Amendment ASA2-AB50

AB50-ASA2,9106 Section 9106. Nonstatutory provisions; Children and Families.

AB50-ASA2,376,3 (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.

AB50-ASA2,376,13 (2) Child care center teacher-student ratio pilot project. The department of children and families shall conduct a 2-year pilot project under which the required teacher-to-child ratio for certain children under the care and supervision of a participating child care center is changed as provided in this subsection. Specifically, for a participating child care center, the teacher-to-child ratio is one teacher for every 7 children aged 18 months to 30 months. A child care center may participate in the pilot program under this subsection if the child care center is licensed under s. 48.65. During the pilot project, for the care of a child under the age of 30 months by a participating child care center, the department shall increase the monthly maximum payment rate under s. 49.155 (6) by $100.

AB50-ASA2,376,21 (3) Child care bridge payments. The department of children and families shall use the amounts transferred from the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (1) (mb) to the appropriation account under s. 20.437 (2) (cm) as provided under Section 87 of this act for the purpose of providing the increased payments described in the child care center teacher-student ratio pilot project under sub. (4) during the period of that pilot project. On the date on which the pilot project concludes, any remaining amount of the amount transferred shall lapse to the general fund.

AB50-ASA2,377,7 (4) Child care center teacher-student ratio pilot project. 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 to provide care and supervision for 9 or more children who are not related to the provider and certifies to the department of children and families that it has no more than one child care worker for every 7 children aged 18 months or older and under the age of 30 months. During the pilot project, for the care of a child under the age of 30 months by a participating child care center, the department shall increase the monthly maximum payment rate under s. 49.155 (6) by the following amounts:

AB50-ASA2,377,8 (a) For a child under the age of 18 months, $200.

AB50-ASA2,377,9 (b) For a child aged 18 months or older and under the age of 30 months, $100.

AB50-ASA2,377,12 (5) Child care access program. From the amounts allocated under s. 49.175 (1) (qm), the department of children and families shall allocate $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2025-26 to the child care access program under s. 49.1335.

AB50-ASA2,9108 Section 9108. Nonstatutory provisions; Corrections.

AB50-ASA2,377,16 (1) Electrician position at Prairie du Chien. The 1.0 GPR electrician position authorized for the department of corrections in this act shall be assigned to the correctional institution at Prairie du Chien.

AB50-ASA2,377,21 (2) Virtual reality educational and vocational training. Of the money appropriated to the department of corrections under s. 20.410 (1) (ds), the department shall allocate $1,000,000 in the 2025-26 fiscal year to fund education and vocational training utilizing virtual reality technologies under s. 301.068 (3) (b).

AB50-ASA2,9110 Section 9110. Nonstatutory provisions; District Attorneys.

AB50-ASA2,378,2 (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:

AB50-ASA2,378,3 (a) Brown County shall receive 7.0 assistant district attorney positions.

AB50-ASA2,378,4 (b) Burnett County shall receive 0.5 assistant district attorney position.

AB50-ASA2,378,5 (c) Columbia County shall receive 1.0 assistant district attorney position.

AB50-ASA2,378,6 (d) Crawford County shall receive 0.5 assistant district attorney position.

AB50-ASA2,378,7 (e) Dane County shall receive 1.0 assistant district attorney position.

AB50-ASA2,378,8 (f) Eau Claire County shall receive 2.0 assistant district attorney positions.

AB50-ASA2,378,9 (g) Fond du Lac County shall receive 4.0 assistant district attorney positions.

AB50-ASA2,378,10 (h) Grant County shall receive 1.5 assistant district attorney positions.

AB50-ASA2,378,11 (i) Kenosha County shall receive 2.5 assistant district attorney positions.

AB50-ASA2,378,12 (j) Manitowoc County shall receive 2.0 assistant district attorney positions.

AB50-ASA2,378,13 (k) Marinette County shall receive 0.5 assistant district attorney position.

AB50-ASA2,378,14 (l) Monroe County shall receive 1.5 assistant district attorney positions.

AB50-ASA2,378,15 (m) Oconto County shall receive 0.5 assistant district attorney position.

AB50-ASA2,378,16 (n) Oneida County shall receive 0.5 assistant district attorney position.

AB50-ASA2,378,17 (o) Outagamie County shall receive 2.0 assistant district attorney positions.

AB50-ASA2,378,18 (p) St. Croix County shall receive 1.5 assistant district attorney positions.

AB50-ASA2,378,20 (q) Shawano and Menominee Counties shall receive 2.0 assistant district attorney positions.

AB50-ASA2,378,21 (r) Trempealeau County shall receive 1.0 assistant district attorney position.

AB50-ASA2,378,22 (s) Vilas County shall receive 0.5 assistant district attorney position.

AB50-ASA2,378,23 (t) Walworth County shall receive 1.0 assistant district attorney position.

AB50-ASA2,378,24 (u) Waukesha County shall receive 6.0 assistant district attorney positions.

AB50-ASA2,379,1 (v) Waupaca County shall receive 1.0 assistant district attorney position.

AB50-ASA2,379,2 (w) Wood County shall receive 2.0 assistant district attorney positions.

AB50-ASA2,9119 Section 9119. Nonstatutory provisions; Health Services.

AB50-ASA2,379,10 (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.

AB50-ASA2,379,22 (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.

AB50-ASA2,380,3 (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.

AB50-ASA2,380,4 (4) Federal approval; hospital assessments.

AB50-ASA2,380,8 (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.

AB50-ASA2,380,11 (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:

AB50-ASA2,380,12 a. All necessary requests in par. (a) have been approved.

AB50-ASA2,380,16 b. Based upon the approvals received in par. (a), the statewide total of assessment payments in s. 50.38 (2) (a) that the department of health services expects to be paid in state fiscal years 2026-27 and 2027-28 equals or exceeds $1,130,322,000 on an annual basis.

AB50-ASA2,380,20 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 expects to be paid in state fiscal years 2026-27 and 2027-28 equals or exceeds $2,014,835,400 on an annual basis.

AB50-ASA2,380,21 2. The notice in subd. 1. shall specify all of the following information:

AB50-ASA2,380,22 a. All necessary requests in par. (a) have been approved.

AB50-ASA2,381,2 b. Based upon the approvals received in par. (a), the statewide total of assessment payments in s. 50.38 (2) (a) that the department of health services expects to be paid in state fiscal years 2026-27 and 2027-28 equals or exceeds $1,130,322,000 on an annual basis.

AB50-ASA2,381,6 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 in state fiscal years 2026-27 and 2027-28 equals or exceeds $2,014,835,400 on an annual basis.

AB50-ASA2,381,8 d. The first date of service for which the department of health services will make payments required in s. 49.45 (3) (e) 11.

AB50-ASA2,381,11 e. The schedule within which hospitals are required to make initial assessment payments under s. 50.38 (2) following the publication of the notice in subd. 1.

AB50-ASA2,381,19 (5) Initial reduction; hospital assessments. Notwithstanding s. 50.38 (2), if the federal department of health and human services approves any necessary requests under sub. (4) (a) such that the changes made by this act relating to hospital assessments may not be implemented until after October 1, 2025, the department of health services shall proportionately reduce the amount of any assessment under s. 50.38 (2) based on the number of full calendar quarters between July 1, 2025, and the date that the changes made by this act relating to hospital assessments may be implemented.

AB50-ASA2,381,24 (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).

AB50-ASA2,9123 Section 9123. Nonstatutory provisions; Insurance.

AB50-ASA2,382,5 (1) Wisconsin Healthcare Stability Plan 2025. Notwithstanding s. 601.83 (1) (h) and (hm), in policy year 2025, the commissioner of insurance shall make reinsurance payments for all requests submitted to the commissioner of insurance under s. 601.83 (5) up to a maximum of $265,000,000 in payments.

AB50-ASA2,9127 Section 9127. Nonstatutory provisions; Justice.

AB50-ASA2,382,10 (1) Community-oriented policing-house grant program appropriation. Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (b), at the end of the 2023-25 fiscal biennium, the unencumbered balance in s. 20.455 (2) (cp) shall not revert to the fund from which appropriated and shall be retained in that account.

AB50-ASA2,9128 Section 9128. Nonstatutory provisions; Legislature.

AB50-ASA2,382,13 (1) Date of publication. Notwithstanding s. 35.095 (3) (a), the legislative reference bureau shall publish this act on the date of enactment.

AB50-ASA2,382,16 (2) Required general fund structural balance. Section 20.003 (4m) shall not apply to the actions of the legislature in enacting any legislation during the 2025-26 legislative session.

AB50-ASA2,9132 Section 9132. Nonstatutory provisions; Natural Resources.

AB50-ASA2,382,21 (1) Snowmobile trail and project aids lapse. Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (c), the balance of the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (5) (cr) that is unencumbered on June 30, 2025, is lapsed to the conservation fund and credited to the snowmobile account of the conservation fund.

AB50-ASA2,382,24 (2) Meat inspection program staff. Notwithstanding s. 230.27 (1), the termination date of 2.0 meat inspection project positions provided to the department under 2021 Act 58 is extended by 2 years.

AB50-ASA2,383,7 (3) Transfer to the nonpoint account. Of the moneys described in s. 25.46 (1) that are received for the purpose of environmental management, except the moneys described in s. 25.46 (1) (ej), (ek), (hm), (j), (jj), (t), and (u), $3,195,200 shall, in fiscal year 2025-26, and $3,825,200 shall, in fiscal year 2026-27, be considered to have been received for the purpose of nonpoint source water pollution abatement. These moneys shall be in addition to the moneys considered to have been received for the purpose of nonpoint source water pollution abatement under s. 25.46 (2m).

AB50-ASA2,383,13 (4) Grant to Iowa County for CTH C construction project. During the 2025-27 fiscal biennium, from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (7) (mr), the department of natural resources shall award a grant of $500,000 to Iowa County for the maintenance of CTH C between STH 23 and USH 14. The department of natural resources shall award the grant under this subsection notwithstanding the certification and prioritization requirements of s. 84.28 (1).

AB50-ASA2,383,18 (5) Wisconsin River retaining wall reconstruction. In fiscal year 2025- 26, from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (5) (hs), the department of natural resources shall award a grant in the amount of $500,000 to the city of Wisconsin Rapids for reconstruction of a retaining wall as part of the Wisconsin Rapids Riverbank Project.

AB50-ASA2,383,22 (6) Town of Norway water abatement. In fiscal year 2025-26, from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (6) (at), the department of natural resources shall award a grant in the amount of $100,000 to the town of Norway in Racine County to assist with the mitigation of water runoff from STH 36.

AB50-ASA2,384,2 (7) Deerskin River dredging. In the 2025-26 fiscal year, from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (4) (kr), the department of natural resources shall make a grant in the amount of $1,750,000 to the town of Washington in Vilas County for dredging the Deerskin River.

AB50-ASA2,384,6 (8) Lake Vista shoreline stabilization. From the appropriation under s. 20.370 (4) (jr), in fiscal year 2025-26, the department of natural resources shall award a grant in the amount of $2,200,000 to the city of Oak Creek for environmental remediation and redevelopment of Lake Vista Park.

AB50-ASA2,384,11 (9) Green Lake Association sediment inactivation grant. In fiscal year 2025-26, from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (4) (kq), the department of natural resources shall award a grant in the amount of $250,000 to the Green Lake Association for sediment inactivation in the Silver Creek Estuary and the County K Marsh.

AB50-ASA2,384,22 (10) Forest-industry-wide strategic plan. In the 2025-26 fiscal year, the department of natural resources shall award a grant of $1,000,000 from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (2) (mq) jointly to the Great Lakes Timber Professionals Association and the Wisconsin Paper Council to research and develop a recommended forest-industry-wide strategic plan for this state. Upon completion, the Great Lakes Timber Professionals Association and the Wisconsin Paper Council shall provide this research and recommended plan to the council on forestry. No later than December 31, 2027, the council on forestry shall provide a report detailing the research outcomes and recommendations to the governor and the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3).

AB50-ASA2,385,2 (11) Dredging project on Manitowoc River. From the appropriation under s. 20.370 (4) (ma), the department of natural resources shall expend $70,000 in fiscal year 2025-26 for a dredging project on the Manitowoc River at the Town of Brillion.

AB50-ASA2,9134 Section 9134. Nonstatutory provisions; Public Instruction.

AB50-ASA2,385,7 (1) Grants to Lakeland STAR Academy. In each fiscal year of the 2025-27 fiscal biennium, the department of public instruction shall distribute the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (ag) to the Lakeland Union High School District for the Lakeland STAR Academy.

AB50-ASA2,9137 Section 9137. Nonstatutory provisions; Revenue.

AB50-ASA2,385,9 (1) Division of alcohol beverages.

AB50-ASA2,385,13 (a) Position and employee transfer. On the effective date of this paragraph, 1.0 full-time equivalent attorney position, and the incumbent employee who holds that position, in the department of revenue, as determined by the secretary of revenue, is transferred to the division of alcohol beverages.

AB50-ASA2,385,19 (b) Employee status. The employee transferred under par. (a) has all the rights and the same status under ch. 230 in the division of alcohol beverages that the employee enjoyed in the department of revenue immediately before the transfer. Notwithstanding s. 230.28 (4), if the employee transferred under par. (a) has attained permanent status in class, the employee is not required to serve a probationary period.

AB50-ASA2,9138 Section 9138. Nonstatutory provisions; Safety and Professional Services.

AB50-ASA2,386,2 (1) Call center positions. Notwithstanding s. 230.27 (1), the termination date of 5.0 PR call center office operations associate project positions provided to the department of safety and professional services under 2023 Wisconsin Act 19 is September 30, 2028.

AB50-ASA2,9143 Section 9143. Nonstatutory provisions; Tourism.

AB50-ASA2,386,6 (1) Grant to Taliesin Preservation, Inc. From the appropriation under s. 20.380 (1) (c), in the 2025-27 fiscal biennium, the department of tourism shall award a grant to Taliesin Preservation, Inc., for restoration projects at Taliesin.

AB50-ASA2,9144 Section 9144. Nonstatutory provisions; Transportation.

AB50-ASA2,386,13 (1) Washburn County underpass. In fiscal year 2025-26, from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (2) (ft), the department of transportation shall award a grant to of $1,900,000 to Washburn County for construction of an underpass beneath STH 53 to connect the Wild Rivers State Trail to services and facilities. The grant under this subsection shall be awarded notwithstanding limitations on the amount and use of aids or eligibility requirements under s. 86.31.

AB50-ASA2,386,18 (2) Columbia County railroad bridge repairs. In fiscal year 2025-26, from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (2) (bs), the department of transportation shall make a grant of $100,000 to Columbia County, to be distributed to the appropriate local governments to conduct repairs to railroad bridges at the following locations in Columbia County:

AB50-ASA2,386,19 (a) CTH A in the town of Courtland.

AB50-ASA2,386,20 (b) Inglehart Road in the town of Scott.

AB50-ASA2,386,21 (c) Sterk Road in the town of Scott.