB50-ASA2,385,74(1) Grants to Lakeland STAR Academy. In each fiscal year of the 2025-27
5fiscal biennium, the department of public instruction shall distribute the amount
6appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (ag) to the Lakeland Union High School District for
7the Lakeland STAR Academy.
AB50-ASA2,91378Section 9137. Nonstatutory provisions; Revenue.
AB50-ASA2,385,99(1) Division of alcohol beverages.
AB50-ASA2,385,1310(a) Position and employee transfer. On the effective date of this paragraph, 1.0
11full-time equivalent attorney position, and the incumbent employee who holds that
12position, in the department of revenue, as determined by the secretary of revenue,
13is transferred to the division of alcohol beverages.
AB50-ASA2,385,1914(b) Employee status. The employee transferred under par. (a) has all the
15rights and the same status under ch. 230 in the division of alcohol beverages that
16the employee enjoyed in the department of revenue immediately before the transfer.
17Notwithstanding s. 230.28 (4), if the employee transferred under par. (a) has
18attained permanent status in class, the employee is not required to serve a
19probationary period.
AB50-ASA2,913820Section 9138. Nonstatutory provisions; Safety and Professional
21Services.
AB50-ASA2,386,222(1) Call center positions. Notwithstanding s. 230.27 (1), the termination
23date of 5.0 PR call center office operations associate project positions provided to

1the department of safety and professional services under 2023 Wisconsin Act 19 is
2September 30, 2028.
AB50-ASA2,91433Section 9143. Nonstatutory provisions; Tourism.
AB50-ASA2,386,64(1) Grant to Taliesin Preservation, Inc. From the appropriation under s.
520.380 (1) (c), in the 2025-27 fiscal biennium, the department of tourism shall
6award a grant to Taliesin Preservation, Inc., for restoration projects at Taliesin.
AB50-ASA2,91447Section 9144. Nonstatutory provisions; Transportation.
AB50-ASA2,386,138(1) Washburn County underpass. In fiscal year 2025-26, from the
9appropriation under s. 20.395 (2) (ft), the department of transportation shall award
10a grant to of $1,900,000 to Washburn County for construction of an underpass
11beneath STH 53 to connect the Wild Rivers State Trail to services and facilities.
12The grant under this subsection shall be awarded notwithstanding limitations on
13the amount and use of aids or eligibility requirements under s. 86.31.
AB50-ASA2,386,1814(2) Columbia County railroad bridge repairs. In fiscal year 2025-26, from
15the appropriation under s. 20.395 (2) (bs), the department of transportation shall
16make a grant of $100,000 to Columbia County, to be distributed to the appropriate
17local governments to conduct repairs to railroad bridges at the following locations in
18Columbia County:
AB50-ASA2,386,1919(a) CTH A in the town of Courtland.
AB50-ASA2,386,2020(b) Inglehart Road in the town of Scott.
AB50-ASA2,386,2121(c) Sterk Road in the town of Scott.
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