2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
LRB-3211/1
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June 2, 2025 - Introduced by Senator Cabral-Guevara, cosponsored by Representatives Tittl, Behnke, Brill, Clancy, Cruz, Dittrich, Donovan, Hong, Kreibich, Snyder and Subeck. Referred to Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families.
SB305,1,2
1An Act to create 20.435 (5) (bk) and 46.67 of the statutes; relating to: grants
2to mental health clubhouses and making an appropriation. Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill requires the Department of Health Services to award grants to clubhouses. A “clubhouse,” as defined in the bill, is a nonresidential rehabilitation program that provides support and services to individuals who have or are awaiting diagnosis for a mental illness but does not directly provide treatment or medical care for mental illnesses. To receive a grant, a clubhouse must include members who have been diagnosed with or are awaiting diagnosis for a mental illness and are under treatment for the condition, raise an amount of money itself to receive a matching grant, provide activities and services to members on a voluntary basis, have its own distinct physical space, and allow members to have the opportunity to participate in the administration and other operational functions of the clubhouse. The grant program sunsets at the end of the 2029-30 fiscal year.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SB305,1
1Section 1. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, 2insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated: SB305,27Section 2. 20.435 (5) (bk) of the statutes is created to read: SB305,2,10820.435 (5) (bk) Mental health clubhouse grants. The amounts in the schedule 9for grants to mental health clubhouses under s. 46.67. No moneys may be 10encumbered under this paragraph after June 30, 2030. SB305,311Section 3. 46.67 of the statutes is created to read: SB305,2,151246.67 Mental health clubhouse grants. (1) In this subsection, 13“clubhouse” means a nonresidential rehabilitation program that provides support 14and services to individuals who have or are awaiting diagnosis for a mental illness 15but does not directly provide treatment or medical care for mental illnesses. SB305,2,1916(2) The department shall award grants to clubhouses in a total amount of no 17more than $300,000 per fiscal year and no more than $50,000 per clubhouse per 18fiscal year. The department may not award a grant to a clubhouse unless the 19clubhouse meets all of the following criteria: SB305,2,2220(a) Every member who receives services at the clubhouse has been diagnosed 21with or is awaiting diagnosis for a mental illness and is under treatment for that 22condition. SB305,3,223(b) The clubhouse raises an amount of money to match the grant amount
1requested. The department may not award a grant to a clubhouse that exceeds the 2money raised by the clubhouse. SB305,3,33(c) Membership in clubhouse activities and services is voluntary. SB305,3,54(d) The clubhouse has its own distinct physical space separate from a mental 5health center or institution. SB305,3,76(e) Members of the clubhouse have the opportunity to participate in the 7administration and other operational functions of the clubhouse. SB305,3,88(3) No grant may be awarded under this section after June 30, 2030. SB305,3,1110(1) This act takes effect on the day after publication, or on the 2nd day after 11publication of the 2025 biennial budget act, whichever is later.
